see this is funny. because a (also straight) friend of mine had a similar experience wherein he was hit on by, like, four gay men in one afternoon ( Read more... )

so yesterday, i had another 'wtf' moment when i got back to the hotel i was staying in until today ( Read more... )

so this is it, the beginning of my last week in the netherlands. except, not yet ( Read more... )

i'm going to bitch about something other than politics ( Read more... )

i'm almost done here at philips. and not a moment too soon. in fact... perhaps a few moments too late. because in fact i still have another week after i'm done here ( Read more... )

well that was fantastically fun. my lady and i were only there for two days, but it was pretty great.

glad we decided to tag on an extra day.

oh also: NEVER use hostels club to EVER book a room. sweet fucking christ. i used them to book that exact hotel... only to get there to find out it's been closed for three months. so yeah. fuck that place ( Read more... )

ok so... i'm in grad school. i think we all know that.

and in the research consortium i am a part of, has semi-annual meeting which i have dubbed the "justify your existance meetings". because most of the representatives from the companies that give us research money come to see how we're spending it. some of these are guys that directly fund a ( Read more... )

the dutch seem to have a nice disposition wherein they will hold doors open for the person behind them, or coming toward them. which is nice. and that isn't the weird part.

although, in the states sometimes it feels like it is the weird part ( Read more... )

we also seem to have a couple nonconformists.


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i met this guy the other day.


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