French?

Ive been thinking to change my blog to french.. If anyone has any objections, speak nor or shatap forever ;)

What can I say, What can I say.. I should go to bed but I'm still to revved up from studying, what CAN I say!

*Sigh* My HD is filled to the brim :/ I already went on a deleting spree, but.. :/

And I Tought the S man to fish today - Allright! He wasnt very interested in the fish tough :s Pitty, would ve been nice!



And a HAPPY BDay To FRUIT!!!! (cfr previous post)
She doesnt look a day over 29! :D
hehe
X X X









& now off to bed :)

Your Fav Fruit On The Web - Doesnt everybody like Strawberries? :D

Your Fav Fruit On The Web: "About My Blog's Title
You might wonder why the fav fruit & the strawberries thing.. Long long time ago, I was too stupid to make my own blog. (Don't ask..), so Gennie made it for me. Since my nick at the time was Aardbij, which means something like earthbee, but sounds the same as aardbei, which means strawberry, I became Fav Fruit.. In short, I didn't make it up myself!"

Hehe - There s a piece of history in here! Cute! :)
I just love the fact that she put it up there, on the main template, to be displayed on each page! Lol!

nice picture too!

Another loathesome moment..

Another loathsome exam.. Im going in tomorrow with No chance whatsoever. In studying I even more realized I dont have a single chance in passing tomorrow. I need a 100% on that exam to pass, so the chances werent that fat either way! Its simply Another math exam :( Arse :( Altough this time its under the flag of AI. Interesting, but in the bud, its no more or less.. MATH :/

Anywho.. That ll be September! I will have to do some math about rent & stuff about that :)

I look forward to having a nice glass of whiskey Thursday evening! And I also look forward to the exam preceding that nice & stiff drink :)
It ll be a fun exam & one at which I'll actually have a chance! And Ive got 2 days between that one & this one, so I'll be able to prepare it better than anything else :) Yaaay

yaaaaaaaaaaaay


& I want to buy the Aeon Flux series DVDs! I need it :) Its such a GREAT series.. I NEED IT :) hehe No, seriously, I want it


& I almost bought myself a Wii tomorrow! (yeah yeah, I know, time verbs blah) But then I realised €60 a game.. I think Ill wait till next year, when I'm scooping buckets of money in my high end IT job (or at least thats how it ll be if my dreams are correct)

And now its Time For Bed With Mini :) Yum! naked mini.. she just walked by :) Hihi :) .. I do love her!

Hunter s Thompson on Tim Russert (YouTube)

"*Sighs* .. Oh God.. explain.." - HsT

Super :) he keeps cracking me up :) And says some smart things.. Another nice interview:)

Ex Drummer

Contrary to my Blog Philosophy, a mostly dutch post.. Its about a Belgian movie by a weird writer that turned out quite controversial.. Check youtube if you want in ;) Small thing I just realized - totally on the side.. is that blogging in English, while maybe a weird choice, has aided my English skills in unfathomable ways. Maybe I should blog in French for some years, to get an at least decent level in French too!

Anywho,
Check out Ex Drummer! Apparently there s people who love it & people who hate it!

Het mooie kotsende publiek
"'Plat, gratuit en weerzinwekkend' of 'gedurfd, rauw en grensverleggend'? 'Ex Drummer', de controversiële film-naar-het-Brusselmansboek verdeelt het Vlaamse filmjournaille in twee kampen. Sta ons toe dat wij ons, nog licht nakokhalzend, aansluiten bij de eerste groep. Maar uiteraard bieden we regisseur Koen Mortier graag de kans om zich te verantwoorden voor het spoor van bloed, kwijl en sperma dat hij door de Vlaamse bioscopen trekt." - Focus Knack

Herman (Brusselmans, the writer) Himself was happy with it all, when asked about it in an article about the movie..

"Het is geen vrolijke of leuke film geworden, verre van. Maar net om die reden ben ik er wreed content over." - Focus Knack

The movie has an interesting Youtube page.. exdrummerbe
With a Trailer (the text are quotes from the Flemish commission for movie grants.. They werent all that positive..) and some 5 excerpts. Its all Incredibly amusing :) I had a hard time not to laugh! (which I cant since Mini is sleeping & I dont want to wake her.. Sleep is sacred :) & she s sooo cute)

Ex Drummer also has a visually very attractive (yet incredibly weird) homepage .. http://www.exdrummer.com/ with an interesting Press section!
And for those who care also a Myspace page (I could not care less - By god how I loathe that whole myspace thing.. Tough I guess.. its a nice thing. Maybe Ive grown too old for that kinda crap! although I simply LOVE youtube!)

Ex drummer has been invited to the Rotterdam & Göteborg film festival..




It ll be in belgian cinemas 31/01/07
I cant wait to see it :)

I should sleep now :(

I just finished learning tomorrows exam & .. I actually need to get to bed
problem is.. I just finished! So if I lie down NOW (next to my Yummie Vi) I wont sleep for the next 30m

So now I'm going to try to relax in the next 10m & then fall asleep Immediately! Lets hope it works coz I need my sleep :/

Im So tired of these exams :) 3 more to go!


Im glad Ive got todays behind me! Difficult bugger!


And after the exams I will probably try living a bit healthier! Less candy & other junk And more sports and the like! No guaranty about the sports, but I'm laying off the junk for At Least a week! & depending on how it feels, maybe even longer!

"I snowboard, I can take pain."

A quote from a BME septum experience
Gotta love the Snowboard scene :)

The pain unites the snowboarding community - lol
no, seriously.. Its not SM, its just a painful learning curve :) And everyone did it so we can all relate - hehe

Nintendo Game & Watch

This was THE hot stuff when I was a child..

PORTABLE COMPUTER GAMES!! Nintendo Game&Watch They were all so cool! There were the normal ones, Supernice.. and the clam-shell model ones. The later ones were simply too cool! Owning one of those, being able to play one of those at ANY time? Beyond cool!

I owned Balloon fight (Man, I LOVED that game, I still do.. tough I dont have it anymore :( ) Parachute (hehe), Octopus and Chef! I just LOVE balloon fight :) Later I also got Multi Screen Mario Bross!!


But those games couldnt touch the Complexity.. The Pure EVILNESS of Zelda! Zelda was So Incredibly amazing, you just DIED if you werent able to play it!! Imagine my luck being able to borrow it! Hot Damn, I played that one for HOURS!

I also liked the Micro VS System but I just couldnt afford those :/ I always got them on vacation! Every year in some idyllic foreign location, I would get one of those lil bundles of Bliss!

5 years ago, I discovered a pocket remake of zelda I think it was. A small mini version, made by nintendo. I ofcourse Immediately bought it! My luck tough.. I borrowed it to a friend and the sod was so stupid as to burn down his enire room.. Clothes, bed, computer, Everything.. And .. worst of all .. My GAME :'( Ofcourse its extremely tragic for him.. But IT COST ME MY GAME :'( :'( I hope I can find those again, one day :( Or play a collection of those games on my DS :) That d be SuperAwesome!!!


THIS was the Exact version of Balloon Fight I owned!! I really need to look for it ASAP (although I remember doing so & failing to find it)



(& on other news.. I discovered FireFox checks for American English, instead of English english.. small difference you say? Yes, but annoying at times! Happened to me some posts ago.. "I am SURE I wrote this word correctly (learnt) .. oooh, its the English version (learnt) & not the American one (learned) !!")

Sleep now

I was afraid of tomorrow s exam
but im not anymore.. yaay
I actually look forward to it :)

I only hope my bag can take the ENORMOUS amount of junk i'm putting in :/

Schandalous Update

Incredible! I just discovered a small part of the new Internet Explorer 7 update!

Amazing, Simply AMAZING! This time they went too far! Each time I open an executable on my comp I have to click a button to confirm I REALLY want to. Now now, its possible to disable this EXTREMELY ANNOYING function.. AT THE COST OF MORE SHIT! Either I take the confirmation each time I open something or I have to endure a warning label while surfing the internet. One of those yellow bars, drawing attention..

Once again i'm GLAD I Dont use IE, but Firefox instead!

Another Incredibly DUMB move by MS! By god, I look forward to switching back to Linux! At least I can control my own machine then!

Frothed Milk

I made myself a latte with my Expresso Machine.. And if Id only made the coffee a bit stronger it d have been GREAT! :)

Previously Frothed Milk always failed.. We knew it was due to the milk we used but.. somehow I started doubting the machine too.. But now I tried with the right milk & some sugar (I've been waiting for cane sugar all year long.. cane sugar, yum!) and It WORKED :) Heavenly :D

I feel like getting a second one but I learnt the hard way I shouldnt.. :/ Its a pity. But I'll get some more tomorrow :) With a stronger brew this time.

Hernando's Hideaway

Hernando's Hideaway

I know a dark secluded place
A place where no one knows your face
A glass of wine a fast embrace
It's called...Hernando's Hideaway...OLÉ

All you see are silhouettes
And all you hear are castanets
And no one cares how late it gets
Not at Hernando's Hideaway...OLÉ

At the Golden Fingerbowl or any place you go
You can meet your Uncle Max and everyone you know
But if you go to the spot that I am thinking of
You will be free...to gaze at me
And talk of love

Just knock three times and whisper low
That you and I were sent by Joe
Then strike a match and you will know
That you're in Hernando's Hideaway...OLÉ

ooohh yeah!
move over here a little closer...
mmmmm....
HEY!

Oh just knock three times and whisper low
That you and I were sent by Joe
Then strike a match and you will know
That you're in Hernando's Hideaway.

The Snatch Soundtrack is simply AMAZING!

Walking down a street, sipping piña colada

I can just SEE this.. Me.. a street.. a stiff drink..

A fresh Strawberry Margeritta I just bought off some foreign guy's booze stand, the sun blazing and some band playing salsa or whatever


I really feel like going on a serious Summer Vacation. Decadence all the way, booze, beaches, the sea, .. Hell yeah


I really feel like surfing this summer! My only hope is they ve got a bar on the beach serving well made & cold cocktails! aait!

Re: In this era of amateur translations

Fruit said..

"Not everyone's level of English is as high as yours, though I'm pretty sure many people think their English is perfect, while it's really not at all..

Arrogant pricks.."

.. This sounds like an insult :s Im not Trying to be stuck up about it.. but I just cant help being amazed at how poor some of those translations are!
And I dont consider my "level of English" to be So "high" :/

And I dont want to be Arrogant either :'(

In this era of amateur translations

of movies, series and whatnot.. Its incredible to read what some people dare write!

The Most Evil en Piss BAD translations! Dont these people read what they write? Do they really think that, for example, when a person says to another "see to my house" they really mean "To look", "To see" instead of "care for"?

Its amazing!
Its sad :(

SLEEP

its Soo late :(

YouTube - Lonelygirl15

This is quite genius.. A mystery series in the format of a Video Blog. With no clue to if its real or not :)


Genius! On my English exam I wrote about technology & the fact that if we wanted to, we could take a step back from society & watch what a certain tech did to it.. This is one of those amazing consequences! Cameras, readily available to anyone, combined with high speed internet and YouTube!


I might start watching this!

Im in a drawing mood

& it shows on my dev art activity! (Y'all say High Heels)

If I had the time I'd even scan it & ink it (get to learn some more illustrator in the process) but I dont so I wont (or at least I hope I wont :/)

Sleep now!

I finally did some work on my ampache installation..

I installed another skin & tinkered with it so it suits my needs

& I installed XSPF (well, actually the XSPF Web Music Player) & changed some code as described on the ampache forum Howto: embedded flash based player (xspf) with small personal modifications. (to accommodate for another path than scripted)

And it works, Yaay!

Norah Jones

It took me a week to find her in my collection! I knew I had 2cds of a brilliant female artist & I first thought I was thinking about Joss Stone, but I soon realized I wasn't!

& now, after going trough most of my collection, I found her! Norah Jones :) Yaay! (and there was much rejoicing)

Gratis

I'm extremely glad that I was able to incorporate the word "Gratis" into my english exam.. why? bc its an english word thats originally Dutch. hehe (I also wanted to put "gratuitous" in but.. that d have been a stretch

We had to write a text. It was quite ok. I wrote about technology being thrown out there by corporations for the public to find a use for it. With the camera & goofy home videos as first example and the cell cameras as a second one (of which we have all but seen the consequences) - Its an ok text. It ll probably get me enough points to safely pass! Now I can only hope I didnt put in too many spelling mistakes! :/

Its good that I realized this (cfr "problem about school" post)
I feel slightly less frustrated again! I just finished studying English & .. I might take the day off :) I wont, I want to start another course I desperately need to see to, but it feels good to be clean ready for tomorrow's exam! Lets just hope I get a decent nights sleep tonight!

Curse that system (coz no, proving that you master those few more bits the system requires of you isnt worth the shit! Its just Not worth while)

The BIG Awfull problem with school is

that its SO general they just teach everybody everything.


This may sound logical but you have to consider the consequences! Learning everyone everything AND making grades dependent on "being there", "doing exercises", .. This all just makes it Incredibly DULL for those who already know what they re teaching!

Thus punishing people for whatever they already know but the system doesn't expect em to. Punishing people who know anything out of the ordinary. Killing all and any motivation to do ANYTHING!



I HATE THIS SYSTEM

yeah.. Im having a FINE day

*sigh*

I loathe the next 3 to 5 hours

I loathe the fact that I'm going there with that little a chance!

But at least it speaks to my character that I'm doing it instead of not going at all, like I did last year for that 3rd year exam (which I still find to be a good decision, no doubt there, but sleeping in was also the easy way)

I could go to sleep Right Now & not miss all that much
Oh how I would like to do that! :/

But I wont!
I'm pretty good at persuading myself to do stuff I don't like :/




I had an awful night o sleep tonight :(

I'm So TIRED of those exams!

Seriously!

Its only my first tomorrow
& I'm going for a FREAKY 3 weeks
and I'm So Incredibly Tired of all that school shit!

Tasks, other crap, ..
its amazing

& instead of having some time off at the hut, They re low on personnel and I cant get any time off! (wtf? is personnel with double n? viva the new Firefox spell checker - I guess)

I AM kinda looking forward to these coming exams tough.. I just loathe this one. I Know that I'll fail this course and.. I d rather not know when I'm about to. Yet there are Some courses I wont fail or at least have a chance to not fail & I'm quite looking forward to passing those!

(oogie is a fun word!)
By God! The new FF 2.0.. its the SECOND time this crap crashes on me! I Desperately need a bug fix for that. And I cant find how to turn "talkback" on again.

What also irks me is that I have this GREAT idea for a "Web 2.0" thingy (to use the new Popular term..) Problem is I don't have ANY time to make it happen. And I recon I'm probably not the only person with this idea! And I fear that by the time I'll find be able to do this, "the other guy" will have realized it. And .. I don't feel like giving it away & have no clue on how to quicken my project! its OOGIE!


Anywho, I need to unwind!
& then I need to get to bed!



I'll be a happy man when I finally get that diploma! Happy & Tired!

Which Super Villain are you? Results

You are 79% Magneto
You fear the persecution of those that are different or underprivileged so much that you are willing to fight and hurt others for your cause.


You are 73% Venom
Strength, disguise and adrenaline are your greatest weapons.


71% Apocalypse
70% Dr. Doom
62% Riddler
61% Poison Ivy
61% Dark Phoenix
60% The Joker
..


Click here to take the "Which Super Villain am I?" quiz...



AAit!

Salmon Papillote

Yeah, I'm a new cellphone cam owner - lol.. And I take pics of the weirdest stuff! I said it for ages.. It ll be a painful time when I get my first camera enabled phone & .. its turning out to be true! This is the preparation of the Wonderful meal I just had! It was lovely! The pure taste of that salmon.. DAMN!

The preparations.


Fish & vegetables (Tomatoes & Carots in small pieces, altough they ll never be in long enough to get soft)


Add enough wine & herbs (& some water too)


Close it up & Put it in a 200°c oven for 15 minutes


Take it out (Since our oven is an ancient gas contraption, it was in for 18m or so at 250 and .. read on :)) & Watch out coz its hot - tough aluminum paper doesnt heat that much.. the content does!


Open carefully. Watch out for steam! Drain the fluid if you want (tough there s a lot of taste in there!)


Halfway trough eating it & DAMN it was NICE! The fish was just right. Cooked but not too much! Amazing! (Altough next time I'll probably leave it in longer, untill the fish really falls apart. It should be nice too)


Be happy :D


& Have a coffee (Espresso, coffee from Kenia, sided with a Belgian Côte d'Or chocolate!) :)


I thought of this recipe while I was shopping for something easy & tasty. I wanted something I could just slide in the oven & be done with. But something I could make myself so no TV diner crap! So I made this :) Lovely! And now that its tried & approved, I can make it for Me & Vi some other time :)

T Bourgondische leven zoals da ze t in Belgie zeggen (Poor translation: I like to dine heartily; The French/Burgundy way of life; ..)



Now in case any lawsuit crazy american reads this.. Dont try this, you wont be able to make this Extremely easy recipe and WILL Injure or Kill yourself and loved ones in the process! And CERTAINLY dont come crying to me over it since I just warned you! (*sigh* warnings are SO incredibly and redundantly stupid sometimes)

I'm quite psyched, amped, ..
I forgot to eat a while too long & now im in hyper mode

I did get some food into my stomach some 15m ago, so I expect the feverish energy to subside any time now! I also bought some Great stuff to put me a meal together! Salmon with fresh veggies in the oven (papillotte in dutch & french, but no clue to what it d be in english - probably the same)

anywho.. I'm going to stuff it now & thus quit blogging .. NOW

Are You Ready?

What to do to prepare for a chemical or biological attack

* Assemble a disaster supply kit (see the “Emergency Planning and Disaster Supplies” chapter for more information) and be sure to include:
* Battery-powered commercial radio with extra batteries.
* Non-perishable food and drinking water.
* Roll of duct tape and scissors.
* Plastic for doors, windows and vents for the room in which you will shelter in place—this should be an internal room where you can block out air that may contain hazardous chemical or biological agents. To save critical time during an emergency, sheeting should be pre-measured and cut for each opening.
* First aid kit.
* Sanitation supplies including soap, water and bleach.

So THATS where that joke came from.. Duct tape to save yourself from Mustard Gas (Yperite)


Go watch some tv!

My newest toys on a pile

or heap if you want

Vi & Me

Vi & Me
Originally uploaded by d4g3n0q.

Another Forest trip, Me & Vi, getting ready for some more fun :)

Or at least thats what I tought it was. Apparently, THIS is a picture of where we almost all died :) We had gone off piste & suddenly found ourself on a very steep mountain descent with not all that much snow. A forest actually. Quite unexpected since the whole trip started off as a run I'd done several times before on my own! Problem was one of them went too far and missed a Crucial turn :) Left of the trail instead of the right we had to take! A scary part for people on their first and second week. And a scary one for me too.. Feeling responsible for those newbies :)

Remembering this moment, I love the picture even more. It was a heavy experience but the feelings were and memories are Great!


A fond memory.. The first picture I feel like putting everywhere :) On my cell background, and somewhere else too :) I'll upload a pic once I have it.

GSM

I got me a new Nokia 6103 phone..


with a Nokia BH-200 Bluetooth play thingy



To replace my 3 and a half year old, trustworthy Nokia 3510i


(omfg; blogger seems to awfully STRETCH these small pics to a MUCH BIGGER version.. Sorry bout that)

& Mini got herself a Nokia 5200.. An advanced machine capable of almost anything except making coffee!



Getting a new phone was really about time. My old one was far due for retirement. I'm not throwing it out tough.. I feel like keeping this one :)

2007

This might be a moment of .. reflection.
Its been a year now. One year ago. What did I learn since then?

I learnt some about limits
I learnt some about .. people. I trust to easily. I tended to give people too much credit & I'm in some difficult situations because of that. But that's what lessons cost!
Some about my own too.. I have a limited patience for incompetence. Although its still quite big.. Limited! Although I should really put some of that to action. There s enough and enough is ..
Some more about what I should expect from other people! :)

life's lessons - they all come at a cost


I need to start writing some stories. All I really need is time.. Time!
And a new blog! A new place where I can write what I think without knowing that a lot of people WILL read it. This place used feel private. But I've been too chatty about it & now I cant write what I need anymore. My name isn't on here anywhere but I'm quite sure that if needed it could be found out.. traced. And I seriously need to VENT some shit. Yet I don't feel like giving up this history. These bits, bytes and letters are a part of me. (sickly sweet, no :/) I never planned on this getting so big. Getting this attached but here I am at this very moment .. omitting to it.. again.

"committing to it.. again." somehow this part disturbs me. It keeps on ringing in my head. What does it mean. Does it really mean what I fear it does. That I am dependent on this? That I am dependent on anything? Addicted.
We cant have that :) I obviously have a problem with The Permanent Record! Because that's part of the problem.. Or .. no.. That's part of the problem but not in the way I meant when I just wrote it. I do feel I can use a permanent record. Permanent records are OK. Yet I might have to go private on it. But CAN I do this. Ive been thinking about this for quite a while. Move this to privacy & backup daily. Even off the net, why not. Every decent man with something to say should have one. Not that I think this drivel to be interesting or even important, but I believe I do have .. something to say once in a while :)

Apparently I have a happy & concentrated look on my face while writing. Mini just woke up for a second.. sweet! I'm writing the funniest typos right now. I should reread this! but I wont since I never do :) (Viva Spell checkers though!)

I have a certain feeling about this all that annoys me. but again I wont go into details here


The fact of this matter is in the end that I use this blog to straighten my head & spew out a lot of my thoughts. Another fact is that I simply have a lot of shit to tell that I don't feel like putting this weight on anyone. Too much gibberish, too much madness!

The Rum Diary

Exciting!

This might be the best thompson book I read so far.. And since I almost read 'em all..

The whole book is quite a thrill and has a perfect ending. Its quite amazing. Got to love this book. The ending is amazing. I wont talk about it in detail, but .. ...

An amazing book!