Uit het maandarchief: april 2008

Although I prefer movies that excel in various aspects at the same time, it can be refreshing to watch one that’s really well at a single thing: ‘Il y a Longtemps que je t’aime’. Director Philippe Claudel is so focussed on the actors that for instance image composition suffers. The story, by his hand, [...]

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Flashes of Carla in the snow

op 26 april 2008 door

They’ve done it again. As a faithful returning reader, you remember me posting about my providers email newsletters and how the topics in the header form a story of their own. Today it reads: Win some real fun in the snow – Pictures of Carla Bruni naked – too much flashing. Respect: this does make [...]

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They have more eggs

op 25 april 2008 door

A few days ago, the Christian Womans Association positioned itself in the Central Station to make commuters aware of the fact that women still don’t get equal pay for equal work. Easter eggs they handed out to men were accompanied with: ‘If you would had been a woman, you’d have gotten a bigger [...]

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Ben Stiller

op 23 april 2008 door

Where does my love for Ben Stiller come from? Watch the trailer for the upcoming Tropic Thunder” (which he also directed) and say that’s not solid comic gold.

Tom: don’t actually send me an email saying ‘That’s not solid comic gold‘

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Repairing bikes

op 21 april 2008 door

I had a day off, so I rushed to all the places that are unreachable during the weekend, such as my hair dresser and the bike repairman. See the result of both in this video: hit play!

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The bird mocks me

op 19 april 2008 door

Today, I was lucky enough to have the bird start singing at 5AM; yesterday it was 4. I tried again to ignore its chant, but, admittedly, the bird sings lovely. Its song is complex and unpredictable, all I can do is listen and lie awake. Or shoot it with my BBgun, but I couldn’t locate [...]

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spinach

op 19 april 2008 door

2 huge bags of spinach, half a kilo, all fitted into one bowl once I steamed it. One does appreciate the nice frozen cubes for sale upon cooking spinach. Good thing I opted for fish fingers instead of decapitating and gutting fresh cod fish.

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The perfect agency

op 17 april 2008 door

In a unique moment of genius, I came up with THE solution for the problem that advertising and online agencies have been struggling to cope with for decades. Don’t mention it.

The sound sucks, I’ll use an external mic next time.

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Ticket out

op 12 april 2008 door

I guess MY ticket out of here got bought byt he man behind me in the newspaper store.

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The Sea

op 9 april 2008 door

I just got back from the Belgian coast and decided to film myself on the beach while rambling chaotically instead of writing about it. All this for you to enjoy Hit play!

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