Sunday Jun 27, 2004

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Just arrived home from a fanfuckingtastic weekend.... Went to see farenheit 9/11 on friday to start off with, which I was pleasantly suprised by. I've always thought Michael Moore has good things to say, and he's an intelligent guy...but, at least from reading his books, I've noticed he often presents an invariably biased view. This movie seemed to be based off of "Dude, wheres my country", but with a less opinionated approach. It deserves all the praise it recieved...i can only hope it will have some effect.
Other than that, I hit up the Aldrich Museum (freshly renovated) in town, sat around a campfire saturday night with a few jack & cokes, and spent sunday painting at the beach smile I forget how much I miss art when I'm away from school and working... It was fantastic.
Well, off to catch some ZZzzZs for now before work at 730 tommorow morn.... buona sera...... tongue
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fredantes:
You took some really cool pictures at Coachella; If CT does stand for Connecticut (I'm not that great at US geography) did you come all the way to California just for Coachella?

I also wanted to Lollapalooza but it got cancelled; I saw Pixies 10 years ago and I thought they were a bit dry on stage, lacking charisma..but I've only been hearing good feedback about their last shows.

Have you heard about indie 103.1 the new radio we have in LA? it's really the coolest thing. You can also stream it online.

About Moore, he's pretty popular here, in LA & San Fran mostly. California is pretty liberal so he has a lot followers. He cracks me up but he also so manipulative--he knew all laong Disney wouldn't distribute his film but waited for the right time to transform this issue into a PR campaign. I actually helped to promote Bowling in the US for a year before its release when it was still taboo and nobody wanted to talk about it.

So is it hard to grow up in a little town for somebody like you who has an edgier taste in music, etc..
fredantes:
Looks like you had a cool trip. I've never been to CT or SC yet--I actually haven't been on the East Coast yet frown

I came here to study a few years ago and ended up winning a green card at the lottery. So I got a job here and ended up staying. I like it here--weather and lifestyle are similar to South of France. I actually live not far from Laguna, but I spend a lot of time in LA.

I agree it's a freak show, full of posers and fake people and not a touristic city at all. But once you start discovering all these cool pockets it becomes interesting. I actually like the mix of ethnies and the creative vibe--there are so many creative people here. Plus it's one the rare towns where you can actually have the chance to reach your goals--if they're not too unrealistic. I came here without knowing anybody--and being French isn't really an advantage either--and I have now access to a lot of cool things in the film & music industry.

Have you traveled outside the US? Is there any foreign culture or country you are attracted to?

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