Hey everyone!!
Pffff I've been so busy that Im almost thinking about quitting everything (know that feeling?)
ANYWAY!
Ive been acting ridiculous lately. Ive been shopping online like crazy - clothing, books, electrical equipment... I tried to order this Conair curling iron (after a month doing research on which curling iron was the best at actually curling your hair and trying not to destroy it in the process) on the US Amazon site... NOT POSSIBLE! Apparently, they don't ship electrical equipment to the Netherlands - which sucks. So I've found this other site, www.drugstore.com which actually carried the same iron and was so kind to ship it to the Netherlands. May I remind you that I actually really did research on the iron - what kind of plug it had (US), whether I needed a voltage converter (no) etc... So yesterday was the most amazing day that the curling iron finally arrived. So I enthusiastically got my adapter, and guess what???!? IT DOESN'T FIT!!! OMG after so much delving into the whole world of curling irons (yes, it is a whole world on its own, trust me a.k.a. curling iron researcher)... Gladly I know this amazing, and I say AMAZING electrical equipment store in Amsterdam where you can walk in, say what's up, and they'll have a solution in like 1 minute. I love love LOVE those people over there. So the guy there said, girl, it was not a good idea to buy an US curling iron online - and I was like, seriously, you have no idea how much better this curling iron is going to be than any of the brands that they sell here (they suck) so I had to. So we had this funny situation of an electrical equipment guy who thinks omg this is probably the most shallow girl ever, and me - yes I admit being shallow at that specific moment - ANYWAY. He said: you need a converter, and I said, ow no I don't - it said so on the website. He goes: you need an adapter - and I was like, uhhhh yeah that's why I am here. He sells me a so-called polarized adapter (he explains why, I don't listen because I only care about the fact that this one DOES fit) and he looks at me with this look on his face like... yeah I can't explain. I thank him and go. Anyway, THAT was me being the shallow girly-girl.
Anyway, back to the international law of state responsibility...
I've been soooo unactive lately! It is because I have been (ehhh I still am) busy with too many things! I'm in my VERY last semester of uni - trying to set up a LLM thesis - I'm enrolled in 3 classes which take up a lot of time unfortunately, I've been working a lot at the law firm and as a research assistant at the uni (deadline for the research is THIS sunday) and next to all of that I've been volunteering at the Voedselbank in my area of the city each thursday, which is an organization that gives out free foodpacks to people who are in a difficult economic position AND I have taken up guitar lessons. Next to that I also want to try and have a social life hahaha. So yeah.
By the way I have started a new blog too - which is about my tragic love for fashion - if you want to check that one out.
I'll be back though!
xoxo
The system of the ICTY has been described as 'adversarial', 'mixed' and 'sui generis'. Your paper deals with one of the following questions (edit: thanks for letting me choose a subject myself...):
- 'The adversarial system of the ICTY has incorporated some elements of the inquisitorial system. Describe some of these elements (referring both to procedure and the daily practice of the tribunal) and indicate why these elements have been added.'
- 'Which system (inquisitorial/accusatorial/mixed) would, in your view, fit best to meet the aims of international criminal justice as embodied in the ICTY? Why?'
Submission date: 31 January 2009
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Making Nigiri sushi
Cutesy fishy
Other sushi I already had @ home
Salmon <3
I kinda even made Tomago - which, to my surprise, tasted great.
Mmmmm... its a lot
Sushi & SATC = <3
I ate a lot...
Bedroom
Pink
Christmas time
Bambi
I <3 expensive perfume
Picture of my grandfather, me & a jellyfish (1989, Portugal)
Livingroom
Livingroom
Livingroom & pink kitchen
New shoes (H&M)
1. the amount of time I spend watching my Sex and the City dvds
2. the amount of time I spend shopping
Love love and more love <3
Me want, me want, me want! :)
I just had my second exam - let's not talk about it :(
And I felt like rewarding myself for at least trying to pass them.
A.k.a. EXAM DETOX
So I bought this dress on Ebay:
I'm so bloody in love with it!
And now I'm off watching a whole season of Sex and the City
It's interesting and all, but a week before Xmas from 6 to 9 in the evening?
Come on - THAT is inhuman!
Edit: what am I doing here?
Back in 2004 there was this huge drama about an UO t-shirt. Remember those shirts which said "everyone loves an italian girl", "everyone loves an african-american girl", "everyone loves a catholic girl" ETC ETC ETC. Well, there was also an "everyone loves a jewish girl" - however, the text was surrounded by dollarsigns...
Here it is:
A huge outburst of indignation followed, and led to the discontinuation of the production. Now, when you google "everyone loves a jewish girl" and look for pictures, the ones you will find do not have the initial dollarsigns on them, but bubbles or little hearts and stars - the shirts which were probably produced after the discontinuation of the production of the first shirt. If you want you can google for example "Urban outfitters shirt jewish" and get lots of hits about this particular issue (newspaper articles etc).
Today, I've found this shirt on the site:
http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/cat
What do you think?
Looks like UO is looking forward to another discussion on this particular topic... so let's discuss whether it is appropriate or not.
http://www.parool.nl/parool/nl/1044/Nati
The winner wins like 3500 Euros and the best 8 get an article in newspaper the Parool.
So many theses though... and one girl actually wrote about approximately the same subject... Not good.
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blur_kiwi</lj> 1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland (does Disney World count?)
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (in 2004 that wasn't allowed unfortunately)
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26 Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Visited an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo's David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47 Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theatre
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cooking
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book (In February!)
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone's life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a lawsuit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee (although I have been stung by wasps MANY TIMES)
100. Read an entire book in one day
/uber optimistic mode to ignore problems due to lazyness and spending too much.
*But then again, how shall I decorate my tree... hmmmm.*
So this month has gone by so fast... the 1st of October I got my keys to my appartment, which we have been working on for the last 23 days... Also, this week I had three exams, plus a friend from Chicago came over and crashed at my place - and then, all of a sudden... someone I hadn't seen for such a long time announced he was in the country and he wanted to meet up - so I was like, screw those exams - and we had a great time, but now I'm kind of sad he left again. Anyway... my appartment is almost finished! So here are a few *intermediate* pictures:
Livingroom... I <3 my furniture... :)
I've always wanted a pink kitchen!
Exam chaos - this is going to be better I promise :)
My bedroom :)
So yeah the third pic is a bit boring and chaotic because of my exams... Despite the lack of effort I put in studying the last weeks, I think I might have passed two exams, the other - I definately failed - oh well... there's always the next semester :) Today I had to be woked up by my alarm at 6.45 - instead it woke me up at 7.20 --- I had to do everything in 15 minutes so that I wouldn't miss the tram to the exambuilding - scary shit since there's always a little chance (how little it may be). Now I'm all spacing here because of the lack of sleep the last week(s) so I'm gonna sleep in the whole weekend and monday, stay in bed, watch movies and series in bed, chill out, visit some museums and just stay in the chillzone altogether ;) Starting now, bye!
ilovemyman70 10 Literary Favourites
1. Favourite Book?
I have a few actually - not ordered:
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
De Aanslag (The Attack), Harry Mulisch
The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
The Sun also Rises, Ernest Hemingway
2. Favourite Author?
Ernest Hemingway
3. Favourite Genre?
I guess Existentialism
4. Favourite series of books?
I kinda don't really like series of books... but if I have to choose: The Lord of the Rings - Tolkien.
5. Favourite Illustrator?
Mark Ryden: www.markryden.com/ - Very weird, but great!
Edward Gorey: www.edwardgoreyhouse.org/ - I love The Gashlycrumb Tinies! Crazy but great!
Fiep Westendorp: www.fiepwestendorp.nl/ - dutch illustrator whose work I love!
6. Favourite book from when you were little?
Pluk van de Pettenflet by Annie M.G. Schmidt
7. Favourite Hero?
Atticus Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird) and Holden Caulfield (The Catcher in the Rye) although I doubt he is generally considered to be a hero.
8. Favourite Villain?
Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov (Crime and Punishment) - a villain with a conscience
9. Favourite couple?
Jake & Brett (The Sun also Rises) although they're not really a couple
10. Favourite Character?
Holden Caulfield (The Catcher in the Rye)
Lasts
1. Last book you bought?
The Complete Fables by Aesop
2. Last book you were given?
Probably the Discovery of Heaven by Harry Mulisch
3. Last book you pre-ordered?
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
4. Last book you loved?
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
5. Last book you hated?
As I lay dying by Faulkner, maybe I should try and reread it...
Do's
1.Do you read part of your current book every day?
Yes, although sometimes they are very small... Blame my professors @ uni for that.
2. Do you stick to one genre of books or do you jump around?
I jump around.
3. Do you review all the books you read on LJ?
I try to.
4. If you were stuck on a desert island and could only take one book with you, which book would you choose?
Probably War and Peace by Tolstoy, I still haven't read it and I probably have time on my hands on a desert island.
Here a couple of the 'before' pictures:
My living room <3
Bedroom
Kitchen
Livingroom, left: door to kitchen & bathroom, right: room to bedroom
The view
I think I'm in love <3
More pics later on!
Has anyon
Yeah I have green eyes with brown kinda dots
Name somet
I received an 8 for a hard assignment for which I sacrificed my whole weekend, plus I talked to my best friend on the phone
Who was the last perso
My mom's
Have you ever passe
Hmmm no, but I once passed out in a hospital - the nurses put me in a wheelchair and thought I was anorexic (I was just very thin back then)
Do you like your life as of now?
My life's not how I want it to be yet - but once I move to Amsterdam, things will probably get better.
Do you crack
Hell no.
What were you doing
Having dinner and watching tv
Does anyon
The last time that happened was in the US this summer.
Who'
Our fabulous rented white convertible Chrysler (in the US)
Last thing
Lemonade
Have you ever thoug
Yeah way back when I was like 15
What can'
I cannot wait till the 1st of October :)
Are you good at givin
I think so.
Has anyon
Yes, my best friend.
Do you curre
Haha no.
Have you ever drive
Hmm no I don't think so.
How many red light
Maybe 1.
Is there
For my headache to stop!
Do you drink
Yes
Is anyon
Yes - my IR teacher who said he would leave me a examination note and he didnt and now I cannot compete in the thesis competition in which you can win like thousands of euros - arghhh.
What jewel
My Forever 21 earrings - they sell great stuff, wish we had them over here. And the ring I got from my parents when I graduated, the other ring I got from my mom that she got from her parents, and a little turqoise bracelet I bought from a Native American woman in I think Albuquerque, NM.
Do you clean
No, when I'm upset I tend to go and lie in my bed, watching series and stuff.
Does your phone
Sometimes. I was called by a guy once who called me at like 3 AM because I was invited (and I accepted) for a group on the dutch version of facebook which was called 'You can call me at 3 AM in the night' and back then my profile was public and I had my cell on it - yeah I left the group.
Would
Yeah so I tried that when I was like 15 because I wanted to look like the girls from All Saints (may I remind you again that I was 15 and they were my idols kinda) and so yeah it was pink and then orange, and then I had to go to the hairdresser and get henna put in my hair - because it could no longer be saved.
Who do you spend
My pink flamingo :)
Have you done anyth
A few small things - said a few stupid things plus I regret one big thing, but when I come to think about it, it probably wouldn't have helped eitherway.
What did you do this weeke
Worked on an assignment all day & night - next weekend I'm sleeping :)
What was the last thing
A salad just an hour ago or something
What are you weari
A legging and a black dress with cute ankle boots
Who was the last perso
My mom
What is the last movie
Mamma Mia
Do you get sea sick?
Well, usually I don't, but the last time I was on a boat (Monterey, California to watch the whales and all) I did - I've never felt as horrible.
Do you get distr
Depends what I'm doing.
What is the last thing
I watched episode 4, season 4 of Prison Break (I download the US episodes because I'm way to impatient to wait for the dutch television to broadcast them... they're at like season 3 I mean com'on)
Is it easie
It is easier to forgive, I never forget things. I sometimes hold grudges.
Are you a jealo
Sometimes.
Do you belie
Yes - been there done that.
Would
Depends on the situation. I don't really like camping, but I'll do a hostel or motel - fine with me.
How is the relat
Usually good, sometimes not as good - let's say it's great I'm moving out :)
What was the first
Being pissed that it was already 7AM
What is your curre
Pissed that it's 9.30 PM and I have to read like 17 ICCPR cases before tommorrow and I'm somehow on LJ, filling in this survey.
Do you think
Not sure. I bet I made a difference in my parents life though.
Do you have a best frien
Yes, myself :)
Do you talk to your pets?
Yes, and regardless of what people may think or say, my cat understands me and talks back :)
Yesterday I signed my contract for my appartment in Amsterdam - I AM SO EXCITED and cannot wait another day, but yeah I have to wait 14 :D. From the 1st till the 8th I have no obligations at all, no work, no classes (oops, almost forgot about my student assistent work..) - just painting and buying stuff all day - sounds great to me. A lot of friends offered to help, so I think we'll have a great time. And then it's just partying for at least a month - catching up for the last 6 years.
And now I'm off to work, good thing is, while at work, it's so quiet, I can do my student assistent tasks. They're still figuring out whether they are gonna pay me at the Faculty of Humanities - but at least it's "two flies in one clap" which I bet is not a proverb in English :)