and now, a joke from my mom (this seems to be family week, doesn't it?)
my mother had to send me a copy of my birth certificate so I can go to the french consulate and get my long-stay visa. she stuck a post-it on the photocopy she mailed me, informing me that fyi, I was born on a wednesday at 5:34 am. "that was probably the last time you were up that early," she joked. yuk yuk yuk. thanks mom :) um...I think I had to wake up that early to catch a flight a couple of times...that's about it...
actually 5:30 am is one of my favorite times to be awake. everything is so quiet! going out onto the streets of manhattan-- there are a few cars, but for the most part it's quite still, and the slightest sound--a truck braking for a traffic light; a taxi passing by; the trunk of the car shutting as we load in our suitcases--is vast. the sky is silvery blue, run through with a trace of morning light here and there. the buildings, the stores--all sleeping. occasional joggers. peace prevails.
however, try to wake me up before 7:00 on an average morning and you might receive a black eye for your trouble.
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- Lauren Elkin is a PhD candidate in English literature at the Université de Paris VII and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. Originally from New York, she has lived in Paris on and off since 1999 and continuously since 2004. She is a member of the National Book Critics Circle, and her work has appeared in Gridskipper, the Huffington Post, Nextbook, The Forward, Parisist, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, and the Paris Voice. She is the author of the novel IN DORSODURO, which is currently under representation by Diana Finch, and is at work on novel number two, set in present-day Paris.
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