Remember when I used to try to take a picture every day of the year? I didn’t make it through the whole year, not even through half the year, and it took up so much time each day to find something to take a picture of and then edit it and post it to Flickr. I don’t have that kinda time. But it turns out that it’s actually sorta wonderful to have those random pictures of daily somethings to look back on. Which is why I want to try to take pictures more often again. Perhaps not daily but at least on a regular basis. I might not always post the images here on the blog so I urge all of you guys to save my Flickr account to your favorites. Heh.

I had worked on a new theme last night, and I had already uploaded it – but then decided to take it down again. It was just too bright and boring, somehow. So here’s a premade theme by someone else I liked enough to use for now. (Credit is in the footer if you want to know more.) My internet’s been quitting on me quite regularly over the past few days so I don’t know what’s going on there. Since the internet connection is shared by everyone in the building, it’s not like I can just restart the router or whatever. I don’t even know where the router sits. Probably somewhere downstairs in a hidden broom closet or something. Also, it’s possible that my cord is the problem because I haven’t been treating it very nicely and it’s really old and looks a bit odd. So who knows. It’s part of the reason why I had no patience to start over on a new theme from scratch.

My brother Chris drove down to see me on Sunday. There are two tunnels on the route and they’ve been closed for the longest time (for as long as I’ve lived in the NL, basically) which always meant that anyone from back home who came to see me had to deal with a 60-minute detour. The tunnels are finally open again now so my brother actually managed to get here in exactly three hours. I knew he was going to leave early – around 6am – but I about fell over when he stood on my doormat at 9 o’clock sharp. He brought me a care package from my mom (including all the foods I love and can’t buy here in the NL), my SLR, and most importantly: my indoor fitness bike. Last week, my dad went out and bought a new one for him and my brother so that I could have the old one here in Maastricht. You guys know I’ve been doing step aerobics for exercise every night but that’s not my kinda tea. I’ve been using the fitness bike whenever I was home at the parents’ this year and it just works a lot better for me. It’s from the late 90s and it’s ugly and it doesn’t come with any fancy pre-set programs but it works like a charm.

Chris stayed until the early afternoon. He had work on Monday so he wanted to make sure not to get home too late. We fixed pasta for lunch and just hung out, for the most part. Watched Friends for a bit. Watched National Geographic and discussed whatever science they were blowing our minds with. Walked around the block, fighting DEADLY GUSTS OF WIND AND RAIN, for some fresh air. I hope this weather is here to stay for a while. Sun and blue skies and high temperatures and flowers and smiles and songbirds: EW YUCK. So not ready for that yet. Powerful winds and heavy rain and cold, fresh air and empty streets? BRING IT ON. Love it, and don’t want to let go.

If you got a minute, let me know in the comments what type of images you enjoy on people’s websites, okay? Are you typically bored by pictures of stuff and only want to see pictures of people? Are you interested in seeing bits and pieces of my apartment and my hometown? If you couldn’t care less, tell me that also.