brighton: dolphin derby or the race on the ocean waves

yesterday I spend the day in brighton. what can I say? of course, london is great, but I am girl that needs some leisure time out of town. It’s good to see something new and it’s good to breath some fresh air. so we went to brighton, an idyllic town on the coast of south england. It even has a little bit southern france charm. but at the top of the list was the recommended dolphin derby. it’s a fairground booth where you try to let a little plastic dolphin ‘swim’. 18 people can take part in a game. they sit next to each other and try to get balls rolling which make the dolphin move. lucky me took 2 little dolphins home – maybe a cheap victory but the fun time that I needed.

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why but(t)?: butt party at bistrotheque

yesterday I popped out and went to the butt magazine party at the bistrotheque, east london. butt is a highclass homosexual magazine for and about ‘poofters’. (english people told me that this is the way you call our gay friends) which is published in amsterdam. I have a big sympathy for the magazine. I like the layout, the pink paper and especially the front pages. maybe the guys are gay but they are still man. and after having a look on the invitation with the text: ‘buy your own mug and drink as much beer as you possibly can’ I knew that I have to drop over. it was busy and sweatie and I just saw 3 girls, including myself, who lost their way.

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almost the only picture in my livingroom in maastricht, netherlands:
butt cover – issue number 11 – autumn 2004

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desperation combined with jammie dodgers

there is a local cornershop on brick lane, london. they have cctv mugshots of shoplifters hanging at the wall. this shop owner let us know that this girl lives around the corner and since she was longing for some biscuits she never came back again.

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the text under the picture: ‘on 30 august, at 11:10 am. the lady above took a packet of biscuit (jammie dodgers) all captured on cctv. she put the biscuit in the bag and left left without paying. thieving is a crime however small it may be. please do not steal, or you will see yourself in print?’

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is it worth getting banned from a shop over a biscuit?

sainsbury’s tries to be ‘fency’

maybe it’s not the most exciting thing in the world (especially because it’s the first thing I am posting since I am in london) but sainsbury’s, the supermarket chain, is brighten up their exterior. this is an accessories (yeah, I know – it’s against burglars but still gross) that makes me tremble.

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ring, ring

from the evening on I will be available via this number. it’s my english mobile number. my german and my dutch mobile will be switched off.

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me and my bridesmaides: pictures with friends

I am a fanatic in taking pictures of other people. and sometimes I also love to play a role in my photography. yesterday my 3 buddies visited me to celebrate that I am going to london for couple weeks and we had a chance to capture the moment. the titel is ‘me and my bridesmaides’ because they wanna become the bridesmaides.

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alex zurek, christian barden, me, oeskan demirdere
in a last supper moment