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.

christmas? no, seriously?!

this entire month has been a total anticlimax for me. I have hardly been outside, since I felt I had no reasons to, so I mostly looked through the window and hoped for snow. today I've been out, though, to buy presents for my family. they're totally symbolic due to my empty pockets, but I feel like I have to give them all something for being there for me and bearing over with missing presents. I haven't had any real coping skills the last few (read: many) years. oh well. I've wrapped them in old FOEG-posters, since I'm not so big on buying wrapping paper. and then I'm washing some of my clothes in the bathroom sink.

oh yes, and yesterday I was at Tine's place where we played Skyrim for hours and hours. what a great game! okay, not great, but amazing and fantastic and awesome and beautiful, and SO entertaining! we hadn't played for more than three hours before I had to kill a dragon under the aurora borealis-lit night skies. WAUW. I'm hooked. I have to buy it for myself; I can't stand not to.

tomorrow I'm going to my mother's place to spend the Christmas days with her and my brother. we're only going to be us three this year and the only three things we're going to do are eat, play board games and sleep in.

rainbow time

three days ago, outside our window. it was totally beautiful and it was as if the air was gold. it triggered me to pick up the camera, even if I was in my lazy Monday mood. half an hour later the sky had returned to a normal grayish dark blue colour without glow.

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.