People are so funny

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Jazz and BBWs

Tranny fell and hurt her ankle.  Well no, more like...tranny ate shit!  but she is almost better.  It's been pretty boring, I haven't been out in 2 days and didn't even have internet.  My time consisted of a lot of Harry Potter, spaghetti and long wine discussions with Danny about why I hate being dependent and what that means.  Haha I felt so useless!  Weakling.  It reminded me of how much I hate not being able to move around...hey can you get me a glass of water?  Fuck, sorry.  Danny is a good sport though.  He doesn't understand my embarrassment.  My main worries were I wasn't sure how long it would last, but I am almost back to normal :)
There wasn't much I could have done anyways, so I guess it was a good time to be incapacitated.  Danny and I were both out of money.  Completely.  He managed to find 2.65 in his jeans pocket which got us some spaghetti and a baguette, so luckily we didn't starve haha.  Banks here are closed on Mondays...shocking........all I have to say about that.  I haven't received my bank card in the mail yet, and Dannys account is empty.  Hah!  So that was fun...more funny than fun.  Hunger can be funny when there is an end to it I guess.
But Today is Tuesday!  The banks are open and I will venture out. The time for change has come!  I wish I had a video of my fall, it was pretty epically ridiculous of course. 
The view from the room these past couple days has been nice though:

The photo doesn't really do it justice, but that's Danny's little garden.  Actually, it's the garden of the people upstairs and we have no access to it!  But it's nice to look at it, and hopefully they find us nice to look at too.  lolz
This is one of the first pictures taken by my new ipod touch, w0000t!!  Kristen was able to bring it over from the states for me.  Success!  It's so crazy to have a camera and an ipod again.  It has been so long, I'm not used to it.  What a mission to get it though, thank you mother for not giving up!  From it being sold out in all of southern California till after I left the states, to shipping it to Kristen in NY, to having to use the McDonalds wifi to uninstall and reinstall iTunes so it would be compatible...which took so long I had to come back to recharge my computer because MacDo doesn't have electricity...just plugs that make you think it has electricity.  Haha, as with everything else since I've arrived here, it took forever to get it and then to get it working, but it was worth it!  Je suis contente.
The most awesome thing is that somehow when I uninstalled and reinstalled iTunes, all of my music from highschool and up until I got this computer 2 years ago showed up in my folder.  It's awesome.  I've been having a great time listening to Luda, especially Growing Pains :)
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2Il3ZAsVb8

So now I have a camera and can take silly photos like this and post them on here (or Danny can).  Life is looking up in Paris.
And I think I didn't mention, I have a phone now!  How electronic these past two posts have been!

Kristentranny comes to visit!!

First stop:

The electroparadefestival in the streets.  It was siickkk!  Sicky gnar bro!

So much fun!  Frenchies in da streeetz.  I love everything about festivals.  Everyone is there to jam, people are dancing, people are happy and people are free.  It's an all-around good time.  The only difference between European festivals and American ones is that very few people dress up at the Euro ones, and I feel like almost everyone is dressed up in America.  I miss dressing up, but I like both.  Looking forward to more of this.

Next stop: clubs

 Danny went all paparazzi on us apparently.

This night did not go as planned!  But it was still mad fun even if we didn't get to dance. lolllz haha leave it to the trannies, I guess we'll save dancing for Nice.  So good to be reunited in la France!  Who what have guessed we'd be the ones to come back?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35rPec8NigA

Well, at least I'm not pregnant.

Religion:

It has given people hope in a world torn apart by religion. - Jon Stewart

Sign me Up

I Love zee Smell of zee Armpeetz!

Or was it I love the odor of the armpits?  Either way, best frenchie quote I've heard thus far.  Last night Danny and I were hanging out with his bassist friend, Aureliene, when the subject switched from music to women.  Smell is a big deal for them when it comes to attraction, as it is for most people I guess...I've just never heard anyone say it quite like that :)  Maybe the smelly french stereotype is more correct than I once thought.  To be fair, he was talking about pleasant smells....under the arm pleasant smells.  Zee phairomeenz!  haha tu vois?

I'm still getting owned by the backwards french 'system' daily.  I have however, managed to get a bank account!  Grâce à Danny's aunt Katherine (Cah°tair°een) who supplied the necessary housing paperwork I needed to get an account.  A few more hoops to jump through and then I'll be allowed to get a phone plan.  Then I'll be set..if I find a place to live.  America is definitely easier in that, if you are willing to pay money to get something, like a phone for example, you they will glady take your money for it.  And if you have money to put in a bank account, you can open one and put it in!  Damnit!

Anyways, back to the world of the french Harry Potter for me.  I'm so happy I have a semi-valid excuse to be reading HP again.  It's helping my french!

The World Cup just ended.  Bulgarie: 150 Irlande: 160 :)

Poison

Did anyone in America hear?  Tens of thousands surround Merkel's office:



Coolest part of this Berlin trip was this anti-nuclear engergy protest.  So many people!  More pictures to come, I haven't developed my disposable yet..I just found these online.
These germans are protesting the extension, by the lovely Angela Merkel, of the use of nuclear energy in Germany.  Around 7 years ago the government decided to put a moratorium on the use of nuclear energy.  It was to be stopped completely this year however, Merkel's government has decided to extend it.  The people are pissed!  And actually manage to participate in a huge, successful protest.  I'm impressed; let's hope the government is too.  The nuclear energy lobbys spend tens of millions on advertisements and campaigns insisting that this energy is safe and necessary to 'bridge the gap' until they switch over completely to sustainable energies.  However, it isn't.  If they stopped using it today there would be no increase in the price of energy.  It is just in the companies interest to continue its use.  And where does all the nuclear waste go?  The shores of poorer nations.  woo!   They asked all participants to bring tin cans wrapped in yellow paper and they made a Huge pile of it outside one of their government buildings.  Unfortunately, I can't find a picture of that for the moment.
A lot of the signs the protesters held conveyed the message 'They say nuclear energy is better than fossil fuels, but why switch from one poison to the next when there is an abundant supply of sun, wind and water to be invested in?'

Sehr cool Berliners.  We don't want another Chernobyl -
http://www.planetthoughts.org/userfiles/image/2009/Apr/Chernobyl-child.jpg
I'm just going to post the link because this picture is pretty disturbing.

Berlin

My favorite city.  Happy to be back, but I wish I could speak German!  I would move here in an instant.  So alive, so interesting, so cheap! and so full of history.  Progressive.  And none of the snootiness one might encounter in Paris.  I can wear whatever I want.  I'll be a little down on Paris until I'm finally settled.  Their system is so impossible!  You can't open a bank account without paying rent somewhere, yet you can't pay rent anywhere without a bank account.  C fou!  And frustrating.  I'll figure something out though, I'm more annoyed than worried.  This is a useless post but, if shit ever hits the fan, I'm moving to Berlin.

This is what I've come up with:

Berlin is to acid! as Paris is to heroin.


Both are cool, but Berlin obviously wins.

TA MERE

Un peu de respect, hein? J'aurais pu être ton père si j'avais couru plus vite que la ragonda!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9thjgHGS38k

Jetlag

4am.  <<My piss smells like oatmeal and my toilet is plugged in>> - Wise words by the late DK this early morning.  He's back asleep now.  420.  Moi, j'ai le sens d'etre dans Lost in Translation.

I'm so wide awake!  I kinda like it.  Danny and I were supposed to go to a birthday party tonight and somehow managed to pass out right before we left around 1030.  Alors, je me suis reveille maintenant.  C'est fou ça.  Mais en plus, maintenant on attend le metro qui commençerait à 6h du matin pour se recontrer avec les amis qui continuent de faire la fête toujours.  J'aime ça :)  Ce n'est pas possible à Orange County de fait comme ça.

Alors, je commence ce blog.  Je suis arrivée à Paris!  With much less enthusiasm than I had originally expected.  It seems to be a general trend of mine to attach myself competely to things precisely at the wrong moment.  My last two weeks in Orange County were so perfect.  A Perfect balance of all the things I love - Un équilibre parfait entre tous les choses que j'aime.  Mais onto the next great adventure eh.  It's weird to feel that I'm leaving people behind.  Parce que, pourquoi?  Est-ce que je n'etais pas satisfaite?  Non, ce n'est pas ça.  Parcontre, il me semble que dans ma vie, j'ai le sens de satisfaction plus que c'est normal.  J'ai une bonne famille que j'aime, les meilleures amis que j'adore et les belles villes de habiter mais je veux toujours voyager à l'étranger.  C'est bizarre.  Mais je pense qu'il est ecrit dans les étoiles...

Sagittarians have a positive outlook on life, are full of enterprise, energy, versatility, adventurousness and eagerness to extend experience beyond the physically familiar. They enjoy travelling and exploration, the more so because their minds are constantly open to new dimensions of thought. They are basically ambitious and optimistic, and continue to be so even when their hopes are dashed. Their strongly idealistic natures can also suffer many disappointments without being affected.  They are usually on the side of the underdog in society they will fight for any cause they believe to be just, and are prepared to be rebellious. They balance loyalty with independence. I think that about sums it up.  Anyways, c'est l'heure!...on va faire la fête à cette heure folle.