Praise the sweet Lord

[jancie_be_gone]

I have money.

And it is beautiful.

But my trip to Eindhoven was quite fruitless, because apparently I do need a special visa to get a social insurance number, even though I asked the Dutch embassy, the human resources people at work, and the people on the phone at the Department of Social Insurance (the very same people giving me said number) if

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[nestea_addict]

omg i hear you on the blame canada thing. i HATE that song, i heard it SO many times over the past few summers... as soon as europeans know where you're from, it seems to be a necessity for them to break into the song. even if they've never seen the movie.

beat them with clogs.

[jancie_be_gone]

Their favourite part is when they talk about how it's not even a real country. Even though we have twice Holland's population. And more than 100 times the area. And more attractive people.

And what's even sadder is that I heard that song the first time I was here! That was 5 years ago! Get over it!

[momomoto]

Ah, they're such boys. Kick them in the klootzaks.

[buggaroo]

I'm with John on this one.
I think that you're lucky to have a boyfriend who values a certain level of cleanliness...
I also agree with Jay on the icon issue. Awesome indeed.

[momomoto]

May I also suggest picking on the most easily-manipulated of the bunch and enlisting him to help clean the place? If one helps, the rest may be shamed into it. Kind of like the Domino Theory, only it pertains to pulling your weight around the house instead of Communis-hey, wait a minute. I think I'm on to something.

[lumley]

Alternatively, you could start the Domino Theory at the other end. Make and example of the alpha boy-he is likely the one with the large mane or white stripe upon his pelt-and the rest should fall into line.

[momomoto]

The key is to get him to urinate submissively. After that you're, ummm, golden.

[jancie_be_gone]

Done and done. And I mean done.

[lumley]

I have money.

And it is beautiful.

That's more a comment on the prettiness of euros rather than relief at escaping poverty right?

Also, your triangle is flipping people off. Awesome.

[jancie_be_gone]

Actually, it's because I've just escaped povery. I find the Euro quite blah in terms of prettiness. Especially because the old 50 guilder bill was so attractive. A big sunflower with a bee! Amazing!

[nestea_addict]

i don't know if you've seen one, but the 200 euro note is quite pretty, although too big for our wussy north american wallets... it's also yellow. i don't remember what it has on it.

what i enjoy about euros (and british pounds for that matter) is the fact that the bigger the denomination, the bigger the note... although it's annoying with pounds because by the time you get up to a 20 pound note it's too big for north american wallets.

[anonymous]

Ah, so you're finally back in Europe then! Are you going to be able to find time to come over to England to visit?

Here's a picture of you in Nova Scotia last summer - it was intentionally blurred, it wasn't the DT's!