RIOTS!!!

friday was another studio day.... but tony and i cut out early, hoping to catch a glimpse of radical political action of the french sort.... we were slightly out of luck, but it was a nice walk, anyway. walking by the louvre we did watch a large group of students walk past some warily watching police clustered... but it was peaceful, and quiet. travel to les invalides, the golden dome, but we missed the boat on the riots there..... several people hadn't though, as shown by this street of battered cars. very odd though, other then one severe key-ing, the cars were intact, just a polite little rap on the windshield was enough action for the rioters apparently. Over to the latin quatier and we saw more evidence of the disturbance, huge manned metal police barricades with grenadiers flocked around. there was an unpleasant light mist most of the day, could be what kept people at home. so it goes, and possibly for the better.

i have an umbrella now that keeps me from the rain. it makes me feel old, but i kind of like it..... it's very fun to open, cheap 'brella' from a roman street vendor, but so it goes. kind of a pain to carry around if you're not sure it'll rain, but....