beelikej: (Chibi Azazel)
Finally folded my laundry today (I left it on the couch for -ehm- a week?) and also cleared away the dishes. Nothing like company coming over to take a critical look at your home and get things done;) So I also cleaned up my arts & crafts corner. The frames I painted yesterday eventually got the same colour blue as the rest of the frames on my fanart-wall. All the marvelous creations made for me by [livejournal.com profile] dephigravity, [livejournal.com profile] badbastion, [livejournal.com profile] daggomus_prime and [livejournal.com profile] cassiopeia7 now have a permanent place of honour in my guestroom.

*chinhands* )

Spent the afternoon with book- and film buddy Jelle, talking about life, the world, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and of course books and films. *grins* I made him watch the first two episodes of Orphan Black (he's definitely going to find himself the rest of the series \o/) In return he offered arthouse film Under The Skin in which Scarlett Johansson plays "The Female"; a mysterious woman who seduces lonely men in the evening hours in Scotland. Events lead her to begin a process of self-discovery.
There was hardly any dialogue and no music whatsoever, so you were forced to realy focus on the (lack of) action on screen. Pfff. A tough one and well worth discussing afterwards, which we did over dinner. I understand the film was based on a book by Michel Faber and I definitely want to read it to find out more about Scarlett's character.

Jelle also brought me my birthday present, so I updated my booklist \o/
beelikej: (Cupcake BeeLikeJ)
Back in the good old days of Livejournal you could find a list of your friends' birthdays on your homepage. Does anyone know if those dates were moved somewhere else or do I now need to check everyone's profiles?* I fear I may have missed a couple and I want to write them down on an actual paper calender to keep track.

*ETA: Thank you, [livejournal.com profile] felisblanco, who found it: http://www.livejournal.com/birthdays.bml

Speaking of birthdays: mine is on a very inconvenient date, I know, but y'all are welcome to come over for cake and fangirling on or around December 26th. Sleepover facilities are available before and after Xmas (I promise I'll have the guestroom cleared out by then;)

J.
beelikej: (Hanging Joseph)
I think I'm going to have to accept that my weekdays are just too full of work and decompressing in the evenings to write a proper post. So many things in my head, I don't need to add guilt for not keeping a journal every day. Wish I could talk face to face with you when I get home. I'll save my best thoughts for the weekend, mkay?

Finished The Name Of This Book Is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch before bed yesterday. Updated my readinglist.
Read marvelous J2D fanfic on my e-reader today. Read a couple of awesome JDM/JA ficlets earlier. Will make reclist later.
beelikej: (Hufflepuff)
It's Friday-evening, which means it's weekend, woohoo!
That's it, that's my good thing for today. :-p

So no list of three at the moment, but I do have something uplifting to share. I'm not sure if it's a worldwide custom to put up a sign in the yard when a baby is born, but that's what people do here. Sometimes they add a fake stork and other decorations, but the main feature will be a big sign with the baby's name painted on it. On my way home my bus drives through a couple of small towns and one of the houses we pass by has the whole shebang in the front-garden, including a name that makes me smirk every time I see it. I tried to take a picture today, but unfortunately the busdriver didn't believe in the speedlimit and raced by, despite the seven speedbumps on that particular road, dumbass. So you will just have to believe me on my word when I tell you what is on the sign in huge dripping pink letters:
It rhymes with 'what the hell'... )

I've decided to not participate in Gishwhes II, despite Misha's many mails filled with adorkable pleas. I had a blast last year, but this time I'm simply not feeling sociable enough to go play with others. Thanks to real life sucking my spirit I also lack energy and time for a five day scavenge hunt. Fortunately for me Gishwhes already served its purpose* as it inspired me to be more creative with hands on art, to try new techniques and to challenge myself. I don't only mean relating to fandom, because I also blame Misha & Co for my new jigsawpuzzle-addiction;) I know some of my friends are joining for the first time this year and I do wish them as much fun as I had! Go crazy!

*(I know that's not its official purpose, and my initial goal when I signed up last year was to meet new people, but as it turned out my favorite items to collect were the ones where I could contribute to the team by playing on my own. It confirmed that I'm a true hermit. ~grins~)

The past few evenings I've finally been catching up on Pottermore and started going through Book 2. I must admit I skipped the potion in chapter 11, because it takes an hour to brew and I couldn't stay up until after midnight to finish. I will go back on Saturday or Sunday so I can try it in the daytime. Although I haven't even managed to make a practise potion before, so I fear it will still take me hours to get it right. But then I will be up to date and ready to wait until they actually open The Chamber of Secrets. If you want to friend me there: my name is PhoenixNight165 and I'm in Hufflepuff. \o/

In case you were wondering: yes, I'm an adult. :-p
beelikej: (Emma)
I'm feeling a bit out of touch as I haven't been commenting much lately nor have I posted in the past week. But my days are long and busy since the summervacation. I've been getting up early to do my daily work-out. (Still not bendy enough, but I'm definitely improving!)
Work has been a bit crazy and although I still have a job I have no idea for how long, since my boss still hasn't approached that issue since the decision from the unemployment agency forbidding him to fire me. It's been two months now and I don't know where I stand. It's frustrating and I can tell it's getting to me because I have stupid dreams and I was never troubled during sleep before. *grumble*

But! This weekend was pretty good. I made something for the Reverse Bang and managed to send it in for an early bird admission, which means I can hopefully make another piece of artwork to prompt (I'm waiting for confirmation). I can't tell you what I made yet, but I did try a new technique again and I quite enjoyed the process, so at least fun was had:)

In between fiddling with the SPN-guys I also continued work on Project guestroom. I build a new bookcase, moved old furniture around and it's starting to look like a library for real. Well, the books are still all piled up on the bed, but I have no visitors planned for the near future, so I have time to sort them out:)

Also! I made croissants! I got one of those cans with ready made dough. Had to bake them in two rounds, because I have a tiny oven, but it totally worked.



step 1: cover tray with bakingpaper (aluminum foil was also allowed, but this felt like proper baking:)


step 2: when you peel off the cardboard cover, the can *pops* open, it's like a party-favour! I also almost teared the instructions apart, oops.


step 3: but I had studied the tiny illustrations before hand, so I knew what to do. I didn't have a brush to put the egg on though, so I used my fingers. (I know the rolls are a bit crooked, but this was only my first batch, scroll on)


In the oven (200C for 15 minutes). I hope I didn't put them too close together. How big will they be in the end? Eep.


Holy C! Look at that: perfect croissants! Notice how fancy I rolled the second batch? That turned out great too \o/ I ROCK.

I had two with chocolate paste, two with raspberry jam and two with strawberry jam. Also had warm milk and honey.


It was a good day:)

I hope to be more actively involved in my flist and on my other digital networks, but I have another busy week ahead, not only at work, but I'm also socializing with family and the neighbour.

Djeebus, I'm such a grown up.
beelikej: (Doodle purple)
After the disappointment of finding out about the loss of my favorite toothpaste* I've had a fun packed week! )

So yeah, I'm feeling pretty good about myself at the moment. \o/

*If anyone on the flist comes across it in their country, I'd love to hear about it! Please mail or message me if you can get your hands on Colgate Max Fresh Clean Mint (the green sparkly one), tnx:)

**I'm wearing "Drink Me" from the Mad Tea Party set. It smells delicious, according to the descripton: "cherry-tart, custard, pine-apple, roast turkey, toffee, and hot buttered toast"! (I mostly smell the tart and toffee:o)

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