| Here's one for the books.... |
[11 Jun 2009|02:13pm] |
This week I got an unexpected phone call. A friend called if I'd like to participate in a little preformance this weekend. my very first Opera. XD
Well, I am available this saturday, not having to work and all, so I said Yes. It will be in the Noorderkerk, Akkerstraat 28, Groningen.
And for those who know my singing voice, do not be alarmed, I shall not be singing, allthough there will be some partial nackedness, I've been informed...
I'll let you folks now how it turns out.
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Turns out.... not to be.
So much for my first Opera. They found someone more fitting with the overall look of the thing. And the fact I couldn't really rehearse but at the general rehersal couse of work. To bad, so sad. :)
I'm not quite sure If I'll go and watch though I just might.
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| Silence in Time |
[14 Mar 2009|08:38am] |
I haven't posted in in a long time.
Most of that has to do with the fact that I simply don't have much to say these days, Between work an the null state of my daily existence, I really don't experience much that would be printable here ('cept for rambling and ravings about the compgames I play.... sign, but such an overindulgant expose of my obsessions would no doubt bore you, my reader).
Secondly, someone once told me, "it is better to say nothing that ramble on" (a personal failing of myself), but not saying anything doesn't elicit reactions either, not on the net, and posting empty...., well, you're just wasting space then.
Still, once in a while one needs to post, to indicate the activeness of a blogg.
Tadaa!
So, now this journal has done it's mandatory abcrunches and I'll be signing off. I'm still reading the blogg's, still not dead, will return, yada yada yada.
Till the next message.
***message ends***
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| Party time! |
[18 Dec 2008|05:59pm] |
vrijdag 9 januari : Amphiskios
DJs: Mystique, Scrape, Rule-Ant, Nanhold
Platform Theater, Boterdiep 46, Groningen, NL
genre: gothic, wave, noise, electro and other alternative music
tijd: 22:00
prijs: 3 euro
Het is wel weer een vrijdag dat ik moet werken, maar tot 23:00 dus ik zal waarschijnlijk (duf en wel) verschijnen rond half 24-24 uur, direct uit het werk (nou ja, eerst wat eten zei likkepot).
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| Video Fantastic |
[08 Aug 2008|02:38am] |
Roaming the internet I found something funny that I'd like to share:
It's a short musical about an wanna-be evil scientist and his quest to join an evil society in order to impress Penny, a girl he frequently meets at his local laundromat. His plans are frequently foiled by Do-gooder Captain Hammer though. Things go from bad to worse when his arch-nemesis saves Penny and starts dating her, just to spite Dr. Horrible.
Starring:
Neil Patrick Harris (Doogie Howser M.D., Starship Troopers) as Dr Horrible, unsuccessful evil scientist
Costarring:
Nathan Fillion (Firefly, Buffy) as Captain Hammer,do-gooder and his arch-nemesis
Felicia Day (Buffy, Bring It On Again) as Penny, the girl of his dreams
Directed by Joss Whedon (Buffy, Angel, Firefly)
To watch, go to: http://drhorrible.com/mushortio.html
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| Book Meme |
[28 Jun 2008|04:15pm] |
The Big Read thinks the average adult has only read six of the top 100 books they've printed below.
1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicise those you intend to read
3) Underline the books you LOVE.
4) Reprint this list in your own LJ so we can try and track down these people who've read 6 and force books upon them.
( Cut for length )
Hmm 16 out of 100. Not a bad score. I did found several books missing from this list. Frankenstein, Jeckel and Hyde, The Illiad, Beowolf, etc.
Of all the religious books only the bible is in the list, I consider that an grave oversight. Why not include the Thora, the Koran, the Mahabharata or the writings of the Daila Lama's on this list?
Also no Jules Verne, Poe, Lovecraft or Howart on the list. So much for my childhood.
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| The letter meme |
[23 May 2008|09:04pm] |
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![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) basje gave me an M
- Comment and I'll give you a letter.
- You'll then have to list 10 things you love that begin with that letter.
- You may choose to do it at your journal or leave a comment here.
- Afterwards, post this in your journal and give out some letters of your own.
In no particular order:
1) Masticating something scrumptious
2) Movies with a good story (and preferably a happy ending)
3) Minimoni.
4) Mozart's Moonlight Sonata.
5) Miniatures, painting and collecting.
6) Mariner, the Rhyme of the Ancient by Samuel Taylor Coleridge .
7) Meat, any non organ.
8) Mysteries (the solvable kind)
9) Moon, the. My silver companion during my night time voyages.
10) Myself (OK, I know how this sounds, I don't mean it like that. But coming out of a grey and low period in my live that hasn't been kind to my self-esteem, I'm just starting to regain some respect for myself and my live. Plus, I am a firm believer in the quote "Only one who loves himself can truly love an other".)
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| God save the Queen. |
[01 May 2008|04:29pm] |
Yesterday was Queen's Day in the Netherlands and it is traditionally celebrated by music, drinking and selling things on the street (free markets? I don't know the correct English term)
The beverages were cold, the music horribly loud and on the free market I hit paydirt:
( Read more... )
X-posted on Steamfashion and Anarchotech
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| Long time no update |
[01 May 2008|03:24pm] |
It's been a while since my last update, and here's why.
First I had nothing to say, but a lot to think about. (some good things, some inconvenient things and some internal struggling, but I'm fine now.)
Secondly, I've had some unexpected luck with finding employment. Thanks to an re-integration (into the work force for long-term unemployed people) project, I had two subsidised job offers, whom both showed an intrest in my availability. Not an every day occurrence for me, seeing I've been sitting on my arse for quite a few years now, without any intrest by employers. One employer even left me in charge of the decision to work for them or not. It's just a bit sad, I had to tell them, no. (see good/inconvenient things above). The job I ended up with (or hope to end up with, I still have my trail period ahead of me) is that of night receptionist/security guard at the Ebbingenpoort, a care facility for the elderly. It's about 20 minutes walk from my home, so that's pretty cool.
I'm actually quite jazzed about this.
I've also been mucking around with Steam-punk. But I will place my little trails and errors in that category in different posts for the purpose of cross-posting.
Well, that's it... really...
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| Lazy Saturday morning |
[23 Feb 2008|11:50am] |
As most of my friends know, I live in Groningen, the Netherlands. And while messing about on Google Earth (love that program) I discovered something I'd like to share.
Other Groningenen I the world:
Groningen is a capital town of Saramacca District, Suriname. It is located at around 5°47′60″N, 55°28′0″W.
Gröningen is a town in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It lies approx. 40 km south-west of Magdeburg, and 10 km east of Halberstadt. It has 4,180 inhabitants (December 2004). Gröningen is part of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Westliche Börde. A Groningen Minnesoto also popped up on my research, but it appears to be a road. There was a photo, but it was of my hometown, so I can not be shure of the authenticity of this little "fact"
There is also a Groeningen (North Brabant)
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| I shouldn't be doing this. |
[22 Feb 2008|10:59am] |
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Some days..... Work is just so boring.
Anyway, I saw/heard something yesterday that I found quite astounding: The last woman in Britain to be convicted of witchcraft was sentenced in 1944.
Brave new world...
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| Lame-ass-jokes R us |
[14 Feb 2008|05:03pm] |
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If just thought of a joke that is so .., well, lame really, but still it makes me laugh. So shoot me. It's so lame someone/somewhere must have thought it up before, so if you've heard it before, please don't spam me with hate mail or sue me for plagiarism, or something.
What do real internet pirates say?
( Click to find out the horrible answer )
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| Book review |
[08 Feb 2008|01:16pm] |
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I recently bought a book.
It is something that used to happen more often, 'cept that my little financial dip dried up my available resources a bit. But I couldn't let this little gem gather dust.
The Habits of Good Society - 1864 (missing title page)
( Read more... )
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| Meme magic.... |
[04 Feb 2008|07:18pm] |
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meme from ![[info]](http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) basje
Comment and I will:
1. Tell you why I friended you.
2. Associate you with something - fandom, a song, a color, a photo, a word etc.
3. Tell you something I like about you.
4. Tell you a memory I have of you.
5. Ask something I've always wanted to know about you.
6. Tell you my favorite user pic of yours.
7. In return, you must post this in your LJ</div>
(Ed. note: unless you already have, I guess...)
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| Life(journal) update |
[24 Jan 2008|08:18pm] |
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Jonathan Coulton - Track 09 - Soft Rocked by Me - [Thing-a-Week Three] |
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Recently I started participation on a project of a reintegration agency geared to help long-term unemployed people reintegrate into the workforce through a proces of simple work-tasks and assisted job hunting.
It all started suddenly, I got an invitation for a meeting to determine my situation fitted that of the target group on which the project focused. The answer to that was an enthusiastic positive. (I must note here that most of the directing personal on this project seems to firmly believe in the theories of "positive thinking, hence probably the enthusiasm. I do not share their theories however. More on my disagreements with positive self-delusion in a probable later post though, I don't want to get to far of topic.)
Anyway, I was accepted. Then came my first shock... ( Read more... )
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| A review |
[14 Jan 2008|11:33am] |
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Yesterday, when I awakened, I felt a dull ache in the left part of my jaw. Not a uncommon occurrence, one of my wisdom teeth is coming through on that side, so I dismissed it as such. Last night the pain increased and kept increasing until, through out the night, it grew so annoyingly present, that I was unable to sleep. This morning I called my dentist..... Who (if I had the right clinic) had no record of me and they weren't admitting new clients. So my quest began.
Researching local dentists on the internet, I came to Tandartsencombinatie Geertsema, one of the oldest dentists in Groningen, housed in a stunning monumental house in the center of town. They were admitting clients. I gave them my details and they even had a opening for me in less than an hour. (That's what I call service.)
After a short wait I met my new dentist Mehrdad Shams. He diagnosed my with having a cavity (it wasn't my wisdom tooth after all), which, after X-rays, was immediately stoppered with a temporary filling. His method of work was a bit... brisk. His bedside manner (does that work for dentists? they're doctors after all...) was a bit forced and blunt, but he put a lot of effort went into it, and I can appreciated that. Still, he kept leaning on my lip, which I found somewhat unpleasant. Not as unpleasant as the root-canal treatment I will receive in three weeks, I imagine, but it is an experience I have never before experienced, so in a weird way I am looking forward to it.
The event was slightly marred by the fact that I saw "Groningen's favorite supernatural transvestite" Robin sitting in the waiting room when I came down to make the root-canal appointment.
Well, you can't have everything...
I sure hope the anaesthetic wears off soon, I'm getting thirsty.
18:00 hours (local time): Addendum:
Around /- 15:00 hours the anaesthetic wore off... but the pain was still there, even worse. After a phonecall to my dentist, the emergency dentist line and a return phonecall from my dentist I was suddenly pushed in and have recieved my root-canal immediately. (why wait, anyway.) So a few hours later I am once again sitting behind my comp with half my face inoperative. I have received a prescription for painkillers and I am looking forward to using them if the pain appears still to be there. If it is, I probably go looking yet again for a new dentist.
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| Bad, energy drink, bad! |
[11 Jan 2008|05:50am] |
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Meme I was tagged for by basje (well, everyone on her friendslist was). and because I'm really, really bored and have nothing to post.
( Read more... )
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| Sensless Bloggin' |
[07 Jan 2008|06:37pm] |
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Karma Inquisition-feat Epicine - Back To The Reclaim |
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Just some blogstuff to keep my LJ active. It's just so unatractive to have these big holes between messages. It's like I have nothing to say. (which is not quite true, but I doubt the intrest of my words I have to say, my dear readers). As to not clutter up your friends list too much, I have desided to place the senselessness under the cut. Be grateful for my mercy.
Open at your own risk( Read more... )
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| Uber Cuteness Attack !!! |
[05 Jan 2008|03:31pm] |
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MiniMoni - Mini Strawberry Pie |
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I might be sick, but this stuff just brings a smile to my face.
So a little bit of good advice:
If you're gonna be sick, be sickly sweet.
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| It's my birthday and I'll post if I want to... |
[01 Jan 2008|07:38pm] |
Well, actually it's not. My Birthday is on the 19th of September, but in a bout of unmitigated boredom (or rare moment of inspiration) I did some spontaneous research into my bithdate. Although I could find no events to precisely match my birthday I did learn the following about this date. (All information found at http://en.wikipedia.org/)
Events that have taken place on the 19th of September (Year/event)
335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I.
1692 - Giles Corey is pressed to death after refusing to plead in the Salem witch trials.
1778 - The Continental Congress passes the first budget of the United States.
1796 - George Washington's farewell address is printed across America as an open letter to the public.
1893 - Women's suffrage: In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.
1900 - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid commit their first robbery together.
1945 - Lord Haw Haw (William Joyce) sentenced to death in London.
1946 - The Council of Europe is founded following a speech given by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
1952 - The U.S. bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England.
1957 - First U.S. underground nuclear bomb test.
1983 - Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.
1985 - A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
1991 - Ötzi the Iceman is discovered by a couple of German tourists. (I played him at a Museum exhibit)
Births that have taken place on the 19th of September
86 - Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor
866 - Leo VI, Byzantine Emperor
1551 - King Henry III of France
1749 - Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician
1759 - William Kirby, English entomologist
1811 - Orson Pratt, American religious leader (now we know where the saiving "you pratt" came from, but what else could he have become?)
1908 - Mika Waltari, Finnish novelist
1909 - Ferry Porsche, Austrian automobile pioneer
1911 - Sir William Golding, English writer, Nobel Prize laureate
1926 - Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1928 - Adam West, American actor (Yeah!)
1934 - Brian Epstein, English musical group manager The Beatles
1941 - Mama Cass Elliot, American musician
1948 - Jeremy Irons, English actor
1949 - Twiggy, English model
1970 - Takanori Nishikawa, Japanese pop/rock singer
1974 - Victoria Silvstedt, Swedish model
Deaths that have taken place on the 19th of September
690 - Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury
1339 - Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan
1967 - Zinaida Serebriakova, Russian painter
1969 - Rex Ingram, American actor
1978 - Étienne Gilson, French philosopher and historian
2006 - Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist
2006 - Hugh Kawharu, paramount chief of the Ngāti Whātua Māori tribe
Holidays and observances
In ancient Greece, the sixth day of the Eleusinian Mysteries, when the procession to Eleusis began at Kerameikos in Athens
RC Saints - Saint Januarius.
Church of EnglandTheodore of Tarsus
Saint Kitts and Nevis - Independence Day from Great Britain
And..... *drumroll* International Talk Like a Pirate Day. That's just so brilliant! :) )
- "Avast belay, yo ho, heave to,
- A-pirating we go
- And if we're parted by a shot
- We're sure to meet below!"
- "Yo ho, yo ho, the pirate life,
- The flag o'skull and bones
- A merry hour, a hempen rope
- And 'hey' for Davy Jones!"
Song from the movie Peter Pan (1904)
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