zoot woman

last night we went to eat sushi and watch zoot woman.
both were good, i had been craving some miso soup, that with a little sashimi and some very nice scallop ngiri (and the obligatory asahi)
unfortunately sushi meant we got to zoot woman late, but they were pretty cool (though the singer looked like a prize twat, and les rhythmes digitales was awol)

also this week, my sweetheart celebrated her birthday. we went to luce for dinner, it was pretty good, i had quail filled with goose liver and some nice italian cheese.
unfortunately the trains fucked out on my way home for birthday celebrations so dagmar had to come pick me up. there was a slayer concert in den bosch and i got to drink beer with these slayer fans however. dutch slayer fans are personable fellows (and it always surprises me how many metalheads are proper nerds)
going to rotterdam today to look at some art, maybe catch the al gore movie.

birthday post

Today I turn 31.
Not one of the most monumentous birthdays, and considering I made a load of people go to Prague last year for my 30th, I decided to play it extremely low key; beer, the old lady and teevee (I had a t-shirt that said it used to wine, women & song, but now it’s…)
I got a lot of calls and e-mails today, which was very sweet, thanks to all, and to those who forgot- fuck you thanks a lot, I know who my real friends are.
Happy birthday to me!!

diy is for assholes

had a pretty cool weekend.
we went to a party at the supper club in amsterdam on friday. billy had a work shindig with free drinks and we got invited along. (it's strange that even though i'm very capable of buying my own drinks, free drinks still remain a great bait). i was expecting a lot more from the supperclub, i'd heard a lot of buzz about it, but it was a bit of a wankoff (but nice snacks and free drinks)
which lead to yesterday's grade a hangover. i went birthday shopping for dagmar and set up our new mp3 blog, which is still slightly faulty, but will very soon blow your mind (todally).
went for a good long run and got lost in the utrechtse heuvelrug today (they're like mountains but netherlands size (so not like mountains)). i got back to dagmar stripping paint off the windows and repainting. like being tidy, doing diy is not a passion of mine. in fact it's almost guaranteed to put me in a foul mood, but i made it through fairly swimmingly, with minimal cursing and minimal boozing throughout it.
off to see the congo's now, should be good

pasta

that's the shit kids
blogger has been keeping it off your screens, trust me it was as delicious as it looks...

today is the sabbath

Some photos from the weekend (and last week). Very nice to have pete, grant, ryan and phikwe here. Some good venison and beers yesterday. today I made the frankly delicious butternut tortellini with walnut basil sauce. Next time i'll make an elaborate photo tutorial
Happy week, I’m going clay pigeon shooting tomorrow…

rapturous

Last night was the rapture at the Tivoli.
(or the mighty rapture as their bass player put it)
They were cool, big bass and cowbell leading the way (with a bit of sax thrown in for fun). The better singer looked like a geekier version of sergie from google (not a good look for a rockstar). They played all the classics, and I danced most of the way through. Their support act was pretty cool too, the david Gilmour girls, a dutch 4 piece They were pretty great, but severely lacked a singer to take them to the next level. A hot chick would make them more interesting (but a hot chick would make me more interesting)- that’s why I got married (yo baby yo baby yo baaaaby)
I tried to take some awesome pictures (the roadie had a hairdo that was a sight to behold) but my camera is crap in the dark. And youtube and flickr refused to churn out some great shots. So take my word for it.
Pete is here en route from prague back to durban, we hooked up on Tuesday for dinner. I cooked my first sole (slibtong in dutch). Very easy and very tasty, maybe again this week.
I downloaded the new grizzly bear album from allofmp3.com ($2 an album, forget filesharing) it is such a great album, but I don’t know why. It’s intricate and melodic, almost post rocky, but great (the colorado track is my first post on my new brotherly love mp3 blog, watch this space)for now check this
Ok happy weekend, this blog is lacking cool pictures

women

i just finished reading women by bukowski. I'm a big fan of his, and i thought post office and ham and rye showed great humanity despite the constant boozing and chaos. women was different, he was in his 50's, a little famous and constantly boozing and swopping women. but he was pretty relentless and merciless about it, and it got boring by the 150th page. there was redemption (or at least a glimmer of hope) on the last page, but don't put it on your reading list kids.

briefs

i had an epiphany some time last year when i was in new york. i had seen so many american apparel ads that i had to go check it out. there wasn't any halfclad lovelies, but i ended up buying some y-fronts for the retro chic of it all. but little was i to know that it would turn on me.
18 months later i'm a y-front addict and i'm writing my briefs manifesto.
in short my reasons are;
1) they looks cooler than the boxer
2) they're more comfortable (essential for the man who's well hung)
3) they provide more support when running
4) it adds a soupcon of excitement for the ladies (i'm basing this on a poll of one)

volver

was as all almadovar movies pretty great. very powerful women, 2 dimensional stupid men, rich emotions and great colours (although no transvestites or gay subplot for a change).
it was a bit of a struggle to understand with the dutch subtitles on a spanish film, but the general idea was well communicated (and they 70% of communication is non-verbal).
some great scenes;
when she's cleaning her husband's blood of the floor and has to answer the door, the guy asks about the blood and she says "women's problems"
the opening scene where they're cleaning the graves
when sole goes to her aunt's funeral and all the women are buzzing around her like flies in black
happy week