Amsterdam Continues

I feel like I need to keep updating this journal, keep some kind of record of all the things that go on here … but the truth is, every time I find myself at the keyboard, I’m overwhelmed by the magnitude of what needs to be recorded. Furthermore, as I get deeper and deeper into this trench, I’m losing my perspective on what my life used to be. It’s hard to describe things that happen here when I need to use the language of Amsterdam to describe them. And since this is a LiveJournal, and not a personal one, the content is designed to be for public consumption and thus must have some value to people other than me. So what do I say?

I want to come home and visit. I don’t know when I’ll get a chance to. I want someone to visit me. I’m the only one here who hasn’t had any friends visit. Suzi has people come in almost weekly, and Jim’s had his weekend of friends. I feel dehydrated.

The details of the Ultimate trip remind me of how much I take for granted here now. The late nights at Bamboo or Boom, playing rounds of murder with local celebrities or exPats. The constant free alcohol and shitty food.

I’m going to Vondel Park to eat lunch in the sun with Colton and Suzi, two people very dear to me that no one back home knows at all. I’m buried up to my head. Colton leaves soon, in a month — something I’m dreading, as he is one of the 2 people here that I’ve connected with.

How do you stay when there’s only 1 person here you love, and at home there’s 15?

This weekend, Sophie visits again, and next week I head to Brussels to see her art Expo. There’s a costume party this weekend, 2,000 strong, and Brendan is hosting as Granville Waiters. I don’t have a day off till Sunday. Laundry List.

I ate Febo for the first time in Enschede, after drinking enough to be unconcerned with what I was consuming. We all walked through 5 houses, connected and ancient, with rotating bars and 6 floors each.

There’s nothing to complain about. So why do I feel so beat?

The Months Fly By

It’s been 4 months now that I’ve lived in Amsterdam. More than that, actually. And it doesn’t slow down. And because there are always special events (alumni week, buy out shows, tours, parents visiting, etc.), I haven’t really gotten the chance to feel my life settling. I’ve been negleting my livejournal because the events just blur together and I can’t even remember what it is that I have or haven’t written about.

The show is open and running smoothly. Our new music director is awesome. May is the month where everyone takes vacations, and as such Colton, Brendan and Jordan are gone on tuesday — giving me a sour preview of their eventual full-on exit from Boom. I miss Colton already, and I know that he’ll be completely gone in a month or so. It sucks. It’s college accelerated. Here! Heather! Make new friends and then lose them!

In other news, it’s so great to hear about the New Zealand trip that Ultimate is taking. It sounds like quite the adventure, and I’m jealous. I mean, yeah, I’ve got my own continental comedy trip happening, but still, I miss my old friends and I wish I could share in their experiences. Who’s all on that trip, anyway?

I hope you are all safe and having a great time, no matter where you are. You’re all loved. Toodle-Pip!