Tuesday 10 February 2009

So I have been in Europe for over a month now. As I expected, homesickness is setting in. It’s really the little things that begin to really get to me, below is a list of things that I am missing here in the Netherlands; the order is up for debate. Certainly, Wendi is who/what I miss the most, but do I miss dirt roads more than the lake house, snow over taco bell? This is hard to determine.

  1. Wendi (of course)
  2. Talking to strangers without an awkward introduction to establish that I will not be speaking to them in Dutch
  3. Adult Swim on Cartoon Network
  4. Bookstores with an English section that contains more than 20 books (half being part of the Twilight series, simply terrible)
  5. Drinking a Diet Coke in the morning without getting strange looks
  6. Meijer (more precisely, a 24 hour superstore)
  7. Running errands on Sunday instead of doing nothing
  8. Detroit Basketball
  9. My FJ Cruiser
  10. Snow (I know, who would have thought)
  11. Dirt roads
  12. Friends/Family
  13. Hulu.com (doesn’t work in Europe)
  14. Best Buy
  15. The lake house
  16. Cheap American Beer, the beer here is amazing, but sometimes you just need a Bud
  17. NPR
  18. Taco Bell
  19. Dollar bills instead of dollar coins
  20. Green Onion
  21. A normal salad, no corn, no strange dressing, no herring, no egg, just lettuce, tomato, carrots and dressing
  22. Listerine
  23. Getting mail, real mail from the postman
  24. Monster Truck Rallies; I have never gone to one, but I miss knowing that I could
  25. HBO
  26. Kitty (stupid kitty)
  27. Conan O’Brian
  28. Cheddar
  29. Ortega Taco Sauce
  30. Xbox 360
  31. American Humor (many of my jokes flop when delivered to my Dutch colleagues, and its not the jokes fault)
  32. The newspaper
  33. Non-sandwich based breakfast options (A colleague of mine recently pointed out that to tell the different between a Dutch breakfast and a Dutch lunch, you must look at your watch.)
  34. Rude, inconsiderate people (The Dutch are way too nice)
  35. Bumper stickers

Of course, there are several things that I do not miss, and I made a small list of some of things I am most happy to have out of my life.

  1. Angry drivers
  2. Billboards
  3. Charter Communications (worst company in the universe, someone could establish a company that’s sole business was puppy genocide and I would still consider Charter to be more evil)
  4. FOX News

Oh Fox News, how I miss your journalistic integrity (Please note: Fox requires the word Terror to appear on the screen at any single moment)

5. Starbucks
6. Wal-Mart (never shopped there, but glad I don’t have to see one)
7. People who talk on their phones while driving
8. Frozen dinners
9. The current state of the US economy
10. Freedom Fries
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3 comments:

  1. Zachary Dickman12 February 2009 at 10:34

    No way you are missing snow, you only think you are missing snow, but if you had snow i bet you would be like FUCK THIS SNOW. and further more Detroit bball isnt that fun tho watch this year bc they are only a .500 squad. Cartoon Network hasnt has a good NEW show since before Christmas the Lake House is sweet bc it has new walls and windows but Kitty Still sucks and talks to much. And im sure it was your jokes bc i know the Dutch are a comedy based country

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  2. Adam Freeman14 February 2009 at 21:45

    Dude, no luck with Hulu? You need to tell your bosses you can't do this without Hulu.

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  3. Steve Casselman17 February 2009 at 21:36

    You do not miss the snow. Trust me, you know the Sentra is not a beast in the snow. You should show off some pictures of the audi.

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