A dream life? Sleeping, naping, eating, curling into bed, getting love and affection all day long, being spoiled, playing all day long (when not sleeping),
I would love if my cats could write a book. I guess it would be called “how to relax and enjoy life all year long and not worry about who will pay the rent next month”…
Essential blogging book cover.
Why should books about serious things (like programming) should have serious – even boring – looking covers? How interesting it was for me to find out about the idea and the illustrator behind O’Reilly covers…
A new site is born! and a new star too…
I just finished, after months of procrastination, the web site for my friend Dan.
* Under electric light
If you like new order, electro pop inspired from the 80’s, nice made melodies, go on. The music section has some samples for your ears to be delighted.
Thanks to Christine who sent me a picture of dreamer, once framed on her wall. It looks great! 
grrrr… i am working on illustration proposals, and god, it takes me everything to
keep sitting on my chair and JUST DOING IT!
There is always the dishes to wash, the clothes to wash, clothes to take out of the washing machine, clothes to take to the dryer, and oops, im hungry again, and hm, should i read a bit of this book, and oh, i have to water the plants, hm, its sunny outside maybe i should go, hm, is’nt something important i forgot to do that i was supposed to do today?
today i could write a book about “how to keep yourself away from your goals without recongnizing it”
umpfff…
Writing Down the Bones:
Freeing the Writer Within
Just do it… that’s what i kept in mind reading “writing as a practice”. This 3 pages chapter was worth the book, even if i hav’nt read the whole book yet…
This chapter could have been called “drawing as a practice” and it still would have made sense to me. In fact, it could be apply at anything, painting, signing, dancing, playing, sculpting, and so on.
“Like running, the more you do it, the better you get at it. Some days, you don’t want to run and you resist every step of the three miles, but you do it anyway. You practice whether you want to or not. You don’t wait around for inspiration and a deep desire to run. It’ll never happen, especially if you are out of shape and have been avoiding it. Bur if you run regularly, you train your mind to cut through or ignore your resistance. You just do it. And in the middle of the run, your love it. When you come to the end, you never want to stop. And you stop, hungry for the next time.”
Does this make any sense to you? It does a lot to me…
This month, on my bookshelve are many books, and they look all worth reading. In the pile is “Chicken Soup for the Traveler’s Soul: Stories of Adventure, Inspiration and Insight to Celebrate the Spirit of Travel”. I already pass thru half of the book, and most of the stories are really inspiring.
Its a good way to travel risk free, from your comfortable bed
Ok, there is time for a pause well deserved. I have worked more on my personal projects in 3 days then in the lasts 2 months.
Coming back from holidays i got totally depressed, but then i got back on my feet, stronger than i have been since long. I decided to (this time its true) commit myself to some yoga everyday. Now that i felt that i finally have the time i always wanted to realize all of what’s on my mind, i found myself without energy to do it.
So, a rapid thinking brought me to the fact that the best way i know to get on my feet on to feel good is to do some yoga.
“First, do not panic”, that’s what i tell myself most often these days. Stay calm, keep fit, everything will be alright, but — do not panic!
So yeah, nothing better than a daily dose of yoga to keep me relax (as much as i can be relax!) and (a bit) centered.
And it works, for now. Of course, i can already see myself so busy and into panic that i will totally forget about it in some days, but the important thing is that i did it for the last 4 days and i feel great. I did more in these last 4 days than i could have hoped.
well, that wasn’t what i wanted to write about…
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What did you ate for breakfast?
i have big problem finding cereals that fits to my diet.
I try to avoid white sugar, white flour, so it gets really tricky
to find something good, and for cereals, even worse.
what i wanted to write about is
– Rediscovering our power as customers –
I mostly read what’s written on the packages of the food i eat,
and as a compulsive complainer, this is the perfect thing to complain
about. Too much sugar, no brown sugar, no brown floor, no fruits,
artificial color, flavors, …
but today i woke up and wondered, why are we not letting our
voices be heard? why am i not stopping my complaining sessions
and instead sending emails to these company asking them to make
yummie cereals that would be good for my body&soul?
i think we too often take the bad habit of complaining and not realizing
our power…
so, yes, i am going to send emails, many emails, with all my wish,
and i hope i will be heard. Wanna join me?
Uff… what a long entry it is…
so, there are some pictures of my trip to holland, some succulent memories!
There is a page of my diary, the 3th day i was there. I was really confused, tired, and lonely. When going on a journey alone be ready for the best moments of your life, but also the worse ones… But its worth it all the way!
*Leaving hamburg, at 8h33 am, so early… uffff… but early light is nice…
*My first morning there, sunny sunny
*View from the flat where i stayed for the week, really nice place, and nice view…
*View from the other side of the flat
*Lazy lazy… yes, i took a lot of time to just sit down and take it easy… This cozy place was perfect for me to do some people watching 
*On a stop to a coffee… doing more people watching…
*m-c an zee yesyes! i went at the sea and called my mom from there to let her hear the waves from the other side of the ocean. Nothing makes me feel better than the sea, i felt totaly focused, relax, and full of energy when i left. Wish i could be at the sea more often…
*more from the sea
*Another stop in a nice coffee in amsterdam, with hm, yeah, a really tasty peanut soup! looks strange, with banana slices on the top, but i would eat it again anytime! Tasty and spicy… yummie!
*Rotterdam, I was a bit disapointed of the city, wich was really industrial looking like. So i spent few hours there, and there are some nice pictures…
*Kubicule houses in rotterdam, where build in the 70’s to give the city some kind of center of interest… well, kind of weird place… got a bit dizzy visiting the inside
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