if i only knew...

Happy New Year

This year, 2003, was the fastest one i have ever had in my past 23 years. Last year's new year's eve seems like it was yesterday. This year had its ups and downs, but overall it wasn't a bad year. Next year will be very exciting as i will be graduating in January (gotta start studying for the final exam...), and then attempt to find a job, move to Vienna, get my 2nd online business started, i have lots of stuff on my mind and i am very excited about them.

Anyway, i have never succeeded in keeping up with new year's resolutions, but i'll list a few things i'd like to see happen in 2004:

Get in shape. I was a slacker for the bigger part of the year, plus i just came back from a 10-day holiday in Paris, city of fondues and raclettes which didn't help my figure.
Earn more $$$. Getting a job should help with this one. I should also launch at least 2 of the online business stuff that i am working on.
Move in with Bence. This should happen as early as February, finally!
Get a pet. A cat or a dog. I soooo want one.
Reduce my to-read-pile. And not buy too many new books until i do so.
Get crafty. I have piles and piles of crafty books and magazines and patterns and supplies and i never play with them. I should disconnect from the computer and get crafty more often.

Happy New Year!

Back from Paris

I am back with a bunch of cheese that's already eaten, a bunch of yummy French maggi and knorr powdered soup, a bunch of funky French magazines, three Babar books, a 1950s Marie Claire, and a HUGE stack of photos (lomos and holgas) that await scanning as well as about 80 megs of digital pics. About 40% of the pictures deal in one way or another with that certain tower of the city named Paris. Here is one of them as a teaser, more coming soon as i scan them.

Off to Paris

I will be in Paris from today until next Sunday, so no entries in the next 10 days! I will of course be geek enough to not survive ten days without going in an internet cafe to check email but i am not geek enough to post to the blog from there. Or who knows. We'll see.

Expect new lomo (and holga) photos when i come back, my Lomo was repaired by the lomodoctor at the Vienna Lomo headquarters, and i bought a new scanner, so i am well stocked to shoot and share.

See you then!

Quirky online exhibits

Somewhat different than last week's NYPL finds, these online exhibits show everyday stuff from a different angle.

Circus of Disemboweled Plush Toys, japanese product design: toys & candy, Trasury of Macrame Owls (i have one too!!!), 75 Years of Band-Aid Packaging
All of these found via the Museum of Online Museums

when i'm feeling blue...

... all i have to do, is take a look at these: TAMANiMALS or play a game or two at Orisinal.

PS: I am not feeling blue right now, in fact, i am very happy, but i wanted to save these for blueer days. :)