La poule connaît l'aube mais elle attend le chant du coq - proverbe Baoulé
Sunshine, music, movies,travel, cute guys who are my age with deep masculine voices, fun, blogging, shoes, becoming more efficient, Living in Paris year-round, movie-making, dental hygiene, public transportation (although am dreaming of a Vespa), fortune cookies, rest, staying motivated despite the odds/the naysayers/the haters (in all of their insidious shapes & forms), communicating, wiretapping, negotiating, networking, speaking my mind, lucidity, working hard and playing hard, perfecting my "A" game, yoga, the 5 boroughs + the 20 arrondissements, newspapers, Albany, NY USA in the autumn, unconditional love and support from family, capital cities, sex when in love, Apple computers, Bodum + Canon products, beaches, champagne, small, intimate gatherings of friends, reading books, and magazines, politics, culture.
People who aren't afraid of beautiful women with self-depricating, offbeat senses of humor (um, for real). People who are not afraid to give me a straight answer at all times. Working artists with respectable day jobs. Good butchers, cheesemakers, and fishmongers. Women who look better than they did 10 years ago, without the nip & tuck. Millionaires who use public transportation. Underdogs. People who understand the difference between culture & entertainment, tabloids & journalism, sexiness & vulgarity. Verbal sparring partners on pop culture, international diplomacy, the real entertainment industry (minus the gossipy, tabloid bs), emerging media industries, politics, music, theater, travel, champagne, literature.
Enemies. Lovers. More international internet moguls for their eyeblinding energy on cloudy days. Real women who are married with children and enviable careers.(where are you hiding, i know you are out there somewhere?) Folks worth slowing down for, and who are not afraid to tell me to just shut up and dance (which actually works!). The future Monsieur Alva-007 + our kids (in no rush just curious) People who know how to read and who have good ears. Folks who speak at least one language well (non-native English speakers preferred).
Secret admirers who are not axe-murderers. People who eat regular meals. Other double agents and culture vultures in Pairs. Old friends, classmates, work mates and some new ones too. A real geisha. Oprah Winfery. People who DO NOT conjugate latin verbs for fun, when there are 100s of living languages worth getting excited about. Folksy Intellectuals. Anita Baker to hear what really happened with Sylvia Rhone & Babyface. Clive Davis. Mario Cuomo. Steve Jobs. Charlotte Perriand. Rosie the Riveter. Tria French. Nikki de St. Phalle. The children of old friends. Frida Kahlo. Coco Chanel. Charles de Gaulle. Norma Barzman. Julie Taymor. People with nice teeth. Maya Deren. Manhola Dargis and Frank Rich.
Really just trying to avoid pretentious assholes, women who only talk about dieting etc. & already have great leads, thanks!
Whatever 12 year old boys aren't listening to, is fine by me...
The Conversation, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Little Miss Sunshine , American Splendor, Belle de Jour, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Talk to Her, In the Mood for Love, The Kid Stays in the Picture, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Thank You for Smoking,Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Les Poupees Russes, Soy Cuba, Raising Arizona, The Story of a 3-day Pass, Girl on the Bridge (not a complete list)...
Does the saga that unfolds daily on Myspace count? France could really use Oprah Winfery, like yesterday!!!!!! They really don't make tv like they used to. Missing the classics: Miami Vice, The Golden Girls, Growing Pains, The Facts of Life, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Laverne & Shirley, Hill Street Blues, St. Elsewhere, The Cosby Show, A Different World before it got all pedantic; Cagney & Lacey, Quincy, Knight Rider, Different Strokes, The Muppet Show, Three's Company, The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd. Caught some episodes of Top Chef, I love NY, and White Rapper Show, the last time I was in the Empire State. That was cool. Don't watch much actual TV these days, except online news and music stuff: VBS.TV (except for that one when the big fat guy got it on with the Japanese Sex bot; Please tell me it creeped you out too...), FabChannel, those NY Times Videos on random NYC events.
the Harrap's Shorter French/English dictionary, the American Heritage Dictionary for modern computer terms (Yes, I am a Mac/net geek). Trouver le mot juste. Le Petit Larousse. The Emperor's New Clothes. Je suis noir et je ne mange pas de manioc. Honni soit qui mal y pense. For Colored Girls Who've Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Isn't Enough. Leaves of Grass. The Red and the Blacklist.
Authors: Zadie Smith. James Baldwin. Chester Himes. David Sedaris. Simone de Beauvoir. Shakespeare. Molière. Albert Camus. Max Gallo. Shel Silverstein. Flannery O'Connor. Henry James. Dr. Suess. Charles Perrault. Bruno Bettelheim. Maurice Sendak. Paulo Coehlo. (not a complete list)...
Got no time for fake ones... But If I had to choose, I'd say: Tria, Dan, Raama, Mommy Queen & Daddy Sherman, FHB, Harriet, Karen, Jimmy, Joe & Berniece, Guy, Shelley, Single parents, & Clive Davis.