Gerko's Weblog

Sunday, June 27, 2004

 21, I guess.

So I had a birthday this weekend. Am now allowed to buy booze on the other side of the ocean. Like I could care any less.

Can't be donkeyed right now to write any more. Wish I could, but maybe I'm just lazy. I'll see if I can improve later this week.

Tuesday, June 22, 2004

 Nineteen

Because yesterday was so special, i have to blog about it.

Hiza and Fauz threw me a mini birthday surprise party involving a REALLY sweet(literally) Betty Crocker cake with vanilla frosting (think glucose overload) and a box full of soap(my present). Which led to "Do you think i'm smelly then?". They just laughed. God I love those girls. Zyman and his friends were there too and they were a load of fun. Especially when a rather tipsy Zyman showed us all his dance moves at Barzar =D

It's just the kind of thing one needs when one is on the rebound from a job that lasted two and a half hours. And as if that wasn't good enough, when i got home there was an email from the editor of the Star Metro saying that she'd get her chief reporter to call me soon for a writing assignment. HURRAH!!!!

I learnt a lot yesterday. So much that it would be difficult to fit into one post. But what i've learnt is going to stay with me for a lifetime. This has been quite a memorable birthday.

Wednesday, June 09, 2004

 Gerko vs The Dutch Road Transport Department (or DRTD)

Obviously SOMEBODY should yank that poker out of the DRTD's ass! Either that, or it is a sign that SOME PEOPLE should be kept off the road indefinitely.. It's a very hard one to call!

On one side, we have your regular hairy dutch guy who has decided to brave the dutch streets in more than two wheels. He schedules time out of his maha-busy schedule, goes for lesson after lesson, endures the unbelievable fully automatic steering wheel, and laughs heartily every time he fails! boy, is he PER-SIS-TENT!

Then on the other hand, we have the evil, overly strict DRTD! The megalomaniac who expects our poor dutch dude to go back to first gear and wait for some old fart taking his own sweet time to drive pass! even though he has right of way! where is the justice i ask you? WHERE IS THE JUSTICE????

So grab your popcorn. Pay attention. And thanks for giving me this opportunity to write this crap in here just so that i can shamelessly post a promo picture of me on a site other than my own. Here you go folks. Note to Gerko: Pictures of naked breastfeeding snow women do not, i repeat, DO NOT attract readers ;) *cackles and runs away*

Sunday, June 06, 2004

 One book finished.

Just finished The Catcher in the Rye ... It was good.

Now, what else to fill my evening with ? I suppose I should get a few sub-chapters of that History book in, I suppose. There isn't much on TV worth watching, if I remember the TV guide correctly. Oh well, I'll figure something out.

 Hrm ... date cancelled / postponed

Just got a call from my to-be date - After looking at the time of the movie we were planning to see, and the thought of having to get up early monday morning, we decided that maybe it wasn't such a great idea to go tonight. Instead, we could try and see another movie in the afternoon, or early evening, perhaps. The immediate suggestion was 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban', but because neither of us really care about this 'Harry Potter' guy, we soon got over that. No other possibilities arose - all other movies had already been seen by one of us, or were just too 'stupid' to watch.

So we called it off for this weekend. She did invite me to bowling (and perhaps a movie afterwards) next saturday evening, but I'm not sure if I can make that, on account of those open days I'm visiting. Anyway, we are still planning on 'something', and we'll talk some more about it at work tomorrow, but there isn't going to happen anything today. Hmm. Bummer.

Saturday, June 05, 2004

 Busy weekend.

Didn't go home-home this weekend. I tried being productive, but I'm only doing about half of the stuff I was planning on doing. But I think I'll get done if I spread it over these three days. - See, I had friday off from work.

Not only is this weekend a bit on the busy side, last week was as well, and so will next week be.

Last week, as I've written in my previous entry, I had an Open Day in Nijmegen - okay, that's nothing too busy-busy, I guess. What I didn't mention about it though, was that my sister went with me. Which was nice, really - for some reason just being near her brings out the best of me. (Most of the time, anyway.)

This weekend, I've cleaned out my room a bit - mostly just vacuumed and gotten rid of the pile of laundry, but it looks quite a bit nicer already. I've done some reading as well, as I darn well should do - I have less than a month left until my colloquium doctum entry exams for English and History. Actually, I shouldn't even have time to write this here entry - I should be studying - but what the heck. I've done some grocery shopping, and I went to the gym friday evening.

What I didn't do, was go to another Open Day (again in Nijmegen) for the study of "English Teacher", instead I'll go next weekend to another college having a likewise open day which offers the same course. What I also didn't do was go to the library to extend some books and turn in some others - this I will do next monday evening.

As said, I have my 4th (*grmbls*) Driver's Exam monday afternoon. I have yet another Open Day on Thursday afternoon & evening, if I go there, that is. See, my mom is having her initiation into the rank of "Reiki Master" that day. - Again something I don't think I've mentioned before - "Reiki" is some sort of New Agish Healing Hands thing. Mom's spent the past two years in training to get the third degree in it, also known as "Master", which means that after this, she can go and teach the first two degrees to other people (and, in time, train someone else to become a Master, but not quite yet.), start a practice and all. Means quite a bit to her, and I kinda think it's cool (but also a bit creepy) to have a Reiki master for a mom. Someone remind me to expand on this whole "reiki" business later on, okay ? I've been stalling that subject ever since I started this blog.

Then, she's holding a reception of sorts on Friday. And as I said earlier on in this post, I'll have that other, other Open Day saturday.

Busy busy busy, but not quite as busy as some people, I'm sure. But I'm going to have to get used to it.

And now back to reading a bit more - before starting on these entries, I was reading The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. Chapter six made me cry. (Yeah, I'm a big wuss. I have to admit it.)

 Gerko has a date ? for real ?

27th of May, Thursday : Trip with work to Antwerp. Got to see City Hall, and some place called "Aquatopia", being a big-ish aquarium place thingie. After that, there was good eat somewhere. What made this day all the more interesting was that I spent most of it in the company of a girl about my age, (one of the very few - most people are around 30-50 the place I work at). Sat next to each other on the bus, talked some - was nice. What I found most remarkable at the time was that she, too, reads english books, and plays console games (Oh yeah!). At the end of the day, on our way back home, thus after saying goodbye and all, our paths crossed again - somehow, and we had another little chat, in which she asked if it might not be an idea to go to the movies together sometime.

This left me a little in shock. I was a bit 'out of it' the following two days - maybe that's normal when something unsuspected and possibly life-changing happens to a person. (Yes, getting asked out on a date after one day is something 'big' for me. I know that's rather pathetic for a 20 year old, but give me a break, okay ?) Not really sure what to think of it. Mostly occupied with the thought of "How on earth did that happen ?". Only the question, I didn't even try to get an answer. It came so natural during that conversation, but afterwards I just ... Hmm .. maybe the question should have been - "How on earth did something like this not happen earlier ?", but I digress.

Then, a week passed (including a personal trip to an "Open Day" in Nijmegen, on Wednesday - to check out a study called "Creative Therapy". Was interesting enough, but I don't think I could handle the field of work after graduating that. I don't think I could be a 'professional' therapist. Too many people with too deep problems and ... well, it would break me down in a week. Maybe a month, but I'd crack. I know I would.) in which it wasn't mentioned anymore - I had written her an e-mail mentioning it, but she hadn't checked that, and I guess my social skills are still lacking to that extend that 'just going up and ask her' are not normal business. (I definatly need to work on that. But I've said so before.) Friday, though, I managed to wind up the nerve to (find her phone number in the phone book and) call her and ask. And now we are having a date next sunday evening. - Okay, so the word "date" wasn't mentioned, (nor the dutch equivalent, you wise arses.) but I think it would qualify.

So, I'm a little excited. - But am I excited because I'm having a date with this girl, or is it just because of having a date at all ?

I've only had one 'not-date' so far, in January of this year, with Larissa. That was more friendshippy than anything else, really. I do, however, have another not-date planned with her in the nearby future - and this also is giving me some consciental problems. Not too strongly, but it doesn't exactly feel right either. Let's also not forget a still open 'Possible Future Romantic Interest' with June, whom I've sort-of had a crush on around spring last year. I .. didn't mention that on my blog here, did I ? (Why the heck didn't I ? WHY the HECK NOT ?) - so that doesn't fit too rightly, either. Even if June seems to be a lot more excited than I am about me having a date. Then again, she was really excited about me having that not-date with Larissa earlier this year, too - so I guess I should be okay on her part, at least. No sense of guilt towards Elise, though, and I'll take that as a good sign.

I know I'm just worrying too much. And it's not like I'm tossing and turning and breaking myself up over it. So it's going to be just fine.

I'm just going to go have that date, see if I can enjoy myself, and if I want to worry, I'll do it afterwards. - right ? (If at all possible with a 24 hour delay, since I have my driver's test next monday. Augh !)