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The Librarians

2of7 — Sat, 27 Dec 2014 20:16:59 GMT

I haven't seen the Librarians yet, I started, but then thought I should maybe watch The Librarian movies first.
I did notice however that soldiers in the opening shot are in Berlin, but the soldiers (the ones that aren't American) are wearing Belgian flag patches.

I'm still here....

2of7 — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:22:06 GMT

I've just been away from LJ for a while.
One of the things that has been keeping me away has been roller derby.
For those that don't want to read the whole wikipedia page there is also a crash course in roller derby on YouTube.

There's a lot of training, but also commitee meetings, helping out at scrimmages and bouts, wich I will do again tomorrow in Hamburg, where my team Amsterdam Derby Dames will play against the Hamburg Harbor Girls.

I will be a Non Skating Offcial at the bout. No skating for me yet, because I first have to pass the minimal skills test,
which is April 14th. *crosses fingers that I will pass*

This is it for now. There will be more derby posts later. I have to get up early tomorrow, meet up with the rest of the team (at 8 am) get to Hamburg, have a great time at the bout and after party. And then go back again on sunday.

If you're near Hamburg and don't have plans tomorrow night, come to the bout. It will be awesome :)

PS. The name/theme of the bout is: Veilchen Auf die Tulpen. Is there someone German who can tell me what that means?

Day 11 and 12

2of7 — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:46:14 GMT

Almost done with the updates.

Day 11 was a driving day again. From Kissimee to Savannah. I ended up driving most of the way because the other driver of our car wasn't feeling well. We then had to go to several hotels until we found one that still had rooms, so from now on we're going to reserve our hotelrooms in advance. We were tired when we got checked in, but still needed to do laundry, which unfortunately doesn't do itself :(

The quick really late dinner we wanted to get at Subway lasted a bit longer because someone in front of us ordered 9 footlong subs. 5 were veggie delights. The healthy bit of that sub was negated by the 4 types of sauses they had added to it.

Day 12.

Sleeping in, having a light breakfast and then we met up with Ruud and Ingrid for a Sunday Jazz Brunch in Savannah. For the rest of this trip there will be 5 of us. Ruud and Ingrid, Chantal and Johan, and I.
The food at the brunch was really really good. We had an amazing view of the river and we even met another Dutch person there.

After brunch we went back to the hotel, since I wasn't feeling well, I went back to bed so I could be rested for the long trip the next day.

It's still Christmas time

2of7 — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 22:48:18 GMT

I know, because the Sound of Music is playing on tv now.
For as long as I can remember they play this movie this time of year.
I'm still not sure why since I don't think it's a real chritmassy movie.

I've also posted all of my christmas cards, and received an really awesome one from berlinghoff79 :)

Today was also our christmas party at work (we still had to work too) and I baked cupcakes to sell for Serious Request. There were till some cupcakes left when I finished work, so won't know what the total is until tomorrow.

The stories at sga_santa are being posted, so if you're in need of some good stories to read, go there (and comment :) )

And what's Christmas without a tree.
There are a few (fake) trees at our office, but his is a picture of the smallest one. :)

It's Christmas time

2of7 — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 10:18:15 GMT

A time for snow and Christmas trees and decorations and.... Sending Christmas cards, something I actually plan to do this year.
Although there is a chance it will be a New Years card by the time they arrive.

Anyway, what I"m trying to say is:
If you would like to receive a Christmas/New Years card, please leave your name and address in a comment (they have been set to screened)

I want to kick something

2of7 — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:11:02 GMT

Adding subtitles to an opeara song sucks when you don't read or understand Italian and the people singing the duet don't stick to the lyrics.

And the winner is.....

2of7 — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:18:54 GMT

Paul the Octopus for predicting all matches correctly.

I wonder if I can get him to predict the lotterynumbers for me. *g*

Spain is now the world champions. Congrats to them.

And we're number 2. So congrats to us as well :)

That was it for the World Cup 2010.
Next up: Euro 2012.

Happy Birthday :)

2of7 — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 19:29:47 GMT

smuffster Gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag :)
I hope you had a great day.
Lots of love and huggles (and some flowers from Rodney)

Uruguay - Netherlands ...... 2-3

2of7 — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:37:58 GMT

*Does a happy dance*

We made it to the finale of the world cup for the first time since 1978.

*dances some more*

UK here I come

2of7 — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:08:12 GMT

Only 7 more days and I'll be off to the UK.
First a 2 day visit with shiny_starlight and then I'm meeting up with friends to go to the LFACC. :) (The tickets arrived today)

Kitty picspam :)

2of7 — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:11:56 GMT

Dopey :)

And Goldust :)

I decorated a cake

2of7 — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 19:55:05 GMT

Here's a few pictures of the cake I decorated yesterday.

The Result:

that is one strange family

2of7 — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:11:25 GMT

On the news yesterday was this realy creepy story.

A man lay dead on his bed for four years before he was found, in the Frisian village of Minnertsga in the north of the Netherlands.
Local police say family members only went to look in the man’s attic bedroom because the housing association wanted to carry out maintenance work on the house. They found the remains of their 50-year old brother lying on the bed and contacted the family doctor, who in turn informed the police.

The dead man's two brothers (aged 61 and 67) and two sisters (44 and 71) all lived in the same terraced house. Apparently, they last spoke to their brother in the spring of 2006. He told them not to bother him, that he wanted to be left alone in his room.

"He was used to being obeyed and very quick to anger,'' police spokesman Wouter De Vries told AFP. "Four years ago he told his brothers and sisters he didn't want to be disturbed and went to his bedroom.

Though they frequently passed by the bedroom door, no one dared to open it and look in, Mr de Vries said. The body was only discovered when the landlords decided some work needed doing in the room.

Isolation
Police say the family lived in isolation from the rest of the village, more or less in their own world. Neighbours say the brothers and sisters have lived in the house for 50 years and are regarded as extremely religious, although it’s not clear what religion that is. One woman said, “They sort of had their own religion”.

Neglect
Police commented: "This is a socially weak family. It's just incredible that they didn't smell the dead body or discover it earlier." None of the neighbours had noticed any strange smells.

A post-mortem will be carried out, although foul play is not suspected. Police are still considering the possibility of prosecution: “These people did clearly neglect their brother, when he was in serious need of care.”

How long before a car alarm runs out of batteries?

2of7 — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 23:02:02 GMT

Is what I'm wondering as somewhere in hearing distance of my appartment a car alarm is going for a record. It's been going for at least 10 minutes now. And it's evil too. After it beeps for 30 seconds it's silent for 5 and then it starts beeping again. But every time the silence starts I'm hoping that is the end of it..... And then it starts again.

I'm hoping someone shuts it down soon, the batteries of the car die, or someone steals the car.

Team Work FTW, but only if you vote today!

2of7 — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 09:07:07 GMT

The Drabble Tree Challenge has ended. And even though Team Play wrote more drabbles, I still think Team Work should win.
And you can make that happen by VOTING FOR TEAM WORK.

You may ask yourself, what's in it for you, besides the good feeling you'll have when you've helped us win, and I'll tell you.

The lovely lavvyan wrote a post with some amazing bribes you can choose from.

If you would like a drabble from me, vote team work, and you can have one. :)

So vote now, ~~vote often~~, get your family and friends to vote.

And if when we win, I will post the next chapter of Finding Home in august.

FedCon -day 3

2of7 — Sun, 09 May 2010 09:50:48 GMT

Sunday.

Around 10.30 I get in line for the Autograph session. First there is queue to get in to the autograph room and then the queue for the actors. The first table in the room is Joe. At first his line was bloking the door so they told people to get other autographs first. When it was my turn to get in to the autograph room, Joe's line wasn't that long, so I got his autograph first on my Kavan Smith poster. (its a giant poster made for a convention where Kavan Smith was going but the poster maker obviously had no clue who Kavan was, Because all of the picturs on the poster only 1 is Kavan and the rest is Joe Flanigan. Joe wanted to know why he wasn't invited to that con, since his pic was on the poster :)

Next up were Martha plackett, who took a picture of me and BorgTeddy, Terry Farrell and Michael Dorn. The next table after that was David Hewlett, but the queue forhin was so big that I decided to get Gareth David Lloyd's autograph first.

A friend of mine, Maarten, who was in the David queue with his wife also wanted a Suse Plaxton autograph (she was sighing in a different room) and he wasn't sure if she would still be there after he would finaly get out of the DH autograph queue. He was told he had to choose, because there was no way they could guarantee that Suzy would still be there. I had the same problem with Manu Intiraymi. My friend decided to leave his wife in the David Queue and get the Suzy autograph and I gave him my picture for Manu, since he was sitting in the same room as Suzy.

Meanwile the David queue was beginning to become a problem. There is only a certain number of people allowed in the room at the same time and since they were all queueing for David Hewlett the other actors had nothing to do. It was then decided to move David (and the queue) upstairs. I knew what was happening, because a friend of mine was at the front of the queue and she told me, but a lot of people in the queue had no idea why they were being moved.

The whole line made it upstairs almost intact (there were a few queuejumpers) When we were moved again, becuase the place where we were put was the James Marsters autograph queue.
Finally the queue was in the right place and I could get my autograph and give David his stroopwafels (sirop wafers) and Haagse hopjes (coffee candies) He said that he would weigh 1000 pounds if he ate all of them. I suggested he share them with Jane, but he wasn't going to. (it is now 13.15 and the end of David's Queue is not in sight)

Next was Manu, Maarten was still standing at his table, but Manu was nowhere to be seen. The vollunteer at his table said he was at the auction and would be back. At 14.00 I get in line for David's photoshoot that is supposed to start at 14.30 and end at 15.00 because he has a q&A then with Joe Flanigan, but if I look at how long the line is, I doubt they'll be finished in time.
I got out of the hte photoshoot at 14.53 and had something to eat, before returning to the main hall. Terry Farrell and Michael Dorn were still on stage when I got back so their q and a was a bit longer than planned.

When Joe and Davids q and a started they had to stand at the side of the stage. Joe was given a basket. Then a lot of people in SGA uniforms came on stage and put lemons in the basket. The last person gave David an apple. The first few times there was a question just for David, Joe would go to the lemon basket. He juggled them and threw a few at David. Someone aksed a slash fanfic question (what is it whith all the fanfic questions this year?) And I had the last question and asked If David had lunch yet (He was signing from 10 till his photoshoot at 14.30 and had his panels straight after) and if he had, wouild he describe his lunch to Joe. Joe went 'o no' and walked away and David said he had a saled and started descrbing it to Joe. :)

I didn't really pay much attention to the Torchwood panel, because someone showed me all the pictures they had taken during the David and Joe Q and A they did get asked slashy fanfic questions again :(

Before the closing ceremony started, there was a charity auction where they auctioned off two Bath'leths for charity. they had the autographs of all the actors who were at FedCon on them. Auctions are not a good place for me because if I see somehting I like, I keep bidding until I win, so this time three of my friends held me down, so I couldn't bid.

There's not much to say about the Closing Ceremd us with a few jokes.
Chase Masterson sang a song for us.
Everybody said their goodbyes to us.

And then it was over. All that is left now is finding my David Photoshoot picture and get out of the hotel have dinner and go home.

FedCon -day 2

2of7 — Sat, 01 May 2010 23:05:20 GMT

Saturday.
A relaxing start of the day. We arrived at FedCon around 12.30. There was a Q and A with Cliff Simon,which started at 12.00 that we had planned on going to, but in ended up nog seeing.. I got a few autograph tickets and waited around for 16.00 to come around which was the time for Gareth David Lloyd's Q&A to start.

Memorable question: I have a question about my backside. There's a question on my backside, can you read it and then answer it? (the question was written on his t-shirt)

We're going to start queueing for the David and Joe photoshoot at 17.00. It starts at 19.00, and Joe's QandA starts at 20.00. I wonder if they will make it on time (probably not) and if they will just cut off the line at 20.00 or have the QandA at a later time.

We get in the queue after and pull up a few chairs so we won't have to stand the entire time. Being in a group of 5 also has the advantage that we can take turns eating dinner. 15 minutes before 19.00 the quue starts moving and everybody is super exited.Things move quickly and we're back at 19.30. It's still a long time to the end of the queue however.

In the main hall we see the end of the costume contest.Manu intiraymi, who was one of the judges, said they were the worst group of jurors ever and he was right because the Naavi singing performing a smurf song won best look alke award and they looked nothing like smurfs ;)

We get closer to 20.00 and surprise surprise. Joe Flanigans q and a is now at 20.45. And once we get to 20.45, it's put on the screen that it now starts at 21.00. And because of that his Q and A was only 30 minutes :(

Mieneke, who shared her chocolate with me :) asked MichaevlDorn a question about I.M Weasel. Only a few people in the audience knew htat show :( Everybody should watch it, because it rules.

We didn't stay for the band that was performing after the Q and A's had ended, and on our way out I saw something I had never seen before., Having been to lots of cons I thought I had seen it all, but I was wrong.

It's Drag Vader :)

Time for bed now. I have to be back in Bonn at 10.00 am for the autograph session.,

FedCon -day 0 and day 1

2of7 — Sat, 01 May 2010 07:20:58 GMT

FedCon

Thursday - Day 0
I started packing my bags.. I had everything ready, Clothes, candy, pictures I wanted to get signed, my laptop, iPod, something to read, my passport, money. Everything except..... my FedCon ticket. When I got the ticket I put it in the kitchen on the same spot where I always keep stuff like that. But because I've put my appartment on the market again and new picures needed to be taken, I moved my ticket to somewhere else. Somewhere secure and in a place I could not possibly forget. The first part was true, the second part wasn't since I have no idea anymore where my ticket is. A search for it did turn up a ticket for a convention I went to a few years ago.
Next time I put a ticket in a safe and secure place I'm going to email myself where I put it.

Friday - day 1
In stead of a ticket, I pack the credit card statement that said I bought the ticket. I'm sure they can figfure it out when I get there. The bus and train journey to Roermond, where I was meeting frineds, was uneventful. After a small delay and three traffic jams we arrived at Bonn :) We found a good parking space and the FedCon staf found my name on the list and I was allowed in to the confention without paying the extra 25 euro you're supposed to pay if you didn't bring your ticket with you.
First thing in the planning; Get in line for a photoshoot with Michael Dorn and Terry Farrel. The line was huge and (no surprice) the photoshoot took a lot longer than planned.
Straight out of that photoshoot we started queuing for the Gareth David Lloyd photoshoot. We were the last of the queue and were given a sign saying: End of the queue (in German) Not for long because someone else joined the line and they got the sign. While I was waiting lavvyan and berlinghoff79 kept me company for a while. It was a lot of fun seeing them again :). That photoshoot ran late too.
Then it was time to get something to eat and autograph tickets.
I saw the end of Manu Intiraymi's talk. My friend noticed that he joined af few groups on facebook with his name in it and asked if he would join any groep with his name in it. He said sure. And if there was a group named: Manu Intiraymi has a big giant Borg penis, that he would join it. So my friend Mieneke and I made the group. I wonder if he will join it.

Evening program:
This year hhe host of FedCon is Ed Wasser. So far I'm not missing Marc B. Lee.
Ed introduced all the guests. When he got to Terry Farrell he got a note saying she wasn't there and they started a video of her saying that she wasn't there because there was a problem with her airlineticket qand she wasn't going to make FedCon again, (she cancelled the last couple of times she was announced for FedCon). I think it would have been a bit more effective if she hadn't had a photoshoot that same afternoon though.
Then the rest of the guests were announced and when Ed Wasser said: That's it, there was still 1 guest missing. As the guests were leaving the stage Ed Wasser was given a note from Joe Flanigan. He went one station too far with the train and was now on his way back.

Terry Farrell's talk was next. She had a jetlag and sang us a song.

Halfway David Hewletts talk a friend of mine (who I'm driving home with) played a trick on me by telling me that we had to leave now and we couldn't stay for the rest of the talk. Fortunately it was a joke and we could stay :)

James marsters had a few weird questions like: What did Spike feel when he was fucking Buffy. And a fanfiction question that was first asked of Anthony head. They had asked him if he knew about fanfic and what he thought of the giles/spike pairing. He (after laughing) asked, 'Who would be on top?' So the person now asked Jemes that question. James found it a bit weird cause spike viewed Giles as a father figure, but after a whle he said that Giles could be on top because he wass nolder and he should do all the work.
we left a little before the end of the talk avd so i dont know if they asked him what it was like to kiss john barrowman. But if they haven't I'm sure someone will.

Day 1 - end

Table football :)

2of7 — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:41:30 GMT

When we got our table football table at work last year it was new.

At first when players broke, we replaced them, but we ran out of replacement players. We ordered new ones and broke those too.
And now the only thing holding the players (and the table) together is the duct tape.

One of the handles on the left is missing and is replaced by lots of duct tape.

The right side of the table is't much better.

Half the players are held together by (you guessed it) Duct tape.

And some broken players.

xbox360 fail :(

2of7 — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:21:38 GMT

Episode 1 of Season 3 of The Guild was made available for downloading on Xbox Live today. :)
I was happy, until I tried to download it and failed :(

The account I have with Xbox Gold thinks I live in the US. When I tried to download the episode using that I get:
This video is not available in your area.

I can't download the video with my Dutch account, because I don't have gold for that. :(

And changing the country status on my Gold account from the US to the Netherlands is impossible.

It's not the first time I've had an Xbox problem like this, so I probably should have expected it, but that doesn't make it any less frustrating.

McShep Match Drabble tree vote

2of7 — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:50:54 GMT

Only 3 hours and 15 minutes of voting time left for the mcshep_match drabble tree challenge.

You're only 3 clicks away from voting for Team War.

So vote for Team War

You know you want to :)

Star Trek (Spoiler free)

2of7 — Sun, 03 May 2009 22:07:35 GMT

After a 3 hours by train and bus I arrived in Groningen where they showed Star Trek today :)

At the theatre everybody got a (Star Trek) drink and there was time to catch up with people while waiting in the security line.

Everybody was checked to make sure they didn't camera's (or anything else you can take pictures or record something with) with them and inside the theatre they had two security guys with night vision goggles. All that was missing from those guys (who were dressed completely in black) were some phaser rifles.

The movie was cool and I'm probably going to see it again next week (only then in IMAX)

8 days of happy, Day 8

2of7 — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:12:12 GMT

The last day of 8 days of happy :(

Day off and no work :)
Playing Guitar Hero with friends
Kicking smuffster 's ass at Mario Kart *g*
lavvyan is visiting this weekend :)

And to close it off: These Canal Plus promo's for Brokeback Mountain and March of the penguins.

8 days of happy, Day 7

2of7 — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:01:51 GMT

Today was my last day of work. Now I have 11 days off :)
Uno
getting 2 dvd's in the mail
The weather forecast for this weekend. (sunny and dry)

8 days of happy, Day 6

2of7 — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:19:07 GMT

Day 6 happy:

Feedback :)
Mario Kart arrived today
Tiramisu
Only 1 day of work left before my vacation :)