I never promised you a ray of light,
I never promised there’d be sunshine everyday.
I always said that I would make mistakes,
I’m only human and that’s my saving grace.
Halo – Bethany Joy Galeotti
I fell in love with this song again today.

May 16 – Clouseau @ Expodroom Bree.
I finally decided on a new concert and already looking forward to it.
It has been way too long. Rock Werchter, TW Classic, Pinkpop, Jessica Lea Mayfield … There are so many concerts I want to go to. If only I had the time/money.

I’m thinking about moving out in September. I’m waiting for the internship choices for next year. If I get excepted in Maastricht, I probably move there.

Plans until for the next two days (in no particular order):
1. Sleep
2. Buy Belgian chocolates for my internship supervisor
(even though he left for Italy today and failed to tell me)
3. Physiotherapy
4. Lock myself in my room until I finish my paper

Vic: Check out John Mayer's Twitter and tell me what you think ;). I hope to hear from you soon, but I'll be patient =).

Labels: bethany joy galeotti, concert, moving, school

Double sided feelings today. I don't know if I should be happy or not.

I have enough reasons to be unhappy.
I'm sitting at home when I shouldn't. I should be in Brussels watching Fall Out Boy. Thanks very much for fucking up, ticket line and ex-friend.
I got remembered again how much I dislike traffic, especially during rush hour. Almost getting pushed aside by some huge truck isn't very good for your heart.
It's been raining all day when it shouldn't. The sun has been shining all weekend and I thought spring started early this year. But off course I was totally wrong and I got soaked today because I didn't had an umbrella with me. Plus rain always makes me feel moody and sad.
I have been working in the lab all day when I shouldn't. I wasn't even working on my own project. And I wanted to work on my paper, which I didn't had time for due to the work.

On the other hand, I have enough reasons to be happy as well.
I have been in the lab all day. It may not have been for me, but it feels amazing to teach people things, to pass on your knowledge.
I once again realised how much I like my friends. It's great how they don't care how silly I am acting or just join me in being goofy.
I have three cds waiting for me to listen to. Viva la Cobra - Cobra Starship, Hold On Tight - Hey Monday and Goodbye Blues - The Hush Sound. It's always nice to hear new music and I'm curious and excited to see what these will be like.
I am waiting for news from my cousin. His wife should be giving birth to their second child one of these days and I'm really curious what it's going to be like.

Like I said, double sided. I'll have to come back to you on this..


Also, I have been reading Pete Wentz's Twitter updates today and he posted this question that got me thinking.
belgium. if you could take it all apart- see how it works but maybe not remember how to put it back together right- would you anyway?
I have been thinking about it and I actually think Mr. Wentz might have a good idea here. I would like to take it all apart and randomly put the pieces back together. I honestly don't think there would be much damage done.
I have lived here for almost 22 years and I still don't fully get what it's all about. I don't think I ever will. Three different languages, six different governments and a bunch of scandals, even for me it's hard to keep up. I love living here, but that's because there's so much more to this country than politics and scandals and probably also because I've never tried to grasp the full meaning of all the political stuff.
And yet, I guess that deep down in some absurd way I like the whole charade and the scandals. Maybe because it's just what I grew up with, maybe because it reminds me that things can always be worse and that I am one lucky girl.


Last but not least: Saskia! I don't know for sure if you read this, but I think you might. I'm sorry that I haven't responded to your texts/mails. I have been pretty incredibly busy this past weekend and today, but I will get back to you. I promise!


You might ask if these thought that I just summed up are of any importance to you. Maybe not, but when things don't turn out like you planned, it helps to know that they never do. Besides, if each shot of happy comes with only two shots of sad, then coming of age is not so bad.

Labels: belgium, milow, mood, wentz

Or not… Definitely not. Especially not when we have to wait for her. And she turned out not to be close to what we managed to do…


Liquid nitrogen, pretty cool huh? But it’s freaking cold. I have been working with that stuff for the past three days. Crushing tiny mouse livers into even tinier pieces. -196°C (that’s about -300°F) and I survived without any ice burns =).

Breakfast. Internship. Lunch. Internship. Dinner. Physiotherapy. Sleep. That has kind of been my schedule the past couple of days. Thank god I don’t mind working hard =). Especially when it’s rewarding.

Yet I’m happy that it’s weekend. I need some sleep. I need to work on my labjournal and my paper. I need to enjoy the sun while it lasts (spring starts tomorrow!). I need new shoes. I need to email Vic back. I need to check out that Skype thing you were talking about.
I should be able to do all of that this weekend, except for the new shoes. Those will have to wait till next week/weekend.

As for now, I’m going to settle on the couch with a glass (or more) of white wine and watch The Holiday.
Sounds like a pretty nice start for the weekend, right?

Labels: internship, movies

Wednesday morning, 9:30. Out Of My Hands - Milow in my ears. Staring at a computer screen on the fourth floor of Maastricht University. I guess I should be working on something useful now. I'll make it up later, I promise.

Movie night was fun. It took me ten minutes to find a parking spot at a movie theatre where I expected to easily find a spot. We ended up in the grass next to the road. Finally there, we heard that the movie was sold out. Six theatres, which means about 1800 seats, sold out.. Thank god for my charming friend who managed to get us some seats. Didn't win any prizes. The movie was nice. Nothing special, but we had a few good laughs.

I found this nice site on Monday called plinky.com. The two previous posts were send from there. From now on, a new Q&A on regular basis.

I finally got the pictures that were taken at New Year's. Good times, good times. And it shows. I might some pictures here in a later post.

Confessions of a shopaholic.
Movie night with my girls tomorrow. It's Ladies Night at the movie theatre, which means girls only, chickflick and gifts. It's going to be so much fun!


My weekend was great.

I got to leave early at my internship on Friday, which was unexpected, but very appreciated. It gave me time to go shopping. Flowers for my moms B-day. CDs for me. U2's War and Counting Crows' August and Everything After. I watched World Trade Center in the evening and enjoyed it. It's so strange to realize that the story actually really happened. It's been seven and a half years already and it seems so close..

Saturday was my lazy day I guess. I started Twilight again, even though I finished it only a week ago. Put on my new cds and enjoyed the first sunshine of the year. It's nice to feel warm again without a lot of clothing. I went to church in the evening. Four down, two more times to go. Afterwards I got to spend a little time with my cousin's little girl. She's going to be a big sister in a couple of weeks, I'm totally excited about that. Also went to visit my aunt. I played cards with her, my sister and my younger cousin and we had a lot of fun. I didn't remember that card games could be so hilarious.

Today started by sleeping in. I always need to catch up on sleep during the weekend.. I got the house alone this afternoon, which felt really good. I got to work on my labjournal and filled in an application for my summer job. Panic's Live In Chicago in the background.
I'm trying to go to bed early today. But first I'm going to settle on the couch with a nice glass of wine, watching House. I think that sounds like a nice way to end a great weekend, right?


She knows she's more than just a little misunderstood. She has trouble acting normal when she's nervous. She says, "It's only in my head." She says, "Shhh....I know it's only in my head."