#Milan Vader

[etapereine]

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This is how I am spending my Valentine's Day 😅❤️👍

[bikeaospedacos]

Milan Vader converte a Cervélo full em hardtail para o XCC na Copa do Mundo

Criativdade, Vader escolheu competir na sexta-feira trocando o amortecedor traseiro e o pivô da Cervélo ZFS-5 por uma peça rígida de alumínio...

[nobody77]

Non so che cazzo scrivere..

[bdsrsated]

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[cykeltojoewgoi]

Primož Roglič giver unge ryttere flere muligheder

Jumbo-Vismas rekord i år kommer fra fremragende ryttere, og Primož Roglič er en af dem. Primož Roglič har stor erfaring i landevejsløb, og der har ikke været rapporter om uenigheder med hans holdkammerater. Primož Roglič elsker LottoNL-Jumbo Cykeltrøje og ved, at slutningen af året vil være tid til at sige farvel.

Jumbo-Vismas unge ryttere er på fremmarch med Jonas Vingegaard, den forsvarende Tour de France-mester, og Sepp Kuss, der vandt sit første Tour of Spain-mesterskab. Faktisk har både Primož Roglič og Jonas Vingegaard en chance for at vinde under hele Tour of Spain-konkurrencen. Men de var begge villige til at hjælpe holdkammeraten Sepp Kuss med at vinde et mesterskab, hvor Primož Roglič også dukkede op på podiet på tredjepladsen. Primož Roglič deltog i i alt 7 vigtige begivenheder i 2023-sæsonen, og han vandt også sit første Tour of Italy-mesterskab. Primož Roglič blev den første Republika Slovenija-rytter til at vinde Tour of Italy, en titel han kan være stolt af. Den lyserøde Billigt Cykeltøj fra Tour of Italy er en af Primož Rogličs favoritter, og han er meget tilfreds med sin præstation i år.

Tour of Lombardiet var Primož Rogličs sidste løb på året, og han endte med at slutte på en tredjeplads. Primož Roglič gennemførte også sit sidste løb for Jumbo-Visma og vil køre som kører for det nye hold næste år. Jonas Vingegaard, Sepp Kuss og Milan Vader, de bliver Jumbo-Vismas fremtidige mesterskabshåb.

[ensemblecyclism]

Primož Roglič donne plus d'opportunités aux jeunes cavaliers

Le record de Jumbo-Visma cette année vient de coureurs exceptionnels, et Primož Roglič en fait partie. Primož Roglič possède une vaste expérience de la course sur route et aucun désaccord n'a été signalé avec ses coéquipiers. Primož Roglič adore le Maillot Cyclisme LottoNL-Jumbo et sait que la fin de l'année sera le moment de se dire au revoir.

Les jeunes coureurs de Jumbo-Visma ont le vent en poupe, avec Jonas Vingegaard, champion en titre du Tour de France, et Sepp Kuss, qui a remporté son premier championnat du Tour d'Espagne. En fait, tout au long de la compétition du Tour d'Espagne, Primož Roglič et Jonas Vingegaard ont une chance de gagner. Mais ils étaient tous deux prêts à aider leur coéquipier Sepp Kuss à remporter un championnat, Primož Roglič apparaissant également sur le podium à la troisième place. Primož Roglič a participé à un total de 7 événements importants au cours de la saison 2023 et a également remporté son premier championnat du Tour d'Italie. Primož Roglič est devenu le premier coureur de la Republika Slovenija à remporter le Tour d'Italie, un titre dont il peut être fier. Le Maillot Cyclisme rose du Tour d'Italie est l'un des favoris de Primož Roglič et il est très satisfait de sa performance cette année.

Le Tour de Lombardie était la dernière course de l'année de Primož Roglič, et il a fini à la troisième place. Primož Roglič a également terminé sa dernière course pour Jumbo-Visma et courra en tant que pilote pour la nouvelle équipe l'année prochaine. Jonas Vingegaard, Sepp Kuss et Milan Vader, ils seront les futurs espoirs de championnat de Jumbo-Visma.

[marcelskittels]

🙏🏻💛

[etapereine]

oh that’s so sweet, they brought the doctor who saved milan vader’s life after his crash two years ago to the final stage of itzulia so they could meet again

[dutch-nt]

Milan Vader of Team Netherlands rides during the Men's Cross-country race on day three of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Izu Mountain Bike Course on July 26, 2021 in Izu, Shizuoka, Japan. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

[realife-mermaid]

Reading Log - Winter/Spring 2021

Here we are as I continue to whittle down the number of books I own that I have not read yet! Also lmao I did not read anything for like 9 weeks smh.

Trigger warning for rape in book 1, racist language in book 3, and minor trigger warning for outing in book 9.

Total Books I Own: 150

Starting Number Of Books I Haven’t Read: 78

The Duke and I by Julia Quinn - 2.5 stars. The first 70% was so good and then the last 30% completely dropped off in the most annoying, awful way possible. Julia Quinn’s a very good writer and I loved the dynamic between all the Bridgertons but wow the way book ends is not just bad because like, Julia rapes Simon, but also just a very hasty neatly tied up ending that doesn’t mix well with who the characters are. The audio-book I listened to was AMAZING THO, she was so good.

The Duke Who Didn’t by Courtney Milan - 4.5 stars. This was so well written and so sweet, and I absolutely loved all the history surrounding Chinese people in England during this era. Courtney always does her research but it was just so well on display here. Jeremy and Chloe are awesome characters and fit so well together, and the ending was so amazing.

Return of the Thief by Megan Whalen Turner - 3 stars. Boring, meandering, and disappointing with a weird “assimilation is good actually” bent in the writing. I straight up cried over how much I disliked the last book in a series I’ve adored since I was 12. Pheris is a great character, and I loved all the Relius we got but it is just aggressively mediocre. Plus, in the last chapter, Eugenides the God is referred to as a “half breed” and that’s an automatic half star off for me. MWT a librarian and an educator - if she doesn’t know that the term is wildly offensive especially when describing a mixed race character, she’s willfully ignorant and that’s not okay.

Anne Bonny: The Infamous Female Pirate by Phillip Tucker Thomas - 2 stars. It had some interesting things to say but it was boring and repetitive, continuously used a source the author said wasn’t trustworthy, and also veered into the homophobic side towards the end.

Darth Vader, Vol. 3: The Shu-Torun War by Kieron Gillen - 4 stars. Not enough Aphra but still very entertaining, with small significant glimpses into Vader’s humanity. The droids are so funny and entertaining. Also I love this art style so damn much, it’s stylized while still feeling like Star Wars.

Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith - 4.5 stars. I knocked off half bc I think the book centered white people a little too much and I didn’t love the writing style, but my goodness this was such a good book. Not only did it feel like a pretty accurate representation of high school and the weird dynamics of theatre kids and journalism kids, it just had a lot of awesome, interesting things to say and lovable characters to say it with.

Holly Claus, the Christmas Princess by Brittany Ryan - 4 stars. Beautiful artwork, just absolutely stunning but a very disjointed (Altho a very touching) story.

The Bride Test by Helen Hoang - 5 stars. This was a reread that I initially gave 4 stars but bro, this is a 5 star book. It’s romantic and funny and sweet and incredibly embarrassing in a very “haha I do that” way, and Esme’s story is so well handled. Also Quan is the best brother ever.

Transpire Together by Mercy Zephyr - 2.5 stars. Boring as all hell with paper thin characters. The heroine’s sexuality is not dealt with well and the hero is a jerk. Also they accidentally out another character and face no repercussions for this. Disappointing all around.

Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger - 5 stars. THE PERFECT BOOK. Fascination world building, interesting characters, and a beautiful ending that allows the complexity of one of its villains to really shine. It takes the idea of the typical Marvel villain (you know “justified except they murder civilians for no good reason”) and just turns it on its head in the best way possible. And the main character Ellie is perfection.

New Books Read: 9

Rereads: 1

Total of Books Read: 5/78; 10/150

Goodreads Goal: 10/49

[teamivankaye]

If only King Aelle had a lightsaber... And then, Darth Vader is a tragic figure - as is King Aelle. Not to forget a little Ludovico Sforza treat for 'The Borgias' fans as he makes a pretty good Darth Vader as well. 😉 Happy Star Wars Day! May the 4th be with you!

[goalhofer]

2020 Olympics The Netherlands Roster

Athletics

Khalid Choukoud (Fez, Morocco)

Abdi Nageeye (Oldebroek)

Bart Van Nunen (Utrecht)

Menno Vloon (Zaandam)

Taymir Burnet (Willemstad, Curaçao)

Liemarvin Bonevacia (Willemstad, Curaçao)

Jochem Dobber (Velsen)

Tony Van Diepen (Alkmaar)

Mike Foppen (Nijmegen)

Nick Smidt (Assen)

Chris Garia (Willemstad, Curaçao)

Joris Van Gool (Tilburg)

Churandy Martina (Willemstad, Curaçao)

Terrence Agard (Willemstad, Curaçao)

Ramsey Angela (Rotterdam)

Ruth Van Der Meijden (Rhenen)

Femke Bol (Amersfoort)

Lisanne De Witte (Vlaardingen)

Andrea Deelstra (Niebert)

Sifan Hassan (Eindhoven)

Jill Holterman (Zaandam)

Lieke Klaver (Velsen)

Susan Krumins (Nijmegen)

Dafne Schippers (Utrecht)

Marije Van Hunenstijn (Apeldoorn)

Irene Van Der Reijken (Rotterdam)

Diane Van Es (Rotterdam)

Nadine Visser (Hoorn)

Jessica Schilder (Volendam)

Jorinde Van Klinken (Groningen)

Anouk Vetter (Amsterdam)

Jamile Samuel (Amsterdam)

Zoë Sedney (Zoetermeer)

Naomi Sedney (Zoetermeer)

Laura De Witte (Leek)

Nadine Broersen (Hoorn)

Emma Oosterwegel (Deventer)

Badminton

Mark Caljouw (Arnhem)

Robin Tabeling (Arnhem)

Selena Piek (Blaricum)

Cheryl Seinen (Roermond)

Basketball

Ross Bekkering (Taber, Alberta)

Dimeo Van Der Horst (Amsterdam)

Arvin Slagter (Amsterdam)

Jessey Voorn (Amsterdam)

Boxing

Enrico Lacruz (Arnhem)

Nouchka Fontijn (Rotterdam)

Canoeing

Martina Wegman (Schoorl)

Cycling

Tom Dumoulin (Maastricht)

Dylan Van Baarle (Zoetermeer)

Yoeri Havik (Zaandam)

Wilco Kelderman (Amersfoort)

Bauke Mollema (Groningen)

Mathieu Van Der Poel (Bergen Op Zoom)

Milan Vader (Middelburg)

Niek Kimmann (Lutten)

Twan Van Gendt (Hertogenbosch)

Joris Harmsen (Amsterdam)

Jeffrey Hoogland (Nijverdal)

Harrie Lavsreysen (Luyksgestel)

Roy Van Den Berg (Kampen)

Mathijs Büchli (Haarlem)

Jan-Willem Van Schip (Schalkwijk)

Anna Van Der Breggen (Zwolle)

Annemiek Van Vleuten (Vleuten)

Demi Vollering (Pijnacker)

Marianne Vos (Hertogenbosch)

Anne Tauber (Oranjewoud)

Anne Terpstra (Zierikzee)

Laura Smulders (Nijmegen)

Merel Smulders (Nijmegen)

Judy Baauw (Zoelmond)

Shanne Braspennincx (Turnhout, Belgium)

Laurine Van Riessen (Leiden)

Kirsten Wild (Almelo)

Amy Pieters (Haarlem)

Diving

Inge Jansen (Roermond)

Celine Van Duijn (Amersfoort)

Fencing

Bas Verwijlen (Oss)

Field Hockey

Pirmin Blaak (Rotterdam)

Lars Balk (Vianen)

Glenn Schuurman (Boxtel)

Sander De Wijn (Boxmeer)

Joep De Mol (Berkel-Enschot)

Jip Janssen (Naarden)

Mink Van Der Weerden (Geldrop)

Justen Blok (Amsterdam)

Jonas De Geus (Amsterdam)

Jorrit Croon (Leiderdorp)

Billy Bakker (Amstelveen)

Seve Van Ass (Rotterdam)

Robbert Kemperman (Nijmegen)

Jeroen Hertzberger (Rotterdam)

Thijs Van Dam (Delft)

Mirco Pruyser (Hoofddorp)

Thierry Brinkman (Bilthoven)

Roel Bovendeert (Bloemendaal)

Sanne Koolen (Nijmegen)

Malou Pheninckx (Rotterdam)

Laurien Leurink (Utrecht)

Marloes Keetels (Schijndel)

Maria Verschoor (Dordrecht)

Caia Van Maasakker (The Hague)

Frédérique Matla (Huizen)

Pien Sanders (Tilburg)

Laura Nunnink (Amsterdam)

Lauren Stam (Amsterdam)

Josine Koning (Utrecht)

Margot Van Geffen (Tilburg)

Eva De Goede (Zeist)

Stella Van Gils (Amsterdam)

Felice Albers (Amsterdam)

Freeke Moes (Amsterdam)

Xan De Waard (Renkum)

Lidewij Welten (Eindhoven)

Soccer

Loes Geurts (Wûnseradiel)

Sari Van Veenendaal (Nieuwengein)

Stefanie Van Der Gragt (Heerhugowaard)

Dominique Janssen (Horst Aan De Maas)

Kika Van Es (Boxmeer)

Lynn Wilms (Tegelen)

Merel Van Dongen (Amsterdam)

Aniek Nouwen (Helmond)

Daniëlle Van De Donk (Valkenswaard)

Jackie Groenen (Tilburg)

Jill Roord (Oldenzaal)

Inessa Kaagman (Hoorn)

Victoria Pelova (Delft)

Lieke Martens (Bergen)

Anna Miedema (Hoogeveen)

Shanice Van De Sanden (Utrecht)

Lineth Beerensteyn (The Hague)

Renate Jansen (Abbenes)

Sisca Folkertsma (Sloten)

Joëlle Smits (Hertogenbosch)

Lize Kop (Oldenzaal)

Marieke Dekker (Almelo)

Gymnastics

Bart Deurloo (Ridderkerk)

Epke Zonderland (Heerenveen)

Vera Van Pol (Amsterdam)

Eythora Thorsdottir (Poortugaal)

Lieke Wevers (Heerenveen)

Sanne Wevers (Heerenveen)

Handball

Laura Van Der Heijden (Amersfoort)

Debbie Bont (Edam-Volendam)

Lois Abbingh (Groningen)

Larissa Nusser (Born)

Danicka Snelder (Pijnacker)

Kelly Dulfer (Schiedam)

Merel Freriks (Hoofddorp)

Inger Smits (Geleen)

Martine Smeets (Almelo)

Antje Malestein (Spakenburg)

Rinka Duijndam (Wateringen)

Tess Wester (Heerhugowaard)

Dione Housheer (Gendrigen)

Cornelia Groot (Alkmaar)

Sailing

Kiran Badloe (Almere)

Nicholas Heiner (Enkhuizen)

Bart Lambriex (Haarlem)

Pim Van Vugt (Vlaardingen)

Lilian De Geus (Blaricum)

Marit Bouwmeester (Warten)

Lobke Berkhout (Amsterdam)

Afrodite Zegers (Roelofarendsveen)

Annemiek Bekkering (Veghel)

Annette Duetz (Zeddam)

Swimming

Thom De Boer (Alkmaar)

Arno Kamminga (Katwijk)

Arjan Knipping (De Heurne)

Nyls Korstanje (Nijmegen)

Jesse Puts (Utrecht)

Ferry Weertman (Naarden)

Stan Pijnenburg (Haaren)

Caspar Corbeau (Portland, Oregon)

Maaike De Waard (Rozenburg)

Frederike Heemskerk (Roelofarendsveen)

Ranomi Kromowidjojo (Sauwerd)

Tes Schouten (Bodegraven)

Kira Toussaint (Amstelveen)

Sharon Van Rouwendaal (Baarn)

Kim Busch (Geldrop)

Marrit Steenbergen (Ooststellingwerf)

Bregje De Brouwer (Hoofddorp)

Noortje De Brouwer (Hoofddorp)

Table Tennis

Britt Eerland (Schiedam)

Taekwondo

Reshmie Oogink (Almelo)

Water Polo

Maartje Keuning (Stompetoren)

Simone Van De Kraats (Barnevald)

Joanne Koenders (Arnhem)

Maud Megens (Rotterdam)

Dagmar Genee (Utrecht)

Catharina Van Der Sloot (Gouda)

Iris Wolves (Ede)

Nomi Stomphorst (Gouda)

Vivian Sevenich (Winterswijk)

Kitty-Lynn Joustra (Purmerend)

Brigitte Sleeking (Dordrecht)

Debby Willemsz (Amsterdam)

Ilse Koolhaas (Ouderkerk Aan De Amstel)

Archery

Sjef Van Den Berg (Heeswijk-Dinther)

Gijs Broeksma (Amsterdam)

Steve Wijler (Amsterdam)

Gaby Schloesser (Heerlen)

Equestrian

Edward Gal (Rheden)

Hans Minderhoud (Veere)

Harrie Smolders (Hooge En Lage Mierde)

Willem Greve (Haaksbergen)

Marc Houtzager (Rouveen)

Maikel Van Der Vleuten (Geldrop)

Dinja Van Liere (Amsterdam)

Marlies Van Baalen (S-Hertogenbosch)

Merel Blom (Texel)

Janneke Boonzaaijer (Renswoude)

Golf

Anne Van Dam (Arnhem)

Judo

Tornike Tsjakadoea (Leeuwarden)

Frank De Wit (Beverwijk)

Noël Vant End (Houten)

Michael Korrel (Haarlem)

Hindrik Grol (Veendam)

Sanne Verhagen (Best)

Juul Franssen (Venlo)

Sanne Van Dijke (Heeswijk-Dinther)

Guusje Steenhuis (Grave)

Tessie Savelkouls (Appeltern)

Rowing

Finn Florijn (Leiden)

Melvin Twellaar (Amsterdam)

Stefan Broenink (Apeldoorn)

Guillaume Krommenhoek (Amsterdam)

Nic Van Sprang (Amsterdam)

Boudewijn Röell (De Hague)

Jan Van Der Bij (Amsterdam)

Nelson Ritsema (Amsterdam)

Sander De Graaf (Drimmelen)

Abe Wiersma (Amsterdam)

Dirk Uittenbogaard (Amsterdam)

Koen Metsemakers (Hasselt)

Tone Wieten (Amsterdam)

Bjorn Van Der Ende (Naarden)

Bram Schwarz (Haarlem)

Jasper Tissen (Amsterdam)

Maarten Hurkmans (Amersfoort)

Mechiel Versluis (Ooststellingwerf)

Robert Lücken (Amsterdam)

Ruben Knab (Ede)

Simon Van Dorp (Amsterdam)

Eline Berger (Leudal)

Anna Souwer (Westervoort)

Lisa Scheenaard (Weert)

Roos De Jong (Haarlem)

Ilse Paulis (Leiderdorp)

Marieke Keijser (Rotterdam)

Elisabeth Hogerwerf (Gouda)

Karolien Florijn (Leiden)

Veronique Meester (Amsterdam)

Ymkje Clevering (Friesland)

Inge Janssen (Voorberg)

Laila Youssifou (Amsterdam)

Nicole Beukers (Leiderdorp)

Olivia Van Rooijen (Amsterdam)

Skateboarding

Keet Oldenbeuving (Utrecht)

Roos Zwetsloot (Utrecht)

Tennis

Wesley Koolhof (Duiven)

Jean-Julien Rojer (Dubai, U.A.E.)

Kiki Bertens (Breda)

Demi Schuurs (Sittard)

Triathlon

Marco Van Der Stel (Rotterdam)

Jorik Van Egdom (Veenendaal)

Maya Kingma (Breda)

Rachel Murray (Sittard)

Volleyball

Alexander Brouwer (Leiden)

Robert Meeuwsen (Nieuwegein)

Sanne Keizer (Doetinchem)

Madelein Meppelink (Rhenen)

Raïsa Schoon (Werkendam)

Katja Stam (De Hague)

Weightlifting

Enzo Kuworge (Nijmegen)

[londonfog-chan]

Abbacchi x Reader: Sudoh Buck AU

The coffee shop Abbacchio THIRST everyone keeps losing their collective shit over on AO3 and admittedly the chapter where I decided I was one thirsty ass bitch. All characters aged up.

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"Ok, fucking Darth Vader over here, whoever has their headset on turn it the fuck off! Sounds like you're doing something gross!"

Darth Vader is an understatement. Whenever someone leaves their headset on and does any task, your ears are assaulted with what sounds like some mouth breather huffing directly into your ear canal.

Not even two shifts into Passione and you're already showing your coworkers that you have the capacity to look innocent, but have the mouth of a sailor. In a fitting turn of events you've been put on customer support, free to fuck off wherever you wish and cuss all you want on the headset. No one at your store appreciates your humor, in fact any time you make a joke they conveniently pretend they don't hear you or they grimace until the situation becomes awkward and you have to shut your mouth before you make an even bigger ass of yourself. Here at this location, the boys eat it up with a spoon. They can't get enough of your jokes, encouraging you whenever they force a headset on your head the minute you clock in. Even the new girl Trish, a pretty thing with dyed pink hair and a smile that goes for miles, joins in on the never ending train of dirty jokes, profanities, and general riff raff that makes Bruno bitch at everyone involved like a single mother.

But at the moment, the breathing most certainly does not belong to Bruno. Usually he's the one who always casually reminds people when they leave their headsets on.

"Mista!" you growl, "Turn it off or breathe less!"

"It's not me." he insists, the beep of the warming oven being cut off as he mutes himself.

"Narancia, I love you but I don't need to hear what it's like for you to get laid!"

"Negative babe~... I'm on drive bar." Narancia replies.

"Trish?"

"Not me hunty." she answers, and the sound of the wind in her headset confirms this.

"Fugo, I swear to fuck-..."

"It's me. Fugo doesn't have a headset."

Immediately you press on the sprayer head a little too hard and the back splash soaks the entire front of your apron and your uniform shirt. The voice you're greeted with on the headset is totally foreign, and unmistakably sexy. A low hum, almost like Bruno's baritone, and much like the rest of the crew you've come to love it's colored with the slightest hue of an accent that makes your knees start to knock together. Admittedly you're bad with voices and just as worse with names. You can't put a face to this voice no matter how hard you try, and it's no wonder considering that out of all the stores in the district, Passione has more employees than any of them, including H. Green and S. Platinum locations which are always overstaffed because of the sheer amount of business compared to the meager crowds you get at Ogre Street.

But... With that voice... if you were a customer you'd fucking live at that drive thru just to hear him read back your order to you.

"Woah..." you're nearly moaning the words "I'm wet in more ways than one, who the fuck is this?"

"It's Leone." he replies, voice low and sultry, "Sorry about that, I was eating a bagel."

Leone... who the fuck is Leone? Surely he has to be one of the other baristas whose names you never bothered to learn... doesn't really matter to you when you have constant attention of the store's man candy. But suddenly this is a whole new person with the sexiest voice you've ever heard giving you attention like everyone else. For very obvious reasons, this piques your interest.

"I don't recognize your voice." you said, putting down the whisk you were rinsing. "What's your last name?"

"Abbacchio." he responds. "We haven't met face to face yet, but I've seen you before. You're the beanie from Ogre Street right? It's nice to finally talk to you. I think you're really pretty."

... Oh sweet baby Jesus why aren't you taking the wheel yet!?

"Aww, and aren't you just a sweetheart?" you murmur, leaning over the sink as your voice drops to a near whisper. "Wait... Aren't you the one with the pretty handwriting in the book?"

His chuckle makes you honest to god swoon, and even Bruno peeks his head in to check on you when you make that kind of a noise.

"Yes, that's me." he confirms. "And you're the one with the great customer service. I haven't gotten a chance to talk to you, but I've been listening for a while. I really like your attitude. You're much more fun than your coworkers."

“Really?" you ask, taking up more dirty dishes, "Big shocker there, I'm surprised no one at this store is drooling over Ogre Street's heartthrob one miss Kimmy."

"Meh. I think the consensus is that you're the favorite barista out of everyone from your store if we're being honest."

That's Narancia, and even Abbacchio agrees with the rest of the crew. They all start complimenting you, how you never ask stupid questions, you try to help out any way you can. They honestly can't go two minutes without berating the other coworkers. It's all things you'd normally do to try and be helpful, but you're not sure exactly why it's so endearing to all of them. You're just another barista? It's never mattered to anyone this much before. Especially when you always come home in tears at your other location. It must be that you're not used to receiving compliments in such abundance.

"Agreed." reaffirms Abbacchio. "You're really agreeable, and I like your jokes. Your laugh is really sexy."

"Well aren't you a flatterer." you smile, putting the dishes to soak in the sani solution before throwing them for another go in the dish washer. "But I like having my ego stroked. Tell me more about how I'm wonderful, Abbacchio."

You can tell he's about to reply, until you hear the mournful "ding" from the drive thru sensors indicate that someone wants to order. You hear him tell you "hold that thought" before he turns his charms the customer.

"Hello there..." he purrs into the headset, "Welcome to Sudoh Buck, what can I get started for you today?"

The customer murmurs an "oh wow" before she remembers why she came here in the first place.

"Um yes hi can I please get a..."

It doesn't take much for you to zone out and return to your task. As soon as you finish up this set of dishes, you'll be able to take your last ten before you go home for the day. Customer Support is one of those coveted positions because you have little to no interactions with customers at a busy store. Bruno sets you to work with a task list, you work to the limit on the timer on your apron. Whenever it goes off, you have to drop what you're doing and come back to front to brew coffee. If anyone needs anything, like if Mista runs out of warming bags or Narancia needs more cups or milk, all they have to do is press the button on the headset and set you forth to do their bidding. Admittedly, you don't find yourself going straight home anymore. Even your brother, stoic and nonchalant, makes comments about it whenever you come home an hour or two later than the time you're supposed to. Mom, well, she's a worrier, and thinks you're getting up to no good shenanigans. But let's be real, when you live in the house you live in any trysts with potential suitors goes out the window. Your brother is in college and his schedule is unpredictable, and your mom is a homemaker.

The minute Abbacchio tells the flustered woman to pull up to the window, he returns to shower you with compliments over the headset, calling you the prettiest thing he's ever seen to put on an apron, how cute your angry face looks when you're totally focused on bar, even busting out some cutesy nicknames that make you squirm as you try to finish up your dishes. Strangely enough, everyone else is silent on the headset, letting you and Abbacchio get acquainted with one another to your heart's content, the lull in the conversation only happening when a customer pulls up. Eventually, like all good things, the compliments come to an end and the conversation turns to other topics.

"So you said you live with your mom?" Abbacchio asks after taking an order of five different fraps. You can hear Narancia cussing softly as he has to make each individual drink.

"Yeah, my mom and my big brother." you affirm. "It's the most I can afford in this town. Everything's so goddamn expensive, I couldn't even afford to make the first and last month's rent on the cheapest place in town, and my brother can't move in with me yet since he's doing school full time. But enough about me, what about you?"

"Mm? What about me?" he asks, flirt evident in his voice.

"Which country do I have to thank for that blessed ass accent you have?"

"That's Italy." he laughs. "I've been with the company for over six years, I started out at the reserve roastery in Milan and came here when Buccellati offered me a job. I came on a work visa, and now you can't get rid of me. I'm one of your shift supervisors."

"Well, temp supervisor anyway." you respond rather sadly. "It's too bad this store hadn't been opened before I got hired. Otherwise I would have loved to start here."

"I still think you should transfer." interjects Trish. "No one likes Ogre Street anyways."

"I... I'd have to think about it."

"What's there to think about anyway?" Abbacchio asks, and you stop scrubbing the chocolate pump for a minute. "If you transfer here, I'd get to talk to you every single day. Tips are shit but you can move up if you'd like."

"And the best part is if you transfer here, we can see your huge ass every time you bend over." Mista chimes in.

"MISTA! WE ARE AT WORK!" Bruno sounds exasperated over the headset.

"Oh yeah, my bad boss. I mean to say we can see your venti ass every time you bend over."

Everyone loses their shit for a minute to laugh as Bruno begins to berate the very bad and naughty warming man off headset. Before he mutes, you can hear him threaten disciplinary action, and you can't stop howling in the back. Nearly falling over just thinking about it.

"So how about it cuteness?" Abbacchio asks, and his voice is so warm and inviting you can't help but smile. "Think it's worth us stealing you away to stay here?"

"Yeah... I dunno. Like I said, I'd have to think about it. Besides, I think working here would just give my mommy an excuse to show up more often..."

A shrill sound assaults your ears, the timer, and you sigh.

"Now the age old question..." you wonder aloud, "What the fuck did I brew last?"

"I know we've been selling a lot of medium and dark." Abbacchio replies. "And it's already ten thirty, just cut the blonde and do full batches. Narancia can do pour overs."

"Ah yes," you can hear the mischief in Narancia's voice. "My special americano pour overs."

"You know Narancia, one of these days corporate is gonna walk in and see all the shit you do and your ass is going to get canned." you respond, laughing as you wash your hands in the employee sink before going back out to front.

"Fuck it." he laughs. "It won't bother me none, Buccellati can take care of me with all that Mama Daddy money he's got."

"Oh hey, cara mia, when you come up to front, come to drive. I've got something for you."

That was Abbacchio, and for a hot minute you're almost nervous, like a first date, at the prospect of seeing him face to face.

"Oh yeah? And what would that be?"

"Well," you hear the rustle of the bag, "It's cat shaped, and really cute, like a certain barista I know..."

"OOOOOOOOH DADDY!" you squeal. "You've just made me the happiest girl on earth!"

He's found your weakness. The quickest way for any man to get to your heart is to dangle some motherfucking food in your face, no lie. Even your brother has commented on more than one occasion that if anyone wanted to take you all they had to do was dangle a fucking cupcake in your face and you were toast. And it doesn't help that you called your mom squealing about the cute little kitty shaped cake pops they had out for the season.

“Well? What are you waiting for? Come and get this and we can meet in person."

Ever the one to be lured in with the prospect of free food, you run your ass to the front, nearly bowling over Mista as you skid to a halt at the nook where the drive thru window is located. To your ever lasting shock, you come face to face with the last person you'd ever expect to be flirting with you so boldly.

"Holy shit..." you breathe. "Abbacchio?"

It's the dude who gang faced you the first day you came in, and ironically the one who got fed up with your friend's bar time. Silver hair pulled into a pony tail, glistening purple lips, snatched makeup that's too perfect for a barista... All put together in a black apron. His glare never leaves his face, but maybe... Just maybe, he's like your brother and just has a very bad case of resting bitch face. Because you get a little hopeful when he sees you and his lipstick mouth smiles, beckoning you over with a warming bag in his hand. When Abbacchio reaches in, he pulls out the very treat you've been craving all day since you've seen it. This is the best part of the job. Sometimes some customers forget they get food and never come back, and it just sits there for hours until someone has to throw it away, or they'll change their mind last minute about the food, or worse yet someone on warming (Mista) will fuck up an order and get the wrong sandwich. If it's a sandwich, nine times out of ten you have to toss it, but if it's a sweet treat it's usually fair game for anyone to enjoy since it will just go in the trash. You love to have the mistake foods, sometimes you'll take them to your brother at the college, or more often than not you'll take them home to share with your mother. She loves sweets, and working for a coffee chain she normally can't afford to frequent is such a rare treat that you love to spoil her.

"Oh my god!" you coo, "Is that a kitty cat cake poop just for me??"

"Just for you." he chuckles. "Why do you call it that anyway?"

"I dunno. For some reason the feral part of my brain activates whenever I see words and I just like to play around with them and mutter weird things to myself. I tried telling it to my SM at Ogre Street and he told me I better not call it that, otherwise I might slip and call it a cock pop or something."

He can't help the smile that spreads over his face, and he suddenly gets a very naughty glint in his eye as he twirls the cake pop in your direction.

"So?" he asks. "You made such a big to do about being friendly on the headset. Be a good girl and take a bite of the treat I worked so hard to get for you. Come on, take a big nom nom out of this cock pop~."

You hope and pray that by some stroke of bad luck that no one you know outside of work just heard that. Not one to be shown up when it comes to flirting, you don't miss a beat as you step forward. With a look in your face that would make your mother faint if she knew how filthy you were being, you waste no time in licking a stripe slowly up the cake pop before taking a fat ass bite out of the head. Abbacchio's grin could split his entire face in half, and even more so when you use your teeth to pull the pop stick out of his hand.

"Hey... hunty, question?" it's Trish interrupting the positively predatory stares you and Abbacchio are giving each other. She's been listening in this whole time.

"Yes Trisha my love?" you respond, not taking your eyes off Abbacchio.

"Just one question... Can you eat pussy like that?"

A cacophony of screams and your screech of "NASTY WOMAN" makes Trish lose her shit outside, and Bruno swears up and down from the back office that he's going to write up the next person who says something filthy over headset during his shifts.

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Als toeval niet bestaat, waarom is er dan een woord voor?

-Voorwoord proefschrift (English below)

De sterfelijkheid van de mens gaat gepaard met angst voor het onbekende en het niet kunnen controleren van onze levensloop. Je zou daarom kunnen verdedigen dat de twee ingrediënten voor een lang en zorgeloos leven automatisch 'het onbekende kunnen verklaren & controle' zijn. De wetenschap wordt geleid door deze twee ingrediënten. Zo is er onderzoek gaande naar het Higgs-deeltje (ook wel het Goddeeltje genoemd) om de fundamenten van onze werkelijkheid te begrijpen. Of bijvoorbeeld wat meer toegepast onderzoek, zoals het project waar ik aan meewerk, naar hoe de duinen aangroeien om een watersnoodramp als in 1953, waarbij er meer dan 1800 mensen om het leven kwamen, te kunnen voorkomen.

Om een dergelijk onderzoek op te starten moet je beseffen wat je nog niet weet en aan de hand daarvan worden onderzoeksvragen opgesteld. Vervolgens organiseert men een meetcampagne en worden de perfecte omstandigheden gecreëerd om antwoord te kunnen geven op de vooraf geformuleerde onderzoeksvragen. Een ultieme vorm van controle om vervolgens de toekomst te kunnen voorspellen. Het gekke is alleen dat de grootste ontdekkingen in de wetenschap buiten de normale gang van zaken vielen en dat deze van te voren niet voorspeld konden worden. Neem bijvoorbeeld de ontdekking van penicilline (de werkzame stof in antibiotica). Alexander Fleming was helemaal niet op zoek naar een ontstekingsremmer, maar bij toeval heeft hij het medicijn ontdekt wat uiteindelijk vele levens zou redden. Dit voorbeeld zegt ons dat de wetenschap zich niet te krampachtig hoeft vast te klampen aan controle en voorspelbaarheid. Het is daarom niet gek dat sommige filosofen beweren dat meer kennis de mensheid dommer maakt. Kennis zou onze visie kunnen beperken waardoor we minder openstaan voor toeval maar juist gefocust zijn op de vooraf geformuleerde onderzoeksvragen.

Helaas heb ik dit zelf op een harde manier buiten de wetenschappelijke wereld moeten ontdekken toen ik in mijn privéleven een groot verlies ervoer. In mijn persoonlijke situatie kon ik niet voorspellen noch verklaren waarom een ogenschijnlijk gezonde vader plotseling aan een hartstilstand kwam te overlijden. Dat er zo’n gevoel van machteloosheid bestaat was iets wat ik niet had voorzien. Pas toen besefte ik wat ik nog niet wist. Mijn situatie was net zo onvoorspelbaar als die van Alexander Fleming maar dit was wel de keerzijde van de medaille. Vanaf dat moment heb ik zowel op persoonlijk vlak als in mijn werk als wetenschapper moeten aanvaarden dat controle en verklaarbaarheid niet de twee ingrediënten zijn voor een lang en zorgeloos leven. De samenleving is hier echter zo op gefocust dat het ons bijna heeft doen vergeten wat we eigenlijk al weten, namelijk dat we met macht, controle en alles wanhopig te willen verklaren, een wereld van verdeeldheid en armoede creëren. In mijn persoonlijk situatie uitte die drang zich in een depressie.

Al met al denk ik dat ons verlangen naar zoveel mogelijk willen weten en controle ons niet automatisch tot de grootste ontdekkingen in de wetenschap heeft geleid, en ook niet perse een lang en zorgeloos leven biedt. Wat dan wel vraag je je nu misschien af? In mijn ogen is dat verantwoordelijkheid nemen voor onze keuzes, om een wereld te creëren waarin we blijven open staan voor het onbekende, waarin we begrip en empathie ontwikkelen met respect voor de ander. Realiseer dat we niet alle gebeurtenissen en het gedrag van de medemens kunnen controleren noch verklaren. Verlang daar ook niet naar. Weet je nog hoe je met jouw nieuwsgierigheid en zonder al te veel kennis de wereld bewonderde als kind? Misschien is dat iets om niet te vergeten. Hopelijk kunnen we met die nieuwsgierigheid en open visie een duurzame planeet ontwikkelen, waarin we ongelijkheid elimineren, armoede verminderen, onnodige sterfgevallen en ziekten kunnen voorkomen en vrede bevorderen. De grens van onze kennis is nog niet bereikt en laten we vooral doorgaan met het ontdekken van het onbekende en daar verantwoordelijkheid voor nemen. Het toeval zal weten hoever we komen.

Yvonne Smit

Amsterdam, januari 2019

Linosnede gemaakt door Roos Eggenhuizen

-English - Translated by Milan Vreeken: Preface dissertation

The mortality of human kind is accompanied by fear of the unknown and not being able to control our course of life. Therefore, you could defend that the two ingredients for a long and careless life are self-evidently “explanation and prediction of the unknown”. These are the two ingredients that guide Science. For example, there are on-going investigations concerning the Higgs Boson (or God particle) in order to understand the foundation of our existence. Similarly, there is a bit more applied research, like my own project, on how dunes grow in order to prevent a disaster such as The Flood of 1953, whereby more than 1800 people were killed.

To start such a study you have to realise what you do not know yet. Based on that knowledge, research questions can be formulated.  Subsequently, a fieldwork campaign is set up and the perfect conditions are created in order to answer the pre-formulated research questions. If you ask me, this is an ultimate form of ‘control’, which makes it able to predict the future. The funny thing is, the greatest scientific discoveries were done outside the regular scientific procedures and could not be predicted beforehand. Take for example the discovery of penicillin (the active substance in antibiotics). Alexander Fleming was not looking for an inflammatory inhibitor, but by chance he discovered the medicine that would eventually save many lives. This example shows us that science does not have to hold on so persistently to ‘control’ and predictability. It is therefore not so strange that some philosophers claim that more knowledge makes human kind more stupid. Knowledge could limit our vision, which makes us less open to coincidence and actually more focussed on the pre-formulated research questions.

Unfortunately, I had to discover this myself in a very hard way, outside the scientific world, when I experienced a great loss in my private life. In my personal situation, I could not predict nor explain why a seemingly healthy father could suddenly die of cardiac arrest. I had not foreseen that there exists such a feeling of powerlessness. Only then did I realise what I did not know yet. My situation was just as unpredictable as that of Alexander Fleming, but this was the other side of the coin. From that moment on, I have had to accept -both personally and in my work as a scientist- that ‘control’ and explicability are not the two ingredients for a long and carefree life. Society however, is so focussed on these elements that we have almost forgotten what we already know: that power, control and the urge to explain everything so desperately has led to a world of divisions and poverty. In my personal situation, this urge expressed itself in depression. 

All things considered, I think that our desire for control and endless knowledge has not automatically led to the greatest scientific discoveries, and does not necessarily provide for a long and carefree life. You might be wondering, what will? In my opinion we should take responsibility for our choices and try to create a world in which we are open to the unknown, develop understanding and empathy with respect for others. Realise that it is impossible to control and explain all events and behaviour of your fellow human beings. Do not long for it either. Do you remember how you admired the world as a child, with curiosity and a lack of knowledge? Maybe that’s something we should not forget. Hopefully, with that curiosity and an open vision, we are able to develop a sustainable planet, in which we eliminate inequalities, reduce poverty, prevent unnecessary deaths and diseases and pursue peace. The limit of our knowledge has not yet been achieved. Therefore, let us continue to discover the unknown and take responsibility for our actions. Coincidence will know how far we will come.

Yvonne Smit

Amsterdam, January 2019