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That geeky guy in the office who happens to be gay.

Québec Interview Result: Pending

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Justin and I just got done with our interview with the Québec Immigration official and while we were not granted the CSQ we were also not rejected. We were told that our French should be at an intermediate level whereas it is at a basic level currently. Also, we have traveled to Toronto but have not been to Montreal as well. We will hear back in two weeks on her decision.

In the meantime I am already making preparations to join Alliance Français in Chicago and go through an intense course in June to begin classes in July.

Québec Immigration Interview

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In one week from now Justin and I will be in New York City with a Québec immigration official in order to determine if we will be admitted to the Quebec Skilled Worker program and if we will be issued a CSQ (Quebec Selection Certificate).  We have been working a year toward this goal and are working hard to make final preparations and studying.

Wish us luck!

Molly Wanted to Say…

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Last night Justin and I went out to eat a fantastic dinner at Burger King (sarcasm is heavily intended) because we didn’t have much to eat at home and wanted to get something fairly quick.  Before we left I was transcribing some of a Pimsleur French lesson and Molly decided she’d try her hand paw at it after we left.  Follows is the last two lines I wrote and then what she typed out for me.  How she typed a “é” which requires three key presses, I will never know.

Maintenant essayez de dire ‘but our older son.’
Mais, notre fils aîné.

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Caine’s Arcade

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I finally watched a video today that has been swirling around the Interwebs about Caine’s Arcade.  It’s a cardboard arcade made by a 9 year old boy in L.A.  He made it in the front of his dad’s used auto parts store out of various pieces of cardboard laying around.

It’s a great video and gets back to how simple things should be in the world.

http://cainesarcade.com