- Recording several songs from the Buffy musical episode with people from all over the world (I especially like Amber and Michiel Min, a Dutch physicist with the perfect opera voice) and also a few Tenacious D songs. Collabs are a lot of fun - as long as noone joins uninvited and ruins the whole thing...
- Manu calling my out on my gaga-mode. It usually starts when I get tired and act really crazy and childlike. The other night we ordered from Burger King (chili cheese nuggets, hurray), chilled in bed and I watched him record Smule videos.
- Babylon Berlin Sundays.
- Seeing Sash for the first time in months. Intense cuddle sesh.
- Tiny little guilty pleasure: using the llama plushie Lena and Obi gave me for my birthday as a pillow. So soft.
- Playing around with my new Apple Stylus in Procreate. I actually got the pen for free (payment for my logo design).
- Strawberries and cream. Which were also the main ingredient of my birthday cake. I actually got some little party candles for myself and was able to blow them out and make a wish on my birthday.
- The cute illustrated board game I got from Yanch and Sash; it's called Roots.
- Learning the cup song chords on the ukulele (I borrowed Manu's uke and called it Justin - now I have to paint the instrument, the theme is Hawaiian Death Metal).
- Our summer vacation is going to happen after all! We just booked our flights to Ibiza/Formentera!
- Starting my first macrame project (a hanging planter). I also want to make a wall hanging for the balcony.
- Watching reality/contest TV shows on Netflix: The Big Flower Fight, The World's Most Extraordinary Homes, Interior Design Masters and Glow Up. I also loved the Enjoy Your Trip documentary about psychonauts.
- Lena and Obi making amazing vegetarian burgers. And a Pocky/KitKat blind test. Finally meeting the cat that keeps visiting in the evenings.
- Vietnamese food in Manu's bed on my birthday. New Girl episodes. Playing around with the Loopify app. Weed. Laughing and talking until 5am. I got some art supplies as a birthday present (CMYK acrylic paints and hot iron beads).
- Making roast beef (Manu) and dumplings! I think I also made pretzel dumplings with creamy mushrooms that week.
- My obsession with Adobe Fresco. Digital drawing can be so much fun!
- Growing crystals on rocks and stones in my kitchen (yup, I bought one of those crystal growing kits for kids).
- Taking sneaky pictures of interesting people on the subway. There was a woman dressed in all red and when she had left another lady sat down in the same seat - dressed in all yellow! Also, there was a girl wearing mismatched socks. A cute dog. A really stylish woman with some kind of kimono coat, a white dress, black studded cowboy boots and a fanny pack.
- Playing Role Models with Maike and the others. I love the categories they came up with. And the weird verdict at the end of the game like: Kat, the "not so bumbling musical diva".
- Being dry and warm again after getting dirty, cold and wet.
- Seeing the famous cat from a few houses down coming out of the garden underneath his very own sign (the kids made a sign with a photo of the cat and a warning - be careful, we have a wild cat!)
- I gave money to an old beggar. I don't know why, probably because he was really old. I'm getting softer, eh?
- A good talk with my gynecologist and a few helpful recommendations.
- The neighbour I dislike surprisingly doesn't mind me singing in the evening.
- My kids at school are super chill these days. I haven't been as relaxed in a very long time. Oh, and the lesson about India was a lot of fun I thought.
- Getting rid of the ugly mirror tiles in my hallway. This white wall there feels like such an accomplishment now.
- Rediscovering music. Somehow my reading phase is over, I listen to music all the time now (something I haven't done ever since I still had a car). Getting a Spotify premium account and bluetooth headphones. Good decision.
- The happy feeling I get when I'm singing. And Isi's surprising (and fantastic) voice! Her recording of Little Black Submarines blew our mind.
- Luvos Healing Earth face masks.
- I usually hear the kids playing in the beergarden next door when I'm in my kitchen and one afternoon there was a girl on the swing yelling: "Schaukeeeeeln, schaukeeeeeln, Apfelschooooorle!" I can totally relate. Two of my favourite things. And I never lack enthusiasm either.
- Lena telling me about a dream she had. We were in high school, in the cool-guy tract to be exact. I was standing there shaking my head no, as if I wanted to warn her not to go there. She somehow made out with some really crazy dudes after that? Interesting.
- Nothing new here but as always: my urban jungle and the smell of my blankie.
- An unvoluntary cold shower. At least drying off after the shower because it had somehow stimulated my bloodflow and really woke me up. Better than coffee.
- Aldi macarons (surprisingly), brownie-style Hanuta and really old gouda. Foamy coffee. Rice crackers with cottage cheese, tomato and avocado. Herbal salt. Lemon-basil flavoured Philadelphia cream cheese. Walnut cream cheese. Corn cobs.
- Self-care. Eating a little healthier. Using dental floss all the time. Pampering my skin with serums and creams.
- Watching a red squirrel climbing up a tree, jumping from branch to branch and finally entering the neighbours' balcony.
- The first blush on my very own home-grown tomatoes.
- Eating tapas-style for dinner. Olives, some bits of cheese and veggie sausage, hummus, crisp bread, tomatoes and pickles. Preferably in bed watching POSE.
- The reflection of my phone display in a glass of white wine. Dark background, psychedelic colours.
may 6 2020 ∞
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