Category: Fierce Creature
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Getting Started: Embrace Your Inner Child
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Sixty Four] On the road to becoming a unicorn, you need to go backwards to make progress. I know what you’re thinking right now, “do I want to be a unicorn?” Of course you do. And now you’re thinking, “but my inner child is pretty messed up…” Fair. Mine,…
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“There’s No Such Thing As The Tooth Fairy.”
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Sixty Three] This past Christmas, First Minion looked at us and, with absolute conviction, said, “There’s no such thing as Santa Claus. It’s just you and Papa.” Me: “….what.” First Minion: “My friend told me her Mama told her.” Me: “…which friend?” First Minion: “[Adorable Best Friend]” Me: “Ah.”…
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Why All The Music, Leander?
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Sixty Two] I still want to publish daily but I’m also SUPER stressed cause of reasons. Hence all the music. But first the news: NL is no longer a ECDC red risk, hospital cases are below 400 Covid contact tracing to be scaled down, change in quarantine rule Very…
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Putty Boy Strut
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Sixty One] Flying Lotus asks what happens when you mess up and evolve?
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Bitter Sweet Symphony
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Sixty] By The Verve! No change, I can changeI can change, I can changeBut I’m here in my moldI am here in my moldBut I’m a million different peopleFrom one day to the nextI can’t change my moldNo, no, no, no, no(Have you ever been down?)
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Never Gonna Give You Up
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Fifty Nine] By the father of the ear worm, Rick Astley! We’ve known each other for so longYour heart’s been aching but you’re too shy to say it
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Leaving On A Jet Plane
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Fifty Eight] By the indelible John Denver! ‘Cause I’m leaving on a jet plane Don’t know when I’ll be back again Oh babe, I hate to go
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But Then Who Am I?
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Fifty Seven] I had this same feeling right as I was retiring from dance – if I’m not a dancer, who am I? Except now it’s about being an American living in the Netherlands. If I’m not an expat, who am I? But first the news: Dutch scrap most…
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Don’t Stop Me Now
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Fifty Six] By the eternal and everlasting Queen! I’m a shooting star leaping through the skyLike a tiger defying the laws of gravityI’m a racing car passing by like Lady GodivaI’m gonna go, go, goThere’s no stopping me
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Mr. Blue Sky
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Fifty Five] By the eternal Electric Light Orchestra! Mr. Blue Sky, please tell us why You had to hide away for so long (So long) Where did we go wrong?
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You Can Call Me Al
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Fifty Four] By the kickass Paul Simon featuring the hilarious Chevy Chase! “Why am I soft in the middle, now?Why am I soft in the middle?The rest of my life is so hardI need a photo-opportunityI want a shot at redemptionDon’t want to end up a cartoonIn a cartoon…
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Dancing on the Ceiling
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Fifty Three] By the incredible Lionel Richie! If you see somebody hangin’ aroundDon’t get uptightThe only thing we want to do tonightIs go ’round and ’roundAnd turn upside down, yeah