{"id":1329,"date":"2006-01-07T11:27:19","date_gmt":"2006-01-07T10:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unknowngenius.com\/blog\/?p=1329"},"modified":"2006-01-08T15:03:42","modified_gmt":"2006-01-08T14:03:42","slug":"the-pareesian-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unknowngenius.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/01\/07\/the-pareesian-life\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pareesian Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I think I may have, ahem, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/unknowngenius.com\/blog\/archives\/2005\/08\/24\/time-for-a-few-changes-round-here\/\">hi<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/unknowngenius.com\/blog\/archives\/2005\/09\/25\/travel-notes\/\">nt<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/unknowngenius.com\/blog\/archives\/2005\/12\/11\/welcome-to-paris\/\">ed<\/a><\/em> at it in past entries, but let me spell it out for the benefit of the slower ones: <\/p>\n<p>I am now living in Paris: P. A. R. E. E. S!<\/p>\n<p>Yep, that means no more upskirt keitai shots of underage japanese schoolgirls. Not that there were any in the first place, but how could I resist the pleasure of one last Google keywords showdown. Actually, there might still be a few views of Nippon, gently contributed by our <a href=\"https:\/\/unknowngenius.com\/blog\/archives\/author\/samurai-atsushi\/\"> in-house Samurai<\/a> and the ever cat-obsessed <a href=\"https:\/\/unknowngenius.com\/blog\/archives\/author\/tracey\/\">Tracey dearest<\/a>, but still a massive slow-down from the <a href=\"https:\/\/unknowngenius.com\/blog\/archives\/category\/keitai-log\/\">old rate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In exchange, all I can promise you is a bunch of tired rants on the French, their capital city, their greasy foods and promiscuous ways. <\/p>\n<p>More of the former than the latter at the moment. <\/p>\n<p>Understandably, some of you might feel shafted with the deal and turn your back on this page&#8230; To those people, I have this to say:<\/p>\n<p>First of all, know that I won&#8217;t be missing your fickle, treacherous, back-stabbing excuse for a readership one <em>least<\/em> bit. Second, you may want to consider the fact that my current residency will only last six months, to be replaced by a potentially much more exciting destination: unsubscribe now and you may be missing out on all the fun then. Third and last for now: <em>pleeeaase<\/em> don&#8217;t go! Oh reader! soul of my life, salt of my existence! I need you so&#8230; I promise I&#8217;ll do my best to keep posting about cat-ear-wearing people and crazy language hijinx, even if I have to make them up. Just don&#8217;t leave me now.<\/p>\n<p>A few random things of note so far:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In France, the letter &#8216;C&#8217; on heaters and taps, stands for <em>Hot<\/em> (whereas <em>Cold<\/em> is &#8216;F&#8217;). Will you guess how many shivering morning wake-ups and boiling hot showers yours truly has had so far?<\/li>\n<li>Whoever elected France as the country of all things gastronomical, never had to find the ingredients to a proper breakfast in a local supermarket: I had forgotten how unduly hard it was to find something as simple as bacon here. And no, I don&#8217;t want &#8220;smoked ham&#8221;, nor &#8220;diced bacon&#8221; with my eggs, I want plain crispy bacon goodness and it&#8217;s so far dearly missing from my morning table.<\/em>\n<li>The biggest matchmaking service in France is called <strong>CUM<\/strong>. I am not making that up. In subways, in magazines, everywhere: you got huge ads inviting you to log onto CUM.fr or touting CUM as your gateway to a perfect relationship&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More to come soon, be sure of that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think I may have, ahem, hinted at it in past entries, but let me spell it out for the benefit of the slower ones: I am now living in Paris: P. A. R. E. E. S! Yep, that means no more upskirt keitai shots of underage japanese schoolgirls. 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