Hey everyone, this is just to let you know that I've moved to a new account =nadja-garnet . I will probably still be using my =silber-englein account for features since I've still got a sub left. If you'd like to follow my artwork, you will find it at my new account.

Thanks so much everyone, for the support you have given me

- Nadja

I turned 20 on Tuesday. It doesn't feel much different . My birthdays have lost the excitement they used to have a few years ago. It's just another day for me. On Saturday we're having a 'arty' -- my mother and I share the same birthday (yep, you are reading correctly, and it is pretty awesome ) -- with some family friends. I really, really am not up to it. I just sit there nodding and laughing -- I don't say much because I'm embarrassed about my poor German grammar -- for about 6 hours. Even my mum isn't really up for it. But it's been planned a long time ago. Ah well.

On a brighter note, I got a lot of really nice stuff for my birthday. The folks at work pooled together and bought me some really, really nice art stuff. Brushes, oil pastels, one of those wooden figure reference dolls, a sketchpad, drawing pencils and some other stuff. I can't believe that they went out and got me such thoughtful presents. The last two birthdays they didn't want to buy anything - not even for our boss' 60th birthday. Guess I must've done something right? I felt really special and honoured. It was the highlight of my day.

I also got some money from one of my brothers and bought me a Holga starter kit! So in a few weeks or so you will see some awesomeness in my gallery...if I can pull it off











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I was helping to carry a few bags to the car two evenings ago. On my way back, I walked into the apartment building. I went up the stairs and noticed two cupboards that weren't there before. I assumed that that was what all the commotion was about earlier - I had heard voices before I stepped out of the apartment to help my mom.

I pulled out my keys and tried to open the apartment door. They would not go in. Oh crap, I thought. My mom must've left the spare keys in the keyhole on the inside! I warned her so many times about it. How the hell am I going to get into the apartment now? I tried again with the keys. I stooped down to try to see if the keys were in the hole from the inside.

As I'm inspecting the keyhole, a woman opens the door asking if she can help me. What the hell is she doing in our apartment? Oh great, guests. Then I noticed that the corridor on the inside had a lamp that wasn't there before. I stood there dumbfounded as to why the lady was in our apartment and why everything looked different for about three seconds.

Then it dawned on me that I stepped into the wrong building and was at the wrong apartment door. I apologised to the lady in my broken German and left for my building which was the building just in front of this one.

I then told my mom about it and we went over to the lady again to apologise and explain that I wasn't trying to break into her apartment which I suspected she was thinking from her unfriendliness earlier. Afterwards she was quite friendly and laughed with us

Man was that weird. The bloody buildings look all the same!! And the apartment doors have no numbers! They are actually identical in every way - including where our apartment is in the building! Curse you identical buildings It could've been avoided if the apartment building front door was closed properly

So there was my awkward experience Anything embarrassing happened to you lately?











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After losing and gaining a few brain cells through this CSS exercise, it's finally done . I've been meaning to update my journal's look for the longest while! I should be in bed...I have to wake up at 5.30 for work.

So what do you think? I figured I'd make myself a little more useful around here by making more of an effort to do weekly features. I've created a personal schedule, and since then I've been more motivated to stay organised. I even have German learning time, exercise time, and dA time planned out . It's the right way forward for me since I've been procrastinating my life away and could have been a master painter by now So now it's srs bsns. Have some features

*Edit: Just noticed a huge difference in the layout when stretched out. Will work out the CSS troubles tomorrow. I am way too tired for this.











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