Thursday 17 January 2013

The Pessimist from Despair Inc

I just love the guys at Despair Inc.  There is a blog entry already so I won't go into detail.  The Pessimist is truly wonderful.  I do like this passage from their Responses Weird Interview Questions article:

3. Answer every question in French.
Your future bosses will be so impressed with your urbane sophistication and linguistic acumen, they’ll hire you on the spot! Feel free to memorize some helpful phrases (“Je suis paresseux et mon passe-temps favori est de voler des choses”), or if you don’t speak French at all, just make it up.
Nobody who works actually speaks French.
Love the last line, if you live in France as I do ....

Tuesday 15 January 2013

A Radio Start - Well a spot on Radio ICR's Podcast!

The International Club of the Riviera has been crazy enough to give em a slot on their podcast.

You can listen to it here http://internationalclub.fr/radio.html and be enthralled!  I am not sure enthralled is the right word - it will do.

In addition there is a new web site, Riviera Buzz, being unveiled in the near future so there will be more news very soon on that score!

I actually hate showing clips ....... BUT ....

So few people have heard of Better Off Ted ..... Portia de Rossi?  No?  Do you live under a rock something?


Here is a link to more of the episode, very pirated and really awful quality Episode

Friday 11 January 2013

To take my mind off things ......

........ as this week has been 'interesting' in a positive sense depending on outcomes - you have to have experienced it for real to get my drift

So .....  I watched Drive - To sum it up: well, um, uh, gee, gosh, golly, euh, er ..

Recommend it on a number of levels.  All good. Definitely noir. Definitely watchable.   Neat romantic thread.  As I say, all good.  Oh, and I'll add the word powerful, powerful in an understated way (you what?) .....

Thursday 10 January 2013

Day lighteners - Some of my personal favorites ......

The delightful, delectable and complex Nina Conti ..... same circuit but our paths sadly never crossed!
 
 Old school Emo Phillips ..... gone a bit political here but hey so what, wonderfully crafted humor!

Snug Quiz - Smarty Pints win first quiz of 2013!

Yes, the Smarty Pints Equipe became the winning team in the first quiz for 2013 in the cellar bar of the Snug & Cellar Gastropub in Nice.  It doesn't happen often though when it does it feels really good.

So is is 'Chapeau!' to Mel, Jorn & Mic plus the odd looking guy on the left .......

One thing the Snug excels at is great food - definitely not pub grub.  L'equipe y mange souvent, oui bien sur!


Sunday 6 January 2013

Dans la Maison - Excellente!


J'ai attendu cet film etre dans version originale (VO) - Il etais!  Francais.

N'importe, cet film etais tres different.  Un film typique de cinema Francais. Un plot convolue et intrigant que maintenu mon interet.  Une minute nous sommes dans une monde de realite et puis nous sommes n'est pas sur   ... j'adore cettte genre!

Amertune-doux, oui c'est ca.  Peut-etre un histoire de un homme entre vie crise?  Peut-etre simplement un histoire de un jeune homme avec un don pour ecriture.

Enfin c'est un film excellente.  Vous aller le voir!