wow... let me tell you about my last few days: I got sick and still am, university was being bitchy, and on october 25 I noticed I STILL hadn't gotten my RECollection although I had ordered it on august 4. sooo, I started asking people about it, even wrote an email to the RECord store asking what was going on...

... and today, after the police nearly hadn't allowed me back into my flat because of the world war two bomb that had been found only a few hundred meters away, I arrive at my door, and see a bright white light... coming from my RECollection package!

of course, I wanted to open it right away, but then my boyfriend called, and then my parents, and then something else came up, and my package was patiently waiting to be opened. I didn't think I could restrain myself, but I did manage to shoot some pictures before I opened it and BOY is it beautiful.

wow. I know hitRECorders are awesome, but this is a new stage of awesomeness. I love love love it, and I'm going to read/listen to/watch it all over again after I've done my homework for tomorrow. or maybe before that. wow.

thanks guys for making that happen : )

it is. even if you don't think so. I only saw it when I was halfway through though, so it might kinda look like something else : )

how fitting is this?!

I just made this a few minutes ago after finding a great new painting program online. you may have noticed by now that not all my pictures actually show something, for me it's more about finding it beautiful in the end, no matter what it shows : )

and it's called cacophony because it's a mess. : ).

wow... what an awesome birthday present!
Monique, I can't thank you enough!!

yesterday was an okay day, I actually had to clean my flat and that took a few (or many) hours. my boyfriend (who now stays here for a WEEK!) only came in the evening, so I spent most time alone. but that doesn't matter, because this day was fabulous : )
we slept in (till 12), cuddled with Karli (a lot) and had some nice dinner (pizza)^^ then we took out our guitars and played for more than an hour, it was soooo much fun^^ and after that, we decided we should buy some stuff, and wandered around warm and sunny Halle trying to find a shop that was open after 20o'clock but didn't succeed.
I loved this day!

so yeah, indeed I am happy! probably not having the time of my life, but I'm having quite some time I can assure you : )
everything you wished for me has been granted, and I'm sure everything will continue to be good for me, thanks to you and all the others who are here with me!

again, thank you so much! your present was the most beautiful I got - because it was so, so very special!




and btw - that photo I took (inspired by yours, obviously^^) was one of many on a long trip we took through Halle in the afternoon, a time when my poor poor boyfriend was much too often interrupted in his walking by me stopping in mid air and muttering "look what a beautiful house/cloud/tree/feather/other random thingy"^^

it's one of the paintings I've done that actually looked like something. it's a lion, if you didn't see that immediately : )