Alorrena's posts

@DreamerZ: i can PM you a link to my wedding photos if you'd like to see!

@star2000shadow: i know, i'm just happy to see you're here too!

@Vegan: I totally get that. I was just starting to get comfortable going places here by myself without GPS. It took me a long time to figure out how to get around the town (not physically how, but directionally) i was living in then. The roads are all twisty and stuff, and where i grew up it was basically a grid and north south east west made sense to me haha! Although, i really do think the US did not handle the pandemic appropriately. Not like a lot of other countries.

@Araikou: gets pinched too. at this point, there are 4 people that have done pinching. hopefully we can get someone new to do some pinching of their own!

Also, i am going to bed! Can;t wait to see if anyone else does any more pinching while i am asleep!

@Vegan: Well, hopefully they can come visit or, the 5 years goes quick. Yeah, lockdowns from covid happened in the US i think a month and a half after my wedding, but the first case of covid in florida happened like a month after my wedding. it's been a rough 2 years.

@PoeticTorment: gets a pinch, though i think she had green on earlier, but i don't remember and right now she does not.

@Sleepi: also gets a pinch

@Vegan: you're perfectly fine with your rant. i wouldn't really call it a rant, actually. just a story <3 I totally understand where a lot of vegans come from, and while i agree with most of the values, i personally don't have the resources to be vegan myself, and my hubby is definitely a carnivore. My aunt was Vegan for like 7 to 10 years, but wasn't able to get the nutrients she needed to eat so she had to start eating meat again. She did however do it for health reasons, rather than animal rights reasons. She was also pescatarian for a few years, but again, that didn't quite work out for her.
I totally understand friends and family questioning you moving away. i think they do that because they like you to be near them and want to make sure you'll be okay and as a way of showing you that they love and care for you. My family did the same thing when I decided to move. My mom was probably the most chill with it though because she can afford to come visit me at least once a year, if not more. She actually just took my hubby, me, and my older sibling to Disney in january for 10 days. She put the trip on her credit cards, and already has it all paid off. she also just asked if i wanted to go to a glass blowing class when i go visit in 10 days (for her birthday). Last time i visited was i think 3 years ago, actually, when i surprised her with the visit for her birthday! i'm really bad at getting back to Boise, but i'm hoping that it can be an every year thing moving forward.
Have you had a chance to visit your hometown since you moved?

Pinching @Operation Katana:

Pinching @cnts:

@Vegan: I think my aunt and uncle have a duplex in portland, actually. i've never been there, myself. i have been on the other side of oregon, of course, because i grew up in Idaho. I think everywhere i've been in Oregon is quirky, too. If I didn't move to Florida for my hubby, i would have probably moved to Oregon, actually. My best friend and their mom (the ones i said moved to the eugene area) moved not long after i moved to florida, and I'd be willing to bet i'd love living there.
What made you decide to move to the Netherlands?

Pinching @Aly:

pinching @Crowly:

@Vegan: I really liked Oregon. It was really pretty there. I don't remember if that was it, but it was a big art fair that they have every year. i remember this one person made pom pom skirts that swayed so perfectly when you walked. they were basically pompoms on string attached to a belt at the top, and at the bottom was like a super flexible hula hoop or something that was definitely not a hula hoop.

Pinching @Hachi:

And a pinch for @GanksDankly:

@Vegan: you are not wrong about the US education system. :/

Ooh! I've been to Eugene! actually, like idk, 8 to 10 years ago? i went there with my friend with her uncle to visit her aunt and uncle, and her aunt took us to that big fair thing. country fair i think it was called. but her aunt and uncle lived in Eugene. Now i have a couple friends that moved from Idaho to live around there, actually.

It makes sense to me that the Netherlands is broken into provinces. i can't really explain why that makes sense though.

finding people to pinch is getting more and more difficult, but a pinch for @Selikait:

and a pinch for @Siron:

@Vegan: That's awesome that there's such a community around there that fits with your lifestyle. I think a lot of people just don't really know much about anywhere else in the Netherlands. I know I haven't heard much about anywhere else. Where about in Oregon are you from?

@milkshake: gets pinched

@Starlight: also gets pinched.