Comments on: fear and happiness is the best combination

By: Hil

Hil — Tue, 09 Nov 2004 06:55:34 +0000

i too have recently started living in paris… it was spur of the moment, spontaneous, didn’t have a job or any idea of what i wanted to do … i was travelling around france for a bit this summer after gleefully leaving the corporate world and when i got to paris i simply stopped travelling …
it has been simultaneously the most terrifying and exciting, the most confusing and satisfying, and the most unstable and and yet assured experience of my life…
it’s the first time in my life i’ve well and absolutely truly followed my spirit and it’s the first time in my life i feel my life (although no where concrete at the moment) is finally on track …
paris is a pretty remarkable … enjoy the ride!
wheeeeeeeeeeeeee!

By: campester

campester — Tue, 09 Nov 2004 05:55:50 +0000

Marketing et al is changing too fast for anyone to really have a clue anymore. The only thing a poor hack can do is try to convince the client that isn’t the case.
Sssssssshhhhhhhh!!!!
thank god my wealthiest clients are mostly too stupid to even own computers, much less surf the internet…

By: Andreas

Andreas — Sat, 06 Nov 2004 20:07:55 +0000

You know how life seems to go by faster the longer we live? The reason for this is routine. The brain simply ignores mundane, repetitive tasks when mapping out the journey so far.
That’s one of the reason I love moving. Change equals stimulation.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Sat, 06 Nov 2004 01:29:13 +0000

As we say in the trade, drama is conflict. If there ain’t a little friction, ain’t too much of interest happening.
Which is not to say that comfort doesn’t have its place. I’m all for naps. Frequently for me they come in the form of Law & Order jags.
But that juice…that “plugged in” feeling? That trumps all. Even with that frisson of pain thrown in. (Maybe even because of it.)
xxx
c

By: aleah sato

aleah sato — Sat, 06 Nov 2004 00:00:57 +0000

If your reality doesn’t bite back on ocassion, you aren’t taking any risks.
I do love travel, though. If for nothing else than the comforting familiarity you find en route back home.
Enjoy your time in Paris!

By: nina

nina — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 22:23:58 +0000

Yes, but give me the sharp teeth of a real adventure over mind numbing dailiness any time.

By: Hamish

Hamish — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 22:23:58 +0000

Heh.
Interestingly enough, the French expression for someone who has evident ambition, is:
“Il a les longues dentes..“
Or, he has long teeth. I think that there is no shortage of teeth in Paris. In terms of culture, Paris is the centre of the French world, except, and this is hard for the native Anglophone to grasp, there is no other. Imagine. New York with no LA or London if you fuck it up. Well, Bruxelles, if the Flemish don’t bother you, or Quebec, if suicidally cold winters are your ticket. You see my point.
French is an interesting language, and they still revere the beautifully turned phrase, the “mot juste”. This also partly explains their total incomprehension of Anglo-Saxon politics… Blair is a bit wooden at best, and G.W.Bush is not, whatever your political convictions, a gifted speaker…
Having said that, find a convivial bar, and there are many, many of these, simply grunting and smoking a cigarette will get you by for hours and hours.

By: Citizen K

Citizen K — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 22:23:17 +0000

Just wanted to let you know, I too am in Paris, vicariously, through you and your blog.
You are being heard here on the Northern Coast of CA.
Althought not Paris, S.F. has some pretty good cafe’s. There are sharp teeth here as well, but I noticed something when traveling to some poorer parts of the country this summer…the smaller the crumbs the sharper the knives.
Citizen K

By: Citizen K

Citizen K — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 22:19:49 +0000