Tuesday, May 17, 2011

071 A whole new world ... again

Flew back to LA on May 10th. It was beautiful, fantastic and absolutely divine.

Tuesday
Got a cold on the plane.
Discovered that my apartment was A-ok except the hard drive for the remote viewing was fried. Bought a new hard drive and set things up with the TV. Hopefully if everything goes according to plan, I can watch TV from Paris again. Got to get re-acquainted with the stupid neighbor who got lazy about taking the trash downstairs and decided to leave it in front of her door for the entire week I was there. Every time I walk to my apartment, I get the smell. Lovely, reminds me of certain areas of Paris.

Wednesday
Went to Santa Monica for the facial, Got a great one. I went there primarly to get my glasses fixed and that's when I noticed that I had forgotten the glasses at home. So, since I had to come back anyway, I decided to set up another appointment (a massage this time) so as not to waste time coming back just for the glasses. Life is hard sometimes.

Thursday
Went to work, got really busy the whole day, ate a burrito, loved it, took a picture of it and sent it to Paris.
Came home to find that my bathroom stunk of cigarette smoke. The fucking neighboor [the trash one] started smoking in the bathroom again and the smoke/smell goes through the medicine cabinet and invades my space. So, I was forced to tape up all the small openings inside of the cabinet. The smell is going away.












Friday
Got a massage, fixed the glasses, did some shopping - loved every minute of it. My phone died so I ran to the store to get a new one. Blackberry Torch. Like it a lot.

Saturday
Realized that my time here was coming to an end, I did not cry about it but I felt very very sad. Watched some SGU to make some space on the DVR, put this image as screen on my new phone.















Sunday
Left for Paris at the end of the day. During the flight, as I was trying to sleep, a woman came over where I was sitting and punched the guy right by me telling him what a motherfucker he was and then she left. Later on she came back again, hit him again and told him that he was an asshole and she would kill him. I have no idea what the hell was going on there. The first time I didn't even realize what was happening and then second time I was as dumbfounded as the first.
I did decide that if she showed up again I would definitely go Krav Maga on her ass. Lucky for her she didn't show up again and thus survived the trip.

Monday
Landed in Paris, moved in the apartment right in the middle of a bunch of noodle restaurants. I think I am going to eat alright during this trip.

Countdown Restart
I've brought all the clocks back to 000. We have a total of 32 days to go. Let's get this shit going.

Friday, May 6, 2011

070 Countdown

... On my way out of the office. This last day was the longest but I made it through. Tomorrow morning I am jumping on a train to the south of France for the weekend. Back in Paris Monday night and then Tuesday morning or as I like to refer to it as "D"day. I fly out of HERE. Feels good to be free.


Thursday, May 5, 2011

069 Countdown

2 days of work left

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

068 Survival

Food
This weekend I discovered, french bread with vinaigrette. Delicious. So I went a little bit overboard with my new discovery by eating a whole baguette.
I am also on day 14 of my sushi marathon. Yes, each day a little bit for lunch or dinner [or both.] Delicious.

The GD deadline
The deadline may have moved, but it's not the only annoying development. Even though I have a ticket back to LA on June 16th, I have been told that I may be here for as late as July 22nd. That's the most fucking annoying latest development. And really, if I wasn't making extra money on this shit, I wouldn't do it, FOR SURE.

TV

Can't wait to get back and fix my TV, I am tired of watching French crap. It's the worst kind of TV lineup I've seen in a long time. And the fact that they dub everything makes it even harder to stand. I've said it before, it's like they have 5 guys doing the voices. Kojak has the exact same voice as Columbo and Baracuda (A-Team for the clueless). Yeah, note the references here ... Because those shows are very much part of the line up. Not to mention Murder She Wrote, Magnum PI and Familly Matters. Jesus help me.

Countdown watch
There are now 3 days of work left. Each about 12 to 15 hour long, which means that I will be here for another 45 hours. I had planned a little get away after the deadline. The deadline is of course in June now, but there's no way in hell I am giving up on the get away. Friday  night, I am out of here and on my way out of town for 3 days. Coming back on Monday, getting on the plane on Tuesday morning and if everything goes according to plan, I should be in LA by the afternoon.  And then I have 5 days to get my act together before I am back in this ass backward town, the big P.




 


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