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Why I choose not to have expectations

I have been thinking about that typical job interview question a lot: ‘Where do you see yourself in 5 years?’ I never really have an answer to that. I have no great life goals. I always thought that was because I do not long to have a family of my own: not wanting kids means you are a bit goalless. Or well, it means you do not ‘get’ the big milestone life goals other people tend to celebrate. It…

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Post-covid I still love exploring my country and you should too

No matter how much I enjoy nature, not really caring too much about comfort, I often feel like doing something super touristy. Even when it is in my own little country of The Netherlands. You see, people in other countries often go on holiday within their own country. Duh: many countries are a lot bigger than The Netherlands and have a lot more different sceneries and ‘tribes’. In my country, not…

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I no longer feel welcome here anymore

I quit my job last week. I’ve worked there full time for 7 years, but the past year my job was degrading. The company I work for is ruled by fear, by not trusting other people’s expertise and ironically that is pretty scary. Having a manager not being able to deal with my talent, but instead alienated me from the rest, does not help in an environment like that. I never realized burnouts don’t…

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When must one hand in his driving license?

A friend of a group of friends I belong to had the worst 2021 one could imagine. She lost her father, and just a few days before she had her first baby, her 28 year old sister died in a car accident. A horrible car accident that was caused by someone else. Someone who heard yesterday what his punishment will be.  This girl, the sister of the friend, was very fond of playing soccer. She had a…

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Seeking the safety of a grown up life

Sometimes there are things that just stick with you. They are so true to you, so well written, it just clicks. I had that today with the episode ‘This is my enjoyment’ of Fleishman is in Trouble. It is the episode of Libby, if I may say so. Though she is the narrator of the whole show, but she really has her moment in episode 6 of season 1 of this amazing show. May be it is because she is a…

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The Luckiest Girl Alive is not about one woman

The Luckiest Girl Alive is not about one woman

Netflix currently offers the movie ‘Luckiest Girl Alive’. It’s a movie with Mila Kunis and it tells a story about a girl that survived a mass shooting at her high school. Well… that is what the guide text of Netflix reads anyhow, cause that is precisely not what this movie is about. Not in the slightest. This movie is about a girl surviving one of the worst things that can happen to a young…

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Ofcourse everyone is talking about Squid Game

Ofcourse everyone is talking about Squid Game

People are hysterically calling it the Netflix show of the year. Squid Game is not only doing well as an international, non-English-language series, it is doing very well overall on Netflix. Forget Lupine, Casa de Papel or that guilty pleasure called Bridgerton, people are absolutely right about Squid Game. When I was about 16 years old, I saw Battle Royale. The Korean film in which a group of…

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Breaking up in a time of quarantine

I just need to get this off my chest, it is not the full story, but just a part of it. I am sorry this ends a bit sappy, but yeah, just needed a place to share this somehow.

Just before the whole world basically went in lockdown, I ended my relationship. It was painful, it was sad, but my ex was very sweet about it. Sad, but sweet. As it is not easy to get a new house in The Netherlands, we…

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Things Animal Crossing: New Horizons can do better The Nintendo Switch is now sold out everywhere and Animal Crossing is doing very well too. We are all sitting at home and having the opportunity to go out on the virtual islands of New Horizons helps.

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Beyonce's Homecoming is pretty emotional

Beyonce’s Homecoming is pretty emotional

So when people said there was going to be a documentary on Beyonce on Netflix, I was all ears. And then when I read that it was actually gonna be about the Coachella gig, I was even more excited. Lemonade might have been a very powerful message thanks to its deliverance: this concert actually had a more powerful message.

Last year L and I went to see Beyonce and Jay Z in concert on their On the…

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Poor Notre Dame

So I am usually not the type of person that would write about bad stuff happening which everyone is talking about. Not that I do not have an opinion, but there are so many opinions on the internet, I just wouldn’t know what to add. But I am going to make an exception, cause what happened to Notre Dame in Paris is just awful.

The reason I do feel the need to talk about this, is because I actually…

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The Star Wars Rise of Skywalker teaser = goosebumps

The Star Wars Rise of Skywalker teaser = goosebumps

I am lucky enough to be able to write about geeky stuff, so I was pretty thrilled I could tell readers something about the Star Wars Celebration and more specifically the Rise of Skywalker teaser. Now there are two things at play here that make me so happy: Star Wars Celebration and episode IX.

I have been to Star Wars Celebration in Germany a couple of years ago and I think that has made me into…

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Oh noos, Pump Street does not make Bread & Butter anymore

Oh noos, Pump Street does not make Bread & Butter anymore

When I go running, I always run across two chocolate stores. Can you believe it? There aren’t too many chocolate stores in my region, but for some reason there are two when I go on my 20 minute run. It’s crazy. So one of them has one of the coolest chocolate brands in the world: Pump Street.

So when I went running the other day, I thought: I am going to do it. I am going to go into this store…

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Huge in France is pretty dark

Huge in France is pretty dark

When the stand-up comedy show of Gad Elmaleh was adviced to me by Netflix, I decided to give him a shot. I wasn’t too impressed though. Maybe because he does this “I am so European-thing and everything is so American”-thing too much, I don’t know. But somehow I have decided to watch Huge in France, this new series on Netflix, starring him. And it turns out to be pretty nice and dark.

When…

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Is Shoot for the Stars the most pushed Lush bath bomb?

Is Shoot for the Stars the most pushed Lush bath bomb?

So even though I haven’t been reviewing much Lush stuff lately, I am still a heavy user 😉 During the Christmas sale I bought three boxes, and the bath legends box is still on my wannahaves list. But there is one thing that has been so obvious to me lately: why is the Shoot for the Stars bath bomb in all of these gift boxes?

I wonder if it might be a Christmas thing, but I just see it so often. It…

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Always having the same thing in restaurants

Always having the same thing in restaurants

I used to be judging my brother a bit because he always chose the same thing in restaurants. Always steak if there was steak on the menu. Always the carpaccio as a starter. And always a Dame Blanche for dessert. But then I stopped and thought: hey, I actually do the exact same thing, but in a different way.

So where my brother always goes for the same type of food, I always pick my favorite thing…

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My Porgs are reunited

My Porgs are reunited

They do not look too happy about it, but I am positive they are: my porgs are back together. Actually I used to only have one, when the movie just came out, but now I saw that there is also one with its wings spread widely and I could not help myself… They are so cute though.

Its a male and a female, cause one is bigger and one has yellow cheeks. Apparently, that is what sets them apart. But…