http://www.lilacspecs.com Bigger, Better, More Prettiful Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:07:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here comes one of those vanity posts that bloggers do so well; a post about the notorious topic of "how do I respond to comments." I used to never respond to comments because, well, I had like 3-5 readers and I talked to them on an almost daily basis, so responding ... http://www.lilacspecs.com/2008/07/03/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall/ Where to draw the line on a blog. That is something that I continually struggle with.  Sometimes I want to let you all know about certain things because they affect me deeply and I want advice, help, understanding, opinions, interweb shoulders to cry on.  Sometimes I feel so hurt or lost ... http://www.lilacspecs.com/2008/07/02/this-is-personal/ Wordless Wednesday http://www.lilacspecs.com/2008/07/02/wordless-wednesday-tiny-purple/ I make it a point not to frequently get political on my blog. There are many relevant issues that I have opinions on but I personally tend to avoid heavily political blogs. They depress me and make me feel helpless and angry. However, I do have very ... http://www.lilacspecs.com/2008/06/30/music-monday-im-not-one-for-politics-but/ me in front of the townhall (you won't see body shots of me very often, but eh, I'm in a good mood today) one of the famous canals street performers a traditional begijnhof swans, all over the park these are thrown right after weddings in the town halls in some cities on Belgium...kind of sad ... http://www.lilacspecs.com/2008/06/28/pictures-from-brugge/ Translation? I passed. Yup, after all my nail biting and worrying and crying and apologizing ahead of time for letting CB down (he was not happy that I thought that letting him down was so important...but, well, I'm a giver, what can I say), in the end, after some rigorous studying, ... http://www.lilacspecs.com/2008/06/28/ik-ben-geslaagd/ all so different language is the tie that binds us all together countries represented: Romania, Iran, France, Indonesia, Malawi, United States, Brazil, Cameroon http://www.lilacspecs.com/2008/06/27/my-first-time-with-haiku-friday/ Historia Mundi More Wordless Wednesdays http://www.lilacspecs.com/2008/06/25/wordless-wednesday-historia-mundi-or-where-we-were-on-sunday/ I had an oral presentation today for my Dutch class and it went pretty well. We had to choose a topic either from our book or any other interesting piece of information, so long as we didn't try to slack off and do something like : "My name is ... http://www.lilacspecs.com/2008/06/23/i-guess-its-about-time/ So last week I gave you a little bit about some of the stereotypes that Flanders has about the Dutch. And sometimes I can agree...I mean, how many giant day-glo floral patterns can a sane person take? And yeah, the Dutch are a little crazy with their gouda, which ... http://www.lilacspecs.com/2008/06/23/music-from-the-lowlands-part-deux/