Result

50% of the votes are counted now. Viktor Yanukovych is winning with only 5% more votes than Yulia Timoshenko. She might get a little closer to the finish, but probably won't make it all the way through.

<--This will be the new President of Ukraine for the next four years. [Here I heave a great sigh.]

Tarot

Games tonight: usual time, place and participants. I have lost a couple of games (see me in blue hopelessly left behind) which is fine. I hardly ever win in this setting because I'm not quite as fanatic as for example J1. There is a new dimension to our game evenings - a Wii. I have won two bowling games. The rest didn't want to bowl anymore after the two games we played, I don't know why. The variety of sports games on Wii has kept the guys busy while I had my tarot session. Today's cards has gotten me rather depressed, but nonetheless have helped to make a decision. It´s not like I trust tarot, but it does offer a little more comfort than throwing a coin or a dice. After J1 got knocked out in a Wii boxing match he'd had his tarot session too. I wonder whether he'd gotten any answers.

Suspicion

Have you ever heard of an alpha female?

Libido

"Grab the nearest book to you right now. Not your favourite or most intellectual book but the closest one to you right now.  Now go to page 56, find the 5th sentence and type it in your status message. " I'm sure this sounds familiar to you if you use Facebook. I usually don't participate because the book nearest to me is ALWAYS the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Usually the word that can be found on the required location is not much fun. Usually it starts with an 'A'. For example the 5th word on page 56 is 'arbitrary': 1 decided or arranged without any reason or plan, often unfairly 2 happening or decided by chance rather than a plan. What does the Longman Dictionary do on my desk? I use it to look up the exact meaning of English words or determine whether the spelling is British or American when I write my blog posts. And because I blog every day and use the dictionary very frequently, I don't bother to put it back on the shelf in the living room. I usually refuse to give an answer to a 'what is your favourite [song, actor, etc]' question. But I'm sure my favourite book is a dictionary. Any dictionary.

But today there was one more book on my desk. I was carrying it in my bag to read on the train on my way to and from work. When I finished reading it I took it out of my bag and put it on my desk. So now I can actually do the exercise. Finally I can post a sentence from a book in my status. I'll let the world know I actually read books! I rushed to the page 56. 5th sentence. And I found this: "Dat libido van mij is een gek ding: hij komt en hij gaat." (My own translation into English: "That libido of mine is a crazy thing: it comes and it goes.") Hmmmm..... Will this look good in my status? I guess not. Maybe I'll have more luck next time.

Nevertheless, I really liked the book! It's a good read. And a good laugh. Do you know which book I am talking about? Put your guess in the comments. I will send my own copy (stamped and signed) to the first person who guesses right.

Totally irrelevant, but very beautiful:

Urban Dictionary

The featured word in the Urban dictionary today is 'vaguebooking'. Vaguebooking is an intentionally vague Facebook status update, that prompts friends to ask what's going on, or is possibly a cry for help. Something like this:

Valentine's

It's that time of the year again. February. Shops are flooded by red hearts - the 'how-to-make-your-man-puke' stuff. I never got a point of all these red hearted things. Have you ever bought any of it? It's not like Christmas, so you cannot reuse them next year. Unless you have a new Valentine of course.  Maybe I'm so annoyed by all this because I realise there will be no Valentine's card on my doormat this year. Although, my love life changes quite rapidly, one never knows.

My friend and I think of organising something nice for all our single friends on the Singles Awareness Day (14 February). Nice concept, this SAD, a good reason to have a party.

Emotional stability

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I was chatting with J1 in Skype when my phone rang. J2. 
Me (to J2): one moment, I have to round up my conversation with J1.
Me (to J1): I'm closing off - phone
J1: Mr X? ;)
Me: No, Mr Ex ;)