What is the political climate like in France right now? How do people feel about the riots?
The French embrace the right to strike and riot. They act out a freedom here that is unparalleled in the states; our own convictions are muted because we are too complacent to protest what denies us our basic rights. Especially minorities, even now when we should be. But not in France: some insensitive comments made by a high-ranking politico is more than enough reason to torch this motherfucker. What were your own expatriate years in France like? Were they as life-changing as Europe is supposed to be? I was conceiving a child the whole time. That pretty much sums up my experience in Paris. What kind of kid were you growing up? Did that ‘wormholes’ chorus come from a sci-fi background? Or maybe you just keep up on physics? I aspire to be a hotch-potch of random factoids and terms. Most of my rhymes are fueled by this fact. The ‘wormholes’ chorus is rooted in my understated misunderstanding of existentialism. But I read a lot of comics as a kid as well. What was it like going to the Goo