I loved this book so much. You should read it. It's great.

1. Jason Mraz talking about invisible bubblegum.
2. Lying in the damp grass on a warm spring day, watching white fluffy clouds in a bright blue sky that smells like March.
3. The anticipation before an enormous thunderstorm.
4. Lighting candles.
5. Singing along with a song only I can sing along to (because it’s unknown or there’s simply too much lyrics to know them all).
6. Hearing a song on the radio nobody knows but me.
7. Knowing that I get to read another chapter (or five) in that awesome book I’m reading just before going to bed.
8. Actually reading it.
9. Walking around in a museum, fairly bored, then suddenly being drawn to a piece that hits with such intensity you can’t think of anything else all day.
10. Visiting new places and taking a lot of pictures to be able to enjoy it when I get home.
11. Going ice skating and deciding to go inside the minute my toes are frozen – unfreezing them by drinking some delicious hot coco.
12. Walking along the beach in autumn, when the waves are as tall as buildings, the wind blows the air right into your lungs and the sand gives you a refreshingly rough scrub.
13. Coming home to find a postcard or letter waiting for me to read it.
14. Going to the cinema – leaving as a different person.
15. Drinking a cup of cappuccino in a cosy cafe with my best friends.
16. Watching a ‘The Making Of’-special of one of my favourite movies.
17. Watching the actual favourite movie.
18. Having a sleep-over with some friends.
19. Unexpectedly learning new things.
20. Knowing that whatever you’re doing, you’re doing it right and the result is going to be awesome.
21. After an afternoon of working finally seeing the result of your efforts and being happy about it.
22. Cleaning out the entire house with loud music on and the windows wide open to welcome in both sunshine and fresh air.
23. Coming home after a great holiday.
24. Waking up to hear the rain pounding on the window, knowing I don’t have to leave the house that day.
25. Watching the trailer of a movie I’m excited about for the first time.
26. Then watching it again and again and again.
27. Realising there’s going to be an awesome movie on television on my free evening.
28. Sitting in the cinema in anticipation of a great, awesome movie.
29. Receiving an old-fashioned handwritten letter.
30. A cup of hot, steaming, dark, caffeine-infused coffee in the morning.
31. Being able to sing along to a song I haven’t heard fora ges.
32. Baking cookies/cake/muffins/pie.
33. Rearranging all the books, CDs and DVDs I own.
34. Having a vase full of deliciously smelling flowers in my room.
35. Eating something I have never eaten before and discovering it tastes incredible.
36. Giving presents.
37. Receiving presents.
38. Getting comments on a weblog just seconds after actually posting it.
39. Taking pictures.
40. Watching interviews with actors/directors/artists I really like.
41. Kissing.
42. Hugging.
43. Enjoying a private joke with someone in the middle of a (group) conversation, while everyone else is clueless.
44. Getting free coffee at the train station.
45. Watching a brand new episode of Top Gear with my father.
46. Receiving definite word that Jason Mraz (or any artist I really, really love, for that matter) is coming to the Netherlands to play a couple of gigs.
47. The smell of freshly washed clothes.
48. Making plans to surprise somebody with something great.
49. Planning my holidays.
50. Getting asked out by a guy I really like.
51. Accidentally running into an old friend I haven’t seen in a long time and being able to talk like no time has passed.
52. Writing something, rereading it and discovering I really really like what I wrote.
53. Being proud of myself.
54. Rediscovering a song I haven’t heard in a long time and getting addicted to it once again.
55. Looking forward to a new episode of one of my favourite tv shows (like LOST or Wie Is De Mol?) – it can make any bad day end great.
56. The first cup of hot chocolate with whipped cream when winter has arrived.
57. Being told that I was right.
58. Telling a traffic-light that it has to turn green and seeing it turning green the second I say it.
59. Using big words.
60. Listening to and watching Michiel Veenstra and Gerard Ekdom in their radioshow on Friday.
61. Flirting.
62. Sharing a big cup of Ben & Jerry’s with my best friends.
63. Watching an episode of De Lama’s (although this partially makes me sad, too, because they stopped doing it).
64. Winning something.
65. Finally seeing the solution to some incredibly tricky dilemma I’ve been dealing with for a while.
66. Knowing exactly what to do.
67. Inside jokes.
68. Making other people laugh.
69. The first day of spring that’s warm enough for me to be outside without my coat on.
70. Changing something about my appearance, like getting a new hair cut.
71. Painting my nails a ridiculous colour, like bright green or yellow.
72. Playing dress-up.
73. Waking up and feeling fully rested, like you slept exactly the right amount of time.
74. Watching a game of soccer or a skating match and cheering the Dutchies on.
75. Seeing them actually win.
76. A tall glass of fresh, self made orange juice with ice cubes on a hot summer’s day.
77. Folding a paper plane that actually flies the length of the entire living room when thrown and touch down at exactly the right place.
78. Trying to throw something in the bin from a distance and scoring.
79. Going outside on a cloudless night to watch the stars.
80. Communicating without words.
81. Achieving goals.
82. New, refreshing thoughts and ideas.
83. Seeing the people I love being happy and content with their lives.
84. Adrenaline.
85. Traveling, whether by car, train, bike or foot.
86. Succesfully finishing something and being able to look forward to something new.
87. Fireworks.
88. Diving head-first into a swimming pool.
89. Staying up for a night with some friends, watching awesome movies and drinking a lot of coke.
90. Thanking God for all the wonderful things He has given me.
91. Looking at my tattoo and planning on getting more.
92. Being able to not take myself too seriously.
93. Beautiful words.
94. Putting a bunch of handpicked field flowers in a vase and let their smell fill my room.
95. The feeling of accomplishment after cleaning the house.
96. Hearing someone talking Spanish. Especially when a man talks Spanish.
97. Fangirling about something with somebody who’s just a big of a nerd as I am.
98. The smell of wet leather.
99. White lillies.
100. Dancing without caring who sees.
101. Reading this list.

I liked doing this so much I didn't stop - in fact I'm still taking a picture of myself everyday :)

I got JHWH in Hebrew on the inside of my right wrist. So happy with it!

1. Hamlet – 2. Romeo & Juliet – 3.

1. Arriving too late somewhere (class, appointments, anything really).
2. Boredom.
3. Feeling useless.
4. Loneliness.
5. Disappointment, whether in people, systems, machines, food, places, books, movies or anything.
6. Finishing a book I wished would’ve gone on forever.
7. Not being able to get my thoughts/ideas on paper properly.
8. Having to do something I really don’t want to.
9. Not having a choice.
10. Having too many options and not being able to choose.
11. Realizing something great is coming to an end.
12. Saying goodbye.
13. Losing something really important.
14. Fights, whether I’m involved in them or not.
15. Not knowing what is going on.
16. The wrong sort of stress – the kind that makes your insides want to jump out of your mouth and run in the opposite direction.
17. Not knowing anyone at a crowded party.
18. Crowds in general.
19. SPIDERS. Or bugs, or anything that looks remotely insect-like.
20. Horror movies.
21. Getting and/or being ill.
22. Annoying drunk or stoned people who think they’re being hilarious but obviously aren’t .
23. People who don’t understand what responsability means.
24. Explaining a joke.
25. Being so tired you can’t sleep.
26. Getting soaked when it’s cold outside and you’re a long way away from home.
27. Forgetting something.
28. Running out of my favourite tea.
29. Grammar mistakes.
30. Unrequited love.
31. Blushing.
32. People telling me I’m blushing. I mean, seriously, I can FEEL it you know. And I don’t like it.
33. Doing the dishes.
34. People deciding they won’t keep to their promises. At the last possible moment, of course.
35. Team work (of course, there are exceptions).
36. Arrogance.
37. Cold tea and/or coffee.
38. Being called by an ‘unknown caller’.
39. Calling somebody I don’t know/never spoke to before.
40. Speaking in public.
41. Loud eaters. You know, smacking and gobbling and slurping. Urgh.
42. Small, loud dogs. Like Jack Russel’s or chihuahua’s.
43. Losing. I’m pretty competitive once I understand all the rules of the game.
44. Travel delays.
45. Failing to get tickets to a gig I really wanted to go to.
46. Pushy people.
47. Shallow people.
48. Books and/or movies with inconclusive endings. Just tell me what happened in the end, I don’t want to have to use my imagination for that.
49. Waiting.
50. Anything common, mediocre or average.
51. Having the feeling I’m missing out on stuff.
52. Not knowing what to do next.
53. Pepsi. Give me Coca Cola!
54. Food that has liver in it. Yuk.
55. Trance/dance/house music.
56. Shopping on Saturday, especially in the afternoon, when entire families are having a ‘nice day out’, complete with wailing children and passage-blocking baby buggies.
57. The sound of nails on blackboard.
58. Any high-pitched sounds.
59. People who pretend to be something they’re not just because they want to be cool and accepted.
60. People who don’t want to age and try to look 20 when they are actually 40. WRINKLES AREN’T BAD. Seriously.
61. The phrase ‘Design your own life’.
62. Funerals. As soon as someone, ANYONE, starts to cry, hell breaks loose. For me, as well. I can’t stand to see people cry.
63. Clowns.
64. Crocs.
65. Uggs.
66. When it starts to pour the minute you have to go outside.
67. Brainless song lyrics.
68. Lady GaGa.
69. Pretty much any Dutch music (of course, there are a couple of exceptions).
70. People making decisions for me.
71. Anytime somebody says ‘I assumed you…’, following with a statement that I couldn’t disagree more with.
72. The never ending stream of talent shows.
73. Real life soaps. Especially when they’re about people nobody cares about.
74. Bad acting.
75. Dubbed series/movies. I can READ you know. Please, use subtitles.
76. Possibly even more annoying: dubbed commercials. Like they’ll sound more convincing when the movement of the lips doesn’t match the sound that’s supposed to be coming out.
77. Commercials in general. Although these days there are some funny ones out there.
78. New York Pizza pizzas. They’re disgusting.
79. Mostly all pre-fab foods.
80. Websites with red backgrounds and yellow letters. Or blue backgrounds with purple letters. I mean – nobody can read that, can they?
81. Reading long pieces of text on my laptop screen. I prefer paper.
82. Bad breath. Ew.
83. Visiting the dentist. Or rather, knowing that I’ll have to visit the dentist in a week and getting nervous for it already.
84. Intolerance.
85. People blocking doorways by talking in them, so you have to ask them to let you pass through. And when you do, they look all offended because you interfered in their no doubt massively interesting conversation.
86. Loud people roaming the streets at night, mostly in the weekends. I don’t want to know how many beers you had or how many girls you’ve kissed. And I don’t want to hear your stupid songs, I just want to sleep.
87. Geert Wilders.
88. Loud people in the cinema. Why do they even sell chips there? It ruins the entire movie!
89. Celeb nicknames like R-Patzz, K-Stew and J-Hud. It sounds ridiculous, and how much more effort does it take to write out the entire name?
90. People giving their children stupid names like Storm and Apple. I predict that in the near future, children will be called Washcloth, and toothbrushes will be known as John.
91. People and/or companies profiting off of somebody’s death (Michael Jackson anyone?).
92. Telemarketers.
93. People who bitch at everything and everyone.
94. Not being able to do something because I don’t know how.
95. The sounds that come from a construction site. And that includes the shouting guys.
96. Old people whining about younger people.
97. Tangled up earphones.
98. People who breathe really loud, even though they’re not sleeping.
99. People who work in stores and, as soon as you come in, ask you ‘Can I help you?’ Just let me look first, if I need help I’ll ask.
100. Styrofoam.
101. Using 10 different colours of nailpolish at the same time – one colour for each finger.

I made a big Christmas dinner for my parents and brothers at Christmas 2009.

1. ‘Verbolgenheid’ – 2. ‘De Grote Droogte’ – 3. ‘The Pressure And The Doubts I Experienced’ – 4.

AB , found out through donating blood

1. Write Now! 2010 – 2. Spannende Verhalenwedstrijd 2010 (Nederlands Dagblad) – 3. NaNoWriMo 2010 - 4. SMS-wedstrijd Flash Forward - 5. Nieuw-Zeeland wedstrijd Volkenkundig Museum Leiden