...which is odd, since i didn't have much to drink last night. maybe about three pints worth.

my friend mike came in from heidelberg, with his lady. we went out to a pub to catch up and have a few. and we caught the end of the PSV-OLY football match. PSV lost ( Read more... )

here's something i do not understand, and will not. and i need to talk about. i need to get this confusion out of my system. because it's disrupting my daily life.

why. why. whyyyyy do europeans have these toilets that have a little shelf inside the bowl?


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so, some of you may know of my epic battle with the public transportation here in eindhoven.

if you don't, here's a summary:

• first off, you go to the website. it's called hermes, which is fun. but notice how there is NO english option.
  
• secondly, i try to babelfish it. that works... kinda. it seems the dutch language changes so often it's hard for ( Read more... )

i picked up a birthday package from ms. redheadedcalin yesterday. the post office here is as fun as it is at home... the guy was a bit grumpy ( Read more... )

so i put some clothes in to the washer around 7pm. i came back to my room and i took a little unscheduled nap. i woke up at 1am... to this!


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well, first off: happy february.

and if you're reading this aloud, pronounce both Rs. because that's how i do it.

i now have my first major complaint about the growing googlopoly. the weather reporting thinger ( Read more... )

so it seems that, since i am only going to be here for three months, i do not get paid by check. i mean, i could i guess. but then i would have to open a bank account. for which i would need a "sofinumber", or social fiscal number. yeah, like a social security number ( Read more... )

so yesterday, the guy that lives in one of the rooms upstairs in my apartment knocked on my door and asked me if i wanted internet ( Read more... )

ok so here's a funny thing.

this:

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in preparation for this trip, i looked into the various means of communication i could use once over here. i thought about perhaps renting a cell phone, but that might get too expensive. i looked at vonage, but that required extra equipment which i had no time to wait to be delivered. i had no idea if the apartment would have a land line. and i had ( Read more... )