I Hate the Academy Awards

but I love this Paris, Je T'aime image via Flowing Heat.
(We'll avoid the fact that Poms are quite rare in Paris, presumably because they are not French enough.)



BREAKING NEWS UPDATE for Flowy: I've been behind on my RSS feeds, but thought you might like this Floating Lykke Li linky in case you missed it.


Knocked Up (Rodeo Mash Up)

Koi Girl in the Water

Nicoletta Ceccoli via Cgunit

The Infinite Mirrors of Paris

Life, Paris 1934

LIFE Finds

Misc. images from Google's LIFE archive...
Greta Garbo
Reclusive film star Greta Garbo clad in knit cap, long dark coat & clunky high-topped shoes, clutching a large handbag to her chest as she walks across intersection in front of several taxis waiting for the light on an East Side Street.

Actress Brigitte Bardot on set of film "Vie Privee."

Alfred Hitchcock
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock, his wife Alma and daughter Patricia take a morning stroll with their dogs, Edward IX and Mr. Jenkins near their apartment at the Wilshire Palms.

Greenwich Village Party.
Writer Dorothy Parker w. husband Alan Campbell at Webster Hall New Year's Party

Paris Nightclubs
Showgirl holding small dog (possibly Pomeranian) in dressing room backstage at the Lido club.

Marilyn Monroe
Playwright Arthur Miller and actress wife Marilyn Monroe attending the April in Paris Ball at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.

Family album snapshot of American novelist Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896-1940) and wife Zelda sitting outside on lawn at her mother's home.

(L to R) Princess Lee Radziwill, Author Truman Capote, and Jane Howard walking arm in arm while leaving the Ivanhoe Theater, where Radziwill is currently performing.

Very small (Pomeranian-type) dog being held up by one hand.

In other news, how about adopting a turkey for Thanksgiving?

Kore de ii no da™

“It’s all good.” (kore de ii no da - これでいいのだ) is currently quite a popular phrase in Japan: “Your liberating ideas helped us accept and affirm the way things really are. That is, you taught us, ‘It’s all good.’”
If Casey is ever big in Japan maybe kore de ii no da will become koredeiinoda™. Itsallgood™.
Koi attack duck!

I had no idea Deyrolle burned earlier this year. I loved that place. At least they seem to be putting things back together.

This video reminds me so much of Pac Man and Space Invaders as a kid. Yes, I am an old fart who had a childhood addiction to those stupid old games.
P.S. Why is the Bible so boring (they're going on about the Covenant on PBS and I remember banging my head against a wall in an attempt to write something Biblically relevant about the f-ing Covenant). Let's just say I did much better in Greek and French history classes.

Fishnet Friday and Paris Street Art

Happy Fishnet Friday!

FishNetPond by ~owenreesuk

The Pink Bomber by ~hezaa

While these aren't your typical fishnets, I thought it would pass for a Fishnet Friday™ celebration. Here's another one of Ogasa Shin's works.



Fafi and more here: GAY PARIS///STREET LIFE///ON THE WALL IN THE CITY OF LIGHTS…
Another Fafi from her site.