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So be it
2007-10-21 00:11:00 A melody of Iannis Xenakis in the background Ne vous en faites pas, ce n'est pas une défaillance de votre casque ou de vos hauts-parleurs. C'est Iannis Xenakis. C'est très expérimental, un peu inquiétant. Surtout si vous écoutez ça seul, la nuit. Vous aurez le sentiment que les murs de vos couloirs s'allongent, que des bras viennent vous agripper, ils paralysent tous vos muscles puis vous vous sentirez submerger, lentement, noyer dans l'inconnu. Fermez les lumières et augmentez le son pendant 10 minutes, c'est très fort. Presque insupportable.Des choses que vous savez et des choses que vous ne savez pas, message d'Isabelle (9/9/2007) A mon avis, vous n'allez pas beaucoup aimer ce post. Je vais non pas cracher, mais vomir, et non pas dans la soupe, ni même dans ma soupe, mais dans votre soupe. Attendu que votre soupe soit aussi la mienne... Bref. C'était un essai merdique pour essayer d'attirer un peu d'attention.Vous l'avez remarqué, enfin, non, c'est impossible que vou...
Langues Orientales
2007-10-20 16:21:00 J'ai fait 1 ans de Chinois à l'INALCO à Paris Dauphine. C'était vraiment chouette. C'était essentiellement des cours du soir, assez tard et général mais c'était tant mieux car j'adorais la nuit. La nuit et ses réverbères orangés, Paris en silence. Fini les klaxons à longueur de journée, fini les autos qui roulent à 120 en ville. Il ne reste plus que le ronronnement de quelques taxis, et la bise d'automne. Quelques étudiants ici et là qui se traînnent péniblement jusqu'à la fac. C'est la fin de la journée et le début des enseignements. Dans l'enceinte du bâtiment, les néons sont restés éclairés. Comme si on avait oublié de les éteindre. Pas un chat dans les couloirs, pourtant il y a bien cours. J'ai adoré l'ambiance à Dauphine. Le soir, vous allez section Langues Orientales, et vous retrouvez tous ces visages. Certains encore vivants ; épuisés pour la plupart. Ces gens que vous voyez tout le temps, qui ne vous parlent jamais. Vous ne connaissez même pas leur nom, vous ig...
Ces étudiants qui bloguent
2007-10-19 18:33:00 Avant de commencer à lancer les activités faudrait peut-être commencer par ameuter du monde. Comme il n'y en a pas pour l'instant, il n'y a pas d'activité non plus.Super comme premier post en guise de présentation. En résumé, j'ai essayé de rejoindre un groupe ayant quelconque rapport avec les études, et visiblement, il n'y en avait pas, du moins en français. Etant donné qu'un groupe se crée en 2 secondes--me semble-t-il--j'ai ouvert ce groupe. Peut-être que par la suite quelques petits malheureux seront amenés à taper "étudiant", "université" dans le champ recherche. Pour l'instant, il n'y en a pas. Bon. Faut un début à tout.Venons-en au fait. Pourquoi est-ce que les étudiants font partie d'un groupe à part ? C'est assez simple (et peu pertinent), un étudiant, c'est un individu qui vit entre deux mondes : celui du travail et celui de sa chambre où il ne fait rien du tout de sa misérable vie un tant soit peu oisive.De fait, il aura un avis différent sur tout. Effectivem...
Grève des transports
2007-10-19 07:44:00 I found VOX. For now, I'm testing it. It seems preetty nice for now. I'm blogging in French for now over there. Blogger is nice, but it seems to be too er... how could I say that? cheap? As though I was condamned to be alone. hum hum. Well. At any rate, the best blogging plateforme is still blogger for easier.Phew. Il est 23h58, je viens de finir de m'inscrire à VOX, c'est assez complet, tellement que je m'y perds. Le problème avec les produits MT, c'est surtout au niveau de l'administration. Confuse, entremélée, chaotique, atrocement. Hormis, ça j'espère que le reste ne décevra pas mes espérances.Demain. 3h00 de cours. Je resterai chez moi. Grève. Ouais. C'est chiant, ces syndicats et ces fainéants. C'est chiant la grève tout court. Comme si les travailleurs ne pouvaient s'exprimer autrement qu'en sabotant la vie des autres. Sur ce point, certains me diront qu'ils espèrent que Sarkozy fera son boulot, qu'il libéralisera l'économie, supprimera ce "droit de grève". Mai... More About: Ports , Tran
How to manage labels?
2007-10-13 10:40:00 A cry amongst that infinite amount of posts (read: I am not eager to search in google). Is there a way to rename a label without changing renaming on each posts? Before I used labels as tags, now I want them to be more like categories. More About: Labels , Manage
India song carlos d alessio
2007-10-09 23:20:00 India song carlos d alessioUploaded by antoine5210 More About: India , Song , Alessio , Carlos , Carlo
2e75.com
2007-10-09 22:47:00 Ce blog aura pour mission de raconter la fantastique épopée estudiantine à la merveilleuse faculté de Nanterre.Soyons clair dès le début : vous êtes susceptible d'appréhender ce blog uniquement si vous êtes :un étudiant en 1ère ou 2ème année de bi-licence éco-anglais à Paris 10 Nanterreun anglophoneun glandeurEn effet, en tant qu'étudiant en économie et fervent admirateur de la philosophie l'utilitariste, je vais avoir tendance à bloguer en anglais.Je ne vais pas vous le cacher très longtemps, la formation est difficile, les profs sont chiants et vous notent comme s'ils prenaient une revanche sur leur passé, les débouchés sont maigres, la fac est moche, le ciel est gris, il fait froid et je suis fatigué. Bref, une horreur insurmontable, sauf quand on est en bi-licence.Il est probable que vous soyez dans ce cas, et si vous êtes dans cette situation, un seul conseil : accrochez-vous avec vos dents car ils feront tout ce qui est en leur pouvoir pour vous faire échouer telle une mer...
The Tao of Gaming, read by Odiogo
2007-10-07 14:39:00 I find it kind of funny. The service is provided by Odiogo. More About: Gaming , Read
Sunflowers played by Yundi Li
2007-10-07 13:10:00 This piece always brought tears to my eyes. So much souvenirs of my childhood. More About: Sunflowers
The Tao of Gaming
2007-10-07 13:09:00 You are a banlieue layabout, face it.No?Everything is damn boring to you. When the pub at the station is closed you are enclosed outside. There is perhaps the theater to save you from the daily routine: the theater with the loosy American shitty action films you have already seen twice the same day. Otherwise you can go out shopping, splurging the fucking money (of your parents) on ludicrous clothes. Maybe you'd prefer wandering in town with some other layabout peers. What about staying at home watching the box? You know, the little black box with stupid 3 hours long TV reality shows.There are lots of entertainments all around your little rat (ass)hole. Playing the 18 holes of golf, playing tennis or joining any sport club you like. Having sex with friends at parties, reading books about esoteric sciences, drinking and get drunk, going to the restaurant (to drain your (parents') money) and all. You can also go to the museum and try to understand how the universe was created or to ... More About: Gaming
split of personality
2007-10-05 21:14:00 I subscribed to BlogCatalog today, and ran into this blog's post.A part of me wants to:mock severely at the superficiality of the reflexion and the ludicrous biblical references, and note down how idiotic the ratiocination is. Perhaps a superiority complex or anythingor to ignore the postThe other part of me wants to:give very briefly my povor to ignore the postThe best solution is to ignore the post. It's what I do 9 times on 10. I feel like fleeing or putting back the problem. I don't know what persona to adopt. Switching between the two is weird. I was used to doing it but most of the time it ends up with conflicts between friends who accept the different parts of my personality. What's more, it's a pain to manage that double persona. It's probable that this kind of a behaviour is a by-product of my education.In this blog, I don't know what to do. Being mean? I am not always mean; I'm not always wise either. IRL, I'm trying to joke a little when I'm mean to hide the fir... More About: Personality , Split , Ality
Bloggers' ambitions (read: dreams)?
2007-10-05 11:22:00 What's annoying with the RSS it's you can't really see the design of the blog you are reading. This morning, I found myself reading a blog I don't like much because I thought it was a blog I enjoy. As a result, I read the whole article.Consequences:makes me lose my timeupsets me when I notice it was a RSS I have forgotten to deleteFortunately, it still gives me the occasion to make a post on it. Yeah. I'm not very inspired, or too much, or can't stand not writing even if it's shit.That blog is the blog of Francis, and here's the full article.Hier soir, j?étais plongé dans un excellent article de .netmag UK, qui avait comme sujet les ?site refresh?, et qui évoque une sorte de phénomène de plus en plus important d?une migration des sites de news vers une ergonomie pompée sur la presse classique. On veut mettre en avant les titres les plus importants. On utilise un design et des couleurs qui attirent plus l?attention. Bref, on veut informer, on veut diffuser de l?info...Et vous... More About: Dreams , Read , Bloggers , Ambit
Crisis of confidence
2007-10-05 00:55:00 I never read posts of which the title is 'Assorted Links' (Tyler Cowen) or 'FREAK-est Links' (Steven Levitt + Stephen Dubner). For the 'Assorted Links' titles are like life--and life is like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get. With the proliferation of information, a web surfer never have the time to check all the updates of his RSS feeds. No matter how interesting the links are. Basically, these kind of links are junkies or little piece of information that do not require an entire note for themselves. I go to McDonald's not because their hamburgers are better than anywhere else but because I know that they sell safe stuffs. McAnthraxBurgers (a fictional McDonald's like) may sell better burgers, it won't be my first choice.Err. There is something else I would like to talk about. First of all it's a very beautiful screensaver by PixelBreaker--I use it myself. And secondly it's a blog called BIZ-THINK by Ernie A. Cevallos. Thanks to Google Analytic... More About: Confidence , Crisis , Cris
Chopin fantasy impromptu opeus 66 no.4
2007-10-04 14:46:00 performed by Tatiana Shebanova More About: Fantasy , Prompt
Assistant Administrateur
2007-10-04 00:29:00 Work 3 days and declare 10.This is the advantage of having a father who has a friend who is MD.btw. my task consisted on reading a book of Charles Dickens. FYI it was A tales of two cities, and I haven't even open the book. More About: Assist , Assistant
Is there a tangible reason?
2007-10-04 00:13:00 Why the hell am I trying to fix this blog layout? There is no reason to have a good design, isn't it? Still, I want the design to be nice. There is no reason to improve the skin, now that I know that, I won't try to improve it. What is nagging me is why did I want to make my blog looks attractive? Definitely not to please anybody. For myself? How could it be... More About: Reason , Tang
Don't dress smart unless you have a master degree
2007-10-03 21:53:00 I have often been thinking that intelligent persons should wear clothes that make them look intelligent, else it would be awkward. What's in your brain is almost like your hair color, it should match the rest of you.During this holidays, I met a very elegantly dressed man, perfectly cut black jacket, light violet shirt, thin black tie. Well, he looked a lot like Jude Law in the stupid film Alfy. So it was in the subway, he was sitting next to me reading Le Parisien. It was a bit bizarre. Then I heard him talking. He was on phone, and spoke like a teen. He talked of triviality--that seems very significant to him: he was wondering why MONEO didn't work in France. He definitely didn't know why it didn't still, he was wondering.It really broke everything you know. Dress ing very smart and talking like a fucking idiot. It just wouldn't do. That's probably why I am trying not to dress too well. Not confident enough.ps. I'm not saying that M. Figueras is a dumbass. More About: Smart , Master , Degree , Mast
Dang! (bad news)
2007-10-03 21:25:00 I just received a SMS from a friend of mine. News from a 3rd year student in bi-licence eco-anglais. This year, she applied for a master degree at Paris-X Nanterre--which is not a bad university. Nevertheless, I thought that she could enter something better. A bi-licence is a harsh degree course. You are preparing two diplomas at the same time, and as both licences (BAs) are equivalent. As a result, each licence is especially hard to get. Actually, they don't want you to have a licence in economics just because you have very high marks in English. So economics courses are hard enough that you can't compensate English for economics. Same reasoning for the English diploma, they don't want you to get your licence thanks to economics only. In the end, economics and English are both very hard courses. Bi-licence is really a pain in the ass, and I thought we could get a master degree in a better university thanks to it. What's more to enter that dual BA you need to pass an English tes... More About: Bad News
Dirty Conscience
2007-10-03 19:41:00 Dirty Conscience is an amateur video game project I joined as a teenager. At that time, it was still very tiny. The scenario, the character designs etc. were made by one only guy.Now it has changed quite a lot. The 3D graphic artists are pros or students in art, the sounds are made by a group. Look what it is now. Honestly, I have never thought it could have changed so much.Same for Son of Destiny. It was a larger project, I did several BG and monster designs--unlike at DC where I only made one BG painting. It is cool to see your rough sketches, reworked, inked and coloured.They don't always give me the credits though. Well, it doesn't mind. These things are so old to me. Still, it's pleasing to see what we considered old is still topical for the others.My very old SP, with all the mistakes uncorrected. Perspective, colours, lighting etc. I was already aware of these mistakes but decided not to review them. It was not a serious-enough work. Damn. Was I already so arrogant? More About: Dirty
MAA
2007-10-03 13:44:00 I'm planning to make forty or something canvases to mark the end of my art adventure. Let me list what I'll be painting:1. Leda and the Swan; 2. A portrait (done); 3. A design of a retro video game hero; 4. A complex interior architecture; 5. A passage of the Greek/Nordic mythology; 6. A short series of sketches.I'd like to make a sort of showcase some day. I know lots of crappy artists who are still able to have their works published. Or at worst, I'll only let my portfolio online like Ben.More info when I'll have more ideas :)Progress: 2.3%Here' the 2. A portrait
A minor bug in blogger
2007-10-03 13:36:00 The WYSIWYG makes too much coding mistakes. It opens and closes tags in a very messy way.Seems to be nothing but it may be goddamn annoying with a 'complex' template. Not to mention that Blogger Beta is hellishly slow to load the sidebar. More About: Minor
Forget about appearance
2007-10-03 13:26:00 I have always had that shame to show how fond of Internet I am. The first thing I do when I wake up (9:AM) is to open my computer. The latter is on until 1:00 AM*. I spend most of my time in front of a comp.Usually, I try to program my posts to show that I'm not all day long in front of the computer. Yet, I'll change that habit. I won't fear what I really am. In other words, I will certainly flood a little this little blog--with that kind of useless posts.Trivias:this post it's the fifth post.it's 1:33 PM and I still have not do the cookingI'm on Internet since 4.5 hours *during holidays More About: Appearance
avoir de cesse que/de
2007-10-03 13:11:00 L'expression traduit l'impatience, l'agitation du sujet poussé par le désir de parvenir à ses fins. «Cet enfant n'a de cesse qu'il fasse des bêtises» :il n'est content que lorsqu'il a fait une bêtise...Cependant les difficultés de concordance des temps dans le discours ordinaire ont fait pencher, au cours du siècle dernier, vers une construction plus simple qui évita cet écueil. La tendance fut d'utiliser une formulation avec de suivi de l'infinitif, sans doute sur le modèle cesser de faire une chose. Cela fonctionne assez bien pour des actions continues : «Cet enfant n'a de cesse qu'il coure» devient : «... n'a de cesse de courir». Lien vers l'article de Claude Duneton.
Tarantella, S 162 No.3
2007-10-03 12:52:00 I'm listening to a CD of Yundi Li, a wonderful pianist. Tarantella, S 162 No.3 is very classy. It's a shame no one know that pianist in France. In France, people only know Booba or Christophe Willem, and that is dreadful. More About: Antel
Innovate or revamp?
2007-10-03 12:23:00 It will certainly sound a little awkward but I really like the design of the blog Chic&Style. There is nothing special in fact, but I like the typos, the colours and that is enough to make me fall in love with a design.There are plenty of nice blog themes (cf. the WP ones), however they is always something that bother me--especially the colours. They do not match or have an undeniable lack of style. Too common, too geek perhaps.Nerdy, design, classic, modern, geek etc. Our tastes depend so much on our environments and they reveal so much about our personality.ps. I hate seeing the designs of others, I am so easily influenced. More About: Inno
FHP-Color
2007-10-03 12:08:00 Falcoon is starting to draw again. I don't know what to think of his new works. They are still sexy but I prefer his old stuffs. Now his works seem to be a little botched.I should restart drawing and painting again I think. There is really nothing much to do in the suburbs. Painting, drawing, reading, a bit of music and that's everything. I can't count on sports, the gymnasium is never open but for the secondary schools. More About: Color
The 9 unbreakable laws
2007-10-02 19:53:00 Here are some advices I gave my younger brother--who is a little rebellious sometimes. How he should behave with our almighty father.The 9 unbreakable laws:Do not speak; answer the questions father asks you onlyObeyDo not complainDo not be (look) tiredBe patientDo not disagreeBe very politeNever look right into his eyesSmile with you answer the questionThey may sound a little harsh depending on your interpretations. So I'll give you mine.Those who cannot speak should think instead of getting angryAnd always be (look) happy while doing your tasksThinking that we are always wrong is a way to improve ourselfGo to sleep in the toilets if you need to but never show your tirednessIf he wants you to repeat, repeat.Disagree leads to tensionHe is very sensitive on that point, bewareHe hates it. A sort of provocation to himToo much emotions or not enough can make him angry, find the equilibriumFather is almost like a god. We live in his house, we spend his money, our future in into his hands... More About: Laws , Brea
Would you escape your fate?
2007-10-02 15:20:00 My younger bro and my father are having very energetic quarrels. My bro is a bloody annoying damn guy. He always wants to contradict people, even if he is wrong. On the other hand, my father is a guy who can stand anything at all. Above everything he can't stand losing a single millimetre of his very cumbersome face. The bad point when those two are arguing is that both of them always think that they are never wrong. None of these two would ever admit that they are wrong, even though they definitely are. Consequently, when the two dudes start to yell at each other, we are pretty sure that the quarrel will last for several days. My bro is the kind of boy that speak very coarsely with no respect nohow to the person to whom he is addressing. Needless to tell you that the clash are other spectacular. Nevertheless, no matter how wrong my father is, he will always be right--righter than the rightness of my bro. When father wants to be right, he is right. There is no point arguing w... More About: Fate , Escape , Esca
What truth?
More articles from this author:2007-10-02 15:15:00 What's the point of being right really?'You are useless! YOU ARE USELESS! You didn't even wake me up!''My fault that you didn't wake up?''Yes! You could call me and I wouldn't have been late!''I told you you had to wake up at 6.''Yes, but you should have awake me because you could awake me, and you did not!''Wait wait wait wait. Who was the alarm clock set by?''Me.''Who switched the alarm clock off when it was ringing at 6 o'clock.''Me.'I was pretty sure that he shut the alarm clock off and went back to bed.'Ok. Who didn't wake up this morning?''Me.''And whose fault is it?''You!'yeah. That's the kind of idiot speech I have with my younger brother.He was telling me that he set the alarm clock, he switched it off, he didn't wake up and he was late but it was my fault because I didn't awake him. I replied that he should have configured me better as I didn't know that I had to wake him up. He has to set the alarm clock for it to ring, he has to tell m... More About: Truth , Ruth 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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