{"id":292,"date":"2011-01-13T10:45:10","date_gmt":"2011-01-13T10:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celesta.nl\/blog\/celblog\/?page_id=292"},"modified":"2026-07-23T17:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:10:08","slug":"about-celesta","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/celesta.nl\/index.php\/about-celesta\/","title":{"rendered":"About Celesta"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Human Nonsense Since 1966 <\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been here since 1966, observing human nonsense and wondering what the hell everyone is doing.<\/p>\n

I am most likely your escape in case of desperation. And hopefully, somewhere between all the everyday nonsense, you might even learn something from how I\u2019ve handled more than 100.000 daily obstacles, unexpected situations, chaotic life issues, stress, people, debt and health problems without pulling someone\u2019s tongue through their ears and back, knot included.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve spent 60 years dealing with it and somewhere along the way, I discovered that almost everything becomes slightly more survivable when you can find something ridiculous in it.<\/p>\n

So that\u2019s what I do here.<\/p>\n

My Turbo Quick Timeline: successful, sick, broke, 30 years immune deficiency sucked, then successful again, pandemic, cursing, got back up again.<\/p>\n

When I was 2 years old and hardly could talk I already harassed my mom with all life questions you could think of, armed with with my dad\u2019s awesome taperecorder\u2019s microphone.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t ask me why I was such an asking machine and even a better insane objective commenter and Oracle of infinite wisdom myself.<\/p>\n

I always seem to astound my momster with my remarkable life insights, which flushed all present knowledge (dictated by society) down the drain.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve always had questions.<\/p>\n

At two years old I was already asking why I was me and not somebody else. Sixty years later, very little has improved.<\/p>\n

If anything, there are more questions now.<\/p>\n

Why does laundry never actually disappear?<\/p>\n

Why does a sandwich always land exactly the wrong way up?<\/p>\n

Why can you stand stirring oatmeal for an unreasonable amount of time before discovering the stove isn\u2019t even on?<\/p>\n

Why do completely innocent situations somehow turn into chaos and public disturbances the moment I arrive?<\/p>\n

Nobody knows.<\/p>\n

Least of all me.<\/p>\n

But somebody has to document it. That\u2019s an chronic ongoing disturbing habit of mine.<\/p>\n

Apparently.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s where Celesta.nl comes in.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for humanity: I didn\u2019t change.<\/p>\n

At all.<\/p>\n

So in the framework of figuring out why on earth I\u2019m dropped on this planet and all related life questions I started blogging about my insane and mentally retarded life without the help of medicines, drugs or alcohol in 1999.<\/p>\n

Welcome to the Human Nonsense Department<\/h2>\n

The Anti-Influencer<\/h3>\n

I somehow ended up being what I call an anti-influencer.<\/p>\n

Not because I\u2019m against influencers. I\u2019m not.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m just spectacularly bad at pretending life is perfect, everything is amazing and I woke up looking like this.<\/p>\n

Instead, I document what actually happens: the nonsense, the failures, the weird people, suspicious objects, unfortunate photos, things nobody needed to know and myself regularly being part of the problem.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not showing you a perfect life. I can barely locate one. I\u2019m showing you the bits that should probably have been deleted.<\/p>\n

Basically providing evidence that nobody has their shit together.<\/p>\n

About becoming entrepreneur in 1989 with an obnoxious school mate who turned into a husband, about trying to remain myself and be myself\u2019s best friend while having an unknown disease (for 30y), conquering 9.999.999 daily obstacles, while being succesfull, broke and successful again and mainly how to deal with unconcerned (read: shitty) people along the way.<\/p>\n

En route I interviewed many celebrities for our (then) kidsTV program, have been published in well known magazines myself (not nude though) and did my prestigious projects appear on national tv.<\/p>\n

Then I suddenly became \u2018the mom of\u2019 because my daughter<\/a> became worldwide known as a leading Octopus aka Quadridexter ambidexter being able to use multiple limbs and creating 8 realistic drawings and paintings with feet and hands upside down at the same time.<\/p>\n

Since 2010 I\u2019ve been busy writing a moronic book<\/a> about my oh-so-normal existence. A saga complete with absurd tales of embitterment and lunacy that are sure to leave you sniffing up your TV-set through your nose, no clue why.<\/p>\n

I am NOT a Life Coach, but I totally should be.<\/p>\n

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Celesta in the media<\/a>
Projects<\/a><\/p>\n

Curriculum Vitae:<\/b><\/p>\n

– Editorial Secretary Dutch magazine Misset (1988)<\/p>\n

– Exclusive Importer for The Netherlands of Manuel Caffee (since 1989) Italian espresso coffee & supplies to horeca, wholesale, retail and private<\/p>\n

– CelestaMagazine 2000 – 2001<\/p>\n

– Celesta Design 2001 – 2009 https:\/\/celesta.nl<\/p>\n

– Exploitation (45) websites 2002 – now<\/p>\n

– Primahoster Webhosting 2003 – now http:\/\/www.primahoster.nl<\/p>\n

– Cartoonist 2003 – 2004<\/p>\n

– Producer KidsTv \u00a02005 – 2008<\/p>\n

– 2007paintings\u00a0 Unique paintings painted by 33 Dutch celebrities for charity 2007 – 2013<\/p>\n

– Illustrator \/ writer of ‘Niets is zwart wit..iedereen is anders’\u00a0 2008<\/p>\n

– Edun Live Exclusive import Netherlands Edun LIVE the quality brand t-shirt with a mission, by Ali Hewson and Bono of U2 2008-2010<\/p>\n

– Public Relations drawing prodigy Rajacenna\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

– Import pumpkinseedoil Http:\/\/www.pompoenzaadolie.nl<\/a> 2012 – now<\/p>\n

– Exclusive importer Acme cups 2013 – now<\/p>\n

– Tarot reader 2007 – now<\/p>\n\n

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