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hmm\u2026i wont lie, i havent really been \u201cnoting\u201d what ive been doing these past few weeks. ive actually been looking to my flickr account<\/a> to sort of remind me what ive done, instead of actually m3ntally noting the stuff ive done. ive been oot and aboot, dont worry. seeing the sites, drinking (alot of) beer\u2026the usual. no hookers or coffeeshops yet tho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

marisa had passed me the info for her friend lysha who lives here in amsterdam, and since then we\u2019ve actually hung out a number of times. shes shown me around some of her local digs, took me out to ijsburg (where she actually just recently bought a place), and even took me to eat \u2018real\u201d dutch food finally, since id honestly been eating nothing but pasta and curry dishes since getting here. you rock lysha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the house has swelled in numbers again too recently\u2026phil the new guy from london is still looking for an apartment, tang (web guy from taiwan) got here this past monday and is in amsterdam til september, and my boss just arrived too. so its like a frat house again\u2026yar. on the bright side, i finally made my way over to chinatown with tang and picked up some chinky accoutrements. soy sauce, ramen, and frozen dumplings\u2026word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DEATHLY HALLOWS<\/b>
on a side note\u2026harry potter woot! of course you knew i\u2019d pick up the final chapter of harry potter. but since im here in europe at the moment, i had to get the fugly european edition where harry looks like a 30 year old IT guy on the cover. ill admit it\u2026i burned thru the book at record pace. i picked up the book late saturday afternoon and finished it up by noon on sunday\u2026har har! the story was pretty brilliant (hehe, i said \u201cbrilliant\u201d), beginning pretty violently to be honest. along the way numerous pieces of the puzzle from past books were slowly pieced back together in this one. and not only was everything tied together and resolved very nicely, but everything made sense. i even patted myself on the back for guessing the inevitability of one of the major plot points\u2026go me! and since i primarily think in cinematic terms, i think deathly hallows<\/i> will make for one badass movie. i wonder if they\u2019ll go for an R rating (for those that werent aware, the body count is pretty damn high).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\"amsterdam<\/a>