trinities[*]

[pax_athena]

• Three things on the news that make me despair^[**]:
  
  • American politics
  • Dutch politics
  • Poll numbers of the German Greens

• Three things that gave me warm fuzzy work feelings:
  • The support of my colleagues for my candidacy for the staff association
  • That talk invitation (that also makes a very awkward trip a lot easier)
  • Witty e-mail conversations with a bunch of my favorite people

• Three things this weekend that I am looking forward to and am somewhat intimidated by:
  • Fancy lunch with someone I only ever met at a couple of conferences (and who isn't in science anymore) but who shares my love for good food later today.
  • Good-bye party of a colleague tomorrow.
  • Meeting with a local LJ-friend (*winkwink*) the day after tomorrow.

• Three things I ordered online recently:
  • A blender (because the one I bought wasn't working properly - I have better hopes for this one).
  • Two pairs of jeans and two black turtleneck sweaters (keeping only a pair of jeans, unfortunately; I needed a good black turtleneck more, alas ...)
  • 10 books (all by women, all but one foreign)

• Three trips in March:
  • Rosenheim
  • Paris
  • Naples

• Three homemade things in my freezer:
  • Cauliflower soup
  • Pasta bake
  • Minipancakes

• Three things on my phone that make me happy:
  • WhatsApp (because friends far away)
  • Pokemon Go (because Generation 2 Pokemon since today!)
  • That new word-game in "Peak" where I reached the legendary status now

• Three museums I've been to so far:
  
  • Sieboldhuis Leiden (Japanese Museum) for the Kunisada Exhibition
  • NEMO Science Museum Amsterdam (OMG! Live chain reaction!)
  • Fries Museum Leeuwarden for the Alma-Tadema exhibition

• Three random photos:
  
  
  
  A random friendly cat
  
  
  
  
  Way to win in Star Munchkin.
  
  
  
  Ducks @ work.
  

• Three pretty buildings in Leeuwarden:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

^[*] Of course, if I use the word "trinity" I mean this one, which is one of my usual recommendations if people ask for a great self-contained series within the DC universe.
^[**] No, discussion not welcome.

Comments

[meathiel]

I'd love to see that exhibition with Alma-Tadema paintings!

And the cat is so pretty - looks like a Bengal?

[pax_athena]

The exhibition is moving to London next ;)

It does, doesn't it? I kind of did not expect to see them in the Netherlands, I thought they were more of an American thing, but there seems to be a pretty extensive Dutch wikipedia page on them, so who knows ...

[meathiel]

There was an article about Bengals in the local newspaper this weekend - apparently they are good for people with a cat hair allergy (i.e. ME!) because they lack an enzyme in their saliva. Only problem - they are around 1000 € from a breeder. Meh!

[pax_athena]

I dunno if this is exensive - that's about the price of a better laptop? And one certainly will have to spend that much and more on vet bills at some point ...
That said, one could make a fair point that it is better to take some lonely kitten from the shelter, but if the question is that of allergies ...

[hamsterwoman]

Ooh, the friendly cat is gorgeous -- I love the color and the markings!

We really need to make it to the NEMO museum at some point... So annoying that I only learned about how awesome it is after KLM stopped having reasonably priced SFO-Schiphol flights, so now we're never in Amsterdam...

[pax_athena]

Well, you should definitely plan a weekend in the Netherlands in the next ~2 years then :P

[seidenstrasse.livejournal.com]

Danke für die Einblicke!
Das letzte Haus finde ich besonders eindrucksvoll.

[pax_athena]

Gern geschehen, es freut mich, dass es spannend war!

Auf jeden Fall - es hatte auch eine spannende Story, es war als ein Armenhaus gebaut, mit vielen winzigen aber gut ausgestatteten Wohnungen.

[qwentoozla]

Such a beautiful cat! And beautiful buildings!

[pax_athena]

Thank you :)

[echomyst.livejournal.com]

Kitty! And haha, rubber ducks.

[pax_athena]

Giant rubber ducks :D I should take another look today, whether they are still around!

[cha-mel-eon.livejournal.com]

Those buildings are rather pretty!

[pax_athena]

They are :) Netherlands are full of beautiful old buildings and also so much Art Nouveau *_*

[celeritas-3e8.livejournal.com]

I just googled the NEMO museum and I WANT TO GO THERE RIGHT NOW. :D

[pax_athena]

Haha, I know now what we will be doing when you are visiting :D

[mi-er.livejournal.com]

I have still never been to nemo! Mr p was one of the first employees there 🙂 there was a lot of pioneering when it first opened. I am looking forward to taking the kids when they are older.

There are a few great museums in leiden too.  And in haarlem, amsterdam, the hague....groningen, zwolle 🙂A lot still left to do for sure!

[pax_athena]

I'm sure they are going to love it - it's such a well done museum for kids! And how cool that P. worked there - I would love to hear about the beginning of the museum. I can imagine that the exhibitions there are not easy to develop (but they are sooo great!) and that there was a lot of adventures at the beginning .

[mi-er.livejournal.com]

I cannot believe i skipped Rotterdam amongst others. But Rotterdam!

[pax_athena]

And Delft! Our plan for this weekend was to go to Delft. Now I may go alone next weekend (if I do not fly to Germany) because this is the last chance for me to see and exhibition I really wanted to see ...

[colesdragon.livejournal.com]

Awful news aside, good things really do come in threes!

[pax_athena]

At least if I force them to ;D

[teagues-veil.livejournal.com]

Love this post!

[pax_athena]

<3