My friend Emma moved to Reading a few months ago, and last weekend me and Corst and Teus went to visit her. It was a great weekend, we had a lot of fun, even though my wallet got stolen. We went to a few cool places in Reading (such as the After Dark club), and we drove down to Brighton where we visited the Sea Life aquarium. Here’s some pics:

Many thanks to Dave for creating this awesome diagram, which I shamelessly ripped and used to my own advantage.

Yesterday Steve, Cissi and I had our first rehearsal. We have been doing some stuff in the studio and recorded a couple of things, but what we really want to do is go out and play gigs. We even entered a contest to become Sweden’s most promising new act. Listen to a recording we did and vote for us here!

In addition, I’m working on a new Scochy dance track. We’ve done a few dance recordings in the past, Don’t Call Me Baby and All I wanna Do, but this will be the first track that I wrote completely from scratch, including lyrics! Check out the preliminary soundcloud upload and let me know what you think! It’s still lacking a funky Steve bassline and a sexy Cissi voice, we’ll soon fix that and then I’ll upload a new version. The song is about a serial killer:

Here’s some of the fun things I did. I am thankful for last year. Not to some god or another, I don’t believe in that sort of stuff. But I am thankful to my friends, to my family, and to anyone else who crossed my path last year and made it into the year it’s turned out to be. You should take ten minutes and make your own list. Then look back and read it when you’re facing difficult times. It’s nice.

• recorded two songs with Cissi and Steve
• bought an apartment with Sini
• celebrated my brother’s birthday in Tilburg
• went to a captain Credible concert
• digitized my postcard collection
• had many diners and drinks with friends
• visited my mom at the Mek
• helped Steve move to his new place
• visited Tilgin
• had diner at an Ethiopian restaurant
• cleaned my BCR2000 then threw it away
• traveled to Porto with friends
• spent many days and nights in Linköping for work
• saw Caroline’s first concert
• went to a Jools Holland concert
• went to see Dirk’s graduating exhibition
• drove a taxi motorboat on the Maas
• went to the IWF in London
• went Snowscootering with Sini and Thomas!
• visited a Swedish coppermine
• went Skiing in Romme with friends and a 9p bus
• worked on perfecting my studio setup
• saw an Ice Hockey match in Hovet
• saw the Jazz Festival in Breda
• introduced friends to each other
• starting writing a Java editor for my SID station
• visited the Delta works
• cheered for Sini, Jens and Thomas in Göteborg
• was at the JWG ALV2010
• helped Jasper and Mika move to their new house
• saw the Royal Swedish wedding
• visited Vienna several times
• went to a wine tasting in Vienna
• visited Bern
• watched Holland-Kameroen at the Dutch embassy
• joined the Dutch club Stockholm
• celebrated Midsommar in Hampetorp
• went kayaking and camping in Utö
• watched the WK finals at the Dutch embassy
• took the Globen skyride
• went roadtripping in the US including many cool events
• got a speeding ticket on my way to Farmville
• got a new Mac
• sold my old Mac
• recorded several songs with Caroline
• had my family over in Stockholm
• cheered for Jens and Thomas at the Stockholm marathon
• went bowling with my old department
• visited Berlin
• saw a Monster truck race
• worked a day in my old Dutch office
• celebrated Sinterklaas with Sini
• saw Sint
• visited Marco and Jasminka in their new apartment
• had an awesome housewarming party
• met Jan’s girlfriend
• celebrated a Swedish Christmas with Sini’s family
• went to JWG winterkamp
• met Plop after not having seen him for two years
• generally made a lot of music
• drove back and forth to Holland to celebrate new year’s