Cyril is officially on Paternity leave/vacation. What a relief. He finally finished briefing me and Emilie on all the Bandai stuff on Monday. He was supposed to be on vaca Friday but came in Monday because he wasn't done and worked from home Tuesday morning as he was still not done...but cut contact mid day Tuesday and is now OFFICIALLY on vacation. So now its all on Emilie. I feel for her. It is a lot of work. When I leave it will be even more. Although I feel bad that I am leaving in the heat of it, I am selfishly happy as I have had more than enough stress this last week.
Yesterday morning was stressful to a point as I was getting a lot of corrections done on Bandai and submitting them to the client. It is always better when its back in the clients hands because it means I can check it off my list until the client sends it back. Luckily before Cyril left, he made us a nice comprehensive excel table with all the style numbers, where they are in terms of creation/production and who is working on each. In addition, yesterday we received the propals from the two freelance graphic designers we had working on the Dutronc Longbox. They did some really nice designs. I also had Thierry, from interne, working on some propals as well. Today is the deadline and I will be sending the best designs to the client for him to consult and choose his favorite.
By 4pm yesterday, everything had seemed to calm down a little. I went 20 minutes not receiving a work email - it was nickel! This was the first time since last week I had the chance to rigole on FB or check out the blogs I like to read. I even found myself after a little time BORED. It was amazing how incredible it felt being bored!
Last night I had organized with Paula and my cousin Dan that we would meet at Notre Dame and then head to Ile St Louis for a picnic as Dan still hadn't experienced the Paris picnic phenomena. I took the bus with Paula from our arrondissement and Dan met us there. The meeting point was at Saint Denis - the baller headless saint. Paula explained that the story behind him is that he was beheaded and then took his head and washed it off in a fountain nearby - too cool.
Going to see the Notre Dame cathedral has been the only touristy thing I have been wanting to do since I arrived in Paris. The reason stems from its direct connection to the history of photography. Two years ago in Shelley Rice's Aesthetic History of Photography class, we were taught about the importance of Paris in the beginning stages of photography. When Haussman came in to restructure Paris, he hired many photographer to take photos of the change and in order to preserve documentation of the old Paris. She also explained that Notre Dame was, before the restructuring, the absolute CENTRE of Paris and when telling someone where to meet you you would always gage it from the location of the cathedral - ex: 500 meters east of Notre Dame. This photo by William Fox Talbot taken in 1843 is what got me excited about being a tourist...just for one day.
We then made out way to Ile St Louis and installed (that is for you Paula) ourself there amongst the rest of the groups picnic'ing while enjoying the view of the Seine. Lindsay stopped by on her way home from the gym. It was super nice to see her as the last time was when we got back from Amsterdam - I think it has been a month...wow time flies. Paula's friend John also joined us with his friend Sylvain. John is a fellow American who has been living in Paris for the last 16 years on and off as a filmmaker and producer. Interesting tidbit - he went to NYU for film grad school back in the day.
My day is about to begin...off to the gym... Dad is leaving Montreal today and arriving in Paris tomorrow morning. I cannot WAIT!
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