i think that far too often, i find myself taking my family for granted… even though i keep reminding myself that it’s very much not, and indeed something special.
so, in that spirit: i have the absolute greatest family i could wish for!
Archive for the 'contemplative' Category
i’ll be more than 8.300 days old next week, and i’ve spent at least one 8th of the conscious-time therein babbling, dribbling and scuttling.
also, i’ve spent an estimated 1.5 years of my life eating, and more than 6 years sleeping.
i don’t regret the babbling, though. ;-)
what would you do if you figured out that you’ll never even get close to finishing all the things you’ve started (and will start)?
what would you do if you figured out that there is no calmer time coming up; that there will never be less to do?
why is there never enough time?
here’s a quote that seems more and more fitting:
life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans.
oh well…
turns out this video by sarah mclachlan is more than 2 years old, but i think it’s really touching:
(apart from the fact that she’s playing a guitar in the video, and there’s no guitar to be heard.)
somebody recently told me that i seem to have “thawed”. she may be right.
staying in touch with friends seems to get harder by the day.
i now know for sure that sleep deprivation has a negative effect on physical strengh.
there are only a handful of occasions when i manage to switch off (as in “stop thinking”)1. listening to classical music is one of them.
you know you’ve had to much vitamin c if you start nosebleeding everytime you blow your nose.
i did it: got anton so confused during a conversation (while still behaving serious) that he had a brainfreeze. :-)
- and you thought the domain name was a joke? [↩]
the chernobyl disaster - one of the biggest nuclear accidents in history - took place 21 years ago (+3 days, because i’m a little late).
i was 15 months old at that time, and my parents still clearly remember the incident (and how little information the public - as in “everybody except the russian government” - received).
wikipedia (who else?) has lots of facts: [en] [de]
looking around for more information, i found the website of filatova elena vladimirovna, who has made impressive photo-reportages of the locked-down area, the latest one in spring 2007! elena also shares some interesting thoughts - her site is definitely worth visiting.
