This has been the weekend from hell, seriously. I’m pretty sure that when I opened the door to our flat on Friday night that I walked through some sort of gateway that took me straight into Satan’s bathroom. Let me go back and tell a little more about what was going on… You may want [...]
That’s what I’d say to my teenager if they told me they wanted to sail around the world, climb a mountain people die on, bungee jump, skydive or … oh, I don’t know… roller skate? It’s probably a blessing for my imaginary children that they don’t actually exist because this is one of those times [...]
Around this time last year I did a post about what my choices would be for Stephanie Plum Movie Castings, if she were ever to come to the big screen. There has been a lot of debate about it, but I still stand firmly behind my selections. The other day I saw an article on [...]
This is quite possibly one of the worst books I have ever read. A friend loaned it to me together with an entire bag of other books. She went through them quickly with me but she admitted she bought a few of them simply because of their covers. They do all have very cool and [...]
I would not want to be this guy! Seriously… Christmas trees aren’t THAT expensive here that you have to steal one. Perhaps he feels the same as I do, that the Dutch Christmas trees are not worth buying. They are Charlie Brown Christmas Trees! They don’t even deserve to be called trees, they are Christmas [...]
Today I went for my second gastroscopie and all I can say is that it wasn’t as good an experience as the first one. Everything seemed to be following the same routine as the first time, I went in, they took my blood pressure, laid me down and gave me the drugs. Then I was [...]
Do you remember ages ago when I made a post about Fox News and their opinions on the Netherlands? Well, the bastards are at it again! Recently a video has come out where Bill O’Reilly gave his backwards opinions on Amsterdam. FU Bill O’Reilly, FU!!! Sometimes I think this is more home than even I [...]
Growing up the child of a musician, I know how much their instruments mean to them. When I was younger I would never have dreamed of taking out my father’s guitar and playing with it, although I’m sure he would have loved if I’d wanted to later on. It’s their creative outlet and they choose [...]
This is the weather forecast for Rotterdam for the coming days. The top bit is the weather conditions here this morning. ONE HUNDRED FREAKIN’ PERCENT HUMIDITY. You can literally see the air, you can feel it. It’s disgusting. This is summer in the Netherlands. This weekend I was in Friesland with my photography club. We [...]
I swear, for the last year or so I’ve been a complete crybaby. I can’t explain it and I can’t pinpoint when it began, but I’m pretty sure it’s getting worse and it’s freakin’ embarrassing! Don’t misunderstand me, I’m not unhappy. Not unhappy at all, in fact. I know I’ve posted a lot about depression [...]
Years ago I made a post about people online and how they pretend to be something they aren’t, and I’ve been thinking about it again recently. I made that post almost exactly 5 years ago and this issue is still a bit of a thorn in my side, especially now that the blogging community has [...]
Being a big TV and Movie nut, I rather enjoy reading websites about stars, upcoming shows and films, and celebrity gossip. I like seeing the sneak peak photos of movies that I’m waiting excitedly for *CoughNewMoonCough* and seeing who is dating who, who’s up for the lead in what film, and so on. Lemme tell [...]
Ok, so yesterday I wrote about a teacher who was canned from her job because she decided she didn’t want to shake hands with men anymore. Apparently, she made this decision for religious reasons and that didn’t really jive with the Dutch way of life. Now today I read this article over at DutchNews.nl about [...]
Random photo from some smarter people than us. This is what I see for my future. A world where I am not even 40 yet and am already sleeping in twin beds. It’s 4:51am as I write this and I’ve already been awake for an hour. I am at the end of my rope. I [...]
Well the blood work came back and the only thing that showed up was that my glucose was high. I phoned the doctor and was surprised when All In Your Head Doc’s wife answered. She was the ‘nice’ one (if you use a really wonky scale of what is nice, I mean). Here’s the conversation: [...]
At least that’s what my doctor said the other day when in the process of telling me why he won’t help me. Nice. One common theme among expats here in NL is their dislike and distrust of Dutch doctors. I’ve always sort of been on the fence because I’ve never had a truly horrendous experience [...]
If you are a friend of mine on Facebook or have followed me on Twitter, you’re fully aware that my anxiety levels were through the roof this year during the holidays. Mainly between Christmas and New Years. Why? – Because of the firecrackers, bangers, fireworks and everything else that went off causing my dogs to [...]
Fearless Fourteen
by Janet Evanovich
