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Is This One of the World's Best Jobs? Or the Worst?
Some may consider this to be the best job ever. Others still, may consider this to be a pretty repulsive thing to do. I leave it to you, reader, to decide. JAIME RASCONE : PROFESSIONAL PROSTITUTE TESTER This wasn't a vocational calling for Jaime. He is...
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Back to School....
We were in a sea-side coastal village called Calella de Palafrugel l on the Costa Brava . All hilly (thank you my daily work out) and extremely hot...extremely hot. Temperatures rose to a high of 39°C during the hottest moments of the day; the one thankful...
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Do you speak Engrish?
Engrish is English....badly translated. Mostly pertaining to the East Asian way of using English, and it is most of all, extremely hilarious. I have over the years, collected, quite a few of Engrish phrases, such as seeing "Pain apple" on the dessert...
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VOTEZ POUR CE BLOG/VOTE FOR THIS BLOG
Bonjour, bonjour, Et oui, comme vous pouvez constater, vous pouvez élire ce blog le meilleur blog du mois chez Cosmo mag France! Alors, venez nombreux, et votez!!!! Car vous pouvez voter tous les jours, et oui, TOUS LES JOURS pour ce blog (c'est-à-dire...
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Me? You mean me?
Bet you're all wondering who I am. Well, well, just a little bit, to start off: I was born in Japan, to a movie director Dad and an artist/actress Mom. Mom is crazy, Dad less so. Perhaps the one normal person in my life. I've lived all over the world;...
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The Big "D" word
Divorce. The word. It's almost taboo; a word either said in a sepulchral whisper or one that's announced like an affirmation. We leave singlehood, we enter marriage, then we may or may not become of the species of the "divorced". Believe it or not, it's...
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TUMBLR & TWITTER
Hey all! I haven't been back here for, I don't know, over a year? That is simply because I've moved to Tumblr, where I have 2 pages. http://erosandvenus.tumblr.com/ AND http://luvofbeing.tumblr.com/ I'm also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/luvofbeing...
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The Ideal Man?
THE IDEAL MAN? It's 3 AM. I'm finishing up work. I look up and see that one of my best, closest and favourite friends logs on to IM. I say hello; I'm always happy to chat with VIP Call Girl; she's funny, extremely intelligent and is a very unique person....
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European Connections: the name of the game is who you know, not what you know
link Better start smiling and hope that Fate landed you in a good place when you're born into a French family. Or Italian, or Spanish, or Greek, or anywhere in the South of Europe. Because that's all that counts. EUROPEAN CONNECTIONS: THE NAME OF THE...
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Homage to Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury was one of the foremost Sci-Fi writers in history. And he was certainly one of my very favourite writers. According to legend, his inspiration for writing every single day came from an encounter he had as a child in a circus with a magician,...
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The Pilots and more....
I'm doing quite a lot of acting at the moment: I participated in the pilot episode of "Trust" for the UK and I'll be shooting another show in April, for French TV! I'll confirm the shooting for April, but as it is, it's all good! So I thank you for all...
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Some people....
SOME PEOPLE Some people have some really funny questions to ask. As a journalist, I find these really funny. They make me wonder, are these questions the fruits of an over-active imagination or just sheer boredom? Are they serious? In the case of some,...
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This is the End
Hi everyone, This is just a very quick post: I have taken a very important decision. I have decided to switch completely to Tumblr. I prefer much more the format, style, as well as the ease and accessibility of Tumblr as an interface. So, at the end of...
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The Arrival of Winter and End of Year Thoughts....
....A night in watching "The Reader" and eating chocolates filled with Pear liqueur.... The cold has arrived and with it, the same old thoughts. The end of year always brings reflections about the year that has gone by and the year to come. This year,...
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Writer's Block
Writer's Block I'm always saying that writing about writing is like writing about your intestines. Large and small. Yes, it's that interesting (ha ha), and surely as intimate. But here it is though; what to do when you have writer's block? It's the nightmare...
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The Way We Were
The Way We Were : Me and Gardiner I first saw Gardiner at the University pub; he was sitting, quite arrogantly, his legs up on another chair, smack in the middle of the pub. You couldn't have avoided him even if you wanted to. I liked him on sight : he...
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Crunking at 30
As I bend my knees for the 15th time, I look around, thinking, "Am I out of my mind?!". The dance studio is filled with professionals, all very young. At least, that's the impression I get. They all seem to be at least a good 10 - 15 years younger than...
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I'm still here!
After 3 weeks with flu and then away on break, I haven't been very present; I would like you all to know that I am still here (yes, yes, I still do write!) and of course, as you can imagine, I've been slammed with a spectacular backlog of work...so it's...
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LINDSEY LARSON KENT
I absolutely want to introduce you all to my photographer and videographer extraordinaire, Lindsey Kent. Lindsey hails from Colorado, and came to Paris just a few months ago with her husband Justin, who is a chef at one of the most prestigious restaurants...
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My Life - According to Tori Amos
Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions. Pass it on and tell me your answers. You can't use the band I used. Try not to repeat a song title. It's a lot harder than you think! Pick your artist: Tori Amos Are you a male or...
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The Tooth Fairy
Angel comes barging into my room at the crack of dawn this morning:"Mama, I've lost another tooth! I've lost ANOTHER TOOTH!" She screams this into my left ear; I'm lying under the covers with my head just sticking out. I mumble something like, "Great"...
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And off she goes
Angel has returned to school; I was sad to see her go, I've gotten so used to spending the long summer days with her, laughing, playing, biking, just hanging out together. She's no longer a baby; now that she's nearly 7, her evolution is fascinating :...
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To my sister.....
I remember clearly the very first time I saw her: she was so tiny and pink. She lay sleeping on her baby futon; her eyes shut tight, fluffy blonde down on her little round head. She looked like a baby bird. I asked Mother if I could hold her; Mother nodded...
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Cowboy blues
Cowboy has blue eyes; they're clear like the deep ocean. He has hands that he never knows how to control; he says his mind goes faster than any other part of his body. His voice is low and loud; sometimes the most annoying thing about him, sometimes the...
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Basket Cases?
I asked Mr. Always Right to help me with something technical 4 days ago. I call it technical; maybe it's mechanical or whatever. I bought myself a new bike, and a basket to go with it, to hang in the front of the bike. I asked him to fix the basket onto...