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Halo allemaal,

Location: 'S-hertogenbosch (pronounced den bos).
Spending a few days with the fam before going to Amsterdam. Nothing is quite as beautiful as the dutch countryside.


I was told by a very prominent dutch announcer on eurosport that the Dutch love two things: Futbol and camping. Remember this is the country that legalized both marijuana and prostitution, yet camping is somehow bigger and more important. I'll let you wrap your head around that one.

Now, futbol I have always understood, as a percocious and obnoxious 15 year old I was in Holland for the 98 pk loss to brazil and remember the funeral procession that followed throughout the streets. Just a few days before it was mardi gras after the previous win. World cup fever has officially struck the country of the Netherlands once again though. It is the first time that I think they(me) really believe. The streets are filled with orange, with nearly half the houses across the city are adorned with the color of Holland or flags. Along with the recent graduates of the local schools, which means the family of the graduate hangs up orange banners and his/her old school bag, basically a whole lot orange. Netherlanders as a whole feel as if they can win but have to play very well in order to do so. They see spain as the better team but also claim that Germany played poorly. The overall vibe is pretty strong though, and its gonna be a blood bath. Regardless, win or lose amsterdam is throwing a parade through the canals on tuesday, but Paul the Octopus picked spain however,not a very good sign.

Do you realize the Knicks will have given away top-10 lottery picks in 2004, '06, '07, '09, '10 and, potentially, '11 and '12 without making the playoffs or landing one superstar? How is that even possible? - simmons. Not my comment, and I don't want to bother blogging about all this lebron BS, but facts are facts and personally I am getting myself ready for aother decade of losing.


On a side note, I can never be in a car with my mother again when she is driving. I dont normally want to go in a car with her in the states, but its even worse here. Its as if being born in this country allows her to ignore all traffic rules and violations. Not to mention that she is driving my uncle's extremely expensive mercades and that she once crashed through a verizon store, the odds are certainly against this ending well. The car has a scanner surrounding it that alerts you when your car is to close to hitting something, even in park I think it is still going off. Sorry mom.

My baby cousin is super cute, with that said, I am extremely afraid of babies. I would say that after olive pits and nail files babies would be my next fear. Regardless, from a distance I enjoyed his company. He smiles whenever he sees himself in his little kid mirror, its nice to see that vanity is still in. My other 2 cousins are also super cute, they are 6 and 3, which makes them perfect conversational pieces for me to practice my dutch, although i don't know how many more times I can call them a pig or frog before they realize I have nothing left to say.


I am determined to read at least half the books Laura does this summer. last summer's total was 28-11 in favor of her. This summer I want to lose by half. Current Score: Laura 1, Johan 1.


Feel free to comment if its positive, that means you Justin, hell, comment if its negative then at least ill know someone is reading. And if your an editor or publisher reading this: I am a much better writer than this, including both my spelling and grammar, and working on writing a short story book that currently has 22 short stories, and in the revision stage. It's the next bestseller, well, maybe not, but it has some good stuff in it, so why not take a chance? Yup, self promotion is shameless. Did I also mention I wrote for my college newspaper?

Pictures and drunken stories coming soon....but not yet.


Tot ziens!


-Foxx