You won't believe it, but La Pixie actually managed to make a webpage! (OK, with some help, but still...) So here it is, my stuff on the internet. And it is really going to be my place, full of things i like... Don't expect a nicely organised place with lots of useful information, but an eclectic collection of text, pictures, links,... Be sure to check out regularly, because it will be changing all the time. Just like me i guess, always searching for new stuff, other things to do...
I created a space, especially for everyone who visites this place. I hope you'll use it, too!! At Pixie's public space you can put whatever you want: comments, questions, advice... or just a nice story. It's all up to you!! And for those who'd rather want to keep it private, they can send me a message at pixie@pixieperfect.be.
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May, 4: Another recipe added in Pixie's Kitchen, and there's a link to Chez Janus on Pixie's Links. Another friend is making his own page now!!
May, 2: New stuff at the Nice Words section
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Question: Allright, i want to keep on reading now, any suggestions, you're favorite books... something i really must read. Please let me know...

Sunday, May 11, 2003
The site has been moved to www.pixieperfect.be. Hope to see you there!!!

*pixie*

Friday, May 9, 2003
If everything goes according to my plans, this page will be moved to www.pixieperfect.be this weekend. And since we're becoming a professional geek anyway, i want to redo the whole page in the upcoming weeks too. Because it is build up out of my starter's mess. The basis for this site was made at a moment i didn't know a thing about htlm. I think i'm able to improve it a lot now, about three months later... My ultimate dream: i would love to have my own design. Something like an own logo... pixie-artwork... instead of those images that i took from the internet. Problem is that i'm not such a good drawer that i can make a nice pixie-thing myself... *sigh* for now i'll have to do with the faeries i already have (not that they're not nice, but they're not really mine). If someone can get me a good program to make banners and stuff... please tell me! Maybe i should change my focus and start dating graphic designers instead of all those bass players. Much more useful... but yeah, i guess everything is more useful than a bass player anyway *grin*.
(By the way, did you mention my own pixieperfect-email adress on top of this page???)

The Friday Five:
1. Would you consider yourself an organized person? Why or why not? Organized, me?? I don't think so... let's say i'm just lucky that i have such a good memory so at least i remember where i've put things and what i have to do.
2. Do you keep some type of planner, organizer, calendar, etc. with you, and do you use it regularly? Yes, i always have my organizer with me. I write everything down all things planned, and then i never look at it again. Just the fact that i wrote it down in my organiser is enough to remember it.
3. Would you say that your desk is organized right now? Haha, not at all, it's one big mess around here... that goes for my desk at work in Brussels and the two tables i use at home (the one in the living room, and the one in the verandah), and also for my desk at home, which i use for sewing.
4. Do you alphabetize CDs, books, and DVDs, or does it not matter? They are all in alphabetical order, how else can you find what you're looking for...
5. What's the hardest thing you've ever had to organize? My wardrobe *grin* Tried to organize my clothes for a hundred times... just not enough space for too many clothes. They just don't fit in my wardrobe in any organized way... And for all the trouble i put in organizing them, it'll return to a huge mess again in no time anyway...

Thursday, May 8, 2003
A few weeks ago i met this woman who, from the very first second gave me the feeling she could become a very good friend. We get along really well. From the moment we met we spent hours chatting on the internet while 'working', hours on the telephone (and people who know me, they see what's so special about that!), we went to concerts, went shopping... sometimes it's like we've known each other for ages. So she became a friend indeed and i would not really want to miss her anymore. And still... there's this dark shadow coming up sometimes... You could say we started off on the wrong track. The reason why we know each other is not making things easy. To reduce a whole complicated situation to one line: i'm involved with the guy she was involved with until a few months ago. Yes, i know, not a particularly easy common ground to start from. Her friends warned her from the beginning, saying she'd get herself in trouble. In a way you could say they were right. I know i hurt her sometimes. Not really because of something i say or do... but just because... i hate it, but i can't do anything about it. How do we balance between dealing with a situation that can easily lead to jealousy and being really close to each other, which means being honest? (my goddess, i hate that word, jealousy, it's an emotion that i have banned from my system... i am NEVER jealous, i guess i suffered from other people's jealousy too often so i decided to never ever give into it myself). Most of the time we're just having fun, and we know it will become easier in the long run... but at times it's all so very hard to deal with, especially for her. I'll guess we'll make it through anyhow. I'm not the person to give in at things like this. And i don't think she's either... otherwise we would never even considered starting the whole thing (she could have listened to the good advice of her friends...). I don't believe in a certain set of conditions for a friendship, necessary to make it work... so the other way around must be true too, that there are no circumstances or things to deal with that can make it impossible. Difficult yes, but not impossible...
*pixie*

Wednesday, May 7, 2003
Feeling great today... Seems like everything is going like i want it. The weather is fine. My work is progressing really well. I have a lot of great things planned for the upcoming weeks. I had an unexpected but very welcome visitor today... Always nice, because he stayed for dinner. You should know that i always eat in front of my computer... not because i'm that addicted, but because i don't like to eat on my own. It's so much nicer to have company, especially when i put some effort in cooking something nice (today fish with mango and a creamy sauce was served!). And as coincidence, my computer is sending 'Moondance' through the speakers... i'm getting totally hooked on that song. I can always appreciate it if someone shows me something nice: music, words, things to see... Should try the library again this weekend, for all those books you told me about up here!

And i got something great to make your day too:
mahnahmahna: the fabulous 'song' from the Muppets Show... be prepared for a good laugh!! (And the fact that you'll probably be singing 'mahnahmahna-tutuuutururu' for the rest of the day...)

*pixie*

Tuesday, May 6 (b), 2003
Hmmm, i was planning to write a fine and intelligent comment about the difficulties of life as a twenty-something. Had some nice ideas already... But i'm sorry, my intelligent, clear-thinking mood is gone. And all this because someone gave me an unexpected answer to a silly question. Actually he just blew me over... Oh, and then a second answer followed, to make it worse. And now i don't feel like writing down whatever i wanted to say before. My goddess... now it's gonna be all vague and unclear of course. You'll get a blog entry that's just totally worthless. I guess i'll just leave it with this, and go indulge myself in some 'great luvsong'... you'ld never guess, but the reason for these fuzzy words is 'Moondance'...

Can I just have one a' more Moondance with you, my love
Can I just make some more romance with a-you, my love

By Van Morisson that is... now at least i got you puzzled, too.

*pixie*

Tuesday, May 6, 2003
La Pixie is becoming a real geek!! Soon i will have this page moved to my own domain: www.pixieperfect.be. What do you think about that? No more advertisements, no more of those damn pop-ups... about which you all kept on complaining. I hope i'll get the whole reorganisation done by the weekend. At the moment i'm rather busy, i want to have my research project finished by the end of the week, so i can take a few days of. I really need some vacation if i want to finish that dress for the fashion design class. Anyway i'll keep you informed on when the big movement to my own place will take place! (Hmmm... should there be a house-warming party?)
*pixie*

Monday, May 5, 2003
Twenty Questions: Odds & Ends

1. What's the best birthday present you've ever had? *argl* Hard one... my goddess, no idea, can't really think of one particular thing right now
2. What do you eat for breakfast? Cereals (always have at least 3 different kinds in my cupboard, and Brinta, and Bambix, yes the baby stuff), for drinks: orange juice, when i don't have to go to work, it's even fresh juice!
3. What's your favourite piece of jewellery? Bracelets... althought i don't often wear jewellery
4. What's the best book you've ever read? Invisible cities by Italo Calvino
5. Which gadget couldn't you do without? You can always do without anything... but i would miss my cell phone, and camera.
6. Which website can you recommend to me? Euhm... this one??
7. Do you have any allergies? Hay fever, cats, ammonia, detergents in general
8. Are you left or right handed? right handed
9. Do you have any piercings? No, i'm already getting sick at the idea of having a needle go through any part of my body. Yes, i'm a pussy...
10. What's your favourite painting/print? I have a print of 'Red on Maroon' by Rothko in my living room, but i don't really have one favorite.
11. What was the last thing you ate? A cottage cheese thing with exotic fruit... the only one left after a friend emptied my fridge while passing by this weekend *grin*
12. Where in the world would you like to be right now? My bed!! Or on holiday, like phOebe who is in Sweden right now, another friend is going to Lisbon for the weekend... i want that too!!
13. Do you collect anything? If so, what? No, not really
14. What type of books do you prefer reading ( e.g. romance )? Anything that is good written with an interesting story. Not really into detectives, fantasy etc.
15. Do you have a daily newspaper? Which one? De Standaard
16. Do you use tissues or linen handkerchiefs? Tissues in my handbag, linen handkerchiefs in the house. Prefer the last ones for ecological reasons.
17. What's your oldest possession? Rainbow bear, i guess...
18. Do you use a fountain pen or a ballpoint pen? Ballpoint pen
19. Do you have any pets? No
20. Do you have any phobias? Vertigo!! Afraid of spiders, too... but it's not as bad as heights...

Friday, May 2 (b), 2003
Wish i may

i'm losing my love of adventure
i'm losing all respect for me and myself tonight
i wonder what happens if i get to
the end of this tunnel and there isn't a light
i've worn down the treads on all of my tires
i've worn through the elbows and the knees of my clothing
and i'm stumbling down the gravel driveway of desire
trying not to wake up my sleeping self-loathing

do you ever have that dream
where you open your mouth and you're trying to scream
but you can't make a sound
that's every day starting now

don't tell me it's gonna be allright
you can't sell me on your optimism tonight

it's a stiff competition to see who can stay up later
the stars or the street lights
all they really want is to be alone with the darkness
no more wish i may
no more wish i might
it takes a stiff upper lip just to hold up my face
i got to suck it up and savor
the taste of my own behavior
i am spinning with longing faster than a roulette wheel
this is not who i meant to be
this is not how i meant to feel

i don't think that i'm strong enough to do this much longer
god i wish i was stronger
this song could never be long enough to express every longing
god i wish it was longer...

(Ani Difranco)

*pixie*

Friday, May 2, 2003
The Friday Five:
1. Name one song you hate to admit you like. All I want for Christmas is you (Mariah Carey) *ahum* could answer a whole list of bad taste in music, though
2. Name two songs that always make you cry. Pixie (Ani Difranco), If Winter Ends (Bright Eyes)
3. Name three songs that turn you on. Roads (Portishead, the live version), Natural Woman (Aretha Franklin), Hardly Wait (PJ Harvey, or brought by Juliette Lewis)
4. Name four songs that always make you feel good. Groove is in the Heart (Dee-Lite), Ray of Light (Madonna), Everybody needs somebody to love (Solomon Burke, or The Blues Brothers!), The Time is Now (Moloko)
5. Name five songs you couldn't ever do without. Swandive (Ani Difranco), Hotellounge (dEUS), Good Fortune (PJ Harvey), Everything is Everything (Lauryn Hill), Cry me a River (Ella Fitzgerald)
These were hard ones... i could give like a hundred songs for each question.

Thursday, May 1, 2003
Recently i discovered this nice site:

where you can make your own dolls. Well, and since i've got nothing better to do *ahum*...

I tried to make her look like me... i guess it's more like how i'd wanted to be. But still, she's kinda wearing my clothes anyway...

I went to a concert of Vive la fête, again. Well, it was just around the corner, at Cafe Locale, and my sister had won a free ticket so why not check it out again? It was worth it anyway... We stood real close to the stage so i could take some nice pictures again. But since this is not supposed to be a Vive la fête fan site, i selected only two of them to put here:
picture 1
picture 2
It's not that i'm becoming a VLF-groupy, it's just fun to take pictures at concerts. It's the kind of stuff i like the most... because of the light and the atmosphere, i guess. Much nicer than taking pics in daylight of let's say, people having drinks in the sun, or sitting in the grass or whatever... Well, i still got some nice concerts coming up in the next few weeks. So there will be more!!

*pixie*

Tuesday, April 29 (b), 2003
You're Perfect ^^
-Perfect- You're the perfect girlfriend. Which
means you're rare or that you cheated :P You're
the kind of chick that can hang out with your
boyfriend's friends and be silly. You don't
care about presents or about going to fancy
placed. Hell, just hang out. You're just happy
being around your boyfriend.

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Do i need to say more?

*pixie*

Tuesday, April 29, 2003
Lady Cottington's Pressed Faery Calendar: Little King Day: The first faery baby to be born on this day is declared king for the day, and everyone must obey its wishes. However, not much happens since babies can't speak.

This-or-that Tuesday
Take Comfort...
Which is more comforting for you...
1. Lying down on the couch, or stretching out on a recliner? The couch, you can curl up on that. On a re
2. Going barefoot or wearing soft slippers? Barefoot
3. Eating ice cream, or pizza? Ice cream
4. Watching on TV...a classic movie or a reality show? Classic movie
5. Wearing: blue jeans or sweat pants? Sweat pants
6. A long, soothing bubble bath or a quick, invigorating shower? Shower
7. Furniture: leather, or something more on the fuzzy side? Fuzzy!!
8. Soft, classical music, or upbeat rock & roll? *argl* i can't choose between musical styles... for comfort?? classical, i guess. But i'm not really a fan of SOFT classical, so maybe i'll pick the up tempo rock thing...
9. Darkness or light? Darkness (but light is very close on second place...)
10. Thought-provoking question of the week: You get married, or otherwise begin cohabitating with a significant other. S/he moves into your place, but brings with them the UGLIEST chair you have ever seen! You really don't want this thing in your home, but SO says it is the most comfy chair s/he has ever sat in, and no way will they part with it. Do you: grin and bear it, or scheme to get rid of the montrosity somehow? I would certainly try to get rid of it... for as the decoration of my home is very important to me. Or i would try to get it in a place where you'd hardly notice it, or cover it with a fancy blanket...

*pixie*

Sunday, April 27 (b), 2003
I visited my old high school today. Last chance to pick up memories inside those building where i've spent so much time. The school will be closed down next year, so today was the opportunity to meet up with my girl friends and be all nostalgic. I took a lot of pictures, and selected the best to illustrate our trip to the Sint-Willebrordcollege. As you can notice, the buildings, and in some parts also the furniture, is very old. The oldest parts of the school were built in 1903, so 100 years ago. My grandfather and his sons also went there. We spent all afternoon wandering around old classes, playgrounds, hallways,... gazed through old stuff (really they could start a museum with what they've collected there), old pictures etc. A lot of our teachers were present. It was nice to see them back. Also the non-teaching staff was there, although one of those ladies had to think about the names of my friends, she remembered mine from the first second she noticed me...makes me wonder about my reputation back then.
Anyway, i really had a great time in high school... and it was nice to see all those places again. Especially with those five special girlfriends around... Well, we did it all together back then, and we still do i guess... Hope you enjoy the pictures, girlzz, and if you want the original better quality versions of them, just let me know...(And just a hint: you may use the comment system, too!)
*pixie*

Sunday, April 27, 2003
Yesterday night we (that is Phoebe, Vero and me, and we also met willow and a friend of her overthere) went to Ghent for the presentation of the new album Nuit blanche by Vive la fête. They were incredible again. I'm not a huge fan of their music on CD, but i love their live performances. Els Pynoo is just so incredible sexy, expecially when she starts screaming, sighing or moaning... My goddess, i wish i could be her. And Danny Mommens, without a doubt the ugliest rockstar in Flanders, and maybe even beyond, but he has got this unbelievable attitude... I enjoyed every minute of the concert. Although i think their former bass player was way better (talking about his looks and attitude here), i'm still convinced that they've got the most sexiest podium act!! I took some nice pictures, check them out >> here.

By the way, becoming a Babyjohn groupy turns out to be much easier than we thought. The members of the band are actually coming to us, so we don't have to go after them *grin*. Two weeks ago, it was the bass player, now the guitar player (who has this to-die-for Harley Davidson leather jacket) came to have a chat with us. He visited phOebe's website lately. And yes, he read the whole groupy idea and my reply on it that if we were going to be groupies, that i wanted the bass player. It was meant in an ironic way of course!!! Pointing out the fact that almost any guy i get involved with, is a bass player. So he goes like 'so YOU're the one who wanted the bass player?' My goddes... good thing i can always keep my cool, and smile charmingly. Pretty difficult to talk myself out of that one....

*pixie*

Friday, April 25 (b), 2003
Twenty Questions: Miscellaneous

1. When you buy a greetings card are the words or the picture more important to you? I rarely buy greeting cards actually, i guess pictures are more important.
2. What's your favourite kind of cake? Chocolate cake
3. Do you ever make gifts for people, if so what, or do you buy them? Mostly i buy them, 'cause i don't have time to make something myself... Promised someone to make a Pixie cook book though.
4. What's your favourite holiday - i.e. Christmas? Yes, christmas. For christmas trees, and snow, and presents...
5. Are you going on holiday this year? If so, where? A few days to London next month, but that's it for this year. Of course you could say i'm going on one long holiday from fall on...
6. What was the best party you've ever been to? My goddess, there've been so many great parties!! Hope tonight will be a good one, too...
7. If you are married, describe your wedding. If not, what would your ideal wedding be like? Not married, and it's not very likely to happen either. Would have been something special, though. Last ideas: He wearing snake skin boots, white suit and a glamourous belt wich says 'Elvis', i believe there was a cowboy hat, too. Me, same style, definitely boots, but i won't go for white i guess, not my thing, maybe pink or something. I do want a hat, too! Big party with lots of friends and good music!! (not the typical never seen aunt's and uncles buffet). And a pink caddillac... Guess you'd want to be there!
8. What's the most romantic thing that's ever happened to you? *Ahum* Romance? What's romance?
9. What's your favourite romantic song? Can't name just one... a few that come to my mind immediately: She, Elvis Costello - Don't give up on me, Solomon Burke - True Colors, Cindy Lauper (i don't say these are really my favourites, though)
10. Which celebrity would you like a dream date with? Ewan McGregor maybe
11. Which female celebrity do you find beautiful? Juliette Lewis, Els Pynoo, Nicole Kidman
12. Which male celebrity do you think is attractive? George Clooney, Johnny Depp
13. If you could be a fictional character from a book who would you choose? Eva Luna (Isabel Allende)
14. If you could be in a television sit-com, which would you choose? My goddess, they're all boring... Sex in the city, if i can write the script myself!
15. Which character would you like to be? The one with the most fabulous clothing
16. What's your favourite girl's name? Elin (stress on the E)
17. What's your favourite boy's name? Not really thought about that...
18. What's your supermarket of choice? Why? Delhaize, it's closest by and has a wide range of products... too expensive, though
19. What is your best character trait? *argl* hardest questions in the end... i don't know, i'm no good at all...
20. What is your worst habit? Too talkative, combined with always wanting to be right.

Friday, April 25 (b), 2003
The Friday Five: 1. What was the last TV show you watched? Well, i don't have a television. Last show i watched was when babysitting last week... Idool 2003. Although I was working on my computer at the same time. The whole program couldn't really keep me interested for an hour.
2. What was the last thing you complained about and what was the problem? Euhm... the spiders in my bathroom, i guess... Last serious thing? I'm not going to answer that one...
3. Who was the last person you complimented and what did you say? Ow... let's think... yesterday, i told willow i prefer to go with her to the Eels concert in June instead of someone else. I guess that's a compliment, no?
4. What was the last thing you threw away? Probably some rotten food *grin*, and loads of paper that i had beel piling up in my verandah for weeks, newspapers, magazines etc...
5. What was the last website (besides this one) that you visited? Some blogging bitches link, but it was quite boring, so i've forgotten about it allready.

Friday, April 25, 2003
Yezzzz... this is a great day... Just found out that Ani is playing a concert in the AB in June!! Grrrreat, love to see her live again. Especially because it's a solo concert, just miss Difranco with guitar. I've only seen her with band before. And i must say i like her kind of nervous guitar play.
And there's plenty of other stuff to look forward to. Tomorrow it's the Vive la Fete party in Ghent. There's a big chance i might escape to London for a few days, next month, visiting my friend Karen. I bought 'Statues', the newest record by Moloko... which is absolutely great, so i have high expectations for their concert nex month. Oh, and i'm going to the concert of Cat Power in two weeks...It's almost weekend, and i'm in a wonderful mood. (yes, at this moment it says 'excited' next to this blog). At 10 O'clock i have a meeting at work, guess it will change to 'bored', in an hour or so. But let's just enjoy this moment for a while, allrighty...
*pixie*

Thursday, April 24, 2003
This day has hardly begun, and it is a disaster already. I had a terrible night's sleep... I did not went to bed too late, had just fallen a sleep, and the doorbell rang! Goddamnit, scared the hell out of me... of course they just pushed the wrong button, they actually needed the family on the first floor. It happens sometimes. When i finally got asleep again i got awaken by a huge fit of coughing... Thought i was going to suffocated, i drank half a bottle of thyme syrup and a litre of water to calm it down. The rest of the night i was chased by the worst nightmares... My goddess i must have a bad conscience or something. And then this morning... i enter the bathroom, and guess what... a HUGE SPIDER was crawling around in the shower. And it was really huge, no way that i was going to kill it myself. So i really had to find someone to help me, or at least someone to borrow me a large vacuum cleaner. But how bad can it get, no movement in the whole appartment block. Part of the neighbours was out already, the others were still asleep. I can't wake them up to kill a spider, can i? So i decided to wait... but after an hour i really decided i should do something about it. I had to go to the bathroom, and honestly no way i can go to the toilet when there's a spider crawling around on an arm's length. Even when i know the creature can't suddenly jump out of the shower (by the way, can one be really sure it won't??). I must admit that by this time i actually already called my parents, hoping that my dad would come over or something... But no *grmbl*. So what did i do *yes, you can already start laughing*, across the street there are construction works, so i went over and asked one of the workers to kill the spider. And of course... which man would not help a 'damsel in distress'. I think it was a pretty fine solution, don't you.
*Ahum* so far for being an independent woman again, those spiders always ruin it...
*pixie*

Wednesday, April 23, 2003
Did it again, got myself in a typical pixie mess...again. It's horrible, somehow i seem to be able to have this weird influence on other people's lifes. And it's not so much by doing something wrong... it's just, i don't know, by being me. You all better watch out when this little faery is entering your life. She might seem harmless, all nice and cheerful and happy and giggling. She'll make you smile, she'll make you care, she'll talk with you for hours. Big chance she'll just twist you round her little finger (not intentionally). You all seem to like her, or to have liked her at some point. And no, in the end she won't turn into some evil creature. It's not some kind of fairy tale. I guess i really stay the same. But still, one moment things can suddenly change. Without being aware i can cause troubles, just by being the kind of pixie i just described. I make people angry, i make people cry, they get dissapointed, they are hurt. Sometimes because they expect more from me than i can give, because i don't meet their expectations, sometimes there is not really a reason. I'm not going to say i'm never to blame, at times i was the one that made the mistakes, too. I know i might be impulsive in my decisions I know i don't always think before i act. My biggest mistake is often my reaction when things get messy. I tend to pull out, hold back, try to make myself invisible, counting on it things will get solved by themselves. I'm not the kind of person that holds grudges, i just let go... I just move through live, taking things as they come... Hoping, no trusting, that all ends well. But that's no reason to expect that others will/can do that too. And finally the moment always comes that i realize it has gone much further than i expected. Sometimes too late... I lost some friends this way... i lost other things too. Often it ends well, too... it made old friendships strong again, it brought me some new friends... I also learned a lot, because most valuable stuff is to be learned from mistakes and confrontations. Until now i always came out stronger, wiser... although i might have lost some valuable things.
i don't want anyone to take this personally... this is not so much about the past two days... as it is also about meeting willow, a very impulsive act from me at that time, which in the end turns out to be just so right... it's about losing best friends, although i've still not lost hope on that one... it's about growing apart from someone with whom i've shared so much...it's about my everlasting friendship with this bunch of girls, that had is rough times, too... it's about so much more than all that...
Don't start overanalysing these words, in the end, they are just words... Don't blame me for being arrogant, self-pitying, or i don't know what else... i'm not, you know... i'm just trying to be honest, i guess... and in the end...i'm also doing a modest attempt to write something nice, well, maybe it might even be interesting... although i won't get my hopes up too high.
*pixie*

Monday, April 21 (b), 2003
I'm sure some of you will envy me for being able to work at home, and especially with this nice weather lately, in my fabulous verandah. Well, you're right, it is great to sit in the sun (although i can't see a bloody thing on my screen then), and actually getting paid to do my work... But i'm starting to see the disadvantages, more precisely in the form of spiders, flies and other kinds of filthy things. I hate insects... i hate all those ugly little creatures, yuk. And my verandah is actually the common gathering place for all mini-life in my appartment. Okay, i do prefer they come together overthere instead of, let's say in my bedroom. But still... i've got a few rules concerning spiders etc... I can handle one now and then. They are allowed to share my appartment, as long as i don't see it. You can tell me there are probably hundreds or thousands of them, i don't care, AS LONG AS I CAN IGNORE THEM. And when they do cross my view incidentally, it's still ok, as long as they are not in a perimeter of 1 meter of where i have to be, and as long as they DON'T MOVE. Those spiders can live in the corner of my verandah, fine by me, but they are not allowed to move.
At this time there are two spiders breaking the rules. One ran over the opposite chair at my table yesterday, but i pretended not to have seen it, and then it disappeared. So far so good... haven't seen it again. The other one lives right in the view from where i'm sitting now. It's got a web in a corner, but it leaves this corner for a few centimeters now and then. Well that's against the rules. Now i'm supposed to kill it. But it's just above the size i can handle (it's about 1cm, without legs) and it's a real ugly one... It's too small though to call my neighbour without looking like an idiot.
And i had still another visitor today, the horror, you know those giant musquito-like things with long legs and wings... they're perfectly harmless but they fly in this undecided don't-know-which-way-to-go kind of manner...I kind of hoped it would leave my verandah by itself... but no!! The thing was actually going for the kitchen, so i had to get after it... I grabbed a shoe and tried to hit it, about ten or twenty times... It's not easy to hit something with a shoe trying to keep your body away from it, in case it would suddenly fly in your direction... Well, i did it in the end... corps is still lying overthere... taking it away is just too much. Still got a dead spider on another wall, too. Just thinking about taking it off is making me feel sick... Anyway, they don't move, and they are in places where i can easily ignore them. Following the rules, i guess.

So far for being an independent woman, i guess... i'm seriously thinking about getting a strong man in the house... any volunteers??

*pixie*

Monday, April 21, 2003
Bleh, had a bad night... been awake from 3 o'clock until half past five or so, really awake. I guess i'll blame it on my sore throat. I've been hanging around in smokey bars too much the last couple of days. It gives me this real sexy voice... hurts though. We're on thyme syrup again.

Yesterday night i went out for dinner with my sister. Italian restaurant, as always. Thing is that when somehow nice looking girls go there without any guys, they get a glass of Amaretto in the end. Well i gues that La Pixie and sister were looking more than nice yesterday *grin*. It started really ok, we were hardly inside or the waiter was already saying something half in Dutch, half in Italian with 'Bella', 'fotomodel' and blah blah blah... And when we ordered dessert (they have the best tiramisu overthere) we got our amarettos!! And more... We got a second one when asking for the bill!! And then this waiter asked if we were students (and my sister is), and gave us 20% off!!! Alrighty... have to go there again...very good for self confidence.

By the way, check out Pixie's Kitchen, new page with my best recipes. At the moment there's just one, but the second one is on its way. Translation is harder than i thought...

*pixie*

Friday, April 18, 2003
The Friday Five:
1. Who is your favorite celebrity? My goddess, these are difficult questions, hard to pick just one. Especially because i'm hardly interested in any of their personal lifes anyway, only in what they do, making music, acting, doing politics... Well some favorites, because of personality etc.: Ani of course (damnit, soon you'll all think i'm in love with her or something), PJ Harvey, , Madonna, i like Lauryn Hill also, Juliette Lewis... Could go on for a while, mainly 'strong women', who run their business on their own, make their own choice and live their own life. Really, i admire more women than men actually. Well for the sake of it, i'll name one: George Clooney (and no, not only for the looks, also because he can really pick the right movies to act in,and made a extraordinary directing debut with Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, the best film i've seen in ages...)
2. Who is your least favorite? I'll go for the obvious... at this time, Bush i guess, together with his bunch of war-loving fellows. Actually, a great deal of right-winged politicians could get a nomination here...
3. Have you ever met or seen any celebrities in real life? Well, i live in Antwerp, everyone knows celebrities over here (Flemish ones of course, never met an international one, i guess). I used to babysit the children of a flemish actress and of a TV reporter. I talked to the guitar player of Zita Swoon (the brother of one of my babysit children, good connections came with that job), talked to some politicians, too... Probably forgotten half of it, mostly i'm not too impressed by celebrity.
4. Would you want to be famous? Why or why not? No, i don't think so. I would hate it to be recognized, don't want to be on television all the time, i would hate it to be interviewed, and to always having to be friendly to people you don't know. Although, the money that possibly comes with it, i could do with that!
5. If you had to trade places with a celebrity for a day, who would you choose and why? Hmmm, would like to be singer for a day maybe, or go to some fancy party, just to know how it is...Or to be an actress, guess i would make a good actress...or even some politician or something. I really don't know, could give hundres of possibilities, so many lifes that could be interesting... for one day!

Thursday, April 17, 2003
I went to the Ancienne Belgique yesterday for some concerts of the Domino-programmation, a week of alternative music. It was an interesting evening, and i even got in for free (luv ya, willow!). Three different groups were playing:

Friends of Dean Martinez: All instrumental band. Started off quite nice, but then we noticed all of their tunes sounded a bit the same. But i could appreciate their version of 'Summertime'.
Jackie-O Motherfucker: A friend told me that this was a very interesting band, so i was quite curious about it. Bit disappointed afterwards. I'm not a real fan of this noise rock thing, although i can appreciate it. But it was just too messy, six people wandering around the stage, seemed like they were not always quite sure of what they were doing, changing instruments constantly... But i heard some nice rythms, good guitar rifs. Problem is, when you're not a superstar, being able to use the best music installations, handled by the best P.A's, it's not a smart thing to come up with stuff like plastic flutes. Not hard to guess that the sounds of it will get lost completely, just like murmuring in the microphone is not a good idea... Pitty, the show wasn't interesting because half of the sound was ruined. But i'm still quite curious how they'll sound on a record. (And hey, willow, hope you'll not think i'm an 'artwanker' now!)
Songs:Ohia: The band we came for. And finally a really satisfying performance. Nice, simple and strong songs, brought by the perfect voice for this kind of music. Always balanced, never too much. (Although i must say that a comparison with Will Oldham is sometimes too evident) I really adored the songs were the bass guitar was put aside for a trumpet. Can't help it, i do have a thing for those copper instruments. And here it was just a perfect addition to those wonderful songs.

I really like going to concerts, after i've been to one i always wonder why i don't do it more often. Well, i got some more nice things coming up in the next few weeks: Vive La Fete, Cat Power, Moloko... Seems like i'm finally living up to this everlasting idea of 'really should go to concerts more often'.

*pixie*

Wednesday, April 16, 2003
Alrighty, yesterday night i made this wonderful skirt. A really simple design, but i think it's rather special because of the assymetrical waist. It is based on a skirt that i saw in a shop but i 'improved' the design. i used the tissue in a better way (biais, if there are experts among you), and added the assymetrical waist line. I'm quite proud of it, it's not the kind of skirt you'll find in the regular shops, rather in those shops where i can't afford to go shopping.

You'll never believe this... luck is following me! Seems like i've won tickets again. This time for a theatre play, Cannibali, an adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest by Jan Decorte.

My friend Willow suggested to add a 'pixie's kitchen page'. I like cooking, and especially, i like to experiment in the kitchen, inventing new recipes (some of you already now my Philadelpia sauce, or the courgette-carot-thing with bananas in jasmin sauce). Well, Willow thought it would be nice if i put my recipes here (so she can use them!). Well, maybe it's not such a bad idea. I'll certainly think about it... Other people that would be interested?

*pixie*

Tuesday, April 15, 2003
My goddess, i'm having some serious time management problems at the moment. How can you possibly do everything with only 24 hours a day available? 24 hours, of which i need 7 hours to sleep (yes, i tried to cut down on that... doesn't work, have to keep it on 7 on regular days, i can do with less occasionally, but not every night). And then i'm supposed to work for 8 hours a day, too...And that while i have so many other stuff to do, so many people to meet... Those people who can spend whole evenings in front of their tv, hanging in their sofas on Sundays... where do they find the time? Or worse... people who have time to feel bored?? I don't even remember how it feels to not know what to do... I feel like i'm running around constantly, wanting to feel, hear, see, touch everything there is... like i don't want to miss a thing... I want to do my job really well, want to be a nice fashion designer, want to meet friends, have a drink and talk for hours, like to do lots of sport 'cause it makes me feel good, want to make nice clothes to wear, need to go out and see wonderful things, i want to discover new music, new places, new people... i want to be out in the sun, walk in the rain, dance around the world... And what is worse, the more i get, the more i want... It's like a neverendig story...
*pixie*

Saturday, April 12, 2003
Yes, we're sure now, the ever so great phOebe did get us tickets for Robbie Williams!!! Okay, you may laugh... but this pixie with her fine musical taste is allowed to have some weaknesses, no? Like for handsome popstars with kick-ass attitude and lots of sex-appeal... We also booked our tickets for the presentation of the new Vive la Fete CD in Gent. With guest appearances, party etc... Girls are going to have fun in the next few months!! Some busy times are coming up. Actually they are already here... I went out for dinner and drinks yesterday night with a friend in Brussels. We went to this nice (but really fancy bar) L'Archiduc, where you have to ring the bell and wait for them to open the door. Very good cocktails, i must say... Will go there again! Today there's We love Oil starting this afternoon. Guess i'll get you a review on that tomorrow or so, i'll try to take some pictures, too.
*pixie*

Friday, April 11, 2003
The Friday Five:

1. What was the first band you saw in concert? Okay, i have to think really hard for this... i'm not sure, could be Bon Jovi (yeah, right, start laughing). Certainly was the first big concert.
2. Who is your favorite artist/band now? Do i still need to answer this one? I guess you all know... Ani, Ani, Ani....
3. What's your favorite song? This is such an impossible question to answer... i don't have one favorite song, i have hundreds!! Depending on my mood, the time of the year, time of the day even...
4. If you could play any instrument, what would it be? Well a few years ago i tried the clarinet... still would love to play the clarinet, or actually bass clarinet, such a beautiful instrument.
5. If you could meet any musical icon (past or present), who would it be and why? Very cliché, but Madonna i guess. She is just so amazing!! One of the few artists i do wonder about how she would be in real life.

Thursday, April 10, 2003
Hey, you're all so sweet, worrying about me... But really, no need to, i'm fine (as always). Just things that got a bit messed up, but they're moving right back to normal again now, i think... Hmmm, i guess, it's this kind of minor crisises that keeps us aware that we are alive, no? Anyway, i need them, because they are a good opportunity to think things over again and reconsider some stuff you were starting to get used to too much.
Well, and actually it's my lucky week too. A few days ago i won a check (is that correct English??) for a concert in the AB. And today, phOebe and i have won two tickets each for We love Oil, a festival on Saturday in Hof ter Loo. And as we were going there anyway... Yes, now we can have some more drinks...
*pixie*

Wednesday, April 9, 2003
Lady Cottington's Pressed Faery Calendar: Confusion day: The day when faeries try to confuse as many humans as possible, not to mention a few small dogs and guinea pigs - their favorites!
© Copyright Brian Froud

My goddess, did those faeries do a good job today! Okay, i already got my life right into the confusion department the last few days... but hey, they surely took it to a higher level. Made a real pixie-mess of it by the way, by doing typical stupid pixie-things. I just saw these situations coming up for weeks... i felt like moving to these problems without being able to avoid them in any way. Well, i won't panic, i count on it that i'll get out in a pixie-way, too. I'll be ok for sure.

*pixie*

Tuesday, April 8, 2003
Ok, here is the new-hair-picture... must admit that the new color isn't very clear. For those who know me, it's more reddish then before, a lighter shade of red actually.

pixie picture

By the way, on Sunday i went to the movies again, with my sister. We saw Chicago. I absolutely loved it, i would go and see it again straight away. Catherina Zeta-Jones was stunning. Renée Zellweger was not bad either but far too skinny, yúk. Loved the music (although i already saw the musical in the theathre in Utrecht two years ago). And especially, i adored the costumes... but okay, i really do have a thing for those twenties cabaret stuff...

*pixie*

Monday, April 7, 2003
Yes, i finally got my hair cut! My goddess, i hate long hair... love it when it's gone then. It's that going to the hairdresser is such a fuss. Don't want to go in the weekends, because it's too busy then, and always a hundred reasons to postpone it. And i just like my looks better when my hair is short. Also because i do look younger then i my age anyway, but with long hair it is even worse! (Someone called me a sixteen-years-old giggling bimbo last week! Ok, she does have her reasons for not liking me, but this comment was just a little bit over the top. I can say this, because she does not know me, or this website). Anyway, a haircut, and later this evening, new coloring also (it seems like everytime i find even more reddish hair dye to try out...). I'll probably take pictures later, and put it here, so you can all go ooh and aah in admiration. (Hmmm, don't we adore ourselves!).

It was a strange weekend... Some odd, unexpected stuff happened. But i guess they were good things. I think i got myself a new friend, anyway... Although it was quite obvious that this is not the most evident thing, as we noticed, but probably just so worth the trouble.

*pixie*

Friday, April 4 (b), 2003
In the last year, my life has changed a lot. One of the things that has changed profoundly, is the presence of women in my life. I always had a couple of girlfiends, all people i've known for a long time. I already mentioned those five girls i've known since kindergarten and then there are a few girls that i met when doing athletics, also ten years ago now or something. I still have contact with them, too... But i guess that's it. But since i got so disappointed in a few male friends some months ago, i started to get to know a lot of new people... Most of them female for some reason. Even more so, i really enjoy this female company. I'm not even searching for more male friends, but rather get attracted to girls. While before i really used to hang out with guys all the time, not getting really along with the girls, now i really enjoy hanging out with all those great women i've got to know in the last couple of months. I love going out with them, having drinks in bars, go dancing, shopping, chatting, talking for hours... Funny thing is, the last couple of weeks, it seems like those women list is still growing, and i'm still liking it...

The Friday Five:
1. How many houses/apartments have you lived in throughout your life? Four, first one i don't remember, i was too little then. Second one was right around the corner of the Antwerp Zoo. Third one, i moved in when i was three years old, in Berchem. My parents and sister still live there. The last one is the appartment where i live now.
2. Which was your favorite and why? The one where i live now, i guess... First place of my own, so that's kind of special. An amazing apartment by the way, in a great neighbourhood (Het Zuid, in Antwerp, close to the Museum of Fine Arts). It's quite large, and the best thing, there's a verandah!!!
3. Do you find moving house more exciting or stressful? Why? Stressful, indeed. But on the other hand, i like change...It's nice to completely redecorate it and make it your own place with your own personal style. It took me a while, but i guess my place is decorated in such a way now, that it reflects my personality.
4. What's more important, location or price? Difficult, but i think price, and how the inside looks. I'd rather have a nice place that i can afford, then something really expensive that's in a fancy neighbourhood. Although place does matter, for it really has to be in the city.
5. What features does your dream house have (pool, spa bath, big yard, etc.)? Hmmm... a lot of light, wooden floors, large spaces, no small rooms. And what i would really love... a roof-garden and a room with a pool table. And since were dreaming anyway... a bar would be nice, too...

Friday, April 4, 2003
About the fashion design class... forget about the waist piece that i showed to you earlier! Not that is was really bad, just nog very special either. After that, i made a skirt which turned out to be amazingly good (got a lot of oohs and aahs for it). I was surprised myself because i actually made it 'by accident'. Well, problem is that the waist piece does not fit with it... I'll have to redo it, i guess... (and i worked on it for hours *sigh*). Collar is also starting to look good. I took some pictures, but they're not very clear. So you'll have to wait...
*pixie*

Thursday, April 3, 2003
Yes, press conference is over!!! It was actually not such a big deal, the minister involved was quite ok, too. Tomorrow, a journalist of 'Brussel Deze Week' will come to my office for more information, he wants to make a big article on it. TV Brussel was also there, but my colleague did the interview, so luckily i won't appear on TV. I'm not to keen on that anyway. Well, i'm glad it all went allright. I guess i'm even starting to feel more confident about my research, that i'm feeling that i'm really doing a good job... something i can be proud of i guess. It will probably become the first thing that i will really finish with a satisfying result.
*pixie*

Wednesday, April 2, 2003
Lady Cottington's Pressed Faery Calendar: Put Off Day: Everything that can be put off until tomorrow is put off on this day.
© Copyright Brian Froud
This is a faery day i particularly like, actually...

News on the press conference: it might be tomorrow morning, or maybe not... we're still not sure, getting a bit annoyed with the minister and his administration actually. Well any nerves according the whole thing have vanished... which is a good thing, i guess. There's already an article on my research in the weekly magazine Knack. Not that i consider it a big deal, just something nice for proud parents and grandparents.

Things i'm doing when not working: i saw a very good movie on Tuesday (i actually went to the movies, that was ages ago!!), Adaptation, with Nicolas Cage. And i must say that Gentlemen, by The Afghan Whigs is a good record, indeed. I also bought that new Ani Difranco record: Evolve. And i love that one, too...
I also read a chapter from the book 'Pity the nation' by Robert Fisk on the massacres in Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Lebanon in 1982. Which made a deep impression on me. Of course i had heard of what happened there, but i must admit that my knowledge about it was rather vague... It was a really interesting text, also in relation to what is happening today. Actually... maybe i should read the whole book, anyway...

*pixie*

Tuesday, April 1, 2003
Lady Cottington's Pressed Faery Calendar: Preposterous Pagnillering Day: Little is known of this activity, though it is thought to involve a great deal of merriment and, of course, squidgy fruit.
© Copyright Brian Froud
*pixie*

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