...I am already looking forward to december 12th when the J. W. Waterhouse exhibition will start in the Groninger Museum: J.W. Waterhouse: The Modern Pre-Raphaelite (12/12/2008 - 03/05/2009). I would love to see The Lady of Shalott in real life - and real size - for that matter.
Last saturday we went to Groningen to see the Russian Fairytales exhibition, I can recommend it to everyone, it was absolutely wonderful. If you decide to go, do so on a weekday, we went during the weekend and the museum was packed. We literally stood in line in order to see the paintings. Of course, everyone is entitled to watch the paintings and to study them as long as they desire, but people, please! If you have a rollator AND the media-tour do not pointedly place your rollator directly in front of a painting, sit down and calmly start listening to what the thingy has to say about the painting WHILE ACTUALLY SHOWING YOU SAID PAINTING IN EXCRUCIATING DETAIL, ok? PLEASE move your rollator and your media tour to a corner, listen and watch as long as you please and THEN make your way to the desired painting, the line really will move faster this way and young and healthy people can watch the paintings without almost knocking you over. (As a sidenote - the mediatour was actually really cool, you received an iPod-like device with headphones, and as you listened to the tour, the paintings and additional info would show on the screen!)
On the way home we listened to the stories on the cd that came with the catalogue :)
Finally, as everyone else already posted: Heath Ledger died.
Sean texted me at midnight to tell me, I was already asleep but immediately called him, barely awake, to ask HOW? I mean, it's not like I was a big fan, but somehow he seemed a very decent, nice, thoughtful and sensible young man, judging by the diverse roles he chose to play. I am looking forward to seeing him as the Joker (even though the pictures scare the hell out of me - but then again, I am easily scared). Either way, I was, and still am, shocked to hear about his sudden death.
I think a translation is required:
You are Moomintroll! You are extremely curious. You often make new friends and you love going on adventures.
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Mitt resultat: Mummitrollet Du er Mummitrollet! Du er veldig nysgjerrig. Du får ofte nye venner og drar gjerne ut på eventyr. | |
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Everyone who knows Twin Peaks will love this! Sean and I got the Twin Peaks Gold Box (the definitive edition of the two seasons) for Sinterklaas and we watched all episodes while Sean's parents were on holiday (every night 2 or 3 and 3 or 4 during the weekends :D). I absolutely loved it! I agree that the series lost its spark after they revealed who murdered Laura Palmer, that episode would have made the perfect ending. But the real ending is twisted and sickening but manages to revive the spark of season 1 and therefore works.
It is full of spoilers, but only for people who've actually seen the series, and it probably isn't funny for people who haven't seen it, but I HAD to share it! Click here.
In other news, I started reading manga. Currently I am devouring Deathnote. The Wikipedia summary pretty much nails it (as it's supposed to, after all):
Light Yagami is an extremely intelligent young man who resents the crime and corruption in the world. His life undergoes a drastic change in the year 2003, when he discovers a mysterious notebook, known as the "Death Note", lying on the ground. The Death Note's instructions claim that if a human's name is written within it, that person shall die. Light is initially skeptical of the Death Note's authenticity, believing it is just a prank. However, after experimenting with it and killing two criminals, Light is forced to admit that the Death Note is real. After meeting with the previous owner of the Death Note, a shinigami named Ryuk, Light seeks to become "the God of the new world" by passing his judgment on criminals.
Soon, the number of inexplicable deaths of reported criminals catches the attention of the International Police Organization and a mysterious detective known only as "L". L quickly learns that the serial killer, dubbed by the public as "Kira" (derived from the Japanese pronunciation of the word "Killer"), is located in Japan. L also concludes that Kira can kill people without laying a finger on them. Light realizes that L will be his greatest nemesis, and a game of psychological cat and mouse between the two begins.
It really is a pageturner and I recommend it to everyone. Please read the English translation if you decide reading it, the Dutch translation is a bit odd.
