092 LaLa Land

This week I am here:

It's hot ... So hot that we have to wear flip flops and tank tops ...
It smells good. The air is fresh ...
Mexican food ...
Sun ...
Beaches ...
Peeps ...
And it feel very very good.


The Walking Dead

Watched 5 episodes of season two. This show is just good. I do need to fast forward a few scenes from time to time, but as a whole, I definitely don't do it as much with this show. The only thing that kept distracting me was John Bernthal who plays Shane. He's got the biggest earlobes I've ever seen. They are sooo gigantic and thick as hell, that's all I can see when he's on screen [ close up] It's hard to explain the extend of the problem in pictures, you have to see the show and I hope I am not spoiling the series for everyone.

The mid season finally has the particular distinction of having surprised me and that's not easy.  Everything else, I guessed and anticipated.

They lose a young girl [Sophia]
They end up on a farm and stay there while scouring the area every day looking for her.
At one point, at the bottom of a well, they find this:

They hope to stay on the farm indefinitely [Overall, it's pretty free of walkers ... or so they think]
They discover that the family on the farm in keeping a dozen walkers hidden in the barn.
They are the mother, neighbors, brother of the family who considers them "sick" and want to preserve and protect them until they can be fixed/saved/helped ... Whatever. Super delusional.
Both the farm family and the group argue about what to do
The options are limited. They can leave the farm which they don't want to do because it's relatively safe there and coincidentally, the wife of the sheriff is pregnant [the baby might not be his either!]
They can remain on the farm, but in that case they have to leave the walkers alone and just adapt to the situation.
Shane totally looses it [for reasons I won't go into but it's an interesting arc]
In the end, through a set of circomstances, the barn doors are opened
They are forced to kill all the walkers. The shooting begins.

Finally, the camera pans out, showing the walkers bodies strewn on the ground.
Standing over them are the others, holding their smoking guns.
And then ... growling, ragged breathing sounds can be heard coming from inside the barn
Something is coming out .... It's Sophia, the girl they've spend this whole season looking for.
Bummer! She's preeeetty dead.
The shock on their faces! Priceless, the scene was shot to perfection. I couldn't help it but hold my breath.

The last beat ends with the sheriff and the girl walking towards each other and then ... He shoots her in the head.
Fantastic.

Here it is: 

091 The Eye Of The Beholder

Went to the Dassault Systems conference at EuroDisney

Met Mickey ...

Saw some great Live simulations ...

Inside the body live 3d view on a 3d TV ...

The Audi R8 ...

Hypno Guy
Went to the Hypno guy last week. We were discussing the idea of beauty and disagreeing on several point. In the end, to prove MY point [which was the right one] I had to recount a very special episode of the Twilight Zone called "The eye of the beholder." He seemed so surprised with the fact that a girl was using SciFi to support a philosophical point. I was annoyed that he was so surprised.

My weekend in the South
I do enjoy my time away from Paris. The south is so relaxing and a complete moment of fresh air. It's been raining hard over there and the roads around the village were under water. No problem, as long as something is going on, I like it.

TV watching
I finally made the decision to stop watching Terra Nova. If I have time later, I might to a little Hulu or OnDemand, but I won't tape the show anymore. It's just not worth it. too bad.

I tried watching Rage of the Yeti because it featured David Hewlett who also directed it. I have to say, this was worst than Morlocks. I couldn't even watch more than about 20 minutes and I felt super generous about it too. That's doubly sad.

I am running out of space on the DVR again. I get home so late that I can't watch more than a couple of hours when I am actually taping 5. That's getting me in all sort of troubles.

Lost Fringe this week.

090 Shufalk

On the way to LA ...

 ... Got upgraded to 1st class on the way back to LA. It is Air France, which is supposed to be one of the better airlines when it comes to first class. Certainly not like Delta or American.
You can't even compare. However, Ultimately I don't really think it's worth it.

Reasons why it's a great experience:
1. Bragging right AND the feeling that you are above everybody else. "Superior" is the word.
For 12 hours, I was the person I usually hate. And it felt freaking good.

Reasons why I can't be bothered:
1. The difference between economy and Business is pretty huge and there is no question about it, the difference in basic comfort level is mind bogling and certainly worth it on these long flight.
But the difference between 1st and business is almost non existant. Really, trust me on this.
The bed is not that much more comfortable and the movies and the same.
2. The TV's were stuck in the furniture, the flight attendant had to use knives to release them.
3. I was really annoyed when the flight attendant kept asking me questions after questions, it was sooooo annoying I could not believe it. She was so intrusive with all her questions. And then she was not even listening to me.
HER:
When would you like your dinner server?
ME:
What?
HER:
You can chose to have you meal [or not] any time.
ME:
I don't know, just go ahead and serve it at the same time as the business class section.
HER:
in 1 hour?
ME:
I don't know, whenever they get their meal is when I want mine.

1/2 HOUR LATER

HER:
The person next to you wants her meal served now, do you mind if I server you at the same time?
ME:
[I said] Uh?
[I was thinking] Why the fuck did we just go through this inane conversation if you're going to serve me at YOUR convenience anyway?

I was so over it.


Back to Paris

I barely saw the time go by. I am already back in Paris, going through the usual motions. The Ahole is still not talking to me. That's fine, F....you too.


Countdown has been restarted the reflect the new dates.

The weather is TERRIBLE. It's very, very dark and gray all day long. It is drizzling every five minutes, it's cold but not enough to cool the underground metro. So, you're freezing outside and sweating in the metro. Just perfect.

The French are getting all excited about "Noel". They're catching on the red and sparkly fever. To me, it just feels wrong here.

Homeless Shufalk
This morning, as I do every morning, I walked underground trying to get to my metro as fast as possible. I keep wanting to take pictures of all this insanity, but I really want to remain stealth-like and I can't get good shots that way. I will keep trying, because this would be much more entertaining to be able to describe with the help of some imagery. It is after all ... PRICELESS.

I had to walk across the homeless dormitory [bunch of guys sleeping on the floor in random hallways] and the homeless bathroom [several corners known to the authorities]. There was this one guy, very smelly who cut me off with his super slow shufalk [shuffle-walk], once again, I was annoyed to no end.
There are soooo many things completely wrong about that. I don't know where to start.

Once again ... 
Tank you Captain Archer for all your support during these trying times.

Screenshot of my desktop. The Xindi sphere from "Proving Ground."