Eventhough I’m in the game for five years now, it still amazes me how much trouble the beginning of term always means. It used to be stressfull before I started to work three jobs. Now it’s maniac. Every schedule I prepared in advance got canceld or changed around. I’m lucky to be able to keep [...]
Archive for October, 2009
The art of thinking
Posted in Uncategorized on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The person(s) we are
Posted in deep thinking on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Being back into regular university business really is a good thing. I enjoy it to have my head spinning with ideas and thoughts, to get input that makes me stop and reflect. I’m taking a course in modernist / postmodern literature this term. Besides having an amazing lecturer, this is a period I can relate [...]
Literary Sunday
Posted in Uncategorized on October 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Lady of Shalott (Lord Alfred Tennyson) On either side the river lie Long fields of barley and of rye, That clothe the wold and meet the sky; And thro’ the field the road runs by To many-tower’d Camelot; And up and down the people go, Gazing where the lilies blow Round an island there [...]
NaNoWriMo
Posted in Uncategorized on October 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Have you ever heard of National Novel Writing Month? If not, check out their homepage and consider taking part! It’s a non-profit event where people from all over the world try to manage to write 50.000 words within the month of november. There are all kinds of stories and people, interesting forums and it really [...]
Literary Sunday
Posted in Uncategorized on October 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Derek Walcott – Love After Love The time will come when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror and each will smile at the other’s welcome, and say, sit here. Eat. You will love again the stranger who was your self. Give wine. Give bread. Give back [...]
question of the day
Posted in Uncategorized on October 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m going a little mad due to work-related stress levels atm, but a thought crossed my mind today that needs to get out. While reading a magazine today, I noticed an article headed: the best way to burn fat (which refered to rope-skipping. Certainly an effective method to burn fat, but the best? Who knows…). [...]
Technical difficulties and a weekend away
Posted in Uncategorized on October 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I know I know, there are still two outfits from the wardrobe challenge missing. But my camera decided to die on thursday morning, thus leaving me without any means of documenting (since – alas – my mobile phone has a camera, but guess what – that one is broken too, and I didn’t yet manage [...]