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Château Béthanie

Unfortunately, as of yet, there exists no emoticon to express my breathlessness.

About Me


Annette, me and Vane at the free concert in Besancon

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Yes, I'm vain enough to have three pages of myspace photos. Deal with it. If you're my friend then you probably love my vanity anyway. If you're not my friend then why are you looking at my page anyway ? Besides, I'm just giving you more ammo. Run with it, enemies. Run with it.
DISLIKES : changing the toilet paper roll. slow service. people who look like they are in pain when they are singing. infomercials. blatant racism at El Palacio's. being stared at in Wal-Mart. things that are unnecessarily complicated. the Suzuki Man. Madame Bovary. telemated systems that force you to speak your responses. know-it-alls. group projects. cheesiness. disaster movies (i.e. Ben Stiller). white socks. knick knacks. bra shopping. sports on t.v. Hardee's. sea food (to the chagrin of those around me). hangnails. uncomfortable chairs. when someone vehemently argues an incorrect point, and then refuses to admit their error. layovers. mullets. bass. vain efforts required to open new CDs and DVDs. "tall" kitchen trash bags that are never tall enough. shoulder pads. thunder stealers. when people look down on me because I choose not to have a car. skinny jeans. cosmetic surgery. tomato soup. how expensive and low caliber bath and body works has become.
LIKES: blueberry beer. bruschetta. conversations with complete strangers. French linguistics. watching scary movies when it is raining outside. face painting. cheese. sappy Christmas movies. the number 24. the word "prestidigitateur". Zod Wallop. hip bones. cheek bones. discussion-based classes. Ranch pizza. a handful of puns. pointing out unrealistic parts of unrealistic movies. gay bars. tiramisu. fog, when not driving. my cowboy boots. buying gifts. bank holidays. sardine can shrine magnets. high fives. stand-up comedy. when something is so funny it makes me throw my head back to laugh. teaching and tutoring. cherries. double rainbows. paintings by my friends. sheer thoughtfulness. black shirts. microsuede. telepathy with friends. the feeling of authority when warranted and not dangerous to the ego. my new orange curtains. argyle socks. salt and vinegar kettle chips. walking on the street and catching a whiff of hyacinth. the kindness of strangers. cremosas. wonderwall as sung by Ryan Adams. poetic imagery. thai duck curry. sighing. doodling. strawberry scooter crunch bars.

My Interests

Writing dirty limericks...

I'd like to meet:

The president of Hardee's.

Music:

Indie, Emo, Folk but not too Folk, etc. Booty music for dancing. 70s and 80s. You know... I like a lot of different things. Bush will remain forever my favorite band, as odd as that may seem. I also like : Ryan Adams, Damien Rice, Death Cab for Cutie, Snow Patrol, Aqualung, Coheed and Cambria, The Postal Service, Rocky Votolato, Voxtrot, Dashboard, Iron & Wine, Coco Rosie, Ives Jamait, Mazzy Star, Aimee Mann, Bjork, Black Cherry, Jets to Brazil, the Murmurs, Neutral Milk Hotel, Radiohead, Tricky, Tori Amos, Tracy Chapman, The Faint, Bloc Party, Copeland, Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins, The Used, Wilco, Anais, Camille, Charles Aznavour, Rufus Wainwright, Yo La Tengo, Tool, Grand Corp Malade, New Order, New Young Pony Club, Ours, Matthew Good, etc.

Movies:

10 Things I Hate About You, Van Wilder, Dumb & Dumber, Unfaithful, Frida, Memento, Napoleon Dynamite, L'Appartement, L'Auberge Espagnol, Les Poupées Russes, French Twist, French Kiss, Sizzle Beach USA, Bleu Blanc et Rouge, Grandma's Boy, Science of Sleep, Little Miss Sunshine, Un long dimanche de fiançailles, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, She's The Man, Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle, Les Triplettes de Belleville, 40 Year Old Virgin, High Fidelity, The Number 23 (I liked it, screw you), Harry Potter 1 2 and 3 but not 4, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Monster House, Secretary, Death to Smoochy, Adaptation, Dirty Pretty Things, Finding Neverland, Le Fabuleux Destin D'Amélie Poulain, Sandlot, Garden State, Mulholland Drive, Chocolat, Clerks 2, The Wedding Planner, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Crash, She's the One, Donnie Darko, Puma Man (Mystery Science Theatre), Ghost World, Cry Baby, Saved!, The Goonies, Pirates of the Caribbean, etc.

Television:

The clichéd usual : Arrested Development, Family Guy, Futurama, South Park, Harvey Birdman, The Daily Show but more so the Colbert Report, Scrubs. And then we have : Invader Zim, Pékin Exprès, Mr. Show, Le Maillon Faible, Un Dos Tres, 24, Veronica Mars, Gilmore Girls, America's Next Top Model (I really don't know why, but I love it), Comedy Central Presents, Coupling, What I Like About You, The Office (original version), Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Clarissa Explains It All, Sabrina the Teenaged Witch, Hey Dude, Two Guys a Girl and a Pizza Place, Ned and Stacy, Blues Clues, Fairly Odd Parents, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, 3rd Rock from the Sun, MASH, Strangers with Candy, Unhappily Ever After, House, That 70's Show, etc.

Books:

Zod Wallop by William Browning Spencer, Rich Man, Poor Man, The God of Small Things, Sex Signs, The Naughty Bits, Choke, Invisible Monsters, Glamorama, anything by Sandra Cisneros, Amlie Nothomb, David Sedaris or Laurell K Hamilton

Heroes:

"One day our manifesto will be published and people will study our manifesto and us in classes called how to be awesome 101"---Valerie about Valerie and Me.

My Blog

Geek.

In bilingualism class today, we read this article (make it to the end, it's worth it !) :Sexual desire. The phrase alone holds such loaded, voluptuous power that the mere expression of it sounds like ...
Posted by Château Béthanie on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 02:58:00 PST

To my artist friends... (or those who want to take a crack at it)...Read This

Decided to post this as a blog as well as a bulletin in the even that some people don't read their bulletins. I don't know what makes me think that those who don't read their bulletins are more likely...
Posted by Château Béthanie on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:02:00 PST

Dear Diary--- 16 October 1996

Digging through the diary instead of doing homework... I found this... I really hope Patrick never gets a myspace account...Dear Diary;Oh my GOD ! Patrick asked me out ! I am going with Patrick Harvey...
Posted by Château Béthanie on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:10:00 PST

Best of you 2006

I am bored. I hate surveys, too. But I read them. If they are short. And if the writers are funny (like Larn, from whom I pasted this). Also, I thought this one might end up being more interesting tha...
Posted by Château Béthanie on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 03:49:00 PST

Diary Entry, 12 February 1996

These are actual excerpts from my diary. Yeah. I'm that brave.february 12 (1996 i think) dear diary so much has happened! along with ashli's fight, we also got called into mrs. coffee' office, too! no...
Posted by Château Béthanie on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 09:18:00 PST

Memoirs from the Land of the Purple Teeth

So some people have expressed interest in reading these&the following is a compilation of all the mass emails that I sent out from my year abroad as an English teacher in France. I know it's long, an...
Posted by Château Béthanie on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 11:47:00 PST

Like, Oh my God, I'm TOTALLY and Ashlee !

You're a punk rock princess like Ashlee! Although you also like to dress up, and act girly you're more laid back and independent then Jess. Oh man, I KNEW it !* YOU can find out whether you are an A...
Posted by Château Béthanie on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:34:00 PST

"The house of God" "is reborn" "at an innopportune time."

So I forgot my book for anthro linguistics and needed to otherwise preoccupy myself during tutoring hours in the GTA room. Not sure how we got on the subject but Aaron, Matt and I started discusses th...
Posted by Château Béthanie on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 08:50:00 PST

My heart hurts, I cannot believe I am still awake, and other ramblings...

It's weird. I've reached that point. I was dancing around MySpace because I annoyingly got a second wind and now cannot sleep as a direct result of my heart beating too quickly in my chest and my mind...
Posted by Château Béthanie on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 01:59:00 PST

GET ME OUT OF HERE !

Alright, my time in this city de merde is almost ending... and now I am super stressed. Firstly, my plane tickets are costing about twice the amount that I counted on. Secondly, I have no money. Third...
Posted by Château Béthanie on Wed, 17 May 2006 09:33:00 PST