Hello my loves!

We are back from our vacation :)  Let me tell you, it was pretty splendid.  I have to say, Switzerland is amazingly gorgeous, and Italy was a bit of a letdown, at least where we were.  Rome was quite dirty, but Florence looked beautiful for the hour we were there.  And the food was the BEST I have ever had in my life.  Gelato it sooooooo good, and we went to a little restaurant outside of where we were camping, and they had the best ravioli on Earth!

Anyway, I'm sure you're expecting more about vacation, but it's late and I had my wisdom teeth pulled this morning, so I'm thinking I'm going to force myself to go to bed now.  But don't worry, I'll be back to tell you all everything, and maybe add some photos as well :)  However, before I leave, I feel I should leave you with a Hottie of the Post, and today's winner is Jared Leto.

I will admit that he is not always this good looking; he makes some...interesting choices with his hair and make up while he and the rest of 30 Seconds to Mars are on tour (as well as in his dating life.  Lindsay Lohan, anyone?), but when he looks good, he looks DANG good.  And yes, I'm aware that he's 39 years old.  That still doesn't detract from the fact he is amazingly hot.  And those eyes of his?

Yeah, talk about gorgeous.  Anyway, I am now off to brush my teeth very carefully and take some more drugs.  Talk to you all soon!

A Mountain, Not a Hill

So I'm sure that you guys are expecting something about our first day in Berlin.  However, I got online and found out some terrible news: my friends' baby had died.  He had been born with only half of a heart, but it was very unexpected (at least for me), because he had been home for a little while and I thought he had been doing well.  I don't think they really expected it either, really, they just thought it was an infection, and he ended up dying a few hours after they got to the hospital.

What do you say?  I mean, I know  there's always "I'm sorry for your loss, you're in my prayers," but I feel like that just doesn't cut it.  I guess there really isn't anything you can say about in this situation.
I didn't mean to depress any of you.  But I suppose I'll talk about Berlin.  It's really quite the city, I have to say.  It reminds me a lot about Paris in some ways.  We did a bus and boat tour around the city today, which was pretty good.  It was really hot, though, and my chest has a square shaped sunburn on it, and I also have a rosy hue to my face now haha.  But the food here has been great; we went to the Hardrock Cafe yesterday, and it was DELICIOUS.  They also have the best McDonald's here, too.
So after dinner my brothers and I went to go look at the henna tattoo set-up we'd seen yesterday and to see if we could get one.  We were looking at the different options, and this huge gust of wind came and blew one of the displays into my face, and it hit me right above my left eye.  Let me tell you, it really hurt, and I had to sit there for a few seconds and just breathe.  I lifted my head and felt something dripping down my face, and I looked at Kathy and asked, "Am I bleeding," and of course I was.  I guess we'll see tomorrow if I have a bruise or not.  Not gonna lie, I'm kind of hoping that I do haha.  I definitely have a scratch/mini gash.
Anyway, since I'm on here, I might as well do a Hottie of the Post.  Not gonna lie, I've been doing the best ones first, so personally I don't think I'm going to do better than what I've already posted on here haha.  But there are plenty of beautiful people in the world, and in honor of the soon-to-be released Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, today's winner is Daniel Radcliffe.

Needless to say, Harry Potter has grown up.  I'm not saying he's the most attractive guy ever (you already know who I think that is haha), but he has his moments.  Like in the above picture.

Anyway, that's all for now.  More Berlin tomorrow!

BERLIN.

So, I'm pretty excited about going to Berlin.  We are leaving early tomorrow morning, and will be there all day Saturday and Sunday as well, and then we'll leave Monday morning to come back to Holland.  So I won't be on here for a couple of days, but you can expect some awesome blogage and pictures once I return.

Actually, come to think of it, you might not hear from me for a while, since Malachi and I are going to the Harry Potter movie marathon at the Pathé in Eindhoven, and that starts at 0030 on Tuesday morning, and goes until very early on Wednesday morning, and then I think we leave Thursday for Switzerland/more Germany.  So I will be very busy the next few weeks.  I know you will miss my Hottie of the Post, so I'll make today's a really good one.  The winner today is...Christian Bale!

I know he's married, and has a kid, but he is SO nice to look at!  I used to obsess over this guy after Batman Begins came out, and then I started watching some of his other stuff and realized that he makes very good movies and is a very good actor.  I watched (most of) The New World yesterday, but had to turn it off.  I mean, I don't usually mind slow dramas, but this one was sooooooooo slooooooooooooow.  And I only really watched it for him, and he didn't come until almost halfway through the movie (which is 2:15:30 long, let me tell you), so I watched some of it with him in it, then turned it off because I just didn't care anymore.  Then I watched a movie with Fassy in it.

Oh people, he will always be my favorite hottie.  The red hair, green eyes.  The sexy scruff.  I can't get enough.

Anyway, I need to go and clean something or other before we leave for tomorrow.  I hope you can all survive without me ;-)  I'll miss you all as well.  Ta ta!

OH MY GOSH!!!

GUESS WHAT?!

:D

Sorry, I just tricked you all into thinking I have super exciting news.  I don't.  Unless you count the fact that we're going to Berlin this weekend.  Not that I'm not looking forward to that, because I am.

But Mom and Kathy got home from Poland and Germany yesterday.  Mom brought back some great pottery, and even got me an adorable giant mug with its own spoon that I shall be making lots and lots of hot chocolate in.

Isn't it cute?!?!

yeah.  I'm almost done with all of my lessons with assignments attached to them for my class.  Then all I'll have to do is go back and read other stuff, but I can do that on the road.  I am pretty content with life right now :)

So as usual, it is now time for Hottie of the Post!  Today's winner is Henry Cavill.

You may recognize him as Albert from the 2001 production of The Count of Monte Cristo.

Remember this cutie pie?

The last ten years have been veeeeeery good to our Mr. Cavill here.  He was actually Stephenie Meyer's original choice to play Edward in the Twilight movies, but by the time production started, he was too old.  I think he may have dodged a bullet there.  BUT, he will be playing Clark Kent/Superman in Superman: Man of Steel, and you can see him as Theseus in Immortals, which comes out on 11.11.11.  Ironically, Kellan Lutz will also be in this flick as Poseidon, and he plays Emmet Cullen in the Twilight franchise.  But I'll be paying for attention to Henry, I think.

Yeah...

The Land of the Free, and the Home of the Brave

So this is the second year in a row I've been in a foreign country for Independence Day.  Last year, at least, we had a barbecue and celebrated with other American friends here in Holland, but that's not going to happen today.  I've always been very patriotic, probably more so than a lot of others because of growing up as a military brat, but I do love America.  It's a great country to be from in this world.  My favorite verse from the Star-Spangled Banner is this one:


Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!


I think it's beautiful.  I first learned it in high school, and others I've known have also expressed their love for this verse.  I remember I heard it play one day, and thought about how beautiful our national anthem really is.  I've sung it many times, whether in ROTC or getting payed to for little league games in California, but often never pay attention to what I'm saying.  When I stop and actually think about the words, it's really beautiful and very spiritual.  I so grateful for the men and women who fight for my freedom.  I know God wanted this country to be found, and without His help we would have lost the war and would all be British right now.  I wish all Americans would remember "In God is our trust."  The Founding Fathers weren't idiots, they knew what they were doing when they founded this country.  I wish we would listen to them.


Anyway, I'm done with preaching.  Time for a new edition of "Hottie of the Post!"  Today's winner is...Chris Evans!

After a bit of searching, I thought our very own Captain America would be a nice, patriotic choice for today ;-)  Pretty gorgeous, right?  Anyway, I've got a lot of homework and laundry to do, so I must bid you farewell.  Happy 4th of July!

Say what?

So I noticed that you can't see the picture of Patrick J. Adams that I put up earlier, so I'll post another one of him:

This is basically the same picture I posted earlier, just a different size.

However, since it is technically a new day, I've decided to treat you to July 3rd's "Hottie of the Post," who is Max Irons.

*Sigh*

I saw him in the movie "Red Riding Hood."  Not a really great movie, but he was very easy on the eyes, and basically made it worth it ;-)  Anywho, it's almost 0100, and it's fast Sunday, so I should probably get to bed since I need to be up in a few hours.  However, Monica gave me a memory foam pad for my bed, and I tested it out earlier tonight, and let me tell you...it's nice.  I will be sleeping well tonight.  And dreaming of Max Irons.  Goodnight!

I have not witty title for this post.

So I never ended up going to Schinnen with my mom like I said I was going to.  I decided to stay home and clean my room a bit and move all of Monica's stuff into her room.  Kathy and Monica are both officially here, and I am currently trying (and failing) to work on one of my speedback assignments for my online class.  I figure I'll get the lessons done with actual assignments first, and then worry about the ones I just have to read stuff for later.

Anyway, back to Kathy and Monica being here.  It's pretty awesome.  I always love having company in the house, because things get a bit more lively, which I like.  Monica won't be here for very long, but it's always nice to see her; but Kathy will be here for a month, so YAY!  For the first time in my life, my house is estrogen dominated, because there are officially more females than males in the house.  I guess if you count living in a dorm for college, that's not true, but I'm talking about being home.  This is seriously the first time it's ever happened.  I have no problem just hanging out with the guys, so I guess we'll see how this goes.

Anyway, I'm just trying to be good and write on here like I'm supposed to.  I like to just come and look at my blog, because it's pretty now :)  And I think I'm going to have a "Hottie of the Post" now, where I just post a picture of a really hot guy for you all to oggle at.  Today's pick: Patrick J. Adams.

I guess this is more like "Cutie of the Post," but still.  He's cute.  And Canadian.  And he's super charming in the show "Suits" on USA Network.  So yeah, that's all for now.  Back to homework for me!