Hello! In the old days this post at the top of my LiveJournal & Dreamwidth would be called the "comment-to-be-added-post", these days it's a sticky post; I make a new one every year:)
My journal is not locked; you are welcome to read all my posts. I am a hermit, but I do like to interact here with fellow fangirls or passers-by and I encourage you to comment on any of my posts at any time. (I especially love responses to my artposts; it's NEVER too late to tell me what you think of those *grins*)

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Despite my occasional use of harsh language and posts about sensitive or personal subjects, I chose to not put an age warning on my journal. I will not censor what I choose to share online. I'm a green left voting atheist woman, HEAR ME ROAR!

I was an active participant in several fandoms, as a moderator and artwork creator; there are links in my sidebar if you want to explore any of the fancommunities I played in:)
If you're curious about my creations, you can check my Artmasterlists, that are also on top of my LJ & DW. I made so many fanworks over the years, I had to split the list in two:
Artmasterlist 2010-2018 [DW] | Artmasterlist 2019 and beyond [DW])

To remind myself there is more to life than being online,
I keep my booklist at the top of my LJ. That's ironic, Alanis.

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Happy Reading! ~ J.

What I read in 2025 [DW] / 2024 [DW] / 2023 [DW] / 2022 [DW] / 2021 [DW] / 2020 / 2019 / 2018 / 2017 / 2016 / 2015 / 2014 / 2013 / 2012 / 2011 / 2010 / 2009 / 2008
My old archive of alphabetized book reviews / Readingcommunity thej2bee LJ

This is my ArtMasterlist from the moment I started playing in the Supernatural Fandom:) Mostly RPF, but there are also a couple of SPN works, as well as some outings to other fandoms. Enjoy!

Masterlist of artsy creations, part 1:
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Uh, oh, the post got too long:-D Click here for My ArtMasterlist from 2019 onwards!

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J.

Ha, it finally happened; after nine years my original Artmasterlist got too long for one post! So this is where my fanart adventure continues from 2019 onwards:)

Masterlist of artsy creations, part two:
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J.

In March and April I went on a businesstrip to Australia. Before work I spent a day in Sydney with my brother and his family who live in New South Wales, then I had a weeklong meeting followed by a 4-day workshop in Victoria (with a weekend in between where I met up with a fandomfriend in Melbourne and did touristy stuff:-).

When work was done, I flew to Western Australia for a week of old fashioned traveling around on my own. (The big difference with my backpacking days Down Under being that I now stay in hotels instead of hostels;)
I managed to see and do so much each day, that I had to split my vacationreport into several parts. Here's the first picspam; exploring Perth and a daytrip to Rottnest Island, where I got to see quokkas!

( FR03APR2026 Vacation Day 1: Traveling to PerthCollapse )

( SA04APR2026 Vacation Day 2: Elizabeth Quay & Matagarup BridgeCollapse )

( SU05APR2026 Vacation Day 3: Rottnest Island (Wajuk: Wadjemup)Collapse )



( Rottnest Island, continuedCollapse )

To be continued with a trip to Kalgoorlie and more days in Perth...


J.

Previous AUS2026 posts:

Day 1 & 2: flying to Sydney [LJ]

Day 3: Sydney Opera House [LJ]

Day 4: Ferry & Swimming with family [LJ]

Day 5: Flying to Victoria & Birdspotting [LJ]

Day 6: Australian Football in the MGC [LJ]

Day 7: Underground Goldmine [LJ]

Workweek 1: tech meeting & fruitbats! [LJ]

Saturday: Fangirlmeet-up Daytrip Melbourne [LJ]

Sunday: Riverboat tour & Aussie Beer Museum [LJ]

Workweek 2: tech workshop & a sightseeing tram! [LJ]

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Little over a month ago I came back from my businesstrip and additional travel in Australia. I meant to follow up my first picspam sooner, but as per usual I got distracted by work (and fandom! I'm currently crazy about Heated Rivalry and there is a lot of meta out there to enjoy :-p)

Anyway, here I finally am again to continue with my travelreport! During the workweeks I mostly only make pictures of food, but there was also an evening we went looking for bats and an afternoon on a sightseeing train. In the weekend in between I traveled to Melbourne to meet up with fellow SPN fangirl and on the Sunday I went on a boat tour with other delegates, so there are plenty of touristy photos as well :-D

Oh and on day two I got to wear my raincape for the first and last time this trip! There were a couple more days with rain (and even one massive thunderstorm), but I was indoors then. Overall the weather in Victoria was dry and a lot cooler than I expected, often low 20s Celcius.


How cool is my colourful cape? :-D

( Workweek 1: tech meeting & fruitbats on Wednesday evening!Collapse )

( Saturday: Fangirlmeet-up Daytrip MelbourneCollapse )

( Sunday: Riverboat tour & Aussie Beer MuseumCollapse )

( Workweek 2: tech workshop & a sightseeing tram on Tuesday afternoon!Collapse )

To be continued with a week in Perth, Western-Australia, where temperatures are a lot higher!

J.

Previous posts:

Day 1 & 2: flying to Sydney [LJ]

Day 3: Sydney Opera House [LJ]

Day 4: Ferry & Swimming with family [LJ]

Day 5: Flying to Victoria & Birdspotting [LJ]

Day 6: Australian Football in the MGC [LJ]

Day 7: Underground Goldmine [LJ]

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A week and a half ago I returned from an extended businesstrip to Australia; I added some personal time before and after the two week international meeting. I made over 2500 photos while traveling through New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia, so there will be several picspams over the next month(s) ;-) This is week 1 of my trip.

I first flew to Sydney where I walked around for a day trying to stay awake to fight the jetlag and I spent a day with my brother and family.
The weekend before work I went to an Australian Rules Football game in Melbourne and visited an underground gold mine, both together with a bunch of colleagues from all over the world.

( Day 1 & 2: flying to SydneyCollapse )

( Day 3: Sydney Opera HouseCollapse )

( Day 4: Ferry & Swimming with familyCollapse )

( Day 5: Flying to Victoria & BirdspottingCollapse )

( Day 6: Australian Football in the MGCCollapse )

( Day 7: Underground GoldmineCollapse )

To be continued!

J.

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Hello y'all,

I'm back from an extra long businesstrip to Australia! It was two weeks of work and I added a week and a half of personal time because it was an opportunity to visit family and friends. Once I've sorted out my photos, there will be many picspams, you have been warned :-D

I returned in time for a new round of Land of Art! Here is an invitation to join and create for all sorts of graphics challenges each month and earn points for yourself and your team. A new phase has just started, this on will run until July. If you click my Land of Art TAG, you can see examples of graphics I made for past challenges.



Check out the FAQs & Rules to find out more. You can apply for a Team here

I'm in team SteamPunk, if you mention my name, I get bonuspoints :-)

Looking forward to fiddle with graphics again. (But first I will start on those travel pictures!)

J.

Here are the final sets of graphics I made for the year-long Phase 24 of , that rounded up last month. I handed in Golden Tickets for Challenges 27 and 30, but managed to create stuff for all other challenges, even while I was traveling for work (On those long lonely nights in the hotel ;-)

( Challenge 23 - On The HuntCollapse )

( Challenge 24 - TV TimeCollapse )

( Challenge 25 - Crossed PathsCollapse )

( Challenge 26 - Movie MadnessCollapse )

Challenge 28 - Pass it On! was a collaboration challenge, where you made base graphics that other people could add elements to. As that involves other creators, I'm not sharing those.

( Challenge 29 - Clue PostsCollapse )

( Challenge 31 - Animal AssociationCollapse )

( Challenge 32 - 12 Days of ___ Collapse )

( Challenge 33 - Tag It!Collapse )

Looking forward to Phase 25, that will start in April!

J.

In case you missed them, here are my earlier posts of Phase 24: part 1 / part 2

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This was my sort of comment-to-be-added-sticky-post for 2025.
Now it's just a list of the books I read this year.
You can find my current reading-list on top of my LJ and DW:)

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Happy Reading! ~ J.

What I read in 2024 [DW] / 2023 [DW] / 2022 [DW] / 2021 [DW] / 2020 / 2019 / 2018 / 2017 / 2016 / 2015 / 2014 / 2013 / 2012 / 2011 / 2010 / 2009 / 2008
My old archive of alphabetized book reviews / Readingcommunity thej2bee LJ

Last week I went on an international worktrip to Zadar in Croatia, a country I never visited before. When I was traveling Europe back in the 1990s, Croatia was still part of Yugoslavia and that whole area was in the middle of a civil war. (Croatia declared independence in 1991 and the last occupied areas were restored in 1995).

My Dutch colleagues and I flew into big city Split and from there drove to Zadar, which is about 170 km to the North. On the way we stopped at Vransko Jezero (Lake Vrana), a nature reserve, where we spent the late afternoon bird-watching before driving on to our hotel.
On Sunday I explored the old city centre of Zadar with my British colleagues and we caught the ferry across the Zadarski Kanal to climb to a viewpoint in Preko, on the Ugljan Island. Back in Zadar we saw one of the most amazing sunsets EVER.

The conference took up most of the time from Monday to Friday and it was dark early, but I did manage glimpses of a few more of the famous sunsets. During the week I had to present quite a few briefs. I had a side meeting with the delegate from Sweden on Monday evening, but on Tuesday evening we all got to go into town for a guided walking tour in the dark. On Wednesday I swam in the -very cold- seawater pool, just before the fancy hosted dinner. Best thing on Thursday was the green apple icecream I had for dessert. On Friday I went to a supermarket, that's always exciting in another country ;-).

After a very fruitful week we traveled back home on Saturday, with a short stop at the Krka river viewpoint for a final goodbye of Croatia.
I made tons of photos, here's a selection (check out the sunsets!!!).

( Day 1: Travelday(s) from the Netherlands to CroatiaCollapse )

( Day 2: Exploring Zadar and the ferry to PrekoCollapse )

( Day 3-7: Workweek breakfasts, lunches, and dinnersCollapse )

( Day 8: Views while traveling back homeCollapse )

What a wonderful week!

J.

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In between travels and work I do still participate in Land of Art. (In case you missed it, I posted Challenges 1, 2, 3 and 7 in May.)
I'm currently in the middle of a whole bunch of Autumn challenges for Phase 24, which I will share at the end of the year. I had to hand in Golden Tickets for challenges 11 through 14 due to lack of time, but below are all the graphics I managed to make during the Summer months!

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( Challenge 17 Finding Easter Eggs: Coloring pagesCollapse )

( Challenge 18 Working at the Zoo: BookmarksCollapse )

( Challenge 19 Fandom Actor Association: GifsCollapse )

( Challenge 20 Heading to the Top: HeadersCollapse )

( Challenge 21 To be Continued: FanmixesCollapse )

( Challenge 22 Oceanic Waters: Sigtags (Gifs)Collapse )

J.

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In my second week of Summervacation (about a month after my first), I traveled to Germany for a few days. First to Wuppertal, where I wanted to ride the Schwebebahn, the oldest electric elevated railway with hanging cars in the world, built between 1897 and 1903. On my way back I planned a stop in Duisburg to climb Tiger & Turtle, an art installation rollercoaster staircase! In between I spent time reading on the train and in the bath. I also visited a sculpture park. Of course I made a ton of photos (about 800), here is a selection to share all the views from up high :-)

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( Day 2: Schwebebahn! Suspension Train!Collapse )

( Day 3: Sculpturepark WaldfriedenCollapse )

( Day 4: Tiger & Turtle rollercoaster staircaseCollapse )

The End.

J.

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A travelpost unrelated to work! I scheduled two separate weeks for my summervacation. For my week in July, I wanted to travel to Spijkenisse in the South-West of the Netherlands, to visit The Bridges of Europe, an applied arts project by Robin Stam (2011-2013) who actually built the non-existing bridges that are featured on the backsides of Euro banknotes. When I checked out if there was anything else worth visiting nearby, I found a watertowerhotel in Dordrecht (the oldest city in Holland, 1120) from where I could explore wetland area The Biesbosch, that was also on my wishlist!
I had a lovely couple of days; I read on the train, cycled around on my rented bike, went on ferries and boattrips, and was spoiled with views and bubblebaths. On my way back I stopped in 's Hertogenbosch, birthplace of 14th century artist Hieronymus Bosch (aka Jheronimus or Jeroen), so I got some culture in as well. Here is a massive picspam of all the things.

( Day 1: Eurobridges in Spijkenisse & Cycling in DordrechtCollapse )

( Day 2: Whisperboat through the Biesbosch wetlandCollapse )

( Day 3: Bubbelbaths, more cycling & Walking through the wetlandsCollapse )

( Day 4: Art & Food in 's Hertogenbosch (Hieronymus Bosch & Bosche Bollen!)Collapse )

The End; for now it's back to work (But there will be another summervacationweek in September:-)

J.

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The only creative community I'm currently involved in is no longer at Livejournal:
Land of Art has moved to Dreamwidth!
Good thing I have already been (t)here for years as well ;-)
If that is the incentive you wanted to join in, come on over! Phase 24 continues for all of 2025 with new challenges to create graphics every couple of weeks. Fandom is optional. With your graphics you collect points for yourself and your team (and you can also earn Golden Tickets, which you can use when you want or need to skip a challenge)

Go here for FAQ!
Should you decide to sign up, please mention my name (so I score 5 points for me and my team SteamPunk)
You can apply for a team here!

Due to travel (for work) I missed a few challenges and I handed in Golden Tickets for a couple of them as well, but here's what I made so far for Phase 24:
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( Challenge 2 - Stocking HolidaysCollapse )

( Challenge 3 - Hide & SeekCollapse )

( Challenge 7 - FrenemiesCollapse )

Challenge 15 - Promotion
A demo on combining images into a graphic, featuring The Bride of Frankenstein (1935).

Come over to play in Land of Art!

J.

Want to see more of my graphics? I did a big artpost on these at the end of last year: Phase 22 + 23

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In my previous posts about this businesstrip to Abu Dhabi in April I already showed some glimpses of the food I enjoyed over there. I didn't even get to try all the delicious things that were served, because it was a LOT! There were massive fancy buffets for breakfast and dinner in the Al Rimal restaurant of the hotel, lunch was served at the conference hall and that buffet was just as enormous. There was so much food on offer, there were even platters full of pretty bites during the morning and afternoon breaks. I was spoiled for choice!
This picspam includes photos of my filled plates, once or twice I started munching before I took a picture, so there are some half full plates as well :-D I often went for seconds (and yes, that means extra dessert(s) too). I was surprised with some treats in my room, and below I included dinner at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam (did not eat my greens). The midnight meal on the plane there is missing, because I was eating that while half asleep. I did save the passionfruit cheesecake dessert and had that for breakfast upon arrival at around 7 a.m. ;-)

There are over 100 photos, so I didn't add any comments, the hover-over text shows the date and time of each meal. Enjoy!

( ALL the food in Abu Dhabi, April 2025Collapse )

J.

Previous Abu Dhabi picspams:
Day 1: DW / LJ
Day 2: DW / LJ
Workweek: DW / LJ
Summary in ten photos on my Instagram

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This is a relatively short picspam to give an impression of my work week. It was a very succesful week; I had a lot of proposals to present, and I'm happy to say all of them were approved, yay! (Just a majority of votes is not enough, you need a consensus of all nations. We have a lot of technical meetings to streamline proposals all through the year, but decisions are made at these biannual in person meetings. One of my proposals required finetuning at three of these meetings to finally get full approval!).
In between work we were spoilt rotten with great food and facilities. At the end of each workday, a whole bunch of my international colleagues and I would meet up at the outdoors pool, where we'd hang until closing at 7 p.m. Then we would get dressed and spend the evening at the restaurant for scrumptious buffet dinners. Some chose to sit outside, which was too warm for me; I prefered the indoors section. Different colleagues would join me every night.

I must say this eating arrangement inside the hotel made for a very relaxing week, as we didn't have to have discussions every evening about where and when to eat and with whom and how to get to the restaurant. (There were three other restaurants in this fancy hotel, but most of us chose the included dinnerbuffet;-) There was an abundance of food from all over the world, including very fancy desserts; everyone could eat whatever and how much they liked. There will be a bonus foodpost for the finale of my trip to Abu Dhabi.
Photos below are a glimpse of food and work, an eveningwalk to the mosque and views from the plane home.

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This was the final travelpost, but I will share some photos of the hotelbuffet later!

J.

Part 1: DW / LJ
Part 2: DW / LJ

Summary in 10 photo's on my Instagram

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Day two of my worktrip to Abu Dhabi started with a citytour with a small group of international colleagues. First stop was the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, where we spend some time walking around outside and inside. After that, we were driven to and through the citycentre and visited the Heritage Village (where I had briefly been yesterday, see my day 1 picspam in DW / LJ). We also went to see the fancy Emirate Palace Hotel and the trip ended in a dateshop, where everyone bought a bunch of treats before we returned to our own hotel and spent the rest of the day in the pool and at the beach. What is my life?

Below are 46 photos day 2, if you want to see a 10-image summary of my whole week, see my Instagram post :-)

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To be continued!

J.

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Well, hello! Checking in with a picspam, because I've been on another amazing businesstrip! I went to Abu Dhabi for work and was fortunate enough to start with a weekend to explore this capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Here's day 1: I took the local bus into town, quickly figured out the place isn't made for walking outside, so I got on a Hop On/Hop Off bustour to see ALL the things :-)

( Abu Dhabi Saturday 12 April 2025Collapse )

To be continued!

J.

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Went on a worktrip to England for two weeks(!) in January, I visited London and Windsor on the weekend in between. I already posted a short impression on my Instagram, below is a picspam of all the food in between and after work plus a full report on all the sights on the weekend. The first week was mostly me an my UK colleagues preparing for the second week when delegations from all over world came over to nerd/work together;-)

I traveled by Eurostar train which still required a transfer in Brussels, Belgium on the way to London (due to renovation of the customs building in Amsterdam), but is going directly from England to the Netherlands on the way back. From my hometown the best connection is through Rotterdam.

( Day 1: Travelday NLD Home to GBR WorkCollapse )

( Day 2: 1st workdayCollapse )

( Day 3+4: worklunches and take-out dinnersCollapse )

( Day 5: a Saturday in LondonCollapse )

( Day 6: a Sunday afternoon in WindsorCollapse )

( Day 7-12: International workweekCollapse )

J.

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This was my sort of comment-to-be-added-sticky-post for 2024.
Now it's just a list of the books I read this year.
You can find my current reading-list on top of my LJ and DW:)

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Happy Reading! ~ J.
What I read in 2023 [DW] / 2022 [DW] / 2021 [DW] / 2020 / 2019 / 2018 / 2017 / 2016 / 2015 / 2014 / 2013 / 2012 / 2011 / 2010 / 2009 / 2008
My old archive of alphabetized book reviews / Readingcommunity thej2bee LJ