It's been two years since my mother in law and aunt died, at almost the same day... Somehow this and the weather has gotten me a bit down :(

I'm getting melancholic over 80's songs, and already feeling like an old folk saying: "back in the old days, everything was better".

In the Netherlands many thing have become more right winged and this bugs me. When I went to highschool it was no problem to demonstrate. The only thing that could happen was that the police force would move you gently back to the Central Station. No problem!
But a couple of days ago I saw a demonstration of students and the police actually used their batons (O_o), this shocked me :( Also you have to bring your ID with you when you go outside. Bleergh, why can't things just stay the way they are?