Prehistoric art of Southwest France

The famous Upper Paleolithic cave painting from Lascaux, France, dating back to 15,000 b.c.

A painting discovered in Toulouse, depicting what is speculated to be some sort of prehistoric mating ritual. Note the traditional head adornment.

hang time

I usually try not to post too many pictures of myself but this one was just so ridiculous and exaggerated that I had to share it. Seriously, look at my pose! I don't even think the board is off the ground...but for the record, I stuck it.

I know it's tired for an American to talk about the "culture shock" when returning to America from wherever. Still, when I arrived in Penn Station in New York at 5pm a week and a half ago, I most definitely had it.

Some immediate observations from an American on America and Americans:
-Americans are big. Not obese, not even necessarily fat, just tall, thick. Grande. Super-sized.
-Not only are people big, but so is everything: the streets, the stoplights, the taxis, the burritos.
-Americans are ugly. Really people, genes are better in Europe. I saw more blemishes on one subway ride than six months in France.
-The infrastructure (airports, trains, etc) is dated.

Nevertheless, it feels kind of real, in a way that the kiddie-pool of Western Europe does not.

I shredded the Marseille skatepark...when I played Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 in ninth grade.

In real-life, I just rolled around for about 4 minutes until some twelve-year old told me his brother was going to beat me up.