I had a 1000 things to tell but there s not one I remember at the moment

I installed some great software today.. Synergy!
Now I can use my keyb & mouse to operate my laptop. And with nothing more than some simple networking software. Its great, really!

I also HATE the cancel button on my DVD burner. Im sure now that my comp is too slow for real good burnin performance. Which came as a surprise. I knew I was under the sys reqs, but I just hadnt tought that it d matter! Anywho, viva that burnproof tech thingy!
I today canceled a DVD that had been burning for HOURS (not really hours, but it felt like hours!) with all my pictures & other personal stuff on. It hurt! So I threw away the DVD & reburnt it right now - what a biyatch

Mini's sick :( But she seems happy at her LotR DVDs! Extended versions & documentary stuff.. Nice!

Tomorrow ll be my last day at PizzaHut this year! And I'm EXTREMELY happy about that! I really need those exams so I wont have to work those hours anymore! I need some vacation

I need a snowboard vacation too, but that ll come later :/

Now sleep bc PH expects me tomorrow MORNING!

Lewis Black

GOTTA love this guy :)
Great, Simply GREAT!!

Definitely one of the ppl on my "Performers I'd like to see live but probably never will since the chances of them comming to Europe are about ZERO" - list!

Eccentric

That's how a teacher described me today at my internship meeting. We went to meet the company where we (me & my colleague, J) will be working between the 19th of February and May.

Teach: J is a fine (no, he actually said exemplary) student and Gert.. Well.. he's (Looks at me & says) Don't take this the wrong way .. eccentric

Online gigs!

For my 1001st post I d like to point you all to this great site.. It hosts live performances for renouned dutch music halls (this cant be the right word!)

Its really Great & look forward to seeing Spearhead tomorrow night! If only I remember! I probably will tough :) I'm now watching Nightwish, gonna check me out some Dimmu later.. Its amazing, really!

I also heard the StuBru "Whats This" version with Rios & Franti (and Kowlier if i'm not mistakin) and it sounds Super! I'm byuing that :)


Rapaces!

Have fun :)
G

1000 posts?

I just upgraded my blog to the new system while waiting for the laundry to finish( I'm SO tired of the laundry.. Its taking FOREVER! Agonising) New system looks nice tough I probably wont be using the labels system!

Anywho, its a glorious moment! This Very post is my 1000th post. Not 100th but Thousand! Its incredible :) And quite amazing. Who would have thought that? Something I started to try some new software I found. This has really been a sanctuary of thoughts. A very private image of my persona, publicly available on the Internet.. You d be amazed at how few ppl read this crap :) Although I d probably be as surprised at how many people DO read this CRAP :)

So here it is. Some people would probably have a slightly more interesting post, but .. that's just not the case :)

1000 posts.. In .. what is it now? (22-02-04 till 11-12-06) 2 years, 9 months and about 20 days! Not bad if I dare say so myself. So maybe I should mail some people about this. But I wont ;) 1000 d be a great number to stop too.. But I wont do that either :) Maybe at 2000? or 10000...






Yes, its a Glorious moment! My 1000th blog post :)

Misfits Tattoo

I told some people at the Hatebreed concert about this tat and the fact that it's quite usettling. I can take a lot of things, but realising that a person got this slightly disturbing and extremely permanent picture etched to his face is .. hard.

This is ofcourse from Modblog and Shannon really puts this feeling to words..
"I really think this is the most intense facial tattoo I’ve ever seen in terms of radically transforming a person’s interaction with the rest of the world… and speaking as someone with a facial tattoo, I definitely feel like this is going to be a shock to his system. Very, very intense"


This image obviously took some other people by the proverbial balls too..


and the other way around

V for Vendetta

A wonderful movie :) Gotta love it!

What I didn't realise is the amount of critique it would lead to..

Things like ..
"In addition to being entirely anti-Christian, it tries to portray Evey, V, and the lesbian woman as being "Godly." The lesbian said that "God was in the rain," something repeated by Evey later on. V said that he, like God, doesn't believe in coincidences. How they could possibly even claim to believe in God and still think that it's okay for effeminate men to cuddle next to each other in bed was what disgusted me the most. It would have been better if I could just dismiss the movie as having been made by atheists (which it probably was), instead of seeing God painted with the face of Satan." (Source)

and further from there..
"However, like all movies coming from Hollywood in recent years, it soon became the typical pro-homosexual, anti-Christian garbage that the American public is being indoctrinated with." (“V for Vendetta” Pro-Homosexual, Anti-Christian Garbage)


..

The reason I "googled" (omg I hope they don't add this one to the dictionary :/) this is because of the incredible speech at one moment. I wanted to read it to see if it was applicable to the lack of political (or any) activity that appears to be typical for my generation! My generation seems to take Anything up the arse, without any protest at all. The student protests that drove our parents to the streets are unimaginable these days. My generation simply Does NOT care enough to stand up to what is shoved up their throats. And I am certainly one of those. I simply don't believe in protest. I do not believe that my to protesting anything will have change for result! And this is not an active belief, it just comes .. natural. Conviction might be the right word.. The only explanation is that I simply grew up seeing everyone protest and nobody caring a hoot about it. (They didn't stop Vietnam because of the hippies - and now those hippies are now following along the same lines)

anywho, here s the speech.. I thought it would be applicable to what I am talking about here.. But it isn't so entirely!
"Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of every day routine- the security of the familiar, the tranquility of repetition. I enjoy them as much as any bloke. But in the spirit of commemoration, thereby those important events of the past usually associated with someone's death or the end of some awful bloody struggle, a celebration of a nice holiday, I thought we could mark this November the 5th, a day that is sadly no longer remembered, by taking some time out of our daily lives to sit down and have a little chat
There are of course those who do not want us to speak. I suspect even now, orders are being shouted into telephones, and men with guns will soon be on their way. Why? Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, think, and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillence coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well, certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be? War, terror, disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you, and in your panic you turned to the now High Chancellor, Adam Sutler. He promised you order, he promised you peace, and all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent. Last night I sought to end that silence.
Last night I destroyed the Old Bailey, to remind this country of what it has forgotten. More than four hundred years ago a great citizen wished to embed the fifth of November forever in our memory. His hope was to remind the world that fairness, justice, and freedom are more than words, they are perspectives. So if you've seen nothing, if the crimes of this government remain unknown to you, then I would suggest you allow the fifth of November to pass unmarked. But if you see what I see, if you feel as I feel, and if you would seek as I seek, then I ask you to stand beside me one year from tonight, outside the gates of Parliament, and together we shall give them a fifth of November that shall never, ever be forgot." (Wikiquote)

I also have to say.. that I realise that I am quite wrong in my behaviour. Things are being decided, decisions that affect me. I do not agree with a lot of them. And even tough I do not believe my protest will make any difference.. I owe it to myself and my friends to try and do something about the things I (and many others) believe wrong!


I can only hope that this meek generation will decide to finally stand up. Or all we will have left in a few years will be people saying "yes" to anyone and zealots (religious or other) forcing their deranged and extreme ideas up to anyone. (although I doubt it will be "forcing" since the others will be taking it volountarily)
But hasn't this been said many times before? And might our current state (condition) not be a fear once uttered by a now old man? In fear of losing any credibility - 1984!


Politics degraded to extremists fighting over which insane doctrine is best.
It might come to that. And it IS up to us

I just LOVE this tat!!

Ashes, my dear friend!

Its good to be back

It was an awfull 4 days, these last days, but I'm finally back. This last week, I was completely and utterly unable to acces my computer, my personal sites (which I run on my linux box and contain my work and personal data) and anything else on any of my computers.

This is no problem whatsoever if it werent that I have such a Heap of work to do. 4 days of just having to lie around, unable to work to reach those deadlines.. Horible!

And now im back! I can finally continue my work en further enjoy my collection of music & other stuff (curse the lack of space that forces me to leave all my CDs in Lede :/)


Now Work!


Shelli.. Thot? Pics are comming ;)

aha! I was Right about who neyven is :)

Batcountry!

But also..

Ring of Doom trouble

They re putting in new windows these days.. The works were planned on monday & tuesday, but apparently there are problems and they neer another day.. or more..

So its more days of camping for us. No problem there if it werent that I need my computers for school (np there, I can use Vi's - Thankx luv ;)) and RoD.. And the problem lies with the last.. I need my laptop for my emails (I can check them online if needed), I need my normal desktop for the latest Player data and I need my server for all my RoD data. Which means Im grounded at the moment! I cant work on the things I need to do before eurhm Thursday! So if they dont finish by tomorrow, I'll have to set up some of my equiptment in our camping site! And that WONT be nice :/

Its sweet to have that much feedback ;) tough I wonder who exactly my fan from antwerp is.. :p I have a clue, but..

And I desperately need to call Wietie.. She thinks Im angry at her for some reason & I need to set that straight..

bweugh