{"id":216,"date":"2006-06-09T08:16:15","date_gmt":"2006-06-09T08:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/?p=216"},"modified":"2010-05-24T22:01:45","modified_gmt":"2010-05-24T20:01:45","slug":"hittegolf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/archives\/216","title":{"rendered":"HITLERGOLF!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

HITTEGOLF<\/strong> – When I first saw this word today the first thing that came to mind was Hitler<\/a>, don’t ask me why. I’d probably have the same reaction if I heard Hitler was coming to the Netherlands next week though. So I’ve decided to create another Canadutch word (along with Hubbetje and the like) and call this Hitlergolf.<\/p>\n

Xander sent me a message this morning on MSN:<\/p>\n

Blasphemer says:<\/span>
\nhttp:\/\/www.nu.nl\/news\/750071\/74\/Hittegolf_verwacht_in_Nederland.html<\/span><\/span> <\/span>
\nBreigh says:<\/span>
\nwhat’s a hittegolf?<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I went to the link to read the article and as I read through it, the meaning of hittegolf became more and more clear. While I didn’t understand what that particular word meant, I understood almost everything else in the article.<\/p>\n

Breigh says:<\/span>
\nit doesn’t mean what I think it means does it<\/strong><\/span>
\nBlasphemer says:<\/span>
\nwhat do you think it means?<\/span>
\nBreigh says:<\/span>
\nheatwave<\/strong><\/span>
\nBlasphemer says:<\/span>
\nyou’re correct!!! *DING DING*<\/span>
\nBreigh says:<\/span>
\nfuck<\/strong><\/span>
\nBreigh says:<\/span>
\nit’s going to be above 30?<\/strong><\/span>
\nBlasphemer says:<\/span>
\nyeah<\/span>
\nBlasphemer says:<\/span>
\nthat’s what a heatwave is, 3 days with temps over 30C<\/span>
\nBreigh says:<\/span>
\ndouble fuck<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You see, in the Netherlands it doesn’t just get hot when it gets hot, but it gets humid too. When I say humid I don’t just mean humid, I mean you can see the air hanging in front of you, blink and you break into a sweat, everything is sticky humid… and that’s something this fat little Canadian girl doesn’t like.<\/p>\n

While my parents were here I went and got a haircut. Over the last year or so I’ve slowly been working my way to shorter hair, going from bum length, to just above my waist, halfway down my back and now finally, shoulder length. I got the haircut last month because I wanted to save myself the aggrivation of having this blanket of hair all summer, which has never helped with the above mentioned heat and humidity. (If only it were that easy to remove the fat too, bleh!)<\/p>\n

Now that it’s getting warmer I realized it really hasn’t made that much difference. While my hair isn’t all down my back it’s still all on my neck and making me want it in a ponytail all the time. So why not just have it properly short? I’ll tell you why, or at least why I haven’t had short hair since I was a teenager… because in my insanity I’ve always felt weird about cutting my hair short since being here in NL and gaining all this extra weight. I’m worried that I’ll end up looking like one of those people in Beetle Juice<\/a>, ya know? A great big body and this teeeeeny tiny little head!!!<\/p>\n

Now, in light of the upcoming Hitlergolf, I officially don’t care.<\/p>\n

Breigh says:<\/span>
\nI’m so cutting the rest of my hair off<\/strong><\/span>
\nBreigh says:<\/span>
\nwe need to prepare<\/strong><\/span>
\nBlasphemer says:<\/span>
\nat least 3 days and at least 30C<\/span>
\nBreigh says:<\/span>
\nget the fan out<\/strong><\/span>
\nBlasphemer says:<\/span>
\nhahahaha<\/span>
\nBreigh says:<\/span>
\nget the screen door for the kitchen door so we can leave it open at night<\/strong><\/span>
\nBreigh says:<\/span>
\nmake icecubes<\/strong><\/span>
\nBlasphemer says:<\/span>
\n“we need to prepare” you make it sound like we’ve got a nuclear war coming<\/span>
\nBreigh says:<\/span>
\nwe might, if we don’t prepare<\/strong><\/span>
\nBlasphemer says:<\/span>
\nhahahahahaha<\/span>
\nBlasphemer says:<\/span>
\npff, not like you’ll have the energy to run fter me anyway <\/span>
\nBlasphemer says:<\/span>
\nnot at 30C <\/span>
\nBreigh says:<\/span>
\nTripple fuck<\/strong><\/span>
\nBlasphemer says:<\/span>
\nwhere did the 3rd fuck come from?<\/span>
\nBreigh says:<\/span>
\nrealizing that there’s no way in hell I’d catch you<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So I’ve decided, I’m going to cut my hair short and risk the Beetle Juice look. Shit, I’ll even tolerate looking like a raging lesbian, if that’s how it turns out (don’t ask me why, big women with really short hair always look like lesbians to me, I’m going to hell). I will keep you posted on the outcome of that, with pics even … if I don’t totally hate it, I mean.<\/p>\n

Now on to other news:<\/p>\n

WOOOOOOT!!!<\/span><\/strong> Xander passed his driving exam!!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m so happy I could pee myself!! I’m so proud of him!!!<\/p>\n

One of the worst things for me here in NL has been not having access to a car and soon we will HAVE ONE!!!!!!!!! FREEEEEEEEDOMMMMMM!!!!!<\/p>\n

I learned to drive when I was 16 and have always loved driving. There is nothing more theraputic than a nice drive, windows down, music on, singing badly and knowing nobody can hear you anyway. *sigh* Damn, do I miss that… Xander has never really missed it because he’s never had it. All his life he’s lived places where he could get anywhere he wanted to go by public transit so he doesn’t really get how different life can be when you have one. Hopefully within the next 2 months or so he’ll know!<\/p>\n

I will take a few lessons and get my license as well once we have a car. My Canadian DL has long since expired and wasn’t valid to drive here in NL anyway, so I have to do all that stuff the Dutch have to do in order to get their license. Silly (and expensive!!) if you ask me… after driving for almost 15 years.<\/p>\n

No more carrying groceries all the way home..
\nNo more ridiculous delivery fees when buying something too big to take on a bus…
\nNo more hot, stinky train rides to and from the beach…
\nNo more only seeing where public transit can take me…<\/p>\n

Finally, we will have indepenence and freedom … I CAN’T WAIT!!!!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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