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Marije

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About Me

Hi there! I suppose I should tell you all a bit about myself here ;-) Well, my name is Marije, I'm in my thirties and I live in the north of Holland. I used to be quite shy and insecure, but fortunately that has improved a lot over the years. I'm a pretty sensitive, emotional, caring and compassionate person. Some people think I'm sweet, and usually I am gentle, but I can also have a bit of a temper and be a bit bitchy sometimes.I do not like people who are shallow and superficial and only care about outside appearance and stuff like that, I prefer people who have some depth like myself. I am not impressed by fame, fortune or looks, for me it is character and personality that matter. I do my best to be open minded and not judge people so easily. I like having fun with friends, music, Uriah Heep gigs, nature, animals, travel, reading and gardening. I have a sweet and cuddly old cat and I work for a company that does archaeological research projects all over Holland. I play field hockey and go to the gym once a week for a workout and a Tai Chi Tao/Qi Gong class.BTW for those of you who don't speak Dutch and are wondering about the pronunciation of my Dutch name, the closest thing in English would be 'Mariah'. ..
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My Interests

Music, going to rock concerts/out to dinner/to the cinema, nature, animals, travel, reading, internet, drawing and painting, my lovely garden, good vegetarian food, some spiritual, alternative and paranormal stuff, Tai Chi.

I'd like to meet:

Old and new friends, I'm not interested in celebrities, people who don't really have anything to say about themselves or guys who are only interested in getting in touch with nice looking girls.A little WARNING: I am being quite selective about what kind of messages I reply to and who I accept as a MySpace friend, so SERIOUS messages and friend requests ONLY please!!!

Music:

Mostly rock/pop, but also some folk, country and alternative, I just like a lot of different stuff. One of my favourite bands is 'classic rock' band Uriah Heep from the UK, another fave of mine is Polish progressive rock band Riverside. I also like discovering cool new music, for which MySpace of course is a good source. There are some cool bands and artists on my friends list that you might like to check out.

Movies:

Thrillers, action, drama, comedy. I like going to the cinema every now and then, this year sofar I saw Casino Royale, the new James Bond with Daniel Craig doing a nice job playing James Bond; Hot Fuzz, a British comedy about a tough top cop from London who gets transferred to a small town in the countryside where all kinds of bizarre accidents happen, pretty funny and hilarious; Wild Hogs, a funny road movie about four middle aged guys who go on a road trip on their motorbikes; Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, the conclusion (?) of the action-packed and sometimes very hilarious trilogy with Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom.

Television:

Crime Scene Investigation, ER, Strong medicine, Grey's Anatomy, Medium, The Ghost Whisperer, McCloud's Daughters, Judging Amy, America's Next Top Model, Bones, NCIS, Midsomer Murders, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, just to name a few shows that I like.

Books:

Yes, absolutely, I couldn't live without something to read. Thrillers, novels, history, travel. Authors like for instance Edward Rutherfurd, Ellis Peters, Bill Bryson (very funny!), Ken Follett. Recently I've been reading Rutherford's London (only 1300 pages LOL), a cool mix of fiction and historical and archaeological facts, Labyrinth by Kate Mosse, a thriller set against a historical background, Angels and Demons and The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Never have your dog stuffed and other things I've learned by actor/writer/director Alan Alda (very witty), Who's Crazee Now by former Slade-frontman Noddy Holder, A walk in the woods by Bill Bryson (very funny), one of Michael Jecks' medieval murder mysteries (in Dutch translation), the unauthorised Duran Duran biography Notorious by Steve Malins, Born to be riled by Jeremy Clarkson, Around the world in 80 days, Pole to Pole, Sahara and Himalaya by Michael Palin. And I still have a lot of books on my 'to read' pile!

Heroes:

No one in particular, although on second thought I think that people who do a lot of good work for animal welfare should be mentioned here.

My Blog

Not interested!

In the 'Who I'd like to meet' section of my profile I have posted a warning, saying that  I am being quite selective about what kind of messages I reply to and who I accept as a MySpace...
Posted by Marije on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 04:01:00 PST

Gigs and festivals

Being a music lover I am happy that for me the season of good gigs and festivals is starting again. Next Saturday I will be going to a Deep Purple gig, they will be  supported by Y&T, Talisma...
Posted by Marije on Thu, 17 May 2007 09:05:00 PST

Excavations

The big archaeological excavation that I worked on for most of the past seven weeks is over now, we finished up last Monday. I quited enjoyed it there, I hadn't done much fieldwork for a pretty l...
Posted by Marije on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 04:01:00 PST

Sports injury

As I stated in my profile, I play field hockey. During the season the team I'm in plays competition games on Sundays. So yesterday I was playing another game with my team, against another team th...
Posted by Marije on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 06:27:00 PST

Almost got hit by a car!

Every work day I travel to and from the city where I work by bus and train. At the train station I have an old bike that I use to cycle to the office, along the way I have to cross a big int...
Posted by Marije on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 12:02:00 PST

Naked guy in the street

Yesterday I left work a little early to visit a colleague and her boyfriend who had a baby girl last month, that was nice. After I left their place I cycled  towards the train station and made tw...
Posted by Marije on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:49:00 PST

Weightloss

Recently, in the months before summer, I have been dieting and managed to lose about 10-11 kilos/22-24 pounds (my scales aren't very accurate) and went from clothes size EU 42/UK 14 to size EU 38/UK 1...
Posted by Marije on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 04:34:00 PST

Speeding ticket

A few days ago I received a speeding ticket for doing 10 kilometers per hour above the speed limit while driving one of the company vans. I already thought I might have been caught on camera, and...
Posted by Marije on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 01:21:00 PST