--{ Nino Q }--

Watersports

2008-05-14T22:36:03Z

I love playing with Carl's Wii...

Hotel life

2008-05-14T19:24:04Z

I had a wonderful night. Dinner was fab and the company was even better! My dessert was like heaven on a plate: white chocolate mousse with raspberry sauce. Delicious!

After dinner we went to happy hour in Soho, drag queen karaoke in the Lellebel, beer in d'Oude Herbergh and we ended the night in club Cockring. It's Matt's first time outside the US and I'm pretty sure he's seen just about every aspect of gay Amsterdam in these two days.

I'm already making plans to go and visit them in October. If I can find a reasonably priced plane ticket, that is.

Right now I'm recovering at my mum's place. Having a wine and watching movies. Nice and relaxed.

Also, little update: my bike didn't get stolen! I just kindasorta misplaced it, due to being very very drunk...

ninoq @ 2008-05-13T16:43:00

2008-05-13T14:45:52Z

A fancy schmancy four star dinner in Hotel de l'Europe?

Count me in!

Ouch

2008-05-13T08:23:22Z

My head hurts.

Fuck

2008-05-13T01:42:09Z

My bike got stolen.

Amsterdam REALLY doesn't want me to ride a bike...

Cali & Cargos

2008-05-12T11:04:52Z

Starting work early sucks, but it doesn mean finishing at noon, so I'll have the entire rest of the day off. I'm about to go over to Ron and Matt's hotel, see if they're there (damn Ron for turning his phone off when I'm trying to arrange dinner!) and maybe spend some time with them.

After that it's off to Diederik and Sebastian. Going to drink wine in their garden. After that, who knows! I'm free all day!

Also, I've been wearing my cargo shorts two days in a row. Last time I wore shorts in Holland was probably last century. My legs still look like milk bottles, but there's only one way to fix it!

Cauchemar

2008-05-12T08:40:09Z

I had the weirdest dream last night. I don't remember much of the details, but it involved Ron, whose underwear I had stolen (?), my mum, Mark and some guy that called himself Fred Flinstone (which I'm guessing was supposed to be a drug induced inside joke that I didn't get).

All good ingredients for some very funny and/or hilarious slapstick, if it weren't for the fact that I woke up at three in the morning bathing in my own sweat. I was so distressed for some reason that I had to get out of bed for a while and went for a smoke on my balcony. After that I went back to bed and slept a nice dreamless sleep.

Damn that was freaky.

Re: Michelle Duggar

2008-05-11T21:56:38Z

Moodswing city

2008-05-11T21:34:22Z

Jesus, it's like I'm pregnant or something!

I was super tired fifteen minutes ago, almost ready to make it an early night. Now I'm totally hyper and probably couldn't sleep if my life depended on it.

I'm not even disappointed

2008-05-11T13:14:14Z

You Are 37% Michael Jackson!

You may be surprised to learn this, but you are somewhat like Michael Jackson. Maybe you rocked the jerry curl in the 80s and maybe you didn't, but regardless of that the similarities between you and the King of Pop are definitely there. I bet you can even moonwalk!

How Michael Jackson Are You?
Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

Yeah, work is slow today. One more hour and I'll be out of here and in the sun!

Dayum!

2008-05-11T08:43:43Z

Sundays are supposed to be for sleeping in, not for working!

A world with no air

2008-05-10T21:16:26Z

So I nixed the Gamecube idea. It's hard to focus on something when it keeps reminding you of the one thing you don't want to think about.
Also, there's nothing on tv. Comedy Central is having a bloody That 70's Show marathon!
I think I'll just go read a book. I'm not going out tonight, though. I'm being a good boy and staying in.

God, I wish I was drunk.

Sleeping is yummy

2008-05-10T18:40:14Z

One positive sidenote of having drunk so very, very much last night is that for the first time this week I didn't wake up around eight, wide awake for some bizarre reason...

Also, I think I made anough lasagna to feed the entire Duggar family.

Beerless

2008-05-10T16:34:57Z

Much like life, a hangover tends to go all the way downhill before it gets better. I think I passed the lowest point now and I'm slowly starting to feel better. I even had some soup! Good thing I'm working today, and not doing anything constructive.

Speaking of work, I got sort of promoted. With extra pay! It's only for a couple of hours a week, and I'll still be doing some phone work, but it's nice to not be on the phone constantly.

Tonight I'm going to have a quiet night at home. No alcohol, no partying, no nothing. Just me and my Gamecube. It's been a pretty long week and I've spent most of it drunk. I guess I can't keep escaping into alcoholism. Besides, it's not like it helps me take my mind off of things anyway. So tonight is all about the calm. Stefanie's not there, so I'll have the house to myself.

Oh, and I'm going away on vacation next month!

Me duele la cabeza

2008-05-10T13:13:39Z

Whether it's for no reason or to avoid actual emotion or thought, drinking is always good. Just not the morning after...

What did you do last night?

2008-05-09T18:38:14Z

http://www.thingsididlastnight.com/

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

2008-05-09T18:01:49Z

So I just found out that Mystique's favourite author is Oscar Wilde.

There. Another reason why she's one of my favourite comic book characters!

Also

2008-05-09T17:32:09Z

I really need to clean out my iTunes playlist. There's too many songs in there that randomly pop up that I really shouldn't be listening to anymore...

Goomba!

2008-05-09T17:26:48Z

I was going to have a date tonight with this guy named Mario.

Him and me were going to eat some shrooms and then save some princess from this big ugly lizard king dude.

But no, of course I get invited to happy hour. Everybody knows I can't resist the temptation of two alcoholic beverages for the price of one. Therefore I felt forced to reschedule the date to some other night.

I guess Mario could always call his brother Luigi to come and help him.

Reading monster

2008-05-09T10:02:31Z

You'd think that 18 issues of Emma Frost would last me longer than this. I can't believe I read it all in one go. Now I'm going to have to go out and buy more comics!

Yaaaawwwwn

2008-05-08T19:26:36Z

Drinking one too many vodka-tonic in the hot sun is not good for me!

It's hot and sunny outside

2008-05-08T11:57:22Z

But I'm procrastinating.

I got to level 62.

Now it's time to go sit in the sun and have a drink! It's my day off for god's sake!

Le toi du moi

2008-05-08T10:03:43Z

Who knew that the French president's wife made such beautiful music?
(Oh, and she's hot too!)

Sometimes you just have to hear it from someone you've never heard of

2008-05-07T11:32:00Z

"I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious Ambiguity." - Gilda Radner

My friends are the best!

2008-05-07T09:55:46Z

The weather was beautiful yesterday, so Wim, Victoria and me decided to enjoy it best as we can. We took the boat to Noord, where we had a bottle of prosecco and some snacks on the Wilhelmina Dok (hidden treasure, much?!).
After staying there in the sun by the water for a while, we decided to take the boat back and take another boat to the NDSM-werf, where I showed them the submarine and we booed at the Greenpeace ship (bunch of friggin hippies!). We proceeded to the IJ-kantine, where we had more wine (but only because I forgot that I actually wanted to order beer...) and food.
After sitting there for some time, we went to Wim's place where Victoria made a delicious lasagna with spinach and gorgonzola which we ate in the garden, accompanied by a nice cold bottle of Cava. I made dessert, a yummy nostalgic banana pudding.

After some more bottles of wine and some really loud music we decided to take our business elsewhere and continue the day in town. Where I finally had my cold beer(s)!

I even got a bit of a tan! All in all, it was a beautiful day...