I seem to have tempted fate and spoken a little too soon. I have some further edits to do, after getting some helpful feedback from t’other side of the Atlantic, and I will be tweaking and fiddling for another couple of weeks before I allow myself a few days away in Lucy Pepper Land (also known as Lisbon, Portugal).
Which means I’m a little too busy to tell you about the Arctic Monkeys at the Zénith last night, the rave I’m going to at the weekend, the picnic on Sunday during which Tadpole put her foot (quite literally) into an exquisite Dalloyau chocolate cake, the loveliness that was a visit from Mr and Mrs Little Red Boat…
so, um, sorry folks… Will try to write more soon.
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What a busy calendar !
Comment by Thierry Richard — July 4, 2007 @ 10:11 am
L’Agence France Presse aimerait vous proposer un rdv pour faire votre portrait en photo dans Paris, afin de pouvoir couvrir votre actualité prochaine. Si votre emploi du temps vous le permet (nous aurions besoin d’une petite heure)… Cordialement.
Comment by tiphaine — July 4, 2007 @ 11:10 am
Blimey, I’m knackered just reading that. Happy tweaking!
Comment by Mya — July 4, 2007 @ 12:05 pm
Good luck with the tweaking…and juggling of events!
Comment by Karen Mc Cullagh — July 4, 2007 @ 12:34 pm
jfc you are so lucky to see the arctic monkeys! aren ‘t they great? and a rave too??? ugh for a thirty-some year old with a tadpole you sure are a partier. i’m jealous :)
Comment by lindsey — July 4, 2007 @ 12:54 pm
Raves and arctic monkeys at your age! Obviously desperately trying to stay djeuns for the boy next door!
Comment by parkin pig — July 4, 2007 @ 4:28 pm
A few days in Lisbon, I guess I’m a little jealous. Having spent 2 years in Oerias, between Lisboa and Estoril, I know you’ll have great time. Are you taking your “New” friend? Too many places to recommend, just go out and enjoy yourself in a fantastic city.
Re the film, who would you petition to play you? Or, should we expect you to play yourself, or perhaps a big name actress with you making a cameo appearance?
Happy editing.
Comment by Sodom&Gomorrah — July 4, 2007 @ 4:49 pm
If you have time and the will to read some very introspective musings after all your tweaking, get a copy of The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa before going to Lisbon. Even if you just read a few pages, it is a real insight into the melancholic Portuguese soul, “saudade” and all.
There is an excellent translation into English by the marvellously talented Margaret Jull Costa….
Best of luck in the final laps of the editing process!
Comment by happyforyou — July 4, 2007 @ 5:44 pm
Check out this link, an article on the book from the Guardian:
http://books.guardian.co.uk/critics/reviews/0,5917,500414,00.html
Comment by happyforyou — July 4, 2007 @ 5:46 pm
Sounds like you are keeping busy. Good for you!
Comment by Lost in France — July 4, 2007 @ 5:56 pm
‘the rave I’m going to at the weekend’, lose yourself in the music, shake your boody, steer clear of the disco biscuits, have fun and drink plenty of water!
Ask them to play ‘hardcore uproar’ for me. ;-)
Wish I was go’in. ;-(
Comment by Steve... — July 4, 2007 @ 10:50 pm
ha! I think I may have to have a word with the president about renaming Portugal.
:)
Comment by lucy pepper — July 5, 2007 @ 1:16 am
Raving, Arctic Monkeys – you’re an odd thirty-year-old. Hell yeah, lucky you ! :-)
Comment by Marjan — July 5, 2007 @ 1:23 am
Arctic Monkeys?!
Jealousy ensues. Do tell.
Comment by K — July 5, 2007 @ 6:37 am
i sure wouldnt want to trade places with you,apart from the holiday you know
Comment by becky — July 5, 2007 @ 6:41 am
ah if you’re in Lisbon come see Lugar do Olhar Feliz petite.
Comment by ann — July 5, 2007 @ 9:05 am
If I’m an odd thirty year old, what an odd thirty-five year old I will make in a couple of month’s time…
Yikes.
Comment by petite — July 5, 2007 @ 9:05 am
I hope you still ate the cake – minus one foot sized piece. I would have!
(Did you see the Dalloyau catalogue – it’s 54 pages!
Comment by Damian — July 5, 2007 @ 2:15 pm
Not odd at all, petite. Just very . . . interesting.
Comment by Kaycie — July 5, 2007 @ 3:37 pm
i can’t afford a holiay. i can’t do jealousy either, mainly because i don’t care about people who have priviledged existences at the expense of people like me. my eyes are a shade of green. do you know what that means in the secretive world of esoteric understanding? i do. it means my eyes are a shade of green. i’m so bored.
Comment by dude and cool glasses — July 5, 2007 @ 7:18 pm
hurry up and compensate us please! my life is in a complete mess because of this ‘eye’ madness. does this mean that my french banking will resume as normal?
Comment by hallelujah — July 5, 2007 @ 8:42 pm
I would love to see a photo of Tadpole’s footprint in the cake.
Comment by Caroline in Rome — July 6, 2007 @ 8:52 am
Petite, you must have had a lot of fun à ce concert !! Wish I could have come myself ! Good luck with the book !
Comment by Parisian Cowboy — July 6, 2007 @ 12:03 pm
Be very welcome in Portugal :-) I dont live in Lisbon, but if you need some tips just e-mail me.
Any way, dont leave Lisbon without going to Bairro Alto, you will enjoy it. Take a look at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bairro_Alto
Cheers
Comment by Alex — July 6, 2007 @ 2:16 pm