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Josie

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About Me



My name is Josephine, or Josie for friends. Living in the Netherlands with two black cats. I love my job as a designer for a large market research company in Amsterdam. Besides that I work freelance as a webdesigner/ illustrator... and now and then I teach design and human-computer interaction related classes at The Hague University, for Communication and Multimedia Design.

My Interests


Drawing, painting, dancing, art, music, literature, Harry Potter (so what?!), webdesign, photography, cycling, gaming, pixel art, hiking and jewellery making.

I'd like to meet:

I'd like to make new friends, not only from the Netherlands, but from all over the world. Please write me a message before sending a friend request. I'd appreciate that.

Music:


A Perfect Circle, Celldweller, Coldplay, Collide, Curve, Dark New Day, Deadsoul Tribe, El Conjunto, Foo Fighters, Franz Ferdinand, Godhead, Hoobastank, Katatonia, Lacuna Coil, Leaves' Eyes, Mercenary, Morcheeba, Muse, Nevermore, NiN, Norah Jones, Nouvelle Vague, Opeth, Pain Of Salvation, Philip Glass, Placebo, Porcupine Tree, Portishead, Queens Of The Stone Age, Radiohead, Rammstein, Rasputina, Scar Symmetry, Sevendust, She Wants Revenge, Staind, The Gathering, The Strokes, Tool, Type O Negative.

Movies:


The Royal Tenenbaums, Spanglish, Dirty Dancing (sue me!), Pride and Prejudice (BBC), Romeo + Juliet (Baz Luhrman's), Heavenly Creatures, The Phantom of the Opera, The Shawshank Redemption, Edward Scissorhands, Strictly Ballroom, Lola Rennt, Bridget Jones' Diary, Interview With The Vampire, Rushmore, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Holy Smoke, Sleepy Hollow, Save The Last Dance, The Butterfly Effect, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Mona Lisa Smile, Underworld, The Machinist, Corpse Bride!

Television:


Alias, Lost, CSI, Veronica Mars. (Yes, I've started watching TV shows like that.) Strictly Come Dancing. National Geographic. Discovery Channel.

Books:


The Harry Potter series, Remember Me, The Tea Rose, Raj, Pride & Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Isolde, my art books collection, especially those about 19th century painters like Leighton, Rossetti, Mucha, Moore and Alma-Tadema. I like to read thrillers. On occasion I'll read detectives by Elizabeth George, Patricia Cornwell, Val McDermid and others.

My Blog

Late night reflections

At some point, I guess we all experience a moment when we realise that it's our parents needing the care, as they've (in most cases) given us... or were supposed to. My parents are good people, they l...
Posted by Josie on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 04:57:00 PST

Sick of it!!!

Incredibly sick of it!! %$@#%@Won't go into the story in full about the girl I share this floor with, but in short:- he's hit her with a belt and with his hand- he's been stalking her since early June...
Posted by Josie on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:08:00 PST

Long time no blog...

In short: life is good. Mostly... :)WorkGot another contract for a year. Yesterday I had a meeting with my boss about how I'm doing there, how I like it, what they think of me, my work and attitude et...
Posted by Josie on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 01:22:00 PST

Hospital visits and such

A quickie update from me... thanks for the support about my father. Very considerate and kind! For those who didn't know... my dad underwent hip surgery in November 2004 and that was a failure (in ret...
Posted by Josie on Sun, 30 Apr 2006 12:50:00 PST

An interesting day...

... it really was! Work was good, as usual. Busy as usual too. I have too much to do for those 24 hours a week that I have. We're going to evaluate the first two months next week. :)Went to ...
Posted by Josie on Fri, 14 Apr 2006 04:50:00 PST

Diagnosing Ophelia

:( I thought I had it. Well... I do have it. It's a thingie on my motherboard that's burnt (blackened/chalky white). So I took pics and sent them to Joost and he'll figure out what replacement I ...
Posted by Josie on Wed, 05 Apr 2006 07:58:00 PST

My poor Ophelia

I'm afraid she's saying "Goodbye Cruel World". I'm on Ophelia II right now (my laptop, for those who don't know). I had blue screen after blue screen yesterday. I reinstalled a few programs, because ...
Posted by Josie on Mon, 03 Apr 2006 09:31:00 PST

Baggin' it.

My first bag, it's almost done. :) Need supplies to make an adjustable shoulder strap, but didn't get to that yet. Like I mentioned before, made a few mistakes, but it's all a learning process. My pro...
Posted by Josie on Mon, 27 Mar 2006 12:40:00 PST

A little ranty but I'm happy :)

Don't you just love it when people know or read one or two things about your life and they create their own version of it? Interesting stories they tell you and you wonder what the hell they are going...
Posted by Josie on Sat, 25 Mar 2006 08:00:00 PST

Tired, but good

Oh yes, again. Tired. Very. I don't want to sleep yet, but I think I have to go soon anyway. Will see how long I can keep this up. Got a sick Ludwin to keep me company at the moment. He he.ISOI had an...
Posted by Josie on Thu, 23 Mar 2006 02:05:00 PST