Project365: 239 – 245 (Week 36)

Last week didn’t have a theme. Except maybe: close-up / makro…

2010-01-30

Project365: 232 – 238 (Week 35)

I already seem to be recovering from the nasty cold. At least my nose isn’t as stuffed as it was 2 days ago. I’ve got a light cough now as well, so I hope the infection not just moved from the upper respiratory system to the other :-) Earlier today I was able to start working on the presentation, I keep mentioning and complaining about, but then procrastination won once more. The good thing is, I’ve already finished my Grey’s review and after I’ve posted the last batch of project365 photos, there shouldn’t really anything left to distract me from the work I have to do. We’ll see about that…

I took another week of this project in January, so these start on January 23rd. These photos have a theme… I’m sure you’ll figure out what it is :-)

2010-01-23

Grey’s Anatomy 6.13 – “State of Love and Trust”

Wow, that was another enjoyable Grey’s episode. What a surprise… Ok, I should stop being cynical, because I really did enjoy this episode. Lowering my expections seems to work wonders on my perception of Grey’s Anatomy.

I’m so so sick of this weather!!

If I could I would definitely be hibernating till the end of March. I’m so so sick of this weather. I usually love snow. As long as it stays white and fluffy. But as soon as the cars drive through it or people walk over the snowcovered earth, the winter wonderland starts to disolve. Add a rise in temperatures, partially melted snow, new snow/rain and it all turns into just one big nasty mess! Ugh! Hate, hate, hate it today!

The stress of the business trip last week might have shot my immune system, because since I got back on Sunday I’ve got a nasty cold. I stopped counting how many Kleenex I already needed today and the day isn’t over yet. This all of course messes with my plan to keep working on that presentation, I have to give in 10 days. I just can’t concentrate on that at the moment, especially not after a day at work and getting back home on public transport in this nasty weather. Today I obviously couldn’t even remember which metro line I have to get on to get to the university library nor to get my umbrella of the floor when I had to change trains on my way back home. *headdesk* When I got off at my station I wanted to take a taxi home, just to hear that there are no free taxis available for the next 30 minutes. Of course due to the weather conditions bus service was shut down as well, so I had to walk home (without umbrella) after all. Ugh!

Just a few random thoughts…

• I’m way, way, WAY behind with all the things I want/must do…
• Every once in a while, when real life seems to catch up with my online life or vice versa I feel like some kind of split personality…
• I can’t fathom how you can spend your life living in a country without speaking the country’s language. You might physically survive somehow, but it’s so so exhausting to not be able to communicate properly. And it definitely can’t be healthy for your mind, soul and spirit. I know there are thousands of those people among the immigrants in my country and millions all around the world. It makes me sad somehow.They’re missing out on so much…
• I should watch more Rupert Everett movies…
• How on earth could I let my chocolate supplies run dry … ?
• It’s embarrassing, but I still discover (new) things my PalmPre can do…
• I obviously need more calcium. Or is there another reason why my nail split so much recently…?
• The “cheering up” effect of watching V watch the Muppets Bohemian Rhapsody was marvelous…
• I might leave the movie theatre screaming if I see another fantasy/mythical gods/dragons preview any time soon…
• I had a great time watching “Sherlock Holmes” tonight. Never thought that this character could be that sexy, but Downey Jr. proved me wrong…

Miscellaneous – January 24, 2010

Sometimes really strange things happen. It’s even stranger, that I don’t react to these things like I always thought I would.

Ok, completly cryptic statement, I know.

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I actually planned to watch the latest two “White Collar” episodes tonight, but I’ll have to postpone this until… Wednesday, maybe? Too much other stuff going on or needed to be done. At least I finally managed to put together the outline of the presentation I have to give during a seminar mid-February. I had a hard time to get a grip on the whole topic and to come up with a structure and how to present my ideas. Or to have some ideas in the first place :-) But I just mailed my outline to the lecturer and I hope it’s ok, so I can start working on fleshing it all out. It’s going to be a lot of work, that’s what I realized while I wrote the outline. But at least I have gotten the basic idea down. I hope…

Grey’s Anatomy 6.12 – “I Like You So Much Better When You’re Naked”

What can I say? I actually liked the episode. More than I expected and I’m not sure if that’s because I just lowered my expectations or because parts of it really were “vintage Grey’s Anatomy”. I enjoyed the dynamics between the various couples or friends/co-workers. Unlike most of the recent storylines these were more like real life.

Project365: 225 – 231 (Week 34)

Busy week and busy weekend. Before I’ll spend some time with the White Collar crime unit tonight, I should at least post this weeks photos :-)

2010-01-09: Even this weather couldn’t disrupt the Grand Opening of RUHR.2010

Grey’s Anatomy 6.11 – “Blink”

I was not really excited about Grey’s coming back after the christmas break, probably because I didn’t like the last few epsiodes that much. Most of them were ok, but they also had some boring and annyoing parts. So I was a bit weary to watch this episode and while I watched it I realized that I really seem to be over my Grey’s addiction. The episode wasn’t really crappy. It wasn’t great television either. It was ok and there were a couple of things I did in fact enjoy. But that’s about it. I don’t even care that much anymore. But I’ve started the tradition of Grey’s review on my blog and even though the show doesn’t impress me that much anymore, I still don’t want to give up that tradition.

London Calling (Once Again)

One of the things that distracted me from the stuff I should have been doing, was figuring out the details of the London trip I want to take in April. To coordinate vacation plans with my co-worker. To find a nice and reasonably priced place to stay. To get one of the London special offer tickets for the train ride (which in the end led to push up the trip a bit, because the return tickets for the dates I actually wanted to go were not as cheap as I liked them to be. Yes, I’m taking the EuroStar again, despite the problems the trains had recently. These were caused by the snow and the low temperatures as far as I remember and there will be neither of that in April. I hope :-)

I’ll be in London from 08 April till 14 April, staying in a hotel in Paddington this time (not the Royal Norfolk though *g*) and as of right now I don’t have any specific plans how to spend the 4 and 1/2 days in town. But I’m pretty sure I’ll find something to do. Musical, theatre, movies, museums, palaces, theme walks and so on. There is so so much to see and do. That’s why I wanted to go back there in the first place.

Another wonderful thing to look forward to… Yeah!