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March 10, 2017
Feedback Friday :: We’ve Got a Water Fight
sharp-faced bald man - disturbing ramifications - overload klaxon - creams and soaps and gels and smells - a female-only gym - time issues - water issues
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March 3, 2017
Feedback Friday :: A Hill of Beans
I'm writing this at the cinema. It is 11.05 and I've just come to see Casablanca on the big screen and a massive whim. Eggs is not eggs. Eggs is beans.
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February 27, 2017
Fifteen Shades of Grey :: The Worst Sentences from the Worst Novel in the History of the Written Word
Fifty Shades of Grey is the worst novel anyone has ever read. This is a fact. Here is a list of the worst 15 sentences in the book...
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February 24, 2017
Feedback Friday :: Immigrants Are Awesome
The reason I mention they were the daughters of an immigrant by the way, is because I want to emphasise how fucking wonderful immigration is...
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T2 Trainspotting :: Looking Up Old Flames and Loving Them, Despite Everything…
An unhinged, anarchic and morally moribund film that may also make you cry...
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November 18, 2016
Input/Output
I have to cut out distraction and get on now. Things are getting hairy.
So there will be no feedback today.
There will be a short film though, and if you haven’t seen it, you should watch it.
Have a great weekend.
Filed under: FILM Tagged: Terri Timely
November 11, 2016
Feedback Friday :: Glitch
work completed :: 13 copywriting jobs / 1 hour of teaching.
approximate number of hours spent learning Dutch :: 2.5
approximate number of hours spent on new copywriting company :: 2
chocolate binges :: 0.5
physical gym visits :: 3
metaphysical gym visits :: 14
couchsurfers hosted :: 1
cinema visits :: 5
plants kept alive :: 7
money owed to President Trump :: none
routine adhesion :: 0%. There was no routine this week. I didn’t even bother filling in my revolutionary whiteboard on the wall. But even so, I did get a lot done. I worked through quite a few longstanding list items, often in a very impromptu, jazz-like manner. So I’m not having a pop at myself.
pops at self :: 0
mild soakings :: 3. It’s been a wet week, but not unenjoyable. If I’ve got my lenses in, I don’t mind the rain at all. If I’m in a particularly good mood, I even relish it, lapping at the sky like a labrador as I cycle, my tongue flapping about on my chin like a suffocating salmon.
severe soakings :: 1. Less fun.
week 44/52 overall rating :: 8. Fuck the President.
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So. Here we are. Brave new world.
…
I’ve got nothing.
This again maybe…
But really, I’ve got to get on. And I’ve got to get legal.
Have a good week.
Be lucky.
Speaking of which, it’s I, Daniel Blake tonight. I think it’s going to ruin me. The trailer’s already made me cry twice.
Filed under: FEEDBACK, REAL LIFE
November 4, 2016
Feedback Friday :: Just the Stats (Ma’am)
The Movies. One of the many beautiful independent cinemas in Amsterdam.work completed :: 3 copywriting jobs. Nothing else. I’m phasing out the teaching entirely for various reasons, and the copywriting has almost totally dried up, temporarily I hope. Yikes.
approximate number of hours spent learning Dutch :: 3
approximate number of hours spent on new copywriting company :: 10
chocolate binges :: 1
physical gym visits :: ZERO! Shit. I just … I can’t … I mean, I don’t – oh, I don’t know. Cinema feels a lot more important than the gym at the moment, although obviously they’re not mutually exclusive. I am ashamed of myself.
metaphysical gym visits :: 14. Phew. Fuck shame. I would definitely like to do more of what I tell myself I’m going to do though. And I’d like to do it when I say I’m going to do it.
couchsurfers hosted :: 2
unexpected nights of passion :: 1
cinema visits :: 6
reviews written :: 5
increasingly pressing medical concerns :: 1. Which is a concern in itself. My concern is a concern, because if I wish to act upon it, I have to get involved with another level of bureaucracy here in Amsterdam, and that may affect my status and ultimately threaten my stability. Are you with me? Doesn’t matter. Suffice to say, I have an itch I cannot scratch. Literally and metaphorically. I really need to get legal.
plants kept alive :: 7
as yet unfixed punctures :: 1
things brought in from the street :: 3. One really excellent chair. One pretty cool rug. One splendid plant pot.
money panics :: 1. I realised on Monday that I was down to less than €50. Then my tax rebate came through the next morning. So I’m floating again. But it’s time. It’s most certainly time. Oh, and my English bank is unceremoniously butt-fucking me too, and that has to stop. Aaarrgh! Things of an official nature are coming to a head.
money owed to Donald Trump :: none
routine adhesion :: 5%. I don’t know what the fuck’s going on here. It would be easy for me to blame cinema or couchsurfers but that would be a lie. No one is responsible for my life and how it pans out on a daily basis but me and routine-wise at least, I really need to shit, or get off the pot.
week 43/52 overall rating :: 9. I refuse to let concerns over health, money, work and status affect what has otherwise been a sterling week.
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Little Vera
Big VeraThat’s it. Got to get on. Work to find. (Films to watch.) Have a fantastic weekend. I know I will.
x
Filed under: FEEDBACK, REAL LIFE
October 28, 2016
Feedback Friday :: Things Fall Apart
work completed :: 9 copywriting jobs / 3 hours of teaching
approximate number of hours spent learning Dutch :: 3
grammar books purchased :: 1 (201 Dutch Verbs)
approximate number of hours spent on new copywriting company :: 5
physical gym visits :: 1
metaphysical gym visits :: 14
couchsurfers hosted :: 2
dates :: 1
cinema visits :: 1 (Het Ketelhuis – a glorious place)
museum visits :: 1 (Van Gogh – beautiful and sad)
bikes easy gone :: 1
bikes easy come :: 1
biscuits eaten :: two packs
plants kept alive :: 6
money owed to Donald Trump :: none
routine adhesion :: 40%. I blame the guests – I started hosting couchsurfers and hosting is quite time-consuming. But of course I can’t really blame anyone but myself. I’m going to just have to be more disciplined and less damn sociable. Pfffft.
week 42/52 overall rating :: 9.
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OK, I have to keep this as brief as I can, because I’ve got to get on and earn some money. Or go the cinema. The cinema is suddenly a constant temptation. This is because on Wednesday night, I finally managed to get a Cinecard. This is the one that for €19 a month I can see anything I like at something like twelve of the best independent cinemas in Amsterdam. I went to my first last night, a French film I knew nothing about, L’Economie du Couple. A French film with Dutch subtitles. My French is not good. My Dutch is a disgrace. But together I managed to scrape together a decent understanding of the film. It was very sad.
As for work, the regular copywriting I’ve been doing for the same agency since March has slowed down since I moved into this apartment. I haven’t earned enough to pay the rent in either of the past two months. In fact, I’ve earned only a little over half that. But am I worried? Nah, not really. Everything is going to be fine.
With regard to work, I have also run into the first major hurdle with my websites, and I’ve realised that basically, I need to get away from WordPress hosting and do everything by myself, or with the help of these guys for another €19 a month. Anyway, it’s all in hand. Don’t concern yourself.
I have been very lax this week though. Instead of five times, for example, I went to the gym only once. That’s no way to get buff. My routine has fallen apart in fact. I am a little disappointed in myself. But not too much.
Speaking of falling apart, my bike had a nervous breakdown yesterday. The left pedal came loose and eventually fell off. I had it looked at and was told (by two separate bike-men) it would cost another €80 to have it fixed, so instead I wrote it off and paid someone else €185 for a new second-hand bike that totally works and is under guarantee and has a silver frame and a dynamo. I’ll show you a picture when I have a second. You’ll enjoy that.
But for now, we’re done. Hang on in there. Things are going to change round here pretty soon, and you’re going to be impressed. I know it.
As for now, go your merry way. Enjoy yourself. I’m off to watch Florence Foster Jenkins. Yolo.
X
Filed under: FEEDBACK, REAL LIFE
