Another boring teenage life packaged in a blog.

Het is mij al vele maanden duidelijk dat ik dit blog te weinig update, ook realiseer ik mij ten volle dat het beginnen van elke post met een ‘sorry dat ik zo weinig update’ behoorlijk irritant kan zijn! Toch stoor ik me d’r niet aan en begin ook nu weer vrolijk met een excuus: Sorry dat ik zo weinig update!

Okay, back to business: Tegan and Sara. De lesbische tweeling zussen hebben hun zesde album uit gebracht en zijn al jaren mijn favoriete band. “Sainthood” bevat voornamelijk up-beat energetische rock in dezelfde stijl als “The Con.” (ik vind het uiteraard helemaal geweldig maar ja, ik ben geen expert)

Ze zijn gewoon menselijk en laten dat ook duidelijk merken met een grote dosis humor. Ze zijn op hun achttiende begonnen en de eerste opnamen die van ze bekend zijn (ik via-via in super slecht MP3 formaat heb gekregen) zijn origineel uitgebracht op cassettebandjes en in de studio van hun High School opgenomen. Na hun school diploma te hebben gekregen zijn ze vertrokken in een oude stationwagon met apparatuur en gewoon ‘on tour’ gegaan langs kleine clubs en enig podia die ze tegenkwamen. Ondertussen hebben ze geweldige nummers geschreven, zeg nou zelf:

Go downtown, catch the early movie
The shows are cheaper, they don’t mind when I put my feet up
She’s out on the highway
She’s got a homemade sign it says
“Go ahead, try to figure out what my future looks like”

I don’t want to live my life like a movie
always thinkin I could’ve been something
Don’t run alongside and control me
Just film away and let me be

Tegan and Sara’s Divided Zoals gespeeld in Calgary. Mooi toch?

Tegan and Sara staan op het uitverkochte Crossing Borders festival in Den Haag en doen onder andere Brussel, Hamburg, Berlijn en Keulen aan. Ik heb inmiddels tickets voor Brussel (*nerveus op en neer springt*) Hieronder staat ‘Hell’, de single van het nieuwe album.

Hell – Tegan and Sara

Editorial note: Just because Elly thinks this isn’t scandalous enough to repost I’m so doing it! Maybe it will prove to her that there actually isn’t anything scandalous about me…

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Pick a friend or partner and answer 51 questions on them.

Dont change the friend halfway through!

1) What’s their name?

Henk Nieweg

2) Does he or she have a boyfriend/girlfriend?

yea

3) Do you get along with this person all the time?

Haha yes. If we feel like it.

4) How old is the person?

18

5) Has he/she ever cooked for you?

Probably not more than a cup of tea and toast

6) Is this person older than you?

No!!

7) Have you ever kissed this person?

No

9) Are you related to this person?

no

10) Are you really close to him/her?

Id like to think so

11) Nickname?

Hanky Spanky

12) Do they have a nickname for you?

No! I want one!

13) How many times do you talk to this person in a week?

Everyday

14) Do you think they will repost this?

Probably not.

15) Could you live with this person?

I don’t think he could live with my tardyness! And me with his insomnia! Maybe though.

16) Why did you pick this person?

Because he is sitting next to me

WHERE DID 17 GO. Hate it when that happens

18) How long have you known this person?

probably just over 6 years now

19) Have you ever been to the mall with this person?

Many more times than i would like to admit

21) If you ever moved away would you miss this person ?

Absolutely! Sadly, he is moving away!

23) Have you ever done something really stupid or illegal with this person?

Stupid, yes. School plays. Ilegal? No.. very lawabiding

24) Do you know everything about this person?

Probably not. But enough to be comfortable

25) Would you date this person’s siblings?

He doesn’t have any!

26) Have you ever made something with this person?

So many things! Films!

29) Have you gone skinny dipping with this person?

hahaha omg no.

33) Have you ever worn this person’s clothes?

No! Bout time!

34) Does this person wear your clothes?

I’d like to see him try!

35) If it was “freaky friday” would you switch bodies with this person?

Haha NO! Sorry! a bit TMI

36) Have you ever heard this person sing?

YES! Even though he would probably deny this

38) Do you and this person have a saying?

Many many sayings. I cant think of any at the moment though really.

39) Do you know this persons myspace password?

I don’t think he has myspace? But i know the password to his laptop

41) Have you and this person ever gotten into a fight that lasted more than 2 months?

No, but then again I dont think either of us have ever been in a fight lasting longer than a week with anyone.

44.) Have you and this person gone clubbing?

Uhm. Depends what you call clubbing.

45) Do you know how to make this person feel happy?

Hard one! I hope so! I make sure his teacup is always full!

46) Do you and this person talk a lot?

yea

47) Do you like this person?

NO.

49) Have you and this person got into a fist fight?

hahaha I would kick his ass!

50) Do you want to go out with this person?

I dont think Kate would agree!

51) Do you want to be friends with them forever?

Yea.

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Yearly Notations
Ergens vorig jaar heb ik in een vlaag van enthousiasme het domein DailyNotations.com gekocht. Gewoon omdat ik d’r zin aan had. Ik heb nooit echt interessante domeinnamen gehad (m’n achternaam.us, macvia.eu voor het ondernemingkje). Leuk, maar niet echte toppers zoals ‘Kansloosweblog.nl.’ Ook bleek ik als schrijver niet echt geschikt om sinds mei iets te schrijven. Mijn examenperiode en zomervakantie waren heus niet zo interessant. Na de zomer, na het examen, (na het behalen van het VWO diploma!!) vond ondergetekende het maar weer eens tijd om de pen op te pakken. Het begint inmiddels meer op yearly notations te lijken.

Een nieuwe start
Momenteel ben ik begonnen aan een studie Theaterwetenschappen aan de UvA, je zou zeggen dat je daar plenty materiaal zou kunnen vinden voor een web log. De binnenstad levert überhaupt altijd voldoende munitie voor een blog. Daarom gaan we DailyNotations maar eens nieuw leven inblazen.

Hele slechte Bert Visscher imitatie stem: ‘Goh Henk, wat heb je al die tijd dan gedaan?’
Daar gaan we het binnenkort over hebben, nog even geduld.

The age-old question. Isn’t it? (and no, the answer is not 42)

Recently I decided that it was silly to keep my rarely used blog a secret from friends since having them not-read it is really demotivating me. A blog is something for me that should inspire discussion and show opinions. Since my friends never read it I missed that. This is going to change.

My name is Henk Nieweg and I live in Amsterdam at the moment, I don’t know what’s going to happen in the future. I’m lost at the moment about what I’m going to do in the future. Next year is pretty much mapped out. I’m going to do theatre sciences in Amsterdam at the UVA (still have to sign up though). This to the dismay of my parents and some teachers. My subjects at school are more science-based and I don’t match the general profile of someone who studies theatre sciences. I don’t really care though, I love the idea of it. My parents always saw me as a doctor, even though they would never admit it. I think a part of me loves choosing this path because of that. Making a break with my family history. My father and grandfather both were successful doctors who both have resumes which would endanger the rainforest when printed. This is great and amazing and they both have done amazing work, it is just really not something I’d want to spend the rest of my life on. I’d be miserable if all I had to work on all day was trying to stop people from dying and regularly failing at it.

When I was a little younger I decided that whatever I was going to do would be something I’d at least have a chance of being at. I could never be a great doctor. I freak out when I’m in an OR during an operation. I’d be truly miserable for weeks if I had to tell people they’d be dying and seeing people in the most fragile stages of their lives on a daily basis really isn’t something for me.

During my high school time I’ve spent some time on acting. I love it and all that is associated with it, but what I love most of all is working on a creative production. It can be anything from a short motion picture to a christmas play, the stress and thinking processes involved work like a drug on me. To me it hasn’t really mattered if I’m the one standing in the spotlight, the one turning on the spotlight on the light mixer or the one to plan in the script when that light ought to be turned on. It all has the same effect. Because I don’t know yet how to best shape my future, next year is going to be the year I’m going to be pro-active in finding what I best want to do. Since some guidance is always appreciated, I’m starting theatre sciences.

Post scriptum: I added some links to the bottom of the blog, check them out if you care =)