Johnny Depp, my favourite Pirate

I went to see Dead Man's Chest yesterday and Oh boy, Johnny rocks.
The last movie I saw with Johnny was 'The Libertine' and he really shows in that movie what a great stage-actor he is. So different compared with what he's doing in this Pirate series. Well done Johnny.

Heatwave

Last night I opened my last bottle of Italian La Masseria Rose in order to drink the heatwave away. Drank half a bottle but the heat continued to pound on me. Last month has been one huge heatwave, quite exceptional in the otherwise moderate climate of Belgium. Yes, I know, it's Midsummer but a whole month of 35 degrees Celsius is not typical Belgian weather. The newspaper mentionned today that humpbackwhales and dolphins have been spotted on the northern coasts of Scotland. Very rare and a sure sign that something is going very wrong with the climate on our dear blue marble. When are the politicians and the citizens of the world going to take action?
I water my garden 2 times daily and even feed drops of water to the spiders hanging around in my Bonsai trees. The good news is that 4 white Bengal tigers were born in a local Zoo. Only 300 of them left on the planet. May the Goddess bless them with a long and happy tiger-life.
By the way, on my stroll today in the neighbourhood of my workingarea, I discovered a square with a huge and magnificent bronze statue of a nude woman. Very much hidden, but a sure sign that the goddess is popping up everywhere these last years... and while I am typing this, they are playing the Harry Potter-theme of the first movie on the Tele.
Yes, there is a lot of magic in the air lately...
Blessed Be...

The leaky Cauldron

Mood: Great after a fantastic long, long weekend.

So, Thursday I went shopping for a plasma TV and a new DVD-player and I found some great stuff in the Summer-sales. Both work fine (as for now)

I did not do a lot for the rest, just hang out, bought some new clothes, did some reading and watched some scary movies on my brandnew Tele.

Listening: to Podcast Nr 49 of the Leaky Cauldron: the best Harry Potter website ever!!! (They are discussing Lucius versus Arthur Weasley.... of course the most handsome guy is winning...

See you

Long weekend in view

Yes, very happy as tomorrow I am on long weekend for 4 days. Going to shop for a new DVD-player and a new LCD-TV.
This week I dropped almost everything to read Laurell K. Hamiltons 13th book in the Anita Blake series: Danse Macabre. Not as good as the first book in the series but still hot and sexy vampires.
I am now reading Kim Harrison's "A Fistful of Charms" and heck this one is very good. Kim is getting better and better. In between I read the 13th chapter of What happens in Paris which was quite hot stuff as well (good job Ariesemir!)
The job is still going strong despite the difficulties in the Airline-business and we managed to get a new contract with a TV-chain. Yippie!

Simone 80 jaar !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gisteravond is mijn schoonmoeder 80 geworden en dat is gevierd met een super-gezellig samenzijn van de hele familie. Plezant, leuk, hartverwarmend.
Toffe avond dus na een hectische ambetante dag op het werk.
Vandaag hopelijk minder problemen en meer constructief werk ....
Ik heb alvast Mozart op de CD liggen om de gemoederen vandaag wat koeler te houden dan gisteren.

Busy, Busy, Busy

Music: Les Rita Mitsuko (from the eighties but still good)

Life is good for the moment, with a new and fantastic chapter in "What happens in Paris" by ArieSemir on Fanfiction.net. Oh sweet goddess, I loved the way Lucius kissed Hermione and how brave she is to join him in bed afterwards. No lemons yet, but I'm sure that will come...
Life is also very busy as in between work I am shopping for presents for my Mother in law who will be 80 on the 13th July, so no time to write much.

Martha and the Doctor

Muziek : David Bowie (like usual, the greatest musician after Mozart)

It seems that the BBC has followed my blog of yesterday. Late in the evening, they put an article about the new companion of the Doctor. It's the very very beautiful lady who had a role in episode 12 of this season: Freema Agyeman. Her character will be called Martha... They look great together. That means at least another year of Dr Who magnificent episodes, although Rose will be missed...
I went shopping today and purchased a nice black top and a brown dress at Autre Chose (the girls had David playing as well on their installation) so I am happy as can be...
Still trying to decide if I will take some new young cats in the house. I am in desperate need of a good familiar... I really need at least one cat in my life, or more, or plenty of more... or mayby a ferret again...

No more Rose in Dr. Who

Ik realiseerde me zonet dat het zaterdag avond de allerlaatste aflevering is van de nieuwe Dr. Who reeks op de BBC met de geliefde Billie Piper. Geen blonde, lieftallige Rose meer aan de zijde van de Doc. Door wie gaat ze vervangen worden? Of helemaal geen vrouwelijke partner meer voor de knappe/leuke David Tennant? Kan toch niet.... De website van de BBC laat nog altijd niets los... Het succes van de laatste 2 jaar DR WHO is volgens mij voor een groot deel te danken aan haar verschijning. Versta me niet verkeerd. Zowel Eccleston als Tennant was/is grandioos als de Doc, maar Rose gaf een lekkere stoot aan de reeks... Ik zal haar dus missen, maar je weet maar nooit, in deze reeks is natuurlijk alles mogelijk.
Lekker koel hier op kantoor voor het moment, wat nuttig is want mijn bureel puilt uit van het werk. Tussendoor zap ik naar Fanfiction.Net om hopeloos op het volgende hoofdstuk van ArieSemir's verhaal "What happens in Paris" te zoeken.... Come on, write my dear girl....
Dat doet mij eraan denken dat ik shampoo en Hair Conditioner moet meenemen bij mijn volgende bezoek aan Lucius. Daar hebben ze in Azkaban blijkbaar gebrek aan. Toch aan de goede Franse merken die mijn loverboy prefereert.

Muziek : Wendy Rule (een van de beste muzikale Wiccans van deze planeet)

GREENMANTLE by Charles de Lint

The weekend was nice and hot. Too hot to do anything else but relax in the garden and read in the shadows of the enormous trees of my home-town park.

Finished reading "Greenmantle" by Charles de Lint. This is a novel that Charles wrote a long time ago but I hadn't managed to read yet. It's a wonderful story with the usual mix of brutal realism and ancient forest magic. A very sweet love story as well. A book to treaure for ever.
I started reading his other work "Someplace to be Flying" now. Again a tale from that magickal
city where magic flows into the lives of ordinary people.

Anyway, I'm back in the office where the work is piled high and the Airco is on the highest setting. So, work now...

Listening to Juanes to go with the tropical weather that hits Brussels. My new Iaito has arrived from Great-Brittain and it looks and feels wonderful. This should motivate me to do some more training.