Pim Fortuyn is dead. Incredible.
And there’s some movie star premiere at the cinema near Rembrantplein. What a mix. (The limos have to be quick to get the stars out so they don’t block the tram line).

It’s true (I wasn’t sure if I was translating correctly): Pim Fortuyn was shot about an hour ago. In English at the BBC ‘Dutch far-right leader shot‘. Background information in two articles, ‘Pim Fortuyn: The far-right Dutch maverick‘ and ‘At home with ‘Professor Pim’‘. (Don’t expect these articles to be too accurate, all the English press I’d read about him over the past few months has been full of factual errors).
In Dutch at http://nu.nl/ or NRC Handelsblad.

I think someone’s shot and maybe killed Pim Fortuyn. I really hope not, because he might be an idiot but he doesn’t deserve to die, and it’ll just make him a martyr.

Someone finally does something about Shakira, but is a bag of cement enough to shut her up?

So here I am, registering in the Dutch equivalent of the CES. Between cleaning the flat before we leave and filling out forms I can’t translate properly, I’ve come back to reality quickly.
The streets were full of people celebrating Ajax’s championship last night. The celebrations at the Arena seemed to consist of the crowd watching the team and managers getting drunk on stage while singing and dancing as only the Dutch can (i.e. lots of enthusiasm but no rhythm).

Hard to believe that it’ll happen, but it’d be great if it does: Aung San Suu Kyi could be released in a few days.

I registered at CWI today but I still don’t know what they are. Crazy, eh? But I have to do it before seeing the Gak.

After reading about ‘NakkidNerds.com’, a porn site featuring nerd chicks, in an interview with the site’s creator in The Age, I discovered that I can’t view it at EasyEverything. No message, just a redirect to http://www.easyeverything.com/. Since my viewing is being censored, if you can check it out, let me know what it’s like.

Back in Amsterdam! It’s good to be home, even if I’m actually in-between permanent housing til I either find a job or leave the country. Barcelona was really ace. I figure I’ll have the photos online in a week.