SLOW

It's actually been a slow few days, and I must shamefully admit I have not been profiting at all from the sunshine nor life in Paris. The thing about living in such a famous city is that there's something of a self-imposed pressure to be constantly taking advantage of that fact. Especially when one makes the rash decision to blog their adventures online...

Even though I have been a hermit, there have been some daily life developments, mostly in the 'what now? department.

Without going into too much personal detail, the stress of our respective employment situations (in both the having and not having sense) has been taking a toll and we're both taking some time out to reconsider our quality of life here and whether a move to a more regional area might not be a better idea - maybe Toulouse (althought the previously mentioned job interview didn't pan out), or elsewhere.

In the meantime I'm working on my 20th reiteration of my employment 'motivation letter'...migrainus merdum, so unmotivated. Oh and I went to see Star Wars - apparently wookies are from Vietnam and Darth Vader is some kind of metaphor for George W. (if you're not with me, you're against me...)


8 comments

  1. It feels good to make these kind of life decisions doesn't it?
    Congrats!

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  2. yeah :) but I think maybe for him more than for me - I 've had nothing but movement and uncertainty for the last year, it's kind of become the status quo! But my time thus far in Paris has at least taught me that I don't deal with big city life very well after all.

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  3. You'd be moving to good rugby country.

    How can any Star Wars be bad? Some are just better than others.

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  4. But where do they play Aussie Rules? I think France did well last year in the international comp in Melbourne.

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  5. Well that's true Greg, they have a big rugby scene down there (and I have no idea where they might play Aussie rules Anne..).

    Well, I have to say here that I didn't like Star Wars 1 or 2 very much at all. I found Star Wars 1 to childish, and number 2 too adolescent, so I'd hoped that number 3 might be a bit more grown up! They developed the political aspect more in the third, which was good.

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  6. I agree with you that movement becomes much less exciting once it becomes the status quo. I keep hearing about how much people envy my current bout of travels. I agree that such things can be great, but like all things, too much of a good thing is not necessarily good. In any case, good luck with the shift.

    Great analysis of the latest Star Wars. I agree wholeheartedly. And I think the Emperor has been taking power-seizing lessons from Emperor Bush.

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  7. I'm so over packing stuff into boxes though!

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  8. I've never been to Toulouse, though I do have to admit to love living in the south.

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