J’ai entamé 2009 en relation avec Caroline … Relation qui a duré jusqu’à mai …

La séparation a été indolore pour moi. Le soir où nous nous séparions, j’allais au sport comme tous les soirs. Bref , une indifférence dramatique.

En juin, lors de mon retour sur Paris, j’ai partagé mon lit pour une expérience unique. Un plan cul avec une femme mariée. Super fantasmant, très belle femme.

A la même période, j’ai reçu la visite à domicile du fameux bloggeur chrisbi. Des échanges buccaux de toute sorte et des mains très inquisitrices …

Toujours à la même période, mes yeux ont croisé ceux d’une belle plante asiatique dans un bar. Son nom était synonyme d’orgasme culinaire. Nous avons passé ma dernière nuit parisienne à flirter et à effectuer d’autres câlins.

Entre juin et mi-octobre, aucune reelle relation.

De mi-octobre à fin octobre, je me suis laissé charmer par une belle marocaine. Nous avons flirté et échangé quelques substances buccales. J’ai trouvé tellement mignon et déprimant sa “naïveté” ! Je plains les nanas de là-bas !

A mon retour sur Paris, j’ai fait la rencontre d’un lecteur, un charmant jeune homme. De bons moments passés à 2. Il m’a redonné goût au sexe entre mecs. Grace à lui, j’ai beaucoup moins peur de prendre du plaisir avec un mec. Je suis même devenu prêt à avoir une pseudo relation avec un mec…

J’ai également rencontré VCL, charmante cochonne provinciale … Femme avec laquelle je partage beaucoup ! Elle m’a permis de m’aerer la tête pendant une petite semaine chez elle à mon retour du Maroc.

Il y a eu aussi la RH de ma boite. Pourquoi ? J’en sais trop rien. Peut-être parce que je suis qu’un con orgueilleux. Depuis, dans toute ma splendeur masculine, je l’evite …

Il y a eu aussi une très bonne amie avec laquelle les choses ont dérivé. J’ai peur que nous prenions trop goût à nos escapades … Relation qui ne mènera nulle part.

Medhi, jeune homme qui s’étiquette bi avec lequel j’ai eu un flirt un peu poussé … Lèvres douces et entreprenant … Idéal !

Et bien sur dans tous les jours que j’ai vécu cette année, pas un seul n’a été sans une pensée pour Christine. Ma vie serait idéale si je pouvais l’exclure de mes pensées… J’en peux plus !

Mention spéciale pour Hancock, film qui me parle et qui m’a accompagné toute cette année.

Ce soir, ma mère m’a appelé. Mon père a pleuré car il a grillé le cadeau de Noël que ses enfants lui font … J’en suis encore tout bouleversé.

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Edit : J’ai oublié de mentionner le flirt très poussé avec Marie, une nana du sport …

Caroline’s Collection of Encouragement and Comfort——–Bits and Pieces of Comfort and Encouragement to Keep You from Going to Bits and Pieces

I do not know about you, but walking through this long season of financial “adustments” has been the pits. I have experienced days of great joy filled with hope of a possible job. Then there have been days where putting one foot in front of the other was a great accomplishment.

During this trying part of my life, I have come across “golden nuggets” that have brought me encouragement and comfort. Also I will not hide the fact that I am a Christian. This is what keeps me going on. My faith challenges me to see all pain that I have suffered and am suffering from a different perspective. Also my faith challenges me to reach out to others in the midst that I might comfort as I have been comforted.

This blog will include “good news” feeds which will be about people who are being a blessing in spite of what life throws. There will be links to particular devotions that have encouraged me for that day. I will be including photos that will be uplifting. Also, did I mention humor? This is the spice of life—laughing at ourselves. Finally, last but not least, I will include ads that reflect my favorite comfort foods and even some products that have been a comfort and maybe unfortunately leaning toward addictions. But take heart, the Lord is not letting me get by with that.(and yes,I get possible financial reembursement when you click them)

I hope that through sharing those things that have ministered to me,you too, will be encouraged and comforted.

I’ll admit it.  I would never, in a month of Sundays, put Sadie on my daughter’s birth certificate.  It would be Sarah, thanks very much, just in case she grows up to run for office or take up brain surgery or otherwise wants to sound like a mature, serious adult.

I’m not necessarily in the majority.  And I’m not necessarily right, either.  Plenty of women named Julie and Jodie have turned out just fine.  And plenty of Sarah/Sadies are irritated at having to constantly explain that yes, Sadie is a nickname for Sarah.

So for your consideration, I’ve pulled together a list of ends-in-ie-names just might stand on their own.

I’m excluding choices like Katie and Maggie -  names easily connected to formal versions, as well as feminizations like Billie and Charlie.  And if it more commonly ends in -y, you won’t find it here – so no Mollie, Lillie or Lucie.

That still leaves bunches of names:

• Arlie – Arline started out as a well-born child kidnapped by gypsies in a nineteenth century opera, but today she’s the outdated Arlene.  Arlie might be a short form, or she may related to a surname.  Either way, she sounds fresher than the -een ending original.
• Birdie – Lady Bird was worn in the White House.  Actress Busy Phillips bestowed this avian appellation on her daughter.  While there are more subtle ways to evoke the finely feathered, Birdie isn’t quite unthinkable.
• Bonnie – Worn by the ill-fated daughter of Rhett and Scarlett in Gone With the Wind – who was actually named Eugenie Victoria.  She means pretty – and she is just that.
• Callie – If Kelly and Kaylee are independent given names for girls, why not Callie?  She’s also a possible nickname for classics like Caroline and Charlotte, as well as the less-expected Calla, Calista or Calliope.
• Dessie – In Ireland, Dessie is a nickname for Desmond – and thus, exclusively masculine.  In the US, it sounds more like a riff on Bessie.
• Dulcie – She’s sweet – literally, from the Latin dulcis.  Longer form Dulcinea conjures up the Judybats, Toad the Wet Sprocket and Don Quixote – though the literary Dulcinea was actually named Aldonza.
• Erie – Eir was a Norse goddess; Éire, a Celtic one – she lent her name to Ireland.  Eiry is a Welsh girl’s name – related names abound, all meaning snow.  Erie may be linked to any or none of the above, and could rhyme with fairy, or have a totally other pronunciation.
• Hattie – You might put Harriet or Henrietta on the birth certificate, but millinery references aside, Hattie has some style.
• Hettie – Another possibility for Henrietta,  as well as Hester or Hestia.
• Lettie – Formal name options include the salad-esque Lettice, or the lacy Letitia.  If Victorian valentine isn’t your style, Lettie might appeal.
• Lindie – Lucky Lindy was aviator Charles Lindbergh’s nickname.  The Lindy Hop was a swing-era dance craze named in his honor.  Linda is a Baby Boomer – as are elaborations like Melinda and Belinda.  But today, Lindie might work as a nickname for hippie chic tree name Linden – or on her own.
• Lottie – Charlotte is in the US Top 100 and rising, but it seems as very few Charlottes are answering to this nickname – so far.
• Maisie – Like Maggie, she could be a diminutive form of Margaret, via the Scottish Mairead.  But if Daisy stands on her own, maybe Maisie does, too.
• Millie – Mildred might be too dowdy to ever make a comeback, but Millie is Thoroughly Modern.  She’s also a spunky nickname for the super-sweet Millicent.
• Minnie – Yes, there’s the mouse.  But there’s also the actress – who was actually born Amelia Fiona Driver.
• Tillie – Matilda is ever so fashion forward.  Short form Tilda brings to mind the actress.  Then there’s Tillie – perhaps a bit too cute, but possibly wearable on her own.
• Trudie – It’s hard to imagine naming a daughter Gertrude.  But Trudie seems like a logical sister for Sadie – spunky, retro and not too flimsy to stand on her own.
• Zadie – If Sadie stands along, why not her zippy cousin?  The z-to-s switch has worked out just fine for novelist Zadie Smith.
• Zelie – There have definitely been women named Zelie, but her exact origins are unclear, though some link her to the French Zéline and she brings to mind the Yiddish Zelig.

I could go on – there’s Winnie and Elsie, Flossie and Roxie.  But I’ll stop here and just ask: would you consider a short, ends-in-ie name for a daughter?  And if so, would you put it on her birth certificate or opt for a more formal version?

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Annas Brief ans Christkind 2008

Obviously the CFDA Fashion Awards are going to bring out some of the best dressed people in the industry. With models and muses in head to toe designer labels, it’s no surprise that last nights award show was total couture eye candy. Here are some of my favorite looks:

Harley Viera-Newton (second from right) in Ohne Titel

Lauren Davis in Proenza Schouler

Caroline Trentini

Alexa Chung in Jason Wu with Jason Wu

Diane Von Furstenberg in her own design

Vanessa Traina and Alexander Wang

Behati Prinsloo

Jessica Stam

source: fashionologie, style.com, wireimage

Investerarresan i Indien är över och vi har sagt hejdå till vackra Uttarakhand. Gruppen har deltagit i WLW och blivit överväldigade av beslutsamheten i rummet. Vi har besökt en liten dalitdominerad by i nästan helt vertikalt landskap och fått insikter om hur fattigdom kan se ut. Vi har fått ta del av diskussioner i ett möte mellan flera folkvalda kvinnor som inte träffats tidigare men som tog tillfället i akt att lära sig av varandra. Vi har sett resultat mot alla odds. Det vi varit med om i Indien är långt ifrån vår verklighet hemma i Sverige, Finland, Storbritannien, Tyskland, Holland och USA. Ändå slås vi av likheterna i ledarskapets utmaningar, förändringsmotstånd och vi känner igenom oss i viljan att förändra.

Nu vill jag berätta för världen vad jag lärt mig om Indien. Hör av dig om du vill bjuda in mig att hålla föredrag!
- Caroline

Elle se tient au courant de ma vie affective et sentimentale …

J’ai déjà parlé de cette trentenaire rencontrée au détour d’une mission chez un grand distributeur français…

Je me suis rendu compte que c’était la seule personne de ma “vraie vie” à qui je raconte tout. C’est devenu une putain de confidente …

C’est elle qui m’a dit que Caroline était trop attirée par moi alors qu’on venait de se séparer. C’est encore elle qui m’a dit que je partais au Maroc pour fuire ma rupture d’avec Christine. C’est aussi elle qui me dit que mes expériences homos trouvent naissance dans mes déceptions et autres frustrations.

Et aujourd’hui, elle me dit que je m’eparpille trop et que je suis revenu différent du Maroc.

Avant, je dégageais une envie de reconstruction et aujourd’hui, ça n’est plus le cas. Je multiplie les relations, il faut le dire, en //. Elle ne l’a pas dit mais je fais un peu paumé.

Jusqu’à présent, elle ne s’est jamais planté !

Bonnie sees her ancestor, Emily, at schools as follows her into the woods. Emily takes Bonnie to the old church telling her “this is where it started and this is where it must end.” She wakes up in class thinking it was a dream only to wake up again in the woods.

Stefan is avoiding Elena and Matt is giving Caroline what she thinks is the run around.

There is a new history teacher, Alaric Saltzman. Kind of a stud (:

Stefan is of course pissed at Damon, and they do a quite funny impersonation of each other. Bonnie is telling Elena about her dream and thinks she is being haunted by Emily. She thinks Emily is using the talisman as a form of communication.

“Rick” talks to Jeremy about his grades, telling him to write a report about Mystic Falls history. RICK IS DEFINITELY A VAMP WOOOHOOO!!!!!

Caroline confronts Matt about his typical guy move. She kind of flips on him. Matt has some pretty good comebacks. They’re def going to get together.

Stefan tells Elena he is going to leave school and it’s best to stay away from her. Elena is pretty upset, duh. Why is he so gloomy?

Damon tries to get Bonnie to give him the necklace, because he is trying to help her. He knows about Emily and her getting to Bonnie.

Bonnie is telling Elena about Damon and they plan to stay the night together. Bonnie throws the necklace into a field

Stefan comes to Elena’s house and tells him about Damon threatening Bonnie. Emily was Katherine’s handmaiden. The necklace originally belonged to Katherine and Emily gave it to her. Stefan is going to talk to Damon.

The teacher comes and talks to Jeremy and his aunt at a restaurant. Damon and Stefan are doing the impersonation thing. It really is quite amusing.

Caroline, Bonnie, and Elena are in the kitchen and Caroline tells Bonnie she can keep the ugly ass necklace. Bonnie tells her she threw it away because it gave her nightmares. The necklace reappears. Wow.

Rick and the aunt are hitting it off pretty well. His wife was supposedly murdered, I think he ate her. Damon and Stefan are playing darts.

Caroline and Bonnie talk about the ghost situation. They’re having a little heart to heart. Caroline says they should have a séance to communicate with Emily. Bonnie drops the necklace and the candles go out. When Elena turns the lights on the necklace is gone.

Damon and Stefan are “bonding”   showing off some vamp skills. Stefan asks Damon what he wants with Katherine’s necklace. Damon believes Emily gave it Katherine on her last night, when Damon was there and Stefan wasn’t. Stefan admits he was the last to see Katherine. Damon is going to try to bring Katherine back!

Everyone is looking for the necklace and can’t find it. Spooky silhouette walks by.

Bonnie sees the necklace and when she picks it up all the doors slam, locking Elena and Caroline out. When the doors do open Emily has possessed Bonnie. We see Emily in the mirror instead of Bonnie. Creepy.

Damon tells Stefan that Katherine didn’t burn in the church. She is in a tomb under the church that is protected, by Emily. The crystal is the key to bringing her back.

Bonnie leaves to go back to where it all began, saying she must destroy the necklace. Elena and Caroline try to follow her but can’t get out. Elena calls Stefan and tells him what happened. Damon tries to stop Emily/Bonnie and she throws him back and into a tree.

Rick comes to the house with the aunt and doesn’t come in…because he can’t. HA I KNEW IT!!! The aunt doesn’t invite him in because Jeremy is there.

Stefan pulls Damon off the tree and Emily/Bonnie tells them she saved everyone in the church, not just Katherine. Twenty-seven more vampires that Damon is trying to bring back. Emily/Bonnie throws the necklace into the air and burst into flames. Damon attacks Bonnie, trying to rip her throat out and Stefan has to give her his blood to heal her.

Matt sneaks into Caroline’s window, he admits to being creeped out by him and Caroline “cuddling.”  They have a connection because they are both lonely.

Damon is devastated by not bringing the vampires back. He says he will leave now. Bonnie is freaking out about Damon attacking her and wants to know what is going on. Elena is going to tell Bonnie the truth. Elena tells Stefan she can be with him and he tells her he can’t. He says he must leave because to many people have died. Elena begs him to stay and Stefan tells her goodbye. Then he walks away.

Caroline and Matt munch out on her bed. Damon is depressed. Stefan is angry that he is leaving and starts crying. Bonnie learns everything and Elena is upset he is leaving. Then Logan shows up on the doorstep wanting to be invited in. Can you say vampire?