touristy boat tour

my presentation for my communicating fashion class went really well. yeah!!

however, my professor's father died and she had to go back to england right away. so the professor who teaches the course during the regular school year is taking over for the rest of the term. and boy, does she like dishing out the reading assignments!! yesterday she gave us 7 big readings to do over the next two weeks and she has more to give us next week. my classmates and i were all looking around at each other like "what the heck!"

she's very knowledgeable and a good professor though. so now i get to start focusing on what i'm going to write my 10 page research paper about. any ideas?? its due next tuesday!! basically it can be about anything related to fashion. i was thinking something about fashion blogs since they are a newer thing, and looking at how they have affected the industry. another idea i have is something about the recent trend towards things that are handmade and why that has come about. and looking at how the website i love, etsy.com is enabling crafters and people who make handmade fashion items to market their products to a wider audience. what do you guys think?? i haven't done a research paper since like, i don't remember when. i'm a little nervous.

last night jackie and i went on a touristy boat tour down the seine. it was so fantastic!! when it gets dark and all of the street lights and bridge lights come on it is really beautiful. we're going to do it again when there is a full moon! and i'll try to take pictures then but i'm not making any promises--night pictures on a boat are a bit tricky. they'll probably be all blurry.