It’ll be around 12.30pm, and it’ll be outside on the streets in Voorburg. (Better run for the hills if you’re in the vicinity! ) Here’s to hoping I won’t suck, and that it won’t rain on us.
Wish me luck?

Fuck you, Killing In The Name Of by Rage Against The Machine. My tendons spit on your basslines! They spit!

So we’re thinking about going to Pukkelpop or Werchter next year instead. I guess we’re just suckers for the Belgian festivals or something.  Werchter will be edgy though, because that’s only a couple of days after Graspop, and while the hardcoreyness of the expedition appeals to me in some way, I also wonder if I’m up for it. Time will tell I suppose… we’ll just have to wait for the lineups next year.

Meanwhile I’m very glad that the Lowlands people got good weather this weekend, despite very doomy predictions earlier this week!

Also for ourselves. Olli and I had a good weekend just at the house with the two of us. Some quality lazy together-time that the both of us really needed… it’s strange how you can live in the same house without seeing much of each other sometimes. But we had good times. During Olli’s time at the jam studio I went to the hairdresser to get my hair cut and re-dyed (I was sporting Shakira-like roots that were showing, rather uncool). And while the cut turned out great, the re-dyeing of my roots didn’t go so well. So in the morning I had to go back and they highlighted the whole thing. I’m somewhat blonder than I was (seriously, I haven’t been this light-haired in YEARS!), but it looks rather cool. Also, I’ve been watching a lot of Eureka. I’m halfway season 3 now, and very much in love with the silly lightness of the show. It’s not pretending to be high art, but the characters are genuinely sympathetic and there’s enough fun in the series that you want to keep watching to see what happens now.

Olli and I went to the dog park with Bodhi as well, and this time he was off the leash the whole time. And it went great!! I’m so proud!! He did have a tendency to run ahead, but he would always wait up for us when we called out to him – or when we were out of view, he would search for us. Even when there would be other dogs involved that he wanted to play with. He’s focused on us enough to be able to go places with him without him on the leash now – things like the dog park and the beach. Walking next to roads is a big no no; if he sees something on the other side of the road, he’ll be gone before you know him and we’d never forgive ourselves if he’d be hit by a car.  So we’re really proud of Bodhi, he’s doing so well at the moment.

We’re also able to leave him alone to go get groceries now, or to go to Feedback to check out new amps or something. Which is also something we did on Saturday. Of course then I had to fall in love with a pearly white Ibanez bass guitar with the most slender neck that I’ve ever seen… *sighs* I’ll be going to my bass guitar lessons weekly now, so if I do feel like I’m doing well enough, I’ll buy that bloody thing. It’s soooo gorgeous. Maybe to celebrate, when I can play “21 Guns” by heart, or something.

Oh, and as for what we did today? Olli downloaded Warehouse 13 this weekend. We just finished Season 1. Speaking of which, I think he wants to watch more episodes before bedtime. So I’ll be off. Later

Thankfully, I haven’t gained any weight back in the meantime, nor did I have more problems with the weight exercises. No, the real kicker was my stamina and my heartrate. Holy crap. I saw some numbers there I NEVER want to see again.

Bad Lannie! No more laziness for you! *looks stern at self*

In other news, for the ones that would like to see me in action while playing bass, here are a few pictures for your amusement. Don’t you just ADORE my fluffy bass strap? I drooled over it the day I discovered the bass I wanted to have — on my birthday. Didn’t buy it then, because my Rebel came with its own bass strap. Also, Tijs made fun of it.

But then! Olli gave me a present for Sinterklaas – the fluffy bass strap. And even though Tijs still makes fun of it (he thinks it’s too christmassy), I completely utterly adore it, still. It’s also mighty comfy *nods*
So what do YOU think of it?

- I went to bass guitar practice and worked on my borked technique (I let go of my strings too quickly, it seems).
- I lazed in the sun with a book and got my first bit of tan while Bodhi was running up and down the garden. It’s great to look somewhat healthy again. Yay! I don’t look like I’m a week dead anymore!
- I went to the vet with Bodhi, and it all went flawlessly. He got his shots and is in perfect health. He’s growing well and is bound to gain quite a few more kilos although he seems to have pretty much reached his full height.
- I played Final Fantasy 13 and fought my way through the Fifth Ark (damn that took long), whooped Cid Raines’ ass (while feeling the dude had a point, I felt sorry for him. also, he wasn’t all that hard of a battle for me – I did well enough, took me three times to beat him) and then proceeded to get my ass handed to me by two Eidolons in battles after one another (screw you Bahamut, screw you Alexander). But then the kicker came when I entered the great planes of Gran Pulse and Olli dared me to go and attack the incredibly huge monster (think the eliphaunts in LOTR) that was stomping around there and minding its own business. I poked him with my sword a little so the battle would commence, and then the beast took one step…. and killed me unceremoniously with over 10,000 damage. It was frigging HILARIOUS!
- I cleaned the bathroom (always an adventure )
- And Olli and I jammed together tonight, and now the tendons in my lower arms (not to mention my poor callused fingers) are telling me how much they hate me.

Wasn’t that exciting?

Next up: The Great Laundry Offensive!
But that’ll be tomorrow.