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Should have posted this yesterday already, but was too busy with other stuff.

Well, it’s still Christmas.

Have a good one, all of you!

… to go and mix up the ole rat poison. *winks at the Mad Canuck*

What do you get if you mix rose-water with potash and hartshorn salt (aka carbonate of ammonia)? Ah, the name of one of the ingredients suggests it already, doesn’t it? As I told some people last night, the eye-watering mixture smells like something you can clean drains with (or more likely dissolve them).

What sounds like me going totally medieval and meddling with the alchemical arts is in truth the rather antique raising agent used for traditional gingerbread recipes.

Yes, you can truly eat the result. I just did, and I’m absolutely carpooled, the carpet is growing, see if they don’t!

homemade gingerbread

It’s a tad too early to say “Merry Christmas!”, but have a nice christmassy season anyway!!!!!

Um…. guess the title already says it all…

*grins*

Ramadan kareem everyone!!

The calendar keeps yelling “Spring!!!!!” at me, but still it’s not really showing. It just keeps on raining, sleeting and more or less freezing.

To evoke the spirit of spring I shall post this picture that I took last year on the 28th day of October.

This lovely butterfly was sitting above our kitchen window, drinking in the late, late warm autumn sun just like everybody else was.

Not really much to tell otherwise.

Somebody sent me a funny movie (*smirks*).

It’s frigging cold.

Work sucks more than usual.

I turned 33.

It’s frigging cold.

Tomorrow (today…) I’m invited to a party with dreadful beer. Will have to think of something to take with me. Preferably something that’ll keep me alert enough to be able to wrestle A. and J. for a sleeping place on the sofa and win. Taking up the generous offer of sharing C.’s bed with him is not an option should he offer that again, considering he tried to push me through the wall that one time I did sleep there. Sheesh, what a night that was. Anyone ever tried wrestling a fast asleep, dead drunk guy while all you wanna do is sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep…?
Apart from the beer it’ll be cool to see some good friends again.
(Note to self: don’t forget Easter sweets for C.)

Next week by this time I’ll be fast asleep in Enschede, Holland, eagerly awaiting the next day that’ll take Frenzie and me into a nightmare, er, to Brussels, Belgium, J. - our most gracious host, a Clawfinger gig, N. - the lovely Merch Bitch and a Dutch asshole that’ll hopefully stay as far away from me as possible.
(Note to self: refrain from braining R.; that’d be considered bad style.)

Did I mention that it’s frigging cold?

Happy Easter everyone!!!

So it’s only a bit less than six hours until the New Year . Well, at least where I’m from, and where I am at the moment, which is at a LAM in Holland.

*grins*

So far I’ve only been drinking a bit of my coke beer, but the other people here are pretty wasted after having been attending this LAM for quite some time now.

Suppose I won’t be able to be blogging the LAM as [c]oma suspected I’d be doing, but I hope I’ll be able to share some of the fun here at least.

*grins*

Wow, suddenly there’s a bag of weed on my mouse pad……..

*just remembers…*

Happy New Year to everyone!!!

This is what things looked like exactly one week ago. Yes, the weird blotches are falling snow. So let us all imagine that’s what it looks like today as well.

Ah, well, who cares if it doesn’t?! The tree is decorated, the presents are all wrapped…. Now only the unwrapping part is still missing yet.

No, folks, I’m not confused about the day; I’m German. We exchange our gifts on Christmas Eve already. Traditionally after church (and possibly dinner, depending on the greediness/patience of the family), but nothing compells me to go there anymore. Still we keep to the approximate time.

Oh heck, blah, whatever.

Merry Christmas everyone!!!!!

*hugs everyone who doesn’t run away in time*

You know those kinds of days when you just can’t get off your ass to do anything productive?

The most exciting thing I did so far was wonder what I’ll do to my left thumb next. Hack it off maybe? Have hurt it in ugly ways for the second time within three days yesterday…
Maybe I could fry it for lunch then…. But, no, I couldn’t, could I?

Some okras maybe? Hhhhhm-hm, that sounds sticky, er, yummy.

Am listening to “Wenn du weinst” by Oomph! right now. It’s funny what two live gigs can do to you. Every time I hear this song I can’t help but see Dero’s manic pacing during those guitar parts in my mind’s eye….

Actually I’m listening to a lot of Oomph! songs these days.

… Which I think is much better than listening to Rammstein, like some people do…

und ich höre deinen Atem
und ich rieche deine Angst
ich kann nicht mehr länger warten
denn ich weiß, was du verlangst
Oomph! - Augen auf!

Augen auf, ich komme!

hast du heute schon geglaubt
und dir einen Gott erlaubt
hast du Gott heut’ umgebracht
und ihn danach neu erdacht
Oomph! - Tausend neue Lügen

(Julien, you’ll put in a good word for me if I’m violating copyright, eh? *bats eyes*)

So, Kid, are you reading this boring little blog on a regular basis, or only whenever I point you towards it?

Well, if you’ve become a regular, here’s a little something for you.

Well, ok, and for Maarten as well. (Do you remember the opening act, or does your brain shut down when thinking of them? *shivers*)

System of a Down…

… playing in Rotterdam

They also had some vocals going with “Aerials”.

Although I have to admit that the pictures’ quality suffers a lot by being reduced to such a low number of pixels…..

Aaaaactually I just feel like posting a lot of silly pictures, so….

… a belated…

… Happy Halloween…

… to all you freaks…

… out there!!!!!