I have been living in Amsterdam for about 6 years now and the problem with being and mixing with expats is that most of them are not here permanently. The fact is most people come for work and stay for about 2 to 3 years so in the last six years I have waved goodbye [...]
Archive for June, 2007
Wanted: New Friends
Posted in Irish, expat, friends on June 28, 2007 | 12 Comments »
Coming through, coming through, lady with a baby!
Posted in Uncategorized on June 25, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Definitely time to start the diet I have been putting off. This morning on the tram a lovely polite young girl got up and gave me her seat, I was a bit shocked so sat down and then started to think why would she do that? I was definitely older than her but not at [...]
Dedicated Follower of Fashion
Posted in Bournemouth, NOW magazine, Primark, ballet flats, skinny jeans on June 20, 2007 | 10 Comments »
I have noticed on my last few trips to sunny sunny Bournemouth that nearly all the girls dress the same, looks that seem religiously copied from the ‘fashion’ pages of NOW magazine and it makes me think it is a bit of a shame, I mean wear what you want but you can’t possibly all [...]
Dream a little dream of me
Posted in Uncategorized on June 14, 2007 | 9 Comments »
The talented Mr. Rigby likes to tell me about his dreams, this can be quite sweet but also quite dull. However I have noticed that one of the main themes in his dreams is me treating him badly. For example he once dreamt that I had been on the Liverpool FC website and actually rolled [...]
#Write your life story in less than a day
Posted in Miranda July, life, memememe on June 13, 2007 | 3 Comments »
So I finally got round to doing one of my Miranda July assignments, I picked number 14 – Write your life story in less than a day, now as usual I did not read the assignment details properly so it isn’t quite what they asked for but hey it is my blog I can make the [...]
Oldest swinger in town
Posted in art brut, black wire, gigs, the pigeon detectives on June 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Am I getting too old to go to gigs, yes probably. I had been nursing a sore neck all day yesterday which I was convinced was from sleeping in a draught however last night when I went to see The Pigeon Detectives (they were fab) I lifted my head to see the stage and a [...]
No One Belongs Here More Than You
Posted in Miranda July, art on June 8, 2007 | 10 Comments »
I went to a book lecture last night because I am the intelligent artsy type or boring and lonely (I went on my own) you choose. I was actually super excited because it was Miranda July and she was going to read from her new book of short stories. I hadn’t read the book but I [...]
Wandering Accent Syndrome
Posted in jurassic park, wandering accent syndrome on June 5, 2007 | 6 Comments »
I was sitting on the tram this morning desperately trying to keep my head and cup of coffee upright when a tiny pretty wee slip of a girl sat down beside me. I half smiled and then went back to staring listlessly out of the window. All of a sudden my whole body was vibrating [...]
beard song
Posted in fat, goatee, kaiser chiefs on June 1, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I went to see the Kaiser Chiefs a couple of nights ago and due to feeling a bit under the weather decided to miss the support and go straight for the real deal. Unfortunately the place was packed to the rafters with enormous Dutch people. The Dutch are really really tall and I am only [...]
