Tomorrow, on Ash Wednesday, I will start my 40-day Lent period. Although I'm not religious in any way, a very dear friend convinced me to consider, as she has done in the past years herself, the spirit of Lent; to test myself in some kind of "self-denial".

I found myself intrigued by the idea and by now have come up with a good way to undergo some righteous ego-penance. Usual this self-denial consists of not smoking or drinking for more than a month (or something similar), but my 40 days will know no internet and no watching of series or movies, or using my computer for anything else than writing or listening to music.

In other words, I'll prohibit myself a) using software that does require online access, be it on my computer or mobile phone, and b) indulging myself in most modern media. No MSN, Facebook, Google, downloading... it's a real challenge, seeing I consider myself somewhat internet addicted, but that is, of course, the whole point of this undertaking! ^_^'

As per the tradition, only on Sundays am I allowed to momentarily lift the self-denial, but I will use this 'loophole' as less as possible to keep in the real spirit of things.

Lent ends on the day before Easter. In the meantime, don't expect updates (to the website or my blogs) or news. Wish me luck! No, really, do!

At last, also the audio stream of the musical part of "Orpion, the mook*" is now online and ready to be endlessly streamed.

I've been absent for quite a while now, so I decided to suprise myself and everyone else with a new design. Besides the obvious reasons, it's always a good excuse to get one's bearings and finally get to updating all relevant information.

"Orpion, the mook*" has been finished. At least, the digital version has been 'completed' and an expensive dummy has been printed. It is time to take the next steps. Read on for more information!