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oh dear, so i'm not very good at keeping this thing updated, even as much as i'm on the internet here. sorrrry. so the most obvious thing to post photos of is... annie and i went to check out versailles today. and in case anyone was wondering, it is still extremely fancy and gilded.  visiting palaces usually makes me want to roller skate through them, but i'm not sure where this thought comes from.

(concerning the photo, there are so many vaguely strange paintings at versailles. e.g. sleeping babies)
annie, too, is rather fancy. this picture proves it. this room would be great for roller skating.
of course, the hall of mirrors. shiniest room of them all.  windows, mirrors, and chandeliers. the whole thing made me pretty disappointed that we could have seen the jeff koons work there if it had just stuck around another month.  shiny and kitsch surrounded by shiny and baroque, yes please.
(a koons lobster at versailles, which left before we came to paris.)

so that was what we did today, mostly.  unfortunately it was rather foggy and snowy outside, so we skipped wandering around outside, which is kind of the best part of versailles when the weather is up to it.  but the train did go through some cute paris outskirts, which made me realize that i miss trees and grass i'm allowed to walk on.  hopefully soon i'll find a sunny day and find somewhere to ride around on a bike for fun (aka not the busy streets, i'm not sure i'm ready for that here). 

I'm really tearing through books here, so i might go try to acquire a library card at the american library, even though you have to pay for them.  right now I'm in the middle of "the wind up bird chronicle" and somewhat baffled but intrigued.

happy valentine's day everyone. my plans are to... go to the library. and try to make some progress on drawings.  there is quite a lot of paper to be filled. but i'm sending bunches of love to everyone i miss stateside.  

OH and please, if you're into letter-writing or package-sending in the least, don't forget this address:

43 rue Notre Dame de Nazareth

75003 Paris France

love love love