Bonjour! Pardon, mon ami. Je m’appelle Carson!
That’s the extent of the French I know, despite spending 8 years of my life in various French classes (and having two tutors). How I passed any of those classes is a French miracle. But that’s not stopping me from stumbling through Paris and pointing to various pastries and saying “Une of those.” There’s a 60% chance I’ll be kicked out of here by Wednesday for my blatant Americanism. By the way, prepare for a 2 hour wait in the customs line if you ever come here. The line I was in was 500 deep and they had TWO customs agents. TWO!! They seem to have taken a cue from visiting the American post office. We should get those groups together sometime. So far I’ve been to Sacre Coeur, the Arc De Triumph, and some famous “steak frites” place that wasn’t half as good as a double double from In and Out. But man, the pastries and bread here put America to shame. If one of these guys was smart, they’d move to LA and make a killing. Then again, if I mange one more pain du chocolate, I might explode.
Anyway, because I’m not going to be posting this week, I’ve decided to make the Scriptshadow Secrets book half off. So if you’ve been putting off reading it, go buy it now. You’ll learn just as much from that book as probably half the posts I’ve posted here, since the tips are based on everything I’ve learned through all the scripts I’ve reviewed. Plus it’s just an awesome book! So start reading folks. And I will see you all dans une semaine!
PICTURES FROM PARIS – UPDATED DAILY!
Some famous bridge with a lot of locks on it.
Which SS commenter does this most remind you of?
Proof that Michael Cera is a vampire and has been around for 400 years
Miss SS in front of Notre Dame!
Which commenter do you think THIS most resembles? (this should be easy)
Cows at Versailles! We ate them afterwards.
A house on Marie Antoinette’s Estate. Kept looking for a bloody guillotine to no avail.
Versailles Gardens. The French know how to spend money.
Miss Scriptshadow at famous bookstore, Shakespeare & Company (featured in Before Sunset)
Had lunch with Isabelle Adjani, winner of 5 Cesars (France’s Oscar equivalent). She was very humble and sweet!
I tried to explain to these two that their puppet show didn’t have any goals, stakes, or urgency and I was promptly thrown out of Paris.
What I learned: Louvre in the rain results in a lot of character development.
Miss SS had reached the “Really, you’re still taking pictures of me?” phase of the vacation when I took this.
French Scriptshadow fan who showed us around.
This is a rare pigeon sighting. As you know, there is a scarcity of pigeons in Paris since they eat them all.
France did not only give us the Statue of Liberty. They gave us indoor malls! This is the first indoor mall ever! (p.s. The accuracy of this statement is based on my own educated guess and therefore has an 80% probability of being wrong).
I was dared to walk up to one of these guys, lick them, and say, “That was finger licking good.” I did not accept that dare.
Last night at a restaurant I saw “baby pig” on the menu. I’m praying this is what they meant.
It took us 3 wrong Metro stops, 5 wrong-way walkings, 8 map screw-ups, and 2 arguments to find this freaking canal. But it was found!
I’m not sure what Parisians would do if they saw that the average Los Angeles street was 9 times wider than this. They might stop eating baby pig.
Miss Scriptshadow is always up for an adventure. Unfortunately, I haven’t seen her since she went on this one.
