I am working on essayish things and it occurs to me that Teaboy had a very good idea with this the other day. So... anyone want to play Mornington Crescent? If you're new to the game, I recommend its Wikipedia page and a careful perusing of Teaboy's entry on the subject, which should set you straight. For old hands: of course I wouldn't dream of ( Read more... )

ATTN apiphile : doing research for my dissertation, I wound up having to google for what flâneur means. Turns out that it's an untranslateable French word that reminded me of you.

The term flâneur comes from the French masculine noun flâneur-which has the basic meanings of "stroller", "lounger", "saunterer", "loafer"-which itself comes from the French verb ( Read more... )

« Etre SDF, c’est un métier à plein temps. »

-          Sylvain L., SDF et observateur averti de ces situations, Paris, 1998 dans J. Damon (2001)

Aujourd’hui, on estime qu’il y a bien plus que dix milliers personnes sans-abris rien qu’en Paris. Les SDF (‘Sans Domicile Fixe’, le terme le plus utilisé pour les sans-abris) sont visibles ( Read more... )

Oh my God, I am so tired and exhausted. And beyond stressed: I didn't even know it was possible for me to be this harried. (Admittedly, the fact that I am not good with such a drastic change of routine as moving house does not help this, to say nothing of the essay due on Monday afternoon ( Read more... )

ATTN internets: Google books is my God. What with the university library making me wait twenty-four hours for almost every book I need for the presentation tomorrow, and everything... Oh yes, and another being perfectly available, but they decided to close the reference library three hours early without warning. GEE, THANKS, GUYS. Shittiest ( Read more... )

Working and bored as hell.

TALK TO ME, PEOPLE. Suggest drabbles (not arts, for once: if I do any more doodling today I'll NEVER finish), post pretty, tell me stuff I should know or that you think I'll find interesting, write me stuff, I don't care.

PLZ TO BE BOTHERING ME NOW.

I know she warned about this but still...

Guys? apiphile's LJ's been deleted. Anyone know if she's okay? *worrits in her general direction ( Read more... )