Cherry Crush

Goodbye Blogger

2006-05-18T11:12:00.001+02:00

I've decided to use the blog function of my personal website to continue blogging. For the moment anyway.. I may return here later... Like when I'm travelling for instance.

My Cherrylicious website is here.

love,

C.

Ms Sim

2005-12-24T06:51:00.000+01:00

It's 6 o'clock in the morn' and I've been awake since 3 am. I just had an uncontrollable craving for beef & onion meetballs. If that is not disturbing enough, I must add that I have just cooked myself a batch and eaten two.

I feel like an out-of-sync Sim...

In Dreams

2005-11-02T08:45:00.000+01:00

Yesterday I napped during the afternoon (a good thing since i practically didn't sleep last night) & had a strange dream where I was falling. Normally I wake up when those happen but not this time. I just kept on falling and falling and falling... I could see myself getting nearer to the ground and so I concluded I must be parachuting. The last thought I had before hitting the ground was: "well this was a stupid move! Why on earth would anyone jump out of a plane?"

That's when I woke up. I doubt the bloody thing opened. Even in dreams I'm plagued by bad luck.

-> i recommend watching Band of Brothers <-

doing: playing with Miss Maple
listening: Meeeeoowwwssss
wearing: black knee-high kitten-healed boots
eating: coffee, cheese and toasts

The End of Halloween

2005-10-31T09:10:00.000+01:00

I LOVE Halloween... and Thanksgiving... and Chandeleur... and many other festivals that celebrate the passing of the seasons.
When I first moved to Limoges, I thought i'd have to give up Halloween. Not so! This city used to party on October 31st. When the sun went down, witches & ghouls used to take over.

Alas...

No more costumes, no more parties, no more decorations, no more pumpkins

In fact, the city of Limoges has been hanging Christmas decorations for the last 2 weeks or so (they are not illuminated at least). Instead of pointy hats, we now have santa's hat. Instead of webs, we now have icicles. Instead of a bloody moon, we now have silver stars. Orange & black has evolved into red & green.

I'm afraid (pun intended) to say... Halloween no more...

Unconscious Mutterings

2005-10-21T14:28:00.000+02:00

Did you like to read my weekly unconscious mutterings? Please let me know if you'd like me to carry on by leaving me a comment.

For your entertainment, here are the latest keywords used by people who visited my blog. I'm sure many visitors must be dissapointed! ^-^

cherrylicious
cherry crush movie
crush fetish
cherry crush
testicules
john corbett & heavy friends pictures
crush fetish magazine
cherry blossoms wedding
www. cherrylicious .com
testicules bondage
the movie cherry crush
not shy woman
darling in bondage
cherry crush the movie
tortollini bolognese recipe
fish crush fetish
crush-fetish
housewives cherry blossoms
justine levy photo
how you will know a shy boy has a crush on you?

The day I almost died of a heart attack

2005-10-19T16:09:00.000+02:00

The other night I was minding my own business: listening to my Pod while lying on the couch in near darkness (with only the glow from the computer screen). I have a lot of things on my mind lately and it felt good to escape with music for a while.

All of a sudden I felt watched... As if something was hovering above me... (you have to remember The Eye is still fresh in my mind)

I opened my eyes & looked back:

**remember that the next event occured in a split second**

There was a tall figure in the dark, with his hands together, looking at me

I screamed for my life!!!!

Then i realized it was just my husband; not some freaky dark ghost. Nonetheless my heart skipped a beat that night.

Should I keep on watching horror movies?

By the way, we lent The Eye to a friend of ours and can you believe he fell asleep??? Can you imagine how difficult it is for me to hear this considering a actually had a sleepless night because of this bloody movie?

bouquet-O-fish

2005-08-16T15:56:00.000+02:00

We spent a fabulous weekend in the centre of France. We were staying with friends who were celebrating their son's Christening as well as their 30th birthday so, to our great delight, the party lasted over 2 days. It was great to see them again (they live in Switzerland) as well as meet new ones. We had a marvelous time.

To and fro their lovely estate, we did some sightseeing along the way. Our first stop was in Montluçon, which is a lovely medieval town that is culminated by the castle of the Duc de Bourbon. The Cher river runs through the city and we saw a peculiar thing whilst walking along its bank. The water is littered with trash and was very murky so we were intrigued when we saw what looked like a strange algae formation bobbing on the surface. When we looked closer, we realized it was a group of fish, huddled closely together, standing straight up and keeping very still. They were alive because once in a while, one of them would swim away from the group. It ressembled a bouquet of flower and looked something like this:
On the way back, we made a detour by Vichy. Alas, we didn't have the chance to relax in a thermal bath. One of these days, i'll splurge on a spa/thermal bath/massage getaway. The architecture of the late 19th & early 20th century is interesting and we were happy to visit it.

I wish all our week-ends were like this...

Holiday End

2005-08-11T10:55:00.000+02:00

Sadly we are back home after a nice and relaxing holiday. The good news is that this is a long weekend and therefore we are going away on a mini-break so it'll still feel like vacation.

I have a stat counter on this site and it memorizes the searches people have done to end up on this site. Most of them are valid but some are quite strange.

• cherry crush & movie
• crush testicules
• blog de bondage
• cassandra short skirt
• vu sur mum out
• sneeze fiction
• soldes
• crush fetish

feeling: worried
doing: parano stuff
eating: canned goods (can't be bothered to go grocery shopping)
listening: Camille
watching: Desperate Housewives
wearing: nothing
reading: Holy Fools by Joanne Harris

I'm late again cried the white rabbit

2005-08-11T10:40:00.000+02:00

n° 131

Complexion:: light
Teach:: english
Back to school:: new notebooks and pens
Months:: years
Nominate:: award
Favorite curse word:: Pitiiiiiiiiii (instrand of putain)
Concerned:: parents
Better:: bitter
Escalate:: climb
Unveil:: bride

n° 130

Risks:: scared
Abdominal:: stomach
Radiant:: beauty
The usual:: life
Mix and match:: my fashion sense
Wireless:: phone
Remedial:: cure
Mile:: kilometer
Long lost:: friend
Only one:: Gwen

n° 129

Believing:: trust
Invasion:: wisigoth
Boys:: stink!
Island:: pleasure
Repeatedly:: eat
Normal:: abnormal
Hex:: witch
Tuxedo:: prom night
Virgin:: cesaer
Cereal:: milk

n° 128

Tolerate:: difficult but worth it
Release:: me
My soul:: lost
Sax:: papa
HP:: sauce
Worth:: waiting
Rockstar:: teenager
Terrify:: life
Knock me off my feet:: baby
Taunt:: rope

Still Alive...

2005-07-23T10:15:00.000+02:00

There's been no update lately because we are on vacation so I haven't been anywhere near a computer these days... I'm falling behind in my blog reading as well...

To make it up to you, here's a little joke.

This three years old boy is taking a bath.
He points at his testicules and asks his mum:
-"Is this my brain?"
To which she replies:
-"Not yet dear."

Have a great summer holiday!!!

Belated and Overdue Mutterings

2005-07-13T10:40:00.000+02:00

n°127

Do-it-yourself:: nail and hammer (and most likely a sore thumb)
Pickpocket:: thief
Ballet:: pink tutu
Resumé:: condensed description
Phenom:: enal
Love/Hate:: peace/war
Unusual:: suspects
Intense:: look
Interruption:: a man slams the door open and shouts...
Not enough:: health, courage, money, willpower, drive, etc...

n°126

Statistics:: %
Grin:: chester cat
Saturn:: that's the name of our table at last month's wedding we attended
Fulfilled:: wish come true
Life plan:: don't know where to begin
Cult:: Mac geeks (seriously though... all religion)
Lily:: Callas
Stalemate:: rut
Celebration:: party favours
Underwear:: white cotton

Women

2005-07-12T09:37:00.000+02:00

We are in 2005. What if i told you that a company would not hire a female executive. They'd refuse to do it simply because she was a woman. The company would claim that it was founded by a man and that it had always been led by men so it would therefore be impossible to have a female in a key position. They would also claim that it would be inconceivable for their employees to follow orders given by a woman. This same company would even boast about this in the press. What would you think about this company? Would you think they're retarded & sexist? Would you still buy its products? Would you encourage the woman to press charges against this company for gender discrimination?

Yet the Catholic church still denies women of priesthood. How can people still follow this religion & what their leaders are saying when they are obviously proving that they're all about power (not soul-saving). How come our modern, democratic government is not pressing charges against the obvious discrimination the church practices? The Anglican church may have allowed women as priests but they are still barring them from powerful position within the church. I encourage you to read a BBC News article which is quite shocking to me. Here are some excerpts:

Women bishops vote angers critics

The Church of England's decision to remove the legal blocks stopping women being ordained as bishops threatens its future existence, critics are warning.

Some traditionalists have warned they may convert to Roman Catholicism in protest at the vote in York.

Supporters of women priests believe it is illogical and unfair to continue to bar them from becoming bishops. But opponents argue there is no biblical precedent for women bishops, as Christ's apostles were all male.

They also think it is wrong for women to have authority over men in a religious capacity.

Trouvez l'erreur...

2005-07-12T08:51:00.000+02:00

En écoutant France Info:

"... l'explosion a fait 1 blessé, dont 2 touristes étrangers..."

Gwen pense que s'était peut-être des jumeaux siamois.

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While listening to the radio:

"...the explosion has made 1 wounded, of which 2 are foreigners..."

Gwen thinks it may be siamese twins;

Basta Ya!

2005-07-07T15:36:00.000+02:00

Yesterday my husband and I were discussing which animal we were the most scared of.
My answer was humans.

Sadly, i was proven right again today...

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Mon mari et moi discutions hier soir des animaux qui nous effrayaient le plus.
J'ai dis que s'était les humains.

Malheureusement, j'ai eu la confirmation aujourd'hui que j'avais bien raison.

Peace...

Les soldes

2005-06-30T15:15:00.000+02:00

As expected, the streets of Limoges were filled with tons of people looking for a bargain on the first day of les Soldes. I was amongst them. I was very reasonable:

one pair of dangling red earring : 1€50
one black & red beaded galeries Lafayette necklace: 1€50
3 Pucca notebooks: 0,50€
one men's coton shirt (Gwen looks dashing): 20€
one Biba magazine: 1€80
one ice-cold diet coca-cola on a terrasse: 3€00

Les rues de Limoges étaient bondées comme prévu hier pour la première journée des soldes. J'y étais aussi. J'ai été très raisonnable:

une paire de boucle d'oreille rouge: 1€50
un collier perlé des galeries Lafayette: 1€50
3 cahiers Pucca: 0,50€
une chemise en cotton avec broderies pour homme: 20€
magazine Biba: 1€80
un coca-cola light très frais sur terrasse: 3€00

listening: podcasts on itunes
watching: La Confiance Règne + Bride & Prejudice + Birth
reading: Biba Magazine
wearing: red

Melt down

2005-06-29T10:05:00.000+02:00

I can finally come back and write in my blog now that the weather has gone down a bit. Here's a little summary of the last few days great events (and not-so-great):

sweltering heat
renting DVDs (including Deep Sea which was brought out of storage just for our personal pleasure)
attending a fabulous dream wedding (pictures in Flickr but most are in private mode)
savouring a fabulous BBQ
shopping at the supermarket just to enjoy the A/C
wearing the coolest birthday hat just for the heck of it!
reading Glamour
eating a cold pasta salad with spanish olives
receiving a free pool pass
learning that Gwen's grandma has lost sight in her right eye :'(

Here's the belated n°125 mutterings

Useless:: limp
Radiant:: glow
W:: hotel + magazine = luxurious
Unpaid:: debt
Geek:: stink breath
Unfaithful:: not a worry of mine
Reboot:: microsoft
No!:: Yes!
Squad:: brigade
Fetish:: heels, vinyl & bondage

feeling: chilled out
doing: les soldes
listening: Les retrouvailles de Yann Tiersen
watching: Dark City
reading: Glamour + Femina magazines that G's grandma has given me

Solstice Review

2005-06-23T15:36:00.000+02:00

La fête de la musique est terminée et je peux vous dire que j'ai été très déçue de l'édition 2005 à Limoges. Je n'ai jamais vu autant de monde en ville mais malheureusement il y avait peu de musiciens au rendez-vous. Nous avons vu quelques performances intéressantes mais la majorité des spectacles étaient sans interêt pour la simple et bonne raison que c'était souvent des reprises de tubes pop-rock. Je préfère nettement écouter des morceaux originaux pourris que des covers sans saveur. Le comble: une nana qui chantait (très bien par contre) avec un cd de karaoke des hits des années 80. C'est pas ça la fête de la musique... Enfin pas pour moi. Du coup nous sommes rentré assez tôt. J'ai repenser à ma playlist spécial fête de la musique et je me suis sentie coupable d'avoir mit de la musique des majors. Du coup, je vous fait une nouvelle playlist issue de morceaux télécharger gratuitement sur des sites qui encourage la relève. J'ai découvert de vrais merveilles sur *Cnet download* et *epitonic* et je vous incite à y faire un tour. Il y a plein de musiques gratuites et légales sur le net: iTunes music store, soit dit en passant, *djouls*, etc... (si vous connaissez d'autre endroit laissez-nous savoir! ^-^ ) J'écoute de plus en plus de musique légale via le web et je pense que c'est l'avenir. On a qu'à penser à Maria Schneider qui a gagné un Grammy pour un disque qui a été distribue que par le web!

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I was quite disapointed in the 2005 edition of Fête de la Musique in Limoges. The town was crawling with people but alas there wasn't many musicians out there compared to last year. There were a few good performances but we were mostly frustrated because too often they were covering pop-rock tunes. I'd much rather listen to a crappy original song than a flavourless cover. There was even a chick doing karaoke to 80s hits!?! That's simply not my idea of what the Fête de la Musique is supposed to be. Afterwards, i was thinking about my Fête de la Musique Playlist and i started feeling guilty that it was only featuring major record label artists so i made a new one with music of new artists that are promoting their music online legally. I've discovered some gems on sites such as *Cnet download* & *epitonic* . I urge you to visit these internet sites filled with legal & free music like: iTunes music store, soit dit en passant, *djouls*, etc... (if you know other ones please let me know). I've been listening more and more to music that way and i'm not the only one. You must have heard of Maria Schneider who has won a grammy for an album that was only available online!

Revised 2005 Fête de la Musique Playlist

Stars ** Mali Woods
By Your Side ** CocoRosie
Chick Habit ** April March
Stormy Weather ** Nina Nastacia
Zona A ** Eglantine Gouzy
Attagirl ** Bettie Serveert
Jardin sous la Pluie ** Andrew Koay
Safety in Numbers ** The Rondelles
Lullaby ** Bernadette Seacrest & the Yes Men
Sakura ** Fujiyama-Geisha
Capitaine Détendu ** DJ Guarana
I am Naked ** Stereo Total
Ceiling Tiles ** Kaitlyn Ni Donavan
Shoot! Shoot! ** Solex
We can ** Bessie the Gun
Skeletons ** Kisha Griffen
Moon Boots ** Fly.Man.Tell
Your Love is Mine ** Holly Golightly
A Morbid Fairytale ** Shy One
Can I Turn Now ** Monophobe
Parapoli Rosa E ** John Corbett & Heavy Friends
Roll Truck Roll ** Laura Cantrell
James Brown's Birthday ** Astroflava
My Wife ** Hayden
I've got Everything ** Wild Billy Childish
I think i poisoned your wedding cake ** Angela Darling

Fête de la Musique

2005-06-21T17:11:00.000+02:00

Tous les 21 juin, les musiciens sont invités à sortir sur la rue et jouer de la musique. C'est très sympa comme ambiance et pour être au goût du jour je vous avais concocté une playlist mais j'arrive pas à la mettre online donc vous devrez vous contenter du lien suivant.

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June 21st is Music Day in France which means all musicians are invited to go out on the street and play music. It's a lovely festive time and we'll be enjoying ourselves tonight. I had a quicktime for you but i was unable to post it here so you'll have to follow this link if you are curious.

Fête de la Musique 2005 Playlist

Drinking in L.A. - Bran Van 3000
It's Raining Men - Weather Girls
Blue Bayou - Linda Ronstad
Un Été sur la Côte - Benjamin Biolay
Baba O'Reiley - The Who
Toxic - Britney Spears
In These Shoes - Kirsty Mac Coll
Tango 'Til They're Sore - Tom Waits
La Vie est Laide - Jean Leloup
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

Mutterings N°124

2005-06-19T10:54:00.000+02:00

Domesticated:: life
Cask:: can't think of anything
Wayne:: Gretzky
Insidious:: paparazzi
Cool!:: sometimes a good thing, other times to fill the silence in difficult situations
Dishwasher:: safe
Little house:: rue des petites maisons
Stepford:: wives
Hung:: over
Falling:: out

listening: these boots (are ma for walking) by Jessica Simpson
feeling: sweaty
eating: at Babette's
watching: Lord of the ring 3 (it was toooooo long...)
wearing: nothing! It's too hot!
doing: picking cherries from a tree for the 1st times in my life

Best Friend

2005-06-16T12:29:00.000+02:00

I met my first real best friend when i was 10 & we were always together until adolescence came and teared us apart.

I dreamt of her last night. I was upset when I woke up because we were separated again. I dreamt she was very sick in the hospital & I slowly built the courage to go talk to her. Once I did she was very happy to see me & I was shocked no one would change her pyjamas so i went to Wal-mart (???) to buy her some.

I hope she's fine. I hope life has been good to her. I've tried to google her up but to no avail... I'd be so happy to hear from her.

Here are some of my favorite memories of her:

* Her grey winter boots
* Tying up JF with his scarf onto a doorknob with her & laughing about it all the way back to class
* calling our daydreams "Tu-Sais-Quoi"
* writing love stories together
* watching her read Archie & wondering why she wasn't smiling even though she found it funny
* going in the baby swings at the park
* skiing & eating maple taffy cones
* off-tracks pranks
* passing each other notes during class & trying not to get caught
* watching horror movies
* having sleepovers & talking until we fell asleep
* taking silly picture of each other

I've been thinking about her a lot lately & i sure miss her sooooo much.

feeling: blue
listening: stars by Mali Woods (you may download it here)
eating: french toasts & maple syrup
watching: old episodes of En Aparté
reading: Strangers in Paradise
wearing: track skirt & vest

google game

2005-06-14T16:36:00.000+02:00

Go to google image search and type in your answers to the following questions. Post the first picture that is available for it, no matter what it is.

1. where were you born?
2. where did you grow up?
3. where do you live now?
4. what is your name?
5. what is your favorite food?
6. what is your favorite drink?
7. what is your favorite band?
8. what is your favorite scent?
9. what are your favorite shoes?
10. where did you go to school?

great idea found here.

listening: My prerogative by Britney Spears
reading: I don't know what go into me last night but i read 35 kilos d'espoir de Anna Gavalda & Rien de Grave de Justine Levy one right after the other.
eating: pasta bolognese
doing: selling lemonade on a pod (don't ask... me and my addiction to stupid video games)
feeling: In pain: my left foot which i banged pretty hard yesterday. If it's not getting better by tomorrow i'll go see a doctor.
watching: Some HK police/action film... Don't know the title but it was pretty good.

Les Soldes d'été

2005-06-13T15:32:00.000+02:00

il y a un truc marrant en France: les soldes. Vous me direz qu'il y a un engouement partout dans le monde occidental pour les soldes (ex.: boxing day) mais la différence c'est qu'en France, les gens attendent ce moment avec impatience. Ils en parlent plusieurs semaines à l'avance & s'y préparent en formulant un plan d'attaque bien défini: ils débutent avec le dépôt du jour de congé au travail qui coïncide avec le premier jour des soldes et c'est suivi du repérage en boutique quelques jours avant de marchandises potentiellement soldées. Le jour J, c'est la folie! Les boutiques sont envahies de gens en quête de bonnes affaires. Le journal télévisé y consacre même sa Une. êtes-vous touché par la fièvre des soldes?

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The western world loves a bargain and boxing day in itself is proof enough but nothing compares to the way the French love their "Soldes". They eagerly await the sales which only occur twice a year. The soldes period is even determined by the government. They talk about it for weeks in advance, carefully establishing the best game plan for this season's soldes. They make sure they ask for their day off in advace so that they are free on the first day of the soldes. A few days before the soldes begins, they go to the stores to list what could potentionaly become a fabulous bargain. On d-day, they rush out to the streets (i may have seen one or two with carefully colour-coded detailled maps) & shop 'til they drop! It's such an important event that i makes the headlines of all media.

Of course, i can never really partake in any of it because i'm always broke when it's les soldes... probably because i've already bought the clothes at regular prices!

listening: Devil Got My Woman by Skip James
eating: camembert au lait cru + pain artisanal
wearing: checkered dress
feeling: bratty
reading: nothing... ain't in a reading mood
wanting: motivation
wondering: how i can get motivated
drinking: Vittel H2O
wishing: Vanilla Coca Cola
watching: Dolores Claiborne & the Awful Truth

Mutterings 123

2005-06-12T09:34:00.000+02:00

Wally:: Waldo
Phantom:: of the opera
Slippery:: when wet
Fungus:: champignon de Paris
Slot:: machine
Type:: O+
Discharge:: white n' slimey
"We need to talk”:: "oh brother... not again"
On the spot:: now!
Liquid:: light

Sleepless Night

2005-06-10T09:33:00.000+02:00

Another sleepless night... but not because i was sick. It's because i was terrified after seeing the movie The Eye.
I've got a Love/Hate relationship to horror movies. They scare me to death but i can't help watching them. I love to be scared but then i go crazy from sleepless nights. The Eye was definitely S-C-A-R-Y! Asian horror films really spook me (Ring, Dark Water, etc...)
When we went to bed, i couldn't erase the sight of all those dead people the heroin saw, nor their haunting voices. I was holding on to Gwen like never before. My heart was thumping hard & i was piping hot under the bed covers but couldn't bear to take even my pinky from underneath the covers. I could feel the sweat running down my back. I could hear strange noises, see unusual forms in the darkness. I'd dose off from time to time only to awake and feel a strange presence... I didn't want to open my eyes... I'm exhausted this morning!
The difference with Hollywood-type horror movies is that the ghosts appear during the daytime, in the middle of a crowded city! So i'm not much more reassured now that the sun is up.
In fact... I'm terrified to look behind me right this second...

Better late than never...

2005-06-09T10:51:00.000+02:00

Mutterings N°122

Exhibit:: photo
Evolution:: darwin
Loser:: Beck
Hypnotic:: eyes
Unlikely:: future
Interrupt:: ion (i know i know... but i couldn't really think of anything)
Ambivalent:: girl, inturrupted -> 2 forces going against one another
Rise and fall:: Tom Cruise (he's so bloody scary don't you think?)
Indian:: food Mmm, but i doubt my stomach could handle it ATM... except maybe for Naan
Prophecy:: christopher walken

From Subliminal Lunanina (i'm sorry but i often forget to add this... It is mentioned in my links though... )

listening: Science Fiction/Double Feature - original 1974 Roxy Cast recording (P. Quinn)
watching: Wimbledon (i need v. light stuff when i'm sick)
reading: nothing... i can't concentrate enough
wearing: pyjamas
doing: healing
thinking: not much... got a splittin' headache
hoping: health
wishing: health
eating: for some reason bread is what i can stomach best. Viva les sandwiches
drinking: Vittel... haven't been able to drink tap water.
feeling: exhausted