Tantrums & Rants

The new-ish thing for public transit here in Rotterdam is the OV Chipkaart.    It’s a card that you can charge up with credit and use on the public transit to get around the city. In the past we used something called a strippenkaart which was a long paper thing sectioned into blocks or ‘strips’.  Depending on how many zones you …

Buying Immune System!  Does anyone have one for sale? The dizziness is almost totally gone now, finally.  The doc told me that my bloodwork came back ok but that there was levels of something or other that lead him to think I have a virus, which was causing the vertigo.  I was all, cool… give me something to make it …

Last night I downloaded the pilot for the new Knight Rider show. God, The Hoff must be so disappointed!   I saw in the beginning credits that he was a guest star but I just couldn’t bring myself to sit and wait for his appearance.   I lasted 30 minutes before I groaned and turned it off. I can’t even remember the …

Right, so I decided that since I’m a working woman who has a pretty good chance of moving on to a permanent situation (according to my colleagues), I’ve decided to buy myself something shiney and new when I get paid.   I can pay bills and all that crap later, I want satisfaction… in the material sense. So I’ve been looking …

One (more) thing I love about where I work is the view.   On the 10th floor in the middle of the city, I can see quite a lot.   So if I have a minute it’s nice to watch people out and about doing their thing.   It’s also nice when the sun is going down and we all know it’s almost …

After me making that post about the Tammy Cold (scroll down I can’t be arsed to link it)… this morning at 4am I woke up sneezing and blowing snot all over the place.   I had to leg it to the bathroom to get tissues, then got back in bed and sneezed my brain out for another while.   Just long enough …

I was listening to Howard Stern today at work, I know… how cool is that, that I can listen to his show (downloaded mp3) while doing my work… oops, off track… One of the things they were discussing was Heath Ledger’s death.   Right, it’s sad as hell but I’m already tired of hearing about it.  So much speculation, so many …

Ok, enough is enough.   This ongoing strike of the Writers Guild of America has got to stop!  They are driving the viewers to desperate lengths, making us watch shows we might ordinarily avoid IF there was something better on to watch.   Not only that, but they canceled our Golden Globes! Bastards! Ok, I’m not totally unsympathetic to their cause.  I …

This week I want Eneco (our current, and soon to be former, energy company) to FUCK OFF AND DIE!  Argh, I hate them to the very core of my existence!! When we got back from Canada we got a huge bill from them that we weren’t expecting, and the entire amount was taken out of our account in one huge …

I hate when I read or watch something that the rest of the world raves about and seems to think it’s the best thing since sliced bread, and I don’t like it.  It happens quite often, like with the Kill Bill movies… or Monty Python.   It makes me feel like I have no taste, or can’t appreciate art.  I know …

Last night I took some wicked videos of the fireworks, with commentary and everything!   For some reason when I uploaded my photos, it didn’t upload the videos… but I didn’t notice.  So this morning I deleted all the photos to make room for some morning after pics and deleted the videos. GODVERDOMME!!  (That’s me swearing in Dutch, it’s part of …