"Ce n'est pas la girouette qui tourne, c'est le vent." Edgard Faure

"Small minds discuss people; average minds discuss events; great minds discuss ideas."
Eleanor Roosevelt

So I learned two things at the movie yesterday:
1- A woman's dream guy is someone that has exactly the same tastes, same life experiences, and same physical traits as her. Add a cheesy monologue straight from a book, and you're golden.
2- You can lie all you want to a woman, once she falls in love with you, she won't care one bit that all she thought she knew about you (that you had the same favorite movies and songs for instance, or the cheesy monologue) was fake.

Luckily, it's only cinema!
Good movie though: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1465487/

Mon déménagement:




Enfin plus ou moins :) ça serait plutôt celui de mon colloc, mais comme tous les cartons sont à moi...

When you've acted like an complete asshole, when you've been dishonest, when you've burned all the bridges to those close to you, when you find yourself in a situation from which you can't escape, when you have to finally face the darkest side of your psyche and the consequences of your actions.... it's so damn good to wake up in your bed and realize you're still the same person :)

Every single morning these days, I swear...

Il n'y a pas à dire, dans la vraie vie, mère-grand se fait toujours rattraper par le grand méchant loup au bout du compte...

Au revoir mamie.

I learned plenty of valuable lessons this week-end, and decided to share them with you, my gentle readers:

Lesson 1: when arriving late at a party, be aware that some people may already have had a few drinks and don't necessarily remember they have a half-full glass of red wine still in their hand.
Lesson 2: french people talk with their hands a lot. And can get animated.
Lesson 3: hone your reflex skills, grasshopper.
Lesson 4: when you wear your favorite shirt at a hawaiian party, even one big lei is not enough to protect it all.
Lesson 5: it's not exactly the best idea in the world to handle bleach first thing out of bed.
Lesson 6: liquids actually don't need mentos to jump up at impressive heights; all it takes is the right shape and aperture of bottle, the right height and inclination of dropping it, and a strict application of the laws of physics.
Lesson 7: when you have a full day of fun activities planned ahead, better leave the chores until AFTER the hot date.
Lesson 8: when you remember the name of the ER staff from your previous visit, maybe it's time to play cautious for a while...
Lesson 9: when trying to save your favorite white shirt with concentrated bleach, and unless you set out to create a whole new form of modern art, do not wear your favorite (and most colorful) indian garb for the task.

The funny thing is, all in all it was a pretty good week-end for me!

Oh, right, I started a new job! Exactly... 1 month ago, actually. I still feel like the awkward wide-eyed newbie though. Some people manage to look like veterans after a few weeks, not I.

Sometimes life is weird. I went through all kinds of (small) troubles today just so I could go and see a movie tonight called "Hot Tub Time Machine" by myself at a discount theater, and eat bad teriyaki frozen stuff at my desk at work for dinner. And I really can't figure out WHY.

Looking forward to the run home by night, though!