Worked on this during the summer of last year, I had some work in progress pictures so I thought I'd just post. Will be good for later, to see how I get better hopefully ;)). I had already posted an entry on it in my other journal, which I don't think I'll be using anymore, so I might copy and paste some things..

( McCall's 4920 )

So...finally, my re-intruduction to LJ! Hello to everyone who's on my friends list, it's been years, but if you still remember me feel free to say hello! Especially TCR people- with TCR having dropped from thenet i haven't heard anything from you and would love to hear what you're up to!

Anyway, this is sewing. I've said a million times that I've wanted to keep dress diaries and all, but I never have the discipline to do it. So I think right now I'm just going to make some posts to document what i have made already or what I am working up. Not much new will happen though, at least not until after the exams...

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Just a little message to say that I'm alive and that i just noticed some guitar in 'Cry baby Cry' that I never seemed to have heard before. o_O

Will have to do a massive update on this journal...

Just came across this on the page about John Lennon's Cold Turkey on songmeanings.net and decided to be impulsive and post it.

"I've always wondered what the end lyrics look like wrote down. I'd spell em huh huh waaaaaaaauuu uu uu uu ar no no nononono ah huh uh ah huh uh ahah arrrrggg rrrrr!!! uhhhh!!!! rrrrrrrrrrrr!"

I thought that was funny. Now, you can bet I'm going to listen to the song tomorrow and write down what I think the lyrics should be...

First post in a long time (again) and guess what I'm going to talk about: scones! I'd talk about more interesting things (not to say that scones aren't interesting, because they are), but I still have to finish my packing because I am going to spend a weekend at the sea with Veerle and her family. It's supposed to be culinairy festival, I think I'm going to get home on monday 10 pounds heavier, but who cares.

and now, interesting or not,
( SCONE PICTURES! )

I would like you (that is, Mirrie, Michaela, my granddad; and John Lennon) to dance...BIIIRTH-DAY...Take a cha-cha-cha-chance...

Okay, the song is silly but you've got to admit it's cute. So many birthdays today! I made a birthday cake this morning (since yesterday was election day and our school was used, we had the morning of) for all of those birthday people, but decorated it with: "JOHN!". Yes, I'm obsessed. Anyway, I texted Veerle while I was making it, and she said she'd liked so sink her teeth into a John cake, it mustn't be that weird of an idea then. Eventually the cake started acting weird in the oven, swelling up like Ringo Starr's nose hit by a door, and I called her. SHE LAUGHED AT ME! How mean! :o Luckily, I can laugh at her too because apparently, she got quite drunk last Friday (lucky I wasn't there) and started flirting with Diederik or something. Tut-tut-tut. Ilka told me Veer really went a bit too far so I told her that I, of course, never would have been that stupid and I strangled her a bit, so let's hope she won't do it again. ;)

I'm sorry, this post must really sound like I am drunk or high or groggy or whatever, but I'm just tired and feeling weird. 4 cups of black tea before going to bed=not a good idea. And then my mum woke me up too early this morning, she forgot I didn't have school, and I didn't manage to get back to sleep afterwards.

I had a great violin lesson today! First of all, we're usually with a group of three pupils per hour. But now Kaat has changed her time, that leaves only two. BUT today An-Katrijn wasn't there, so I had the whole hour just for me! We played through my études and my Israeli concerto, I still have to practice all the tricky double stops but my teacher told me I'm doing quite well on them already! :D I also told her about how I love La Folia by Corelli, and that I'm trying to play it, but it's still too hard, and she said she's got a simplified version of it somewhere that I might be able to play for the examination in June! Whieh! :D

Also, Emilie Autumn is just brilliant on so many different levels. Her voice is fantastic, but the ways she sings...so different and all so good in her own way. Her violin playing, her originality, her melodies, her lyrics, agh, everything. This has been in my mind for a few hours and it's just so, so good IMO:

"Like this story I heard
A lifetime ago
Where a girl
(And this is funny)
Took her life
But what she didn't know
Is how long it takes
For the water to rise
And the breath to stop fighting
And the cold to close her eyes" (306/Opheliac)

Sorry to contrast the festive mood like that, but I just think it's genius. I never even though of that aspect of suicide, well, I haven't really thought of suicide that much at all, luckily, but the thought of a girl finally having decided to kill herself and end it all, probably thinking that it'll soon be over and she'll be freed of all her negative feelings, and then suddenly realising that there ARE moments between life and death and that she is aware of them is so well found. I'd never have thought of that.

Anyway, I'm going to watch some television now before going to sleep, goodnight everyone. :)

New layout! What a surprise, it's Paul! :o

Ehm, let's see, what is there to tell. Mum and dad are annoying me, because, apparently, I am pretentious (okay, maybe a bit, but not seriously). Makes me wonder who's the most pretentious. One thing I really, really believe is that parents -or at least mine- will not EVER admit THEY were wrong, just and only because they are parents. It's always the children's fault.

Anyroad, school started on friday, we had just half a day, which was good, but also makes me feel like the holidays aren't over yet. We start on monday morning with TWO hours of Latin. I'm going to be dead by then! What were they thinking! :o Tuesday morning: TWO hours of religion, TWO hours of French. Wednesdaymorning: TWO hours of something else. Help me!
The good thing is that, being in our final year, we get some privileges.

The last days of the holidays were ok, we did a picknick on the 28st of August, it was fab, even though we (or at least I) heard the loudest thunderthing I've ever heard while we were eating beneath the trees. Karen took some great pictures, I think i'll post them later.

That's it I think, I'm going to try getting this layout to look better. :)

WHY DO I HAVE SO MANY MP3's?

My pc is being very slow again (though at the moment, it seems to be ok...) and dad and I decided it's time to reinstall XP again. :( So I'm putting all the files I don't like to lose on dad's portable hard disk, but the music file is so large it won't fit on it...Think I'll have to upload some of it on the internet then, blegh.

And why is it that Winzip only takes away about 4 MB from the file size?

Anyway, I'm hungry, which is good cause I think we're having lunch soon. :p

My ear aches. Terribly.

( misery behind the cut :p )

And here's the last bit. Not too much.

( aliiiive, aliiiive, ooh-oh )

Second day. :)

( through streets broad and narrow )

Finally, it's picture time! I'll start with Dublin, this is teh first part. I took too many pictures, aargh, and have to resize and modify them all, it takes ages. :( But here are some of our first day there.

( Dublin's fair city )

That's right! I'm going on a 5-day trip to Dublin and I'm leaving tonight at about half past 5. I'll be back on saturday/sunday, with the longest review and the most pics ever. And the pics of all the other events, mentioned in the previous post. And all.

And I had a fabulous, fabulous time at Gooikoorts (folk festival). Only stayed one night, but wow, what a night.

So, see you on sunday probably!

New lay-out, featuring the late and great Erin!
I got this little game from imonlysleeping9

Step 1: Put your MP3 player or whatever on random.
Step 2: Post the first line(s) from the first 50 51 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song.
Step 3: Let everyone you know guess what song and artist the lines come from.
Step 4: Bold out the songs when someone guesses correctly.
Step 5: Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is cheating.

( click! )

Hello everyone.

I'm finally back after my exams! *waves* Everything went just about fine, I had 75% all in all, so that's pretty good! :D
Anyway, I have holidays now! This Friday I'll be going to Fauve's barbecue and after that I hope there's still time to drive to Gooik and see a band at Gooikoorts. This saturday I might go walking with my brother's scout group, or maybe maybe maybe I'll see the Kadril guys in Brussels, but I don't think anyone is actually going to come with me, most of them'll be at Gooikoorts still. Snief. On Monday Karen and I will go to Ghent to shop (BEATLES DVD FINALLY, I hope) and on Tuesday, I'll be leaving for DUBLIN! WHIOEHIE! :D Pics will follow! :)

I still have to write about the Kadril concert (which was in March actually), I have to post pictures from 2 Boombals, I have to write about them, I have to write about the Folk night in Aalst, with Follia and all....(Just for now: Follia rocks! :o)

AND I NEED A NEW LAY-OUT!!!!

That's it for now, see you, and enjoy your summer! :)

peace + love

tielk

Yes, and I'm listening to I'm A Loser to highlight my self-pity. That song is just...aww. *hugs Johnny*

I DON'T WANT TO DO MY VIOLIN EXAM. I just can't get my pieces right, it sounds like absulote trash. One is an étude, based on Drowsey Maggie, but it uses all positions from I to V except II, and it just sounds awfully out of tune when I'm playing fourth or even fifth position. Plus, I'm continually touching strings I shouldn't touch. Blegh.

The other piece I have to play is Rieding. (That alone is worth another 'Blegh'; I've played too many Riedings already) I don't like it, I've liked it maybe...one week?
This one's even worse, I just practiced it and even my VERY FIRST NOTE was out of tune. There's at least one terribly out-of-tune part in each line. I've worked on it for so long, and it still doesn't work. Argh. And even if I'd got it right, in tune, it still wouldn't sound anything like music. I don't think I should even consider thinking about dynamics and forte and piano and all that, cause then I'd go even more out of tune.

I've practiced 'till my shoulder hurt last tuesday, I've practiced every day this week, but it doesn't seem to change anything. After an hour or so, I might feel as if it's a bit better, but when I start again the next day the little progress I might have made just appears to have vanished again. I could practice all day, I've repeated the bloody things so much I'm bored to death by it, I've even put tape on my fingerboard to get the right notes (*feels ashamed, yes*) but still nothing changes. Instead, it seems to be getting worse. Maybe just because it bores me, I don't know.

Anyway. The exam is on the 7th of June, so I reckon I still have some time, though not too much, cause our school exams start on the 6th of June. It's just frustrating because no matter how hard I try, it all seems to be in vain. And it's giving me terrible moodswings too. Blegh. :(

Hello everyone. It's been a while, I know, and now I'm back but next week I'm having exams so I'll be completely of the earth again. Puh. Anyway, I took some pictures last sunday, because I had new glasses, made a whole photoshoot out of it. So yes. PICTURE TIME I GUESS!

( clicky )

o_O My brother is selling one of his guitar amplifiers and right now there's someone in his room, testing it. THAT GUY IS GOOD. He just played a little thingy, and it brought a smile to my face. How cool! :o

We have holidays right now. Last Friday we just had a day of, so that makes it a half-term-holiday-plus-extra-day-of. I went to the fair with my brother and Kristien, we bought cakes and all that. Then Kristien had to get apples, pears and bananas ('not too yellow, not too green') so we went to the fruit stand, and there VTM was filming the guy. 't was quite funny actually. (Another seller: "They're filming the ugliest person around here, or what?!" Filmed guy: "You're jealous! Get away!")

Am, on Monday I went to Brussels with mum and brother. I LOVE MEDIAMARKT! They have tons of cds there, and often so deliciously priced too! I mean, I bought the Wall for 14.50€! It's 34.99€ in the Free Record Shop! I also bought John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. I wasn't TOO crazy about it when I first listened yesterday, but, you know, it really needs to grow. And you have to be in the mood. You can't listen to it when you're feeling all bouncy and all, cause the album is clearly about pain and all. I think I'll write some review-like thing for that once. We also went to Fnac, where of course, they DIDN'T have Cara Dillon's new cd...So I'll have to wait.

And oh, I ♥ Monty Python. :)

"Hi, I'm...JOOOhnny Cash..."

Ilka, Elke & Veerle are going to see Walk The Line, and Ilka can't stop saying above sentence in that funny way...And to be honest, it IS addicting to say it. Just try.

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