Things I have to remind myself about...

"I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright... and when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice. Still the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they're gone. I guess I just miss my friend..."

- Red in Shawshank Redemption.

Great music tip...

Ben Westbeech - Welcome to the best years of my life

Great jazz-funk-dance sound... Check him out on myspace.com

http://www.myspace.com/benwestbeech

Fathers, Mothers, and a cool quote...

"Do you want anything from the shop?"
"Cornetto" - From the movie 'Shaun of the Dead'.

Brilliant writing can be so simple.

Happy father's day to all the fathers. I bought my dad socks this year, haven't seen him that happy in ages. Absolutely brilliant...

Had a busy weekend. Planned to go have a drink with some friends in Utrecht on Friday. We came up with the plan to go play poker at the casino, but this plan was disturbed horribly when we heard that all the tables were full. Very unfortunate, yet we decided that we weren't going to give up so easily and we jumped in the car and drove to the casino in Amsterdam. We got a seat at a no limit Texas hold 'em game at 11pm and got to it. As usual I lost my 10 euro, another massive disappointment to work through... But, I ended up winning about 60 euro at the blackjack table. A good night out. We got drunk till about 4 and then I got on the night train. For those who have never been on the night train, don't bother, it is the longest train ride that you will experience. After getting off the train I walked for 45 minutes to get to my parents place in The Hague.

Which brings me to my mum. Funnily I scared her shitless Saturday morning when I came in at 6am when they weren't expecting it. Plus, an old dog is a bad guard dog. Our dog is so old he barely raises his head to bark at the person at the door before he goes back to sleep on his pillow in front of the stairs. Brilliant!!!!

So that's it. Weekend gone with little sleep and another week of studying and writing continues...

Have a good one...

Its been a week...

Its been a week and nothing drastic has happened. Life seems to take its course and throw a roadblock or two in front of me, but no serious car crashes yet. Although I have found out that I need to learn to time my performances on the golf course a little better. Finished 4th in the club championships strokeplay over the weekend, but really let the championship slip out of my sweaty hands by screwing up in the second and third rounds. Its the MOST FRUSTRATING sport I have encountered in a long time. And its a good thing that I don't have to earn a living by playing golf, or I be more broke than the bum down the end of my street, although he's probably earning more money by getting the dole off the government every month. Typical...

So life on the links is frustrating, but the weather is great. The ice cream I buy melts in my freezer, thats how warm its been. I've got the standard golfers tan. A 'v' on my chest and sleeves on my arms. Hilariously unattractive of course. But unavoidable, since I'm sure I'd drive the other golfers gagging off the course if I'd walk around topless. And there's a whole summer ahead of us. I've said this before and I'm going to say it again, Long life global warming... The only shitty thing is that training is really tough in a 25 degree heat, been waking up early to go and train...

So spare a thought for the lonely morning runner when you're drinking your coffee in bed...

Have a good one...

Some good music...

Here's some good music I'm listening too:

Keane: Under the Iron Sea
Bløf: Umoja (Dutch band)
Röyksopp: Melody A.M.
The Shins: Chutes too narrow, Oh, Inverted world, Wincing the night away
Bloc Party: Silent Alarm (their first album)
The Strokes: Is this it
Muse: Black Holes and Revelations
Koop: Koop Island (great relaxing jazz music)

Good week of Golf, Bad week of Running...

Its been a bad week for running. The weather and niggling little injuries led to the worst training run since two months. It has to do with the injuries, but also with a lack of motivation. Since I have no plans to run any meets until August it becomes harder go out every other day to train. Its really frustrating when things don't quite work out, and a training session that doesn't go well leaves your body hurting four times as much the next day. It makes you question the reasons you're running the many kilometers per week. Will give it a go again tonight, see if it goes any better. If not, I'll be taking a week off.

Like the title says, its been a good golfing couple of weeks. It seems that although the running form is not going well, I'm finally hitting a bit of form on the golfcourse. It helps that the course is looking great at the moment and that the weather is okay, but I tend to give myself the credit when things go well and blame other things when things are not going well. Typical sportsman I guess. With the club championships coming up its the best time to get a bit of form, not to mention about time to get a bit of form. Its been an extremely frustrating season so far. My last couple of rounds: 75, 76, 74 (Par 72 course, www.nngcc.nl). Even won some prizes, a second place and a best bruto score, I now have a complete set of engraved whiskey glasses, yeah, yeah.

On that bombshell, I'm off for a run...

Have a good one!!!

One more thing: Want to congratulate a friend of mine on reaching 30!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY ULRICH!!!!!!!