This morning I almost was late for class because of a parking problem. I could not fit my bike anywhere near the station, and I have missed trains before due to not being able to park my bike ( Read more... )

( To Amsterdam )

Yesterday I bought myself an executive-style agenda in black leather look with 2006 written on it in silver. One day per page, with very serious looking time-table rules, black and white. Not embellished in any way ( Read more... )

Dear people of the municipality ( Read more... )

Dramatis personae:

M: your somewhat absent-minded host for this evening
SG: some guy who is looking for love in all the wrong places

o0o0o{ Once upon a time... }o0o0o

M: *dials wrong number* "Hello, is this (...Bander...)?"

SG: "No, it's the cafe of FC Boszoom."

M: "Excuse me, I didn't hear you, this isn't the number of (...Bander...)?"

SG: "Well, are ( Read more... )

( Lentil soup, part one )

Usually I am Maartje, just Maartje, and I like being that. For a year I was Ma-rutche, making Japanese ladies giggle as they tried to get my name right. On line I used to be Ichiko, but nowadays I`m usually Nichiran; on ICQ I`m Cinnamon, after omitting the `sweet` that went before it. To discordians I am pope Nichiran I, keeper of the slightly ( Read more... )

Well, I still have a book about this sin I wanted to read ( Read more... )

I had bought a little can of foam. The foam, a bright shade somewhere between vermillion and magenta, was supposed to be used as hair dye, and I had bought it more or less on impulse. I had been wanting to dye my hair a new colour for some time, but never did ( Read more... )

Just wondering, is anybody here into anything like astrology, tarot, numerology or anything vaguely `divinatory`? Do you believe in it, do you practice it yourself? Do you do it even though you think it`s silly?