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RedRafe 01-02-2020 06:55 PM

[Official] Alizée's Twitter and Instagram - 2020
 
So…

A “New Year”, and a “New Decade”…

IG posts?

There may be a few… ;)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/WJ...BNFQe3HuafJ2zA

Blue

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/VC...RYp5A5WfjVx-Aw

Belle journée” roughly translates as “Beautiful day”…

By the look of it, it is that, though mayhap a wee bit chilly… :)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/DC...wMKcQfq2Vi49wQ

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/KD...j9hpwsyWFg-MrA

Well, I’ll admit it, I’m not at all a “seafood” fan, at all, and, that looks like one of these "dishes" where I would “smile sweetly”, nod courteously, and say, gallantly, “ladies first”, and see what "transpired" after that… :p :o ;)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/uM...LSiHmNQZ_bVnEA

Now, this, on the other hand, would present no problems… :D ;)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/xX...0ucUC3_BV6pPKw

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/XW...wLQHaak98NV8QQ

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Is...kxRppr0UKg6EPg

Sweet, sweet bébé Maggy... :)

Just, so “precious”… :)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/GE...P48o1QpyUoVG8g

Still “living his dream”, which to me, is just, “pure dead brilliant”. Long may it continue... :) :agree:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/DN...ej8Lb1K_fUxatQ

2019 restera à vie une des années les plus marquantes de ma vie! Celle où Maggy est arrivée dans notre vie! Mais je pense que 2020 sera tout aussi riche en émotions! Je souhaite une belle et heureuse année à tout le monde! Et un Grand merci à la femme de ma vie @alizeeofficiel qui m’a donné le plus beau des cadeaux”, which roughly translates as “2019 will remain one of the most significant years of my life for life! The one where Maggy arrived in our life! But I think 2020 will be just as rich in emotions! I wish everyone a happy new year! And a big thank you to the woman of my life @alizeeofficiel who gave me the most beautiful gift”.

<Speechless> :)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/UR...uucowpEcwaMpoA

Je vous souhaite une merveilleuse année 2020💕Merci la vie pour la magnifique année 2019 qui s’achève et merci mon mari @gregoirelyonnet de réaliser tous mes rêves 💫!.
Prête pour écrire la page d’une nouvelle décennie avec ma famille que j’aime plus que tout Prenez soin de vous
roughly translates as “I wish you a wonderful year 2020 Thank you life for the wonderful year 2019 which is ending and thank you my husband @gregoirelyonnet for making all my dreams come true !.Ready to write the page for a new decade with my family I love more than anything ⭐️.Take care of yourself”

<Speechless, again> :) :)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/8d...etMee0cJMTUi5g
The three pictures above, and their corresponding “comments”, kind of, “say it all”, “lays everything out in black and white”, so to speak...

“He”, is still “living his dream”, “She” utterly adores him, and her family, and they have a pair of beautiful daughters… :)

Is it just me, or does this not just sound like pure utter “heaven”… ;)

It feels like everything is “coming together” for them, everything seems to be “clicking into place”… :)

They seem to have everything that they “need” and “want”, “Each other”, “Family”, “Friends”, “a vocation that they both love”, in a place that they love… :)

Sounds like a “win” to me… ;) ;)

“Job”, could indeed, “be a good ‘un”… :thumb:

A “happy ending”?

Well, it would make a great story, but it’s not a “happy ending”, not at all…

For, you see, it’s still continuing, and long may it do so… :D ;)

May their happiness never end, and may it continue to “flourish”, “grow”, and, “mature”, into something even more wonderful… :agree:

<sigh>

So, a “New Year”, and a “New Decade”…

Time for my annual “Spiritual Retreat”, a time for “meditation”, “healing”, “cleansing”, “reflection” and “divination”…

Time to “re-evaluate”, “detoxify”, “spiritually” and “physically”, and, to release “unnecessary”/”unhealthy” “attachment” and “cravings”…

No “phones”, “computers”, “gadgets”, (apart from my ipod), nor “people”…

Just “Me”, “Myself”, and “Mother Nature”, for a week, or, maybe, for as long as necessary…

Y’all take care, be safe, and, see you in a week or so, maybe… :) :bye:

<Steps back into the shadows, for a while>

RedRafe 01-11-2020 05:35 PM

Well, that was a loonnggg week… :D ;)

Closeted away, way out in the middle of “nowhere”, alone with my “greatest enemy”, my “ultimate nemesis”… :p:rolleyes: ;)

“Myself”… :(

“Educational”, “enlightening”, “healing” and “necessary”, though, I learned a lot… ;)


So, IG posts?

Seems that there were a few, though, due to "circumstances" being what they were, I probably missed a couple… :o :(

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/sU...e0bvNLQR5_9DEA

When I was younger, so much younger than today” “#babyme #1986”.

A very, "sweet" shot of the “little” lady, when she was even, “littler”… :) ;)

Sometimes so “serious”. Even at that age, I see, “questions”… ;)

Y’know me, I’d be sitting down on the ground in front of her, asking, “’k “baby girl”, what’s the matter? Tell me all about it, and if I can “help”, and fix it, whatever it is, I will”… :D :agree:

Actually, this pic makes me feel seriously “old”... :o

Back in ’86 I was either just finishing up with the RMC, or, I was just newly “commissioned” as a Captain… :blink:

Which easily makes me old enough to be her father, mayhap… :o :blink:

I was recently asked by a friend, “So, how do you see Alizée”? To which my reply was, “On “YouTube”, and the “Interwebs”, just like everyone else”… :p ;)

Yeah I know. just a wee bit facetious, but true, though… :))) ;)

I did get the general “gist” of the question, though, and to be honest, to me, she does somehow, feel like a treasured “family” member, a favourite "younger sister", or "niece", or close younger friend, or someone like that, if you know what I mean... ;)

Which, when you take into account the fact that she is effectively a “total stranger”, that I have never, and probably most likely never meet, is kind of “bizarre”… :confused: ;)

Yeps, I adore a “total stranger”, which, “me” being “me”, sometimes makes me question my own “sanity”… :D ;)

Or “lack of”, therein… :)))

But there it is, go figure… ;)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Qn...JgAmnQvnhMIl2g

Good night 🌙..#fulloflove”

<Shh, she’s sleeping> :)

<Little wave> :)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Uc...zsm0rcFCwJsmYA

Même s'il fait une grimace sérieuse” roughly translates as “Even if he makes a serious face”…


Y’all take care, be safe, and, please try and stay warm… :D

Aragorn97 01-11-2020 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by RedRafe (Post 268405)

I don't recall her face perfectly, but it seems to me that she looks like her mother a lot here.
And when I look at this kind of photos where people I know are so young, what always amazes me is their hair: you know someone with brown straight hair and then you discover that, when they were kids, they had curly and/or blonde hair :O

Scruffydog777 01-12-2020 08:42 AM

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i don't recall her face perfectly, but it seems to me that she looks like her mother a lot here.
And when i look at this kind of photos where people i know are so young, what always amazes me is their hair: You know someone with brown straight hair and then you discover that, when they were kids, they had curly and/or blonde hair :o

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CleverCowboy 01-12-2020 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Aragorn97 (Post 268407)
I don't recall her face perfectly, but it seems to me that she looks like her mother a lot here.
And when I look at this kind of photos where people I know are so young, what always amazes me is their hair: you know someone with brown straight hair and then you discover that, when they were kids, they had curly and/or blonde hair :O

She definitely inherited the full head of hair from Michel. I do see features of Jo in that face as well.

She was a cute little girl but pretty average. Nobody at this point could have predicted she would grow into such an extraordinary beauty as she did.

Aragorn97 01-12-2020 05:53 PM

Now that I see the photo, I'm not totally sure of what I said XD. Maybe it's because of her look. Anyway, thanks, Scruffy :)

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Originally Posted by CleverCowboy (Post 268413)
She definitely inherited the full head of hair from Michel. I do see features of Jo in that face as well.

She was a cute little girl but pretty average. Nobody at this point could have predicted she would grow into such an extraordinary beauty as she did.

Black swan :P (actually no, she was cute anyway)

Scruffydog777 01-13-2020 12:01 PM

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Here's a better picture of her.....

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RedRafe 01-14-2020 09:24 PM

So…

Midweek IG posts?

Very “slim pickings”, really… ;)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/3J...DN_Rtc_7LiX6dg

A really sweet shot of Jo and Annily… :)

Just makes me feel even older… :o

She would be about the same age as several of my my “Grand Nieces”, mayhap, and they are even “similar” in “looks”. Though I must admit, my “clan” are waay “taller”, “paler”, and “blue” or “green” eyed, being predominantly from “celtic”/ “Nordic” “lines”… :D

Y’know, it would take absolutely no effort on my part to regard her in a similar “vein”, for they do look remarkably alike… ;)

Wait, have I just committed “blasphemy, or “something”… :o :D

Hmm. Old… :(

You know that you are “getting old”, when you get invited to the “Passing out” parade, of a certain British Military Academy, for young officers, that are now “passing out”, and are receiving their own “commissions”, that are the “sons” and “daughters” of officers that you “trained” and “mentored”, when you were a “young” officer… :o :(

To be honest, they looked so young, like children to me, but that was me, 33 years ago… ;)

Though I was already an NCO, and fully trained soldier, when I entered there… :D ;)

Long time ago… :(

<sigh>…

I swear, I was NEVER that young… :)))

Honestly… ;)

Y’all be safe, take care, and please stay warm… :D

Scruffydog777 01-17-2020 10:00 AM

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There were pictures posted of a dance competition a couple of days ago that took place in Monaco that the students of A&G's dance studio took part in. Alizee wasn't in the pictures and there was no mention if she was there. But there was this picture posted today and she still looks sensational, especially now that her hair has grown back in.

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RedRafe 01-19-2020 12:08 AM

So…

More IG posts?

There may be a few… :) ;)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/mb...upXRxlSea3nOOg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/3N...v0TphUHCFekQgQ

Sunday “fun”…

Looks like “heaven”, doesn’t it… :D

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/t1...Ex89p7m_aGKUmw

Retrouvailles”, roughly translates as “Reunion”…

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/yW...5_VTuUD_gQJuwQ

“Koala lover”.. :)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/vo...Be2gYW3d683yiw

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/F3...jWF08IhkTvIP_Q

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Jx...sUEL9glwQ3Kjaw

Cutest, sweetest bébé “Bear”, ever… :o :D

Just, awwwwwww… :) :)

<cutesy little wave> :bye:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/1-...-lfUf4G07PdKvQ

Speaking of “cute” and “sweet”… ;)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/SG...PL5FNntbiQLobg

Omigosh… :o :bow:

Princess Lili of the Rebellion… :D :)

A Princess, worth fighting for, indeed… :o :agree:


Hmm, now which side would I fight for/on??? :confused:

Oh dear, can't resist this one...:o :p


Ah, I can feel an “alter ego”, my “dark side”, come to the fore… ;)


“Major RedRafe, Imperial Intelligence”… :)))

<Well, I’ve got the “accent”, and “everything”> :D :D ;)


Lets see, it would probably go something like “this”… ;)


(Cast: MR = “Major RedRafe”, PL= “Princess Lili”, ST = “Some “random” Stormtrooper”.)


MR: “Ah, Princess Lili, enchanté, ma petit chou, please, make yourself comfortable”

PL: <Ptui>

MR: <Sighs>

MR: “And now, your highness, we will discuss the location of the Rebel Base”...

PL: “Eat Bantha poo and die, Rosbif scum”.

MR: My, my, charming, to the last, Princess”.

ST: “Sir, shall I bring in the Interrogation Droid”.

MR: “Hmm, no, bring me… The “Nutella”. A large jar, and some warm, just baked fresh bread. Maybe some Strawberries, and some Cherries, some sliced Banana too. Oh, and a large, warm, spoon”.

ST: “Is this for the prisoner, sir?”

MR: “No, it’s for me, this is torture, ooops, sorry, I mean interrogation, and if she cooperates, then maybe, just maybe, the Princess may get to play, too”. Also, bring me, “The Pictures”, just in case.”

ST: “My god sir, no, not… “The Pictures”. That’s, that’s just inhumane”.

MR: “Yes, “The Pictures”. One look at some “pictures” of me in a “kilt”, will freak her out, so much, that she will tell us everything, that we’ve ever wanted to know, about anything.”

The Result: After being subjected to such “byzantine”, “inhumane”, and really rather sweet “torture”, sorry, “interrogation” methods, Princess Lili “succumbs” to her “dark side”, forsakes the “Rebellion”, which gets “roflstomped” into “oblivion”, in favour of the Empire, and becomes the first “Dark Empress”, of the Empire... :o :bow: :D

Major RedRafe, well, he gets promoted to “Grand General”, and eventually retires to the Pleasure Planet, Zeltros, where he lives, happily ever after, on the “royalties” generated by his three epic novels, “The Princess and I”, “69 uses for Nutella”, and it’s award winning, blockbuster sequel, “Moar Fun, with more Nutella”, and, a “huge fat pension”.

Ooooo...

Dark Empress Alizée...

YES PLEASE!!! :o

Oh my, Star Wars will never quite be the same, after reading that... :)))


Y'all take care, please be safe, and, stay warm... :D

RedRafe 01-21-2020 07:42 PM

So…

Early, to midweek IG posts? :confused:

There may be a few… :) ;)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/HN...Gac_MC_lBmOt-A

Oh dear… :D

Just, such a sweet pic… :)

If this shot does not make you smile back, broadly, in return, theeen, you must be "dead", or, "Scottish", or "something"… :))) ;)

Another excellent pic from Jo… :hatsoff: :bow:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/2O...JibM_vGQtCHfIw

Cache-cache” roughly translates as “hide and seek”… :) ;)

<Hey bébé> :o :)

<Gives little wave> :bye:

Sweet, sweet, tiny little lady… :) :) :agree:

Both of them… :D

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/M2...UTrtsvMaJpj73Q

These are very nicely done… :)

Is it just me, or do some of these seem to be more than vaguely familiar? :blink:

Hmm? :13:


Y’all take care, be safe, “take a leaf out of” little bébé Maggy’s “book”, and stay warm, for we have a couple of really cold days, coming up... :D

RedRafe 01-26-2020 04:33 PM

So…

Weekend IG posts? :confused:

Yeps, there are a few… ;)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/3o...V0FxJYrNpvc41g

Fin de journée de cours au @studiodedanselyonnetajaccio” roughly translates as “End of course day at @studiodedanselyonnetajaccio

Meilleur moment de mercredi” roughly translates as “Best moment of Wednesday”.

<waves>

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/0L...x8_SXDT5QWEByg

2 mois”.

Sweet, sweet baby girl… :o :)

Both of them… :o :D ;)

<Snaps off a couple of little “cutesy” waves> :o :)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/RX...RmDbN55wBqrBGg

Comme un dimanche roughly translates as “Like a Sunday”.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/oo...6CiR5SeB2a-DEg

Pour répondre à vos nombreuses questions concernant les coussins. Vous pouvez les trouver ici. @ondine_csao” roughly translates as “To answer your many questions about the cushions. You can find them here @ondine_csao ”.

It wasn’t me, I didn’t do it… :noway: :D

I could think of many questions for Alizée, but, “Alizée, your gorgeousness, where do you get your cushions”, is not one of them… :noway: :p

Nopes… ;)

That’s be the last flippin’ thing in the universe that I’d be asking… :D

Probably… :)))

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ND...Ja-zIdlx6BUtvw

"Mode week end activé"��

Sweet, sweet boy… :)

Guarding lifes most important little treasures… :) :)

Check out his paws…

If she as much “stirs” in her sleep, he will know… ;)

<Pats Jon Snow, several times>

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a2...qnE-hiQojbuDig

La classe ça ne s'invente pas. #queenforever” roughly translates as “Class cannot be invented #queenforever”

Tells you exactly how Alizée feels about her…

Mylène is “utterly talented”, still “stunningly beautiful”, and literally, has the “prescence”, and, "regal bearing” of a “queen”…

And “trips” every “alarm” that I have, on every “level”…

What is it I’m not seeing?

I hate it when I “miss”, something…


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/6Z...JXQnRuPP9RMhaw

I swear that I passed this little guys “brother” in North Tulsa… :)))

You just, don’t want to be there, when the light starts to "fade"… :))) ;)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/xO...fFToKR9GxRrzUA

#dollyparton #dollypartonchallenge

Eh, huh, wut… :blink:

Damn, he was fit… :bow:

Yet again, respect for Greg… :hatsoff: :bow:


Now, you won’t see me doing that… :p ;)

Would break the “interwebs”… :)))

Not in a good way, either… :D ;)

<Sigh, “once upon a time”> :o ;)

Did have a 12-pack, etc, etc, etc, in my "salad days", but still had a comparatively high “body fat ratio”, for due to my “job”, it was very necessary, for I spent a lot of time, in, or on, water, especially in “northern climes”…

“No body fat” = “hypothermia” in record time… ;)

MY ex “boss”, an “ex farmer”, liked his “young men” to have quite a bit of “finishing” on them. That little bit of strategic “fluffiness”, on “key” muscle groups, meant it took you comparatively longer to suffer from “exposure”, or anything similar… ;)

Which, I was often very, very glad about… :D

Looking “ripped” is “cool”, and is great for attracting, emmm, “positive regard”, so to speak, but my “line” of work required us to "stay warm", and, not be noticed, in any situation, ever…

Trust me, I’m very very good at the “not being noticed”, thing… :) ;)

It makes for an “easier”, “calmer”, less “complicated” life… ;)

Which is a “good” thing, trust me… :D


Y'all take care, stay warm, and, please, just be, excellent, to each other... :D

CleverCowboy 01-27-2020 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by RedRafe (Post 268584)
Sweet, sweet baby girl… :o :)

Both of them… :o :D ;)

I think the life of Maggy will be well documented on Instagram. ;)

Alizee is like a "new mom" all over again and like most new parents, dozens of photos of the baby are taken every day. Not so much when my kids were little because developing film was quite pricey. With digital, there is nothing stopping you besides available hard drive space.

Just have to keep watching as the year goes on to see if anything pops up that might indicate what Alizee will be doing professionally in the future.


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Originally Posted by RedRafe (Post 268584)
Damn, he was fit… :bow:

Yet again, respect for Greg… :hatsoff: :bow:

I don't think it's possible to have zero body fat but Greg is about as close as they come. But Tinder? Greg looks much younger there and I'm sure it was pre-Alizee days.

Scruffydog777 01-27-2020 05:30 PM

Back from vacation in Spain where I was plagued by a lousy wifi connection at my hotel, making it take forever to just get a few comments out.

Thank you RedRafe for posting those pictures which allowed me to catch up some what on goings on.

Fall 01-27-2020 09:11 PM

In case anyone is unfamiliar with the format of Greg's Facebook/LinkedIn/Instagram/Tinder picture - it is a meme that's going around where you make a collage of pictures of you that would be supposedly uploaded to each social media site under its respective context. I hope Alizée posts one of her own, it's pretty funny :D

imverynuts 01-28-2020 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by CleverCowboy (Post 268592)
I don't think it's possible to have zero body fat but Greg is about as close as they come. But Tinder? Greg looks much younger there and I'm sure it was pre-Alizee days.

Actually this was at the end of 2014: https://www.instagram.com/p/xHNW9KMbeS/

I've seen Greg be less ripped (pictures on the beach with Alizee), but I think he knows when to cut and lose water as well to look as cut as possible during showtime.

Scruffydog777 01-28-2020 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by imverynuts (Post 268598)
Actually this was at the end of 2014: https://www.instagram.com/p/xHNW9KMbeS/

I've seen Greg be less ripped (pictures on the beach with Alizee), but I think he knows when to cut and lose water as well to look as cut as possible during showtime.

It's amazing that he can keep in shape the way he does. I'm sure he's proud of his physique as he should be. Here they make a little bit fun out of his attempt to show it off with the excuse of scratching his head during week 7 of Dals. It's hilarious the look on Alizée's face at the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3GIo...ature=youtu.be

imverynuts 01-28-2020 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Scruffydog777 (Post 268599)
It's amazing that he can keep in shape the way he does. I'm sure he's proud of his physique as he should be. Here they make a little bit fun out of his attempt to show it off with the excuse of scratching his head during week 7 of Dals. It's hilarious the look on Alizée's face at the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3GIo...ature=youtu.be

I have a physique similar to Greg's, tho almost never as cut (he probably had around 8% bodyfat at some point, I maybe have had 10% at one point). If it were my job I'm sure I could get even more similar looking. Tho I have no where near the energy levels he has when it comes to dancing!

CleverCowboy 01-29-2020 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by imverynuts (Post 268600)
I have a physique similar to Greg's, tho almost never as cut (he probably had around 8% bodyfat at some point, I maybe have had 10% at one point). If it were my job I'm sure I could get even more similar looking. Tho I have no where near the energy levels he has when it comes to dancing!

My body type is more like a lineman in football (American), and that is what I played when much younger. You are expected to add as much body mass as possible. When I hit the big 5-0, I hired a personal trainer who was an ex female competitive body builder and now trains younger people wanting to do the same. I wasn't in the "younger people" camp, but she couldn't say no to my money, so for the next year I followed her regimen. Both in the gym and a diet she designed. A year later I lost a bunch of excess weight, was in the best shape of my life and felt great, but there was no way I could get below 13% body fat, and I had to work extremely hard to get to that. My family and friends freaked out, thinking I was wasting away from some kind of disease. :p

That kind of regimen was unsustainable long term. I was absolutely no fun to go out to eat with because I would order half a chicken and nothing else. ;) I think in the end body type is genetics. As RedRafe suggested, those whose ancestry is from the colder regions carry a higher percentage of body fat to help with survival.

RedRafe 01-29-2020 11:16 PM

So…

Midweek IG posts?

A couple… ;)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/x0...YEuK6J2AaWUWrQ

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/0e...pIZzuRKUoDCFnQ

A couple of shots of Alizée’s tiny little miss sweetness, Maggy… :) :) :)

<Snaps off a couple of cutesy little waves> :)


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Originally Posted by CleverCowboy (Post 268603)
My body type is more like a lineman in football (American), and that is what I played when much younger. You are expected to add as much body mass as possible. When I hit the big 5-0, I hired a personal trainer who was an ex female competitive body builder and now trains younger people wanting to do the same. I wasn't in the "younger people" camp, but she couldn't say no to my money, so for the next year I followed her regimen. Both in the gym and a diet she designed. A year later I lost a bunch of excess weight, was in the best shape of my life and felt great, but there was no way I could get below 13% body fat, and I had to work extremely hard to get to that. My family and friends freaked out, thinking I was wasting away from some kind of disease. :p

That kind of regimen was unsustainable long term. I was absolutely no fun to go out to eat with because I would order half a chicken and nothing else. ;) I think in the end body type is genetics. As RedRafe suggested, those whose ancestry is from the colder regions carry a higher percentage of body fat to help with survival.

Firstly, deepest respect for the type of training regimen you undertook, when you “hit the big 50”… :hatsoff::hatsoff: :bow:

It’s daunting, and, very hard to sustain at any age, long term, unless you are very very dedicated. I got utterly sick of eating literally nothing but Chicken or Turkey, chased by Sliced tomato, Cucumber and Broccoli. Oh, and drinking “protein shakes” that tasted like a combination of a cheap milkshake “gussied up” with a chalky antacid remedy… :p :( :)))

Blaaghh… :(

Now, I will admit, that after I left the “Forces”, with regard to overall “fitness”, I did “let things go”, a bit… :o

There was no need to go for a 10 time mile run at 4:30am every morning, nor spend 3, or more, hours in the gym everyday, just to maintain a very high fitness level, that was no longer necessary, nor required… ;)

I wasn’t a soldier, any more… :(

There were no more “enemies of freedom and justice” to be “fended off”. No more “Dragons” to "slay". No more "Princesses" to "rescue", no more "Goddesses", that required “impressing”… :p ;)

I got “lazy”, “bored”, and put on a “bit” of weight, which did not "suit" me, and tried the very same thing with regard to fitness, at the same age, as you did... :)

However, no matter how hard I tried, I was never ever going to be as fit, as I was before, age simply wasn’t going to allow it, and my poor body, well, it had been VERY well “used”, and this new exercise regime just felt like “unwarranted” and “pointless” punishment... :o

It really “sucks”, getting older, so it does… :))) ;)

<sigh>

Now with regard to “body type”, I’m an “ectomorphic mesomorph, with very slight endomorphic tendencies”… :blink: :sstruck:

“Long”, “lean” and muscular, buuttt, if I don’t actively maintain these muscles, they tend to vanish pretty quickly, and instead, “treacherously” replace themselves with midline “fluffiness”, given half a chance… :o:D ;)

Not a good “look” for me… :o :)))

<Sigh>

Quote:

Originally Posted by imverynuts (Post 268600)
I have a physique similar to Greg's, tho almost never as cut (he probably had around 8% bodyfat at some point, I maybe have had 10% at one point). If it were my job I'm sure I could get even more similar looking. Tho I have no where near the energy levels he has when it comes to dancing!

Once, in my military career, I actually got as low as 10% bodyfat, kind of accidentally… :(

At that point, I was 6’ 3”, weighing 196lbs, which was almost a “perfect” according to contemporary BMI ratings/measurements...

Sounds great, doesn’t it, but, when my girlfriend saw me, she cried, long and very hard, and not in a “good” way. These were NOT “tears of joy”… :p

Very long story, short, i’d been sent off on a “gig”, waay up north, that went “awry”, and the “op” took 17 days, instead of it’s projected 9, due to horrendously bad weather. I had supplies for 12 days, averaging a required consumption of around 6500 to 7500 calories, per day…

You can imagine how that went… :confused:

245lbs going out, 196lbs coming back… :( :p

As one of my senior NCO’s put it, “Cheese and Rice” Red, you look like a bloody “Racing Ferret”, or “something”, now. I’ve seen more meat on a “Butchers Pencil””… :)))

Never could never quite figure out what a “Racing Ferret” was, but got the general “analogy”, and after the initial shock, my “Irish Godessness” grew to appreciate my new, “slinky”, look… :o :D

Took me a year to get back my accustomed “fighting trim”… :(

Never again… :noway: :cry:

Looking “ripped” was definitely not a good look, for me, at all, either… :)))


Y’all take care, be safe, and, please stay warm, ‘k… :D

CleverCowboy 01-30-2020 06:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RedRafe (Post 268615)
At that point, I was 6’ 3”, weighing 196lbs, which was almost a “perfect” according to contemporary BMI ratings/measurements...

I work in the healthcare industry. The BMI value is no reflection of the fitness of a person and is very misleading. Height and weight are the only two components of the formula. Being that height is a static value when a person reaches adulthood, the only variable is weight. It does not factor in stuff like bone size. The only way I could get into the "normal" BMI range is if I get under 200 pounds. Not going to happen. Ever. My nephew plays defensive end for a major university's football team. He is built like an ox and sometimes posts weight room pictures of him on FaceBook. He has hit 290 pounds of pure muscle, but his BMI would put him in the "Severely Obese" category. :))

RedRafe 02-04-2020 10:27 PM

Soooo…

IG posts?

There might be a couple… :)

So, Alizée and Greg and their team of students, were off "competing", at the weekend… ;)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Tc...bWBn9rFjBqmwvg

“There”…

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/JL...54yekIBlcV4n6g

And “back again”…

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ob...QOfkGyL5798qjg

Garde rapprochée” roughly translates as “Close Guard

Maggy and some of her “treasures”… :) :) :) :bye:

<“Snaps” off a barrage of cutesy little waves to “babe” and “bébé”>

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/2R...qczRoujsLWb4Nw

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/kh...Rwsi9KMj2FZt3g

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/h_...YPD0wOvWq-QkBA

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/jH...BRPJXBluqvALfg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/9x...Gv8v2nPCG0tMcA

Hmm, “little” lady is looking rather… “pensive”… :confused:

And, what’s with the “bars”… ;)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/0_...7Fxd3YS0gF3zWQ

Oooo… :bow:

It might have something to do with these… :p ;)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/k9...bHHntupx2V73_A

And these… ;)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Pf...EpuXTgVPjE93XA

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/mb...uM7Tdz_Icxs1Tw

These were “still” shots cut from an IG story post by "_teamalizeegregoire", so, "kudos" to them for this post. They have an utterly excellent IG page, especially if you are into the more “dance oriented” aspects of Alizée and Greg. Totally worth "checking out", for the very high quality content that they host… :)

Well, my respect for Alizée, that is normally “beyond measure”, now extends into the realms of being “utterly boundless”… :o ;)

It takes “nerve”, beyond “nerve”, to get into a cage full of assorted “Big Cats”… :bow:

Alizée got in there, and did her Lion/Tiger taming thing… :hatsoff: :thumb: :sstruck:

<Dang!>

Alizée, your “goddessness”, I salute you… :hatsoff: :hatsoff: :bow:

Unless I had been “ordered” to, I would not be doing it, and then, not without substantial “support” at my back, (as in lots of “heavy shooty stuff”), and I have done some utterly truly insane things, in the name/cause of “duty”, during my military career…

Get into a cage full of “big-assed Kitties”, “just for shits and giggles”? :(

Very “shortened” answer… NO… :))) ;)

<Sigh> :o

Once again, the “little” lady surpasses me, and deals out a large "portion" of “humble pie” in the “passing”… :bow: :D

Love it, and “adore” her… :) :) :)

Can I have some more please!? :D :)))

<Sigh> :)

Anyhow…


Y’all take care, be safe, “wrap up”, and please, stay warm. Looks like we have some “severe” weather incoming… :D

CleverCowboy 02-05-2020 10:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RedRafe (Post 268659)
It takes “nerve”, beyond “nerve”, to get into a cage full of assorted “Big Cats”… :bow:

Alizée got in there, and did her Lion/Tiger taming thing… :hatsoff: :thumb: :sstruck:

<Dang!>

Alizée, your “goddessness”, I salute you… :hatsoff: :hatsoff: :bow:

I believe they were taken in 2016

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPO7hvF0rTE

RedRafe 02-12-2020 09:40 AM

Ok…

IG posts?

Looks like the guys are taking a trip…

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Aa...ZRjqJzDuwtwqKA

To Warsaw, of all places?! :)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Ty...tm4BGU9FaLKJBg

I wonder? :confused:

Anyhow…

Hoping they stay “warm”, and “safe” on their travels… :)

Interesting… :) ;)

Silencio 02-12-2020 11:13 AM

As the next story affirms, Alizée is going to take part at some Polish TV show.

https://i.ibb.co/MZgV97M/PolishTV.jpg

Here

https://www.instagram.com/p/B8Y3zsnBQqB/

questions to ask Alizée are being collected. You may try to ask your question. (I don't know if the account really relates to the TV show.)

CleverCowboy 02-12-2020 11:24 AM

Also the one Alizee posted earlier today. Seems like whatever they are doing up there, it got on TV. I'm pretty sure it is dance related.

Also, I noticed there is no indication that Maggy is with them. That is why it is nice when your father and mother live in the same town - free babysitting! ;) If this is the case, then it shows that Alizee is willing to travel and that her career plans, whatever they may be, are still intact.

I'm sure being away from Maggy, even for a short time, is still driving Alizee crazy.


https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/mQNTFL.png

Aragorn97 02-12-2020 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CleverCowboy (Post 268723)
I'm pretty sure it is dance related.

Are you still sure about that? :P
https://www.instagram.com/p/B8eaPIah...d=oloclu78gsh0

CleverCowboy 02-12-2020 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aragorn97 (Post 268727)

Yes, I stand corrected. I posted in stephen's new thread. :)

Who could have seen this coming???

RedRafe 02-16-2020 09:57 PM

Alrighty…

IG posts?

Apart from what we’ve already seen, not really… ;)

But, y’know me, I just can’t resist it… :D

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/H6...m2s0dczcut3qzA

I know we’ve seen this one, but, the “little” lady was looking so good, I just couldn’t help myself… :o :)

Simply “stunning”, as always… ;)

I would have given a “lot”, something “very, very precious”, if need be, just to be “there”, and see that, in person… :o :p ;)

Although it was a bit of a “shock”, wasn’t it… :)))

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F23GG58eL2I

Jeez, now I know how Napoleon felt… ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsV3A_ecfVE

They did not “break”… :confused:

They just “ran off” to check the “interwebs” to try and find out when Alizee was “appearing” on that tv program, and get their DVR’s set to record it… :)))

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/P3...qslUqFEw_KrRoA

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/de...gpZln8eGNN6nIg

Sweet little lady, both of them… :o :)

“Job, was a good ‘un”, “home” and back to “normal”… :)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/yl...kawGnUkfxo_a2g

Pictures, can be so good for the “heart” and “soul”… :)

<sigh>

Belated “G’night:, “babe” and “bébé”…

<Little wave, or two, on the “way past”> :)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/qj...NI6c44Is5i_lVQ

What is there to say…

I see nothing but “love”, there… :)

So sweet, just…

“Awwwwwwwww”… :o

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/o0...0u3rwgN9tG3vsA

“Happy Valentine´s day ❤@gregoirelyonnet”.

Sort of says it all, doesn’t it…

Lucky, lucky guy…

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Jf...2EfeVTl3zI14Jg

A really cute pic, from Jo…

Kind of looks like me, first thing in the morning, before meh Coffee… :o :)))

Maybe after my Coffee, too, if I’m going to be honest… :)))


Ya’ll take care, be safe, and, be patient… :D ;)

Silencio 02-16-2020 10:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RedRafe (Post 268771)
Apart from what we’ve already seen, not really… ;)

Yes, the phrase "not really" best describes what happened last week, regarding highly anticipated comeback. :)))

RedRafe 02-21-2020 12:59 AM

Alrighty…

Midweek IG posts??

Few and far between, with all the “irons” that the “guys” most likely “have in the fire”, right now, regarding up and coming events, they are probably waay more “busier” than their normally extremely busy selves… ;)

So, I’m just going to be happy for any small “merci’s”… :)

<Ok, I couldn’t resist that one, I apologise> :p

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/jK..._-SVIQfC-P1-_g

Could this be a vision of “heaven”? :)

<Good morning, beautiful> :)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/S-...2sZJGjuPYIH-Og

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gH...uUDban24qcOoDg

Apparently so, for look, it’s inhabited by tiny angelic beings like the one above… ;)

And Alizée… :)

Need I say more?! ;)

<Cutesy little “waves” to Maggy>

<Hi bébé>

<More “waves” on the way out>

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ne...CtLTPySZVynCwg

Now, I will admit that I most definitely not a “fan” of “seafood”, but, the dish, depicted above, does look most “tempting”…

It could be another of those occasions where the “RedRafe” would smile sweetly, and “gallantly” bid m’lady to go first, and not “wait on me”, and, judging on her reactions to the dish, we would then see if I would eat it, or not…

<“Chivalry”, is not “dead”, not quite yet> ;)

<Or something like that> ;)

<Oh dear…> :o :)))

Y’all take care, be safe, and please stay warm, for there is a lot more cold weather incoming… :D

RedRafe 02-23-2020 08:53 PM

So…

Weekend IG posts??

Alrighty then… ;)

There may just be a few... :)

Now, you know these various “irons in the fire” and “events” that the guys had coming up, that I was “waffling” on about…

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/2U...IjKmUH36LlHEwg

Bada Bing… ;)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/XL...fxeAH3Gu-0qCaQ

Bada Boom… ;)

As always, the “little” lady has utterly “immaculate” timing… :)

If you are an aficionado of the “terpsichorean” arts, you may want to most definitely “mark” these dates, for there is going to be a LOT of “true” talent, there… ;)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_I...Bna-Y9yyV9wvKg

‘S how Sunday mornings should be spent. Looks pretty darn idyllic to me… :o :D

<Flurry of “waves” to “babe” and “bébé>

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/2e...fFw8vLe72rH4Hg
<Shhh, she’s sleepin’>

<:) :) :) :) :) :) :)>

Good for the “heart” and “soul”…

Y’all take care, be safe, and, stay away from people that look like they have the “Flu”… :D ;)

RedRafe 02-24-2020 05:55 PM

Well…

Looks like it has been a time for “anniversaries” and “birthdays”… :) ;)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Q5...lulq-d2HAiT0Fw

Happy 3 month”.

Has it really been that long… :o :blink:

<Hey“bébé. (Little wave), or two, or three :) :)>

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/OJ...MZLu5LKHPihnNg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/0H...V5D5SCkBKucv0Q

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Y_...HXcpYuRS2wULwQ

Y’know, I think I like this guy… ;)

Hes “smart”, “talented”, and, the “Super Uncle” “shot” of him and Maggy tells me a “lot”, all of it “good”, for, y’know, Alizée would not let just “anyone” get so close to her “little treasure”… :D

As for “talent”, and “taste”… ;)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Yf...xXnpfvUdA7Do9w

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/WY...RopqJ77obBLd5g

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/tt...NjOSa2Q2BB4sQw

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/WQ...WhUg2L5z4VFwow

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Nr...I-0b-cgfN61zmQ

Yeps, I think he has both of these qualities in abundance… :D ;) :bow:

Johann, “many happy returns”, and may you have many, many more. Wishing you nothing but “health”, “wealth”, “love”, and “happiness”, now, and always… :hatsoff: :D

Oh…

Speaking of “talent” and “taste”, another really nice “snap” from Jo… :hatsoff: :bow:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Kt...IRhndtoZFiarzA

“Nooiceee”… :o :D

As always… :hatsoff: :)

Y’all take care, please be safe, and, stay dry, if possible… :D

CleverCowboy 02-25-2020 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RedRafe (Post 268833)
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/2U...IjKmUH36LlHEwg

Bada Bing… ;)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/XL...fxeAH3Gu-0qCaQ

Bada Boom… ;)

As always, the “little” lady has utterly “immaculate” timing… :)

If you are an aficionado of the “terpsichorean” arts, you may want to most definitely “mark” these dates, for there is going to be a LOT of “true” talent, there… ;)

I'm wondering if COVID-19 will affect this event, at least in attendance? I read tourism is down 35% in France the last few months and issued a recession watch.

It's hard to gauge the severity of the coronavirus threat. I think China is hiding a lot, but the news always tend to sensationalize.

RedRafe 02-28-2020 08:59 PM

So…

IG posts…

There may be a couple… ;)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/DU...JNHpFzEKk_MonA

Il était une fois, il y a 20 ans” roughly translates as “once upon a time, 20 years ago”…

Then, she was “young”, “beautiful” and “talented”… :o :)

20yrs later…

She is STILL, “young”, “beautiful” and “talented”… :o :D ;)

As far as I can see, nothing much changed, really… :D

Just, less “singing”, more “dancing”… :)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/RQ...pzeCOliPNdv6CA

Quand tu veux t'arranger un peu mais que tu as des enfants et que tu n'as pas dormi depuis 5 ans” roughly translates as “when you want to settle down a bit but you have children and you haven't slept in 5 years”…

Anyone that is a “parent”, or, has been in any of the “services” will appreciate this one… :o :D

I developed a “condition” known as “tight skin”, wherein, if you sit down, your eyes automatically close, and you immediately go into a “power nap” state… :))) :D

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/zS...b3sey-rTgfGvZQ

The “tiniest little lady” guest starring in her own, online, “parents only” tv show… :)

These are are really handy, the one I use you can access from anywhere, as long as you have your “phone” and/or online connectivity… ;)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/0S...9ui2v2V5cd0B4g

<Peekaboo, I see you :)>

<little wave :)>

Little miss Maggy practicing for the “paparazzi”… :)

“No pictures please, or I will set my Giraffe on you”… :D ;)

<Just so sweet :)>

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/87...m0JXasqIDKoJZA

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/mA...oC-MlDOIkVz0sQ

Maggy “doing her stuff”, with Jon Snow “on guard”… ;)

As “early learning” toys go, this one looks to be pretty cool. Lots of different “colours”, “textures”, and interesting “doodads”. Plenty of stuff to get the “little ones” “neurons” firing…

What else??

Keep any eye on Jo’s IG feed, for he posts some really excellent stuff, you just have to “grab” it quickly, before its “gone”, and please checkout Johann’s IG page, for he is another of his “clan”, that is blessed with a “good eye for a wonderful shot”. A lot of really cool stuff on his page…

As always, y’all take care, be safe, and just, be “excellent” to each other, ‘k… :D

CleverCowboy 03-07-2020 04:11 PM

Had a feeling this was coming. Better safe than sorry.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/U7CyIO.png

DELAYED NAPOLEON TROPHY
Given the evolution of the situation regarding the coronavirus, Alizée & Gregoire and the Club A&G danse Sportive have decided to postpone the Napoleon trophy. Competitors coming from the four corners of France, it is preferable to postpone our event so that this trophy is a great success and that the greatest number of dancers can make the trip serenely and peace of mind.
A new date will be announced soon.

Thank you for your understanding !
This is only a postponement

Scruffydog777 03-07-2020 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CleverCowboy (Post 268901)
Had a feeling this was coming. Better safe than sorry.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/U7CyIO.png

DELAYED NAPOLEON TROPHY
Given the evolution of the situation regarding the coronavirus, Alizée & Gregoire and the Club A&G danse Sportive have decided to postpone the Napoleon trophy. Competitors coming from the four corners of France, it is preferable to postpone our event so that this trophy is a great success and that the greatest number of dancers can make the trip serenely and peace of mind.
A new date will be announced soon.

Thank you for your understanding !
This is only a postponement

That's very understandable. I go on vacation tomorrow and had hoped to go to Europe, but I cancelled that idea last week. I was then looking maybe to go to someplace around the Caribbean, but now with cases down in Florida, that looks to be out of the question, though I haven't made that final decision yet.

My age puts me more at risk. I also have asthma which is very well controlled but that could add to the severity if I do get the virus.

You add to the fact that if I catch it, I don't want to be on some small island as opposed to an area I'm in now that has some of the best hospitals in the country.

I also have a weeks vacation in early May. I had thoughts of making a stop at someplace in southern France (nudge,nudge, say no more). Even if the virus was starting to wane by then, I probably wouldn't be welcome someplace that might have a very young child around and I certainly wouldn't want to put someone like that at risk. (even though it seems to hit older people the most). I think I can reschedule that vacation for later in the year. Where to go then......hmmmmmmmmmm?

CleverCowboy 03-09-2020 11:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scruffydog777 (Post 268902)
That's very understandable. I go on vacation tomorrow and had hoped to go to Europe, but I cancelled that idea last week. I was then looking maybe to go to someplace around the Caribbean, but now with cases down in Florida, that looks to be out of the question, though I haven't made that final decision yet.

My age puts me more at risk. I also have asthma which is very well controlled but that could add to the severity if I do get the virus.

You add to the fact that if I catch it, I don't want to be on some small island as opposed to an area I'm in now that has some of the best hospitals in the country.

I also have a weeks vacation in early May. I had thoughts of making a stop at someplace in southern France (nudge,nudge, say no more). Even if the virus was starting to wane by then, I probably wouldn't be welcome someplace that might have a very young child around and I certainly wouldn't want to put someone like that at risk. (even though it seems to hit older people the most). I think I can reschedule that vacation for later in the year. Where to go then......hmmmmmmmmmm?

It's pretty much everywhere by now. As long as people are willing to sit in cramped quarters on an airplane with 200+ other people from who knows where, it will be almost impossible to contain. I was going to suggest the U.S. or British Virgin Islands. You can sit on the beach and drink Pina Coladas all day, but you just cannot avoid that plane ride. :fear: I just wouldn't want to risk getting stuck in some forced quarantine in a country not my own. Best we can hope for is that it will mutate itself out of existence in a few months.

Alizee also announced the closing of the A&G dance studio for a few weeks.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/fJojWx.png


CLOSING OF THE DANCE STUDIO 🖤 THANK YOU FOR SHARING 🖤

Following today's prefectural decree concerning the Coronavirus, the Lyonnet Ajaccio dance studio will be closed from March 9 to March 22. Unfortunately, we are concerned with prohibited gatherings of more than 50 people since we have 2 rooms, so 2 lessons at the same time, not to mention the students and parents who cross paths during the break.

But don't panic, the lessons will be caught up here are the schedules: ◼️Week from March 9 to March 13.
All lessons will be made up for the second week of the Easter holidays from April 27 to May 1 em Week from March 16 to March 20
The lessons will be made up as follows: ▪️ lessons from Monday March 16 & Thursday March 19
Caught up on Saturday April 4 ▪ Tuesday Tuesday March 17 & Friday March 20
Caught up on Saturday May 9
▪️ Wednesday 18 March lesson
Caught up on Saturday May 23
We hope everything is back to normal!
Take care of yourself 🖤

A&G

RedRafe 03-10-2020 09:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CleverCowboy (Post 268901)
Had a feeling this was coming. Better safe than sorry.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/U7CyIO.png

DELAYED NAPOLEON TROPHY
Given the evolution of the situation regarding the coronavirus, Alizée & Gregoire and the Club A&G danse Sportive have decided to postpone the Napoleon trophy. Competitors coming from the four corners of France, it is preferable to postpone our event so that this trophy is a great success and that the greatest number of dancers can make the trip serenely and peace of mind.
A new date will be announced soon.

Thank you for your understanding !
This is only a postponement

Yeah. I was not at all surprised when I saw this, and the announcement that the “studio” was going to be closed for a while…

Was actually hoping that they were going to do this anyhow, for, from what I can gather, the “situation” in their “area of the world”, is going to get “interesting” to say the least…

Quote:

Originally Posted by CleverCowboy (Post 268920)
It's pretty much everywhere by now. As long as people are willing to sit in cramped quarters on an airplane with 200+ other people from who knows where, it will be almost impossible to contain. I was going to suggest the U.S. or British Virgin Islands. You can sit on the beach and drink Pina Coladas all day, but you just cannot avoid that plane ride. :fear: I just wouldn't want to risk getting stuck in some forced quarantine in a country not my own. Best we can hope for is that it will mutate itself out of existence in a few months.

I’m actually quite surprised at how quickly some of these “disassociated nodes” of infection are cropping up, all around the globe, even factoring in the ease of “international travel”. Something just not right there, however, this particular “wave” has been going on far longer than anyone, especially the Chinese, are willing to admit, probably since early November, and, the expected “peak” of this wave is expected to be around “Easter”. So, we really have seen nothing yet... :( ;)

However, several disparate sources have been warning that this particular epidemic could take a toll similar to the 1918 “Spanish” Flu pandemic, for which the usually quoted figure for “reported fatalities” is around the 15 million mark. But, it’s recognized that the total number of casualties could have been as high as 100 million in total, worldwide. :( :( :(

Now, how much of this current factoring is due to “sensationalist hype”, I do not know, but, I personally have a “bad feeling” about this one. The “flu” very nearly killed me off last year, even though I’d class myself as being "very healthy”. (Trust me, it was very very “close”, I ended up with a temp of 104, didn’t “move a muscle” from the one position, that I was lying in, for a full 36 hours, and lost 25 lbs in 3 days), so I’m not looking forward to this “outbreak”, this year… :(

From my perspective, Alizée and Greg’s decision to postpone the competition and shut the studio for a few weeks was “spot on”. The right decision to make, all things considered… :hatsoff: :bow:

Anyhow…

It’s been a long week of “12 hour shifts” on "5 hours of sleep", soo, I’ve probably missed a few IG posts, but these are the few that I “caught”…

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/NC..._vWZIxQNulvvvw

<Waves to the “tiny”, “little”, “little lady” :) :) :)>

What a sweet, tranquil spot… ;)

<G’night, little one :)>

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/rY...1c8SfcoUiGeDYg

The cats trying to “outcute” little miss Maggy… ;)

“Epic Fail”, kitties… :p :))) ;)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/sU...RGsAAoSvRO_A4Q


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Px...5MQJgzesrsakSQ

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Mm...ue90BOmRiIY8Cw

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/P7...iL52vKS5_cshWQ

Hmm, I get the feeling that Alizée is quite “chuffed” with that one… :D ;)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/VG...LxAo7UnRv1n9NA

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/p-...aV_rZFtczInRBA

Awwww maaann. Jo’s luck just, knows no end does it?? :p

"Mraarwwrrr". Stefanie, I think it was, was sooo cute… :o ;)

Still is… :D ;)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/oG...gRt1BJw5LEbxQg

Hmmph… I’ve always hated that guy. Now even more so… :( :p

However, I will acknowledge his “talent”, and he does serve to illustrate just how tiny Alizée is… ;)

I would just have to personally “decontaminate” her afterwards, just to make sure she did not catch any “deadly”, and very “obscure”, “rosbif cooties”, and ended up talking in a “funny English accent”, or something… :))) :o ;)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/DF...q8IMcD8ZGqhixA

“Sweet night”.

I like that “space” a lot. “Quiet”, “peaceful”, “tranquil”… :)

<“Sweet dreams”, beautiful :)>

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Ru...McL47D3OzRzS_A

“Beautiful day”…

Yeps, it looks like “Spring”, she has “sprung”, indeed… ;)

Alrighty, y’all please be safe, stay well, and abide by all the advice that you hear with regards to all of this current flu outbreak. I know I’m not exactly “chatty” with “pm’s” and “everything” on this forum, but know that each and every one of you is extremely valued, as people, and I would hate to see anything happen to you... :agree:

So do as y’all are told, and stay safe, yeah! ;)

Abide by any, and all health guidelines…

Please… ;)

RedRafe 03-15-2020 11:14 PM

IG posts?

There have been a couple, soo, just in case you did not catch ‘em… ;)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Py...1o_OWelMzED16g

<Flurry of “waves” to “babe” and “bébé, again> :o :)

Sorry, they just make me smile. Such things are good for the “heart” and “spirit”… :)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Ap...z2g0W9UqH9Ro7A

The “little lady”, keeping the “tiny little lady”, busy, busy, busy… ;)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/kf...AntHltRbinrA2A

Now, that is more like my idea of “confinement”. Sweet puppy girl, safe and warm… :o ;)

What else??

Oh right...

Go check out Johann's IG page, for he has posted some really superb stuff recently, definitely well worth a look, and keep an eye open for posts form JO, for his stuff is always just pure "class"...

Y’all just be safe, and well, ‘k…


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