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About Me

A 27-year-old PA student who wants to visit all seven continents, write a book, work at a pediatric clinic in Africa, and basically meet as many of the world's challenges as possible.

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Life List

(already accomplished)

Become a PA

Visit all 7 continents

Take a SwimTrek trip

Bike through Western Europe

Raft the Grand Canyon

Improve my Spanish proficiency

Go on safari in Africa

Trace my roots at Ellis Island

Vacation in Hawaii

Work on a hospital ship in a Third World country

Celebrate New Year's in Times Square

Visit all 50 states (29 to go: AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, NM, ND, OK, OR, RI, SD, TX, UT, VT, WA, WV, WI, WY)

See the ruins at Pompeii

Swim in Capri's Blue Grotto

Tour Mt. Vesuvius

Throw a coin in the Trevi Fountain

Tour the Colosseum

Visit the D-Day beaches

See the Mona Lisa

Visit the palace at Versailles

See the Acropolis and Parthenon

See the Egyptian pyramids

Hike the Inca Trail

Walk El Camino Santiago

Take an Alaskan cruise

View the Taj Mahal at sunrise

Hike Table Mountain in South Africa

Climb through the Amazon canopy

Walk at least part of the Great Wall of China

Get laser hair removal

Learn to surf, ski, and snowboard

Learn to drive a stick-shift

Learn to play the piano

Go on a tropical cruise

Ride horseback on the beach

Ride in a hot air balloon

Get tickets to the Olympics

Go to adult Space Camp

Witness a shuttle launch from up close

Build a full-sized snowman

Sew a quilt out of my old race T-shirts

Update and continue my Life Scrapbook

Become the oldest person to ever do the River Run

Live to be a happy, healthy 100 years old - at least!

(unlikely dreams)

vrijdag 13 februari 2004

Current Music: Volumia – “Ik was eventjes d'r naam kwijt”

Just a couple of quotes I forgot to throw in:

(during class, video about Holland)
Video girl: (flaky voice) “…but Erik insists on me seeing as much of the country as possible… by bicycle! ::giggles::
(shots of a couple on bikes, riding through woods and laughing, with ‘emotional’ background music)
L: (the only Dutch student in class) “Oh, ik ga emigreren!” (= “I’m gonna leave the country!”)

T: “Why are the words ‘to hell with it’ running through my head?” (Please, don’t ask for context on this one…)

L: (statement, not question) “Je gaat naar Amersfoort. (You’re going to Amersfoort.)
Me: “Ja...”
L: “Voor een broodje!” (For a sandwich!)
[discussion follows that Subway is hardly ‘just’ a sandwich...]

[discussion as to why the Dutch are so tall]
P zegt:
ik weet wel waarom we langer zijn...
(I know why we’re taller...)
P zegt:
in de jaren na de oorlog [WW2] hebben was er een voedsel tekort in europa
(In the post-war years, there was a food shortage in Europe)
P zegt:
en men is het vee toen vet gaan mesten met hormonen zodat het sneller zou gaan groeien.. vervolgens heeft iedereen die hormonen ook weer binnen gekregen.
(and people started giving lots of hormones to the livestock so they’d grow faster... so all the people also got those hormones..)
P zegt:
heb er eens een documentaire over gezien.
(I saw a documentary on it once.)
~ * J e s s * ~ zegt:
maar dat wordt ook bij ons gedaan.... het is niet legaal, maar wordt wel gedaan
(But that’s done in America too... it’s not legal, but it does happen.)
P zegt:
bij de amerikanen werkt het hormoon meer in de breedte ;)
(With Americans the hormone works more towards width.) ;)

Okay, really going now. :)

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