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Today is my last ‘official’ day as ‘Koos Werkeloos‘ (’Joe Unemployed’? :))…mixed feelings in a way, but totally ready for the next step; will fly to Norway tomorrow and am gonna start my new job this Monday!

It seems my blog is becoming a movie-blog huh? Well, it won’t!

Anyway, I went to Death Proof, the new Tarantino yesterday…terrific! Typical Tarantino movie with ‘a lot about nothing’ dialogues, cult-style editing and right on the bone action, I loved it!!

The movie is part of the double feature Grindhouse, can’t wait to see Robert Rodriguez part ‘Planet Terror‘.

Finally (!) saw Micheal Moore’s Bowling for Columbine last night, impressive! The movie has been high on my ‘to-watch’ list for a long time and not without reason…I think everyone agrees that it paints a pretty good picture on the problems US society has with their (constitutional) right for everyone to possess guns. South Parks American History (on YouTube) explains it all…FEAR, definately not good for living a relaxed life.

Marilyn Mansons take on it (also on YouTube) was probably a revelation for most people.

At the end of the interview Micheal Moore asks: ‘If you were to talk directly to the kids at Columbine and the people in that community, what would you say to them if they were here right now?’

Marilyn Manson responds with: “I wouldn’t say a single word to them, I would listen to what they have to say and that’s what no one did!”. Wow!

A 5:15 minute Bowling for Columbine summary (YouTube):

As promised:

Amber Deckers: "Never
let the fear of failure be an excuse for not trying. Society tells us
that to fail is the most terrible thing in the world, but I know it
isn’t. Failure is part of what makes us human."

It (finally? :)) occured to me that for some reason I don’t blog in the weekends?!? A bit strange since this blog *is* personal and I *do* live seven days a week, eh? So, decided that I’ll write in the weekends too, time permitted and if there is anything worth writing about obviously…that shouldn’t be a problem, the internet is ‘on’ 24/7…:)

I also noticed that (coincidentally!) I started my ‘blogging week’ throughout the last weeks with a Quote Of The Day on Mondays, perhaps to glue blogging on weekdays and non-blogging in the weekend?!? I didn’t post a QOTD yesterday though…will put one up in a minute!

Just this week is left over of the time off I took from my working life, totally about three months (!), they passed by like a breeze…I guess that says it all; it has been GREAT. I will make the best out of the days left over, totally relax and ready to rock at work! Still plenty of things left to do in preparation for Norway, never a dull moment.

Gone for the weekend, camping with the family in Heino (East NL). Weather is supposed to be hot, humid and a thunderstorm late Sunday afternoon…hehe, better make sure we have the tent packed by then!

The weather ain’t all that good for working in the house prepping the big move out to Norway;

Sun is all over the place, temperature over 25 degrees and I’m stuck in the attic sorting out my old stuff collected in the past 10…20…uhh, 35 years orso, damn!

Just bought the new Marilyn Manson album ‘Eat me, Drink me‘…it took him (/her/it? :)) four years after ‘The Golden Age of Grotesque‘.

So far it has been worth the wait! Then again, I’d probably never be disappointed by the personification of my dark side, eh?

The next step in Google’s siege to conquer the (Microsoft Windows controlled) desktop market; Google Gears.

It’s an opensource browser extension and will let you run web-based apps even when you’re not connected to the web! Not a brand new idea or invention, but this one will have a big impact on the use of Google apps like Gmail, Calendar, Docs & Spreadsheets, Reader, Notebook.

The first application to be made available ‘offline’ is Reader, I expect the others to follow soon! Just imagine; no more need for MS Outlook, Word, Excel or drafting your ideas in Notepad when you’re on the road and/or without an internet connection!

Martha Burgess: "Live up to your potential instead of imitating someone else's."

Yesterday everything fell on its place…I signed up for a job *and* a house, all in one day! The job was in the works for months really, the house popped up only last Monday.

As yesterdays header graphic already showed, future is Norway…Oslo to be precise! A perfect next step and most of all challenging, both professionally and personally. Kissy also can't wait, so…ho, ho, here we go!

I'll go first and start working June 18 (sjeez, that's in TWO weeks…darn, I knew there would come an end to my extended time off…). Will be back home the month of July to prepare the move and hey, I can't miss Pohoda, can I?

The farewell party and true move out will be end August/September…exciting!