Hello. It's been a good two months here in France now. I was first living in a hotel, then with someone near the center of the town. Eventually, my roommate told me that I wasn't relationship material- basically. While they wanted someone to cook, go out, and get up at the same time as they did, I just wanted a room and place to sleep. I was told to move out very suddenly, since they were searching for roommates behind my back and had found someone already. After some stress-heavy days, I'm now in a better place. I live on a hill, right next to where Cézanne did a series of paintings of Mont Sainte-Victoire. I've already sat where he did, and have drawn the same subject. Unlike him though, I failed miserably, but there's a sense of pride in failing where famous painters have succeeded.

Other than trying to be an artist, I am still also drawing huge funny animals. I'm working on the sequence, but it's taking time for multiple reasons. I got midterms, taking a trip to Paris next week for one week, and I'm also a bit bored with it. That's because the next pictures are somewhat challenging. I'm a lazy fellow. Don't worry about me giving up on it, though. I enjoy the landscape so much here that I take great strides to vandalize it with ginormous furries.

Since I'm still typing, I'll tell you about various tidbit or two. The food here is very good, but it's mainly... carbs? You know what they say...

Oh, those french. They only eat bread, wine and cheese! Pfftbt!

After two weeks of living here, it hit me- and moreso my stomach- hard that this was actually true. Everything here is a mixture combined with bread, pasta or cheese at some point. I'm back to normal now, but at some point I think I strained a muscle in my stomach. There were constant hunger pains in my body for about three days. I practically ate a meal every two hours. But, everything is fine now. I get cheap groceries that last me for the week, and it's all quite an international variety. The baguettes here, though? Really good! Turkish food here is great too.

Last thought. Posting new music I've been enjoying on my profile is nice and all, but I thought I would share some more. I've been getting back into the Madlib Medicine Show again. It's still very good. It was 12 months (really two years) of releasing new albums on the odd numbered months, and mixtapes on the even months. The mixtapes are the best ones, and those are what I'll be sharing with you right now.

2 - Flight to Brazil - Brazilian funk, psych, jazz and rock. (Relaxing)
4 - 420 Chalice All-Stars - Jamaican roots, rock, and reggae.
6 - The Brain Wreck Show - Rock. (This thing sounds similar to a nightmare)
8 - Advanced Jazz - Classic jazz from the greats of the era. (This one is amazing)
10 - Black Soul - Funk. Soul. Disco! (This is definitely the best mixtape out of the lot)
12 - Raw Medicine - Hip-hop remixes by Madlib. (Also super solid)

Have a nice day, everyone!