Hey all!
A week after my London trip I went on my second vacation. Nothing too fancy, just an eight-day trip with my best friends. We just stayed here in Holland, but we had the best time! We rented an apartment in Vlissingen, a nice town by the coast. We spend most of our time shopping and swimming and sunbathing at the beach. We had amazing weather all week! I guess the weather gods were favouring us! 
We did all get sunburned one day, but we had quite some laughs with it, so it wasn't that bad in the end.
Last week, the week where I got home again, the weather has been dreadful. It has been raining all week, with very little sunshine. I sure hope the weather will be getting better soon, otherwise it doesn't even feel like it's summer.
This past week I got tagged three times. Instead of giving you 30 facts, I'll just stick to ten. That was hard enough already! I must say it's pretty difficult to think of some interesting facts about yourself. I hope you find it interesting to read:
- So far I've got one fine. It wasn't that bad or anything. One morning in the winter the head light of my bicycle wasn't working, so some others and I as well (there light wasn't working properly either) got held over by this police officer. The penalty was only 10 euros luckily. My headlight always worked since then though! Once I get my drivers license next year this number might go up fast though!
- I never had the chickenpox. I was talking to some friends of mine from tv.com on msn the other day and they couldn't believe it. It's true though. My father never had the chickenpox either when he was younger, he only got it until my two brothers got it. So maybe I'll get it later in life. Who knows?
- I played the piano for about 4 years. I quit playing because it felt more as an obligation at one point, then something I was doing for myself. I might pick it up again one day, because it was fun to play!
- All my life, I've never broken a single bone.
- I bruise real easily. If I bump into something, I already have a bruise.
- I really like mustard and pickles. Lots of people don't really like it, but I love it! Once I even ate a sandwich with just mustard on it. Told you I liked it!
- When I moved to Heeten four and a half years ago, I completely decorated my own bedroom. It has blue walls, with a white sealing and white lamps and boards. All the other accessories are blue and green. Guess what my favourite colours are?
- I speak 4 different languages: Dutch, English, French and German. Well actually five, because I speak a bit of Fries as well.
- I visited quite some countries in my life. All of them through vacations, but it are quite a lot already: Germany, France, England, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Denmark, Belgium, Luxembourg, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Austria. So that makes 13 countries!
- My name comes from the Greek Sophia, which means 'the wise one'. I don't know if I live up to that name, but it's cool!
I also saw this tv list thing on David's blog a little while ago, and I thought it would be nice to put it on my blog, so here it is:
Bold those you've seen episodes of
Bold underline the shows you watch/ed as a fan
Strike through the shows you hate/d (at the bottom!)
Italicize the shows you PLAN to watch
Put your five favorite shows from the list in a colored font
1. The Simpsons (1988-present)
2. The Sopranos (1999-2007)
3. Seinfeld (1989-98 )
4. The X-Files (1993-2002)
5. Sex and the City (1998-2004)
6. Survivor (2000-present)
7. The Cosby Show (1984-92)
8. Lost (2004-present)
9. Friends (1994-2004)
10. Buffy, the Vampire Slayer (1997-2001 [WB], 2001-03 [UPN])
11. The Wire (2002-08 )
12. South Park (1997-present)
13. Freaks and Geeks (1999-2000)
14. The Daily Show (1996-present)
15. The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986-present) (Not that I'm a hard die-hard fan or anything, but I enjoy watching it)
16. Arrested Development (2003-06)
17. The Office (British) (2001-03)
18. American Idol (2002-present)
19. ER (1994-present)
20. Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990-2000)
21. Roseanne (1988-97)
22. The Real World (1992-present)
23. The West Wing (1999-2006)
24. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-94)
25. Miami Vice (1984-89)
26. Chappelle's Show (2003-06)
27. Law & Order (1990-present)
28. The Larry Sanders Show (1992-98 )
29. The Shield (2002-present)
30. Late Show with David Letterman (1993-present)
31. The Civil War (1990)
32. Gilmore Girls (2000-07)
33. My So-Called Life (1994-95)
34. 24 (2001-present)
35. CSI (2000-present)
36. thirtysomething (1987-91)
37. NYPD Blue (1993-2005)
38. Beavis and Butt-Head (1993-97)
39. Six Feet Under (2001-05)
40. Mr. Show (1995-98 )
41. Frasier (1993-2004)
42. L.A. Law (1986-94)
43. Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993-present)
44. Jeopardy! (1984-present)
45. Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000-present)
46. Homicide: Life on the Street (1993-99)
47. 30 Rock (2006-present)
48. Ally McBeal (1997-2002)
49. Twin Peaks (1990-91)
50. Baywatch (1989-90, 1991-2001)
51. Melrose Place (1992-99)
52. Felicity (1998-2002)
53. Will & Grace (1998-2006)
54. Moonlighting (1985-89)
55. Pee-Wee's Playhouse (1986-91)
56. Desperate Housewives (2004-present)
57. The Amazing Race (2001-present)
58. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992-2009)
59. Battlestar Galactica (2003-09)
60. Xena: Warrior Princess (1995-2001)
61. The Office (American version) (2005-present)
62. House (2004-present)
63. Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1989-96, 1997-99)
64. The Osbournes (2002-05)
65. Family Guy (1999-2002, 2005-present)
66. Grey's Anatomy (2005-present)
67. Planet Earth (2008 )
68. Jackass (2000-02)
69. The Colbert Report (2005-present)
70. Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-2005)
71. Friday Night Lights (2006-present)
72. NewsRadio (1995-99)
73. Oz (1997-2003)
74. Wiseguy (1987-90)
75. Project Runway (2004-present)
76. In Living Color (1990-94)
77. The Golden Girls (1985-92)
78. I'll Fly Away (1991-93)
79. The Comeback (2005)
80. King of the Hill (1997-present)
81. Murphy Brown (1988-98 )
82. The Hills (2005-present)
83. Absolutely Fabulous (1994-2005)
84. Northern Exposure (1990-95)
85. The Kids in the Hall (1988-94)
86. Prime Suspect (1991-2006)
87. Deadwood (2004-06)
88. Malcolm in the Middle (2000-06)
89. SpongeBob Squarepants (1999-present)
90. Dawson's Creek (1998-2003)
91. Mad Men (2007-present)
92. The Ben Stiller Show (1992-93)
93. Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (2003-07)
94. Married...With Children (1987-97)
95. Designing Women (1986-93)
96. The Arsenio Hall Show (1989-94)
97. Party of Five (1994-2000)
98. MacGyver (1985-92)
99. The Bachelor (2002-present)
100. Saved by the Bell (1989-93)
To sum it all up:
I watched 42 shows out of the 100
I watched 15 of them as a fan.
The shows I hate: Beavis and Butt-Head, Frasier, The Osbournes, Malcolm in the Middle. Maybe there are also other shows I don't like, but I just haven't seen them yet.
I plan on watching The Office and Buffy, the Vampire Slayer.
My five favourite shows are Friends, Gilmore Girls, Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy and Sex and the City, but I really like House and Project Runway as well.
Thanks for letting me steal it David!
Oke, so it has been quite a while ago since I put up the last round of my 'What am I talking about' game. The perfect time to finally put up a new one! Here it is:
At one point this actress was starring in a popular tv show as well as shooting two movies. What actress am I talking about?
The score so far was:
Leo - 1 point
Hayley - 1 point
So instead of putting up a song of the week, I thought I'd put up a quote of the week, to change things a bit:
Red: "I have no idea to this day what those two Italian ladies were singing about. Truth is, I don't want to know. Some things are best left unsaid. I'd like to think they were singing about something so beautiful, it can't be expressed in words, and makes your heart ache because of it. I tell you, those voices soared higher and farther than anybody in a grey place dares to dream. It was like some beautiful bird flapped into our drab little cage and made those walls dissolve away, and for the briefest of moments, every last man in Shawshank felt free. "
- The Shawshank Redemption
I also decided I'd only put up a funny story and skip the question. I don't know what I'll put up instead though. I'll think about that for a while.
This week's joke/funny story:
Real 911 calls
Dispatcher: 911 What is your emergency?
Caller: Someone broke into my house and took a bite out of my ham and cheese sandwich.
Dispatcher: Excuse me?
Caller: I made a ham and cheese sandwich and left it on the kitchen table and when I came back from the bathroom, someone had taken a bite out of it.
Dispatcher: Was anything else taken?
Caller: No, but this has happened to me before and I'm sick and tired of it!
Dispatcher: 911 What's the nature of your emergency?
Caller: My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart
Dispatcher: Is this her first child?
Caller: No, you idiot! This is her husband!
I hope you all enjoyed this blog!
Have a great week!
*hugs*
Comments
Those vacations sound pretty good to me - I don't think I'll be taking 1 this year. "Sex and the City" is 1 of my favorites too and I highly recommend "Buffy the Vampire Slayer".
Take care,
Hari
You're from Friesland? Brabander myself
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Haha I already thought you wouldn't mind!
I heard some great things about the office, I'm definitely curious about it! So I see once again the first person already has the right answer! Congrats! 
Glad you liked the blog!
Nice of you to stop by! Thanks!
I guess we're not the only ones who feel this way! Sometimes staying at home can be nice as well! IU must say this year is exceptionel for me though, normally I go away once or not at all. Well I'm glad you like Buffy, lots of people recommended it to me already. Take care as well!
I guess I better start watching it soon, since everyone is telling me it's such a great show! Now I'm definitely curious about it!
Well I'm actually not from Friesland, my mother and grandparents are. That's how I know some Fries.
I'm from Gelderland myself.
ok so wow buddy you've been one busy bee! all these awesome vactions!! Glad you a great time though dude and that the weather gods were favouring you! its always nice when that happens!
Hope it clears up by you now as well...i hate it when its overcast! 
oh BTW thanks for tagging buddy!
You'll have to wait till my next blog though! GREAT facts dude!
i had NO idea you spoke 5 languages!!
thats so freaking awesome! and like you ive never had chickenpox or broken any bomes...well MAJOR bones that is i broke my big toe when i was 14! 
LOVE the meaning of your name buddy!
dude you have to totally watch BTVS!! thats one of the best shows EVER!!
oh and where is OTH??
i see the answer to your game has already been guessed!! and i knew it as well!! oh well hopefully ill have better luck next time!!
Buffy and The Office are both awesome shows - I think you will like them.
Enjoy your week
Haha yes I guess I've been quite busy! Last week was not so busy though! I finally had some time to just chill around the house, which can be really nice as well! I'm so glad we had nice weather, it really makes your vacation even better!
The weather today was a lot better already and I heard it looking up after that, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed! Haha I don't know why it has come either! It seemed to be gone for a while, but no such thing!
And I thought since I had the pleasure of getting tagged, I couldn't hold you out on the fun! Well I'm really happy you liked them!
Like I said, it was quite hard to think of some interesting ones! Haha well for me it's pretty normal, since everyone learns English, French and German here in high school. It's cool though, being able to speak so many different languages!
Haha
non-major bones count as bones as well! I didn't think it was so special I never had the chickenpox, but there were some who were pretty shocked about it! I see I'm not the only one though! Continues in next comment...
I never knew that actually!I never saw that show actually... Or even heard about it..
I will definitely watch BTVS! So many people are telling me it's awesome, so I better!
And I didn't put OTH on the list, because I've seen the first two seasons and a couple episode after that. So it's not really something that counts as a "always wanted to see"!Yes, the first person already guessed it once again! It seems like you have to be super fast if you want to get a point!
I'm sure you'll have better luck next time buddy! It's one of my favourite movies ever as well! It such a great movie, really an amazing piece of work! And I like the quote as well of course, otherwise I wouldn't have put it on my blog! Continues in another comment...
Haha yes, it seems to be something that happens to everyone who watches it!
It really is an awesome show though! I'm sure I'll have watched the first season in no-time!Miss you too buddy! I hope we'll be able to catch up, when you're a little less busy!
Lief vir jou! *massive hugs*
I would say: keep it up!
It really is!
They should make a bumper sticker of it! "Hunk if you love mustard!" Lots of people told me it are great shows, so they are definitely high on my to-watch list now!
Have a great week yourself!
Someone very toughtfully tagged me, too...thanks so much. It used to be five things! How am I going to come up with ten??? I see you came up with some good ones. Now I will have to think of mine...you will be seeing them soon.
I think "the wise one," suits you well. Great choice on your parents part.
Of the show list, I have seen at least one episode of 58 of them! Some as a fan, but I didn't count them. I should get bonus point I think for having seen every episode of several of these shows. Reading over the list made me realize that there were some great shows of the past that you younger people never got to see. It is kind of sad, because some of them were great!
Probably way late, but is the person you're talking about Jennifer Aniston.
Love the quote. The Shawshank Redemption is in my all time top ten movie list. It is beyond awesome.
The 911 calls are good. I came across a book of them and they are hilarious. The things people say when they are under stress.
Glad we could catch up a bit Saturday...hope your having a great week. * hugs*
ok cool i see why you didnt put OTH up now!
BUT dide you have to have to watch BTVS!! that was my ALL time favourite show before OTH! OH BTW i think its so cool that you guys learn all those langues in school i wish our schools over her were like that!
ok and next blog im gonna be super ast and Try guess the answer and gets some points...HOPEFULLY! *SUPER BIG HUGS!*
Cool facts, I never broke a bone either and I wish I knew more Dutch, I only know a couple of words. Glad you'll try Buffy, it's very special to me. Don't know The Shawshank Redemption but I heard only good about it (including now). Bye *wave*
u never had the chiken pox!?! AND never broken a bone woow...i salute you..God must looove you ive broken my hand twice my leg once and been in hospital for a couple of surgeries haha but im all better now
aww i love frasier..
and malcolm in the middle..hehe well we still have Greys Anatomy in common hahahaha those calls are hillarious yet another amazing blog by you...
ohh loove the meaning of your name..im pretty sure you either live up to it now and dnt knw tht or ur gna...
either way u wiiiisee baaabbeee
i liked it the weather gods...haha dnt u mean God, silly lol!!fieke next time you go on those apparently never ending vacations around the world u HAVE TO TAKE ME!!
PLEAAAAAASSSEE...amazing blog **BONE CRUSHING HUGS**
I think it was just as awesome as the first one, it would be hard to say if one was better then the other! The sunbathing was amazing though, I'm glad we had such good weather!
Haha sorry about that! I thought you would like to share in the fun of coming up with facts! I'm sure you'll think of some great ones though, you helped me think of some as well! Thanks for that! Ahh thanks so much! I sure hope I'm able to live up to it! I do think my parents picked a nice name for me, I like it.
The person was indeed Jennifer Aniston, but just like you said, the answer has been guessed already. I'm glad you like the quote! The Shawshank Redemption definitely is an AWESOME movie, it's in my top ten for sure!
Yes, they are definitely funny! I would love to see that book someday, I'm sure I would have quite some laughs!
It's understandable though, it can be hard to have a completely normal conversation, when you're under so much stress. I was so glad we could catch up as well!
Enjoy the rest of your week! *huge hugs*
I'm glad you understand it now!
BTVS is on the top of my to-watch list, so I'm definitely going to watch it soon! Wow I see you liked it a LOT then! I guess it's pretty cool yes, it's nice to learn so many different languages! How many languages do you learn over there then? I really hope you'll be able to score some points in the upcoming blog buddy!
I know you can do it! *SUPER DUPER HUGS*
I see my avatar is drawing quite some attention!
I'm glad you like it. It's not so strange though: Jensen is just one HOT man! Keep it up with the not breaking any bones! I sure hope it will stay this way for me, I'm not looking forward to breaking any bones soon! It's already great that you know some words! Not many people outside Holland know Dutch, so that's awesome! I put Buffy high on my to watch list and I will tell of you what I think of it, once I've seen it! I'm sure I'll like it though, seeing all the people that love it around here! You should definitely go and watch the Shawshank Redemption sometime, it's one of the best movies ever! Thanks so much for stopping by! *waves back*
Haha I don't know if god loves me, but I guess I've been pretty lucky so far! But I can get the chickenpox later in life and I heard it's even worse then when you're young, so I won't be so lucky then...
Wow you've broken quite some things! I have been in the hospital a couple of times though, so I guess I'm not THAT lucky.
Oke, so maybe we don't really have the same taste in tv shows, but we both like Grey's! That's something! I'm glad you liked the calls! Thanks buddy! Ahh that's so sweet of you! I'm happy with my name though, I like it! See we're just more alike in other things! I think it would be great to pick it up again some day. Yes, I guess it has to be weather god, instead of weather gods... Don't know that for sure actually.. I've never been around the world actually, but next year you're welcome to come with me in my suitcase! I'm glad you liked the blog buddy! *Huge hugs*
I'm glad you enjoyed them! It was pretty hard to think of some interesting ones...
And I read all of it! *clap clap*
Congrats!
Now, lemme tell you (again) BtVS is the best show EVER!!! Watch it F! ASAP! You'll love it!
you only learn other stuff if you go to a private school...and i didnt so i only learnt Afrikaans! but i do have a confession...i really should know how to speak French & Italian...cause Im half and half...BUT I dont!! *COOL COLOURFUL HUGS!*
So happy to see you here buddy!
*waves back, more frantically*
Haha, well my blogs always tend to get longer then I previously thought!
Proud of you buddy for getting through it all! Yes well I think I have...
It's the best fever to have though! I know buddy, you were absolutely right! I'm sure you're right with BtVS as well, but like I told you: I can't watch everything at the same time! I still have to finish GA and after that I think I have the time to watch it! I will let you know as soon as I have!
Sorry you only get to learn Afrikaans! How did you learn English then? Or do they speak that in SA, and I'm just having a blond moment?
Haha well buddy there's still time to learn it! You might some day, you never know!
So happy you finally can do colour comments now as well!
*MASSIVE CHEERY HUGS*
Fieke buddy! I think you just had a major blonde moment!
English is our language in SA!! Afrikaans is just a dialect actually! Yeah ill learn one day! I know how cool is it doing colour comments!!
miss you buddy!
*colour comment hugs!*
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