Hello, weeks. Where did you go?

So I'm not really sure how it's suddenly December 22nd, but my clocks all seem to confirm this. I guess the stress of worrying about whether or not I'd be going to China distracted me quite a bit! And for the record, I'M GOING! I went and picked up my passport, complete with visa, on Monday afternoon.

We fly out on SATURDAY. About that packing ...

As a result things have been a bit crazy. I've been going out with friends quite a bit, and last weekend was our pre-concert "week-end de travail." Incidentally, a major national French TV network, TF1, came and filmed us. Whom, do you suppose, just happened to be sitting first stand at that particular moment? THIS GIRL. The guy came to the center (next to the conductor) with an ENORMOUS video camera, and basically pointed it at me. I was just like "Uhhhhhhh, is it too late to move? Can I just smile?" Apparently a crew is going to film our first concerts in China as well, and some sort of report on us will be on TF1 either December 30th or 31st. SNAP. So I've been on communist Chinese television, and French television ... Have I ever even been on American TV? I think not ...

Here are some goofy shots with the boys ... I let them be the photographers for once. They were amused, but unfortunately it's hard to get everyone to hold still, and the Blackberry camera really demands immobility.

Maxime had a light-up martini glass that he was playing with, it's not that I'm trying to hide his radioactive ear or something :)

Saw this stamped on the street as I was cutting over to Rue de Lancry ... Do you suppose they mean some sort of play on "one another," or someone just messed up, or completely unrelated? Tough to say.

Monday morning. Snowy. I was unaware that according to the news media everything is a mess and the airports aren't working, etc. As snowy as this looks, there was no trace of it by 3pm that afternoon. Thanks for exaggerating EVERYTHING, news media. Granted, while the snow is there everything falls apart (it's as if they've never considered the possibility that snow would DARE fall on Paris).

Just after this, however, I did see a man squeegeeing the sidewalk. Seriously? SERIOUSLY?