...a nasty habit...

...oh kids...i am so sorry i didn't write yesterday...i'll be honest with you...between bed rest and wearing the nun outfit, i have developed a nasty habit...i stay in bed most of the day and amuse myself...yesterday, i just never bothered to leave that and get out of bed... and today is hanukkah

(happy hanukkah!!!) and because i make a point of not leaving my glue gun near the bed, i haven't made my menorah...or decorated or anything...

...if you haven't yet noticed, my mind does indeed tend to wander...today i was remembering a trip with my father in my younger days, when the two of us hit "the continent" (that's europe), incontinent - that's something completely different...we ended up the first night in brussels, the city famous for not only it's baby cabbages, but famous for something far more precious as well...Manneken Pis...

...belgium is not known for keeping secrets...we all know about their chocolate, waffles, brussel sprouts, and to the observant, fries with mayonnaise, but...the secret they keep is manneken pis...

Manneken Pis (help·info) (Dutch for little man urinating), also known in French as the petit Julien, is a famous Brussels landmark. It is a small bronze fountain sculpture depicting a naked little boy urinating into the fountain's basin. It was designed by Jerome Duquesnoy and put in place in 1618 or 1619.

...it's not often in my little corner of the world that we hear about belgium, or what the people living there are up to, but i for one am ready to find out once and for all...i was 16 years old the first time i was there, so i was a bit naive...but these people must be having the time of their lives, everyday, all day...you absolutely have to check this out!

ELVIS

MOZART

BADEN POWELL

FIELD HOCKEY

CARNIVAL

ST. PATRICK'S BRIGADE

DIABLADA

TIBETAN MONK

NELSON MANDALA

REPORTER

GAY PRIDE

...any place with people that can have this much fun and not take themselves so fucking seriously, is a place i want to go...i thought life was a breeze in my little corner of the world, but WOW!!! Belgium kicks ass!!...