Archive for February, 2006
Oooh! Grown-up furniture!
Our sofa is just about dead. It’s actually been in the throes of its final battle since late autumn, where it suddenly developed some kind of instability in the most occupied spot. (Where the view of the TV is best.) Suddenly, what had once been a supportive seat became a lumpy hell of wayward [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Gripe
I’m tired of my job. It’s just boring to be standing in the kitchen for three hours shuffling pieces of rye bread buttered with pureed internal organs and decorated with cucumber slices. Not that I’m not appreciative of the insight this has given me into the culinary culture of Denmark or anything. I now know [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Olympics for dummies
Well, for reasons that have to do with vanity and a short attention span (I get to have my name in the address!) I’ve moved my feeble little blog to its present location. (Being able to move the old entries was also a plus.)
In real life, I’ve been reduced to watching curling. In partial defense, [...]
Olympics for dummies, part II
I also neglected to mention that the Olympics coverage here is also bizarre. There’s a whole component of the women’s downhill that is being described as “Battle of the Bitches,” between Anja Pærson and Janica Kostelic. This is obviously something thought up by some English-speaking journalist, but the Scandinavian commentators have really taken it up, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Update
OK. No really interesting news. Only boring, everyday dramas.
I got a 10 on my anatomy exam. That was really good, I’ll say so myself, especially because it was my first “real” exam in Danish. (Besides the Danish test I had to take to apply to any temple of higher education.) This is not actually as [...]
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