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Clueless in Paris, or, Angst in France
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Created on 2004-06-02 23:02:03 (#3354598), last updated 2009-10-26
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Basic Info| Birthdate: | 09-18 |
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| Location: | This God Forsaken Place Called Paris, France |
| Website: | http://www.mdsupport.org/library/juvenile.html |
BioClueless in Paris, Angst in France, or, Why Am I Living in the Suburbs of Paris When I Should Be Sitting Under a Parasol on the Riviera?
"In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their language." (Mark Twain)
LIFE BLURB
What am I *doing* here? What self-respecting Californian in his or her right mind would choose to live in, for example, Ransomville, just outside of Paris, France? That’s the million-euro question. To tell you the truth, I have spent countless hours pondering this very question and have come to the conclusion that there is no answer.
I live with my family and tons and tons of goldfish, eight honking mandarins, ten chattering budgies, four singing canaries (three sopranos and one countertenor) two pecking mini quails, four lovely african lovebirds, three pesky hamsters, three lovable rats, one squawking parrot, four screaming cockatiels, two naughty gerbils, two little unidentified black birds, two fuzzy mini rabbits, two flashy koi, one big ole scaredy cat, and a partridge in a pear tree.
When I grow up, I would like to be an author, or maybe a gardener. I used to be a ballet dancer until I left everything and came to France. I am not ashamed to admit that I have seen every episode of Dawson’s Creek, as well as Six Feet Under and My So-Called Life. I listen to Baroque opera (don't scowl). I wish I were smarter. And I drink way, *way* too much coffee.
Contrary to popular belief, I do have a college diploma. It’s in a drawer somewhere, if you want me to find it for you. I speak French with a Swiss-Canadian accent (I don’t mean this as an insult to any Swiss-Canadians out there). Unfortunately, I can’t speak English very well any more. When I open my mouth, people laugh. I guess I need to brush up on my English grammar.
So, all hope of good grammar renounce, ye lost, who enter here, but don’t forget to register now for the monthly prize draw! Win millions of free euros and we’ll throw in a Jerry Lewis CD, absolutely free!
**NERVOUS NEWS: The Franco-American Association of Nervous Wrecks**
BUT WE ARE ALL INSANE ANYWAY.
"I close my eyes in order to see." (Paul Gauguin)
"Je passe le plus clair de mon temps à l'obscurcir, car la lumière me gène" Boris Vian
"Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be." Mark Twain
"Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia." E.L. Doctorow
"I try to leave out the parts that people skip." Elmore Leonard
"America is my country and Paris is my home town and it is as it has come to be. After all anybody is as their land and air is. Anybody is as the sky is low or high, the air heavy or clean and anybody is as there is wind or no wind there. It is that which makes them and the arts they make and the work they do and the way they eat and the way they drink and the way they learn and everything" Gertrude Stein, from *An American and France,* 1936
Do I dare disturb the universe?
In a minute there is time
For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.
For I have known them all already, known them all:
Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons
(T.S. Eliot)>
**
*HUGS* TOTAL!
give amm_in_paris more *HUGS*
Get hugs of your own
I will not stand for this
"In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their language." (Mark Twain)
What am I *doing* here? What self-respecting Californian in his or her right mind would choose to live in, for example, Ransomville, just outside of Paris, France? That’s the million-euro question. To tell you the truth, I have spent countless hours pondering this very question and have come to the conclusion that there is no answer.
I live with my family and tons and tons of goldfish, eight honking mandarins, ten chattering budgies, four singing canaries (three sopranos and one countertenor) two pecking mini quails, four lovely african lovebirds, three pesky hamsters, three lovable rats, one squawking parrot, four screaming cockatiels, two naughty gerbils, two little unidentified black birds, two fuzzy mini rabbits, two flashy koi, one big ole scaredy cat, and a partridge in a pear tree.
When I grow up, I would like to be an author, or maybe a gardener. I used to be a ballet dancer until I left everything and came to France. I am not ashamed to admit that I have seen every episode of Dawson’s Creek, as well as Six Feet Under and My So-Called Life. I listen to Baroque opera (don't scowl). I wish I were smarter. And I drink way, *way* too much coffee.
Contrary to popular belief, I do have a college diploma. It’s in a drawer somewhere, if you want me to find it for you. I speak French with a Swiss-Canadian accent (I don’t mean this as an insult to any Swiss-Canadians out there). Unfortunately, I can’t speak English very well any more. When I open my mouth, people laugh. I guess I need to brush up on my English grammar.
So, all hope of good grammar renounce, ye lost, who enter here, but don’t forget to register now for the monthly prize draw! Win millions of free euros and we’ll throw in a Jerry Lewis CD, absolutely free!
**NERVOUS NEWS: The Franco-American Association of Nervous Wrecks**
"I close my eyes in order to see." (Paul Gauguin)
"Je passe le plus clair de mon temps à l'obscurcir, car la lumière me gène" Boris Vian
"Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be." Mark Twain
"Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia." E.L. Doctorow
"I try to leave out the parts that people skip." Elmore Leonard
"America is my country and Paris is my home town and it is as it has come to be. After all anybody is as their land and air is. Anybody is as the sky is low or high, the air heavy or clean and anybody is as there is wind or no wind there. It is that which makes them and the arts they make and the work they do and the way they eat and the way they drink and the way they learn and everything" Gertrude Stein, from *An American and France,* 1936
In a minute there is time
For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.
For I have known them all already, known them all:
Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons
(T.S. Eliot)>
**
*HUGS* TOTAL!
give amm_in_paris more *HUGS*
Get hugs of your own
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