I have recently discovered the ARTE+7 channel and am now hooked! Just imagine whatever equivalent of a high-fashion channel in the U.S. is, combined with either TLC/HGTV, sprinkled with a bit of the Food Network, and the neat cultural parts of PBS (like the art, biography and opera segments) and you've got the French Arte Canal!
My favorite is a show called "Chic," which obviously is targeted at women -- and/or gay men. But they interview really interesting people like underground artists, show neat recipes and then how to cook the meals, and there's also a section called before and after, in which views send in their ready-made or wearable art.
...I really should get out more. And OH YES, last night Brice de Nice was completely ridiculous, just as I imagined. Supposedly the character is based off a French You-Tube Internet star (see below) and the movie's script is sort of based off Keanu Reeves' Point Break. Even though I was alone in my living room, I definitely laughed out loud and said "WHAT THE F?!" to myself (in haute voix) over six times. Super strange, but pretty funny.
And yessss to discovering that 700€ magically appeared in my checking account! Now my month here has been financially validated -- thank you French government! -- and I can STOP taking money out of my U.S. account and live solely on the Euro. That means, NO MORE DOLLAR-EURO CONVERSIONS!!! And the best part is that I get the other 25% of my paycheck, in addition to 100% of next month's at the end of November. Things are certainly looking up.
Now if only I could get my carte de séjour... (and start losing weight, fast!)
Weight/exercise tracker, 30/10/07:
Weighing in at 59 kilos today, ran 1.5 miles and did 50 sit-ups.
My favorite is a show called "Chic," which obviously is targeted at women -- and/or gay men. But they interview really interesting people like underground artists, show neat recipes and then how to cook the meals, and there's also a section called before and after, in which views send in their ready-made or wearable art.
...I really should get out more. And OH YES, last night Brice de Nice was completely ridiculous, just as I imagined. Supposedly the character is based off a French You-Tube Internet star (see below) and the movie's script is sort of based off Keanu Reeves' Point Break. Even though I was alone in my living room, I definitely laughed out loud and said "WHAT THE F?!" to myself (in haute voix) over six times. Super strange, but pretty funny.
And yessss to discovering that 700€ magically appeared in my checking account! Now my month here has been financially validated -- thank you French government! -- and I can STOP taking money out of my U.S. account and live solely on the Euro. That means, NO MORE DOLLAR-EURO CONVERSIONS!!! And the best part is that I get the other 25% of my paycheck, in addition to 100% of next month's at the end of November. Things are certainly looking up.
Now if only I could get my carte de séjour... (and start losing weight, fast!)
Weight/exercise tracker, 30/10/07:
Weighing in at 59 kilos today, ran 1.5 miles and did 50 sit-ups.
2 comments:
I weigh so much more than you...
I'm glad you're having fun! Yay payday!
Actually, "Brice de Nice" is based off a character that Jean Dujardin used to do in his early comedy sketches (kind of like how "Austin Powers" was developped out of a character that Mike Myers used to do).
He & his wife (the mermaid in the movie) also did a short comedy sketch called "Un gars, une fille" for years on France 2 - a couple of the other channels still show reruns of it daily.
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