Marche des Fiertés Lesbiennes, Gay, Bi et Trans 2007

[castalie]

Today was Pride in Paris and oh, I had a blast! I love that event so much! Love the energy, love how fun it is, just love it :-)

moimoietmoi and I joined angeliksmall, rosengirl, daiyaa and ephyse there. We found ourselves a float to follow, then proceeded to dance the afternoon away. I really loved our float - well, it wasn't a float as such, more like an impala a car followed with a bunch of cheerleaders dressed in black with silver pom-poms dancing and shaking said pom-poms.

The fun was that the crowd following them learnt the steps of the different choreographies and since the same songs played over and over again, after a while we were all dancing in synch. Well, I guess the lot of us with less grace and ease than the original cheerleaders but who cares, right? lol It was a lot of fun and I'm sure we made quite the sight, too; all following the cheerleaders' steps - or trying to for the 'more difficult' steps - only sans pom-poms and laughing our asses off ;-)

Oh! And I was thrilled because there were many 'Free Hugs' people and I hugged several of them and it was great! Ever since I saw the ad I've wanted to do that and now I can check that off the To Do list *g*

We abandoned the parade at St Michel, though, and didn't go to Bastille. But it does mean we danced for around three hours, I think. By then we were dead. Pride is so exhausthing, dude! So we left our cheerleaders and planted ourselves at a Starbucks. As we're wont to do :-)

Then we went our seperate ways and I went back to Choisy to meet with tbf!Rissy.

Twas an awesome day :-) Oh and if you want to see some pics, rosengirl posted some over at her lj.

I've also watched Heroes - the show premiered in France tonight - and I was relieved to see that the original French opening credits didn't last more than, what, ten seconds? Just the time to hear two lines from the lyrics - thank God for small favours - and pretty nice shots of the characters looking up at the sky. I still think it's stupid and pointless but, well, it could have been much worse, I guess.

I didn't watch it in French though. I keep forgetting that tnt!TF1 offers the original versions of some of their shows. So I've switched to the English version. Awesome!

Speaking of french!tv. Apparently Lost s3 starts next week. I'm thinking of trying to watch the show again. We'll see how long it lasts.

Comments

[turps33.livejournal.com]

You allowed clear pictures of yourself to be posted online! I nearly fell off my chair!

But you looked gorgeous as always.

I'm so glad you had fun. Your cheerleaders looked awesome!

I gave up on Lost a long time ago. It was so great at the beginning too.

[castalie.livejournal.com]

I did! It's the second time one can see my face on lj, even :-) Things change, uh? :-) And thanks for the compliment; you're always a wonder for my ego *g*

It was absolutely awesome; I love going to Pride!

I gave up on Lost after the second episode of s2 that first time - though I was told about what happened - so I have no idea whether I'll actually go back to watching the show, but it's like I feel I owe it to Lost to try time and time again...

[greedy_dancer]

Looks like you had a lot of fun!! I'm disgusted I couldn't be there, but funny thing: my parents had some stuff to do in the 5th this afternoon so we did catch the tail end of the parade! It gave me a quick shot of the ambience and gave them ... well, something to talk about whith the family home! My mother was amazed by how huge the thing was, and my father was like "Dude, I saw some guy with tiny tiny shorts! How do they not get arrested for public indecency?" and all the while there was the float for the Pulp with women in only their knickers on top. Double standard, anyone? lol

Anyway. Next year I'll be there!! :)

[castalie.livejournal.com]

We a wonderful time, yes; though you were sorely missed, believe me! I kinda associate Pride with you so it felt a bit wrong not to have you there. Next year, though :-)

And, dude, double standard; they're not just words, are they? *rolls eyes*

[marizilda.livejournal.com]

Here in São Paulo the parade was in the avenue Paulista, the organizers say that have three millions and five hundred thousand persons. It is a big party!

[castalie.livejournal.com]

It's like the biggest party one could attend, isn't it? I have no idea how many people were in Paris that Saturday, but I'll go investigate; I'm curious now *g*

[moimoietmoi.livejournal.com]

It was awesome! I had more fun than the other times I went to the Pride! *g*

[castalie.livejournal.com]

I'm delighted that you had more this time with us than you did before :-)

[daiyaa.livejournal.com]

Really nice to see you another time ! The Pride was so great, we had a lot of fun.

Kisses, see you soon, I hope

[castalie.livejournal.com]

Twas great seeing you again too *g* And so awesome that we all went to Pride together :-)

[eurofabulous.livejournal.com]

Contente de voir que tu te sois amusée:D
I recorded Heroes last night for my mum, since we were at my cousin's wedding but I watched a little when we came back, the voices weren't too bad, except for Mohinder's, he's indian, and they couldn't find someone with the appropriate accent to dub him :(
As for Lost, I stopped at the middle of season 2 lol so I don't think I'l watched. I think it starts on Tuesday or Thursday, I'm not sure.
*Hugs*

[castalie.livejournal.com]

J'adore la Gay Pride, décidemment, je passe toujours une après-midi de ouf :-)

On en parlait avec Les Filles, justement, du coup de l'accent, et on était sure que Mohinder n'en aurait pas. C'est comme pour Sayid dans Lost, il avait perdu son accent dans la version française... Faudra que je vois ce que ça donne, quand même, je suis d'habitude toujours curieuse de voir ce que ça donne notre doublage... Je me suis laissée emportée par l'élan vo cette fois, faut croire lol

Et Lost, j'avais abandonné au deuxième épisode de la saison 2, si je me souviens bien, mais à chaque nouvelle diffusion, j'essaie de m'y remettre. Je crois que je me suis jamais remise d'avoir abandonné une série dont j'étais complètement folle durant la première saison. Enfin on verra...

[maaaaa.livejournal.com]

I'm with turps33 regarding your picture. *g* You are just such a doll. ::luvs:: It sounds like you had such a blast! \0/

[castalie.livejournal.com]

Thanks *blushes*

And speaking of doll, I've sent you an email but some things bear repeating so THANK YOU for the Moonridge card; it filled me with glee :-)

[aswanargent.livejournal.com]

I finally know what you look like! :-)))

Sounds like you had a wonderful day!

Forgot to tell you that I got the Norway postcard you sent; merci! Also, I've seen the trailer for Sunshine; it looks excellent.

Lost S3 was very good. It had lots of Desmond in it (my favourite character, in case you didn't know).

[castalie.livejournal.com]

Now you do :-)

I had a wonderful day; as usual when I go to Pride, admittedly but still *g*

It arrived, finally! And you're welcome :-)

[lilisullivan.livejournal.com]

Sympa les photos!!

[castalie.livejournal.com]

Contente qu'elles te plaisent :-)