Well i’m back from my petite sojourn in the UK. Lemme tell ya it was freezin beyond belief. But it was nice. Especially lovely to speak in my native tongue. I relished it like nuthin. It’s so close that one would think i could go over whenever i needed a little understanding. Unfortunately London is really really expensive. A weekend every 2 months there would wipe out any of my saving money plans. But there were my super cute little cousins, and charming Brighton, and dancing to good music that was badly mixed. You can’t win em all i guess.
One good thing is i definitely like Paris better than London. It is just so beautiful here. Even when it’s damp and grey and cold. I was talking to someone french about it, at my party i think. He asked how i was liking being here and i gave my usual response that it is hard, but Paris is an amazingly beautiful city. He replied in this matter of fact tone, “Yes Paris is beautiful. That’s because we surrendered right away”. It took me a few seconds to get that but then i chuckled. Quite the witty and insightful remark.
So i’m happy to be back, well relatively happy anyway. It will be a short workweek and i’ve got some strange market/cabaret thing lined up for sunday. What else can you ask for in dreary december?
In other news, i received my secret santa assignment and it’s great. This cute little tortured college freshman boy. On his wishlist are a medley of how-to dating books and dylan thomas poetry collections. I fucking love it!
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Nil by Mouth is written by Neille Ilel. Neille is a writer, reporter and user interface specialist in Los Angeles. If you think that's a lot, she's also got a host of meandering sidelines including improv comedy, tennis, cooking, drawing and thinking about learning to play the guitar.
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