Throw TheLiving Silverware

Happy birthday!

Bonne année à tous!

I wish you all the best, lots of happiness, and to succeed in everything you try, cause you're all awesome and deserve that

I might have done a terrible mistake 

THE BUTTONS ARE NOT IN THE RIGHT PLACE 

My name is too long

Anyway how are you friends

And what kind of things are you doing this Christmas break

Exam 8/9

Passed

Exam 9/9

Passed

I

AM

DONE

FOREVER

HOOOOOME

WE'RE COMING HOME AGAIN

Musings of Silvereye, on the Tenth of the Final Ten Days

Another day

We're getting close

Exam 6/9 wasn't too hard

I would have done it in 30-45 min fully prepared and well rested

As it stands I did it in 1h30

*shrugs* should be good enough

And we were allowed to use pur calculators, just like we were told beforehand, which is worth mentioning these days

Exam 7 was funny

See, our school admin books 2 hours exams on our timetable without asking the teachers (in some case, before they even know about an exam)

But there isn't always enough material in the class for 2 hours

So here we had a 20 questions MCQ test which we all finished in 30 min give or  take

Now I was actually slightly pissed about this, because I had wanted to go one last time at the small Japanese restaurant where I usually go when I finish late like this

But it wasn't open yet of course

And then I realized

There's a pretty cool landmark in the area near the school, and I had never taken the time to walk there in 2 years

So I just walked

No GPS, no rush, just walking in the general direction

Like a tourist - in a place I'd been in for years

No stress, no pressure to do anything right now, just the city lights and the cold wind on my face

Letting myself just enjoy the moment guilt-free, for the first time in a while

Felt good

Better than I've been in a long time in fact

You know what life is pretty fun actually

Musings of Silvereye, on the Ninth of the Final Ten Days

I kinda wanted those musings to be daily but

kinda forgot

Anyway

Exam 4/9 passed yesterday

Some parts went well

Others less so

But I gotta admire our teachers for the total lack of coordination

One of them says "Please don't forget your calculators, you will need them" and then another one comes and forbids calculators, without even checking if there are any questions that require a calculator

(there were)

(we are now trying to know whether calculators are allowed for tomorrow's exam, since the same teacher told us to take them for that one too; still no answer)

Exam 5/9 today

Went pretty well

Will help compensate some other ones

And at least the really hard ones should be behind now

Just gotta keep on for 2 days and then FREEDOM

(relatively speaking)

Nearly there

Musings of Silvereye, on the Eighth of the Final Ten Days

Oops I kinda forgot to muse on the last couple days

Anyway

Yesterday I got to stay 5 hours waiting at school because someone had drunk a bad beer the evening before

But I got some work done so I'm not even too mad

I don't work very efficiently at school but it's still better than anywhere else

Also, exams 2 and 3/9 done today

2 was

Not what I expected 

Though the teacher didn't say us much about what the test would be (because we last saw him a month ago and we had a presentation to do on that day so the exam was nowhere near the top of our concerns)

So uh

This might be the end of my no retakes dream

3 was better

Subject was so poorly written, I couldnt even be sure about the sense of a question

Also, in several questions we had to different elements in the right order, with each its letter, and they were listed in the subject as A D B C

Every time

Why

Please why

Anyway that was my rant

I'm kinda tired if you couldnt tell 

Musings of Silvereye, on the Fourth of the Final Ten Days

Well here we go for the hundredth time

But hopefully, the last

Exam 1/9 done

Was really an easy one, this subject was a joke to begin with

Managed to quote Ozzy Osbourne in the copy though, which I'm weirdly proud of

Feeling pretty good so far, now that the end is so close

Next exams are Friday. One is the hardest left, so hope it goes well

- Musings of Silvereye, on the First of the Final Ten Days

Was about to put a somewhat self-disparaging Ookla title; changed my mind eventually, and put something more positive

This way, every time I log on the Shard, I get a reminder of a good thing

Rather than something to depress me further

Oh and by the time this Ookla season ends, I will be done with classes and exams forever

Crazy

Anyway, happy Ookla season to all of you!

Well.

Today is the day.

10 years ago, at around this time, ten armed madmen started spreading death through Paris and Saint-Denis, leaving 132 dead in their wake, hundreds more wounded, thousands traumatized, and millions in shock.

Killed for enjoying life, going to music shows, or just having fun evening with friends at a restaurant or a café

I was a child then, I didn't understand all of what had happened then

It probably took me years to fully realize the sheer horror of it

(My parents wisely kept me away from the images, in fact I don't think I saw any up until earlier today)

But I remember the days after

My parents pulling me and my brother in the kitchen the next day, explaining to us "Listen, there's been a terrorist attack in Paris, lots of people have been killed"

We didn't really know what to make of it

Yet another minute of silence when returning to class on Monday, so soon after Charlie Hebdo

The teachers trying to talk with us about what had happened, themselves very shocked obviously

The flags raised everywhere, the little placards proclaiming state of emergency often near

And now?

Where are we, ten years later?

No one can tell

We cried and raged and fought

We made justice for our dead and wounded

But we kept going on

We still go to concerts and restaurants

French national team is playing again today

We kept living

I'll end by transcribing part of the speech of Arthur Dénouveaux, president of Life for Paris, an association of survivors, in today's ceremonies:

Happy birthday!

Wait, I was not following you? Time to repair this mistake.

she/her/elle/elle

Do we happen to have found another French speaker per chance ? 

Hey, that's a fun pfp!

Happy birthday you amazing little scoundrel

May your day be filled with laughs, cakes, sparkles and many other cool things

Okay so I discovered yesterday

That Kaa from Jungle Book has the same dubber as Asterix (in French)

I can't unhear it now

Help my poor tormented soul please

Hello. Just had a sudden urge to put all of my personal info on a public website, so here it is.

Name: Samuel

Surname: Courtaveugle-Pontquatre

Location: 42 avenue Pierre Bottero, Anquemorpoque, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Birth date: June 6, 2004

Current status: Studying mecatronics at Poitiers-Est Robotique et Rétrotechnique Institut National; member of the Great Association of Students for Transport and Organisation of Nightlife - Ligue des Associations Générale Agissant pour la Folle Faune Estudiantine

Family: 1 mother, 1 adoptive father, 6 half-siblings

Politics: activist for Alliance Royale, coordinator in second of the Poitou-Charentes branch of the party

Hi everyone 

I have the pleasure to tell you

Today is my third Shardiversary!

And the first one I actually celebrate! Because for the first one I was on hiatus

and for the second one I was *shivers* busy

I don't really have the time to write messages for all of you unfortunately 

Will try to do it next week, but no guarantee

But for all of you: I love you so much and I don't have the words to tell you how much you gave me

Keep on being amazing

Because yes you are all amazing, even you

GUYS

I didn't notice then (because I was away in the hen's bowels)

BUT YOU MADE ME WIN THE DAY LAST SUNDAY!!!

Thank you so much 

(First time I win in 3 years on the Shard, including nearly 2 of active presence)

Here's to many more days together!

Happy late birthday!

Alrighty back from my little expedition into the hen's bowels

It was incredibly fun but exhausting

Imma sleep then photo dump

Love y'all

*appears in doorway*

It's Bastille Day, my dudes.

*Marseillaise intensifies*

Been planning to post that tomorrow, but I won't be able to so here it is. Well, I guess it's already the day here.

Just got back from the fireworks. Was cool but it rained and we got wet. Couldn't take good pictures from ubder the trees we sheltered ourselves under, so you get an internet sourced pic from another year and another place lol

So I've been cleaning up stuff in my room today

Like, over half a decade's worth of stuff that I kept in/on my desk because I might need it someday, I didn't feel like throwing it, or for no particular reason

And like

For most of those things or old papers I'm like "yeah I guess I don't need it"

But when you have to physically take the trash bag out into the bin outside

It still feels weird

To just... send off all those things that were part of my life, that in some little way made me who am I today

I did take out the most important stuff and kept it, sure

I did take out what could still be of use, sure

But still

Non-exhaustive list of the stuff I found in my desk today:

Also, entirely unrelated but I'll be away and unavailable for tomorrow and most of the day after. Idk when the GS prequel RP was supposed to start, but if it was in the next two days, go ahead, I'll just catch up when I'm back.

Am I the only one 

Happy birthday buddy!

How are you doing these days?

*appears in doorway*

It is Wednesday, my dude.

*screaming intensifies*