Pfelelep blog

still there, the only internet's location for now.
Keepin' sketching thought, many people enjoying some peaceful rest.

(gosh their coffee is bad.)

english translation:
YOP! I just bought Civilization 4!
Civ' 4 ? Awesome! Hit it!
Right, run setup, let's see... install directX 9 first, click "yes", theeeere....
What the...? A crash? Is it my graphic card? Ok, launch again...
I install the game too, so we can play a network game.
Doesn't wooooork... Uninstall and re-reinstall...
...If I could only find a "NO-CD"...
Wha'.. It starts goin' on y nerves...
HOT DOG! No CD run!
Times up! 'gotta go, I'll fix it later.
See you!
Let's see... Begin with "POTTERY", then build "SETTLERS".
...ETABLISHING AN EMBASSY WITH THE ZULUS"? Well, yes...
...PARIS CANNOT SUPPORT THE FORTIFICATION". Errr... More taxes maybe?
Ohhhh... I gained access to the "CANNON" units. Goooood...
What a jerk! I mixed up orders!
Wha'? Gosh! 04:AM Already!
Bedtime!
Philippe: I WUZ STUKD ON CIV4 TIL 04AM. REACHD PLANE TECH. WHT ABT U?
Chuch: REACHD 10 CRASHS. CANT TK IT ANYMOR!
Philippe: UR No LUK.

source: http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3210,36-991796@51-991803,0.html

english translation:
"Lakota Sioux Indians Declare Sovereign Nation Status

(Independent Media Center) -- (...)Lakota Sioux Indian representatives declared sovereign nation status on Wednesday, December 19th in Washington D.C. following Monday’s withdrawal from all previously signed treaties with the United States Government. The withdrawal, hand delivered to Daniel Turner, Deputy Director of Public Liaison at the State Department, immediately and irrevocably ends all agreements between the Lakota Sioux Nation of Indians and the United States Government outlined in the 1851 and 1868 Treaties at Fort Laramie, Wyoming.

“This is an historic day for our Lakota people,” declared Russell Means, Itacan of Lakota. “United States colonial rule is at its end!”
“Today is a historic day and our forefathers speak through us. Our Forefathers made the treaties in good faith with the sacred Canupa and with the knowledge of the Great Spirit,” shared Garry Rowland from Wounded Knee. “They never honored the treaties, that’s the reason we are here today.”

The four member Lakota delegation traveled to Washington D.C. culminating years of internal discussion among treaty representatives of the various Lakota communities. Delegation members included well known activist and actor Russell Means, Women of All Red Nations (WARN) founder Phyllis Young, Oglala Lakota Strong Heart Society leader Duane Martin Sr., and Garry Rowland, Leader Chief Big Foot Riders. Means, Rowland, Martin Sr. were all members of the 1973 Wounded Knee takeover.

Property ownership in the five state area of Lakota now takes center stage. Parts of North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming and Montana have been illegally homesteaded for years despite knowledge of Lakota as predecessor sovereign [historic owner]. Lakota representatives say if the United States does not enter into immediate diplomatic negotiations, liens will be filed on real estate transactions in the five state region, clouding title over literally thousands of square miles of land and property.

Following Monday’s withdrawal at the State Department, the four Lakota Itacan representatives have been meeting with foreign embassy officials in order to hasten their official return to the Family of Nations.

The Lakota reservations are among the most impoverished areas in North America, a shameful legacy of broken treaties and apartheid policies. Lakota has the highest death rate in the United States and Lakota men have the lowest life expectancy of any nation on earth, excluding AIDS, at approximately 44 years. Lakota infant mortality rate is five times the United States average and teen suicide rates 150% more than national average . 97% of Lakota people live below the poverty line and unemployment hovers near 85%(...)"
source: http://www.inteldaily.com/?c=144&a=4650

Finally! It happens! The Awakening of the first tribes of the Earth! My brother's long march!
Nothing could muzzle the wisdom of Native Americans anymore!
Soon, many will join our cause.
Yet the Lakotas, and then, the World! Together, to victory!
(slam)
...t-too cold... g-get there t-tomorrow...

A ne pas louper:
L'interview de Riad Sattouf; première partie et deuxième partie via le Black Cat Bones Blog.

english translation
I'm still on my moron-mood, the most futile makes me angry. I'm really in a bad mood. The 2 women of my life has to pay the price of my attitude. Fortunately, one of them knows how to pretend not to understand me, the other one is bouddhist.
"what the? Where is my black pencil brush?"
"She...? But it smells..? She peed on my tax return..?"

At the same time, I read "Caravan" from Sfar, an astonishing paper-blog/diary.
"fuck!"
"fuck!"
"Say, kwailo, wasen't it YOUR turn to wash the dishes?"
("fuck")

Finally, I end drinkin' in a pub, complaining about myself and "redoing" the world
"See... I'm missssing a friend to t-talk about comics to... a sketching f-friend... Hips!"
"But in Hong Kong, there's NOTHING!"
"I'm just a f-fuckin' lonely Ass!"

Before I get completely drunk, I try to sketch the musicians, jamming on old blues/rock themes.
They told me they work in an ambassy in Barcelona, and went in Asia for vacations. I spend the night with them.

(He looks even more depressed as I am)

I sketch, I don't think anymore. I empty my head and my glass as well. I observe and re-create the universe in my sketchbook. I am God, do not mess with me.
I become misanthrope, and want to smoke.
Finally, the spectator's faces fascinate me. I drip my brush in my Guinness glass for the wash tint; the bartender laught and suggest a glass of Bayleys for drawing the shadows.

The last discussion, Tim tell us he spent 70 days in jail in South-Est Asia for drug dealing. We look at him just like he survived Midnight Express. He has such a strong accent, I can only understand 1 word on 20...

I finally go home at 1:00 AM, I diden't hear Waiyim's phone calls, she was about to ask the cops.
I really feel a moron.

A last sketch, the last night with the manifestants before the police came / un crobard, la veille du dernier jour, avec deux des manifestants en face de 13287 journalistes.

There, it's over, the police finaly took the last manifestant out of the roof and is free to destroy the Queen's Pier.
The urbanisation program continue slowly but efficiently: with the last traces of colonialism and Hong Kong history, it's the last public places to disappear.
Just for you to know, they planned to build a huge and luxurious shopping mall ("the groundscraper", they called it). The kind of building where it feels good to gather, have a walk, and feel the sea.

What's quite interesting is that by erasing all the traces of Hong Kong's past, a collective conscience start to rise. Not really a revolution, but.... something's changing I think.

en français:Et voilà, le gouvernement a fini d'embarquer les derniers manifestants et peut désormais bousiller le Queen's Pier en paix.
Le programme d'urbanisation se poursuit lentement mais sûrement: on détruit les dernières traces du colonialisme (qui sont aussi toute l'histoire de Hong Kong) et surtout les derniers endroits publics.
Pour la petite histoire, ce sera un gigantesque centre commercial de luxe qui sera construit à cet emplacement (le projet du centre commercial la tour couchée s'appelle "le groundsraper")
Le genre de bâtiment où il fera bon être, s'y promener, flaner, sentir la mer et écouter le monde.

Paradoxalement, à force d'effacer toutes les traces du passé de Hongkong, une sorte de conscience collective se renforce petit à petit.

An old picture of the Star Ferry (left) and the Queen's pier (right) /
Avant, avec le vieux Star Ferry (à gauche) et le Queen's pier (à droite), ça ressemblait à cela: