A tip of my hat to the people of france.

now, i'm not here being some kind of artsy american teenager, doting on french culture because of the art and passion and food. although those points don't bother me about said culture, let's think about it. france isn't just some romantic far away country with the most romantic city in the world that illuminates at night. it was french philosophers that gave us many of our ideas about modern society, it was a french author that coined the term industrial revolution, and it was the french who were the first to give into women's suffrage. and let's face it, in a time when restaurants and grocery stores didn't rule the land, the people were eating up to a pound of bread a day. i'm ultimately for any culture that builds their basic nutritional guidelines on a steady diet of bread, wine, and tobacco. not to mention that their two most famous rulers were either overtly extravagant and hated by middle class society or very tiny and the creators of their own well known complex. to be a culture not only with poor dietary habits that have made you only more beautiful and interesting, but also a country that is known for knowing it's better than other countries, i say touche!

i am now openly accepting any donations for a trip to france. and if you keep sending money, perhaps i'll never come back. it's win-win when you think about it.