in the 'dam
so hey, i'm over here now.
got in just fine. the plane ride was nice and smooth. i didn't get much sleep, though.
i managed to get one of the "special vegetarian" meals, even though i hadn't asked for one... they just had one left over. score, right?
NOOOOOOOOOoooo.
apparently, the "special vegetarian" meal consists of a salad already covered in ranch dressing, an apple sauce-type container of cole slaw, a buttery roll, and tofu swimming in a creamy sauce. pretty awesome how i can land a "special vegetarian" meal and not be able to eat anything of it. in-flight movie? big momma's house 2. that's right. martin lawrence cross-dressing in a fat suit. followed by an episode of "daddy's spoiled girl," wherein two young trollops guilt their father into spending thousands of dollars on shit that they don't appreciate. it's pretty staggering, the amount of money that goes into this guy trying to show his daughters that he cares for them (because love IS money and money IS love, after all, right?). we're talking upwards of $60k of ridiculous stuff like hosting a slumber party in a presidential suite in a 5-star resort hotel. a birthday party with belly dancers and sword swallowers and fire dancers. and the girls still act like money-grubbing brats. because that's what they are. i hope i do a better job in the future, should i get that chance.
but anyway. no big deal about that. i'm here in one piece and that's all that's important. found the house that i'm staying in fine... it's a nice, small, 4-story 19th-century house pretty much overlooking Vondelpark. i have the top floor - essentially where the building comes up to a point. it's very cute. i have a small terrace that overlooks the gardens behind the building(s).
i'll post pictures soon enough.
leaving k behind at the airport was tough. very glad i have something real.
more later.
got in just fine. the plane ride was nice and smooth. i didn't get much sleep, though.
i managed to get one of the "special vegetarian" meals, even though i hadn't asked for one... they just had one left over. score, right?
NOOOOOOOOOoooo.
apparently, the "special vegetarian" meal consists of a salad already covered in ranch dressing, an apple sauce-type container of cole slaw, a buttery roll, and tofu swimming in a creamy sauce. pretty awesome how i can land a "special vegetarian" meal and not be able to eat anything of it. in-flight movie? big momma's house 2. that's right. martin lawrence cross-dressing in a fat suit. followed by an episode of "daddy's spoiled girl," wherein two young trollops guilt their father into spending thousands of dollars on shit that they don't appreciate. it's pretty staggering, the amount of money that goes into this guy trying to show his daughters that he cares for them (because love IS money and money IS love, after all, right?). we're talking upwards of $60k of ridiculous stuff like hosting a slumber party in a presidential suite in a 5-star resort hotel. a birthday party with belly dancers and sword swallowers and fire dancers. and the girls still act like money-grubbing brats. because that's what they are. i hope i do a better job in the future, should i get that chance.
but anyway. no big deal about that. i'm here in one piece and that's all that's important. found the house that i'm staying in fine... it's a nice, small, 4-story 19th-century house pretty much overlooking Vondelpark. i have the top floor - essentially where the building comes up to a point. it's very cute. i have a small terrace that overlooks the gardens behind the building(s).
i'll post pictures soon enough.
leaving k behind at the airport was tough. very glad i have something real.
more later.
posted by mpc at 4:37 AM
2 Comments:
Good to hear you made it in one piece. Apparently the special in "special" vegetarian is not meant to mean vegan (as in vegans are a special subset of the set of people who don't eat meat), but rather is more like the special in "special education" or "special olympics".
Its occurred to me that a wide range of people you know (including your parents and colleagues from work) are probably reading this blog, and quite possibly that this comment is in poor taste. If you were offended by that comment, I am quite sorry. It was rather retarded of me to say something like that.
I'm sorry. that was a really lame use of the word retarded.
That's a pretty retarded use of the word lame.
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