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I normally shy away from political statements in this blog. HOWEVER, I hereby declare, that I support the egyptian people in their revolution for democracy and freedom and ousting Mubarak. I know this isn't much, but I really keep my fingers crossed for you to succeed. It is time for a change and you can make this change happen.

I wish all of you a magical new week. Make the best of it.

Okay, the first month of "fully" Primal is over. Frankly, I haven't reached my weight goal, which was an easy 59,9 kg. The reasons? My cold at the start of the month and the last week, eating a Lebkuchen (because my mom frustrated me to no end) and celebrating my new job this Friday with friends (2 Desperados beers, 1 coke, 1 salad with a side of baguette, Tortilla chips). So today I weighed 60,9 kg, which is exactly the same as on December 31st. At the start of this week I was down to 60,2 kg. Well, that's what I get when I don't keep my insulin low and eat wheat. Since I still have my skin issues and I wasn't 100% Paleo and got the receipt for it, I've decided to do the "Whole 30" starting today. Which essentially means eating real food for 30 days straight. I'll "Cut out all the inflammatory, insulin-spiking, calorie-dense but nutritionally sparse food groups for a full 30 days." ( http://whole9life.com/2010/12/whole30-2011/ )...

Chris while taking pictures.

Can you guess it? No?! Well let me tell you. This was in August on my parents balcony. Luckily there was no Romeo, because I wouldn't have had time for him anyway since I was taking pictures. Hihi. Happy Friday!! Just think only a few more hours and then the work week is done (for most of you anyway).

What you see here is how one of Leipzigs old department stores is deconstructed. It had a tin facade, which can you see being taken off and therefore was called "Blechbüchse". It was deconstructed last spring.

Postal intervenida por Maria Da Gloria Jesus de Oliveira, Nadia Poltosi, Torma Cauli y Samuel Montalvetti

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This pic is almost a year old, I took it within the first week that I got my Lomo. Most pics of this film weren't developed, not enough light. But this one. *happy sigh*

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I know, I'm one day late. I simply forgot it yesterday, since I was half asleep the whole day. Today I'm fine though. One more week and the 1. Paleo month is over, I hope that I reach my weight goal, but I don't think there'll be a problem. Have a magical week everyone.

Yep, got the important message and it was a YES, to say I'm excited would be an understatement. So the next weeks will be packed with preparations and then I move and you will enjoy new pictures of Germany. Hope your weekend was nice and you have a good start into the next week.

Introducing ARC. SEE website here . READ CRB blog piece with ARC's editor in chief Holly Bynoe and the magazine's creative director Nadia Huggins  here . FROM THE ARC website: ARC Magazine is a quarterly Caribbean Art and Culture print and e-magazine published out of St. Vincent and the Grenadines by artists Nadia Huggins and Holly Bynoe. We are endeavouring to form a creative platform to offer insight into current practices across the burgeoning creative industries, while bridging the gap between established and emerging artists. Within the recent motions of integration there is a critical space developing where, for the first time, we can envision a converging nexus of artists who want to share their creative experience. ARC Magazine presents a formula, an experiment and an imaginative body of curated work that exhibits the trajectory and the motion of artists who practice within the region. Within our collective networks, we are finding it necessary to make the common man ...

SEE RICHARD RAWLINS E-CAT here . The Art Museum of the Americas (AMA) announces the opening of  Wrestling with the Image: Caribbean Interventions , an exhibition of contemporary art from twelve Caribbean countries.   Featuring work by artists from the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago, the exhibition is curated by artist and curator  Christopher   Cozier  and art historian Tatiana Flores. Wrestling with the Image: Caribbean Interventions  presents works in a variety of media, including photography, video, painting, graphic arts, sculpture, and installation.  The scope of the objects demonstrates how the region’s contemporary artists are confronting stereotypes about the Caribbean without denying their own surroundings or rejecting the worlds in which they operate.   Through investigations on history, tourism...

  detail of ceramic works by recent students from a range of courses. From left to right; Ali Hutton, Kay Bazley, Katherine Kennedy, Peter Lewis, Raku firing, Ilona Ede. Do you have an interest in handbuilt and wheelformed ceramics? The Certificate III in Ceramics is a full-time, 3 day per week ceramic speciality course, which is completed over 1 year, and enrolments are being taken at the Nepean Arts and Design Centre on Tuesday January 25 at 12.30pm. The Certificate III in Ceramics will equip you with the skills, knowledge and experience in a range of ceramic techniques including the use of the pottery wheel, the handbuilding of sculptural work, moldmaking, surface decoration, glaze technologies and kilns and firing. For those with an interest in working with clay, this is a fantastic opportunity to gain comprehensive skills in many aspects of ceramics. Why not join other like-minded people in the best ceramic art facilities  in Western Sydney? For full details, including co...

Today I'm supposed to get an important message, let's hope it is a yes. I'm in a desperate need of something positive (over 1 1/2 year of job search are taking its toll even on me), especially since my thyroid gland started hurting yesterday evening and I'm feeling really weak today and my new bag (full leather and not cheap) broke on Wednesday evening. Okay, so my horoscope says today is my lucky day, so we'll see how it works out. (Let's be precise, I don't have to wait long at my doc, I get the job, they still have my bag to be abled to switch it and I get everything done that I want to.) Wish all of you a lovely Friday.

Took those from the train window Tuesday afternoon, no photoshopping.

ΕΝΤΡΟΠH - Entropia In-Trasformazione III edizione eVeNTo Di aRTe CoNTeMPORANea aL MuSeo Di SToRia NaTuRaLe DeL MeDiTeRRaNeo LIVORNO, dal 29 gennaio 2011 al 27 marzo 2011 - Entropia, evento di arte contemporanea che si svolgerà ad Livorno e che vede il patrocinio delle Province di Firenze e Livorno In occasione della partenza dei programmi culturali 2011 il Museo di Storia Naturale del Mediterraneo della Provincia di Livorno apre le porte ad “ENTROPIA” un evento di arte contemporanea con la E maiuscola, che vede protagonista il nostro Ecosistema e le sue trasformazioni interpretate dalle opere di artisti toscani attivi ormai da anni sul territorio, le cui opere cercheranno una stretta armonia con l’ambiente che le accoglie. L’evento curato da Francesca Roberti dell’Associazione Art Art Impruneta e sostenuto dal Museo di Storia Naturale e del Mediterraneo di Livorno verrà presentato da Giampaolo Trotta, critico d’arte, e sarà ospitato negli spazi della nuova Sa...

detail of works by 2010 CIV VACC students from left to right: Julieanne Bartolo, Barbara Hellman, Katherine Kennedy, Karl Hellman, Jorge Cusi and Lisa McKay  The Certificate IV in Visual Arts and Contemporary Arts is a full-time, (3 day per week) course which runs over 1 year, and gives students the opportunity to learn a range of visual art mediums and techniques. The course offers study in a range of studio areas: painting, drawing, ceramics, printmaking and photography, and also has some art history and theory. The instruction is studio-based and our teachers are all experienced artists. The classes have an emphasis on skills, techniques and creativity, and there is plenty of opportunity to practice under teacher supervision. In the second semester of their course, students have the opportunity to exhibit the best of their work in the NADC's Trapezium Gallery, where many students are surprised and delighted to see how much they have achieved. To see more images of work produced ...

A perfect Sunday needs a visit to Starbucks (or a nice café if there isn't any Starbucks). Luckily Leipzig has two Starbucks' and I prefer the two floor shop, since you sit quite undisturbed on the top floor and can watch people and ponder things. Which I did as you can see. I had a major breakthrough Saturday night and I needed to think it through and Starbucks is perfect for this. And I got into a chat with "my" barista and he gave me another idea of where to apply, I'm not talking a Starbucks position. I LOVE Starbucks. These haven't been all pictures, I shot oh, about 95, but who's counting. ;-) Now you may ask why don't I consider this Sunday "perfect", there are three reasons: I missed Chris it's Annoying Week for me I don't go to work tomorrow Hope you all enjoyed your Sundays, as much as I enjoyed mine. Have a good start in your next week (working or not).