New Years in Amsterdam was amazing. We watched fireworks explode in every direction from a rooftop (they started at dark and don't stop until about 4 AM). The air was completely filled with smoke, like the city or the old year was burning down. Absolutely incredible.

Downside: it's almost 4:30 and Amanda and I just woke up. Oops.

Having a computer again is a little underwhelming. I've checked my e-mails. I've checked my social networking sites. I'm not entirely sure how I ever spent hours online. I'm sure that it'll manage to come back to me (good thing or a bad thing?), but this has been a "valuable lesson" in... something important that I can't articulate at the moment ( Read more... )

Oh God, it is my worst nightmare. Lobsters roaming the city in herds? If I'd seen this I think I would have passed out. Or have a heart attack. Or possibly just died on the spot. Ewww. All those little legs and stupid antennae and oh god I'm freaking myself out.

Yeah we do, yeah we do.

Yahoo! News article reports that feminists may have healthier, happier romantic (heterosexual!) relationships than their non-feminist counterparts.From the article ( Read more... )

Tomorrow night is another German food get-together night, which is totally exciting because I apparently CANNOT GET ENOUGH GERMAN FOOD, OH GOD. I blame genetics. As a quarter-German I am genetically inclined to consume insane amounts of sausage and dumplings ( Read more... )

1. High heels do not go well with cobblestones. This goes double if drinking is involved. Even training doesn't make me look this much like a battered wife, and I keep finding new bruises ( Read more... )

1. Today is a beautiful, sunny fall day. Beautiful, beautiful city ( Read more... )

This is so cool. I saw it going clockwise at first (shock!) and got it to go the other way by closing my right eye. Then I realized that I could make it change directions based on what I was thinking about. If I concentrate on song lyrics or what the music is doing it goes counterclockwise. If I think about how the song makes me feel, it goes ( Read more... )

I had my first official silks class here tonight. It was fantastic, mostly because I had so much fun with it. Honestly, training hasn't been truly fun for a while, so I consider this a breakthrough. The instructor is a sort of hippie-punk lady and the class takes place in a squat. Also good: I haven't lost as much strength as I thought, or at least ( Read more... )