thanks feministing.com!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpK0Ad8hD0I&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.feministing.com%2F%3Fpage%3D2&feature=player_embedded
check it out.
i couldn't agree more.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
ughh, cheezy post alert:
so i read this in a friend's blog (thanks allyssa!) and i kinda liked it. so i'm putting it on my blog, damnit.
its walt whitman for crissakes. bye hater!
This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown, or to any man or number of men—go freely with powerful uneducated persons, and with the young, and with the mothers or families—re-examine all you have been told in school or church or in any book, and dismiss whatever insults your own soul; and your very flesh shall be a great poem.
- Walt Whitman
a million thanks to beth for introducing me to yogatoday.com
not quite as good as going to a class, but it definitely does the trick.
love you and miss you!
its walt whitman for crissakes. bye hater!
This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown, or to any man or number of men—go freely with powerful uneducated persons, and with the young, and with the mothers or families—re-examine all you have been told in school or church or in any book, and dismiss whatever insults your own soul; and your very flesh shall be a great poem.
- Walt Whitman
a million thanks to beth for introducing me to yogatoday.com
not quite as good as going to a class, but it definitely does the trick.
love you and miss you!
i love amy poehler
as if i could love ms poehler any more?
check it out: http://www.onnetworks.com/videos/smart-girls-at-the-party
carebears on fire: yourself times 1 billion
also check out ruby's awesome dance moves towards the end of her bit on feminism -- reminds me of mike's signature swing...
check it out: http://www.onnetworks.com/videos/smart-girls-at-the-party
carebears on fire: yourself times 1 billion
also check out ruby's awesome dance moves towards the end of her bit on feminism -- reminds me of mike's signature swing...
Monday, June 1, 2009
lazy monday
today was fairly uneventful as, according to the irish man living downstairs, it is the last national holiday before christmas. i woke up with the best intentions -- opening a bank account, finding michelle a job -- but the entire city was closed. ooh well!
michelle and i realized fairly quickly that the best way to spend the day would be on a bread quest (i love this place, but have yet to find a single bakery) and reading in the park across from our apartment.
so after a quick run to the grocery (IMPORTANT NOTE: the peanut butter here is wonderful), we spent the rest of the afternoon reading in our room and in the park. i just started suite francaise, a book my mom recommeded to me awhile ago but that i never got the chance to read. happily, the last tenant left it behind when he moved out! i'm about 100 pages deep and really enjoying it. it's honest -- i like her quite a bit.
we made up-scale mac and cheese for dinner with stroopwafel for desert (naturally) and now we're going to watch attonement before bed.
life is good.
michelle and i realized fairly quickly that the best way to spend the day would be on a bread quest (i love this place, but have yet to find a single bakery) and reading in the park across from our apartment.
so after a quick run to the grocery (IMPORTANT NOTE: the peanut butter here is wonderful), we spent the rest of the afternoon reading in our room and in the park. i just started suite francaise, a book my mom recommeded to me awhile ago but that i never got the chance to read. happily, the last tenant left it behind when he moved out! i'm about 100 pages deep and really enjoying it. it's honest -- i like her quite a bit.
we made up-scale mac and cheese for dinner with stroopwafel for desert (naturally) and now we're going to watch attonement before bed.
life is good.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
day one in den haag
today was the first full day of szonnelly in den haag '09. we slept in this morning, rolling out of bed around 11. after a quick, delicious breakfast of mini albert hein stroopwafels, we set out to explore the city (or town, rather -- sorry anton) and snag michelle a job.
we didn't really have much of a game plan going into our expidition, but we figured the best place to start would be the centrum. we walked down narrow streets lined with dutch-style apartments, cafes and boutiques. it was a beautiful day and so everyone was out enjoying the weather. we stopped in at a few pubs and coffee shops to see if anyone was hiring a cute american girl (michelle) and everyone was SO nice and SO helpful. a few places took michelle's contact info, but most places recommeded that we head over to the beach. apparently there are lots of seasonal jobs to be had, and at this point we're just hoping to find something to pay the rent until something more permanent comes up.
walking deeper into the centrum, we stumbled on an outdoor flea market outside of the escher museum with tons of venders selling food and knick-knacks. there were tons of families and puppies and young people and it was just too wonderful. heading north, we were hoping to get to a park where we could sit on the grass for awhile and enjoy the sun. unfortunately, the only park we found was completely wooded and didn't really suit our needs at the moment. it was a really lovely park, though, with lots of trails and a cart selling ice cream on waffles, so we couldn't really complain.
michelle was awesome through out the whole process, navagating the city like a pro. i spent most of the time being completely unhelpful, spaced out and wandering from street to street, following where she led. eventually, we wandered home, stopping at a toko (indonesian place -- the city is full of them) to pick up food for dinner.
arriving home, we collapsed into bed, waking up a few hours later to split a huge meal of four different vegetarian dishes, a curried egg, tempeh and tofu. i absolutely loved it; just the right amount of spice and heat without being completely overwhelming.
we had the best intentions of going out to a free salsa club called havana, but after we had showered and eaten, we were both so exhausted from our walking tour that we decided to stay in and catch up on a few things. i have quite a bit of work to do on my scholarship applications and i still need to look into opening up a dutch bank account.
right now we're hanging out in the room, sharing a bottle of wine as we unpack and chat with folks from home. we're so happy here, but its very sad being away from the people we love so much. buy a plane ticket! come visit us! we'd love to see you.
anyway, that about wraps up day 4 of our dutch adventure. we can't wait to see jess when she arrives on the 12th, and we're thinking about taking a trip to belgum and luxemburg in the next couple weeks. you can rent a car for E10 per day, so why not?
varweel!
we didn't really have much of a game plan going into our expidition, but we figured the best place to start would be the centrum. we walked down narrow streets lined with dutch-style apartments, cafes and boutiques. it was a beautiful day and so everyone was out enjoying the weather. we stopped in at a few pubs and coffee shops to see if anyone was hiring a cute american girl (michelle) and everyone was SO nice and SO helpful. a few places took michelle's contact info, but most places recommeded that we head over to the beach. apparently there are lots of seasonal jobs to be had, and at this point we're just hoping to find something to pay the rent until something more permanent comes up.
walking deeper into the centrum, we stumbled on an outdoor flea market outside of the escher museum with tons of venders selling food and knick-knacks. there were tons of families and puppies and young people and it was just too wonderful. heading north, we were hoping to get to a park where we could sit on the grass for awhile and enjoy the sun. unfortunately, the only park we found was completely wooded and didn't really suit our needs at the moment. it was a really lovely park, though, with lots of trails and a cart selling ice cream on waffles, so we couldn't really complain.
michelle was awesome through out the whole process, navagating the city like a pro. i spent most of the time being completely unhelpful, spaced out and wandering from street to street, following where she led. eventually, we wandered home, stopping at a toko (indonesian place -- the city is full of them) to pick up food for dinner.
arriving home, we collapsed into bed, waking up a few hours later to split a huge meal of four different vegetarian dishes, a curried egg, tempeh and tofu. i absolutely loved it; just the right amount of spice and heat without being completely overwhelming.
we had the best intentions of going out to a free salsa club called havana, but after we had showered and eaten, we were both so exhausted from our walking tour that we decided to stay in and catch up on a few things. i have quite a bit of work to do on my scholarship applications and i still need to look into opening up a dutch bank account.
right now we're hanging out in the room, sharing a bottle of wine as we unpack and chat with folks from home. we're so happy here, but its very sad being away from the people we love so much. buy a plane ticket! come visit us! we'd love to see you.
anyway, that about wraps up day 4 of our dutch adventure. we can't wait to see jess when she arrives on the 12th, and we're thinking about taking a trip to belgum and luxemburg in the next couple weeks. you can rent a car for E10 per day, so why not?
varweel!
Friday, May 29, 2009
i'm here!
i'm writing this picture from james' lovely apartment in amsterdam. we made it!
not without some struggle, but we're here.
the parents donnelly and mr. szot saw us off in new york to catch our flight to philly. it was much harder to say goodbye this time than it was to say goodbye a year ago (was it really a year ago!?) when i left for south africa. but we bravely forged ahead, barely making it onto an earlier flight in order to avoid missing our connection to the netherlands.
the flight was miserable. i was already sick to begin with, but nothing a little cough syrup with codeine couldn't handle. then came the airline food. cheesy pasta with spinach didn't look particularly threatening but i was in the bathroom for the majority of the flight hugging the toilet. i've erected a small shrine to the pepto gods for helping me through those dark hours.
but i survived and on the other side (the airport in amsterdam is beautiful, efficient and well-planned -- the incoming international flights section of JFK could stand to take a lesson) was james. james is a saint. he helped us get tickets for the train and tickets for the tram and carried most of my ridiculous luggage up and down stairs and has put us up here in his gorgeous apartment. he is truly gracious and i can't thank him enough.
our first 36 hours here have been remarkably productive. when we had hauled all of our bags back to james' place, he made us espresso and the neurons in my brain began firing again, so we ventured out for lunch. james took us to a really great place in the city center; delicious, filling and affordable. perfect.
getting down to business, we walked through the city in search of a cell phone provider. not only did we find a cheap, functional cell phone but the dutch man who sold it to me was adorable. having accomplished my major goal for the day, we walked to the vondel park next to the van gogh museum. on top of being beautiful, there were yogis in the park practicing some sort of partner yoga that involved one partner on the ground in hip stand while the other balances on their feet in different yoga postures. one woman was in mermaid mid-air. needless to say, i freaked out and i'm determined to join one of these groups.
we then headed back to the apartment, stopping quickly at albert hein (grocery store chain) to pick up supplies for dinner. i went for a run while james made dinner for michelle and i. we sat in his apartment, drinking wine and eating and chatting. it was too wonderful.
this morning, michelle and i met our future landlord, taco, in den haag to look at a room for june. it's smallish but its in a nice little house and is perfect for a one month lease. we're renting a car and moving in tomorrow. i'll post pictures as soon as possible.
arriving back at james' apartment, i took the most fierce nap. words cannot describe. when i woke up we walked to the park next to his apartment and sat by the water and people watched.
i'm writing this post as james cooks the vegetarian risotto for dinner. a banana creme pie is ready to be filled for dessert. the best part of it all? its 10:30pm and the sky is just darkening. the sun stays out here super late in the summer. so far, so good!
more soon!
not without some struggle, but we're here.
the parents donnelly and mr. szot saw us off in new york to catch our flight to philly. it was much harder to say goodbye this time than it was to say goodbye a year ago (was it really a year ago!?) when i left for south africa. but we bravely forged ahead, barely making it onto an earlier flight in order to avoid missing our connection to the netherlands.
the flight was miserable. i was already sick to begin with, but nothing a little cough syrup with codeine couldn't handle. then came the airline food. cheesy pasta with spinach didn't look particularly threatening but i was in the bathroom for the majority of the flight hugging the toilet. i've erected a small shrine to the pepto gods for helping me through those dark hours.
but i survived and on the other side (the airport in amsterdam is beautiful, efficient and well-planned -- the incoming international flights section of JFK could stand to take a lesson) was james. james is a saint. he helped us get tickets for the train and tickets for the tram and carried most of my ridiculous luggage up and down stairs and has put us up here in his gorgeous apartment. he is truly gracious and i can't thank him enough.
our first 36 hours here have been remarkably productive. when we had hauled all of our bags back to james' place, he made us espresso and the neurons in my brain began firing again, so we ventured out for lunch. james took us to a really great place in the city center; delicious, filling and affordable. perfect.
getting down to business, we walked through the city in search of a cell phone provider. not only did we find a cheap, functional cell phone but the dutch man who sold it to me was adorable. having accomplished my major goal for the day, we walked to the vondel park next to the van gogh museum. on top of being beautiful, there were yogis in the park practicing some sort of partner yoga that involved one partner on the ground in hip stand while the other balances on their feet in different yoga postures. one woman was in mermaid mid-air. needless to say, i freaked out and i'm determined to join one of these groups.
we then headed back to the apartment, stopping quickly at albert hein (grocery store chain) to pick up supplies for dinner. i went for a run while james made dinner for michelle and i. we sat in his apartment, drinking wine and eating and chatting. it was too wonderful.
this morning, michelle and i met our future landlord, taco, in den haag to look at a room for june. it's smallish but its in a nice little house and is perfect for a one month lease. we're renting a car and moving in tomorrow. i'll post pictures as soon as possible.
arriving back at james' apartment, i took the most fierce nap. words cannot describe. when i woke up we walked to the park next to his apartment and sat by the water and people watched.
i'm writing this post as james cooks the vegetarian risotto for dinner. a banana creme pie is ready to be filled for dessert. the best part of it all? its 10:30pm and the sky is just darkening. the sun stays out here super late in the summer. so far, so good!
more soon!
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
#1 of #4
so this is my fourth official attempt at keeping a blog.
my first go at it was a mediocre success for about a month during summer 2007.
my second try was considerably better. four months or so in spring 2008.
my third attempt was an epic fail during my semester in johannesburg.
let's see how no. 4 works out, shall we?
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