my realization...thanks to lana

i was chatting with my dear friend lana this afternoon. she studied in paris with me last year and can fully relate to my love for paris. i am considering getting my nose pierced and she reminded me that it is much more common to see nose piercings in paris than in the states. the comment, 'quirky' came up in reference to nose piercings, as well as parisians in general.

and then it hit me.

i'm quirky. i am the epitomy of quirky, weird, different, strange, out there, yada yada yada.

i can be quirky here. I FIT IN. nobody gives a shit here what you wear, you'll never see these people again. paris is diverse. paris is quirky. paris is huge. this is what i need. i feel like i belong. i dont feel like that in madison. i am a dork and i love my fellow dorky parisians.

and lana, i did think of you at the crepe place. i actually said outloud, 'now this goes out to lana!'

love you.