Trying to get back on track with the reading updates. This is a copy of my check-in on thestoryinside.

Who was your buddy this month?
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Hello! This was my sort of comment-to-be-added-sticky-post for 2012.
It is now being saved as a list of the books I read this past year and as my first masterlist of artwork. You can find a fresh version on top of my LJ in 2013:)

ETA nov/dec2012: Regretfully I had to disable anonymous comments, due to the massive amount of spam that even CHAPTA ( Read more... )

If y'all lived near me, I would send you to my masseuse, because she is AWESOME \o/ Today I chose my regular massage, which is called "Time for yourself" and it was once again marvelous. Thanks to all the hassle at work it had been over six months since I last had a chance to visit her. Definitely too long. I made another appointment for next week ( Read more... )

*wipes sweat from brow* Oh my bob, I finally managed to write another bookreview! I even posted it, you can find it in my bookcommunity: Le Ton beau de Marot - In Praise of the Music of Language - Douglas R. HofstadterBeen working on the coding of my artpost all day yesterday, all I need now is the link to the story and I'm ready to go! All will be ( Read more... )

The john_w_bigbang is a go! My author and I aren't posting until March 31st, but until then my fellow participants are sharing a new story/art combo featuring either John Winchester (SPN) or Jeffrey Dean Morgan (RPS) every day. Go check it out!Another countdown for April 6... I had mentioned to brotherdearest that I was trying to find a way to visit London in ( Read more... )

Went to The Hague on Sunday with my mum, to visit brother Jaap, sister in law Gayleen and of course nephew Ruben. Guess whom I made the most photos of?

This little dude!

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Don't worry, not gonna picspam you with an overdose of cute, just one sample;)
( There is a link to more photos if you can't get enough; )

Work is a rollercoaster at the moment; yesterday I had managed to clear my desk, so this morning I had nothing to do. I figured I'd take advantage of the situation and asked the bossman if I could go home early. Of course then he remembered an assignment that had been lying around on his desk for a while, which wouldn't necessarily interfere with ( Read more... )

My mum came over tonight and she brought dinner \o/ Chicken in honey, with green peas and garlic/spring onion potatoes (with skin). So good. I took care of dessert: yoghurt mousse with tangerine. Also good.
After gushing over the latest pictures and a video of my adorable nephew online (look at that precious face!) we went up to my attic to ( Read more... )

Woohoo, it's Dutch Bookweek (Boekenweek), which means I will treat myself to two (2!) new books, because when you buy a Dutch novel this week*, you get a book for free! This year's gift is written by Belgian author Tom Lanoye. I really liked his book "Kartonnen Dozen" (Cardboard boxes), an autobiographical novel about his first teenage crush (on a ( Read more... )

Hello flist. This used to be my sort of comment-to-be-added-sticky-post, now it's my readinglist and final post of 2010 ( Read more... )