Billie Holiday was right on!

Oh, what a little moonlight can do!

The moon was beautiful (again) last night here in Leiden, there were a full three days of the moon in a 95 per cent full stage or more. I took my digital camera out with me after Desperate Housewives and got this photo. If I were at school I would have played with it on photoshop so we could see the drawbridge a little better, but this will do. I learned last night, as I sat in the cold grass, that my time in Leiden is not about how a change as a person. I've been freaking out that I haven't noticed significant changes in the person that I am. I think I decided that the most important part about being in Leiden is saying I've done it. In 20 years it won't matter how I changed over a five month period in a foreign country because I'll have been changing my whole life. I won't remember the day I became more aware of the world... I'll remember a sunset overlooking a house- or other equally random things.

I've had some questions asked to me by a friend who has become fed up with the "101 Ways Michael can get Drunk" trend of my blog. I can't please everybody, but I can at least please her. So, here are her questions, followed by my answer.

1) How many colors of bricks are there? Hell, I don't know. If I had to give an answer, however, I would have to say that there is only one color of brick. That color is brick. Some would say that there are more than one color of brick, but that would be wrong. If it's a lighter than brick color, say beige, it's probably stone. So yes, there is only one color of brick.

2) Do they sport dorky windmills in their yards? I've yet to see one, so no.

3) Are there even front yards? In most cases, yes.

4) What's the music scene like? Most venues are significantly smaller than stadium shows that we're used to in the states. I tried getting tickets for the White Stripes, but the show in Amsterdam only had about a thousand tickets. There's a bar (way #73 for Michael to get drunk) that has live music every single night. The first Friday in Leiden, I was recorded dancing with a beer in my hand (way #8) to salsa music that was playing by a live band on a barge on a canal. I saw an advertisement for a drummer on the bulletin board in my building last night, and it would have been fun to do, but I can't play the drums.

In other news, I recently made the 100 Hottest Men of Central list on Facebook.com. It took a little bit of begging and a whole lot of whoring, but this is an achievement I can be proud of the rest of my life. See my profile!