Well, it's almost 1:00 in the morning. It's Saturday night. I cook the dinner. It's pretty good. Chicken with a cream wine/mushroom sauce. Arugula salad. White wine. Nice. I still want to go to the coffeeshop. Jasper, finally, agrees to take me. So, after dinner, we go to an English bar, where we have a couple of drinks. Then, to the coffee shop. ( Read more... )

I'm almost over my fear of travelling in a tram in a different country all by myself. I went to downtown A'dam all by myself twice this week. How fun. And, strangely, the people are very like L.Aliens. Except they speak a language I don't understand. Oh, wait... :) Not that much different from L.A., then. The prices are a bit higher, but the ( Read more... )

and I'm in love with it. It's beautiful. It's a cool mix of old and new, antique and modern. I really like it so far. People are generally friendly. And when you're a dumb mer-kan, they will often switch to English. I just wish I could speak the languages ( Read more... )

What a neat lady. She was sad that I was going. I wonder if I will ever have a community as neat as this one again. Such great people, and Sandy has always been willing to work with me no matter the situation. She kicked out Carter when I wasn't able to, she helped me work out the rent when that idiot Kristi was trying to screw me over. Wow, I need ( Read more... )

Well, it looks like I'm leaving L.A. It really feels like I'm giving up. I hate the fact that things haven't worked out here. I've had fun, that's for sure. I've met some great people, including Greg, Renee, Jennifer, Brian, Sandy, Peter, and I'm sure others that I haven't thought of right now. I got to go to some really great events; the Golden ( Read more... )