Yes! Finally! I have lost my Den-Haag-Good-Party-Virginity! I was so hoping for this party to be at least semi-decent, had been looking forward to it for all of last week and well, I shouldn't be disappointed.
Daniel, Ege and I started the night off at the Zwarte Ruiter with a couple of beers and (really good) whiskey cola's. We then waited for what seemed an eternity to catch the tram to the harbor in order to search for the Piratenbar, a very undergroundy, punk-ish location way off from civilization on one of the piers – with only the three page sms directions by Kate to guide us that is. Arriving there at 1:30 was a good decision, Fleur told me that at 11 there was a mere seven people...

After getting all the alcohol we had lost on hour half hour walk to the club back into our bloodstream and enjoying some of the Dutchman's favorite pastime, we danced ourselves sweaty to the Nu Rave beats of Musique Manifique, Ravage! Ravage! and Jaques De La Disque. The party also functioned as a release party for the t-shirt label Vruchtvlees, managed by Roman and Michael, two guys from my class. The latter also quite fittingly introduced himself to everyone with the line: "Hi, I'm Michael. I'm throwing this party.". And although the crowd was quite hesitant throughout the whole time and the music got a bit repetitive/boring in the end it was still definitely worth the effort. And the one hour walk/ride back home in the pouring rain...

Oh, and screw all my pictures because THESE babies are about a million times better.

God, I'm in desperate need of a good party. This Saturday better be rockin'! Something to get in the mood...

1) Rock the boat!
2) Sweet stuff from the local turkish supermarket. It's pure sin.
3) My old phone broke. Cheapass replacement. Back to basics I'd say.
4) How my fellow exchangie Leontios deals with being robbed.
5) Brown. The color of choice. And shit.
6) Kitchen decoration.

Today I had to skip Calligraphy as there was a presentation of half of the 6th semester students. They introduced the agencies/bureaus where they did their 3 month internship (dutch: stage, spoken staash) and showed the projects they worked on while being there. Pretty neat idea, gives you an overview of who is out there and what is possible. Maybe worth introducing back home at the H_DA.

Furthermore there was another lecture at the Zeebelt Theater yesterday evening, again organized by Zefir7. This time with one third of 75B, a Rotterdam based design studio, presenting a retrospective of their work over the past ten years as well as their most recent project. Although I didn't get much again due to my crappy dutch skills, I understood a bit more than last time. At least enough to realize, that this guy was one of the most cynical designers I've ever seen. Well among the ranks of a certain Mr. Baum...