rose's random rambly writings

WOOO!
* I finally got me a new phone. After having had my SE Z610i for well over two years, it was time to let it have its well deserved retirement. So - I got a HTC Hero and man! is it a world of difference! (Yes yes, feel free to laugh at me! I never knew how smart smartphones really were... ) I love it, and I've only just begun discovering it!

* I have a ton of work these days. The WOOO part is that some of it is very fun and challenging. I like that... makes it feel less stressful. The fun part involves things I've never done before which makes the challenging part. On Monday I'm going to present a bit of my labour - keep your fingers crossed!

* Coffee moccha is one of the greatest inventions of all time. I love living 50 metres from the closest coffee bar (and around 70 metres to the second closest)!

* I have Swedish dill and chive crisps! :yum:

BOOO!
* I got the mother of all paper cuts yesterday. It stretches over almost half my left middle finger and IT HURTS! It was actually cut by some of the documents I've prepared for the Monday presentation so now I have both sweated and bled over it. Let's hope there won't be tears! *knocks on wood*

* The weather we're having is really depressing. I'm so eletrical I keep getting shocks when I touch metal. Also, my lips feel like sandpaper again a couple of minutes after I've moistured them.

* A downside to the presentation on Monday is that I have to catch a flight early in the morning which means I have to get up über early. It has kind of ruined the weekend for me, as I keep thinking on how early I have to get up.

The last few days in other smilies...
It was Mik's birthday on Thursday. I missed it here, but I've had "Happy Birthday Stubbles" as my status for three days so I hope that makes up for it . I hope you had a grand day!
While walking off the tracks in the woods on Saturday, it very quickly went dark. Lighting the way with a small flashlight, there suddenly was a loud growl 5-6 metres to the right. I stopped and my first thought was wolf. Another growl, and the flashlight was turned towards the sound. Two eyes were flashing back and I thought that it probably was time to pick up the pace and head towards the trail (which wasn't far away now). But then - a small little brown head materialized between to tree trunks. A little brown dog head. Although it didn't growl more, it didn't seem to want to be disturbed so we left it there. I wonder if it was a wild dog or if it was just lost so close to the trail...
A week ago it was the big cinema day in Norway. I don't go to the cinema very often, but tickets to half price and free candy managed to drag me out.
This last week has been all about Berlin in the media. For those of you who have missed it, on Monday it was 20 years ago they teared down the wall. Seeing all the reports, happy people and documentaries had me longing back there. Ich bin ein Berliner!

Last but not least - a big to you! I hope you have a great weekend!

I was out doing some shopping after work today, when I noticed something in the corner of my eye...
Had I really seen what I thought I had?
I'd better have another look...No, my eyes didn't fool me! There really seems to be something called a martini spa.
I have to investigate further.
Let's see... My first clue is the text. It's written in Italian (well, except "Black")...
Luckily, I have tickets to go there tomorrow!

Wish me luck on my expedition! I'll be back in two weeks, but only for a day so let's just say I'll be back in three weeks instead.

Have a nice summer! I'm going to miss you!

I too have been struck by strangled creativity lately. No matter how hard I've tried, no interesting subject has made it through the save button...
So I though ok... why not just write down some random thoughts and stuff from the past fortnight?
Thought and done:

* To keep putting off a visit to the dentist because it is so expensive does not save you money... On the contrary - by the time you get there, the dentist will have found a way to pay for his next vacation...

* I've noticed there are more than me here who aren't very into shopping. At least not for clothes (we're not counting shoes now, are we? ). Don't you agree that when you need to find something, the stores seems to only have stuff you wouldn't wear in a million years? No matter how many stores you run through, there just isn't anything that catches your attention. However, when you're just casually browsing - not looking for anything particular - you find lots of cool stuff. I keep telling myself to buy the stuff there and then and not later because I know it will be sold out. If only I could listen more to myself...

* By the way - it turns out I still haven't grown those two inches I'd need in order to find trousers that fits .

* Apparently we'll be seeing a lot of peep-toe shoes this spring. Although I'm not crazy about toes, I like the look of some of the shoes I've seen. With coloured stockings, it could look cool .
There's also an alarmingly big amount of jump suits (or catsuits or whatever they are called) in the stores. Not looking forward to that!

* I finally became a user of Spotify. So far it's looking, and sounding good.

* For some reason my hair stylist (that's her fancy title - I really call her my hairdresser) loves my hair. Is that why she keeps cutting it shorter? Does she collect the trimmings? Voodoo? Wig? Weird? Just to be on the safe side, I asked her not to cut so much this time... Funny thing is - I love her hair. A classical case of you want what you don't have.

* I visited facebook just to find that nothing special has happened there except for an invitation to a new club opening in Oslo on March 28th. It looks like it will be fun, but at the same day I'm invited to iPod baby's baptism in Malmö. I don't think I'll be attending that, though. I've already decided to go to Malmö the weekend after, and I suspect it might be a little stressful going there on Friday night and back on Sunday morning (most likely by a seven and a half hour bus ride thanks to vacation wanting dentist). I feel like such a bad person . I wonder if it'll help going to a new club?

* Spring is coming! The sun is taking on the huge piles of snow, and is reducing them little by little. It does wonders for the mood !

* My physio told me I have a too short tendon in my left armpit which explains why I'm not very flexible when it comes to stretching my left arm. It also explains why it hurts like hell when she digs her fingers in there! Next time I won't shower first as punishment.

* Yesterday (March 14th) it was International Pi Day. Since, as some of you might know by now, the kitchen isn't the place I shine, I skipped making pie and ended up with chocolate balls - again.
Since they consist of around 99% fat (there's some oats in there to balance all the butter and suger!), they should only be devoured on special occasions. Since I don't know why I should celebrate Pi, I'm sharing them with you here instead... as a thank you for managing to read through this whole post!

Since the times ahead will be a bit hectic (and the fact that I might be a little bit lazy), I decided to write a short summary of my last week instead of several posts. That doesn't necessarily mean there won't be any more posts on the subjects, I think I have a picture or two to show .

• I was childishly amused at what I found in the bathroom on the hotel*.

• I rambled along La Rambla once or thrice.

• I witnessed the kinky sex of a certain hamster . It was in a cage. In public !

• I bought an umbrella from a man on the street.

• I got my wallet stolen at a café .

• The previous lead me to closer contact with the police than I have ever had before .

• I had the strongest martini ever

• I didn't visit a single museum .

• But I saw lots of tourist-y things, including lovely modernista buildings.

• I got lost in Barri Gòtic more than once .

• I also lost my heart in the city, so I definitely will have to go back again

* On the bathroom wall, there was a niche with two boxes labelled "Man" and "Woman". They contained everything you'd need for a stay. I'm thinking about doing a post about that later. Oh, and there were slippers too! And bathrobes! Fancy .

Tomorrow, I will once again be southbound. It's another business trip, but this time I'm taking the opportunity to visit my dad a couple of days first, so I won't be completely internet-less until Tuesday .

I just realized the other day that one of the persons working at the company I'm visiting is called Peter Griffin !
I'm not going to meet him, but I might make discreet inquiries of his office whereabouts just to see what he looks like.

Speaking of which - this is still funny, hoax or not:


For those of you unfamiliar with Peter Griffin, clicky.