last christmas

these are from last year when me and Niklas spent Christmas at Lars's in London. we baked three different kinds of cookies and made lemonade, but used light sugar (why does this exist?), so it just tasted too weird. fortunately Lars is a really good cook, so everything else tasted wonderful and looked pretty as well. I could eat that entire plate of chicken and rice right now.

last november

last winter (and some before it) my (step)dad lived in London, practically on River Thames. it had an amazing view of the inner city; you could see London Eye and London Bridge with the naked eye. these photos are from when my brother and I went visiting last November. I didn't feel so great last year, but I remember feeling very happy while being in the Seacon Tower. it also helped with lovely food and coffee and soda and all that stuff. I bought Fallout 3 and played for, I don't know, a million hours and then my save was deleted - WTH - and I haven't really played a whole lot since. it's an amazing game, so if you like gaming and haven't tried it (not likely) then do.

my dad moved back to Denmark over the summer, so no London this year. dang it. he now lives in Århus with his girlfriend and they're expecting a baby boy, so come April I'll have two brothers. it's crazy how little time it actually takes to make a human being - poof! new person! unbelievable.

later today we're going to look at an apartment with three rooms and a friggin' garden! yeah. fingers crossed.

quick update, yo

a picture of a steak with three parsnip legs and tomato eyes on a nest of potatoes, from almost a whole year ago.

man, it's almost a month since I've posted anything.

I've been the lucky receiver of a concussion, so I'm not up to much these days. my final exam is on Thursday morning and I couldn't feel less prepared. bad timing! we moved to a new apartment last weekend and I'm already feeling at home here.

since the Festival of Endless Gratitude ended I've really had the blues. all those great people at one place in only four really intense days is almost overwhelming and makes it a little hard to 'get over'. I still miss it all very much and will surely post pictures here soon.

now I have to get away from this screen since my eyes are hurting. hope all this wasn't too confusing to read.

what i ate once

this is pretty much what I'm getting to eat today; without the fresh green peppers and basil, though - these two bowls are from sometime in the spring, when budget was tight (I'm only guessing) as well. today it's with canned tomatoes, green lentils, 10 cloves of Chinese one clove garlic and about 4 shallots. I love cooking soups and stews. you can leave them whenever you want to or forget about them for hours and that just makes them better.

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.