Just another victory of the man over the machine.

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…actually, our initial plan was to rent a car with our friends and go from NYC to Portland, and then Canada. Sadly neither of us can drive. We don’t really want to take the plane, and trains are so expensive in the US… blah blah blah.

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I’m coming to the US in September, I had plans for a roadtrip with friends but not anymore because they broke up. We are probably going to stay in NYC for 2 or 3 weeks and visit my brother in Montréal for a few days. Or we could just take buses accross the country. Any suggestions?

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2009

This year has been totally crazy for me. 2009 must have been the denser, richer and faster year of my life. What are you supposed to do once you had the best time of your life? Sometimes I feel bad because the future won’t be as cool as this year, probably. But right now I’m just enjoying the memories of the great moments I had. I feel lucky and grateful, I guess I’ll try to be a better human being somehow. Here’s a little list of the cool things that happened to me this year:

• Flo & I spent two months in Japan
• Thus, we climbed Mt. Fuji at night and watched the sunrise at the top, then went down using the Gotemba Trail which is basically a 2300+ meters ash slope
• We’ve done an awesome karaoke night in Shibuya with friends until 5am (I could talk for hours about Japan)
• I got a fucking GUNDAM
• We got attacked by monkeys
• I couchsurfed a lot
• I ate the best sushis ever in Nishi-Chiba, like 20 meters away from the station, crazy owner, free sweet potatoe shochu from Yakushima
• I’ve been to Yakushima, there was no rain for 3 days
• I tasted Okonomiyaki
• I have been to awesome places in Japan: Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Sendai, Obuse, Matsushima and of course Tokyo
• I had a Full-English breakfast in St. James’s Park
• I saw Hattie again (2 times!)
• I saw Jane’s Addiction live for the second time
• I had the best internship ever working with incredible people on my second favorite topic of research: cementitious materials
• I can now say that I have topics of research
• I graduated, no more bullshit courses
• I moved in my (almost) own apartment with Flo
• I watched the Godfather trilogy over a week-end
• My voice was recorded by a cool Japanese/Londoner artist for a cool project
• I played the coolest board-games ever
• I became a sweet potatoe fries master
• I read pretty good books, including my new favorite contemporary novel: Killing Yourself To Live
• I went back to Mamalina and ate their 5 cheeses pasta
• We got our first Christmas tree
• I played bass during a Deerhunter concert
• I met new interesting people
• blah blah blah

Well, I guess I found my own way, professionally and personally, I feel kind of useful for the first time in my life. Flo is still my favorite person in the world, I couldn’t think of a better partner in crime to spend my life with. If I could wish for things to happen next year, that would be: succeed in my research, go to more concerts, travel with Flo in the US, visit my brother in Montreal, read more books (other than textbooks), play with a band again. Well, long post.

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2009 is almost over…

… so it’s time for making lists! Today’s list: Shows I’ve been to in 2009.

• Animal Collective (+ High Life) @ le Bataclan, Paris
• Kings of Leon (+ The Ettes) @ l’Olympia, Paris
• Camera Obscura (+ Dinosaur Pile-up + Violens) @ la Maroquinerie, Paris
• Metric @ la Maroquinerie, Paris
• Deerhunter (+ Women) @ le Nouveau Casino, Paris
• Caroline Weeks (+ Rio en Medio + Trio Jonsson) @ l’International, Paris
• Silversun Pickups (+ The Temper Trap) @ le Point Ephémère, Paris
• The Temper Trap (+ Stephen Fry!) @ Roundhouse, London
• Jane’s Addiction (+ Nine Inch Nails + Mew) @ O2 Arena, London
• Pere Ubu @ la Maroquinerie, Paris
• The Cult (+ Aqua Nebula Oscillator) @ le Bataclan, Paris
• Girls (+ YACHT + kumisolo) @ le Point Ephémère, Paris
• Camera Obscura (+ Magic Arm) @ la Maroquinerie, Paris
• A Skylit Drive (+ Dance Gavin Dance + Adept) @ le Nouveau Casino, Paris
• The Fall Of Troy (+ Twin-Atlantic + Mutiny On The Bounty) @ le Batofar, Paris
• Tegan and Sara (+ Astronautalis) @ l’Alhambra, Paris
• The Pains of Being Pure at Heart @ le Point Ephémère, Paris
• The Temper Trap (+ The Joy Formidable) @ le Nouveau Casino, Paris

No so bad for a shitty musical year and no summer festival!

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Favorite albums of 2009

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It’s Blitz!
Girls - Album
Flaming Lips - Embryonic
Lamb of God - Wrath
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
Behemoth - Evangelion
Metric - Fantasies
The Fall of Troy - In the Unlikely Event
Dance Gavin Dance - Happiness

and Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion (even if I totally rejected this album, this band and all the buzz around it for the past year, even if Flo told me a long time ago that this band was awesome, even if I fell asleep during their concert where she dragged me into, etc. Well, anyway, she’s always right. Mea culpa)

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I am throwing a party next saturday for my 23rd 24th birthday / new appartment / graduation. I guess it would be kinda cool if not awesome to meet some tumblrs there. Drinks, gourmet food & tasty music will be provided, so if you are around Paris, France on the 12th of December, please let me know : link. Or just write me an e-mail.

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I just have too much work right now, I cannot catch up with tumblr :(

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I played Singstar all night, I have no shame.

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Cookie Dough ice cream + Gossip Girl in bed -> fuck yeah emasculation! ^^

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balboa:

Your musical compatibility with noelpurcell is Medium

Music you have in common includes Sufjan Stevens, Kanye West, Sigur Rós, D12 and Miles Davis.

Haha, I have VERY HIGH compatibility. We’re gonna start a revolution, man.

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I’m looking for Lindsey Buckingham’s solo albums except Gift of Screws and Under the Skin which I already own… Also, can anyone tell me which Fleetwood Mac’s live DVD is the best? kthxbye

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I intend to tag properly every posts on my tumblr, this is goi to be a real pain in the ass. But for now, I’m just going out, to enjoy some crêpes in Paris with my favorite British friend. Be safe tumblverse.

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