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On The Road To Nowhere
Occasionally, a bunch of dark coats men wait at the next station: tickets collectors. Upon seeing them, weird things would happen: people of all age would run towards the nearest doors, some would pull washed out tickets out their bags and pockets and punch them quickly, some would distribute extra-tickets around them and the consensus would be “putain!*”.
Working Class Hero Is Something To Be
Rock’n’roll stars, rap artists, rednecks, tycoons, politicians, lobbyists, aliens… North America has it all. But there’s one category that have never traveled across the ocean from its beloved old continent : the nobility.
To be rich in North America, you either have to be : a) incredibly smart (cf. Bill Gates) b) incredibly stupid (cf. Paris [...]
Cigarettes And Alcohol
I entered the supermarket and looked around. Something was missing. The frozen food section was bigger than ever, the aisle end display products were screaming “buy me !” and people were massed around the “back to school” aisles. Nothing weird here. Yet, I couldn’t find what I was looking for.
I finally came to my sense [...]
You And Whose Army ?
The morning I turned 18, I skipped school.
I woke up at 7 am as usual and turned on the radio. I got dressed to the sound of Nirvana and bitched. A lot. I grabbed my bag, my ID’s and the notice I was send a few months ago and that I had tried to forget [...]
Diddly-Ho, Neighbor-ino
I’m lying on my bed. I just shut off the air-conditioning. Sound of silence. Ready to sleep.
Wait a sec… something is wrong in this picture. Cool temperature ? No noise ? Oh yeah… I’m in Canada !
See, I grew up in France in what North Americans call an heritage building. I mean, you would probably [...]
La Desaparecida
I left many places, many people, many times. I packed my bag following the same immutable ritual countless times: my sleeping bag at the bottom with plastic sandals, towel, sweaters and other light clothes piled up. A plastic bag at the top with shampoo, soap – the bare minimum yet enough to be clean and [...]
The Wall
Bu·reauc·ra·cy (by??-r?k’r?-s?) : An administrative system in which the need or inclination to follow rigid or complex procedures impedes effective action: innovative ideas that get bogged down in red tape and bureaucracy.
I’m a white female, 5’7, 20-30 years old. Sounds fairly common, doesn’t it ? I mean, really, I don’t have anything special. [...]
What We Sell To Coca-Cola Is Available Humain Brain Time
Once I understood “Beavers Tails” weren’t actual cutie beaver’s fried tails but just a name for a kind of waffle, I started to relax. I had mastered North American supermarket (80% frozen food, 10% junk food and 10% health bars), I could drive an automatic car, and I had learned to check addresses before walking [...]
