Thursday, July 31, 2003

Hi.
i'm at the office but i definitly can't work. horrifying.
See you.

Friday, July 25, 2003

Good evening world.
I'm listening to the music, end of Equilibrium, which I just saw. Well, the music is good, the movie was good two. It reminded me a lot of Matrix, that doesn't surprise me: the first time I saw the ads, I though it was matrix3 already. The scenario is good, a bit like gattaca's, a bit more polish would have been good, the historical reference to the third reich is so obvious it's ridiculous. The images are nice, clean, a hyper-dynamic cam-play such as matrix's would have been perfect. These are my two critics, the scenario is very good, lot of little surprises now and then, punchy fights. At the end of the line, it's very good, go and see it.
I think this will be all for today, as tomorrow will be rainy I might come again.
Clap your hands, and I will come again...

Sunday, July 20, 2003

Hello there. Have you ever played Armagetron ? It's a light-cycle race, as in the Walt-Disney movie. Disney is to release a game after the movie, Tron 2.0, I've played the demo and, well, would have been a good try back in 82, to catch the wave of the movie. Whatever, go and download Armagetron, it's a good game, a bit addictive, if you're anything near a gamer, give it a try.

Thursday, July 17, 2003

Hello folks, nothing to say today, I'm trying to write a poem in english, struggling, had champaign for the husband of a friend graduated in law, and I'm going to have a good night sleep for tomorrow will be a ten-hours-work-day. Quick and efficient, as rabbits say.

Tuesday, July 15, 2003

Friday, not felt terrible on the train.
Weekend with my father. Gave him a present that i made for Father's Day.
Sunday, big barbecue where an entire lamb was cook. Played with my sister and her friend in the swimming pool. Made enough sport for the rest of the year.
Good weekend.
Went back at Paris. Felt Lonely. Heard Firework but didn't see it. Didn't sleep from five in the morning. Don't know why.

First of all, the answer was: Nothing. Nothing is greater than god, dead eat nothing, if you eat nothing, you die. Let's carry on.
Today is July 14th, the fall of the French famous castle-jail la Bastille. It means no work, tanks and green boys all over the place, our dear president roaming around and shaking hands, and fireworks. Right now, minutes past midnight, the fireworks are fading, the full moon is smiling, alone again in the dark night.
This has been a wonderful weekend, having three days was a good start, then friends of a friend where coming from Russia, good, except I don't speak Russian, so everybody had to practice english, I joined for the bars and nightclubs mainly, slept during daily visits. Except for today, but we did walk around our beautiful town, see Paris from the sidewalk.
Well, the week end is over now, but kissing a girl on a 14th of July when the Eiffel tower is glittering and the fireworks are popping around is a good souvenir to go to sleep with. Have a good night world. I'll see ya around.

Thursday, July 10, 2003

Refreshing memory.
Last Friday night, i took the metro and went to Odeon. Ryk was here waiting for me and an other friend.
We ate in a chinese restaurant. Discussed about many issues.
This is some of our thoughts :
Food was good.
Girls are cool.
We have enough money.
Hulk sucks.
It's hard to find a flat in Paris.
Summer is hot.
Or maybe we didn't discuss about that. Actually who cares?
Went back and slept.
Saturday. Played soccer and video games with collegues from office. Barbecue in the evening. Good day.
Sunday. Not really a good day. Fortunately, i saw friends. End.

Wednesday, July 09, 2003

Hi.
I was reminded this morning that it's been some days since my last post.
To be honest, we don't post as frequently as before, but I think it's no big deal. It's better to post when you want and not to feel ashamed to be silent for a while, if you've got nothing to say, don't say it. Or do say it, It's quite the same I guess. The point is I had a nice weekend, interesting and all, so I wanted to post on Monday, but I got stuff to do, don't remember what right now, and so I didn't post anything. But my weekend is still in memory. Well, almost.
Yeah, first of all we didn't go out on Friday night, don't even remember if we went to a restaurant or something, I'll keep that question in mind for later remembering, so I was up and running quite early on Saturday morning. Went to visit an apartment, south of Paris, yeah I'm currently looking for a rent, around 30m2, less than 600euros a month, south part of Paris. So I went to see an apartment, got there early, had a walk around, the neighborhood is ok but no more, the apartment itself was ok, but not exactly where I want, I'll take only exactly what I want, so long for this one. Went for some roller around Paris during the afternoon, and then a restaurant/pub with some friends. Some I didn't see for a week, some for a month, some for nearly a year. Was fine, a bit quick, I left early as I wanted to get up early next morning. Next morning I met another friend, the one I can see only from time to time, chat, what's new, so on.
Had a little pause: the question is: What is greater than god, that dead eat, and that, if living eat it, they die?
Ok, back on the tracks. Sunday afternoon was roller again, with friends from work, just an hour and a half run, was cool. Then back home, saw 'Joint Security Area', two friends advised me to see it, they were right. Find it, watch it. Well, that was quite a sum up, I should have been trough it on Monday, memories must be served fresh I'd say, but well, take it as it comes.
What else? Yeah, check that out, it's French, get a babelfish.
Last thing: Harry Potter is on the shelves, I think I've never seen a book as popular as those ones. Well, reading is really good, so go ahead.
Ok, that's it for now, I'd like to draw you a picture about the European consideration about Palladium and the global-trust-bullshit-consortium, I'll do that later, still have a bunch to read.
See ya.

Friday, July 04, 2003

Hi everybody, just a small post as I'm waiting 9am to phone some estate agencies to find an apartment. Yeah, that's the boring part of life. However, I'me working quite a lot those days, I think I've said that already, but it's more interesting each day, guess it's worth the time. Well, back to my phone, have a nice day.

Monday, June 30, 2003

Hell.
For the first time since ten years, I didn't save my post in a temp file when writing it, for that was a small post and I though my pc wouldn't crash just now. It did. Thanks Murphy.
Well, I was saying, apart from asking Frenchy why he said english is a stupid language, that I spend my weekend ay my uncle's wedding, that I needed five whole minutes to find this word (save file), I got a lot of job nowaday, no time to think about anything out of work right now, you can get that as an excuse for me not posting. Today I learnt stuff about HepB virus mutations, advanced medical research that is, cool. My job rocks. Ok, that was for the what's new part. Now lets go through the thinking part. I was halfway when the crash, so I'll try to get things from the begining as much as I can. Yeah, I was saying that I got the impression that I'm not seeing my friends as soon as I did some time ago, lets say some months to get things numbered. Can I say that? whatever, that's wrong, because I saw most of them three days ago, just before the wedding, but that's my feeling, feelings are not based on facts, that's why we have a brain AND a heart, you must use both to get along. Right now, my heart is getting blue, which means no good, my brain is thinking 'what the hell?' and my fingers are following and typing. Ok, I got no answer tonight, some will read that and think... I don't know what you'll think, that reminds me something I said in my previous post, I almost forgot here, we didn't talk too much last week, noise and so on, party was not meant to talk, maybe that is what downs me. I'm just observing that I don't know what you think. I can't figure. Well, most of the time I can, obviously we're in the same world and the same reality applies, to everybody, so all I have to do is think 'if I were him, what would I think about that' and, most of the time, it works. Sometimes it doesn't. Last weeks I failed, each and every time. Maybe I need holidays. Maybe I need to sleep. Well, that is something like a 'welcome in my mind' post, but you were warned, it's in the bloody title.

This had been an okay week. No more no less. It's quite hard to say something about that.
Anyway. This weekend, i put my sister's goods into boxes. Actually, i live in her appartement but she decided to stay in the South with her boy-friend. It's quite a task to prepare a removal. And quite uninteresting for someone who doesn't know me.
I have seen for the third time "Matrix Reloaded". With Mum. She said she liked the movie cos it was funny. First time i hear that.
I have also seen a horror movie : "Haute Tension". A great movie. Maybe the best horror flick i have seen for a long time. Cecile de France is exceptionnal. Hope she will continue to do such movies.
Yesterday, i have seen "Creature", a boring alien ripoff. I decided to post reviews on the internet movie database. Writing more and more in this stupid language might help me to be better understood because i suppose i make terrible mistakes.
See you.

Tuesday, June 24, 2003

Good Weekend At Beauvais. With the same concerns. The concerns that concern rich people. In french, we called it la vie de chateau. Lot of good food and lot of alcohol : wine, vodka, champagne, armagnac. Didn't help me to sleep well. Did many and fun nightmares. Didn't care cos i was living a dream.
But all dreams have an ending and today i'm working. But i don't have to be disappointed. I should try to fight now.
Yesterday i was wondering if the question of self confidence is only a question of choice. That's a strange question. So i chose to have a shower. See you.

Monday, June 23, 2003

Whaou.
As a kid of the new techs, I'm not someone to be impressed by some technoshitlookatmyplasmaeffectitsgreat, but here... Animusic (2001). Don't know why I didn't go trough this piece before, but it's... well, it's art. Ok, for the one who don't get a word out of my astonishment, here is what it is: Animusic is a set of four (five?) pieces of music, artificial, with artificial instruments, it's called music-driven computer animation. So, you got artificial instrument, 3D animation, playing computer music. The music is somehow common, I mean it's good, but it's not mozart either. What's cool is the design of the instrument, automated guitars, ghost powered drums, and the synchro between those instruments and the music, it's really like looking at a real orchestra, where you can distinguish each player among it's fellows, but without any player, just instruments. Ok, you gotta see it, I can't tell you much more than that.

Hey, just had an e-mail from a friend I hadn't heard of for two weeks. Yeah, that's some time huh. Okay, that's not real content for a post, but I read the mail and I told myself 'cool, I was waiting for that', I should post to tell the world about it. So I did. And there was no content. But maybe while you are reading this a meteor crashed outside just around the corner, you avoided it by being just here in front of your screen, thus I saved your life. Think about it.

Sunday, June 22, 2003

Good week-end. I was at a friend's, in the country, one hour north from Paris, near a town called Beauvais, you might have heard of it, it is the third airport for Paris, the one with the cheap flights. Anyway, the weather was nice, the swimming pool a bit cold for my Mediterranean toes, but who cares, the food was great. That's one cool thing about France, even if strikes can freeze the whole country for two weeks, we still have foie gras. Do you now what are Tournedos Rossini? Check it out, order what you need in the nearest French Food WebSite, and go taste heaven.
By the way, I've noticed I haven't completed my post about Le Bourget, sorry. It's just too late now, all I can say is: we saw planes, we ate canapés in the Rolls-Royce house, an Airbus A320 can (nearly) perform a looping, that was fun. So, after 48 hours thinking about nothing but what would be the next bottle of wine, or whether the sauna was hot enough or not, or were is the sun lotion, I'm exhausted. And I gonna sleep. Well.
nb: this post was Google powered, one result was strange. Guess.

Wednesday, June 18, 2003

Rant.
I'd like to go on rampage right now, but I'm grown and educated, so I'll grab a book and read, trying to forget.
It's a good book by the way, Neal Asher, The skinner.

Tuesday, June 17, 2003

Yeah. True, we went to the Bourget. Saturday. Quite fun actually. Saw plenty of planes flying and doing funny things and heard terrible but harmonious sound. Most exciting was to admire these flying object in the rolls royce stand where "so british"waiters offer you drinks and food. Thanks to the guy with the card marked "journalist" who led us to this meeting.
Went to a party of a friend. Met her past and present boyfriends. Met other people. Drank a lot of muscat and a bit of martini and champagne.
Sunday. Saw my aunt in the suburb. Took photos of her wonderful house. Ate biologic food. Strange name "biologic name". Walk near the Marne. A good day.
Went back and saw a very good korean movie : joint security area.
Good weekend.
Still feel the same waiting for new events.

Monday, June 16, 2003

Back from silence. I had a few stuff to take care of last week, plus I didn't have time for my daily scan of the news, I hope you didn't miss me too much. Ok, let's start with a glimpse at the future of the net: .la stands for LosAngeles. One day, this blog will be hosted at www.wwimm, ain't it cool? Ok, that was a 'not related at all' link, funny, but not really useful as the content of the linked site isn't related with what I'm saying at all. Frenchy does that sort of stuff sometimes, the dustmen link made me think twice, as the other links in the sentence where 'real'. Whatever. Just one word to explain what I meant with my deck of cards last week. It's a trick I learned from a friend of mine, she loves to tell you what your future will be like using card trick, you ask a question, then the cards have the answer. Well, sort of, but I won't discuss about the questioning bias here. So, I'm quite reluctant to ask a specific question for it directs the answer you will have, you will never have answer to a question you don't ask, and I you ask when you'll be rich, well, you will necessary be rich don't you? So my technique is a bit different, I pick two cards, ace of spade and ace of heart, I put a certain concept in each, two different attitudes toward the problem I have, to different decisions, then I play with those two cards, not looking at which is which, finally I choose one, and decide of my behavior. Usually, ace of heart is a cool guy, more the 'why not' type, kind, helpful, poet, talkative, generous. The ace of spade is the mirror image. Well not really, but spade don't give anything for nothing, don't talk if not talked to, don't smile if not smiled to, don't write poems for strangers, loves acid jokes and novels of dark futures. Right now, I'm not heart. But my dark spade time is behind me.
I didn't talk about the bourget It was cool, I'll discuss that later.

Thursday, June 12, 2003

What's happening? Nothing. I don't feel bad. I don't feel good. I feel...as usual i would say. That is encouraging regarding to last weeks.
Saw a french movie yesterday. Le mystere de la chambre jaune. Quite a good movie. Funny and entertaining. Great actors. And then What? Nothing. Is it sad? No.

Tuesday, June 10, 2003

Hell. We've switched. I'm fading from ace of heart to ace of spade. Don't ask, I'll tell when I'm back to heart. Cards don't lie. Card's don't care.