mr. brown from cincinatti

I love short stories and sci-fi, so when I discovered author Fredric Brown I was very happy. while browsing and killing time online, I stumbled upon a short-short story, "Knock", that really intrigued me. it is part of a short story, which is still very, very short. check it out here. it's so fortunate that I own a Kindle, because there's an amazing site, gutenberg.org, where you can download free e-books in 4 different formats and start reading within minutes. there're only books by deceased authors, and the collection as a whole is quite good.

"The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door..."

oh, the horror! goosebumps! it's amazing that two so short sentences can contain so much. I've now read about 5 of Brown's short-shorties, and still have a few shorties left. yay and hooray for Project Gutenberg! he uses the same themes over and over again (Mars, Martians, Earth, humans living in space, etc) and after reading a few I was in the zone. his old school writing totally relaxes my brain.

but now my brain is too tired for anything that involves thinking independently, so I will eat noodles with eggs and watch whatever on TV.

reading while it's raining

almost done reading King's Dreamcatcher on my Kindle, for which I haven't really had time during the holidays, so it's neat being able to just read and nothing else (apart from eating chocolate cookies).

my Christmas was one of the loveliest in a long time, and I think it has something to do with my state of mind; less weary and somehow more aware. my mother outdid herself with the Christmas dinner and just being at home was so cozy. we drank gin/tonics and red wine, and I was so full all the time that I didn't eat more than a single caramel, which is really weird for me. for dinner two days later I made the best goddamned leek pie I've ever eaten - felt so proud and full.

the days in between Christmas and New Year's were spent in Århus, in Lars' new two-storey apartment, with great food and homemade Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream. his girlfriend is 5 months pregnant with my new baby brother, so we drank wine on her behalf and smoked our cigarettes outside (she's a high school teacher, so she loves her wine/tobacco). we talked about names for the baby and no one agreed on any names, so I'll just keep my fingers crossed and hope he's not a Brian.

New Year's Eve was spent at Tine and Simon's place on Amager, and I had such a good time. it was my first time meeting some of their friends, so at first I felt so, so awkward. I think everyone felt a little bit awkward, but somehow everything is less awkward when someone points out how awkward it really is. after that both funny, sad and inappropriate topics were discussed until about 4 am. Hugh from England had studied something or other called Norse Languages or something like it and Hiroko from L.A. is married to a Dane, so the conversation switched between Danish and English a whole lot. Hiroko and David have just moved to Copenhagen from Fanø, and I'm pretty sure Hugh also lives here, so hopefully I'll get to see them all again soon. Tine has some photos of the evening over on MusicIsMySecret.

oh well, yes. now I'm going to eat some frikadeller with my mother's homemade pickled beets on rye bread and read Dreamcatcher. have a nice Wednesday.

w-day

today I'm just chilling at home, listening to Family Portrait and Roy Orbison and looking through books. yesterday I started reading Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami and it's rubbed off some of its funny feelings onto me. it's a story about memories, love and being a little weird, I guess, and it's great.

today I've been really thinking about everything. can't wait to start school again in January, it's just too boring being at home all day long and not having to be anywhere. my dad has just brewed his own beer and has asked me to make some labels for it, so at least I'll have something to do on the computer and, hopefully, refresh what I've learnt this last year so I won't forget it.

wish I had this guy with me right now. he's actually a huge Norwegian Forest cat. heehee. 

MAD OG BOG

jeg elsker pastasalat. i går lavede vi det med æggepasta, grøn pesto, forårsløg, løg-/hvidløg-/balsamico-olie, ost og friske tomater. det er så nemt og godt og hurtigt, at man sagtens har tid til at tage den store opvask + læse en hel bog. i dag forstætter jeg hvor jeg slap.

er nu nået til bog nr. 10 i Charlaine Harris' the Southern Vampire Mysteries (aka. the Sookie Stackhouse Chronicles/Novels aka. bøgerne der inspirerede tv-serien True Blood): Dead in the Family. det er nogle seriøst underholdende bøger. der sker nærmest noget drastisk og livsændrende i hvert eneste kapitel. jeg har længe håbet, at kunne snakke med nogen om dem, men de fleste jeg kender har kun set tv-serien, som er en helt anden ting, omend fantastisk. den starter på sin 4. sæson d. 26. juni, og mand, hvor jeg glæder mig.

jeg læser på min Kindle 3, og jeg troede aldrig at jeg ville blive så afhænging af at læse på en maskine, men den er så fantastisk. man kan bare alt. hvis jeg er træt i hovedet, gør jeg teksten kæmpestor og hvis jeg er helt frisk i øjnene, gør jeg bare teksten mini-mini-lille. det er amazing. man kan også sidde og ligge på alle måder, for der er ingen sider der dækker for ens læsefelt. og skærmen - my god - den er en historie for sig.