How is it that hippies always find a way to start their little hippie communities? They are so crafty, those hippies! On Saturday night, we went to “Droeffest.” Droeffest is a festival put on by students every year in a housing area called Droevendaal. The entire complex is occupied by students who think it’s 1974. Or that they are Jamaican. There was a main area with a stage for live music, and then each house in the complex hosted a different type of party. Drum n’ bass, trance, relaxing, you name it! One house… well I guess it wasn’t much of a house, more like a horse trailer-turned-student house… put up a screen and played movies. Yay, I love movies! Oh wait, these aren’t movies. These are creepy short stories with no words and eerie music that make me think I’m in a nightmare. Don’t get me wrong, the festival was fun, but I realized that I am so glad to live in a normal house, with a normal housemate, with running water, and a toilet, and a shower, and a real bed, and internet, and… everything else that normal human beings use on a daily basis. Hippie culture is so interesting.
The other day I was out for a run. As I was going through my neighborhood, I came across two kids trying to stuff a cat in a bag. Yes, literally just trying to stuff a cat in a plastic bag. Not in a “Ooh I’ma take you home and throw you in a pot and eatchu!” kind of way, but in a “Weee a kitty! I’m going to take you home and feed you and cuddle with you and love you forever!” kind of way. Except it’s probably not very good to stuff a cat in a bag. Am I right, or am I right??? I didn’t know what to do though, because I can’t speak Dutch. And I’m terrifying looking when I exercise. And I didn’t want to scare the children with my American accent, much like they must’ve been scaring that cat with their whole stuffing it in a bag and whatnot. So I just kept on running. But I hope the cat is okay. I figured if it came down to it, it’ll claw it’s way out and probably attack the children. Cats… what a riot.
Quote of the Day: “Michael Jackson quits baseball!”-My humanitarian aid professor, misreading a headline from an old Time magazine.
The other day I was out for a run. As I was going through my neighborhood, I came across two kids trying to stuff a cat in a bag. Yes, literally just trying to stuff a cat in a plastic bag. Not in a “Ooh I’ma take you home and throw you in a pot and eatchu!” kind of way, but in a “Weee a kitty! I’m going to take you home and feed you and cuddle with you and love you forever!” kind of way. Except it’s probably not very good to stuff a cat in a bag. Am I right, or am I right??? I didn’t know what to do though, because I can’t speak Dutch. And I’m terrifying looking when I exercise. And I didn’t want to scare the children with my American accent, much like they must’ve been scaring that cat with their whole stuffing it in a bag and whatnot. So I just kept on running. But I hope the cat is okay. I figured if it came down to it, it’ll claw it’s way out and probably attack the children. Cats… what a riot.
Quote of the Day: “Michael Jackson quits baseball!”-My humanitarian aid professor, misreading a headline from an old Time magazine.
Well put, but save the cat next time..
ReplyDeleteListen to your mom, save the animals of the faaarjhenland (my attempt to say "foreign land" in Dutch)!!
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