I'm thinking of trying for a Fulbright program.
Cue more sleepless nights.
In the meantime, I've gone full-on into this bird project I've given myself.  BIRDS.  Birdsbirdsbirdsbirdsbirds.  Ultimately this is for an Anthropologie internship application, but now I'm just in love with painting birds.

Also I decided to have France 24 on in the background today as I was working, and as soon as I opened the streaming video, the first thing that came up was an artistic photo of a naked man urinating.  

I fucking love the French.

However, you kinda mindfuck yourself when you realize you're listening to a French overdubbing of Mandarin-speakers describing the American economy.