November 28, 2007
stout
It's been a while since I did this one, but it's finally in the papers today. And I am starting a new one for these same papers. They are all different regional papers for regions all through the Netherlands. Illustration is going nice and smoothly recently, touch wood. Every time I finish a piece, a new job comes in. Like clockwork, as if my clients are holding secret meetings to avoid overloading me. I enjoy and appreciate that very much, as I am sure it won't stay this way.
A guy in the dog park has a sweet little lab puppy. It's called Langley. I said, oh, do you live on Langley (Avenue)? And yes, he did. I think that's a great idea, you could do the same to kids. Piffin would then have been called Pieter (de Hooch), and Otger's name would have been Geiger. I think Geiger is a cool name! How would your kids (or you) have been called? I would have been Karel de Stoute. Eat that, Heleen van Rooyen.
Posted by eliane at November 28, 2007 10:53 AMI would've been Zacharias Janse, how cool is that. ;)
And Piffin, was she born near the Montessori Lyceum? My old school?
This was the Pieter de Hoochstraat in Rotterdam, are you talking about Rotterdam? We lived smack straight across from a high school, but I never knew it was a Montessori school. And Zacharias Janse sounds fab!
Posted by: eliane at November 28, 2007 11:03 AMI would be Rijn. And so would my sister, but she is already Rien(eke). And I would have a lot of friens also named Rijn, and Maas, Schelde, Waal, Linge, &c.
Posted by: Gwen at November 28, 2007 11:46 AMHoogland, which in combination with my surname would be somewhat puzzling.
Posted by: ijsbrand at November 28, 2007 12:45 PMHmmm, I'm afraid all three of my children would have been 68th street.
Voor mij:
Westerling
I would have been Gravin van Rhemen!
Posted by: Bianca at November 28, 2007 02:07 PMouch.. I would be called " University".. that doesn't work!
Posted by: Wendy at November 28, 2007 04:51 PMFor me it would have meant either Ignatius (hospital) or Roeloff (home). Mind the ffs, please. Dongen being a catholic stronghold at the time, my hardly religious dad was told off anyway. Laurentia is a nonexistant saint.
Posted by: Laura at November 28, 2007 05:44 PMIgnatia van Campenhout, I like that!
Posted by: eliane at November 28, 2007 06:08 PMAh, no my school was in Amsterdam. So the Pieter de Hoochstraat is suitable for schools it seems.
Posted by: Zezunja at November 29, 2007 02:31 AMEustatia. Eustatia! I'm changing my name right now.
Posted by: pom at November 29, 2007 06:17 AMI would have been called Cruquius... We lived on the Cruquiusdijk when I was little. When I learned to write I spelled it "Kruukjesdijk"
Posted by: Eva at November 29, 2007 09:09 PM