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I was tagged by the lovely @booksandotherfunstuff yaayyy! (and again sorry for the late reply but tumblr is hiding everything from me)

Name: Marie

Nickname: Ma, Rie, Rietje, Otemba


Star Sign: Aries (which does not represent me in the slightest)

Gender: (cis-)Female


Height: 5'2″


Favorite color(s): light blue and pink/purple

The time right now: 21:55


Average hours of sleep: 8 hours


The last thing I googled: forums


The number of blankets I sleep under: just one

Favorite fictional character(s): Luna (harry potter), Sweeney Todd, Magnus Bane, Toph, Zuko, I don’t know these were just some random names that came up first


Favorite book(s): Harry Potter (obviously!) 

What I’m wearing at the moment: i’m in my underwear. Is that tmi?

I’m tagging: @lucifersfavourite, @regionalatgay, @aryanna-giordano

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The lovely @booksandotherfunstuff has also tagged me to write down the first ten songs that come up on shuffle ! Thank yoouuuu! You are so sweet tagging me in all these things! Sorry for being so late! (also good music taste)

1. Stay With Me - You Me At Six

2. Pompeii - Bastille

3. This Is Not Harry Potter - Hank Green

4. 5AM - Amber Run

5. The Unknown - Imagine Dragons

6. Cosmic Love - Florence + The Machine

7. The Moon is Down - Radical Face

8. Atlas hands - Benjamin Francis Leftwich

9. Holding Onto You - Twenty One Pilots

10. Maps - Keaton Henson

I’m tagging: @paleopi, @twentyonenoodles, @regionalatgay

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WHEN YOU GET THIS, WRITE 3 THINGS YOUR FOLLOWERS PROBABLY DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU AND THEN SEND IT TO 10 FOLLOWERS

I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO ANSWER IN CAPS LOCK NOW

but let’s not

1. I’ve taught myself to play the piano and I have had lessons on and off for four years now (currently I’m off, but i’m learning twenty one pilots songs by myself yaay)

2. I’ve participated in NaNoWriMo (where you write a 50,000 word novel in a month) and I finished it in three weeks, while studying for a test week

3. After my exam I’m taking a gap year to figure out what I want to do with my life. 

Thank you for sending me this!

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92 Truths

I was tagged by the awesome @booksandotherfunstuff

Last drink: Water (or the last sip of my mint hot cocoa, not sure).

Last phone call: My wife, to pick me up from my writing group.

Last text message: To @omskivar , about a ride.

Last song you listened to: Footloose (on the radio at the coffee shop)

Last time you cried: Last night.

HAVE YOU EVER

Dated someone twice: Yes

Been cheated on: Nope

Kissed someone and regretted it: No

Lost someone special: No

Been depressed: Yes

Been drunk and thrown up: No

IN THE PAST YEAR HAVE YOU

(I forgot it’s a new year when I started answering these, so I’m counting 2015, so sue me)

Made a new friend: Yeah, quite a few. :)

Fallen out of love: Nope

Laughed until you cried: Last night, over lentils and rice.

Met someone who changed you: Yep.

Found out who your true friends were: Not really? I guess no trial by fire, which is I think what’s being asked.

Found out someone was talking about you: Not in a bad way.

GENERAL

How many people on tumblr do you know in real life: Two.

Do you have any pets: Two dogs. My bbs.

Do you want to change your name: Nah. I even kept my name after getting married.

What time did you wake up this morning: 11:58am (when my alarm goes off).

What were you doing last night: Marathoning Jessica Jones (still not done), reading fanfic, and crying. 

Name something you cannot wait for: Payday.

Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: Probably?

What’s getting on your nerves right now: Dog walking.

Blood type: IDEK

Nicknames: A few, but for online, Puck?

Relationship status: Married.

Zodiac sign: Aries.

Pronouns: She/her

Favorite TV show: Don’t really have one. It changes a lot?

High school: Went to two. Graduated.

College: Went to two, dropped out like a champ.

Hair colour: Just a plain medium brown.

Long or short: Super short.

Do you have a crush on someone: I’m married. But other than that, my fictional bbs? IDK.

What do you like about yourself: *feeling confident tonight* I’m a great pet owner, and I have great taste in glasses and scarves. I also have pretty eyes.

Tattoos: One on my inner left shin, saying “one more step.” 

Righty or lefty: Righty.

FIRSTS

First surgery: I was three days old, to correct a heart defect.

First piercing: My ear lobes, when I was four or five.

First best friend: Two houses down from me, when I was four.

First sport you joined: The local summer parks and rec soccer league when I was twelve.

First vacation: Florida when I was four.

First pair of sneakers: I was probably very young?

RIGHT NOW

Eating: Nothing

Drinking: Nothing

I’m about to: Check my tumblr when I’m done with this.

Listening to: Chopped is on the tv in the background (home from the cafe now),

Waiting for: Payday? Can I use that again?

Want kids: Nope.

Get married: Already am.

Career: None. I’m on disability.

WHICH IS BETTER

Lips or eyes: Eyes

Hugs or kisses: Hugs

Shorter or taller: Taller (I’m short, so I’m used to it).

Older or younger: Either? Usually older, but some younger folks are cool too. (My wife is older than me, but some of my bffs are younger.)

Romantic or spontaneous: Romantic

Sensitive or loud: Sensitive (I’m loud enough on my own).

Hook up or relationship: Relationship

Troublemaker or hesitant: I’m both, so I like both types.

HAVE YOU EVER

Kissed a stranger: Nope.

Drank hard liquor: Yes

Lost glasses/contacts: Yes, but not permanently.

Sex on first date: Nope

Broken someones heart: Yes

Been arrested: No

Turned someone down: Yep

Cried when someone died: Nope

Fallen for a friend: Yep.

DO YOU BELIEVE

In yourself: Depends on the day.

Miracles: Depends on the day. ;)

Love at first sight: Nah. 

Heaven: No, but perhaps the afterlife.

Santa Claus: Nope.

I tag: @omskivar, @clari-clyde, and anyone else?

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Tag thingy time!

I was tagged by @booksandotherfunstuff! Thanks for tagging me and sorry for the late reply, I’m shit with doing tags in time.

Name: Marie

Nickname: Ma, Maatje, Rie, Rietje, HEMA, Mariehihihimehmehkuiken, Otemba

Star sign: Aries

Gender: (cis-) female

Height: Around 1,60 cm I think (maybe smaller, idk. I’m tiny)

Sexual Orientation: never been in love so idk…

Favourite colour: I like blue and a sort of purple pinkish shade.. (basically the hair colours I’ve had)

Time right now: 13:30

Average hours of sleep: Nowadays I sleep quite a lot. It’s between 8 and 9 hours…

Lucky number: 25

Last thing I googled: “back shirt man” I was trying to figure out how to draw a man from behind and I couldn’t figure out how the shirt worked.

Number of blankets: I have one big blanket it’s pretty warm most of the time!

Favourite fictional character: I can’t possibly answer this?

Favourite book: Let’s recommend some books, because I can’t choose one

-       The Harry Potter series – J.K. Rowling (duh)

-       The Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde

-       Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Caroll

-       Mice – Gordon Reece

-       Every Day – David Levithan

-       A John Green book, but I can’t choose, they’re all good

-       Wildwood Dancing – Juliet Marillier

-       The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger

-       Levels en Levens – Mariëtte Aerts

Favourite band: Twenty One Pilots definitely!

Dream job: writer / filmmaker / something with psychology

 I tag: @i-am-adler, @claredevils, @twentyonenoodles and @thegirlwhoislost if they want to do this!

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92 truths about me!

bI was tagged by i-am-adler to do this tag! (check out her blog, it’s awesome!) Thank youuu!

Let’s go:

What was your last…

Drink: milk in my cornflakes if that counts, otherwise lemonade

Phonecall: the mother of the kid I babysit. She asked me to babysit during the day once so the kid could get to know me. She went to her work (which was two streets away) and left me with the kid. It was fine for an hour, until she started to notice that her mother was gone and went bananas. She screamed so loud, jesus christ. I calmed her down with food, but after that she started screaming again. So then I called her mother to help me out. How can kids so little produce a sound so loud?? My ears were ringing. 

Text: To Gülru or fullmetalfuckyou on tumblr. She’s awesome too. You should totally check out her blog!

Song you listened to: House of Gold by twenty one pilots

Cried: Four days (?) ago when my friend started crying when we watched Beauty and the Beast. I started crying too...

 Have you ever…

Dated someone twice: Never dated anyone

Lost someone special: My dad’s best friend. He was an amazing person. 

Been depressed: You know, I’m not sure...

Gotten drunk and thrown up: Nope

 In the last year, have you…

Made a new friend: Yup

Fallen out of love: Nope, because I never fell in love

Laughed until you cried: Loads of times!

Met someone who’s changed you: I never know when I change. I see that later on when I look back so I have no idea

Found out who your true friends are: YupYup I sorta knew though, but it’s nice to find it again

Kissed someone on your Facebook list: Never kissed anyone

 General…

How many Facebook friends do you know in real life?: Probably all, but I never use Facebook. (my profile picture is 12 year old me. That says enough)

Do you have any pets?: Oh god. Two cats, one dog, two guinea pigs, and a lot of hamsters (my little sister breeds them and then sells them). 

Do you want to change your name?: I don’t think so 

What did you do for your last birthday?: I didn’t really do something. I invided some friends over for cake and presents after school and that was fun!

What time did you wake up? At 10

What were you doing at midnight last night?: Trying to fall asleep, because I just came back from France and I was so tired that falling asleep felt a little bit like dying, which alarmed me. And it was weird. But anyway, trying to fall asleep. 

Name something you can’t wait for: A lot of movies/series/books, having my new chamber, actually writing again, Fall Out Boy concert and twenty one pilots concert, dyeing my hair again!

When was the last time you saw your mother?: an hour ago downstairs. I put on House of Gold for her, because she loves that song

What are you listening to right now? And now I just sit in silence. Not Car Radio, I’m actually sitting in silence. I can hear a plane though. 

Have you ever met a person named Tom?: Good question. I don’t know. Probably. 

Something that’s getting on your nerves: Bossy parents

Bloodtype: I have literaly no idea

Nickname: Ma, Maatje, HEMA, Rie, Rietje, Otemba (it’s japanese), Applepie, Gertrude, Midget 2.0

Relationship status: single

Zodiac sign: Aries (so not my personality though)

Pronouns: She/her

Favourite TV-show: I can’t

Tattoos: Nope, maybe a small one some time in the future, but only when I really really feel the need and know what I want. But I don’t have that urge now.

Right or left handed: right

 First….

Surgery: There has yet to be a first

Piercing: Earrings when I was 11. 

Best friends: I know friend names from when I was very small, but I don’t know who came first so: Florian, Niels, Paul, Fela and Lieke. I have no idea who was first...

Sport: I think gymnastics

Vacation: I can’t remember

Pair of trainers: They were ugly as fuck and they weren’t from a popular brand so I have no idea

 Right now…

Eating: Sitting in bed. I’m going to do stuff after I finish this. 

Drinking: Nothing

I’m about to: Take a shower

Listening to: Birds chirping and the sound of cars in the distance

Waiting for: Nothing really

Want kids: No, but I know I’m going to change my mind in the future. But when I look at me in the future now. I just don’t want kids. 

Get married: I’d like that yes

Career: I HAVE NO IDEAA

 Which is better…

Hugs or kisses: Hugs

Lips or eyes: Eyes

Shorter or taller: Taller 

Older or younger: Older in a romantic relationship, younger with friends

Romantic or spontaneous: Romantic... i think?

Nice arms or nice stomach: Nice stomach

Sensitive or loud: Sensitive, without doubt

Hook up or relationship: Relationship 

Trouble maker or hesitant: Hesitant (alien)

 Have you ever…

Kissed a stranger: Never kissed anyone

Drank hard liquor: Nope

Sex on the first date: I’m the virgin Maria herself

Broke someone’s heart: Nope, not that I know

Have your own heart broken: Nope

Been arrested: Nope

Cried when someone died: Yes

Fallen for a friend: Nope

 Do you believe in…

Yourself: hmm... a little bit

Miracles: Yeah

Love at first sight: I believe you can fall in love at someone at first side and that it can be both ways, but that’s not a guarantee. You don’t know the person yet. Things can happen. Their personality might be shit or something.

Santa Claus: Never believed in Santa Claus. I’m Dutch, so I believed in Sinterklaas!

Kiss on the first date: Idk, I know nothing of dates or love or something like that

Angels: Nope

I tag fullmetalfuckyou, booksandotherfunstuff and thegirlwhoislost to do this thingy! (if you want to). (and again these are awesome people that need checking out)

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once you get this share 6 facts about yourself and send it to your 10 favorite followers - also btw you're one of my favourite blogs bc you're awesome!!

Okaay 6 facts about me

1. My room is an explosion of fandoms and books

2. I play the piano

3. I have dyed my hair blue three times and now I just want to keep dyeing it crazy colours. 

4. I saw Paper Towns yesterday and I loved it

5. I’m very rarely angry

6. I met my internet friend from Turkey todaay! 

Thank you for sending this to me!