Dutch don't have problem with female or gay leaders

An opinion poll showed that the vast majority of Dutch people wouldn't have a problem with a female or gay prime minister. We have never had a female prime minister (and there have never been serious female candidates, which is quite strange now that I think about it). The gay candidate, Pim Fortuyn (picture), who actually had a chance to become prime minister was murdered just before the 2002 general elections. He was (very) openly gay and famously said in an interview when asked about the problems with criminal youth of Moroccan descent: "What criminal Moroccan boys? I fuck Moroccan boys". I believe it helped him a lot that he was so open about his homosexuality and his sexual adventures: people trusted him because they believed that if he was telling them everything about his sex life, all the rest would also probably be true. Anyway, according to the recent poll people would be less comfortable with a Jewish, Muslim, old or ethnic minority prime minister. Still a way to go for an all-inclusive society.

A typical, busy, boring, good day

I have been busy at work (so much for my semi-retirement) so I have had many typical, busy, boring, good days like today:
7:00 AM: wake up, have shower, check e-mail, breakfast, get dressed
8:15 AM: leave house on bicycle
8:45 AM: arrive office
8:45 AM to 6:30 PM: receive and write about 100 e-mails, get and make about 20 phone calls, write proposals, do admin, manage staff, listen to my bosses with their plans, 20 minute lunch break around 1 PM
6:30 PM: leave office
7:00 PM: arrive home
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM: my exercises (I still need to lose 8 kg)
8:00 PM to 8:45 PM: prepare and eat dinner
8:45 PM to 12:00 midnight: read newspaper, read book, watch TV, watch movie, surf Internet, write e-mail, write blog, call friends
12:00 midnight: zzzzzzzz
Actually, 4 out of 5 nights it is more like:
12:00 to 12:03 AM: wank, wank
12:03 AM: zzzzzzzz
Life is boring but good!

Joran van der Sloot

Almost 50% of all Dutch (including me) watched the TV program "Peter R. de Vries, crime reporter" last night in which he solved the Natalee Holloway case. He organized a clever sting operation in which the main suspect Mr. Joran van der Sloot confessed to dumping Natalee's body in the Caribbean. The police had tried for 2 1/2 years to find evidence but failed, and finally Mr. De Vries succeeded in having Joran confess. Today, all newspapers were full with the story and people were talking about nothing else. Here is a recent picture of Joran (centre), he must be careful when he picks up the soap in prison!

Porn for senior citizens

The Socialistische Partij (the Dutch Socialist Party) is running an ad on prime time TV (promoting better care for old people at home) in which an old lady undresses saying: "Many years I had Conny come to my house to wash me. But she was too expensive, they say. So now I get a stranger. And a different stranger every day. I might as well undress for the whole country". You can watch the video on the Socialist Party's website under "Voor een betere thuiszorg" (for a better home care)

Somebody (not me) f***ing Matt Damon

He is so cute........

Obama for President!

I am not American and I don't get to vote in the US elections. (although I think I could: when I was in New York years ago I was approached by someone who asked if I was a "registered voter", upon my negative answer he invited me to register, if I had claimed to be American I may have succeeded....) Still I am following the US campaign with much interest as the US is still the biggest country in the Western world. My friend DA recently explained why he voted for Hillary in his blog. And I? I would vote for Obama. Why? Well, first of all I would never vote for a Republican. They are too far right wing conservative for my liking. To be honest, the Democrats are just a bit better; it is amazing that a true social-democrat or liberal party doesn't exist in America. What I like about Obama is his age (my generation, so still young hehe) and the freshness and inspiration of his message. All countries, once in while, need some change and excitement and Obama is the man who can bring it after 20 years of rule by the Bush and Clinton dynasties. Furthermore, Hillary has proven that she can't deliver: one of the biggest shames on America's record is the fact that it doesn't provide universal health care to its citizens. Hillary was put in charge of arranging it, and she failed miserably. So Obama is the man! (by the way, with a black father and a white mother why do people think he is black? He is mixed-race)

Losing appetite for sex?

It had been a long time that I had been to Cuckoo's Nest, and being a bit horny I decided on Friday evening to honour the bar with my visit. It is amazing how many faces I still recognize: it seems that at least half of the patrons visit "CNN" (as SU calls the bar) every night because whenever I am there, they are there. I found PH upstairs and we chatted a bit (the usual topic being that before we both die we should have sex, PH is one of those friends that we get along well and like to chat, but never had sex). I had a tour of the downstairs area which was packed. After a while I spotted a beautiful young white man in his 20's, wearing very fashionable clothes which is unusual for CNN. He smiled at me (I was surprised and looked around if someone cute was standing behind me first), so having made sure the smile was for me I walked up and we had a chat. He was friendly enough and made it clear he wanted something, but suddenly the feeling came over me "what am I doing here?" and I quickly excused myself and went upstairs. After another beer I guess the horniness came back and I went down again. This time I had to wait a bit longer to find someone who liked me. Late 30's, looked like a mix of Arab and black, cute. He grabbed my dick and then took my hand to lead me into a cabin. The same feeling came back to me, so I lied "sorry not my type" and I went upstairs and left the bar. Fortunately MA texted "Soho in 30 minutes" because I really needed a "normal" bar with good friends. I don't think I'll go to CNN soon again. I feel that I am losing the appetite for sex with strangers.
Had a long chat with MA in Soho. We share similar experiences with our non-Dutch housemates and something had happened between MA and JE that MA needed to vent about. We joked that it would be so much easier for MA and me to live together, and as neither of us has sex with our housemate anyway, it sounds like a grand plan. RO was telling us about his upcoming trip to Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. I am jealous that so many people are traveling this month: KE is in Singapore and Thailand, FR and CH left for Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam on Friday, WB and FR are leaving Monday to Malaysia and Thailand, and RO is leaving next week, too. Well, another 6 1/2 weeks and I'll be there.