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Or Europe, anyway. Whichever.

So, as you have no doubt learned from Catwoman, we ran off to Europe for a bit. Mainly Paris — technically it’s research for a screenplay — with a quick jaunt to Berlin for Audrey Hepburn business. While it sounded like work it was all fun, I’ll be honest with you. My time in Paris was nothing but amazing memories — until I tried to leave, but that’s a different story. Anyway, I hobbled together a video diary of sorts, if you’re interested in that sort of thing. If you didn’t already know, I’ve started a vlog (hate that word) about fumbling through life when you lose your job in a recession and not being able to find another called Simple Twist of Fate. Actually, it’s just about my life after I lost my job, etc, because I feel a bit Holly Golightly as described by Paul Varjak right now: “She’s a girl who can’t help anyone, not even herself.” But maybe by sharing my experiences I can help other people in similar situations. If not, then it’s always good for a laugh, right? ๐Ÿ™‚

So there’s that. You may start at the very beginning, which is just a dull sort of walkthrough on where my life was when I started this at the beginning of April, or just skip around my videos, or watch part One (of many) on the trip and see if you like it:

Still on the fence? I’ll give you some teasers: I climbed the Eiffel Tower, met JARVIS COCKER (and more), was a tourist attraction on the Seine, and was a total guy magnet. There’s more, but you’ll just have to see for yourself what else I could cram into two short weeks.

jeune fille

jeune fille

So . . . this trip changed my life. Of course! Isn’t that why we travel and wander foreign lands, to expand our minds and change our world view? Or, as Mark Twain put it: “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness.” But after living there for two weeks, mastering the Metro on my own with trรƒยจs peu French and a pocket map of the city and having Jarvis, who’s lived in France for six years, ask me how to say things in French when I’d lived there a week, I think I know what I’m going to do next. Batgirl is going back to school! I’m going for a degree in French this time (at this point, struggling the rest of my life to school in psychology just seems a waste, as much as I loved it back in the day), so I can live in Paris with a job and a legal reason to stay, and so I can maybe teach Jarvis some decent French. Seriously, it’s bad. Watch Episode 4 Part 4 if you don’t believe me. Oh, and if you’re a fan of the man or Pulp please check out all my videos, I put up quite a lot of him. I had a good two days with him.

Jarvis & me

Jarvis & me

There’s some pictures up on my Flickr account as well, though they’re pretty much just the Jarvis ones since people were clamoring for them. I’m still going through all of my other pictures and fixing them up (it was almost constantly overcast, which means adjusting the light for nearly all the outdoor pictures), and there’s also probably 4 GB worth of pictures to sort through. I am a documenting machine! But I’ll drop a note when I am done posting all of the other pictures so you can see what I saw, and also when I post the last video of my trip. I’ve put off doing it because it’s just one more reminder that I’m not in Paris anymore. ๐Ÿ™ I know it’s only temporary, but I still hate seeing good times end. It’s why I didn’t want to unpack for a week and why I was dragging my feet sorting through the pictures.

Okay, that’s all for now. Are we caught up now? ๐Ÿ™‚

Oh, forgot something! When I got back we wrapped filming a bizarre short film (preview here), so I finally got a haircut. Yay! Nothing drastic, I just wanted a bit more style — and to look like Anna Karina.

new hair!

new hair!

I miss the boulevard. The weather hasn’t been that great this week… chilly and/or rainy, so we won’t be back on the street until next week, I’m afraid. Which stinks because I kinda went on a shopping spree yesterday. :-/ I’m a girl, what can I say. There’s a reason I don’t go out to the mall. One thing leads to another. You don’t want to hear about my shopping trip. Needless to say, I spent more than I should have and rationalized it in the way that girls can… “I got it all for basically the price of this ONE dress at it’s retail price, I’m definitely going to wear it, I need to look my best on auditions and when I go out… etc…. etc….” What’s wrong with me?! Anyway, here are a few pictures to hold you over until we have more news. ๐Ÿ˜€

Batgirl, Superman, and Michael Jackson....

Batgirl, Superman, and Michael Jackson....

Hey, what's going on back there?

Hey, what's going on back there?

I’m sorry, I really couldn’t decide which photo I liked better! hehehehe… Batgirl, the look on your face…..

Aww... they were such a great couple...

Aww... they were such a great couple...

Good times, right, Batgirl? Good times… ๐Ÿ˜› I don’t remember if I posted this one here or not, but here it is (again). Hehe. This was our first meeting with Gollum. Oddly enough we had just been talking about how cool it would be if someone did Gollum on the boulevard the day before. Aren’t we a handsome couple?

My precious!

My precious!

Look! A photo! There are more on the way, but instead of wait for them all, I thought I’d post one today. This was taken in NYC in what, 20 degree weather? I was one cold kitty. But a cold, determined kitty! With a cold, determined, awesome photographer. ๐Ÿ˜€

Catwoman

In addition to that, I have a few more photos, AND a new video. This video is helping us get caught up, and it covers about a week (well, a couple days, really, we don’t work every day) on the Boulevard. In the next video you’ll get to see our new and improved costumes (Batgirl and Wonder Woman), and I promise that soon we will have more video of us in costume. We’ve gotten several requests for that. But you have to understand that our main focus is just catching the craziness, and most of it doesn’t involve us, so there hasn’t been much reason for us to film each other. But we’ll try…

Gollum - and the creepiest Mickey Mouse I've ever seen.

Gollum - and the creepiest Mickey Mouse I've ever seen.

Where else would you see this scene?

Where else would you see this scene?

Hope you enjoy. ๐Ÿ™‚

I’m working on the next video (so much to sort through!) but while you wait for that, I thought I’d share some photos!

First, the photo Batgirl mentioned, in the stairwell. Unfortunately, there wasn’t enough light and it was a little blurry. ๐Ÿ™

Superheroes in a stairwell

Now, a picture of Batgirl and her new boyfriend. Or wait… girlfriend? I can’t tell.

Polly wanna kiss.

I got a photo with a birdy today too, but Batgirl took it with her camera and we haven’t swapped photos yet. ๐Ÿ˜€

Superman certainly has a way with the birds…
Swoon.
Someone decided to be creative at the smoothie place:

Slushy bat

OK, that’s all for now… have to keep you coming back for more, right? ๐Ÿ˜‰

Wow. I’m so glad BatgirlAmidala has this wonder-writing power. I just want to get back to the boulevard and the craziness! Right now I’m sitting at my family’s dining room table, on my laptop, wishing I could speed this vacation along. I know, family is important. I missed two auditions last week though. BUT I got put on hold for some work in January on an internet commercial. I shall say no more… don’t want to totally jinx it. Well, since I have no news to add… I’m going to add pictures!

Cat Kick

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