Yes, indeed you can come across any type of game/sport in various ways and come to love it within various amounts of time. But for me sentimental or nostalgic worth can be important when playing sports. That's why I (being 23 years of age) still love climbing trees as much as I did 15 years ago.
The hockey thing is just something hard to get out of peoples heads.
I used to have a American class-mate that told us she used to play sports in school as part of the curriculum and as part of an after-school-thing. It was so big that they held big events and stuff, sold tickets etc. We don't have anything like that in the Netherlands. We have clubs that have nothing to do with schools, and they normally don't hold big events (unless they're very big clubs).
What is "broomball"?
The driving at a race track sounds really fun. I've done a similar thing recently, but we weren't aloud to go too fast because it was a safety class provided by our government. It was really fun making hard turns, stopping in flooded roads and ending with a small lap in a lovely Mercedes that was way too expensive for me to drive without being nervous.
I wonder If I could rent a track for some time with my friends. I know it's possible if you're a member and your car is good enough, so I wonder If it's possible when I lack in both.
Ah well, we always like how we stereotype people from the U.S. Everyone does that I guess. Not only other countries but just classes of people. We must have things in some kind of order, right? ;p
Indeed Iceland doesn't really have a particular stereotype. We have the SatW Iceland, but other than that I only know a little commercial of an Icelandic woman promoting Skyr in the Netherlands.
I don't mind stereotypes that much. I do get a little fed up with the "do you have drugs" thing that people ask me because I'm from the Netherlands. And being mistaken for the German language isn't great either. But other than that I think it's quite funny. That's also why I like these comics. They're usually quite up to date on how others see us, but also on how we see ourselves and how we actually are...
Yeah, these days the term 'Hollywood movie" isn't really great. My sister has a couple of very artistic friends who absolutely only watch artistic films (well, what they find to be artistic). They call everything else "Hollywood movies" even if they're not made in the USA. Very boring people to hang out with ;)
Ow that is indeed very funny. I always love it when I recognize certain things in films because I've seen them in real live. But it must be very nice to see something that familiar. A friend of mine saw the town they used as a set in "Schindler's list". He always talks about it when either the film or the country comes up in conversation. He is really geeky in trying to visit film locations, and is usually a bit disappointed, but not in the Schindler's list location. Apparently it won a prize for best set or something, but they did not make it, it was a left over bit of city destroyed by war.
I don't mind knowing the ending of a film that much. I really like new films and surprises in films, but I often read the plot first before seeing a film. Just because I don't want to waste time on a boring film. I watch films for plot, actors or "way of filming" (doesn't always mean directors) and sometimes also for the story behind the film. A film can be ruined when they change too much of the original story. I usually don't mind little parts, or even inventing a new story around real people.
But for instance in 'Noah" I liked the actors, I like the feel/look of the film, and I liked the original story. But two of the invented extras made the film horrible. The fallen rock angles is one of the dumbest ideas ever. Also the twin thing happening at the end, is so unnecessary. The other extras (like the war and Methuselah etc.) were okay. So other than this one, I usually like them.
I get that. I like games that I'm good at much better too ;P
I'm good at both bluffing and figuring out what someone else is thinking. In gaming format that is. It is a little harder in real life, although not with family members.
I can't imagine having only one sibling, as I have seven to deal with. Very noisy but lovely when playing games, or getting birthday presents :P
I've never played any big games with myself. I can't even play chess alone, because I can't help myself deciding which side is going to win, before I start playing. I recently started to watch TableTop on YouTube. It's a show with Wil Weaton explaining and playing all kinds of board/table games. It opened my view to so much more types of games I really want to play.
By the way, I imagine "blue class" is just another term for middle class?
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Yes, indeed you can come across any type of game/sport in various ways and come to love it within various amounts of time. But for me sentimental or nostalgic worth can be important when playing sports. That's why I (being 23 years of age) still love climbing trees as much as I did 15 years ago.
The hockey thing is just something hard to get out of peoples heads.
I used to have a American class-mate that told us she used to play sports in school as part of the curriculum and as part of an after-school-thing. It was so big that they held big events and stuff, sold tickets etc. We don't have anything like that in the Netherlands. We have clubs that have nothing to do with schools, and they normally don't hold big events (unless they're very big clubs).
What is "broomball"?
The driving at a race track sounds really fun. I've done a similar thing recently, but we weren't aloud to go too fast because it was a safety class provided by our government. It was really fun making hard turns, stopping in flooded roads and ending with a small lap in a lovely Mercedes that was way too expensive for me to drive without being nervous.
I wonder If I could rent a track for some time with my friends. I know it's possible if you're a member and your car is good enough, so I wonder If it's possible when I lack in both.
Ah well, we always like how we stereotype people from the U.S. Everyone does that I guess. Not only other countries but just classes of people. We must have things in some kind of order, right? ;p
Indeed Iceland doesn't really have a particular stereotype. We have the SatW Iceland, but other than that I only know a little commercial of an Icelandic woman promoting Skyr in the Netherlands.
I don't mind stereotypes that much. I do get a little fed up with the "do you have drugs" thing that people ask me because I'm from the Netherlands. And being mistaken for the German language isn't great either. But other than that I think it's quite funny. That's also why I like these comics. They're usually quite up to date on how others see us, but also on how we see ourselves and how we actually are...
Yeah, these days the term 'Hollywood movie" isn't really great. My sister has a couple of very artistic friends who absolutely only watch artistic films (well, what they find to be artistic). They call everything else "Hollywood movies" even if they're not made in the USA. Very boring people to hang out with ;)
Ow that is indeed very funny. I always love it when I recognize certain things in films because I've seen them in real live. But it must be very nice to see something that familiar. A friend of mine saw the town they used as a set in "Schindler's list". He always talks about it when either the film or the country comes up in conversation. He is really geeky in trying to visit film locations, and is usually a bit disappointed, but not in the Schindler's list location. Apparently it won a prize for best set or something, but they did not make it, it was a left over bit of city destroyed by war.
I don't mind knowing the ending of a film that much. I really like new films and surprises in films, but I often read the plot first before seeing a film. Just because I don't want to waste time on a boring film. I watch films for plot, actors or "way of filming" (doesn't always mean directors) and sometimes also for the story behind the film. A film can be ruined when they change too much of the original story. I usually don't mind little parts, or even inventing a new story around real people.
But for instance in 'Noah" I liked the actors, I like the feel/look of the film, and I liked the original story. But two of the invented extras made the film horrible. The fallen rock angles is one of the dumbest ideas ever. Also the twin thing happening at the end, is so unnecessary. The other extras (like the war and Methuselah etc.) were okay. So other than this one, I usually like them.
I get that. I like games that I'm good at much better too ;P
I'm good at both bluffing and figuring out what someone else is thinking. In gaming format that is. It is a little harder in real life, although not with family members.
I can't imagine having only one sibling, as I have seven to deal with. Very noisy but lovely when playing games, or getting birthday presents :P
I've never played any big games with myself. I can't even play chess alone, because I can't help myself deciding which side is going to win, before I start playing. I recently started to watch TableTop on YouTube. It's a show with Wil Weaton explaining and playing all kinds of board/table games. It opened my view to so much more types of games I really want to play.
By the way, I imagine "blue class" is just another term for middle class?