Le Festin

See, I knew I shouldn't have let a day go by between postings... now it's been 2 days, and I don't want to start that slippery slide down into infrequent posting again. I do have a post in mind that I've been mulling over in my head since Sunday, but just haven't had time to properly write. So rather than put it off another day because of that, I'm getting the juices flowing with a short post on a different topic today. Nothing of substance, but fun to share nonetheless.

Ever have days where the same song just runs through your head all day long, for days at a time? Of course you have.
Given how many times I've watched "Wall-E", it's no surprise that for the longest time that song was "Put On Your Sunday Clothes" from "Hello Dolly". But since I never really heard all the words, it was more of an idle tune to hum.

Recently we watched "Ratatouille", where the French song "Le Festin" really caught my... ears? It stuck in my head and I resolved to find it online, where listening to the song in its entirety (instead of interspersed between scenes) made me enjoy it even more. So I went even further and resolved to find the lyrics to it, since my French, rudimentary to begin with, is extremely rusty, not having touched it since high school. I found variations of the lyrics in a couple of different places, and after listening to the song long and hard, I pieced together the correct lyrics (which, of course, was a combination of the various sources). And then I set about learning it by heart. All I can say is-- good thing WMP has a "repeat" function ;-) It's a really cute song and I am enjoying mastering it.

Because this song is in French, it also reminds me of two people-- Amal and Jenna. Amal because the first time I met her was in Mme. Kampe's French class, sophomore year of high school. And Jenna because she, as a Canadian, speaks it.

Anyway, I thought I'd spread the wealth and maybe put the tune in your head as well (cue evil cackle):