Philthy Conversations with Artists

When someone points to a map and says “just go here and it’s there” it’s actually an incomplete sentence. The rest of that sentence is “but be careful because this is a 12 boulevard intersection with a metro overpass where the canal divides into three. You might get lost.”

And when I say canal what I really mean is “holy shit! The boats go up and down!” cause they do and I became one of the children I nanny. It’s just like when you learned in school about the coal or whatever coming in the boats and those doors shut and they fill up the water and I saw it in real life.

No matter if the guide book tells you “there are english-speaking people there” and your french mother and her friend recommend it, if you have the idea that The Highlander is an Scottish bar full of roudy scots/irishmen you’d be right. Sure, this sounds like fun but so does jello wrestling a sumo wrestler. I downed the largest pint I’ve ever seen and smoked half a pack of cigarettes in about 5 minutes before I hightailed it out of there.

the things I will do out of desperation:

drink espresso that has been watered down.
go to starbucks for a regular cup of coffee.
go to mcdonalds for a burger
meet friends on craiglist.

so, I have yet to go to the starbucks, but it will happen soon - i can feel it!
mcdonalds: yes, I bow my head in shame… I was having a fuck paris day and I ducked into a mcdonalds for a burger. with bacon… uhm, canadian bacon gross. so it is what it is.
As for craigslist, I have met one friend there and she has a kid as well as my other friend! Can I get a friend without a kid? I made the assumption that gay men usually have lots of lesbian friends, so I posted on the m4m platonic part and I met this really down to earth gay guy my age who sounds like fun. We are going out tomorrow -yeah!

next I want to tell you there are photos and videos for you all. Keep checking back to these sites as i will continue to post new things!

avoir