Nimavenl - Nicole's Random Ramblings

Love this! Seriously squealed when I watched this!

A YouTube video by NASA showing off some of the beauty of our planet. So many gorgeous, amazing and stunning images from all around the world. Loved this video!

Spent several hours on Skype today, talking to New Zealand. Well okay, about five hours. Thanks, Skype! Thanks, internet! As we emailed back and forth to make plans for when to talk, my friend suggested we talk my (European) morning, her (Kiwi) evening. We're currently ten hours apart, so planning for 'when' makes sense. As she was the one to suggest the time, I agreed. One question, though: Won't you miss Westside if you're talking to me? Hey, I may be on the other side of the world but there are some Kiwi programs I keep up to date with! I asked again during our Skype chat as my friend used to be as mad about Outrageous as I was (and am). Oh, I'll watch it later , she tells me. Good! Glad to see that some things don't change! Speaking of Westside - An anonymous commenter posted a link to a YouTube video in response to an earlier blog post I wrote about Westside . The video had been removed by the time I clicked the link however I suppose it was probabl...

" Iedereen is van de wereld En de wereld is van iedereen " "Everybody belongs to the world And the world belongs to everybody"   ~ The Scene

I'm so excited !!!!!!! Series 8 of Doctor Who is coming to television in less than two weeks !!! Source:  World tour launch event in Cardiff - Doctor Who Series 8 2014  - BBC One The BBC have released a new trailer for the upcoming Doctor Who episode Deep Breath. The first episode of series 8, Deep Breath is also the first proper episode to star the newest Doctor; Peter Capaldi. What I know from watching this video: We're visiting old friends and seeing some familiar faces, the special effects are mind-blowing, Peter Capaldi is A-MA-ZING and the Tardis gets a new look...  I like it! Deep Breath will air on the BBC on Saturday 23/08. Less than two weeks left to wait !!!

I LOVE Shakespeare! To me, Shakespeare's works are amazing stories that will definitely stand the test of time. They can also be hard to read / watch and thus hard to understand. The English language has changed and evolved since the time of Shakespeare, yet Shakespeare's works remain as they are - brilliantly written however not in today's language.  There have, over the years, been many attempts to convert Shakespeare's plays to the modern era. Look at for instance the 1999 movie 10 Things I Hate About You ( link ) starring tragically brilliant Heath Ledger and the amazing Julia Stiles. Based on The Taming of the Shrew, this movie is set in modern-day USA with the characters speaking modern-day American English. Other Shakespeare adaptations set in the modern day or adapted to the modern day are for instance the 1994 animated movie The Lion King ( link ) which is/ seems based on Hamlet and 2006's Amanda Bynes / Channing Tatum movie She's The Man ( link ) ...

I've been busy. Both in real-life and in the online world. How busy I've been online over the years shows itself in the amazing amount of emails I receive about Friend Requests, New Posts, Great Offers, New Games and more. The thing is - these aren't spam emails, they're newsletters / updates from websites and social networking sites I've subscribed to over the years. So, I've started a huge clean-up action. I plan to keep lots of online community subscriptions - Facebook, Twitter, Skype, Goodreads, Youtube and Google are the keepers, off the top of my head. Thing is, these are websites / communities I actually use. Some of the ones I no longer use are Hyves, Yahoo, Bebo, MySpace, and several others I can't even remember the names of, just that I un-subscribed from them yesterday. One inspiration for doing this was Googling my name and coming up with a whole list of hits that weren't about me but someone with my exact same name. Not that strange...

I'm not usually one to add videos to my blog, I'm more a pictures / photos kinda girl. However, I just HAD TO post a link to this awesome band. Check out Bring Me Home by Square Attic!

I caved - Finally. Signed up for my very own Twitter account yesterday. As of right now I'm following 114 people and am being followed by 5 people. Random. Especially as I don't even know these 5 people. Still - it's kinda cool in a slightly strange way  :D I think I'll link my Twitter and my Blog, however still have to figure out how to do that exactly. While I do that - head on over to Youtube and enjoy this video showing how much we love OUR BOYS and how proud we are of them and their amazing achievement!!!! http://bit.ly/9b0Myf This is why I love being Dutch !!!