The taste of life I can't describe

Alright, best 2 days in a long year.

Monday, we met at 12:30, ate a bagel, which I never ate because I suck. But they're lovely. After that we went to the hotel (after walking through the shopping district, and being dragged into a clothes shop because of a 'fabulous' dress xD).

Our hotel room was pretty sweet, nice bed, nice bathroom etc.

We went to eat at La Place, which was nice. But afterwards we went to the Portishead concert, which was A-FUCKING-MAZING. Really, they were even better live than on CD. Beth Gibbons is without a single doubt  the best singer I know.And I kissed her. Yes, that's right, I kissed Beth Gibbons. On the cheek, but it was a kiss nonetheless. She laughed, and I kissed my biggest idol. Fuck yeah.

Even the band before Portishead was amazing. Their name is Kling Klang, and if I had to describe them, I'd say, Kraftwerk a la 2008. Awesome stuff.

The next day. The dreaded day of my piercing. First things first. We started with breakfast at Bakker Bart (not exactly Tiffany's but it'll have to do). Then we went to her house, which I had never seen before. She lives lovely, btw.

At about 14:30 the time had come to go to the piercer. When we got there, all my anxiety went away. She was Brabants, like I am, superfriendly and funny. A typical Brabander, which is rare in Amsterdam.

We picked out how my piercing should look, and she totally agreed with my decision. After drawing and massaging my neck (Marlen has yet to massage me ;)), she pierced me. I won't say it didn't hurt, but it didn't hurt half as much as I'd expected. Fuck that, not even a quart of what I expected. Then again, I'm fucking imba.

Marlen had a microdermal done, which looks like a small black diamond at the end of her eyebrow. Very nice, and fking smexay.

We visited the Torture Museum after talking with Sharon (the piercer). It was nice to see, but I really felt for what my ancestors have had to endure. Damn the Catholic Church. Hypocrites.

And I kissed Beth Gibbons. Which I am listening to right now. Awesome!!! Now I am riding the train home. These two days were really awesome. The bond between me and Marlen grew noticeably. I love her :)

I made loads of Portishead, and three movies. Roads completely, Glory Box completely and a part of a new song. Marlen made a vid of me being pierced, to show that I really didn't scream like a little girl.

What a fucking long post! I've been typing on my iPod for over 40 minutes now. Time to end it!

Greetings from your now-pierced friend.