Stupid F*ckin’ Friggin’ Public Transportation!
I am so going to buy me a new car. Another month travelling like this and I’ll have wracked nerves. It took me 90 minutes to get from Zoetermeer to Rijswijk. A trip I normally take by car…and which costs me 10 minutes. Of course the first train left a second before I made it on the platform, and the second obliged me to wait for 17 minutes. Then, I had to make a transit on The Hague Central, which cost me another wait of approximately 15 minutes. And then I had to wait in the freaking cold for the tram. Yeah yeah, I know, dozens of people do it each day. But can you blame me for cursing? Normally I am in a nice warm car which takes me from door to door, with my favorite music on etc etc etc. Now I have to hop on different means of transportation, still...
The treasures of Egypt
W ell, I’m back! Tired and with a runny nose, and a sore throat, but content nonetheless. Our flight yesterday was one of the fastest ever, 35 minutes and we were in Amsterdam again. The Man joked with one of the flight attendants that they must have broken a record. Before we left yesterday, we visited the British Museum. We had wanted to go sightseeing but since it was raining – yes, this is London, remember – we skipped that and went somewhere where we could go inside. Wow. What a museum. If you pass the fact that most of the stuff got there without consent of the country where it was found (but that’s the way it goes with these musea I guess)….I mean, a whole portion of the Partenon stood there! The Man remarked that probably, if...
Guess I missed out on the news of the month
& #8220;The Raelians eventually hope to develop adult clones into which humans could transfer their brains, Rael said. ” Uh? What’s up with that? Sounds like the Invasion of the Bodysnatchers to me. I think this Raelian Cult with it’s Clonaid has gone totally off the deep end. Of course it was only a matter of time before this happened. I mean, we’ve been experimenting with cloning for a long time now. The knowledge lay out there, just waiting to be picked up by a nut. On the other hand, I don’t think there is proof yet they are actually telling the truth. If they are, I am not sure what to think of it. I am all for new techniques and better medicines and all, but cloning? Hmmm. I am not particularly religious, but still I have this...
Hey there from a very cool London
W hoa. London is cool…London is EXPENSIVE! I don’t wanna know what I spent today heh. The hotel is nice, a little stuffy and small…and very thin walls but eh, what can you want right. Bayswater is very nice, lotsa atmosphere and nice little restaurants and shops. Tomorrow we’ll prolly go see Covent Garden and all the other big shops….Sunday we’ll be the typical tourists Aaaanyway, I think we’re heading back now to the hotel cause we are trying to digest half a cow (whoa, American food….the steaks come only in super or giant size it seems *grins*) and that kind of eats up your energy. Oh by the way, the car didn’t work out…..softtop was torn and I didn’t trust the guy for one bit. Alas, on to the ne
Of Cars and Towers
S aw The Two Towers yesterday. One word: wow. This was the one book in the whole trilogy which I thought would be impossible to capture on film. By the way, this little piece contains spoilers, so if you haven’t seen it yet, by all means, do not read on. The opening scene is overwhelming. I sat there with my jaw dropped down…the one scene I was positive Peter Jackson wouldn’t risk was exactly the one he opened with: Gandalf’s fight with the Balrog. Breathtaking…and so accurate. The Battle at Helmsdeep…wow….a friend of mine said it just right: even though it is a massive battle, it is not depicted with glory and shine…the emphasis is on the human emotions and the personal thoughts of everyone involved in it. The way...
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