Being in Paris is so stressful, even for people like me who stopped using its obnoxious public transportation system years ago (the subway in Paris is a fast and reliable way to get killed in my opinion – “French people” are so impulsive, violent and relatively poor lately). I already feel exhausted partly because I caught a sore throat in my parent’s apartment which is not heated – probably in order to make sure I do leave on Saturday morning and do not overstay my welcome.
I had lunch at Bercy with an ex-Washingtonian who now has a political appointment at the Ministry of Finance and a little more gray hair than me; it was a nice forum to talk about signs of aging and remembering the glorious days of casual sex [2001-2005]: a conversation we, mature gentlemen, always enjoy. As announced I purchased a pair of driving (? – necessary with our personal zipcar revolution) shoes with my mother in front of Janson de Sailly for the price of a few human beings in Eastern Europe [please don’t tell LL about it]. Fashionable footwear is always a nice temporary alternative to self-esteem. I am now going to take them to an obscure little restaurant in the 13th arrondissement, the local Chinatown, to check if I can manage to get killed for a pair of shoes.
In other news, I find it absolutely fabulous that the entire traffic here, as LL pointed out, is driven by a half naked Ian Somerhalder picture: indeed he does not look like a mature gentleman in his swim trunks(even Target's). Ok I am off to being murdered by illegal immigrants.
i have just one question: what color was your plant when you left?
green?
or brown-ish???
Posted by: kevin d. | Thursday, April 20, 2006 at 01:39 PM
That reminds me of another question - Was Oliver D. living when you left, or sort of like half-deadish?
Posted by: LL | Thursday, April 20, 2006 at 02:08 PM