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La Défense is without a doubt my favorite place in Paris; its such a change to be under tall buildings. Paris has so many incredible structures, even the laundrettes and falafel shops are stuck inside stunning facades. So, going somewhere with so much glass, metal and height is good once in while. And theres the amazing view of the city at one end, over the fountain and down towards the Arc...and at the other end, opening out onto le bois de boulonge.

I LOVE ANDY

joaquin phoenix, you're not even close

William Saroyan wrote this

In the time of your life, live so that in good time there shall be no ugliness or death for yourself or for any life your life touches.

Seek goodness everywhere, and when it is found, bring it out of its hiding-place and let it be free and unashamed.
Place in matter and in flesh the least of the values, for these are things that hold death and must pass away.
Discover in all things that which shines and is beyond corruption.
Encourage virtue in whatever heart it may have been driven into secrecy and sorrow by the shame and terror of the world.
Ignore the obvious, for it is unworthy of the clear eye and the kindly heart.
Be the inferior of no man, nor of any man be the superior. Remember that every man is a variation of yourself.
No man's guilt is not yours, nor is any man's innocence a thing apart.
Despise evil and ungodliness, but not men of ungodliness or evil. These, understand.
Have no shame in being kindly and gentle, but if the time comes in the time of your life to kill, kill and have no regret.
n the time of your life, live — so that in that wondrous time you shall not add to the misery and sorrow of the world, but shall smile to the infinite delight and mystery of it.

this makes me very happy

Spirit of the stairway

tyres won't work, because there's nothing left of them
a fire won't burn in this cold day

before you know there'll be nothing of my skin
before you sail out
why would you be luckless tonight?

tell me why there is water in the gin
tell me why I keep fighting
and fires don't burn out, we just meet them overdone
the cat's won't sing for you anymore

before you come and fuck it up again
before I speak as 'the idiot'

before you know there'll be nothing of my skin
before you sail out
why would you be luckless tonight?

The city

Things I like and do not like about living in Paris

Like

1. Listening to music and getting lost - it all sounds different when you panic.
2. Its not London, the second circle of hell.
   
3. The metro (my girlfriend likes the buses).
4. American film posters in French.
5. Middle aged men dressing like 18 year olds.
6. Sirens and car horns. Most of the time.
   
7. Walking, its like a maze.
8. The gypsy folk band who are always at Chatelet metro.
   
9. Getting on the 1 train and looking all the way down the winding carriages. Snakey.
   
10. I live one hour ahead of you and your GMT.

Do not like

1. Right on red, the meaninglessness of Zebra crossings.
2. Giving up smoking in a city where everyone is puffing.
3. Second hand English bookstores. A 25 year old paperback of Cheever stories? You dropped it in the bath/swimming pool/ocean? You spilled coffee and gravy on it? Its missing the last 3 chapters? 8€? SURE!
4. People laughing at my French accent.
5. Franprix.
   
6. Segway tours. If you run me down....
7. Living statues (these exist everywhere though)
8. Nobody queues.
   
9. Chocolat Orsons. Fat making sweets.
10. The angry men selling small Eiffel towers and croissant key rings at Sacré-Cœur. Hands off me.

Good Morning