| Here it is! 2010 extravaganza recap entry! |
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1. What did you do in 2010 that you'd never done before? This time I didn’t do anything that I hadn’t done before. Boring!
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I didn’t really have New Year’s resolutions for 2010. Wait, maybe it was the same like last year. Spending more time with friends and travel more. I did spend more time with friends. I traveled but only to places I’ve already been to.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Not anyone close to me but an old friend from high school gave birth to a baby boy like a month ago.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Yes and I still think about it every day…One of my best friends and my grandma both passed away around the start of 2010.
5. What countries did you visit?
Germany (Berlin), Japan (Tokyo)
6. What would you like to have in 2011 that you lacked in 2010?
A life…no I’m just kidding. I think I would like to have less pain. I’m not in pain right now but I’ve been to some pretty rough times the last 2 or 3 months. My Crohn’s disease was acting up again and caused me a lot of pain. So I’m hoping that it’ll be on the down low in 2011…Shoo! Go back into remission stupid disease!
7. What date from 2010 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
I hate to say this but the 2 dates that will always be etched upon my memory are dates connected to bad things. First off is 17th of January when one of my best friends suddenly passed away because of an embolism in her lung. Then on the 26th of February my grandma passed away because of cancer.
There are some good things though. I’ve been to Japan this year in September and fulfilled a childhood wish. I was finally able to visit the Tokyo Game Show while being there. Supercharged covered my travel expenses because it was kind of a working/vacation trip. Uhmmm and somewhere in November my mom and step dad finally got their own house (They’ve been living in a little flat for over 4 years now) so that means I get my own room at my mom’s place and I’m going to live there from next week on.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Getting my “propedeuse” and passed my first year at HKU. Shooting a promo video for Puma with Supercharged and just Supercharged in particular.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Getting behind at school. Due to my trip to Japan I got behind in some classes and I still have to hand in some work. Also, I blame myself for not spending more time with Melissa (my friend who passed away) but I guess that’s a normal thing to do when people lose someone close to them. So I’m getting over that.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Yes, this was a bad year for me if we’re talking disease-wise. My Crohn’s disease started to act up and I was in a lot of pain. All of this resulting into me getting new medication, more tests and eventually: A stay in the hospital for almost a week. Things have settled down now and I hope it’s not coming back for a while…because I’m literally pretty sick of this.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
I’ve bought a lot of sneakers….and by a lot I mean A LOT…I think I bought like 20 pair or something since my sneaker addiction went through the roof in 2010. Especially the last couple of months. As for the rest… I think my Japan trip covers that, although I didn’t have to pay for my ticket I still had to pay for my hostel and food. Tokyo was a good time!
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My mom’s, my best friend Valerie, my little sister
13. Whose behavior appalled and depressed you?
My step dad, I love him! Don’t get me wrong, but sometimes he really grinds my gears and he said some hurtful things.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Japan and sneakers, definitely!
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Tokyo, Berlin at the start of 2010, getting my “propedeuse”, living with my mom and her finally getting a new house.
16. What songs will always remind you of 2010?
Kane – Rain Down On Me, this might sound stupid or something because I’m not a big Kane fan but Melissa sometimes listened to them. When I play Rain Down On Me so many memories come back to me and since her death this song just really gets to me, I see all these memories of us and the time we spend together. 2010 mostly consisted about me thinking of her and playing this song so Rain Down On Me will always remind me of 2010.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. Happier or sadder?
Sadder, don’t get me wrong! I am really happy at the moment but compared to this time last year I am sadder because I lost people that are close to me. That still hurts everyday.
ii. Thinner or fatter?
Fatter, but that’ll change soon enough.
iii. Richer or poorer?
Richer, I’m still not very rich but last year around this time I bought a lot of stuff and still had to get out of uhm..overdraw because of my iMac.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Traveling
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Complaining, slacking
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Christmas is over! But Christmas eve consisted out of eating dinner with my dad, sis, dad’s girlfriend and her son and unwrapping presents. Christmas day consisted out of unwrapping presents with my step dad, stepbrothers, mom and sis and later my oldest stepbrother’s girlfriend.
22. Did you fall in love in 2010?
In love is a big word, I liked a guy, he liked me back, didn’t work out. End of story. So no, didn’t fall in love in 2010.
23. How many one-night stands?
None, although I had a fun night after a party and dated the guy for a short period but it didn’t work out. You could see that as some sort of one night stand….I don’t know.
24. What was your favorite TV program?
Californication, X-files, Skins, House, Dexter, Misfits
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No, I’m all about love!
26. What was the best book you read?
I’ve only read the Twilight saga this year so I think that pretty much answers the question.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Mac Miller, Nicki Minaj, Bloody Beetroots, Deadmau5
28. What did you want and get?
My “propedeuse, a Blackberry, trip to Tokyo and visit Tokyo Game Show, room at my mom’s house.
28. What did you want and not get?
Be healthy all the time
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Iron Man 2, Inception, Toy Story 3…there are too many.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 22 and had a blast of a party like every year with all of my friends =).
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
People around me NOT dying…? Not having to deal with my Crohn’s Disease, travel more
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2010?
I have no idea how you call that…I always wear my sneakers and try to match the color. Girly but sporty aswell? IDEK…
34. What kept you sane?
My friends and family
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Definitely Robert Downey Jr! And Lily Loveless & Kathryn Prescott.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
The downfall of our…cabinet? Voting, the politicians discussing ALL the time and not making any decisions.
37. Whom did you miss?
Melissa, Grandma, Grandpa, friends that I don’t see that often.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
My new classmates =)! I love each and everyone of them!
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2010:
Live everyday like it’s your last and enjoy all the little things in life. Before you know your life is over! It’s better to have a short life full of great things and experiences than a long live with less great things and no experiences…or something along the lines of that.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
Can’t really think of one right now...
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| HAPPY NEW YEAR! |
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It's that time of the year already...Last hours of 2010 are ticking away!
I know that it's been a while since my last entry. I'll do a 2010 meme thing tomorrow or something.
Also I'll try to keep this updated regularly! HAVE A GOOD 2011!!!!!!
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[31 May 2010|10:48pm] |
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And now I'm going to write something down here for real! Everytime I open this page and I can't get myself to write something down here. Because I don't really know what to write. Things are going better. For a long time I didn't feel like updating because of what happened at the start of the year. Still thinking about that every day ofcourse. But I kind of managed to give it a place and have some sort of peace with it. On the other hand I've been busy with school, work, hanging around with my friends. Because if there's one thing I've learned since January is that you have to live everyday like it could be your last. Don't have regret and just have fun and make the best of it. So, this school year is almost over and I'm working really hard to get my P (propedeuse) because if I don't I can't continue school and they'll kick me out. That's art academy for you. Really strict. Because if I fail and they do kick me out I can never come back or follow another education at that faculty (Art, Media & Technology).
But I'll manage! My End Year Assessment is in 2 weeks and then they're going to look at all the work I've done in the last year and see if I made any progress. These 2 weeks are going to be really tough. Decided to create a music video for Eckhardt (a Dutch musician). From scratch, so concept, shooting and post production. Then I still have to fix my typography assignment and make some items for Supercharged.tv. We are finally online by the way at http://www.supercharged.tv. I guess that were the most important things in my life these past months. Haven't really been up to something. Lots of work and going out with friends. Which is good aswell <3. Wouldn't trade it for the world.
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They let my grandma choke to death! She fucking choked to death and they promised her no pain..
This is so awful..I can't put it into words...
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I just got a call that it's over. After 1,5 day of suffering and fuck ups by doctors because of the wrong dosage she finally passed on.
Hope that you're reunited with grandpa and that you can live on! Rest in peace grandma....
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[26 Feb 2010|01:02am] |
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Fuck you 2010 for taking people away from me! It's been barely a month since Melis died and already I have to process another loss. Or better said...will have to process another loss, since she's still here. My grandma is dying of cancer and I spend half of the day there next to her deathbed...My grandma got diagnosed with cancer a couple of years ago but it didn't really do any harm to her. She had a tumor which was sort of a time bomb since it didn't do anything. Not growing, not spreading, nothing... Until 4 weeks ago when it suddenly went downhill really fast. On the day of Melis her funeral I heard that my grandma was in the hospital with some sort of heart failure. Heart diseases run in her family and she already got operated once so it wasn't that strange. She went home 4 days later but still had pressure on her chest and fluid in her legs. After a while her belly swelled up because they detected fluid there aswell. She went for an MRI scan only to discover that the cancer spread to her whole body and that there was nothing they could do to save her. My grandma didn't really care since she told us that she was ready to leave this life to go to my grandpa (who's been dead since I was 4). So it got worse day by day and it didn't take really long till the doctors gave her morphine. Still she was walking and laughing and everything. She's so strong! I got a call this morning that it wasn't going too well and that today was her last day. She was in so much pain so the doctor agreed to give her a morphine pump so she could go "peacefully" in her sleep. Got picked up by Erwin and said my goodbyes to grandma when she was still awake. She nodded and kissed me and not too long after that she fell asleep. She woke up once because of the pain so the doctor had to come back to give her another shot. Now she's getting morphine through a pump so we have to wait untill she gives in. But she doesn't... it's been a day now and she's still breathing and her heartrate is constant and normal. I stayed there till 3 pm today but it was so hard to see her...to hear her... gurgling because of the fluid in her lungs. Heartbreaking...nervewrecking. Saw all of my uncles and aunts, cousins, my grandma's brothers and sisters, all said goodbye to her on her deathbed. My mom and her sisters are there right now, spending the night and waiting for her last breathe. Hope it all doesn't last very long...it's for the best. "And I rationed my breaths as I said to myself that I’ve already taken too much today.
As each descending peak on the LCD took you a little farther away from me." Away from me.....
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Haven't had the time and will to post this yet but I want to let everyone know here...Also, this is a huge part of my life so I want this to have a place @ my journal. Last Sunday (17-01-10) one of my best friends suddenly passed away. Melissa Selina Meeuwsen, 23 years old and right at the start of her life. It makes me so angry to think of the way it happened. How it had to be... She had no clue, no way to prepare herself and she had so much to live for. So much to do and right at the start of a good career. She was always lively, bright, happy and cheering people up. Such a strong individual and I'm glad that I can say that she was my first and real best friend. Soul mates...2010 was the year that we knew each other for 10 years..... She twisted her knee around Christmas, not really a bad sign or something because she had weak knees. Doctor said to give it some rest and to not put pressure on it. So she did but unfortunately she twisted the same knee again while in the shower. Again, more resting and no walking. And so she did. Until Thursday (14-01-10), she started having trouble breathing but since she just had a cold she tought it wasn't anything serious. On Friday it got much worse and she couldn't inhale deeply. They went to the doctor but he was really busy so he gave her some antibiotics. Her mom had Pneumonia so it was only natural that Melis could've gotten it aswell. Saturday she woke up with a sore ankle so her boyfriend massaged it. Didn't seem to weird because of her knee ofcourse. Her mom called for breakfast and she wanted to "walk " down the stairs when suddenly she didn't feel too well and sat down. She told Paul that she thought she was going to faint, not a second later she fell down the stairs. She came too and asked what happened and that she was thirsty but not too long after that s he passed out. Paul called 112 (Dutch 911) and they performed CPR for 2!!!!! hours and rushed her to the hospital. After 2 hours they got her heart beating again but she was still unconscious and kept in a comatose state. Her brains got all swollen because of the lack of oxygen for 2 hours and because of that most of her vital functions were failing. She had massive brain damage and after a while they stated that she was brain dead. Then around 3:30 Sunday morning her family said their goodbyes to her and they pulled the plug. I heard the news around this time (15:30) last Sunday. I called her mom last Monday and went to Berlin with Supercharged.tv to film at Bread & Butter. Returned home earlier for the funeral which was last Friday. The funeral was beautiful! They played RoST - Life Is Beautiful, a song that Melis loved and I knew that she wanted that song to play at her funeral. We decided that for both of us when we were younger. After the funeral I and a couple of friends and her boyfriend went to her house and we went to her room. Really awkward because she passed away so suddenly so it was as if she could walk into the room any moment. But we laughed, talked about good memories of her and how she would react to everything. When I got home I looked through all my backups from the last years and collected everything I could find from her. Drawings, designs, text documents etc. Especially drawings, she was such a good artist and her mom wants to collect all of her drawings and bundle them. Make a book out of it. Then yesterday evening I went to Paul (her boyfriend) and we talked about her. Filled each other in with information about her and talked about the times we were together and stuff. I also brought some of my old school agenda's because she wrote stuff in them =). Had an old holiday card of her and we listened to a tribute of 2 hours on the anime radio she used to listen to. A lot of people from the community could request songs and they played songs that were here favorites. Listening to that right now aswell. Such great people! They didn't even know her personally but all the things they had to do to get this arranged. There were 700 listeners online yesterday, a record. That proves how wonderful she was and she was easy to make friends with. Could make you feel like you knew her for years! I could go on and on but I'm still having a hard time coping with everything. It's so fresh... and still so surreal and hard to believe. I have to confront myself everything with facts and stuff that I'm not able to tell or show her anymore. She helped me to become the person I am now...one of the most important persons in my life. I have a lot of memories of her, we shared a lot....hard to believe that I'm not able to do that anymore...we promised each other to get old together. Old people talking to each other with a cup of tea, reminiscence about the past. Luckily I have a lot of support from my friends and Paul is a big help to get me through everything because we were the people that were closest to her although I didn't see her so often as I used to because of school and work. Our bond never weakened, only got stronger. The times that I do get to spend with her were like old times, like nothing had changed at all....Forever! Never fading.... 
Melissa Selina Meeuwsen
26-09-1986 - 17-01-10
You've finally gotten your wings....Keep rising!
Rest in peace.....
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[29 Dec 2009|02:41am] |
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2 months since my last entry. I think 2009 deserves another entry to recap everything I've done in the past year. So here it is: 1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before? Lots of things, visited New York and Berlin. Going to celebrate New Years out of the country, thus visit Paris. Started a HBO education etc.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't recall any new years resolutions that I had for 2009 but I remember making a statement to myself about traveling more. See places I want to see. As most of you know I did go to places I hadn't been before. I have some standard resolutions for next year but most of you will call me crazy if I'd mention them.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No not that I know of. Oh...I believe my cousin gave birth this year but she's not really that close anymore.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No and I feel really lucky that I can say that.
5. What countries did you visit?
Amerika (New York), Germany (Berlin), Belgium (Antwerp) and going to visit France (Paris) in 2 days.
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
I would say free time...but that's only since I started school again last September. So that doesn't really count haha.
Also, I would like to finally have a boyfriend, as pathetic as that sounds...but it's true.
7. What date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
First there was my awesome birthday party when I turned 21 this year on the 27th of March.
Second is when I heard I got accepted at HKU (Hogeschool v/d Kunsten Utrecht) on the 30th of March.
Yeah, my life was kind of complete when I heard that =)!
The most important thing was on the 18th of September. My mom got married to my (now official) stepdad =).
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Getting accepted at HKU!
9. What was your biggest failure?
I could've spend some more time with my friends the last couple of months but as a result of getting accepted I kind of let my friends down.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Yes, still suffering from my precious chronic disease called Crohn's disease.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
My 21,5 inch Apple iMac and my very own PlayStation 3. I know! I already had one at my mom's but I had to share that one with my stepbrother.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My mom's and my stepdad. They both seem very very happy =)!
13. Whose behavior appalled and depressed you?
Hmm, noone's really. Sometimes my dad and my sis but that happens from time to time.
14. Where did most of your money go?
New York trip definitely. My iMac costed a lot but my trip was around €2750,-. 500 for the flight, 250,- for the rooms and 2000,- to spend.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
My trips, Bread & Butter Berlin, Supercharged, accepted by HKU, my mom's wedding, my tv shows, Robert Downey Jr ;)!, X-Files etc.
16. What songs will always remind you of 2009?
Robert Downey Jr songs, played them over and over again. X-files theme and lots of other songs and themes.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. Happier or sadder?
Happier
ii. Thinner or fatter?
Fatter, but that's because I suffered from Crohn really bad at the end of 2008, so it's not fat fat...it's healthy fat.
iii. Richer or poorer?
Poorer, I had a lot of money in my savings account by the end of 2008. All for my trip to New York. Since I bought my Mac last month I have zero in my savings account...too bad.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Spend time with friends and more traveling. There's never too much traveling!
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Complaining, working etc
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Christmas eve and day at mom's, boxing day at dad's. Eating, laughing and unwrapping presents.
22. Did you fall in love in 2009?
Hmm, fall in love is too big of a word for this but let's say that I had a crush on someone and got a green light in return. Ended in nothing though..well, nothing serious that is.
23. How many one-night stands?
Zero...
24. What was your favourite TV program?
Californication, X-files, Skins, House, Lost and at the moment Dexter. Best of this year? God that's a tough one...I guess I got most absorbed into X-files.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No, definitely not!
26. What was the best book you read?
Finished Harry Potter & the Deadly Hallows this year which was fucking A! Started to read the Twilight books which are also awesome!
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
More old school Hip Hop and some good Nederhop like Winne and Jiggy Dje.
28. What did you want and get?
Got accepted by HKU, Apple iMac
28. What did you want and not get?
Iphone or Blackberry, travel more (L.A, Japan)
30. What was your favourite film of this year?
Fuck...another tough one. Wanted to see Transformers 2 really bad but that's not my favorite film. I guess it's Ironman and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Party hardy because I turned 21. Damn that was a nice party!
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
A boyfriend....
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
Sneakerhead minded, and a bit more girly on some occasions!
34. What kept you sane?
My friends and family
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Hahaaaaaaaaaaaaa Robert Downey Jr ofcourse! After that David Duchovny and a little bit of Kristen Stewart.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Recession..? God I don't know
37. Whom did you miss?
Grandpa...=(, and some of my friends who I don't see that often.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Jeroen I guess and Martijn & Caroline, Cindy
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:
Didn't do this myself yet but going to in 2010, enjoy your free time and sometimes sacrifice some time for your friends. Even if you think you shouldn't hang out with them because of schoolwork. Do it anyway! Before you know it you're too old or too caught up with work.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
I have no idea....
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[03 Oct 2009|12:43am] |
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I'm still here! Just busy doing a lot of schoolwork or working at my part-time job. If I'm not doing one of those things then I may be busy with Nunchaku practise or working on our Supercharged project. All in all I'm working constantly and I'm enjoying my (rare) free time to the fullest. Right now I'm very busy with a couple of assignments I have to hand in in the week of October 12th. After that we'll start a new "block" with new lessons and new assignments. Some of the classes I have:
Dramatic principles
Camera
Photoshop & Illustrator
Concept & Visualization
Research & Profile
History of Art
Drawing lessons
Design process
Some are literally translated from Dutch to English because I don't know the English terms for those words. All in all it's very interesting, yes even the "boring" theory lessons.
I guess that's everything that is happening in my life right now. Supercharged is going great but I can't share the info right now. Let's just say that we're busy with some great projects that will blow your mind! Site is scheduled to go online in late October so stay tuned for http://www.supercharged.tv! As for Nunchaku, the green belt exam takes place mid November so I'm training really hard for that. Hope I'll receive my green belt so I can kick some serious ass! I'm off to bed now! Work tomorrow from 9:00 till 5:00. After that it's schoolwork schoolwork schoolwork, so no actual weekend for me =(. It's worth it though. Need to get all the study points I can get this first block. P.S: Didn't I tell you about those 5 days I freelanced for GUNK last June? The week after I got back from New York. I'm finally getting those gift certificates in the mail next week. Turns out I get a whoppin' € 200,- for 5 days of work/fun/food etc. Was fun to do AND I'm also getting "money" for it. Now I'm a big step closer to buying myself a brand new shiny Apple iMac ;D!
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Tomorrow it's really beginning! My new life for the upcoming 4 years. Maybe I'm exaggerating a bit but actually it really is. After a year of no school at all (okay, my LOI homestudy thing) I'll be starting an education again. If all goes well it's for 4 years. Last week was my introduction week which was awesome! Met a lot of interesting & cool people and I'm really looking forward to our classes.
It's really weird to actually having to go to school again almost every day, following classes, making tests and stuff. I will have to pay attention in class again because this won't be so "easy" as my last school. Work hard and use every bit of free time for my assignments and studying.
Supercharged is still standing strong by the way! We had to postpone our website because the scripting was harder than we thouh but it's going to be mindblowing in our opinions. I'll be having a meeting at the 9th of September to discuss everything and to look at the upcoming months. Already got ourselves some sort of sponsorship deal although our website isn't even online yet. Good things are coming our way but I can't talk about that yet since it's classified. It's going to be our breakthrough.
When I was on vacation I started reading the Twilight saga btw. Awesome books! Really love them, don't worry though. I won't transform into a creepy Twi-hard fangirl. I'm reading Eclipse at the moment and I'm so in love with it. Can't wait for New Moon to come out, hope it's better than the first movie. Guess that will be all! Can't wait for House and Californication to start again at the end of September. Also Nunchaku training starting tomorrow ;D!
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| So long! See you in 2 weeks! |
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I'm off to my so called "vacation". I'm going to spend 2 weeks on the boat of my stepdad together with 8 other people.
My mom, stepdad, sis, both of my stepbrothers, girlfriend of stepbrother, friend of my sis and a friend of mine. Some people will come and visit me along the way but not more than 1 day at a time.
We're kicking off today by going to Hardewijk,stay there till Wednesday or Thursday morning and then off to Giethoorn. We'll only be spending the night there so the next day we "set sail" to our final destination: Sneek, Friesland. Again, we'll be staying there a couple of days and then we're heading back to Baarn. I'm not looking forward to it just like last year but I think it's going to be okay after a while. Last year was awesome while I thought it would sucked big time. But this time it's 2 weeks instead of 1 and no Japan afterwards...which is really depressing =(! Well I'm off! Ahoy matey!
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What have I been up to the last couple of months? I feel like I'm finally getting a grip on the business where I want to work when I'm done studying. Lots of opportunities and new people as I said in one of my other logs. This time not with Sneakerbaas since that's history. I'm still working together with most of the old Sneakerbaas crew but we started a new project together with Blammo. Blammo was also involved in Sneakerbaas but Boris pulled back and invited some of us to join him and set up a new project. The project's called Supercharged! and if everything goed according to plan then we'll be online by the beginning of September. This new site also revolves around sneakers but it goes deeper than that. It's about the sneaker lifestyle which also involves things like fashion, music, gadgets, traveling, photography and events. The big main thing is ofcourse sneakers but we want to create a lifestyle website. On the website there are going to be video items about sneakers, clothing and events but in the end we're also going to make city guides in video style. Imagine going to New York or Tokyo and you're searching for an online shopping guide and shops recommended by other sneakerheads. You draw your little map and start looking. No, not with Supercharged. We film everything, how to get there from trainstation to the front door of the shop. Maybe do an interview with the owner, what kind of sneakers they have etc! That's a long way from now but we want to do it as soon as our budget allows us to. I already had one big trip to Bread & Butter Berlin (Germany). This one was mostly sponsored by Blammo so it only cost me 7 euro's haha (including travel costs, hostel, food and press passes). We interviewed some people of big brands like Reebok, New Balance, Pro-Keds, Onitsuka Tiger etc. We also wanted to film @ Nike's stand but they didn't do interviews. I also saw Jeremy Scott in real life (He's a famous designer for Adidas). So yeah we shot a lot of material and our first item is going to be online in September. September is a big month this year because that's also the month that I start at HKU (Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht). I finally got accepted at Image and Media Technology so I'll be able to get my Bachelor ;D! Also, still freelancing for GUNK. Went to Antwerp a couple of days after I got back from New York to work on the tv set. They now have their own digital tv channel so I had to help with the montage and camera. So that's my life at the moment. Busy but good! Lot of good times ahead! I'm going to make it in my life! I can feel it! I'm motivated, I know the right people and I've done the right work! Now my education is going to fit perfectly in all of this. Go me!
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Hi! Quick update live from Berlin, Germany! Here for the Bread & Butter expo which is all about sneakers/fashion/lifestyle! It's awesome here!
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GOD DAMN IT! God fucking damn it. I'm so enraged right now because I just discovered that I've been robbed. Yes as in: People stole shit from me. From my own god damn room and it makes me so fucking angry. So, all was well and I was in for a nice evening full of movie-watching. The whole day I had been looking forward to re-watch Iron Man for the 4th time because I love that movie (and ofcourse Robert Downey Jr). So I open my DVD case only to discover that there's one disc missing. Ofcourse it's the fucking disc with the movie on it. So I'm getting fucking paranoid because I'm not a messy person. I absolutely hate misplacing things so I always, ALWAYS, put my dvd or game back in the case where it belongs. Never ever am I leaving a dvd or a game in my console or dvd player. So this has never happened to me before and I'm starting to doubt myself but I can't remember replacing a dvd or lending it to someone. So I check my consoles, laptop and dvd player because maybe the disc was still in there but nope, they're all empty. Then I started to open every fucking dvd case and game cases. Nope no Iron Man dvd. But what do I find? WHAT DO I FIND? MY CALL OF DUTY 3 AND TIMESHIFT GAME DISCS ARE ALSO MISSING!!!! So I freaked out and I checked every single case that's in my room, searched EVERYTHING but without a result. Called my dad if maybe he watched Iron Man or if he has any idea where my discs could be but he doesn't have a clue. I don't remember someone taking it or borrowing it but what I do know is the day I came back from New York there were these strange shady friends of my sis at our place at night. But I was out of it. I was so extremely tired and jet laggy that I went to bed early but I woke up around 4 o clock. I heard noises in my room, people that I didn't know, I could hear my sis downstairs so I thought it was okay. I was too tired to check anyway and I went back to sleep. The next day I see that some of my dvd's are moved and some are lying on my table and I definitely didn't put them there. So I yell a bit at my sis for letting strange people into our house and in my room for god's sake. But now everything becomes clear because I definitely suspect them from stealing my shit! NOW I CAN'T WATCH IRON MAN BECAUSE OF THOSE CRACK JUNKS BITCH ASS MOTHERFUCKERS! FUCK! It makes me so fucking angry! Especially because my sis is all like: Oh..really? Damn I'm so sorry...Won't do it again ok? Ok byeee! But I have to buy Iron Man again this monday. My fucking shit is stolen and noone cares. Fuck it! There's nothing I can do except buy myself new copies of the stuff that's been stolen. That's like 100,- worth of stuff....I don't have the money. Damn it... I'm going to rant some more and try not to break any stuff. Fucking cunts.
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| Bye bye! Off to the other side of the world! |
[16 May 2009|10:35pm] |
Yes! It is time for me to visit another part of the world again! This time it's New York! The Big Apple! The city that never sleeps! Central point of all yellow cabs in the universe! Ofcourse I'm going to keep a log at my traveljournal thingie --> ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.2) tanoshiiatnihon <--- so check it out. It's still in dutch though. Sorry sorry!
I'll be gone from tomorrow 17th of May till May 28th. I'll have to get up at 5:00 A.M tomorrow morning so I'm heading to bed in 30 minutes or so. Have to be at Schiphol Airport at 7:00 A.M and we'll (Eric and I) take of at 10:05 to London Gatwick. Then at 12:00 P.M (local time) we'll depart for New York JFK Airport and around 14:40 (NY time) we'll set foot on USA grounds if everything goes according to plan. Our main goal is to shop till we drop since I'll be looking for some fresh pairs of sneakers, awesome shirts, a Nixon watch, Von Zipper or Sabre sunglasses, cool new era or flex fit caps etc etc. We're also going to explore the city though. Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, Ground Zero you know what! So keep a lookout at tanoshiiatnihon and I'll see you all on the 28th of May. Oh and I hope I don't get infected with the Mexican flu ;D.....=(.
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| Sneakerboss! |
[03 Apr 2009|10:41pm] |
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Since I heard I got accepted at HKU my life is making a 90 degree turn and is going full speed ahead. I'm getting lots of opportunities and freelance jobs. The weather is good, life is good, got asked to edit a promo movie for a website from a friend of mine which I get paid for. Ofcourse my intake at HKU went well, school starts in September and I'm fucking psyched. Going to New York in only a month! I turned 21 last week and my party was one of the greatest parties in history. Yeah we celebrated good! Then, last but not least, Sneakerbaas.com. (literally translated: sneakerboss.com). SB is a new website that's online since the beginning of 2009. It's a website mostly about sneakers but also the whole lifestyle around it. For example: New Era caps, denim/jeans, hoodies, watches, etc. They have a forum where you can discuss things and they have video items on a weekly basis. These items mostly consist out off reports about expo's and events but also store reports and sneakernews. They placed an add on the website that they needed people so I replied. Got mail that I was invited @ the office for an interview because they desperately needed editors and camera people. So I went there today (it's in Amsterdam, at T' Ij) and had a little talk with 2 of the Sneakerbaas guys and with one of the, I believe, co...founders of Sneakerbaas, Boris. Maybe some of you know Boris from Gamekings. Well he's behind the scenes at Sneakerbaas aswell and we had a little talk about the tasks that I'm going to fulfill. The tiny Sneakerbaas office is the same office as Blammo TV (the company behind Gamekings) so a lot of people I know from Gamekings were there. Turns out that they know each other very well and that they're really close. All the dudes were really nice, inviting me over for BBQ and stuff but since I had to work from 6 till 9 I had to cancel. Boris brought me to the station in his Mercedes convertible haha and tomorrow I'm going to Digs For Limp with the Sneakerbaas crew to shoot some B-Roll and to do some interviews with the traders/standholders/organisation. Then on Monday I have to be back in the office because I have to edit the video for Digs For Limp. So yeah... the train starts rolling for me! New world, new contacts, lots of opportunities. Let's see where we strand! (Oh yeah... English? Not so good...I seem to have lost my touch...)
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[30 Mar 2009|02:29pm] |
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I GOT ACCEPTED BY HKU!!! They let me in! I'm beyond excited because I really thought that I didn't make it! I finally have school in September!!! Fuck yeah! Best late birthday present EVER! HKU BITCH!!!!
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[27 Mar 2009|12:12am] |
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It's my birthday! For over 12 minutes now! I turned 21 so now I'm ready to pack and go to New York! So! A Scully and Mulder icon to celebrate my existence!
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[20 Mar 2009|12:20am] |
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Maybe you're all wondering how my intake went yesterday. Let me tell you, but first I need to explain how the intake procedure works. I came in at 8:30 and I had to sign myself in so they could check if everyone was present. After that they directed me to the classroom where I could display my work on a little table. I set everything up and left for the cafeteria. There we had to wait till 12:45 and we gathered at the "auditorium". They had lists with names of the people that were invited for some sort of intake interview. If your name wasn't on the list then it was the end of the line for you and that meant that you didn't uhm.. advance to the next "round". I applied for Audio Visual Media but it's possible that they invite you for more then 1 interview. If they think your suited for another "direction" than you applied for they will invite you for an interview for that specific study. Or if they think that you're material for both directions you just get 2 interviews, both for another study direction. I have no idea if that's the right word: "study direction". But I think it's pretty clear what I mean XD. Anyway, as I said, I applied for Audio Visual Media but I got called for Image and Media Technology. Had to show them my work again and they asked me some questions. The interview was so they could get to know me and to see if I was good enough for their school basically. I think it all went okay.
They'll notify me in 14 days by letter. So in 14 days I'll finally know if I'm accepted. The thing is...if I get accepted, it's for Image and Media Technology and not for Audio Visual Media. That's completely off the table since they didn't invite me for an AVM interview. IMT looks really cool and was sort of my third choice but I really don't know if I should take IMT instead of AVM. It's really hard to get accepted by HKU in the first place so maybe I'll just take it and do my best. Maybe I'll stop after a year and switch to AVM (it's much easier if you're already in) or just try IMT for a while so I can put it on my resume. I know I sound like I don't want IMT but that's not true. It looks really awesome and I think IMT is going to be a real challenge. I'm looking forward to that but I'm just so scared that I'll become stuck in the middle of the year. Oh yeah, I totally forgot to explain what IMT is since Audio Visual Media speaks kinda for itsself. IMT mostly is editing short movies like video clips, commercials or promo's. You add animations to them with After Effects like the promo's for MTV? Those weird little videos? That's what IMT people do. Or intro's for series and movies. Little commercials and special effects. AVM is just plain filming, editing, script, scenario and directing. IMT is all of that plus the special effects and little animation thingies. I think I'll regret it so much if I decline my invitation (IF I am accepted in the first place). I think I'm going to take it....
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| The artist within! |
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What have I been doing all this time you say? Working my fucking ass off for my HKU intake which is this Wednesday by the way. Let me show you some artsy fartsy work that hopefully will blow their motherfucking minds over at HKU. This is my showreel and let me tell you beforehand: This is the WIP version, this is not the final version! It is done right now but I haven't uploaded it yet. www.vimeo.com/3583986 The other assignment that I had to make were some photos that had to relate to family. It didn't matter if you took your own family or someone elses you just had to portray them. A specific moment, a family that inspires you etc etc. I decided to make a game out of my photo's. First of all, the photo's stand for the different types a family can have. From sloppy father to business man. From nerdy son to slutty daughter etc.
This is how it turned out: 
The box 
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Back As I said, I hope it's enough to let me in... I'm also going to take some mock ups, storyboards and scripts with me. Also wrote down the whole work proces of the Family assignment.
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