This never gets old...

well maybe, but I'm not sick of it.

(watch only if you have time...):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9Kty0DXD-8

If you ever want to see a guy vulnerable, just get him to fall in love with you

ahh... back to my old self.

I love paintings. I can lose myself in one and it's meaning... what was the artist thinking? feeling? experiencing? that would lead them to paint such a thing...

Today my painting is called "The Kiss".

Painted by Edvard Munch in 1902.

It's kind of hard to make it out, but the pose and even just the act itself is portrayed as so delicate, which I think it is (hense my post title).

I don't think I've ever seen a man so vulnerable as when he is in love with a woman.

I also love how the atmosphere around them is almost non-exsistent, just a blur; nothing else matters.

“The decision to kiss for the first time is the most crucial in any love story. It changes the relationship of two people much more strongly than even the final surrender; because this kiss already has within it that surrender.” Emil Ludwig

Have a good weekend everyone!!

The Date

I think Nicholas and I have actually set a date for our wedding. We had kind of settled on June 2008 as the month, but now a day has been selected! Yay. June 28, 2008. I think that is a nice date. Nick nodded when I asked him, so I guess that means he's alright with it...

If you are reading this you'll probably be invited, so book your calendars now! Yay.

On a different and more of a "feel sorry for myself" note, I don't know how many of you know but I have been having lower back trouble for a while, starting with a couple of slipped discs that started to pinch my sciatic nerve. That injury was well on it's way to being healed, when I thought a canoe trip would do me some good. It was a great trip, but not as "good" for me as I thought.

So, I came home with a badly pinched sciatic nerve with pain and numbness all the way down my left leg. I know, wah wah wah.... But anybody who has ever had trouble with their sciatic nerve will be sympathetic to me.

IT SUCKS.

When I went to my chiropractor for the second injury of the summer, he looked me up and down as I gimped into the room and said, "You've really done it this time, haven't you?" Thanks. Thanks a lot. He then preceeded to tell me I was too young for this to happen to me, blah, blah, blah.

Anyway, it's still numb, and I have no movement in my two smallest toes on my left foot. This is very frustrating. I do actaully feel like a Gimp. Becky has taken to calling me Gimpy and I'm pretty okay with it. Some days are better than others, I don't feel that much pain anymore, but the limp in my every step is just a constant reminder that I actaully am a Gimp...

I'm doing everything the doctors told me to do; taking anti-inflamitories, do daily stretches and just trying to keep positive. With these things in place, recovery time is any where from months to over a year. Yay... : ( not really) Although, I haven't been praying about it. I don't know why not, it just seems like it's going to get better. Simple-mindedness must really frustrate God. But I would like to ask for prayer for healing, even if it's just once and a while when you remeber. I would really appreciate it. I will try and do he same.

So, the "feel sorry for myself" part was longer than I expected... But none the less this was a better bloggy blog than most.

I guess I'm set

So.... Lo and behold, I have entered the realm of the cellphone owners, kind of. I have to say, I never thought that I would own one but as I held it in my hand this morning I found that I do.

It's a nice one, free with the plan of course, no extra "features" as they call them. I'm going the cheapest way I can with this one.

Example: Yesterday I was on my way home from school when I thought, Why don't I call my Mom at home to see if she needs anything fromthe store while I'm still out? But because it was before 6 pm, and I knew that Nick (the buddy of my plan) was at my house at the time, I called his cell to ask my mom if she needed anything from the store, to save on daytime minutes (because virtaully every phone call between me and him are free) (*buddies!!). I'm so smart.

this is what it looks like...

but not that tiny, it's full size.

Anyway,that's my news for today, must go do more important things like learn.

School? Again?

Oh boy...

Today I registered for my last semester of college, I hope..... haha.
It was nice to know that I never have to do that again, or at least
for a while. I'm just ready to be done.

Classes start tomorrow, so here goes nothing.....

I'm ENGAGED!!! to NICK!!!

Ha ha... I thought I would make it very clear...

Anyway, we are very happy and letting it sink in for the moment...

And here's the ring, for those of you who haven't seen it yet:

And the story that goes with it is just as simple as the ring itself,

which is very fine by me. The way Nick asked me was very 'him',

simple and funny. We had just finished watching Tortilla Soup (a

cute little movie...) Then after a short bathroom break I took,

I returned to the couch to watch CTV news (how exciting, I know.

this is a very typical night for me an nick... not that I'm complaining)

And if I would have known that he was going to ask me to marry

him when I was returning from the washroom, I think I would have

noticed the hint of nervousness that he was giving off... but I was

pleasently surprised when he popped the question. And then I

started laughing like an idiot, and then even more so when he

gave the unopened box to me and said, "So....um... Will... you marry

me?" Ha ha.. it was really cute actaully, except for my annoying

laughter in the background, which I'm sure made him even more

nervous...

so that's the big story, not a lot of 'romance' but very much the

way I would have imagined it to go. Oh, and I forgot the part

where he was going to put the ring on my finger and jokingly

started to slip it onto my index finger, which made my nervous

laugh even more enjoyable to listen to....

that is the happy story

and the beginning of our happy story...

Yes, I am lazy...

I am so not up to date on my bloggy blog.

Nothing new really...

Folk Fest was great, had fun, no crazy burn this time.

Working a lot still, but it's much more boring now...

it's 35 degrees out today. I'm just sweating sitting here

typing this. pretty gross, but I love it...

that's it. too hot. need water.

Young Performers....

well, it's been a long time since I blogged about anything... but since the last update on my life I have been excepted to the Young Performers program at FOLK FEST!!!! YE HAWW!!!

anyway, I'm super excited! And starting to get nervous... so I have to get with it and practice more than I have been... which is not a lot at the moment, but I do have 91.2 hours on my last pay cheque!! haha... time well spent. oh ya my job at the greenhouse is going very well, I'm having fun, and the people I work with are really great and the people are what usually makes or breaks a job, so that's good!

so that's my update. and if you haven't yet, check out myspace at:
http://www.myspace.com/kimvanaertselaer

bye bye!

MY SPACE

I caved... I thought I was never going to have a myspace... but low and behold.... i have one.

and you will all be happy, because I put my music on it.

oh and Tina, you can finally here that song I wrote for Nicholas
it's the first one that will play!

hope you all enjoy it! more to come!

http://myspace.com/kimvanaertselaer

SO

It's my birthday tomorrow and I'm turning 21 !!!
so happy for me...

and I started a new job and Ron Paul's Garden Centre
it's really good.

my back is slowly getting better
and that's really good too.

I'm also applying to the Young Performers thing at Folkfest and am thoroughly excited. I hope something good comes of it
and this is also really good.

so that's all really good...

good.