For just a short time after she has left, the scent of a woman stays with you. It's on your clothes, your hands even your hair. If her scent is still with you after years of her presence, surely you have loved.
Today is the 14 of july, the French National Holiday (or Bastille Day). I like this commemoration even if the 'take' of the Bastille was more symbolic than anything else. French people were tired of lies, back-stabbing and '2 faces' people... and those were quickly beheaded. Thanks Mister Guillotin !! Of course, we have the fireworks, food and drinks to celebrate this holiday. NY City has a large Bastille day celebration each year on 60th street on the Upper East side of Manhattan. Sadly, i leave on the West Coast.
French women are pretty and 'audacieuses' (bold). Some good songs here:
EMILIE SIMON "Fleur de saison" OLIVIA RUIZ "La femme chocolat" BRIGITTE BARDOT "Harley-Davidson" ZAZIE "Je suis un homme" LARA FABIAN "Je t'aime" NICOLLE CROISILLE "Une femme avec toi" AXEL RED "Rester femme" CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG "L'un part L'autre reste" CARLA BRUNI "Quelqu'un m'a dit"
Have a beautiful day Frenchguy
Song of the day: EMILIE SIMON "Flowers" -just for the video-clip-
Do you ever find yourself in complaint mode? Do you ever bemoan your luck, whinge at the people character or whine about people actions? It's not hard to find good reasons to complain about most things/people, if we look hard enough! For those who find themselves complaining a lot it does tend to be learned, developed and practised habit over a long period of time, probably since childhood. For them, it will always feel OK and natural to seek out the things that could be, should be, ought to be better! After all nothing is perfect in an imperfect world! (especially virtual) The Complainer expects others and the World to make them happy, thought happiness is a self-created state of mind. The Complainer tends to feel powerless and often hopeless, lost in thoughts of his own. The Complainer is essentially angry. They believe they can effect change and get what they want just by displaying their anger at what has just happened, or not happened. They would probably even start complaining if someone suggested that complaining is not such a bright idea!
Then, you have at the other end those for whom the world is a wonderful place, constantly full of surprises and discoveries, despite what others may see as not wonderful. When things go wrong, or turn less than expected, they accept it, take in the way it is and just keep moving... Occasionally they are tempted to stop and jump in the light of a negative reflection, but it doesn't last long as they realise that life, in the meantime, is moving on.
A -IS FOR AGE: i will be 39 in September. Painful, very painful B -IS FOR YOUR BURGER OF CHOICE: Super star with cheese from Carl's Jr. C -IS FOR THE CAR THAT YOU DRIVE: Lincoln TownCar or GMC Denali XL D -IS FOR DOG'S NAME: Old names were Starsky, KickOff and Sonia but i'm looking for a dog name (i'm thinking to adopt one) E -IS FOR AN ESSENTIAL ITEM YOU USE EACH DAY: Would be anykind of music devices. F -IS FOR YOUR FAVORITE TELEVISION SHOW: House MD, i like Hugh Laurie as Doc House. Almost similar character?!?! G -IS FOR MY FAVORITE GAME: H -IS FOR HOMETOWN: Los Angeles, Cali. I -IS FOR INSTRUMENTS PLAYED: None sadly, but drums or/and bass guitar would be my choices. J -IS FOR FAVORITE JUICE: pffff... apple. K -IS FOR WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO KICK: Humm... myself! for many personal reasons... L -IS FOR LAST RESTAURANT YOU DINED AT: After 2 1/2 years of celibacy, i can't remember. M -IS FOR YOUR FAVORITE MUPPET: Rowlf the Dog and Cookie Monster. N -IS NUMBER OF PIERCINGS YOU HAVE: Aish... piercing??? O -IS FOR OVERNIGHT HOSPITAL STAYS: humm. i think 3 times. P -IS FOR PEOPLE YOU WERE WITH TODAY: LoL... none. Q -IS FOR WHAT YOU DO IN QUIET TIMES: Guess.... R -IS FOR REGRETS: Too many of them. S -IS FOR STATUS: I'm OK, nothing more, nothing less... T -IS FOR TIME YOU WOKE UP TODAY: 6.37am U -IS FOR WHAT YOU CONSIDER UNIQUE: Myself. V -IS FOR FAVORITE VEGETABLE: Difficult... salads. W -IS FOR YOUR WORST HABIT: M*%^$#@*%ing. X -IS FOR X_RAYS YOU HAVE HAD: At least... 15 times. Y -IS FOR YUMMY FOOD YOU ATE TODAY: Philippine food; chicken/pork adobo and sinangag (thx Georgina) Z -IS FOR ZODIAC SIGN: Libra aka Rooster(earth)
Have a beautiful day Frenchguy
Songs of the day: ETIENNE DAHO "Obsession" BIFFY CLYRO "Who's got a match?"
* A small 4 year-old kid whom i pass by during my most needed grocery shopping threw a 'bogey' at me today!! The worst is this thing was sticky... i had to use a piece of paper to clean my shirt.
* I consider adopting a dog, i need desesperatly a living 'person' around me. So i would appreciate suggestions for a name. If i choose your name you'll win a cookie.
* Over the years, I think i've adopted a buddhist philosophy without ever really knowing what buddhism entailed for. I was reading about it latelly and it show how much of it ideals i already subscribe to... which isn't the reason to label me as full devotee. But still, maybe it's good to have any sort of beliefs in my life at this time. -i'm like the 'new' Richard Gere. hehe.
* I've already sat for a six-hour "Rome" marathon today (DvD boxset) If you don't know this serie from HBO... you're missing something really good.
Have a beautiful day, Frenchguy
Song of the day: JOHNNY MARR & THE HEALERS "The last ride" -J Marr was a member of the Smiths-
Her glance was caring & my hopes were bright Her speech was short with words that delight Her smile was radiant, like the moon at night Her steps were slow yet attractive and polite
Her looks were noble, fires of passion ignite Her features were slender yet majestic than Knights Her eyes so proud yet her heart polite Her manners so gentle, provoked poets to write
Her laughter so irresistible, a thunderous light Her character so simple yet profound to excite Her love so pure in line of my sight Her being so divine, didnt Need me quite
Have a beautiful day, Frenchguy Thanks B. Pic. GUSTAV KLIMT "Emilie Floge" 1902
Poland - CARPE DIEM .Cale zycie grasz France - HUSH PUPPIES .Hush puppies England - BEGGARS .You & me China - JAY CHOU .Twilight's chapter7 Korea - SON DAM-BI .Bad boy (feat. Big Bang) Japan - THELMA AOYAMA .$#@%^* Iceland - SIGUR ROS .Heima (Hoppippola version) Sweden - KRISTIAN ANTILLA .Smutser Norway - MADRUGADA .Look away Lucifer Belgium - BORN CRAIN .4 letter word Bulgaria - ELENA .Vse edno mi e Germany- OOMMPH .Augen auf Australia - CHILDREN COLLIDE .Social currency Brasil - SERGIO BRITTO .Raquel Spain - AMARAL .Kamikaze Italy - LORENZO JOVANOTTI .A te
check Pol, Fran, Eng, Norw, Aust and Spain first. You will be surprise.
Be quiet and more discreet, O my Grief. You cried out for the Evening; even now it falls: A gloomy atmosphere envelops the city, Bringing peace to some, anxiety to others.
While the vulgar herd of mortals, under the scourge Of Pleasure, that merciless torturer, Goes to gather remorse in the servile festival, My Grief, give me your hand; come this way
Far from them. See the dead years in old-fashioned gowns Lean over the balconies of heaven; Smiling Regret rise from the depths of the waters;
The dying Sun fall asleep beneath an arch, and Listen, Darling, to the soft footfalls of the Night That traits off to the East like a long winding-sheet.
Charles BAUDELAIRE -Recueillement- Les Fleurs du Mal Trad. from W. Aggeler.
In 1972, the Los Angeles Coliseum was the place of a day-long concert. It was the "WattStax Summer Festival". Through amazing music and the headlined Isaak Hayes, it was an Afro-American answer to Woodstock but more importantly the best way to show a different side of Blacks and commemorate what happened , 7 years ago, during the Watts Riots. If you want to watch a great documentary about Black music and culture, just buy the dvd "Wattstax". you will not regret it.
Have a beautiful day, Frenchguy
Songs of the day: THE BAR-KAYS "Son of shaft" -try to catch the video of it- OTIS REDDING "Try a little of tenderness"
1- A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he wants. A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't want.
2- A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband. A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.
3- A succesful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A succesful woman is one who can find such a man.
4- To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot & love him a little. To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot & not try to understand her at all.
5- Married men live longer than single men, but married man are a lot more willing to die.
6- Any married man should forget his mistakes-there's no use in two people remembering the same thing.
7- Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed. Women somehow deteriorate during the night.
8- A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't. A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change & she does.
9- A woman has the last word in any argument. Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.
Have a beautiful day Frenchguy
Song of the day: REVEREND AND THE MAKERS "Open your window"
A lot of people know the 80s due to the numerous episodes of "I love the 80s" on VH1. Well I did love the 80s, even if i was young, pimply and forced to go to school wearing those "elastic fit" corduroy pants...
The music was all Pop, every genre had to accept it if they were to be famous. So you'd Suzie and the Banshees on the same show as guys in bird costumes dancing to the Birdy Song that was number 1 on the charts. Every novelty songs got to number 1 magically, like a rule or something. People would only buy the Singles (45T) to play at parties to make everyone dance and sweat. The groups at the time were Human League, Duran Duran, INXS, A-HA, The Cure, The Smiths, Elton John and every year Jimmy Cliff would bring a song for the summer... Do you remember XTC? How about vinyl records? They might have be big and clumsy but a least you felt like you were actually getting something, some LPs were like books; now, records are just this metalic shiny things..
On TV, the kids shows were Battle of the Planets, Goldorak (Grendizer), Fraggle Rock and SAN-KU-KAI. I used to think it was so cool when you saw EOLIA dress during the starting titles... And then, AYATO was my name when going playing in the public park, my Buddy Michael was SIMAN, the man-monkey, pilot of the SAN-KU-KAI. We were figthing the ghosts of GOLEM XIII and FURIA for hours... TOP of the POP and "Salut, les P'tits clous" had all the groups on and a few videos, the cameramen used to get really close and look-up noses and skirts and they loved the smoke machine...
Snickers was Marathon, Starburst was Opal Fruits, M&M's was Smarties and when i tell young people that; they look at me odd, i wonder if it really happen, where my childhood went?
I played with toy soldiers (Atlantics), I played with my GI Joe (who were a better quality than Action Man), I had a Six Millions Dollars Man figure, you could look from his telescopic eye or make his arms muscles move! I had a stretch green monster that i cut to see what was inside that made him stretch and ruined it. The toys were good in the 80s -remember Merlin game?- I wish i still had them but when you throw darts at your GI Joe for bullets holes or splash some alcohol/white spirit on your plastic soldiers and set them on fire for more realism, they don't last so long... sadly...
Jeeezzz, why did i grow up so fast...
Have a beautiful day, Frenchguy.
Song of the day: FALCO "Der Kommissar" (Original German version)
