conjure

I saw a woman walking around with sunglasses exactly like:



and I thought of your profile pic.

I think I need to spend less time on the interweb.

It's different enough, even when going between to cultures that speak the same language (in my case, like America and the UK) the subtle difference can be quite maddening. It's more the way people communicate, the way they respond to problems and resolve conflicts that cause your problems. Food and drink is an easy thing to get used to, but sometimes I wish the French made proper cocktails, or that beer was less expensive, othertimes I just want pancakes or peanut butter.

The French love to talk shit about the English speaking world while fetishizing our culture. People from young countries like ours tend to envy the European sense of history, often feeling like it gives them a sense of awe and humility, and to some extent that's true. Less so in Spain and Germany, but in France they are so obsessed with their past, with what it has always meant to be french that they get left behind, importing thing innovated elsewhere 2 years late (even in fashon and food, the things that they are most known for). This is a land of play it safe revolutionaries. A friend of mine once said that revolution is about preserving the staus quoe, not changing it. When laws change here, people revolt and shut down the country until they are changed back. It may see like I'm talking shit, but not so, where I come we obliterate the past, but we do innovate. The biggest problem with world travel is that to some extent it makes the mystery and romance go away. You realize that people are pretty much the same everywhere they just speak different languages and eat different things. As far as Africa and Asia go, I've been all over southeast Asia, and to east Africa, and people are generally more decent and giving than in more devloped countries. I imagine that if you were to live in one of them, integration with the culture just would not be possible, so you could live happily among other ex-pats. In France the struggle is that you integrate, but only partially, you will always be abandoned for the French friends, they will always take a French person for a job before you, etc.

Bleh, that was a mouthful.

There are a ton of Austrailians everywhere I've ever been. My friends and I make jokes about how Austrailia must be empty because they are everywhere else telling the world how great Australia is.

I'm considering oppening a restaunt is Brisbane in a little less than a decade...

Looking very glam! you rock

it truly was - i think it's great.

I was asking myself the same thing the other day, when I spent my lunch money on some cosmetics instead. I'm sure there was a time that I didn't care ...

Pardon the generic message, please vote for the new owner of SGAU! Thanks

nice to meet you too!!

I spent most of this week at home. Wouldn't say it was by choice. It's driving me spare.

I, too, am amazed you can get by on centrelink payments.

I have nothing valuable to contribute other than, I love House
Oh and you should quit smoking, it's gross and you're not supposed to be gross, you're too cute to do gross things.

Smoking makes your teeth go yellow. So does drinking too much coffee. This is fine if you like yellow teeth.

At first, I thought maybe the "Blue Steel" pout was a bit much, but you've totally confirmed what I always guessed, pouting is hot.

personally i'm all about anti-socialism. i partake in such things on a regular basis.
sometimes other things have gotta wait and so forth.

hey thanks a lot for the comments on my "ancient tomb" sb set... i've only read it now! thanks thanks thanks!

Love is pretty cool like that.

i'm not sure what you're thanking me for, but it's flattering none the less. thank you.

Very cool pics, looks like a good day was had by all. We def. need to organise Moonlight Cinema before I leave tho

Happy 2008 lovely! Glad you like Firefly We'll have to have a Serenity night here at my place when you're ready.

Thanks deary!!!!
The first pic in my blog is from the last 1 second before i stop when i get home...the trees i decorated are directly to the left of my truck.

Hope you have a wonderful New Year and you become even better friends with your friends...ok, thats me being selfish. But a good kind of.