Happy

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yesterday, it was my second anniversary far from home. and with home, i mean the place that i am trying to escape when i’m there and the one i want to return when i’m not.

since 22,02,2009, i think i’ve learned the following:

_  the soundtrack of zorbas the greek may be heard equally, in an underground alternative bar of a german city and in the opening of a contemporary art exhibition in palais de tokyo. in both cases, people hug each other and dance ecstatically.

_ friends are the ones available. the ones that insist, those that note the white sheep in a bunch of black ones. if someone does not enjoy his own company, once said coco chanel, probably he’s right.

_ never trust anyone with a mean sense of style.

_ the members of your family equal the 911 number. are those that are handling you at your worse. &those that may seem deaf but they hear until they lose their hearing.

_ never underestimate the power of orange knickers.

Sew

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_ the neighbor’s grass may seem, but it is not necessarily greener.

_ google translate is your best friend.

_ a qualified professor is the one that will pick up the phone in the middle of the night, as a qualified dr. would do.

_ paris ends nowhere.

_ the last speech of randy pausch at carnegie hall will always make me weep in the end.

_ when someone seems guilty, he probably is.

_ stupidness is defined by the native people that correct the nonnative ones with a sense of irony when they say something wrong.

_ the successful marketing sales-line is the one ending and starting with the words: ciao, bella.

_ skill does not lie on what you do, but on what you observe.

_ the real world is the one that has your initials in the place of the ™.

_ ponystep parties are those that can make you pee your panties.

Year

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_ when you have 5% chances of succeeding something, you already have a very good chance.

_ the more you suppress a great desire, the more you will dream about it at night.

_ if you ever try ski for the first time, wear a helmet.

_ smile at people behind counters.

_ smile at people in general.

_ smile.

_ you may never be famous through your work. but if the work is yours, who needs famous people.

_ never try to crash an ysl fashion show holding an invitation with the name ‘sally field’ on it. if you don’t know who she is, the men in the reception do.

_ when it comes to things you like, nevermind the forest, stick with the tree.

_ strangers are 9 times out of 10 more interesting than dangerous.

_ christmas is over when you feel so.

Mr. Galliano

Lady Bunny &

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[Extravagance]

The thinking man often rebuked his girlfriend

because of her extravagance.

Once he discovered four pairs of shoes

in her room.

“I also have four different kinds of feet,”

she excused herself.

The thinking man laughed and asked:

“So what do you do,

when one pair is worn out?”

At that, she realized he was not yet

quite in the picture and said,

“I made a mistake, I have five different kinds of feet.”

With that the thinking man was finally in the picture.

 

~ B. Brecht, Stories of Mr. Keuner, p.88 ~

* toutes les photos de mon court séjour à Paris *

Mr. Keuner