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Les Franglaises

They translate famous English songs into French literally and it's fucking hilarious. There's more going on, because there's a narrative in between the songs.

Also, I appreciate how LGBT friendly it is (they do Blur's "Boys and Girls" for example) and that one time one of the guys takes "You can leave your hat on" as a list of ( Read more... )

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Gather round. It's time for me to go tl;dr about the Paris Commune.

A lot has been made of the Paris Commune, for various reasons -- mostly because it's where Marx derived the term "communism" from -- and it's been romanticised a lot. I'll say upfront that I'm not exempt from said romanticisation, but I'll try to be as objective as possible (keyword ( Read more... )

Listen, it's la Chandeleur so do yourself a favour, give in to (French) tradition and eat a crêpe. Or more than one. OMNOMNOM CRÊPES

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2016

A YEAR OF MARVELS: JULY INFINITE COMIC (2016) #1, by Chuck Wendig (scenario) and Juanan Ramirez (art): This is SUPER CUTE. Mind you, I read it when it came out, so I might be forgetting stuff, but I am so there for Bucky + kids.

Star Wars: Shattered Empire, by Greg Rucka (scenario) and Marco Checchetto (art): This was enjoyable, if a bit ( Read more... )

I took my mom to see Ballerina this afternoon. I enjoyed it greatly! It gives great Paris and Félicie is adorable.

I saw it in VF (French ub), because I was under the impression this was the original version. It is not, which actually made me feel better about some nitpicky stuff.

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I'm having a friend over from abroad for the next couple of days. (I already gave the "native Parisian tourguide" routine, so I'll have to find something else.)

So if I'm not around, that would be why.

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Je suis le capitaine Henri Villon et je mourrai bientôt.

Non, ne ricanez pas en lisant cette sentencieuse présentation. N’est-ce pas l’ultime privilège d’un condamné d’annoncer son trépas comme il l’entend ? C’est mon droit. Et si vous ne me l’accordez pas, alors disons que je le prends.

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But not actually flooded yet.

I had to take a detour, so took a slightly longer one so I could take some pictures of the water level at Pont de Bir Hakeim (the bridge from Inception).


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