Writing on the Wall

let's keep editing that one eternally..

2008-07-04T14:45:00.000+02:00

let's keep editing that one eternally..

29. Ditch the prose. Even negative feelings feel b...

2008-07-04T14:45:00.000+02:00

29. Ditch the prose. Even negative feelings feel better when expressed in poetic form, e.g.

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List of Things I Am No Good At

Too many,
including being
exhaustive
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25. Convince at least one Belgian that the Dutch a...

2008-07-01T20:39:00.000+02:00

25. Convince at least one Belgian that the Dutch are not so bad.

26. Finally print a 'proud-to-be-a-nerd' t-shirt. Give it away to a) all your ph.d. friends b) all your other friends.

27. Have a blog that is read by some people.

28. Start a Lady's Club; no gentlemen allowed, intellectual discussions to be encouraged, accessories warmly welcomed. Have fabulous lunches, infamous cocktails and fantastic keynote speakers.

Dear Hannah Wish you a very happy Birthday , all t...

2008-05-03T07:29:00.000+02:00

Dear Hannah

Wish you a very happy Birthday , all the very best . May all your dreams come true and may the devils of the past dissappear

Warm Regards
Sanjay Aiyer
saaiyer@gmail.com

perhaps a new blog about being dutch in belgium is...

2008-04-09T09:50:00.000+02:00

perhaps a new blog about being dutch in belgium is in order

HAHAHAHAHAHA.nice one

2008-04-09T09:45:00.000+02:00

HAHAHAHAHAHA.
nice one

we are starting to sound like a belgian municipali...

2008-04-02T07:25:00.000+02:00

we are starting to sound like a belgian municipality over here

but one cannot help but notice that this notice was put up on april 1st :)

"Tell them dropping the drink they bought you only...

2008-01-06T11:26:00.000+01:00

"Tell them dropping the drink they bought you only makes you appreciate every drop of it." super grappig...

as long as you don't drop me....lieve uhk
kus

Ah, loopholes!Tell them: I never know what I have ...

2007-12-12T14:41:00.000+01:00

Ah, loopholes!

Tell them: I never know what I have till it's lost, dropped, broken or spilt.
Tell them you once had a bike which you could write books about, for no other reason than that you lost it.
Tell them the half hour after dusk is the best, because it's the part of the night when anything goes.
Tell them dropping the drink they bought you only makes you appreciate every drop of it.

en don't kill the wall! en als je het wil doen waa...

2007-11-24T22:07:00.000+01:00

en don't kill the wall! en als je het wil doen waarschuw me dan, moet alle teksten dowloaden :)

Su-per-mooi.You always have the best addition!

2007-11-13T22:26:00.000+01:00

Su-per-mooi.
You always have the best addition!

A song from our signature group comes to mind:In h...

2007-11-13T15:32:00.000+01:00

A song from our signature group comes to mind:

In het midden van de kring
Waar ze je helemaal omringen
En op de toppen van je kunnen
Bedenk je soms opeens:
Je doet het niet voor hun
Je doet het niet voor mij
En zelfs niet voor jezelf
Je bent de zin voorbij

Jij hebt een donker hart
Voelt je vaak verward
Maar dat wil niet zeggen
Dat alles dan
Alles dan
Alles dan ook meteen zinloos is
Jij loopt nog niet zo hard
Maar een slechte start
Wil niet altijd zeggen
Dat alles dan
Alles dan
Alles dan ook meteen over is

Ze vroegen je ten dans
En het bood je alle kansen
Om het beste dat je in je had
Aan iedereen te laten zien
Maar je doet het niet voor hun
Je doet het niet voor mij
En zelfs niet voor jezelf
Je bent de zin voorbij

Jij hebt een donker hart
Voelt je vaak verward
Maar dat wil niet zeggen
Dat alles dan
Alles dan
Alles dan ook meteen zinloos is
Jij loopt nog niet zo hard
Maar een slechte start
Wil niet altijd zeggen
Dat alles dan
Alles dan
Alles dan ook meteen over is

Jij hebt een donker hart
Voelt je vaak verward
Maar dat wil niet zeggen
Dat alles dan
Alles dan
Alles dan ook meteen zinloos is
Jij loopt nog niet zo hard
Maar een slechte start
Wil niet altijd zeggen
Dat alles dan
Alles dan
Alles dan ook meteen over is

Hi Hannah . This is Sanjay Aiyer from India . I wi...

2007-10-08T13:39:00.000+02:00

Hi Hannah . This is Sanjay Aiyer from India . I will be in Amsterdam this weekend and next . Was hoping to meet you . I dont have your contact details , but have saved the blog address . Let me know if you get this mail .

hahahahahahai wish it were truei love the third-pe...

2007-10-05T06:22:00.000+02:00

hahahahahaha
i wish it were true
i love the third-person-first-person dialogue struggle thingee
and i miss you!

but i love the dancing

2007-09-25T19:28:00.000+02:00

but i love the dancing

Now what's up with leaving a beautiful, difficult ...

2007-09-25T19:27:00.000+02:00

Now what's up with leaving a beautiful, difficult song anonymously?

"no hago otra cosa que olvidarte" - such a strong contradictio in terminis. such an emotional struggle between harshness and tenderness. such pain. such a battle to let go.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r84pJHlMjbQ&mode=re...

2007-08-17T20:22:00.000+02:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r84pJHlMjbQ&mode=related&search=

Cheers for the link to the universe site. have a g...

2007-08-12T03:08:00.000+02:00

Cheers for the link to the universe site. have a great time, and if you are still in genevea, go get wet under the Jet d'eau for me, I miss it...... Nigel

As Simon and Garfunkel sang,April come she willWhe...

2007-06-14T14:14:00.000+02:00

As Simon and Garfunkel sang,

April come she will
When streams are ripe and swelled with rain;
May, she will stay,
Resting in my arms again.
June, she'll change her tune,
In restless walks she'll prowl the night;
July, she will fly
And give no warning to her flight.

loving the logic, anna :)don't do the mea culpa th...

2007-06-13T09:58:00.000+02:00

loving the logic, anna :)
don't do the mea culpa thing, it makes me feel mea culpa about complaining. hahahaha.

i always believe writing is an inside thing, something I do for me, no matter what. so that would make having a blog a plus.

but then the minus-es occur when i fear people think that having a blog is strange and potentially self-indulgent and exhibitionist.

I have been bad, not even visiting you in Leuven yet. Things are moving, though, in good directions, for both of us.

Also, I am using you as an excuse to get days of work next week. I am pretending that my friend in Leuven is obtaining her Ph.D. and then I am going to go work at a theater production instead.

wish me luck

Mea culpa..that goes on the neverending pile of th...

2007-06-06T18:09:00.000+02:00

Mea culpa..that goes on the neverending pile of things I feel guilty about. I haven't written in ages. Nothing, not an email, not a blog-entry, hardly an sms, and for sure not a letter or a card. I suck at time management, or priority management, for that matter. And don't think that I'm at the office from 9 to 9 (or even 9 to 5) because I'm not. What do I do? I don't know. Wasting time is one thing, but still not the same as deleting time. Or so I hope and believe. So even if you really were wasting blog space (which I'm not sure can be wasted in the first place, since isn't it practically unlimited, and hence not scarce, and hence cannot be wasted?) and wasting energy (and bear in mind that energy cannot strictly speaking, be lost) writing on it, you're not allowed to equate that to deleting it. Why not? Because it would be a logical inconsistency, that's why. Now stop asking silly questions and get back to wasting time.

thanks, my dear. it came at the exact right moment...

2007-06-02T00:46:00.000+02:00

thanks, my dear. it came at the exact right moment! I'll figure it out :S, and i will love doing that. It was wonderful sitting on the rocks by the lake with you. xH

...don't delete it! xS

2007-05-24T10:48:00.000+02:00

...don't delete it! xS

Check this:Tuesday, April 10, 2007Unsustainable Bu...

2007-05-08T11:01:00.000+02:00

Check this:

Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Unsustainable Business Plan One

I proudly present, a new business plan from the Cosmo Corporate Conglomerate, with the (Human Rights Watch inspired) name:

Fashion Watch International (FWI, which hints at the short-hand FYI, - For Your Information. We could also go with 'FYF' - For Your Fashion. Or just with FYI.)

Inspirations: the plan is much inspired by recent observatons in London, a highly confusion experience in terms of fashion.

perhaps some 6% of women are Zara-style fashionable, with high-waist jackets combined with other recent looks
there is the large proportion of London youth that prefers the infamous Londonese sporty/trashy style with jeans and whatever-wear, throwing in some more recent trends such as leggings under skirts
I saw a ton of actual Ugg boots, the ones that were hot two winters ago
other individuals (maybe 3%) went overboard with completely eccentric creations, coloured hear, etc.
It really struck me that given the fashion trends of any given moment, fashion is different in the streets of different European cities. I.e. in Milano women of all ages (including 50+) strictly wear fashion that will be hot next year, while Geneva is a great place for inspiration on a timeless classic office look, (albeit it slighlty too timeless and too Louis Vutton ), and Barca is another colourful anything-goes place. So how to pack one's bags before travelling?

The target group. Style-sensitive, (young) professional women, who would be happy with a fasion update before their trips.

The plan. Our customer could receive a portfolio of pictures taken on the streets in the past week tailored to her specific desires. I.e. she would indicate her age and overall dress style and we would send back suggestions.

The niche. The business plan is different from buying a magazine because magazines give overall current trends, whereas FWI would involve specific and exteremely up-to-date information for the city a person would be visiting.

The necessities. All we would need, is a photographer/trendwatcher in each major city who is continuously uploading a picture data base. And a very talented trendwatcher who creates portfolio's from the data base.

The playing field. We will focus on Europe first, an area with sufficient fashion divergence while it is still an area that can be travelled in one-to-two hour flights.

call me a sicko, but I had quite a different assoc...

2007-04-18T16:27:00.000+02:00

call me a sicko, but I had quite a different association with the title of the plan, "inflatable dyke"..