I took the tram back home yesterday, completely forgetting that I went to the station by bike :P Yeah, I have to pick that up sometime then ( Read more... )

The house is bright: full, stuffed with all kinds of things, but it doesn't look messy, just cheerful. When I come in the twins are in the tv room. They don't say hi, are too absorbed in the Pokémon adventures. I've been warned about them: they're autistic and can be quite loud and whiny and even clingy if they like you ( Read more... )

I really dislike the tram. It's always so crowded and you can never sit and when you do find a seat there's such a burden on you because you have to keep your eye out for old people, for whom you of course have to give your seat up. (and you get so nervous when those border-types come in: his hair is grey, but he still looks quite vital -- does ( Read more... )

We went to see my dad's new room. It's only a few blocks away from where we live and it looks quite nice. We went downtown to buy him plates and mugs and ash trays and ate cake. I wonder how long he'll last there ( Read more... )

Lol. I was just zapping and came across a French drama with people with wigs and fancy costumes (the renaissance style) and since it had Dutch subtitles (which is a rare thing for TV5), I stopped and watched. I was perfectly enjoying it until there was a pre-sex scene (you know, those scenes in decent movies where they show two people kissing and ( Read more... )

As I walk in, I see the same four people that were there during the national elections. Nobody else is there, and they're having a fierce discussion about feet (or something). They greet me so enthusiastically that I wonder how long ago it was the last person came to vote here. When I hand over my passport, the two women immediately start to ( Read more... )

I'm the second one to arrive, only the leader is already there. Jacob, he says, not a very convincing hand shake, his head nearly bald and his face gentle. Then another guy comes in, I shake his hand too, this one's firmer. Jacob, he says and I remember that the e-mail I got was indeed signed Jacob V and Jacob B ( Read more... )

College started again today. You could see the crowd of students was excited -- not so much with the the lecture, but more with each other. After all, that story about how you went to Tunisia and got so drunk that you pissed in the pool is really much more interesting than what a grey and unimpressive bloke has to say about dolus and culpa and ( Read more... )

As I walk to my huge student flat, I feel a bit thrilled. I'll be there alone, for the first time in 6 months ( Read more... )

Yesterday I sat in the bus and a boy came in. As his mother got their tickets stamped, he grabbed the poles right next to me and started swinging/jumping. He noticed me staring at him with a grin on my face so he turned to me and said, "What?!", as if he was doing just the most natural thing in the world. Nothing, I replied, barely being able to ( Read more... )