You’ve Never Been by the Riverside
This week’s theme song is Agnes Obel’s Riverside. I’ve been completely obsessed with her cd for the past week, I love it. Get your hands on it if you can! Tomorrow, Tim’s returning from South Korea I’m absolutely ecstatic, I expected him to return Thursday (he had an open ticket). He’s been gone for nearly three weeks but it feels like much longer. When you live together, the house really is too empty if one of you is gone. Hopefully next time he has to go abroad, we have our kitty to keep me company Remember I bought my very own skates last week, for roller derby? Well, I had my first training on them last Wednesday and they suck X_X I’m so disappointed. The wheels are rigid so they don’t roll smoothly and the...
That’s what I’m counting on
Today’s theme song is “Want You Gone“, the credits song from Portal 2. I finished the game yesterday and it was amazing and I wish it didn’t end. I’m a geek, sue me. (Btw, the song has some spoilers so if you’re playing the game and haven’t finished it yet, don’t listen to it! :p) This week I get to tell you something really excitiiiiiiinnnnggg [insert girly squee here]. Tomorrow is my very first training with Utrecht’s Roller Derby Team, the Dom City Dolls. [insert another girly squee] I’m so excited but also so nervous!!! I wonder how often I’m going to crash and burn (not only because I’ll be stomped down, but because I’m so out of shape that I’ll probably already crash during...
The World Goes ‘Round and ‘Round
Today’s theme song is Flutter by Bonobo. One of my favorite songs ever, on one of my favorite albums ever. Enjoy Last week was an interesting one. My boyfriend recently (finally) got a job. Last week was his first week, and last Thursday he got the news that he would be going to South-Korea for ~ three weeks, next Wednesday. Holy shit! I’m so excited for him! How cool is that? Secretly, I’m very jealous, heh. Downpoint is that my house will be very empty the next three weeks :< Pluspoint is I’ll be able to focus on work a lot better ;p Fun thing about this job is that in two years or so, he’ll be sent abroad for a year or two. Know who’s coming with him? Yes, you guessed right: me! I’ve always wanted to live abroad....
India Lima Oscar Victor Echo You
Today’s theme song is Schradinova’s India Lima Oscar Victor You. This is a Dutch singer, and she’s absolutely amazing – I saw her live twice with her previous band (Room Eleven), and she’s as good live as (if not better than) recorded. This is my favorite song of her latest album. Square Eyes We got a new TV. It’s my mom’s old one – she and her fiancé are going to live together soon and he has a bigger one, so she gave hers to us. We sit some distance away from our TV, it’s set in a wall with shelves built in it, sort of. Before we had a decent-sized (although maybe a little small) 26″ inch LCD TV. The one we have now is a meager 37″ LCD. It didn’t fit in our shelf wall (and there is...
Hearing Only One True Note
This Sunday’s theme song is Roisin Murphy’s Ramalama. A few years ago, dancers of So You Think You Can Dance used this song in a performance, which I thought was pretty neat. I’m a little late today because I spent the day at my dad’s, his girlfriend was away to a congress and my boyfriend was away for the weekend, too. We cooked and ate lovely food and just had a splendid time together, it was lovely. Of course it meant I totally forgot about having to write a blog for today. Back to School Last week Uni started again, so far so good. I now know what the topic will be for my bachelor research thesis, it’ll be about fear appeals. You know what they are: the images they show you to scare you and change your behavior, i.e. images of...
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