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# list 03'10'26 14:30

Things I've done this week:

Met Gigi in real life after two years of emailing - very intense, the meeting is still in progress. update: yum, pancakes.
Drove the Autobahn for the first time.
Finished my house. It is in colours I chose now, lighting is much better, the new mattress I ordered finally arrived thursday. My friend Dianne who helped me plan and brainstorm about the whole thing saw the end result Saturday and was amazed - 'it is male and warm at the same time!'. Now that's a compliment. And now I am ready to let it go.
Let go my dream of being an artist, whether a singer, a photographer or a writer.
...and then met the Dutch Lennon (or McCartney, depending on your viewpoint), Hennie Vrienten at the bakery and talked raison bread and the excellent bargain that is their organic chocolat chip cookies. Nothing more. I didn't need to tell him I recognized him, no need to tell him "I'm a singer, too!". Sweet, simple, quiet.
Seen miracles happen. Seen people I've know very well for a long time change - making the quantum leap. I don't know what it is I'm seeing actually, just that it is very, very real.
Found my goal in life. To break the cycle of birth and death.

# Testify to love 03'10'24 08:23

Wynonna Judd - Testify to love

Every color of the rainbow
All the voices of the wind
Every dream that reaches out
That reaches out to find where love begins
Every word of every story
Every star in every sky
Every corner of creation lives to testify

For as long as I shall live
I will testify to love
I'll be a witness in the silences
When words are not enough
With every breath I take
I will give thanks to God above
For as long as I shall live
I will testify to love

From the mountains to the valleys
From the rivers to the seas
Every hand that reaches out
Every hand that reaches out to offer peace
Every simple act of mercy
Every step to kingdom come
All the hope in every heart will speak
what love has done

[for Milena!]

# Let's make one 03'10'09 08:44 link

"How are you feeling today?", he asks first.
"What's your plan for tomorrow?"
If the person doesn't have a plan, Briggs says, "Well, let's make one. If it doesn't work out, you can always come back here later."

Jumpers (The New Yorker).

He'd written a note and left it on his bureau. It said, "I'm going to walk to the bridge. If one person smiles at me on the way, I will not jump."

# Against landfill culture 03'10'03 11:51 link

This guy totally gets it - the subtle beauty, up to the packaging. Lick me, I'm a macintosh.

# blur^2 03'10'03 10:12

Two good articles on Blur this week.
From The Observer Music Monthly: long interview with the three Blurs. "Pop is not about manifestos. It's about punchlines."
And in The Independent: Alex James' amusing take on Moscow. "like New York before Giuliani made everyone go to bed. "

# Impostered 03'10'02 14:37 link

WTF? Just changed my name, and the first imposter shows up. A bad cut'n paste job, ok, and great, Freak rhymes with Driek, yesverycleverthankyouverymuchhowveryfunnyimshure. Worse still is being named after a Koot & Bie character from the era when they were not quite funny anymore, Ouch.

That'll teach me to mix bukkake references with tiger balm. Well, on my blog at least. In real life, well, let's just say as long as you avoid the eyes... (you don't want to hear about this weekend. Or maybe you do, but you won't.)