No time to write now.. more thoughts later. Here’s some stuff I’ve been doing….
Randomly ran into a big dance party. Parisian kids like to dance. The music was kind-of cheesy tho. 
Lexi’s friend Jerome had a comedy performance. Her friends are very friendly. Comedy in French is hard to understand if you don’t speak the language. I only got the jokes that involved large sexual hand gestures. 
Obligatory Eiffel Tower shots. It looks really nice at night. The lines are too long, though. We didn’t go up. 
Gargoyles are funny and creepy and weird and beautiful.. and cool. I always thought their purpose was decorative and spiritual - to protect the church from evil spirits. But it seems that their main purpose is functional. A Gargoyle is nothing more than a water spout designed to direct rainwater away from the structure to protect is from water damage. Notre Dam has some badass Gargoyles. 
Been here for 24 hours.
12 spent sleeping off jet lag.
5 spent walking around and
eating yummy foods.
7… no clue where they went.
There is a bakery every 10 meters. I think I will use bakery as my unit measure from now on. There’s a coffee shop every 2 bakeries. There is also a butcher every 4 bakeries. Every 5 bakeries or so… there is an intersection with cars. The cars are usually 1/4 to 1/2 bakery in size.
Still a bit disoriented… I fumbled out of Tuhin’s apartment and walked around the 19th Arrondissement for a few hours. There’s a beautiful little park here called Parc des Buttes Chaumont. It is kind-of a mini central park with sprawling hillside lawns littered with couples, families, and friends enjoying the sun. In the middle of the park is a small lake-ish thing with a fortress-esque rock that is topped by a little temple overlooking the city. There is a waterfall and stream that run through and around the rocks. The water trickles down steps where kids take off their shoes and play in the water.
Rooftop gardens and windowsill planers overflow with life. Paris is very green right now. I walk around holding back the urge to eat everything in sight.
I’m proud and a little bit surprised that all the copies from the 1st edition of the come alive photo book are bought and shipped. Its not like I made that many of them but I didn’t really expect the kind of turnout and support that I got. I should have ordered more. Thank you so much to all who got a copy. The wait-list for the next printing, if it happens, has already started. Let me know by sending me an email or by leaving a comment on this page.
I’m also very proud of the donations to just-one that came out of this. Thank you so much. These donations will go a long way in a place where the dollar is still ridiculously strong.
Things you can get for 77 dollars:
A few months ago I created an unauthorized remix of a track by Matthew Schoening. Matthew is an extremely talented cellist who creates his compositions live with an audio looping tool. His album “Solo Electric Cello” has been on heavy rotation for me every since I was introduced to it by my roommate Esther in Venice. Check out this video for the track “Emotional Clockwork.”
My remix doesn’t really do this track justice… but people like it, so I thought I’d post the two together.
“Emotional Clockwork (ArK47 Remix)” (right-click to save)
Now I need to remix this video.
Go to Matthew’s site, get a personalized copy of his terrific album, and support his next one.
