Posts from January, 2009

coke, the new water, milk

I.love.coke

Seriously, I do. I drink a lot of sugar-free coke. While I drink just about 3 liters of coke during winter, I can easily jug up to 5 liters during the summer. Some say I’m addicted, other call it ‘black poison’ — but I also smoke, so fuck you, but in a good way.

I also ride the bus home from work. It’s almost like a fetish, really. I love riding the bus, except for summer time, when people tend to stink harder. I love to just stand and make up life stories for people on the bus. It’s fun and it gives me something to do while I’m listening to my tunes. I met my current girlfriend on the bus and, some time ago, another girl used the bus to get to spend time with me. So, I love the bus.

The other day, I was riding the bus home. Normally I’d be standing up in my favourite spot on the bus, but it’s been a really tough week, so I sat down in my favourite seat on the bus. I was really enjoying ‘The Pot’ by Tool when the bus pulls in to its stop and a shabby looking man and his daughter get on the bus. They get on at the first door, I’m all the way in the back of the bus, in my favourite sitting spot. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted on the 10th of January, 2009 | Comments Off

All the best wishes!

Well, this year has gotten off on the right foot.

It seemed promising even from the first ticks, where I was not nearly drunk enough to ignore the utter lack of sentient beings around me, safe for a few people. Throughout the rest of that night, I’ve learned what family really means to me and that there’s a difference between shallow and plain stupid.

I don’t agree there’s a recession, not in the full sense of the word. It’s hard to believe that when I have to decide between two outstanding jobs. But if there were a recession, it would do us all a lot of good. Ads should get better, people that left to work abroad would come home, make some countries stronger, people would be buying more efficient cars — or stop buying cars all together — and we’d probably have a new media distribution system, a less costly one. So things are looking up for us, the little people.

I also have the promise of great Master’s Education, in the Netherlands, which is good any way you look at it. Opera 10 is going to come out this year, and I’m really looking forward to that. I’m just getting ready to burn a DVD with Windows 7 and try it out, so that’s another whole lot of excitement right there.
I also plan to improve my Python skills this year, and to catch up on my actionscript, something I’ve neglected in the past year.

On the audio side, I already have a lot of shows booked for this next year. AC/DC, Metallica and Oasis are just a few of the big names. Can’t wait to see them, and all the others I’ve no idea I will see, yet.

And to recap on what’s been going on since christmas — yes, me with my lowercase c again — I’ve spent as much time as I could with all the great, right people and I also managed to rest. Really, deeply rest.

2008 has been a great year for me, so it will be interesting to see, next December, how 2009 will kick its ass.

Have fun!

Posted on the 5th of January, 2009 | Comments Off