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As predicted, yoga (and playing in the orchestra) made me undip. Feeling good again. Now.. on to great things.

I might have a disposition for alcoholism.. imagine that.. me who normally never drinks, but it seems that vodka has a calming effect if I have an upset stomach, and I like the psychotropic effects when I go out, reducing my shyness.

Also, it might be nice to fall in love again, although I still am quite happy to be single. I do meet a lot of cute girls though. Must be springtime coming up..

Having a bit of a dip for the last few weeks. This is something which happens sometimes, when I was sick and got better, but now I have to rebuild my energy. So a feeling of lethargy, lack of energy and melancholy, but nowadays I know what to do to fix this, mostly eating healthier and sporting, mostly doing yoga.

The usual general resolutions: make more and better music, meet more fun, cute, interresting people, have more fun, more and better sex, become healthier, decrease ecological footprint, make more beautiful art, make my place even nicer

The big goals: get more confident. Not lead by fear. Find quietness. Become more energetic and courageous. Find more freedom to do what I like to do.

Specific things:

Get better at cello, especially tone and vibrato, thumbposition and most of all: become more confident
Compose a lot of beautiful music, become better at composing
Get better in musictheory, harmony and solfege
Study at the vooropleiding of composition of the conservatory
Get better at singing, get more confident at singing
Get more confident and successful at approaching people, especially girls
Get better at scripting at work, mostly python and django
Eat and cook better
Lasik
Meet old friends
Go to Barcelona, maybe Curacao.
Go to HAR, tour with creaorchestra, maybe newcomer summercamp
Migrate server
Finish stuff, especially my art
Get better at yoga
Play and dance more tango
Play in paradiso
Make my house nicer
More photography: more innovation, try colour.. try a Hasselblad
Resolve my remaining issues with mental and psysical health
Remove unnessecary inhibitions, become more assertive
Reduce and remove dependencies on medicines
Make a youtube opera
More fun DIY projects
Find SLACK!!

This was a very important year for me, my meta goal of getting rid of any remaining mental and physical issues has been quite succesful. Especiially yoga and supplements like omega 3 and chlorella/spirulina have been very good for me. I gained a lot more energy, confidence, concentration and creativity. This I need to continue.

Also playing at the concertgebouw with orchestra, playing Mahler 2 was amazing. One of my dreams coming true.

Very important: revising my cello which was done by Christian Junemann, which resulted in my cello becoming so much better, it is like having a new cello.

Realising that I love making art, wether it's visual, audio or music. That is the direction that I am heading.

Everyone a happy 2009!

Now, let's do the check:

The usual stuff: better health, more sports, more music, meet nice people, see/read/hear good books/movies/music, go to good concerts, parties, more and better sex, more photography, get better at music etc...

* Done. In many aspects this worked out quite well.

Specific stuff:

- Finish portofolio, enlist for Rietveld orientation course
* Done

- Do more composing and electronic music
* Done more composing, electronic music a little

- Get and play the double bass
*Nope. Alas.

- Eat healthier, learn to cook, eat less meat
*I did eat healthier, but did not cook. Did eat a little less meat.

- More creative projects and collaborations
*Some

- Get and install a new server
*Done

- Get singing lessons
*Done

- Get better at the cello
*A little

- Work less and better
*A little

- Sport (Running? Kendo? Iaido?)
*Done, yoga is changing my life, did some iaido.

- Make my home a really nice place
*A little


- Learn ruby
*Nope

- Play in the concertgebouw
*Done!!

- Improve graphical/videoediting/animation skills
*Done

- Decrease ecological footprint
*Hmm... a tiny little bit

- Threesomes
*Alas

- Go to Barcelona
*Alas


Goals that I attained not on the list:
- Played in the muziekgebouw
- Played tango
- Had tango lessons
- Got a new macbook pro
- Gained a lot more confidence
- Got a Leica
- Learned python
- Played in a commercial

HAven't written a lot recently, so some updates. Busy as always, orchestra, gala with orchestra was great, had a great party with the company, huge party in the beurs van berlage with 1100 people, lots of beautiful women, especially from the Paris office.. feeling quite good mostly thanks to yoga, finding a lot of confidence, reading a lot about the inner game of music and about cbt. Am reading a book, David Burns' Feeling good, a book about CBT of which I wished I had found it 20 years ago. Rietveld is going quite well, some nice ideas, very nice people. Looking forward to Berlin. Composing is also going well, finishing off my haikus. I also had my cello revised by Christian Jünemann and that was amazing. He did such a good job, he replaced the sound post, replaced the tailpiece, straghtened the bridge and rehaired my bow. It is like having a new instrument. Jünemann is highly recommended, very nice guy too.

I love it.

That's one thing I love the internet for: found a picture of my very first photocamera I had. It is a fujica pocket 200 camera, uses 110 rollfilm, which I got from my parents in 1977. My Leica is actually older (1971).

I gave into it.. I finally bought a second hand Leica CL and I am very happy with it. With a summicron 50/2.0 and a elmar 90/4 lens. To quote metafilter: "No flash necessary, fits in your pocket... well, if you have big pockets. At least they should be pretty empty after buying the Leica."

Got accepted for the O-year (orientation) of the Rietveld art academy!

Just had rehearsal weekend with Krashna Musika, where I sang in the choir for 7 years. Now I am playing in the orchestra which was really nice. For those interested, this friday is a free concert:

ifeun

Got a brand new iphone 3G 16gigabyte black. I love it. Read my review on my techblog:
Here.

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