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Showing posts with label Random. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Random. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
Grocery Shopping Extraordinaire
One of my favourite bloggers, American Beverly living in Skellefteå in north Sweden, did a very impressive thing the other day. When she and her husband went grocery shopping they let a list they found in the trolley completely decide their shopping! Isn't that daring, in such a cosy and safe way?!!
Folded up in the back corner was a forgotten piece of paper, the kind of thing I usually disregard. This paper caught my eye, though, the words on it not written in your usual list style–item by item, vertically–but horizontally, and grouped closely together. At first glance, it looked like a note or a letter instead of a shopping list, and curiosity got the better of me so I unfolded and read it. Alas, closer scrutiny revealed it to be a grocery list after all, and I commented to Olof, a little disappointed and put-out, 'That’s a strange way to wrive a grocery list.'.
The story continues...
It reminded me of the book "Dice Man" by Luke Rhinehart where the main character lets the dice decide everything in his life. I once saw a documentary about it - apparently the book/guy even had a following for a while.
Folded up in the back corner was a forgotten piece of paper, the kind of thing I usually disregard. This paper caught my eye, though, the words on it not written in your usual list style–item by item, vertically–but horizontally, and grouped closely together. At first glance, it looked like a note or a letter instead of a shopping list, and curiosity got the better of me so I unfolded and read it. Alas, closer scrutiny revealed it to be a grocery list after all, and I commented to Olof, a little disappointed and put-out, 'That’s a strange way to wrive a grocery list.'.
The story continues...
It reminded me of the book "Dice Man" by Luke Rhinehart where the main character lets the dice decide everything in his life. I once saw a documentary about it - apparently the book/guy even had a following for a while.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
It's A Small World
When we were in South Africa in December we met a very nice Swedish middle-aged couple on the tour to Robben Island (Mandela's infamous prison island) and Cape Town townships. The following day we ran into them again on Table Mountain. Once back home in Sweden Peter ran into the wife in Stockholm. Then, last week, when I was flying to London I ended up in the same row of seats as the husband! What's the chance of that?!! Made me think of that ride at Disney World in Florida, "It's A Small World", and now that song is stuck in my head as well :)
Monday, February 25, 2008
Mobile
I found a list over at Skolfröken's. It's simple, take your mobile, go to Contacts.
Have you kissed no 7?
Haha, no, that's Angela who I subletted my flat to.
Do you hang out with no 19?
No, that's a former colleague who I haven't seen since I ran into her last summer. We did e-mail last week about meeting up though.
Do you like no 26?
Yes, very much so. Eleonor is one of the girls in my group of oldest friends. She's very frank and not afraid of talking about everything from sex to details of her last stomach flu.
Is no 15 your best friend?
Not really, but we have known each other for a long, long time since she's my aunt (dad's sister). I had a very nice time with her when I spent some alone-time with her at her (and my uncle's) flat in the south of Spain a year and a half ago.
Is no 11 a cutie?
Anoushka is a really cutie; she's both petite and sweet! :) I saw her in London last week actually, otherwise I saw her last at her wedding to Chris back in September.
Do you love no 10?
A friend from Oxford. I like her a lot - she's sweet and fun - but I wouldn't say I love her as I don't know her that well.
Is no 20 good?
One of my best "abroad friends", Céline. She's very good. Especially at making you feel like you always hang out even though we don't see each other more than every or every other year.
Have you met no 9 this week?
No, but I would have loved to see AnnCatherine because she just had a little baby girl a few weeks ago.
Has no 16 been in the same class as you?
No, definitely not as he's at least 10 years older than me. He's one of my two bosses at my previous job.
Do you know if no 31 has a relationship?
Nope, she's an old classmate from upper secondary school. I have reconnected with her on Facebook and ran into her a couple of weeks, but we haven't gone out for the planned drink yet so I have no clue.
This was fun, except for that the numbers were so low that I only got to the letter E (with that final no 31) in my phonebook.
Have you kissed no 7?
Haha, no, that's Angela who I subletted my flat to.
Do you hang out with no 19?
No, that's a former colleague who I haven't seen since I ran into her last summer. We did e-mail last week about meeting up though.
Do you like no 26?
Yes, very much so. Eleonor is one of the girls in my group of oldest friends. She's very frank and not afraid of talking about everything from sex to details of her last stomach flu.
Is no 15 your best friend?
Not really, but we have known each other for a long, long time since she's my aunt (dad's sister). I had a very nice time with her when I spent some alone-time with her at her (and my uncle's) flat in the south of Spain a year and a half ago.
Is no 11 a cutie?
Anoushka is a really cutie; she's both petite and sweet! :) I saw her in London last week actually, otherwise I saw her last at her wedding to Chris back in September.
Do you love no 10?
A friend from Oxford. I like her a lot - she's sweet and fun - but I wouldn't say I love her as I don't know her that well.
Is no 20 good?
One of my best "abroad friends", Céline. She's very good. Especially at making you feel like you always hang out even though we don't see each other more than every or every other year.
Have you met no 9 this week?
No, but I would have loved to see AnnCatherine because she just had a little baby girl a few weeks ago.
Has no 16 been in the same class as you?
No, definitely not as he's at least 10 years older than me. He's one of my two bosses at my previous job.
Do you know if no 31 has a relationship?
Nope, she's an old classmate from upper secondary school. I have reconnected with her on Facebook and ran into her a couple of weeks, but we haven't gone out for the planned drink yet so I have no clue.
This was fun, except for that the numbers were so low that I only got to the letter E (with that final no 31) in my phonebook.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Show & Tell: Heart-Shaped Things
Today's theme for the Friday regular Show & Tell is heart-shaped things. I don't have very many heart-shaped things to photograph or write about so I should I'd borrow an idea from Dagens nyheter yesterday and google "heart-shaped things".
Did you know that there is a heart-shaped lake in Taipei which has a heart-shaped island in the middle?
There are also others who have a Show & Tell thing going on and they had a "heart-shaped things" theme already in April last year. That woman makes up for my lack of hearts in this post.
Greetings on Happy eat heart-shaped things day, accompanied by a recipe!
A song about heart-shaped things!
If you're looking for heart-shaped clipart, look no further.
A bit of a Valentine's theme since it was that very day yesterday (also the reason for today's Show & Tell of course); the top six presents on Alla hjärtans dag (All Hearts' Day) as it's called in Sweden:
Did you know that there is a heart-shaped lake in Taipei which has a heart-shaped island in the middle?
There are also others who have a Show & Tell thing going on and they had a "heart-shaped things" theme already in April last year. That woman makes up for my lack of hearts in this post.
Greetings on Happy eat heart-shaped things day, accompanied by a recipe!
A song about heart-shaped things!
If you're looking for heart-shaped clipart, look no further.
A bit of a Valentine's theme since it was that very day yesterday (also the reason for today's Show & Tell of course); the top six presents on Alla hjärtans dag (All Hearts' Day) as it's called in Sweden:
- Underwear
- Jewelery (includes cufflinks, etc. for men)
- Gift card
- "Love technology". No, it's not something kinky but a web camera "so that I can look at you all day", or a mobile phone "so that I can talk to you all day".
- Perfume
- Flowers - the classic
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