~ Way too many to mention. ~
~ Well you, if you have something to say.
But I have to be honest with you though: I hate, hate, hate blind friend requests. Hate them. A little introduction is just more polite, don't you think?
And while we are on the subject, I might as well tell you that I hate, hate, hate those "please read my blog" things. Especially if I don't know you. Hate them.~
~ To be added to my music collection, send your request this way:
• Juliette's music collection •
~ I'd also like to meet this well-travelled reporter:
~ and this very funny lady:
~ My tastes in musics are really eclectic: from jazz to R&B, classical music, rock, pop, etc.
~ I am keeping my cyber music collection, over here:
• Juliette's music collection •
~ I am a movie fan! ~
Especially independent & foreign ones, with good stories and characters.
It is difficult to come up with a list - there are so many good ones - alright, alright, just a sample then:
~ Chinatown,
~ One flew over the cuckoo's nest,
~ Dead man walking,
~ Smoke,
~ Silence of the lambs,
~ Italian for beginners,
~ City of god,
~ Hotel Rwanda,
~ The triplets of Belleville,
~ Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind,
~ Sideways,
~ The beat that my heart skipped,
~ A history of violence,
~ Match point,
~ Crash,
~ Tsotsi,
~ Toto le héro (Totò the hero),
~ Fauteuils d'orchestre (Orchestra seats),
~ Run Lola, run,
~ La grande vadrouille,
~ Le corniaud,
~ Memento,
~ Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien (With a friend like Harry),
~ The scent of the green papaya,
~ Ah si j'étais riche (If I was a rich man),
~ Ghost world,
~ American splendor,
~ My big fat greek wedding,
~ Chicago,
~ Bad Santa,
~ The pianist,
~ Le destin fabuleux d'Amélie Poulain (Amélie),
~ Inside man,
~ Little miss sunshine,
~ Half Nelson,
~ The departed,
~ The science of sleep,
~ Infamous,
~ Flags of our fathers,
~ Little children,
~ Venus,
~ Fast food nation,
~ Volver,
~ Pan's Labyrinth
~ pretty much anything from Woody Allen, Pedro Almodovar and Francois Ozon
et cetera, et cetera
~ So yes, I no longer own one. ~
But I am a very good Netflix customer and love these good TV series which I discovered on DVD: Six feet under, Sex and the city, The Sopranos, Entourage, The office (UK version) and I just discovered Huff and Weeds.
Most of the books I have read and loved are in French. I need to build my English library.
Send me suggestions!
So let's do something different: ~~ websites I enjoy checking on a regular basis ~~
~ www.lesoir.be (news from back home AND especially the "EN IMAGES" section. I highly recommend it!!! You don't need to know French to enjoy it. But you may learn a few things by reading the captions. Those photos are always breathtaking)
~ www.lalibre.be (news from back home)
~ www.nytimes.com
~ www.weather.com (a must for educated wardrobe choices )
~ www.webster.com (spell check anyone? I love to learn new words!)
~ www.metmuseum.org (I am a weekend volunteer)
~ www.cornershots.com (great photoblog about NYC, I love his skies.)
~ www.travisruse.com (great photoblog on a NYC subway commute. I love those candid pictures of everyday scenes.)
~ http://zutilpleut.canalblog.com (funny/funky blog by a funny French guy)
~ http://myparisforyou.canalblog.com (lovely blog by a German gal living in Paris)
This really cool cat ...
[the future starts immediately ... after the end of this sentence]
And this very handsome New Yorker .