Aspirateur à main

I finally got my student loan through today! and how does any self respecting man celebrate? I bought… a brand new 4.2 Volt hand-held vacuum cleaner. I’m staring at it now, trying to retrace the steps which lead to it’s purchase. It all seemed terribly important at the time, but I [...]

Karaoke mugshots

As promised, pictures of the new hit sensation composed of myself, Maitresse and Julie.
We don’t look at all happy in the second one, I think it was after a few beers… next time there’ll be costumes and backup dancers I swear.

Branché

 
Adrift no longer
Platonic shadows scatter
I exist again

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Oh yeah? Well I think the real question is when is a haiku not appropriate?
So, 16th century Japanese poetry aside, I’ve been given a mobile phone! Reassimilated back into the collective, my societal umbilical cord is firmly back in place. Big shout out to Maitresse (it’s [...]

Savoir-vivre

Scarfed and shirted up, we went along to the forum dinner last night, only to find that there had only been 4 places booked for 56 students. A few angry phone calls later and blame duly assigned, we were left to our own devices in the 13eme.
Meandering down the Rue des Cinq Diamants, we [...]

Les Thèses

It’s that time of year where the mass of graduating students symbolically part ways in an avalanche of paperwork. Invariably the dealers with the blue chips are the ones who attract the most players, but there are the occasional few, we masochistic few, who go the PhD route – treading the slippery path of [...]

Diaspora

This year seems to have been formally mandated for international cultural ummm discovery (?) among my Imperial compatriots (great word). One is interning in San Francisco, Another teaching orphans in Lima, and another travelling around China. It’s depressing to think that graduation next year may just be a brief collision before we all tear [...]

Skippy est mort dans mon ventre

Now, the last thing I want to do is sound old fashioned, but I don’t think that anyone who was with me understands the gravity of what I’ve done.  Some background first…
The food at college is pretty bloody amazing.  In fact it’s like eating at a restaurant every day for about 3 Euros a head [...]

Ca te dérange?

Lebanese neighbour: “Hey could you help me with something?”
H: What’s that
LN: I just want to stick these roses up in my room
H: Sure
**Ohh, that’s nice he wants to put some flowers up for a possible girlfriend**
LN: I want to stick them on the roof next to my corpse bride poster so it looks [...]

C’est chiant, quoi?

I’m not speaking nearly enough French, I really need to be disciplined.  All the erasmus students hang out in their respective hoards using English for any diplomatic purposes.  I’ve had to take drastic action, and joined a choir, and the ENST forum, AND I’m going to get a language exchange buddy.  Meanwhile I’m spending hours [...]

Tu viens d’ou?

Fantastic night… open bar!   I was drunk to the point where I put my plastic cup between my teeth in order to dance more effectively, and consequently spilt beer in my eyes when I tilted my head back.  I had to pretend like I meant to do it.
I am now covered in beer.
Did I mention [...]