Summer time

Summer time can be weird. People are packing, people are talking about their summer plans, people are buying sun creams, people are wondering what to take. I do like summer.

I love my summer memories in Corsica with my parents, with the little family we had there. I remember the salt taste of the water, I remember the beautiful beaches, I remember the smell of Corsica. I remember the happiness of those days.

I remember the excitement of two free months without school and stress, when I was a child. As a teenager,  I remember me and my best friend gambling on the possibility of meeting our first boyfriend during summer. I remember the very long letters we wrote to each other. Separation and reunion, those are two words which sum up pretty good what summer meant to me for a very long time.

Summer is like a bracket and I do like brackets. Because sometime, that's exactly what we need. And even if I don't have what we can call "real vacation", I fully intend to enjoy my summer as much as I can. And for what it worths, it couldn't have started better ! :)

Chanel sunglasses !

Because some things don't need words... 

Ps : Rory, I thought of you by writing this article...

Tag of pleasures !

A eye pleasure : watching my Love.

A pleasure you share : telling someone you love a good news and then remembering this moment together.

A childhood pleasure : cooking with my grandma, packing for holiday with my little sister.

A fragrant pleasure : my orange chocolate candle from Comptoir de Famille, it's like a drug.  

A selfish pleasure : watching grey's anatomy alone and not wanting to be disturbed 

A unknown pleasure : believing to "the happily ever after" thing, having a child.

A taste pleasure : raspberries from the garden.

A anachronistic pleasure : watching Dawson's creek and remember how it was like to be a teenager...

A costless pleasure : smiling to people, it can change many things.

A shameful pleasure : staying home in my pair of pyjamas, not answering the phone and reading till the book is over.

A outrageously expensive pleasure : my new Chanel sunglasses...

A forbidden pleasure : after work, going back home and eating dark chocolate before dinner when I'm all alone and with something to read, preferably a magazine.

A spirit pleasure : discovering new books and new authors.

A narcissistic pleasure : when my Love told me that I'm beautiful, priceless ! Or when my pursuer tell me that my english accent is just perfect.

A literary pleasure : when a book changes your life or at least the way you see it.

A simple pleasure : coming into the plane every day and just smiling because I am where I want to be...

May your day be full of those little pleasures ! 

New addiction : Bones !

The problem when you start watching the American Tv shows is that most of the time you can't stop it ! Until now, I have been really reasonable. I only watched Grey's Anatomy. I bravely resisted against Lost, Gossip Girl, Gilmore girls, Desperate Housewives and so on. Despite all the good things I heard about them. I resist.

But one or two months ago, it was Saturday evening and I was alone with the project of getting up at 4.00 in the morning and I turned the television on, what I do very rarely because I don't like television. Anyway... Bones was on M6 and after ten minutes, I knew that I shouldn't have watched it because it was obvious that this show has everything to be liked, even with the French traduction ! It's now official I'm a fan of Bones. Silly me ! 

I like the fact that for each episode, a case file is solved by the alliance of scientific expertise of the anthropologist Temperance Brennan and investigations lead by an FBI agent, Seeley Booth. I like even more the characters flaws and weaknesses and the way their relationships will evolve step by step. It is sometimes funny, sometimes sad and in any time touching... 

I do like the character of Temperance Brennan, her professional skills, her lack of social skills and the way she tries to protect herself from pain and disappointment. I even like her clothing style, her original necklaces. She is stylish, definitively.

And you, have you ever watched this show ?

Piece of news, again

Like many of you, I haven't been very regular when it cames to writing here for the past few days. I guess, real life sometimes gets the upper hand, especially in summer, when the sun shines and when there are so better things to do than staying home with our laptop...

- I spend a nice week end, the first off since the beginning of June.  I went bycycling and it was very positive for both body and heart. I went for a picnic in a very beautiful city and I enjoyed those nice moments.

- I made some online shopping because I didn't want to go to overcrowded stores. I was reasonable...till I find the sunglasses I was searching for. They were not planned on my "to buy" list but I couldn't resist. You will easily understand when I will show you the pictures...

- I chatted with one of my friends this week end. Thank you, Facebook ! :) It has been a long time and I missed it so much. I was especially happy that she trust me enough to talk to me openly. I'm so glad to have her in my life...

- I'm ready for the new week to start !

Have a very nice week ! 

Holiday wanted !

By this time of the year, everyone is speaking of their next vacations, of what we call summer plans. And that's completely natural. It just focuses on the fact that I won't have any vacation before October, even if I do need some. Summer is a time of hard work for people like me. That's the deal ! So all I can do is dreaming and what is the best way of doing that ? With pictures of course ! Any idea where they come from ??

Couples of memories

Yesterday, it was the father's day and the music's day too. Concerning the father thing, I can't even remember the last time I saw him so the question of what to offer and how to celebrate was easily answered. Concerning the music's day, it was solved by the fact that I got up at 4.00 this morning. 

But I easily remember of dates. Maybe it can explain why I studied history as first choice. Four years ago, I celebrated summer with three of my best friends in Paris. I had just broken things off my boyfriend and I was kind of devastated. I remember the pain, the heat, this terrible restaurant where we ate and where I wanted to go without paying (I've never eaten so badly). I remember all those couples I saw this evening. I remember me feeling alone for the first time for four years. One of my best friends is not a friend anymore. Those things happen, even if it's sad.

Three years ago, I had just finished a wonderful year and was about to leave for Germany. I was so happy. I spend the music's day  with two of my best friends and we have so much fun. Happiness was all around, fear and happiness. And I knew, I did know, something extraordinary was on the verge to happen...

Two years ago, I spend this evening with my Love, not in Paris, but in a city I'm in love with (Zou, you know it very well :). We laughed a lot, shared so many memories and spend a wonderful time. After my German experience, I felt, I was back for good...even if my meredith's mood was about to arrive. I went through many questions concerning my professional life this summer and chose to focus on communication studies and to leave international relations for a while. Strangely enough, this decision led me to what I am today, professionnaly speaking and it's just so weird to think about how much everything can be bound and connected.

One year ago, I didn't do anything special, I had some important papers to hand over and a thesis to write. I was about to finish my studies and to start a nice summer job... I had no idea of what would come next. 

And today, I don't really know where I am. I'm a Glass half-empty person and there will always be things I want and that I don't have. But for this summer, I wish to myself to enjoy things I already have as long as possible...

I'm the kind of person who think that she will never be good enough, that she will fail before even trying. I often tend to have this impression that everyone's moving forward and that I'm the only one who doesn't have any change in her life. 

Those (long!) lines made me realize that somehow I may not be entirely right about that. Sometimes it's a good thing to know...

I wish to all of you a nice week !