This is not English

Saturday, April 3, 2010

koe en kalf

koe en kalf
Originally uploaded by screenpunk

you see these cow sculptures around here .. what amazes me is how real the veins and muscles are represented on the skin

my gang will get you

my gang will get you
Originally uploaded by screenpunk

or else your slagroom

Sunday, March 28, 2010

old mandolin

old mandolin
Originally uploaded by screenpunk

A friend gave me this old mandolin that has been in use as wall decoration for decades in his mothers house. His mom had to move to a new home and before trashing the instrument my friend thought maybe he could make me happy with it. And yes he can!

I have never played mandolin but have been eager to try one for a while .. so here's a little test drive . The strings are old and rusty, one of them is missing, there's a crack in the back and my .. are the mandoline keys small for my big fingers. But what a bright powerfull sound it makes .. and what fun and honour to pick it from such an old instrument.

purple uggs

purple uggs
Originally uploaded by screenpunk

she was nodding off and after a while i got impressed by her purple uggs .. i took her picture and she woke up from the cameraflash .. she was pretty cool about that and said purple was her favorite color .. over bluetooth we exchanged the picture .. "it looks like an advertisement" she said

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Petersburgse vertellingen

Petersburgse vertellingen
Originally uploaded by screenpunk

I'm into reading these days .. i picked up Gogol because of a movie actually .. The Namesake .. about a guy who gets named after Gogol because his fathers life is deeply connected with Gogols story "The Overcoat" (De mantel)

The tagline "In the end we all come from Gogols overcoat" made me want to read it. Now i read it, i do not really see how that relates, but the story is amazing. So far i also read "Diary of a madmen" (Dagboek van een krankzinnige) and thats very tragic, yet funny.

In the short stories Gogol writes on pointlessness in bureaucratic organisations and thats a theme i can relate to pretty well.