On a perfectly lazy sunday afternoon

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Some things I've pinned on Pinterest. Looks like I'm madly in love with all shades of blue lately.



I'm having the most perfect lazy Sunday! I decided to take one day off from things that I have to do (such as looking for a job!). Tomorrow I will start bright and early and work my ass off (I work on Saturdays, so my 'weekends' are on Sundays and Mondays, which is when I try to do things like look for a job).

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PS: That Human Rights Tattoo project I wrote about the other day? Yesterday, fully ready to get my tattoo, I went... I basically got laughed at for showing up so late... I left. Bummer! Turns out you had to get there really early (like, extremely early, before-it-even-started early, which I hadn't understood from the website), so I got dinner instead of a tattoo. They did tell me that there might be another tattoo-day in a month in Amsterdam, so maybe I'll get my tattoo then (although I'm not looking forward to having to take the whole day off from work so I can be there ridiciously early and wait all day, so... we'll see).

PPS: In exactly one month from today, I'll be turning 28. Yikes, 30 is getting so close! I'm thinking about some things I want to add to my so-called bucketlist (I really don't like the word bucketlist!), since I decided to do that for every birthday.

Human Rights Tattoo

Have you ever heard of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? It's a Declaration that contains 30 Human Rights. I first read it during college and I kind of fell in love. I'm a fan! Can you be a fan of a piece of text? No? Well, I don't care, I just am! I think my favourite articles are numbers 1 and 3 (and can't seem to pick just one, it's a tie, I love both):

Article 1.

"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood."

Article 3.

"Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person."

Yesterday I heard about a pretty awesome project that is going on: Human Rights Tattoo. It's an art project to create awareness about Human Rights. The goal is "[...] to tattoo the complete text of the Declaration on individuals, letter by letter. The complete text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights contains 6773 letters. Each person gets one character. This means that in the end, there is a group of 6773 people from all around the world walking together with the complete text of the Declaration of Human Rights." Isn't it cool?

"Having a letter of the Human Rights Declaration means you are reminded of yours and everybody else’s rights. It is a way of putting your signature under the Declaration of Human Rights only this time a piece of the document is signed on you. You will carry it with you. For the rest of your life."

It could be a great way to remind yourself every day that life is actually pretty darn beautiful. You are free! Free to do and be whatever you want to be. Free to marry whomever you want or to not marry at all. Free to have whatever religion you like (or don't have one at all). Free to live where you want. Free to have and express whatever opinions you may have. Unfortunately, way too many people are not free and even their most basic Human Rights are constantly being violated. To be reminded about this every once in a while might help you see just how amazing your life actually is and that you shouldn't complain so much about all of the little things you think are wrong with it.

It just so happens that letters are being tattooed on people in my city this Saturday. I'm thinking I might get me one of those letters! Perhaps... maybe...

Silver Linings Playbook

I've been meaning to go see the movie Silver Linings Playbook for a while now. I really loved the trailer, so I was excited to go see it on the big screen. Just by myself on a lazy Sunday afternoon. The thing is, I seriously need to save some money. And what is it with the prices of movie tickets these days! It's insane! I remember back in the day when you payed about half of what you have to pay now. Yes, I realise that makes me sound like I'm about 83 years old, but I don't care. It's too expensive and we should start a revolution! Anyway... so I ended up downloading it. Yes, I'm a little bit ashamed of myself. I'm also I little bit less poor, so I can live with it. Besides, I got to watch it in my pyjamas, what's better than that! Okay, sure, I probably also could have watched it in my pyjamas in the movie theatre, but I don't like it when people look at me funny.

But enough about me, let's talk about the movie. I liked it! It's just such a cute, funny little movie. It's about two people who might not be in their best mental states at the moment, but they are trying to make their lives work anyway. They are trying to be their best selves, accept who they are and look for a silver lining. Actually, I think just about every character in the movie had a bit of a nutty fruitcake side to them. And I loved that! I mean, aren't we all at the very least a tiny bit crazy deep down?