Here I am, trying to get into the routine of going to the gym regularly. Trying hard to make my body healthier, fitter, stronger.
And how does my body thank me? By completely malfunctioning at every opportunity it gets!!
This year, I've had constant colds, one after another, like, totally, the whole year so far. A few weeks ago my neck nearly killed me after yoga; all last week I was limping after the treadmill; this week my left knee stopped working after the cross trainer. Pain pain pain!
I'm trying to be good here, body. Cooperate!!
Friday, February 27, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Tomorrow is payday.
Hurray!!!!!!!
You have no idea how much I wanna shop. Shop, shop, SHOP! the more I hear of doom and gloom and redundancies and cut backs and recruitment stops, the more I want to shop shop shop and spend spend spend.
Not ideal.
What i should be doing is nesting, saving, planning, budgeting, preparing.
What i want to do is shopping - new clothes, furniture, a digital SLR, and shoes shoes shoes.
My empty wallet is itching. Tomorrow it will be replenished - but for how long....?
To shop or not to shop - that is the question.
L x
You have no idea how much I wanna shop. Shop, shop, SHOP! the more I hear of doom and gloom and redundancies and cut backs and recruitment stops, the more I want to shop shop shop and spend spend spend.
Not ideal.
What i should be doing is nesting, saving, planning, budgeting, preparing.
What i want to do is shopping - new clothes, furniture, a digital SLR, and shoes shoes shoes.
My empty wallet is itching. Tomorrow it will be replenished - but for how long....?
To shop or not to shop - that is the question.
L x
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
The realities of war...
Three British soldiers were killed in Afghanistan today.
One of them was the little brother of someone I know. Only 21 years old. He had but a few weeks of service left before he was due back on British soil. Now he's gone.
The pain in his big sisters eyes was indescribable.
A sad day.
One of them was the little brother of someone I know. Only 21 years old. He had but a few weeks of service left before he was due back on British soil. Now he's gone.
The pain in his big sisters eyes was indescribable.
A sad day.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
Bye bye Bobby.
The Zoo with Cissi & MJ yest was lovely, as always.
Was very sad to hear though that the male silverback gorilla, Bobby, had past away on December 5th last year. I had no idea so it was a bit of a shock...
Might sound silly to be sad over the death of an animal you've never even had physical contact with, but I have seen a lot of Bobby and his girls during my time as a volunteer - and he really did have a very strong personality. Very strange to know that he's gone.
Read more about Bobby here.
L x
Was very sad to hear though that the male silverback gorilla, Bobby, had past away on December 5th last year. I had no idea so it was a bit of a shock...
Might sound silly to be sad over the death of an animal you've never even had physical contact with, but I have seen a lot of Bobby and his girls during my time as a volunteer - and he really did have a very strong personality. Very strange to know that he's gone.
Read more about Bobby here.
L x
Saturday, February 21, 2009
The Chiswick way of life.
Just had another one of those lovely weekend days in Chiswick.
Woke up late, had Starbucks breakfast, met Cissi, walked for two hours by the sunny Thames, talked about life, love and all that other stuff. Peeped into luxurious riverside houses, discussed what-ifs and what-nots, philosophized about the future, had a drink at the pub.
Then home, tired but happy, eating nice food and far too much chocolate. Feels good.
Tomorrow; the Zoo.
L x
Woke up late, had Starbucks breakfast, met Cissi, walked for two hours by the sunny Thames, talked about life, love and all that other stuff. Peeped into luxurious riverside houses, discussed what-ifs and what-nots, philosophized about the future, had a drink at the pub.
Then home, tired but happy, eating nice food and far too much chocolate. Feels good.
Tomorrow; the Zoo.
L x
The Walkmen.
On Friday, after a "quick" work drink, me and Cissi finally managed to get on the tube to Kings X/Scala. The aim was to see our lovely indie fanatic friends - and, as a sort of byproduct - quite a few bands of the indie rock/pop/etc variety. But, as per usual, we ended up being so late that we only managed to see the headliners; the Walkmen. They were actually pretty good. Even I liked them in my own sort of slightly-indifferent-to-music-kind of way; amazingly even enough so to locate one of their songs on YouTube for your listening pleasure:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpNbpNp87jA&feature=PlayList&p=552494DB7CC21B34&playnext=1&index=37
Do enjoy.
After a frantic search for a cardigan - which we after much ado found - and an equally frantic rush to the Picadilly line - which we of course missed - followed by another frantic headless-chicken-sort of sprint to the very very last Hammersmith & City train - which we caught, hurray! - i finally ended up in bed at around 1.30 am. I'm so Rock'n'Roll. Yeah.
L x
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpNbpNp87jA&feature=PlayList&p=552494DB7CC21B34&playnext=1&index=37
Do enjoy.
After a frantic search for a cardigan - which we after much ado found - and an equally frantic rush to the Picadilly line - which we of course missed - followed by another frantic headless-chicken-sort of sprint to the very very last Hammersmith & City train - which we caught, hurray! - i finally ended up in bed at around 1.30 am. I'm so Rock'n'Roll. Yeah.
L x
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
He's Just Not That Into You - SPOILER.
So was it a good anti-Valentine's film? Yes and no. It was funny, and about bad dating/relationship experiences - I think we all recognised situations from our own love life - so that was suitable. But it was also very Hollywood. Happy endings all around/love conquers all/etc etc. So that was unsuitable.
The weird thing for me was which one of the characters I "got" the most - the wife who was willing to (try to) forgive her cheating husband when he came clean out of the blue about his affair; BUT who then immediately kicked him out and filed for divorce when she caught him lying to her face about smoking.
That's so me, and I'm not sure if that is a good or bad thing. And no no no - I don't mean that I think lying about smoking is worse than cheating; or even that I would be able to forgive anyone cheating on me - I just mean that the deciding factor for me would be the lying. Everyone messes up and make mistakes - it's how you handle them that matter. Fess up, come clean, give people the choice to forgive you. I can forgive almost anything - but I find it very hard to forgive people lying to my face.
Agree/disagree?
L x
The weird thing for me was which one of the characters I "got" the most - the wife who was willing to (try to) forgive her cheating husband when he came clean out of the blue about his affair; BUT who then immediately kicked him out and filed for divorce when she caught him lying to her face about smoking.
That's so me, and I'm not sure if that is a good or bad thing. And no no no - I don't mean that I think lying about smoking is worse than cheating; or even that I would be able to forgive anyone cheating on me - I just mean that the deciding factor for me would be the lying. Everyone messes up and make mistakes - it's how you handle them that matter. Fess up, come clean, give people the choice to forgive you. I can forgive almost anything - but I find it very hard to forgive people lying to my face.
Agree/disagree?
L x
Monday, February 16, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
Friday chill.
Just had a lovely pre-Valentine's date with Tove - and two almost illegally tasty waffles. Mmmm.
Tomorrow it's a night of pure looooooooooove starring a bunch of Scandi femmes, some girly drinks and the aptly named movie "He's Just Not That Into You".
Bring on anti-Valentine's!
L x
Tomorrow it's a night of pure looooooooooove starring a bunch of Scandi femmes, some girly drinks and the aptly named movie "He's Just Not That Into You".
Bring on anti-Valentine's!
L x
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Internet IS coming!
...so yeah - from tomorrow, in theory, I can be found online at home!! Yehey!
L x
L x
Monday, February 09, 2009
Life and that.
Monday again. Time just flies by. Woooooooom. Thursday, Sunday, March, May, December, 2010... It goes so quickly.
Thinking a lot about The Future lately. It's a spring thing I think. You know; cleaning out the old to give room to the new. Or keeping the old because you really really like it and don't need the new. Etc.
Things are good though; it's not a sad thing, just a reflective thing. Like directions, choices, plans. I'm good at those things... Maybe too good? Sometimes I wish I could just shut off that forward thinking, always-in-motion side of my brain. But it's also what keeps me going.
Anyways, enough for today.
L x
Thinking a lot about The Future lately. It's a spring thing I think. You know; cleaning out the old to give room to the new. Or keeping the old because you really really like it and don't need the new. Etc.
Things are good though; it's not a sad thing, just a reflective thing. Like directions, choices, plans. I'm good at those things... Maybe too good? Sometimes I wish I could just shut off that forward thinking, always-in-motion side of my brain. But it's also what keeps me going.
Anyways, enough for today.
L x
Friday, February 06, 2009
Internet is coming... maybe.
Today I have finally done what I've been saying I would do for like the last 2 1/2 years. I've ordered my very own mobile broadband! Tadaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
Pending their weird credit assessments (it doesn't seem to matter what I earn, that I have no debts and a perfect credit history - all that matters seem to be if i have been registered as living on a specific address for over 3 years...), my internet should be up and running next week! It's a triumph for mankind!
After all this excitement - have a good weekend now, y'all.
L x
Pending their weird credit assessments (it doesn't seem to matter what I earn, that I have no debts and a perfect credit history - all that matters seem to be if i have been registered as living on a specific address for over 3 years...), my internet should be up and running next week! It's a triumph for mankind!
After all this excitement - have a good weekend now, y'all.
L x
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Missing a home.
Sitting in my wardrobe/flat yest eve sewing buttons onto my coat it hit me again how much I miss having a home. I don't necessarily mean to own a home, more to live somewhere that feels like a home.
For three years now I've lived in places that have been "temporary solutions"; time might have dragged on and "temporary" might have turned into "long term" - but the feeling has always been the same. It's just for a little while; It's just until I get a pay rise; It's just until I've settled into my new job. And still; when I have moved on, for whatever reason - it's been straight into another "temporary solution".
I miss my flat in Kalmar; I miss decorating; I miss spending a whole day making sorry excuses for pies; I miss having friends over for drinks; I miss having proper storage; I miss the feeling that this is my home.
In Sweden I bought furniture that I wanted, if I thought I could afford them. In London I buy furniture that are as cheap as possible, if I think I can stand them.
And no, I'm not saying I'm moving back to Sweden - or even that I would want to at this stage. I just wish I could get that feeling of my home over here.
It's just until the economic climate changes.
L x
For three years now I've lived in places that have been "temporary solutions"; time might have dragged on and "temporary" might have turned into "long term" - but the feeling has always been the same. It's just for a little while; It's just until I get a pay rise; It's just until I've settled into my new job. And still; when I have moved on, for whatever reason - it's been straight into another "temporary solution".
I miss my flat in Kalmar; I miss decorating; I miss spending a whole day making sorry excuses for pies; I miss having friends over for drinks; I miss having proper storage; I miss the feeling that this is my home.
In Sweden I bought furniture that I wanted, if I thought I could afford them. In London I buy furniture that are as cheap as possible, if I think I can stand them.
And no, I'm not saying I'm moving back to Sweden - or even that I would want to at this stage. I just wish I could get that feeling of my home over here.
It's just until the economic climate changes.
L x
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Radio Ga Ga?
Have listened back to the interview - not as embarassing as i thought it would be but yeah, radio is prob not a viable career choice for moi. I sort of sound like i'm teaching a masterclass in heavy phone breathing.
Starts at 19 min 20s in.
http://www.sr.se/webbradio/webbradio.asp?type=broadcast&id=1580869
L x
Starts at 19 min 20s in.
http://www.sr.se/webbradio/webbradio.asp?type=broadcast&id=1580869
L x
Snowing on the radio.
Today, I will be a radio star.
Or to be precise - I will be interviewed live on P4 Västmanland about the past days snow "chaos" here in LDN. Very nervous; will most likely say something really really stupid, plus will prob sound like a three year old child over the phone. Might try to get some stammering in there somewhere too... :P
The things you do for your mates, huh? P4 Västmanland; 15.15-ish Swedish time. Yeah!
L x
Or to be precise - I will be interviewed live on P4 Västmanland about the past days snow "chaos" here in LDN. Very nervous; will most likely say something really really stupid, plus will prob sound like a three year old child over the phone. Might try to get some stammering in there somewhere too... :P
The things you do for your mates, huh? P4 Västmanland; 15.15-ish Swedish time. Yeah!
L x
Monday, February 02, 2009
Snowed in - but not under.
Very strange day. Seems like people all over London have been given a free Snowman-making-day because of the "severe" (allow me to laugh into the face of London) weather conditions. It's only a little snow!!!
For us lucky people actually at work, it's hard to get anything done. All the people you need around - to get tapes/material/gfx advice - are for obvious reasons out of office, and as a result things sort of grind to a standstill.
It's beautiful outside. All the grime and graffiti, the dog poo and the ditched take away wrappings, are snowed under and everything looks so clean and pure. Even the sky is white. Surreal.
For us lucky people actually at work, it's hard to get anything done. All the people you need around - to get tapes/material/gfx advice - are for obvious reasons out of office, and as a result things sort of grind to a standstill.
It's beautiful outside. All the grime and graffiti, the dog poo and the ditched take away wrappings, are snowed under and everything looks so clean and pure. Even the sky is white. Surreal.
London is in standstill.
It's been snowing for like 5 minutes and all of London have been cancelled. No trains no tubes no buses. It's not even a lot of snow for goodness sake. They are mad i tell you. Completely mad.
I, of course, have no excuses. Only time so far have regretted living within walking distance to work. Department is empty - only me and the boss is in; the Chiswick crew. Yeah!
L x
I, of course, have no excuses. Only time so far have regretted living within walking distance to work. Department is empty - only me and the boss is in; the Chiswick crew. Yeah!
L x
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