Observations: Club Erasmus
Friday, 05 September 2008
Club Erasmus is a Thursday night club that's free for international (non-French) students who show their passports, and €12 for French students.
Observations:
- European men dance. Or perhaps they DANCE. Any American bro, particularly those from the University of Alabama, would look at a crowd like the one at Erasmus, and think it was a gay club.
- Bottles of water at Parisian clubs go for about €5 a pop.
- Clubs in Paris play what I consider dance party classics, such as "Sweet Dreams," "Tainted Love," "Thriller," "Billy Jean," etc.
- At Erasmus, the DJs take breaks by playing Tetris on a giant pixelated wall.
- If you suddenly find that Eurotrash has attached itself to you, a polite phrase to mutter is "Casse-toi, si te plaît," which translates to "get lost, please." The literal translation goes something like, "break yourself, please," which I think I prefer. I've not yet had the occasion to learn or utter the more vulgar French phrases, fortunately.
- German dudes and Brazilian dudes generally are respectful of dance-space, at least two or three gentleman of those nationalities were this evening.
- Finding a gay friend is still the best dance strategy. I look forward to my hag days ahead.
It's almost three, I'm exhausted, my feet hurt, and I have an orientation meeting at the American University early tomorrow. That is, in a few hours. Bonsoir, mes amis.
2:29 AM
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