Tagged: blabbiterlickum

04
Jun
2005

DO, OR DO NOT, THERE IS NO TRY

We’re on a roll here. A Star Wars roll. We watched the second fifth Empire Strikes Back tonight, and the kids are DEFINITELY too young for these movies, judging by the amount of questions we got peppered with ALL THE WAY THROUGH. Believe it or not, Anders has never seen them either, so it was quite the learning experience around here tonight, in a manner of speaking. We also had a pronunciation lesson on how to stick your tongue out correctly and blow while saying the th sound so that the guy in the black helmet isn’t referred to as...

02
Jun
2005

RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY

I’m very sad about this weather. After 8.5 years in Sweden, you’d think I would have grown used to this sort of disappointment, but to be honest, the weather here has such a hold over people’s lives and moods, it’s hard to get away from it, and after last weekend, with its sunshine and warmth and buzzing bees, it’s doubly hard to deal with WINTER WEATHER IN JUNE. Again. A 3-day weekend is looming, since Monday is a holiday here. Sweden’s National Day, which they finally gave themselves OFF after nearly a hundred years. June 6th has been Sweden’s flag...

26
May
2005

FLYGIRL

It’s a good thing other people are writing good stuff because I’m too tired to do any of my own today. Working very, very hard all day for several days and staying up WAY too late and then working very, very hard again is getting to be a bad habit. Going to bed at a reasonable hour seems to be beyond me. There is SO MUCH to do! There is NOT ENOUGH time. It’s quite suddenly turned summer here. And that means, yes, you guessed it, FLY SEASON. bleah Those horses behind us are really wonderful to look at most...

23
May
2005

READY TO RUMBLE

Knocked some more major things off my to-do list, or rather, put the wheels in motion for them, as they involve appointments and scheduling and calls back, so even if I can’t quite cross them off my mental list yet, they are at least moved over into the working-on-it list. I am craving SALT. 2 slices of warm, golden brown wheat toast with a bit of olive oil drizzled over and perky little pyramids of sea salt strewn with abandon on top. That, and some frozen grapes. And a california roll with salmon nigiri. Damn you, gissa and thesidhe and...

14
May
2005

WHAT I DID IS WHAT I DID

We took the kids to see Robots tonight, in Swedish. It was good. I bet it would have been better in English, though, if only because, despite the fact that Robert Gustafsson did the voice of one of the major characters and did an excellent job, ROBIN WILLIAMS did the original. I’m halfway through Christopher Moore’s Lamb. It is not good. In fact, I’m having a rather hard time not putting it down and into the pile of books that not only won’t be re-read but won’t be kept. Bleah. I’ll give it a couple more chapters before I give...