I'm Loving This

One of the students, Josh Olds, just introduced this to me.

Amazing / Hilarious. Diggy (aka- Rev Run's middle son) has dropped a mixtape. Josh was playing it for me and it is actually really good - way better than his older brother, Jojo. You HAVE to listen (especially you, Dan).

Love him. Love his family. Miss their show.

The Students Are Coming! The Students Are Coming!

The first batch of students arrived this morning bright-eyed and enthusiastic despite being very sleep-deprived. Eleven boys and girls pulled up in three taxis from Nice airport around 11am this morning and they've been going strong all day.

I introduced them all to the "Pan & Cake" crepes across the street and then they went to explore Cannes a little on foot. They are trying their hardest to stay awake until 9pm so they can start adapting to the French sleep schedule. To stall their bedtime they've been blogging and tweeting like crazy on their laptops all afternoon --- I'll post some of their blog links on here in the coming days.

Still waiting around here in the lobby (have been for the past 5.5 hours) for a couple more students to get in today...but I'm hearing that lots of people are being rerouted due to the Icelandic volcano erupting again last night. There's buzz that Nice airport may even be closed tomorrow, so students' (and professors') - and celebs' - travel getting here is going to become more and more interesting over the next 24 hours. And by interesting I mean a giant pain in the ass. Glad over half the students made it here today.

Oh, P.S. - one of the students who got here this evening came over on British Airways and got a picture of all the ash coming out of the volcano as they passed Iceland. It's an amazing picture. She's considering sending it to CNN's iReporter in the name of UGA Cannes Film Fest- you know, to get our name out there... :) I'll send a link to it later if she posts it.

Sweet Plugs

Got all the welcome packets printed, stuffed, charged and completed. Now it’s time to hit the hay…with my fancy new NEON ear plugs (as shown below). Bon nuit!

A View From The Top

A couple of shots from my room/balcony. Love!

The Yachts Are Coming! The Yachts Are Coming!

After 7hours on my feet today hitting the streets of JLP to set up all things ‘housing’ with Namita, I have now decided to rest upon a perch by a front window in my room and test out my skillz as a paparazzo. (Or is it paparozza since I’m a girl?)

This is my perch.

My voyeuristic spells upon this perch are becoming longer and longer – it’s so easy to just gaze out and daze out. I feel like I’m a part of my own, personal neighborhood watch. I also feel like the creepy American staring down at everyone from the window. Hm.

Jaz-Z, Beyonce – is that you? Meet you in St. Tropez!

Brangelina – is that you? Shiloh needs a life vest!

Notice in that last picture - there's a person at the back left side of the boat pulling a jet ski into the back/bottom of the boat. Yeah - that yacht is HUGE. ...Aaaaand I'm stalking it. :)

Sleepless in JLP

Couldn’t fall asleep 'til 3 last night even though I thought I was tired. Thanks, body, for more mixed messages. Sheesh.

Finally fell asleep after 3, but was awoken at 6 to what I thought was the Gestapo pounding angrily on my apartment door. Turns out the Gestapo were not at my door (or, really, anywhere in the last 60 years) – but nonetheless, I shoot out of bed like a mistress being caught by Elin. Once awake the loud noises fail to cease. I decide that Juan-Les-Pins is being invaded by a noisy fleet of tanks. Wrong again. Turns out 6am on Thursday morning is when France decided it was best to bring out several humongo trucks to clean – nay, POWER wash – the streets of this itty bitty beach town….for an HOUR AND A HALF. (*Namita later told me it was probably some sort of a strike. Ah, the French.)

Note to self: Buy ear plugs today at Casino (the grocery store around the corner).

So Euro

My drinks are so Euro right now.