Passport pictures

I still haven't sent in my passport renewal form (pretty typical of me) but there is still plenty of time as long as I use the "expedite" service, which is an extra $60. It would still get here in time if I used the regular service, but just barely, so I'll spend the extra money to make sure I get it in time.

Went to Kinko's last week to get the pictures and they actually came out okay:


Now if I could just attach the pictures to the renewal form and somehow put it all into the padded envelope I bought and SOMEHOW put the envelope in a mailbox, then I'd be much better off. We'll see how long it takes me.

Also had my 3rd french lesson on Saturday which went really well. My tutor is letting me borrow a french textbook that happens to be the exact same book I had in high school. The strange coincidences about this trip keep adding up. I'm back to reading the language pretty well, and I think I'm making progress with the lessons. I even downloaded a french song that she suggested: 'Ne Me Quitte Pas', by Jacques Brel. And it's pretty good. I might check out some more, since it will probably help with the learning. I've also been grabbing some movies out of my sparse DVD library and watching them in the French language mode (if they have it). So far I've watched A Series of Unfortunate Events, and the classic Bruce Campbell movie Evil Dead in french. Tough going. Don't get much but the basic words because the speech is so fast, but I'm going to keep trying. I still have Wyatt Earp (that movie rules), Donnie Darko, Army of Darkness (the third Campbell classic), and Young Frankenstein (that's Frahn-ken-steen) to go through in french.