It's not as bad as it might sound but hey I figured you might want to know what's going on(or maybe not, but I'm telling you guys anyway, ha! ).
As most of you might have noticed I have been busy and sadly rather inactive here (not commenting on your wonderful art as much as I should, sorry!). I have been really stressed out lately, truth to be told I haven't been feeling all to well. It got worse during the summer, with all the field work and not having any free time where I got a chance to relax properly. I've basically been feeling exhausted, stressed out and constantly worried 24/7 for quite some time now (read months). Nothing could cheer me up and I couldn't relax properly. And apart from being moody I started to have palpitations and, what I guess I have to call, anxiety attacks (not fun at all). I finally reached a point when I was convinced that there was something physically wrong with me. So I gathered enough curage and forced myself to see a doctor and let her do a check up on me and take some bloodsamples And there was nothing wrong: my EKG test looked perfect, my bloodpressure wasn't high and she would contact me if the bloodsamples showed anything. It's been more than two weeks since they took them so I'll just assume that they didn't find anything. So I don't have diabetes, anaemia or anything else
So, the cause? Stress, stress and some more stress. Which I suspected all along but it felt good to get it on black and white that there isn't anything physically wrong with me And no worries dearies, I've been feeling a lot better since I visited the doctor I simply need to stop stess so much and stop exaggerating every tiny little thing and make it 10 times worse than it really is. I push myself too hard, that's my problem But I'll work on it!
Now, I'm not fishing for any sympathy, but I thought you deserved a little explanation why it takes so long for me to finish my drawings (and so you guys don't think I'm lazy or anything ). I have a lot to do at the university and I have finally started to prioritize rest much more than I did before. So you'll have to be a bit patient with me
Oh yes, I also got my svine flue vaccination yesterday. Didn't feel a thing and apart from having a rather sore left arm I can't say I'm suffering too much from the shot at the moment


Well, enough with the rant. Just wanted to thank all of you guys for being so awesome all the time, luff you all to pieces!


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Just watched the news and saw a news feature that made me so...angry and upset that there isn't words that could possibly describe what I'm feeling right now.
It was about how 2,500 dolphins and other small cetaceans are killed in coastal waters between September and April in the Japanese village Taiji. The killing is often witnessed by representatives of Japanese dolphinariums. They attend the hunts to buy showable dolphins for their own use or to sell the dolphins to other dolphinariums and amusment parks in other parts of Asia and Europe. Those dolphins they don't manage to sell they simply slaughter in the most viscous and horrifaying manners that I simply started to cry when I saw it.
It's official: what was left of my faith in human mankind is now gone.
And why do the japanese fishers kill them? Partially because they claim it to be a proud local tradition and that dolphin meat is part of Japanese “food culture.” But also because they blame the dolphins for being responsible for the overfishing of the ocean and for stealing the fishermen's living. Now, how on earth can you find that to be a valid reason!? It's like blaming a woodpecker for being the main cause for deforestation. It's simply insane.
What is going on is simply an disgrace and Japan has once again proved that they support tradtions more than common sense. This is a shame Japan will not be able to face forever and they will continue to loose face in the eyes of the rest of the world.

Thank you so much, Rick O'Barry, for taking such huge risks just to make us aware of what's going on

It's about time that we humans, once and for all, stop and reflect on this question: "Do we want to be remembered as the intelligent ape, or the greedy ape?"

Your choice. Think about it.

For more information I urge you all to take a look here: [link]




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Well, first of all I'd like to, once again, thank the sweet for bying me another subscription. Honey, you are spoiling me!!



Yes, I have now been on Da for 5 years! Wow, time really does fly by, it doesn't feel like I've been here for so long. But I'm really happy I found this place because I've met such a wonderful bunch of lovley people and talanted artist here that have given me so much support and inspiration (you guys know who you are!) You are the greatest, thank you!

On a further note: I'm, more or less, finished with the roughcast of my report now, all I need to do is to send it to my supervisor. I hardly dare to do it

Oh yes, I'm going to attend a really interesting symposium on Friday: "Darwin and beyond: Evolution from the origin of life to the human mind." Based on the program there appear to be several interesting talks:

08.40 - 09.40 Evolution of the egg was necessary for the evolution of complex multicellular organisms
Lewis Wolpert

10.00 - 11.00 How to make a eukaryote
Siv Andersson

11.00 - 12.00 Evolution on the farm
Leif Andersson

13.00 - 14.00 Evolution of the eye
Dan-Eric Nilsson

14.00 - 15.00 Deceit and self-deception
Robert Trivers

15.20 - 16.20 Evolution of the human mind and language
Peter Gärdenfors

I know perfectly well that I sound a bit geeky but hey, it's on the house!

Well, I'm not going to occupy you guys anymore now. Take care all of you!




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Random update, since it's too late to do anything serious My report is progressing slowly but surely, I'll hopefully have a roughcast done of the whole thing at some point next week Art wise things are still going rather slow but I'm working on it so no worries

Anyway, just for the heck of it I decided to post a little list of 10 of the greatest songs that have ever been made, in my book at least. These are songs you can listen to an infinite number of times and never, ever, get tired of them (could have made this list much longer but I decided that 10 would be enough for the time being.)
Listen, enjoy and just...be

1. "Walking on Broken Glass" - Annie Lennox [link] (all right, who didn't see this one coming? )
2. "Wuthering Heights" - Kate Bush [link]
3. "Nothing compares 2 U" - Sinéad O'Connor [link]
4. "Another day in Paradise" - Phil Collins [link]
5. "My Girl" - The Temptations [link]
6. "Anywhere is" - Enya [link]
7. "Closer" - Kings of Leon [link]
8. "Sånt är livet" - Anita Lindblom (the swedish version of "You can have him") [link]
9. "Beast of Burden" - Bette Midler [link]
10. "I say a little prayer" - Aretha Franklin [link]












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Just thought I would advertise a very important event that will the take place 10-18 October 2009: The European shark week. The event is organised by the Shark Alliance, a coalition of non-govermental organisations dedicated to the conservation of sharks and rays by improving European fishing industry. This is of great importance since the preserving of sharks and rays will enhance the health of the marine environment in Europe and around the world.

I will therefore urge you all to take a closer look at this, here's the link the their home page [link] And I ask you all to sign the petition! (You don't need to live in Europe to sign this. The link to the list can be found on the left). It'll be sent to the Spanish Prime Minister Rodríguez Zapatero who, for some outrageous reason, want to allow shark finning in Europe instead of banning it. For those of you who doesn't know what shark finnig is it refers to the act where you remove the sharks fins and then simply toss the poor creature back into the ocean. The shark is most often still alive when it is tossed back into the water. The finless sharks are unable to swim and sink to the ocean bottom and die. This is simply sick and it needs to be banned, now!!

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