Category: Fierce Creature
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Expect Inconsistency This Week
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Eighty Four] I am officially in the States (back posting this one – I’m writing this on Monday 19 July, but publishing it from Saturday) and jetlagged and omg overwhelmed and so much has happened in the past very short and simultaneously very long three days. And also, oh…
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Higher Power
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Eighty Three] By the incredible Coldplay. Happy I’m alive at the same time as you I prefer the dance video, personally.
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#OhGodsWhatHaveWeDone
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Eighty Two] I want to throw up. A lot. It’s just … A lot.
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Moving Back to the States: The Detroit House
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Eighty One] Today the money theoretically hits our Dutch account and needs to be sent immediately over to our American account after I visit the local office to raise our daily limit to ludicrous levels for One! Day! Only! And hope I do everything correctly cause if it needs…
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FYI – GroningenRain.nl is Going Away Too
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Eighty] That’s another thing. This site, GroningenRain.nl, is going away – cause the owner will no longer live in the Netherlands. #HelaasPindakaas But first the news: Ministers ‘ignored warnings not to relax corona rules too fast’ Workers fear Delta variant at the office, labor unions say R-number rises above…
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OMGWTFBBQ
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Seventy Nine] SO MANY THINGS went wrong this weekend / this morning leading up to the Haren closing, but it’s DONE! The water meter cover is made of wood and expanded so much that we couldn’t get it open for ten minutes. And then it opened. I couldn’t remember…
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The Calm Before The Storm
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Seventy Eight] Tomorrow afternoon we finish selling our house here in Haren Groningen the Netherlands. The next four weeks are going to feel completely surreal. And it’s already started. But first the news: Dutch shut night clubs and halt festivals, after infections soar sevenfold Dutch coronavirus avg. up 8-fold…
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Smells Like Teen Spirit
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Seventy Seven] By Nirvana covered by Malia J for the Black Widow soundtrack. I’m worse at what I do bestAnd for this gift I feel blessed
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Moving Back to the States: And We’re OFF!
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Seventy Six] I mean, not actually off to America, but this upcoming week is when everything MOVES. We close on the Haren house on Monday, the money hits our Dutch bank account and is wired to our American bank account on Tuesday, I verify that Nothing’s Gone Wrong ™…
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Eh
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Seventy Five] #mood
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I Surrender To Your Will
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Seventy Four] When I started to do research for this one, well, I got completely distracted by ALL the movies and songs and albums and references and definitions for the word that I’ll admit that I’m overwhelmed and, well, STRESSED. This one is a SLIGHT click bait / bait…
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Don’t Panic
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Seventy Two] I was totally NOT going to do another music post today cause Don’t Panic can refer to the Hitchhiker’s Guide catchphrase but it can also refer to Coldplay’s song and apparently a few other things. #mood But then I came across Coldplay’s video for said song and…