The Dutch Files

Happy Halloween!

I am working this a.m. and then this p.m. off to an inaugural speech for one of the Professors that I worked for recently, for about a year (remember, the guy that I worked for asíde from my regular job last year, cuz he couldn’t find himself a secretary… the one that never even thanked me for it… *rolling eyes*) and after that he’s throwing a huge Par-Thay… Boozing (though not for me cuz as always I have nobody to drive my ass home, so I’ll be doing that myself) and Swinging with loads of my ex- and current colleagues of the past 15 years working in the medical center, many of whom have become good friends… We have tried to twist his arm to give the party a Halloween theme, but he would have nothing of it. Boo!

I wasn’t gonna go as I have been working my ass off this past week, ánd feel like crap cuz I have a throat infection again and am totally feverish wiht that, so can hardly see straight anymore. But my friend and colleague who is responsible for organizing the party (and is 4 weeks away from giving birth) is so stressed that I decided to go anyway to help her out… So I’ll drag my ill ass over there… I’m afraid that if I don’t she’ll go into premature labor during the party speeches…

Still: a party is a party! Good (free!) food and (free!) drinks! I am pretty sure it’s gonna be fun. It’s been a long time since I attended one… A Looong Time. The only thing that could make this better is if I could have The Guy over here to come with me… But he’s gonna be in the US… going out for some Halloween partying himself, which he has very much deserved working his ass off lately… Those women over there bettah keep their hands to themselves, though. The Man Is MINE!!! Just sayin’…

Have a great time wherever you are tonight! Latah!

The Guy put me on to this one, during one of our webcam chats… yeah, that’s the kinda stuff we talk about.. heh…

This picture comes straight from the Birmingham AIrport annual report 2007/2008 that just has been published… Look closely at the X-rayed bag… Closer… Click the picture to enlarge (which in this respect might be a bit.. err funny to say but what the hey…).. go on!

Hey… a girl’s gotta bring her life’s necessities… I mean, seriously… really… right?

A funny (well STFU! I think it ís) add by a Dutch webshop selling dvd’s, cd’s, games and such…

The translation of the Dutch slogan at the end:
Another reason to buy at Bol.com.
Choose from over 7,000 games.
More chance of finding a game that suits you, like Singstar.

Woman held hostage by Shetland pony-sized pig

A rogue pig the size of a Shetland pony held an Australian woman captive in her home yesterday after barging into her bedroom at 4am.

Caroline Hayes, 63, fed the 180lb animal and treated him for an eye ailment after he turned up at her rural property in northern New South Wales 10 days ago. But then Bruce, as she named him, began behaving like the lord of the manor.

“He started getting very pushy, started pushing me around,” she told ABC Radio yesterday. The situation deteriorated to “the stage where it started knocking on my door at four o’clock in the morning, actually head-butting my door”.

Bruce was after food, according to Ms Hayes, who tried to fend him off with a broom. He snapped it in half and then trapped her in her bedroom, preventing her from going outside to the lavatory. She summoned council rangers, who arrived with a dog cage. They lured Bruce into the cage with some food, but he was too big for it, so he reversed out.

Rangers plan to return today and sedate Bruce before taking him to a piggery. They believe he is a pet who was turned loose in the rainforest after he grew too big to keep.

But Ms Hayes, an animal lover and vegetarian, says she will be sorry to see Bruce go. “I haven’t stopped crying,” she said.

Conversation at the office yesterday…

The Chief: “I thought you said you and BB would both be out of the office today? Did I get that wrong?”

DutchBitch: “Tomorrow! The Secretariat will be closed tomorrow. BB doesn’t work tomorrow and I will be at the Vascular symposium in Zeist”

The Chief: “Tomorrow? Are you working tomorrow?”

DutchBitch: “Ummm, yes… and so are you”

The Chief: “Huh?”

DutchBitch: “Tomorrow… F.r.i.d.a.y… I will be working at the symposium, you here at the dept”

The Chief: “What!!!??? You mean it’s not Friday today?”

DutchBitch: “Ummm no… It’s THURSDAY today”

The Chief: “Oh shit… ugh… really?”

[inaudible mumbling while retreating to his office]

DutchBitch: “Really… really really really”

Wow… I think that is the first time in my over 10 year working for this man that I’ve experienced him thinking that it was actually later in the week than it really was… And well, it is my job to burst his bubble guard his schedule, right? Guess he must’ve felt cheated when his alarm rang this morning! Heh… Mu-ah ah ah ah ahhhhhh!!!

OK, I am off to the Vascular symposium I will be attending today. I will start working for the Society that is organizing the symposium, doing their secretariat and website. It’s my 2nd.. um… no… 3rd… um… well, something like my kazillionth job in an attempt to earn enough money to keep afloat… Meeting some 100 members of the society, all vascular researchers, doctors and such… Woop dee doo!

Latah!