Benoît XVI iz in ur city, messing up with ur public transport.

[castalie]

The pope is in Paris at the moment (today and tomorrow, then he'll go to Lourdes to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Apparition of the Virgin there - well, in Massabielle, same thing - and here ends your French trivia for the day) and, not to sound inappropriate or anything, but it was hell!

Some stations were closed and when they weren't, streets were, and if they weren't, then there were so many people that it was just impossible to walk. And, of course, I had to be in St Michel to replace Admin-in-Chief who couldn't attend a reunion at the Sorbonne. Which, actually, the meeting? Was a load of fun. Who would have thought that Big Name University People had such a great sense of humour?

Friday 12 also means it's a week exactly till new SPN for the Downloaders Among Us, whee! I'm officially starting the countdown, because a week is nothing. I'm going to be vibrating all of Thursday, I just know it! And then on Friday I'd better not have anything unexpected happen at work because I don't wanna be held hostage and have to stay longer than planned.

This is exactly what happened yesterday, incidentally. I stayed an hour longer to help SexyGeeky Girl. Then - of course - RERs were all messed up - not the pope's fault, this time - and then they changed the destination of the train I did take, meaning I found myself far, far away from Choisy. I thought I just hadn't paid attention but a bunch of guys were in the same predicament, so I think they just didn't announce the change of direction. So I was home at 7.45 PM instead of 6.00 PM. Nothing too traumatising per se, but I had a hectic day at work and just couldn't wait to be home. That is, at the parental unit's 'cause I'd planned on paying a little visit to my mom.

Yeah, no, no need to tell me, the excitement of my life sometimes, it's barely bearable. I know.

Oh and unrelated but I have a facebook account now. I gave in to peer pressure; that is, the pressure of my friends from the Sorbonne. They told me they'd created a group just for 'us' and I couldn't bear the thought of not really be part of the 'us' so I sorta created my account. They were thrilled. At least it's easy to make them happy :-)

Comments

[crazybutsound]

Be careful with facebook, they are notoriously evil when it comes to privacy issues and monitoring your internet usage.

And wheee! One more week! Though I'm pretty sure I won't be anywhere near as excited about it as you, lol. Though your enthusiasm is always catching. ♥

[castalie.livejournal.com]

You most certainly were on my mind when I took the plundge because I remembered all your recommandations. At least, if something goes wrong, you'll be able to say 'I told you so' :-p

Though your enthusiasm is always catching.

\o/ *kisses*

[writerlibrarian]

About Facebook, just make sure your security is what you want and that you've disabled their beacon. Facebook is even worst in my book than Google to gather information they do not have a right to.

[castalie.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine talked about all those problems, I guess I'll try to make it as safe as possible. Thanks!

[sockich.livejournal.com]

and, not to sound inappropriate or anything, but it was hell!

Ahaha, ILU! :D

[castalie.livejournal.com]

*kisses*

[x5-536.livejournal.com]

i've never had any issues with FB. as long as you edit your privacy settings, it should be fine. my boss completely hides himself, he's not searchable etc. i hide most things and will prolly hide everything at some point. i do have LJ people on there, if you wanna add me but it's a toned down version of me really, as most people on there are people i know IRL.

[castalie.livejournal.com]

I don't guarantee I'll use Facebook that often - I'm having fun with the groups as of now but the novelty might wear off soon, but if you us to add each other, I'm not against it at all.

You still have my name and first name somewhere? If not, I'll email them your way.

[babycakesin.livejournal.com]

a) one week left, woohoo!

b) so you gave in to facebook, hey? ... my sister and my family is totally putting the pressure for it (can't say they're being subtle about it either lol)

c) as for public transport... well, enough has been said about it *g* *hugs*

[castalie.livejournal.com]

a) Less than a week now!

b) I did give in. They kept talking about that group they made for us except I couldn't see what happened in there and I was just jealous so thought 'what the hell, let's do it'. And I did.

c) C'est déjà le bordel en temps normal, alors là, tu penses !

[moimoietmoi.livejournal.com]

I love the title of your post! :)

[castalie.livejournal.com]

Je dois dire que je l'aime aussi beaucoup lol Merci bien *bows*

[turps33.livejournal.com]

One week to go!

My BFF kept on at me until I got a FB and I just don't get it. People add me from school that I didn't talk to at the time, or because they go drinking with Kay, and just. Why?

I know there's good points, but I seem to censor so much of who I am that it's annoying. One day I will write that I'm writing porn on my status bar.

That aside. I've nothing against the site as such, and hope you enjoy your group.

[castalie.livejournal.com]

Less than a week now!!

I had a random adding like that, I blinked at the name a couple of time before it came back to me.

The group is a lot of fun; they all are, really :-)