tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435065948620169670.post7394586384770517077..comments2023-08-29T03:31:24.755-07:00Comments on Under the Burning Bridge: My New Year's Eve....Fripouillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14321346986665375480noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435065948620169670.post-84358280220968451302013-02-11T13:17:28.591-08:002013-02-11T13:17:28.591-08:00When do I drink? I used to drink a lot years ago b...When do I drink? I used to drink a lot years ago but now I don't drink every day, and when I do it's never during the day except on rare (birthday, Christmas etc) occasions, and I have an average of one hangover a month. And, of course, drink and drive has been out of the question for years. Do I smoke? Yup, I do. <br /><br />That said, I much prefer kind and gentle people who smoke, drink and take drugs to total assholes who don't do any of that but who are superficially obsessed by money, possessions and social standing to the point where they'd sell their own mothers if it meant 'succeeding'. They are the real danger to our society.<br /><br />That apart Nadege, and likewise, I hope 2013 brings you all that is good from others, both in sentiment and deed, and that you shall be happy. That's what's important. After all, as you wrote, we are all but little corks floating around the ocean......Fripouillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14321346986665375480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435065948620169670.post-86083115153871169192013-02-10T17:44:52.348-08:002013-02-10T17:44:52.348-08:00When do you drink? Do you start early in the eveni...When do you drink? Do you start early in the evening until late in the night? I have been around so many people who drink and smoke. They might cut out the alcohol eventually (because of DUIs, losing their job and family..) but if they smoke, "it is the only vice I have left". I have a girlfriend in particular who smokes a lot. She has a horrible cough and every time she laughs, she's gotta cough. I had a physical last month, blood test, mammogram... She won't go at all to see a doctor; I know that deep inside, she knows she is in trouble. Ignorance is bliss as they say. She believes that what she doesn't know won't hurt her. I don't judge her, I just observe and learn from others' mistakes, following my own path. One day, when the time is right, you will be ready to stop the smoking and/or the drinking. Don't beat yourself if it doesn't happen. As long as you don't drink and drive.<br />What I like about getting older is the wisdom I have gained and feeling so much better about who I am.<br />I am like a little cork in the ocean, bouncing around, having highs and lows but always going and doing the best I can. I could do more and am definitively ready for a change.<br />I hope 2013 will bring you joy, fortune, love and an incredible desire to be the best you can be because I know it is in you and you are ready to shine.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06031276247743743680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435065948620169670.post-73967453930646349792012-12-31T12:11:44.398-08:002012-12-31T12:11:44.398-08:00You once spent an alcohol-free New Year's Eve ...You once spent an alcohol-free New Year's Eve gasp gulp shock horror??!!! Good grief. Give that woman a medal. Or a bottle of whiskey. Whichever best applies. As for going to restaurants, that'll teach ya'. God, I hate restos on New Year's Eve. Too crowded, too artificially fun, and too expensive due to hiked prices. Everything I don't need.<br /><br />I'm quite happy here alone with my salmon, my good bottle of Chablis blanc, my thoughts, and my wistful contemplation of who I was, who I am, and who I shall, or rather should, be. <br /><br />Tomorrow is another day though. I have to prepare and send my invoices for December and do a couple of other work-related things. Oh well, it'll be back to Earth with a bump but then again nuffin's perfect after all.<br /><br />I hope 2013 will be a super year for you Ruth, and do keep me abreast of what's happening with your site......Fripouillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14321346986665375480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435065948620169670.post-18418853697149092892012-12-31T11:53:05.535-08:002012-12-31T11:53:05.535-08:00Hi Betty, and thanks for dropping by. Yes, I'v...Hi Betty, and thanks for dropping by. Yes, I've seen 'La France Profonde' and it isn't the same as Betty C. <br /><br />Ah, finding a direction for a blog isn't easy, agreed. In fact it's so hard that I've more or less abandoned any effort to do it because I'm interested in lots of things. Hence the varied content here, everything from hard politics to pretty pix of statues. But hey ho, there we go, and 'vogue la galère' as they say.<br /><br />Which is why I've put you on my blog list, because your content is varied too.<br /><br />Oh and as for the smoking, don't hold your breath. I mean, I don't even have a smoker's cough lord's sakes!<br />:)Fripouillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14321346986665375480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435065948620169670.post-80527768667486861662012-12-31T09:12:40.283-08:002012-12-31T09:12:40.283-08:00Frip that sounds like a pretty damn near perfect w...Frip that sounds like a pretty damn near perfect way to be on New Year's Eve.Reflection...may it take you on to an even better year!<br />One of the best New Year's i ever had-and i confess this as a onetime dedicated party girl-was spent alcohol-free and cleaning the kitchen floor,on my knees,alone i hasten to add!<br />One of the worst-ungrateful me-was spent at a very expensive restaurant with a group of people who were obsessively sending texts to absent friends as the midnight hour approached..<br />Re the cigs,i had to take a taxi this Christmas Day to go and buy some from a garage.The taxi driver let me off 3 quid so i only had to pay 20!<br />Sometimes the more i can't do something the more i want to...my 'bad'..or 'ugly',am not sure!<br />Happy 2013...Ruth.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435065948620169670.post-19122711582846061292012-12-31T08:31:58.082-08:002012-12-31T08:31:58.082-08:00Hello and thank you for your comment on my blog! I...Hello and thank you for your comment on my blog! I think I have seen your blogger name around, probably commenting on expat blogs hither and thither. So I put it on my blog list -- I have long given up even opening Google Reader, abandon hope all ye who enter, etc.<br /><br />I used to have quite a going concern of a blog called "La France Profonde," then I changed to my new platform. It's been tough to find a direction, as I want to mix in a little of everything...we shall see what 2013 brings!<br /><br />Also enjoyed your very honest and at times, quite funny, assessment of your year; may 2013 bring you the best...including stopping smoking!<br /><br />Cheers...Betty Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17155852272383173880noreply@blogger.com