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Dropped by at the Summer Darkness festival in Utrecht on Saturday. I could have gone the full three days, but to be honest most acts I wanted to see were there on Saturday, so why pay 30 euros more for a few acts I've seen before and could do without seeing again right now?

We got to the city at about 14:00, got our passes,...
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So, it's been a month since my last entry here. It's not that I've been that busy or that life has conspired to lure me away from the computer. I've still seen all the sets go by, muttered over that godawful flash crap they had on the frontpage and kept up with the PSW group. I've just not been in a mood to post really....
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So...for those of you watching out there (yes, I mean you, grandma), the position of 'girl' has just been filled. As of last night I am officially off the meat market.

It's been a long time since I've felt what I'm feeling now and I can only hope I'll feel it for a long time to come.

Stage 1 of my remodelling scheme has started, and after only 18 months of habitation too! At this rate I should have the whole apartment the way I envision it in under 30 years! Woohoo!

I closed up the glass and wood division between my bedroom and the livingroom. Somehow the idea of my son leaving his room in the middle of the night and...
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So I failed my driving test today. Which means I get to shell out a further $250.00 for lessons while I wait for the next opportunity to get my license.

This of course adds to the total thusfar spent, something in the order of $2000.00.

As you can imagine, I am anything but happy. I kicked the holy crap out of a poor basement wall...
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Lately, things have been up and they have been down. Life doesn't seem to know what it prefers.

Up:

1. My three year-old is still as cute as a button and amazes me with tales of knights and robots battling it out over a simple matter of replacement batteries. I kid you not.

2. My job is finally gaining some momentum, with new responsibilities...
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Two weeks ago my brother tried to wrap himself and his Audi A4, the pride of his life, around a tree. Apparently one of his front wheels slipped into the shoulder en caused him to lose control of the car. He flipped over repeatedly on the horizontal axis before coming to a stop.

Luckily nothing was wrong with him apart from a few simple stitches...
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I am a total quiz whore.

I live for random linguistically challenged internet users to tell me which carebear I am, what type of chocolate cake, what subterranean fungus, what style of medieval underwear, the color of my hypothetical goldfish's aura, the contents of my stomach, how long my penis is compared to Stalin's and of course what dead US President's dog I am. All...
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I'm back and I'm missing the States already.

Still, being gone for four weeks is hell if you've got a cute little three year-old sitting at home that you can only talk to on the phone and then only if he feels like it.

On the upside, I had a blast in Austin and Santa Cruz, not to mention Portland.

Thanks to the hospitality of...
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I might be able to put up pics of my 99.9% finished three quarter sleeve before I leave for the US on Tuesday morning. I might.

If not...well...you're not exactly going to be traumatized, are you?

Anyway, as might be clear from that little nugget of information above, I'm going to be in the US for almost four weeks. The first week will be spent...
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