Petits-Pierres for Monday, June 30th
♥ AND BEYOND FASHION SHOW
Local favorites strut show their creations in a room with stuff in it.
♥ THE KIMMIE INDEX RISES AS MY STOCK TIPS HAVE COME TRUE, YET AGAIN!
Along with recession comes an overwhelming feeling of pity and self-doubt that can only be covered up with make-up. Let’s face it, bulimia ain’t exactly cost-efficient in a bear market.
♥ SEXY PEOPLE BLOG SHOWS THE VERY BEST OF THE WORST PORTRAITS EVER TAKEN
Forget the pictures, where can I get some of those fabulous photo-finish backgrounds?!
♥ BREAD AND BUTTER STARTS TOMORROW IN BARCELONA!
I’ve got my ticket, how about you?
♥ FULL EPISODES OF ADDICTION ON AETV.COM
For anyone else who is waiting for peeps to get out a meeting in order to do work.
♥ WINDOWS STOPS SELLING XP, KEEMPOO INDEX GOES UP AGAIN
As Gates flies the coup, he does one last punk-ass move for prosperity to convince people once and for all to switch to Mac.
♥ REEBOK STEALS EVERYTHING YELLE IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET YOU TO BUY THE SHOES YOU HAD WHEN YOU WERE SIX
Tektonic has many powers.
♥ I’M UP TO PUSSY’S BOW AT THE MOMENT!
Favorite “Kath and Kim” has been picked up by NBC in America who will ruin it and then promote it after it’s other stolen blockbuster, The Office.
The Incredible, Edible Dutch Gardener
Although everyone and their mom comes to the Netherlands to buy tulips, many people don’t know that the inhabitants of Holland have always had quite the green thumb and tulips aren’t actually the interesting growing out here on the polders. In fact, the Dutch have been able to grow in vast amounts just about anything that needs to be buried in the ground and thrive on sunshine.
♥ KONINKLIJK COCAINE
At last year’s IDFA, Jeanette Groenendaal showed the documentary, “Dutch Cocaine Factory” (or “De Nederlandse Cocaïne Fabriek” in Nederlands) which covers the past, present, and future of cocaine as an imported commodity for the country and its neighbors.
As the story goes, the Dutch imported the coca plant back in 1878 where they were successfully able to cultivate it in their greenhouses. After its profitability was realized, the Colonial Bank was able to export the plant to the then Dutch colonies of Java and Sumatra where the crop thrived.
Today, The Netherlands has more or less become Europe’s international weighing station for the white stuff. This kind of illegal activity of selling “hard drugs” is taken very seriously not just by the authorities but by the general public. This country that favors the tolerance of marijuana use (contrary to popular belief, it is not legal, but decriminalized and strictly monitored by authorities) over problems that come with addicts of much more dangerous drugs. And because pot is legal here, most residents look at users of higher classed drugs as a) pathetic; b) touristic); or c) sad.
♥ VOLKSTUINEN - WHERE CITY FOLKS GARDEN
Got them city blues? Well here in Amsterdam, if you don’t have a little plot of land you can call your own, you can sign up to get some! The Volkstuinen roughly translates to the “People’s Gardens”, the clumps of areas just outside of Amsterdam you can put up a garden a shed and plant to your heart’s content. Of course, if everything you touch turns to dust, it doesn’t mean you can’t use your volkstuin as your mini-weekend house (which a lot of people do). And why not? It’s not like they don’t come with electricity and water.
♥ AND WHEN THE DUTCH CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE, THEY GARDEN
Back in the 16th century (when the word “laboratory”, let alone the actual space, didn’t exist) carrots used to be their normal-color of purple or yellow until the Dutch decided to turn them orange as a way to celebrate William of Orange through the power of their knowledge or gardening. Exactly how they did it isn’t clear, but I bet these people could turn rutabagas into Skittles™ if given a few more centuries.
