Well I had a jolly weekend. The big cat sanctuary I worked at roughly two years ago had a special open day for it's supporters and obviously I went over there. The thing is almost a 1.5 hour drive from my house though so I had to leave early to get there in time and although I expected the drive to be pure hell I have to admit it wasn't halfway bad. It was a nice sunny day, the road wasn't to busy and I had a nice time enjoying the surroundings of open fields and big lakes. I was there before I knew it and had a bite to eat at a nearby cafe before I drove back to the sanctuary and went inside.
Since it was over two years ago and I only worked their briefly the owners didn't really recognize me anymore but that wasn't such a bad thing since I don't think I left on the best terms back then. The day I left I kinda threw down work in the middle of the day which, looking back at it, might not have been the best course of action and I'm not particularly proud of it especially since I regretted doing it the second I walked out the gate. But since I can't change the past, I can only hope for the things to happen right in the future, which it did since they didn't remember me :).
It was really nice to be back there again, lot of memories came back and I genuinely missed working there the instant I went inside. To bad I don't have the time at the moment because of school but should time offer itself in the future I'm definatly going to work there again. I'm guessing somewhere in June or July. Anyway I got a tour around the place, got some updates on the animals which were still there and on some that died in the two years that had passed. I was glad to see my two big buddies were still there, Rasputin and Alexander, who are two HUGE Siberian Tigers which are extremely cute and cuddly and quite often in a playful mood. Today however they were being lazy in the sun and only made for a couple of funny pictures. After a short time watching the animals and having a chat with the owners of the sanctuary I chose to take my leave and said they would hear from me in the future. With that I started my way home and this was only part one of Saturday. Total bugs killed on windshield: At least 2 dozen.

After getting home and taking a relaxing shower I prepared to go out with my friend Neo. We have a national holiday here called Queensday which is celebrated with a lot of music and drinking, in the case of our little city also in combination with the yearly fair. The evening before Queensday went pretty much like it should have except for the fact that I don't drink for a few reasons such as: I don't like it and both my parents were alcoholics. I did have a sip of beer but I came to the conclusion it was still as disgusting as when I tasted it 10 years ago. All and all I never came further then enough cokes to chemically dissolve my teeth.
The street, as usual with events like this, was littered with teenage idiots bouncing to a beat which was merely a modern version of cavemen banging on a rock wall. Non the less I'm not one to complain so despite the overwhelming presence of The Ikú* I had a very good time. We even made fun of them of multiple occasions.
The next day the real partying started during daytime and we went past a few partying spots to see if it was even worth it to go anywhere. In the end we concluded that it was just to crowded and to hot remotely enjoy being there and after visiting one place which was totally engulfed with the Ikú (including behavior that would make a caveman look behaved and dance moves that would make Darwin turn around in his grave) we decided to leave. The fact that my intestines were being bounced up and down by the extremely high bass didn't help either.

All the Money in the World
Neo and me made our way back to my house and spend the rest of the afternoon relaxing in the backyard, reading some books and enjoying the sun. After a while however, relaxing became hilarious laughter after we started fantasizing about what we could do with all the money in the world at our disposal. Now we had discussions like this before and the outcome usually was that we'd buy an airstrip, a few fighter jets, get pilot training and have simulated fights above the city. What separated this from all the others however was the idea I had about buying myself in with the Catholic church as the pope. Can you imagine me as the pope? Exactly, so could we! The outcome was hilarious so let me share with you guys what would happen if TigNeor** would become ruler of the planet:

1. There would be only 1 supermarket on the entire planet and it would be located in Friesland (most idiotic province in our country). It would be as high as the WTC and the rest of the province would be turned into a huge parking lot.

2. Prices in that supermarket would obviously be huge.

3. On the top floor of the building we would sit around and have huge comfy chairs from which we control the entire planet.

4. All around this supermarket are machine guns mounted on the ceiling which are used for our own entertainment.

5. For example, shooting the first person to come in the door wearing a striped T-shirt.

6. We'd recruit all Catholics in the world as our own huge army.

7. I'd make a bet with Neo as to whether or not he would be able to invade America, just for fun.

8. And after he would succeed I'd owe him a million.

9. After America I'd make a bet about Russia...

10. Against Russia we'd use a new weapon system, which would exist of catapults and new born babies.

11. Just for a laugh we'd rig a few catapults to release it's payload into the ground instead of in the air...

12. We'd also stuff some C4 into crying infants and launch them at weeping mothers just to make em go boom when they catch em.

13. To make it complete, every hospital will have a missile silo which will be used to launch new born babies into orbit.

14. All the world's leaders would be our servants, including Bush who would be cleaning toilets around our huge ass house.

15. For relaxation we would get said airstrip and said plane and fly around without getting any pilot classes.

16. When we need to exit the plane and don't know how to land we'd just eject and buy a new one...

17. With the plane going right into a church...

18. Fun!

19. In time we'd control earth from orbit around the planet.

20. For fun we'd launch random objects like piano's and marble plates into earth and see how many people we can crush at a time.

21. Events like Queensday are extremely suitable for this.

22. The marble plate would be an often reoccurring event which people will always be fearing.

23. With reason because you don't want to know how heavy those things are...

24. By the time our life is over we would launch the entire nuclear arsenal at once...

25. Which would put a whole new meaning to the phrase; going out with a bang.

So yea, it would be seriously bad if we were in charge of the planet, so lets hope that never happens :).

I will have some pictures of my trip to the sanctuary up tommorow I hope. So sit tight my friends!!

Tiger

*The Ikú: A name made up by me and Neo for the biggest part of the teenage population which are often found at parties, hanging around bars and fast food joints and listening to rap music and generally attempting to be cool.

**TigNeor: The collectable name of the infamous duo TigerXtrm and Neo.