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Monday, May 07, 2007

My thoughts on the presidential elections in France:

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From Wikipedia:

Sarkozy has said that having been abandoned by his father shaped much of who he is today. As a young boy and teenager, he felt inferior in relation to his wealthy classmates. He suffered from insecurities (his physical shortness of 1.65 m, or his family's lack of money, at least relatively to their [bourgeois] 17th Arrondissement or Neuilly neighbours), and is said to have harboured a considerable amount of resentment against his absent father. "What made me who I am now is the sum of all the humiliations suffered during childhood", he said later.

I.e. he's perfect, and very typical, politician material. Politicians, especially those that advance (or want to advance) to the highest levels, don't really become politicians because they want to help other people, but because they feel they have to "prove" something and "show everyone what they're worth".

Ségolène Royal's background is, not very surprisingly, somehow quite similar. But she would definitely have been "the lesser evil". Due to her "socialist" profile, she could have been pressured to put into action more socially beneficial policies.

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Friday, May 04, 2007

My new bangs.

I've had pretty much the same haircut since 8th grade, save for a brief, confused short-hair period, and that I started layering it a few years ago (it not only looks better, but it's easier that way when you cut it yourself). But lately, for some reason, I've been unhappy with the way it looked, and yesterday I decided to try out bangs ...

This is how they looked right after I cut them. It still startles me when I see myself in a mirror. At least Quentin didn't seem to think they were fugly, but then, I wouldn't complain about the silly suits he wears for his teaching jobs, either.
Anyway, if my bangs feel too nasty, after all, they can always grow out pretty quickly ...

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Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Labour Day

Lausitzplatz, Kreuzberg.

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Monday, April 16, 2007

Definitely no Sergei Elmgren III

Not pregnant.

There was a 'situation' a while ago, and after that I had some 'phantom' pregnancy symptoms, like nausea, vertigo, swollen breasts, etc, and my next period was kind of strange. But it turns out it was only because of the day after pill that I took.

Too bad, since it would have been one of those superlucky 'Golden Pig' children, born around next Christmas. Regardless of its gender, I would have called it Sergei Elmgren III, after my little Sergei Sr., who died this spring (this is Sergei Jr.), and I would have taught it all I know.

But actually, if I could choose, I'd much rather adopt a little orphaned animal, because human children are kind of scary. Too bad most animals don't live so long ...

Posted at 4:02 pm by turukhtan
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Just google it! - Nana version.

Click to see it full size. And here is part 2.

I, like many others, like to sneak a peek at what will happen in Nana before the official translated volumes come out on the market. This is from the flash-forward in chapter 66 from vol. 18. Nana has long since gone missing, but they have received some photographs from an anonymous source that might have clues. And I couldn't help but feel that they are making it seem harder than it would have to be. I mean, FIRST GOOGLE, THEN ASK!

(The original dialogue is:
Hachi: But even if we only have this idea to go on, it's still a start.
Nobu: Even ...)

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Nana is a wonderful work (c) Ai Yazawa
Published in English by Shojo Beat/Viz Media (so far up to vol. 5)
In German by Egmont/Ehapa (so far up to vol. 14)

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Sunday, April 15, 2007

Google AdSense really works

The principle of Google AdSense is to provide ads that are relevant to the content on a web page.

And it really works. See for yourself.

Bow Wow Wata is a cute comic for children about pets and pet problems, drawn by a vet.

(Uhh, and if you wonder about the other tabs, I'm just doing research to check the facts in a translation I'm working on ...)

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Friday, April 13, 2007

Seme or uke?

Chibi Seme
Take Are you a Seme or an Uke? today!
Created with Rum and Monkey's Personality Test Generator.

You are the seme in disguise. Able to fit in and get along with uke and seme alike, you are able to get close to the uke on their level before exerting your dominance. This makes you at times manipulative and able to fool others about your true seme nature. Because of your harmless appearance, it takes the flamboyantly gay Flaming Uke to really bring out your aggressive side and expose you for the seme that you are.

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Thursday, April 12, 2007

Some of the many interesting make out partners I've had in my dreams:

- Lou Reed (in the dream he "taught" me french kissing o_O)
- Aragorn
- Martin Kellerman (who draws Rocky)
- Eminem (twice!)
- Edin in Safe Area Gorazde

And, this very morning:

- Boromir

(I hadn't done or thought about ANYTHING that could be associated with LOTR the day before!!!)

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Friday, April 06, 2007

Mum was here

For a much too short time ... We walked all over town, saw an exhibition of Weegee's photography, ate a lot of good food and did a lot of dogspotting.

Giving mum advice on how to use my camera ...

See all the pictures! Though mum didn't allow me to take any pictures of her ... :o(

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Friday, March 30, 2007

Tinets galore

Yeah, I do think I'm pretty good-looking ... :oD

I'm convinced that picture no. 3 would have been perfect, had I not moved my head.

I tried to take a somewhat decent picture of myself for a Greenpeace campaign to get the Greek representatives at the International Whaling Commission to vote against whaling at their meeting on May 31.

That's 16 days beyond my current deadline, so I'm heading back to work now ...

Posted at 7:34 pm by turukhtan
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