Posted in travel blog on 09/23/2004 01:50 am by Queenkv
ok…this is directed to friends and family:
I had to TURN OFF the comment section of this blog. Too many asshole spammers have flooded my site with their goddamn links…and I suspect it’s a bit of a strain for my domain. I’ve been getting nasty e-mails from the domain dudes about taking up too much of my quota.
So, fuck spammers. They’re not practicing free speech. They’re only eroding the free speech of other bloggers. Fuck spammers.
I will allow comments when I’ve installed the emergency fix for MT Blacklist. That should knock the fucking spammers off my site. I probably won’t get to it until I move to London.
Back to Paris…
We only have a few days left in the city of lights…it makes me sad….but I think many of us are ready to tackle our residencies…Mark and I are making a quick stop in Italy this weekend. I can’t wait to say whats-up to the Pope. I read he does this mid-day blessing thing on Sundays.
Let’s see…one girl lost her passport….C’est dommage! N’est pas? First she headed over to the US Embassy and they almost crapped their pants at her presence…something about 9/11 security. Then they had her go to the consulate. She got her passport in 3 hours. She had to show proof that she was leaving the country. She didn’t make a photocopy of her passport. I feel better having a copy of my passport in my bags and another one with my mom.
Other girls got naked in a Turkish Bath.
Another guy ran into the grandson of Walt Whitman…he just didn’t know the dude was the grandson. He was at Shakespeare and Co. and the wanted to say hi to the owner of the bookstore (for you Bay Area kids out there - this is the OG Shakespeare and Co - before the one on Dwight Way in Berkeley). The owner asked if he could have the student’s newspaper. The student said he was still working on the crossword puzzle. The owner kept insisting, so the student ripped out the crossword puzzle and let him pull the paper away. Weird guy.
I’ve been working on two documentaries….one is a behind the scenes look at Medill’s global journalism seminar…I suspect it will morph into a PR product for the school….the other one is on our trip to Normandy.
I think I have enough footage and interviews for both projects. I’m a bit freaked out by the prospect of editing 4+ hours of tape…but hey, this is a sweet oppertunity to do my producing thang. Upon further reflection…I feel I may have missed out on some of the gawking-experience….with the sites and sounds of Paris and the cool reporters who have waltzed into our Science Po classroom. I was too busy checking on lighting, focus and white balance of the shots. This is my second trip to Paris….so, I’m not too wrapped up in the ooing and awing….but it would have been nice to keep the camera bag home for a day and be a student. Still, I would not have dones this trip any other way. Medill has never sent a camera out for the Paris seminar or the Normandy trip. Prof. Angotti believes there’s a spot for the Normandy doc on the new Channel 1 program line-up. Then I’d have to production credits to my name.
This school is amazing.
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