My internship has, for all intents and purposes, officially ended. I go out of my way to avoid sentimental situations and it is perhaps objectively true that 4 months are too short for anyone to say with some degree of conviction that he or she would miss a place; hence, I don't think I will miss it ( Read more... )

It's rather startling, alarming, how quickly time flies. In fact, time does not fly as much as it simply goes on, efficiently, mechanically, emotionlessly. It is us humans who have designated it as the Enemy, arbitrarily giving it some imaginary power with which, to our minds, it acts against us and steals from us that which is precious. What is ( Read more... )

Our fellow road users would have been forgiven for any quizzical looks to cross their faces when they saw this manifestation in front of them: a blond guy riding a bicycle while an Asian girl sat on the back, her legs held at an awkward position in a bid to keep them off the road and away from the back wheel of the bicycle, one arm around the guy's ( Read more... )

I'm writing this on the train from Den Haag to Utrecht where I will get on another train to Amsterdam Amstel. There is Wifi on the train ('Wifi in de trein') and more importantly, I finally bought a new laptop after 5 years with the heavy 15.6-inch screen Asus - and it's totally awesome and wonderful. It's the Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro something and it's ( Read more... )

I spent most of my Monday at work with a nagging, persistent feeling that I had made a mistake in Amsterdam. It drove me to distraction; I could barely focus on what I had to do. I fought back tears in the morning and tried to put on a normal face when I entered the interns' room, where Mr. Irish asked me, 'Hey! How was Amsterdam?' I wanted to lie ( Read more... )

First, can I just say that David's unreleased and untitled upcoming album that only has one confirmed track on it so far (the Song of Requisite Cheese, officially known as Time of My Life) is currently #18 on Amazon's bestsellers' list? Would I be awfully off-base to predict that it's going to a matter of time before he bags that #1 spot for an ( Read more... )

DAVID IS THE SWEETEST FAMOUS PERSON IN THE WHOLE DAMN WORLD.

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FUCK!!!!! OMG WHY IS HE SO NICE? Halfway through I almost started crying again (this is really kinda getting out of hand) but thankfully I didn't. He used the words "relationship" and "us" in relation to him and his fans (WHICH LIKE TOTALLY INCLUDES MEEEEEE!!!!!!!) which is soooo ( Read more... )

 
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I was in court the whole day today right? And we all know that today is the day a new American Idol is crowned right? And Channel 5 shows the finale live right? And since I was in court I was without a TV and a computer with Internet access right?
At 11-something a.m. the judge took a break and I immediately whipped out my phone and frantically ( Read more... )

Okay, it's official: There is no way in hell that David Cook will not be the next American Idol. To put it more positively, David Cook is, without a doubt, going to win American Idol season 7, and this is why (among so many other reasons):

U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

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Can I just say...duggsgs;hshlst;lhsdhk!!!!! Cookie's the ( Read more... )