I'm doing 24 things
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fromatto's Life List
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1. learn to balloom dance
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2. stop seeing things that are not there
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3. sue the exorcist
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4. escape the geese in the park
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5. Master Uncleanse
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6. I'd like to get out of the war
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7. to exist instead of to live
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8. I'd like to become anonymously famous
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9. I'd like to write a book or a play or publish a book of photos or leave some tangible proof of my existence here (something to show my mother).
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10. Keep a laundry diary
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11. get over my chorizophrenia
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12. choose a title for my autobiography
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13. photograph ANOTHER 43 Dogs
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14. post pictures of pain
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15. attempt oenophilia
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16. post pictures of the parc
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17. participate in CrossDressing
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18. Reflect upon the daily things I list upon
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19. stream consciousness
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20. List goals that never made it
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21. complete my CBM3
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22. post pictures from the metro
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23. find the perfect cafe
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24. plan Mme Lupin's birthday celebrations
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How I did it
It made me
delirious 
How I did it: basically, i collected all the things that i thought i'd need in a small pile, then i discarded some and got important advice on this from my mum because she is a long time arsenophile (him and tom jones), and then i let him have it one cheer at a time until i was completely cheerless and exhausted but it was fun Read how I did it…
Recent entries
a lot of time in cafés. In part because I am lazy, directionless, an artist/writer wannabe, but also in part because I can use their toilet facilities. OK, sorry…..it’s because I feel truly at home in the anonymity of café society. It is here that I can space out, my tangled mind unravels and puts its feet up. And as I become démêlé, I experience a real Buddhist fusion with the world that lasts until I pay the bill.
For me, the ideal café should be light and spacious. Plenty of mirrors and woodwork and probably a plant or two. The quality of the coffee, whilst important, is not high up my list of priorities. The single espresso or allongé is the price I pay to disappear from the world, to read the newspaper and to let my crazy ideas find some sort of form.
Here, I hope to introduce you to some of my favourite endroits and to make a few pointed observations along the way.
Here, for example, is the Cyrano, just off Place de Clichy. It is a favourite haunt with the hoards of students who go to the early morning cinema next door. Le Cyrano opens too late for me, at 9.30am-ish, but the coffee (Lavazza) is good, and the owner (who appears in the video below) engaging.
It is NOT ideal. The tables are too small and the overall feeling is one of intimacy (good) and congestion (bad). It’s also a little on the dark side in the morning (this photo was taken late afternoon) and cold in winter. So, I am demanding.
http://ma-tvideo.france3.fr/video/iLyROoafJs_J.html
