Well, Children's Literature is officially taught in Dutch and all about Dutch children's literature. Doesn't look like there will be a single word of English spoken throughout the course. (Needless to say, I am once again the only non-Dutch student.) And this is not helped by the fact that the teacher speaks very softly and has the worst handwriting I've ever seen. But it just counts as an English elective for me back home and nothing I really really need, so I'll stick with it - I like a challenge. And, due to a horrible room mix-up (and a 10-minute bike ride to practically the other side of the centrum) I ended up meeting a whole group of girls and pairing up with one of them for the presentation we're going to have to give in a couple weeks. (Yes, a presentation, meaning Jess stands up in front of a room of native speakers and stumbles along in Dutch. Reserve your tickets now!) But at least we scored a good topic - 'het meisjesboek'.

And my other class was good too, the seminar for Utrecht in the Middle Ages. There's going to be more work for that class than I've become accustomed to, but nonetheless, there are nice people in there. The seminar groups are only ten or eleven people each. Ann-Cristin is in my group, and so are Michael, Dylan, and Michelle, all of whom are American and all of whom I vaguely know from the last block. Michelle and Dylan even go to UF. Then there's a girl from England, Keira, and the rest are Dutch. After class, Ann-Cristin and I went and got coffee at this place which is kinda like Starbucks. I forgot the name, but I know I had a Harmony Coffee (recommended by Ann-Cristin), which is a cappuccino with white chocolate (even white chocolate shavings on top), and also a bagel with mozzarella and pesto and basilicum and tomato... YUM YUM YUM! I don't think the meal was worth the almost-7-euro I paid for it, but still, for once in a while it's lekker. Then I went to the V&D and bought two posters for my room in La Mancha, a book by Michael Crichton (WHY ARE BOOKS IN ENGLISH SO EXPENSIVE HERE?!?!?!) and a very very late birthday present for Tristan... hope I see you soon so it won't be any later than it has to be, haha. Oh, and David, I saw a birthday present for you too, but didn't buy it (yet), since you can't be bothered to get your @$$ to Utrecht to pick up the presents you already have... LOL! ;)

Anyways, my current amusement is this survey... once again, ripped from Chris. Probably no one cares, but every once in a while I have to lapse into teenagedom... although I'm not as bad as this.

So here we go.

I AM: Special ;)
I WANT: 518 million dollars
I HAVE: $518.56
I WISH: That I spoke really fluent Dutch
I HATE: That I've lost my Spanish :'(
I MISS: Taco Bell
I FEAR: Getting trapped underwater and not being able to get my head up
I HEAR: Scott listening to American sports radio on his computer
I SEARCH: (fruitlessly) for the digital camera that went missing in December
I WONDER: If I'll pass this Children's Lit class
I REGRET: (pass)
I LOVE: So many people!!!...
I ACHE: My butt, from sitting on a hard bike seat and now this chair
I ALWAYS: Send at least three SMSes a day
I AM NOT: Tall
I DANCE: When I'm in the mood
I SING: Until people tell me to stop
I CRY: Rarely
I WRITE: school assignments, this blog, and the occasional short story or journal entry
I WIN: Every air hockey game my sister and I play
I LOSE: Every air hockey game Martin and I play
I CONFUSE: The general population
I NEED: To eat something
I SHOULD: Be working on an essay
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[YES OR NO]
You keep a diary: Yes, infrequently
You like to cook: No
You have a secret you have not shared with anyone: I thought it was no... but... Yes
You set your watch a few minutes ahead: No
You bite your fingernails: Not since I was ten
You believe in love: Yes
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[WHO IS]
The weirdest person you know: Mom tells me all the time, "You are SO weird!"
The Loudest Person you Know: Erin, Mandy, Mike...
The Sexiest Person you Know: Me! :)
The Person that Knows the Most about you: A tie between David and Tristan... but Elise and Linde are high on the list, too
Your Crush?: Uh, my boyfriend?
Most Boring Teacher: We just got new ones... so... Dick Schram
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[DO YOU]
Take a shower everyday: Yes
Think you know you've been in love: Oh yes
Want to get married: Not sure
Have any tattoos/where?: Nope - if I got one, it'd be a star or ladybug on my ankle, but I don't really want one
Piercings/where?: Two holes in each ear
Get motion sickness: Never... well, okay, once (very slightly) on a boat...
Think you're a health freak: No way
Get along with your parents: Yes
Like thunderstorms: Yes
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[RANDOM]
SIGN: Aquarius
HAIR COLOR: Light brown with highlights
EYE COLOR: Hazel (greenish-brown)
PARENTS: Yes, two :) haha...
SIBLINGS: Catie (younger sister)
LIVE WITH: Scott, my roommate
FAVORITE RELATIVE: Outside of my immediate family... probably my cousin Megan, haha! (She's 11.)
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[FAVORITE]
NUMBER: Six
COLOR: Green, blue, and yellow
DAY: Saturday
MONTH: May
SONG: (at the moment) Andrew WK - "Ready to Die", Clouseau - "Vroeger is Voorbij", and Cheap Trick - "Mighty Wings"
FOOD: Cheese enchiladas
SEASON: Summer
SPORT: Basketball, swimming, and horseback riding
DRINK: Water
VEGGIE: Potatoes and salad
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[PREFERENCES]
CUDDLE OR MAKE OUT? Cuddle
CHOCOLATE MILK, OR HOT CHOCOLATE? Hot chocolate, because then you get whipped cream
MILK, DARK, OR WHITE CHOCOLATE? All three ;)
VANILLA OR CHOCOLATE? Depends what it is
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[IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, HAVE YOU]
CRIED? No
BOUGHT SOMETHING? Yes
GONE TO THE MOVIES? No
GONE OUT FOR DINNER? No
SAID "I LOVE YOU"? No
WRITTEN A REAL LETTER? No
TALKED TO AN EX? Yes
MISSED AN EX? YES
WRITTEN IN A JOURNAL? Does this blog count?
MISSED SOMEONE? David and Tristan... haven't seen either of you in forever!
HUGGED SOMEONE? Hmm... No
FOUGHT WITH YOUR PARENTS? No, that hardly ever happens
FOUGHT WITH A FRIEND? No, that happens even less frequently
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[NAME 10 BANDS/ARTISTS YOU LISTEN TO]
1. Marco Borsato
2. Volumia
3. Clouseau
4. Andrew WK
5. Shania Twain
6. Shakira
7. Mackenzie Phillips
8. Veldhuis & Kemper
9. Vanessa Carlton
10. Elton John
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[WOULD YOU EVER]
1. Eat a bug? If I were on Survivor... or if it was chocolate-covered ants!
2. Bungee jump? If it were cheap and I had en empty stomach... sure
3. Hang glide? Definitely!!!
4. Kill someone? Not unless I had a really good reason
5. Have sex with someone you don't love? Nah
6. Kiss someone of the same sex? Sometimes girls kiss on the mouth here... Jorinda does... so, sure... but not making out!
7. Have sex with someone of the same sex? Um, no
8. Parachute from a plane? Yeah!
9. Walk on hot coals? With shoes :)
10. Go out with someone for their looks? No
11. For their reputation? No
12. Be a vegetarian? No way I'd give up ground beef tacos!
13. Wear plaid with stripes? On Tacky Day
14. IM a stranger? Done it a hundred times :)
15. Sing karaoke? Done it
16. Get drunk off your ass? No
17. Shoplift? No
18. Run a red light? Only that light coming out of Faith's neighborhood at, like, one-thirty A.M.
19. Star in a porn video? Pfff... like they'd want me
20. Dye your hair blue? Only temporarily
21. Be on Survivor? Yeah
22. Wear makeup in public? Sure, 0.1% of the time
23. NOT wear makeup in public? 99.9% of the time!
24. Cheat on a test? Gotta love those situations where the teacher has to leave the room and everyone starts talking... LOL
25. Make someone cry? Hmm... I broke my mom's nose (accidentally!) and she cried...
26. Call your math teacher a motherfucker? I don't have one currently, but Mrs. Wade from Stanton, YES YES YES!!! What I wouldn't love to call her...
27. Kick a baby? What sort of question is that?! NO!!!
28. Date someone more than ten years older than you? I don't think so, no
29. Cuss out a priest? Haha... in his eyes I'd already be a heathen... so why not?
30. Take a job as a janitor? It wouldn't be my choice, no...
31. Wear a tho-tho-tho-tho-thong? Not often, but yeah
32. Stay up all through the night? Done this a lot of times... just last week, actually, on the way to Tenerife
33. Drink straight espresso? I don't know, does it taste good?

...Okay, now that I've sufficiently bored you all... (and I even deleted some questions!)... goodbye.