i logged on by accident last week and deviantart said they had a week of trial membership to tempt me to give them money. now when that trial-membership is over I find it safe enough to log on again.

the first thing I see in my message centre was "Mr Universe" Zort's journal with a link to the ultimate guide to making BW photos. I know that many of you struggle with that, so I'll link you to it as well: [link] I'll add my own two pennies to it and suggest that you all look at your digital camera and their bw-modes. Regardless of what cranky assholes say, these give better results than hours in photoshop and old-fashioned bw-film.

we finally got back from our travels and since this is a journal I would like to thank Jay for showing us the secrets of dutch weissbier, and to Pedro and his lovely girlfriend for showing us the wonders of green wine. we had a great time. I hope to post more images from the city by Amstel, from Kerry, from Lagos, the hills of Lisboa and Madrid in my blog soon enough. You know how to find the blog.

I also wish to bring a few words to the american girl in Lagos who refused to let me shoot dolphins from the "dolphin-trip" boat. I am sorry that I pushed you into the water, but you were blocking the way when I wanted to harpoon that little swimming bugger. You have to admit that the meat was delicious though. (a strong red wine is excellent with dolphin meat)

In other news, my painting is going the right way. After much inspiration from Reina Sofia in Madrid (fabulous museum, maybe on of the best five in the world) I spend most of my spare time with oil smears, terpentine and canvas. My poor gf feels she is a painting widow now.

In other news, today/saturday 18th is my girlfriend Fay's ( =crazy1ady ) birthday. Wish her the best

See you around sissies!