A meme! (Including books, kid and vampires!)
I got this meme from whichclothes. :-) I am a bit late answering it, but I think it was a bit fun still, so here goes. Anyone can join in, of course!
Comment to this post saying "FIVE!" and I will pick five things I would like you to talk about. They might make sense or be totally random.
Then post that list, with your commentary, to your journal. Other people can get lists from you, and the meme merrily perpetuates itself, hopefully for the rest of eternity!
These are the five things whichclothes picked for me. :-)
Favorite summer activity
My favorite thing to do at summer... Hmm.... I love, LOVE going to various coffee-shops/coffeehouses to have a fika* out in the sun... Or just sit on a blanket in the shadow and read a book... I am not hugely fond of sunbathing and such. I don't like that. But to just enjoy the sun, with a cup of tea or just a cold drink and a nice cinnamon bun... Yeah. That is lovely... Or sit listening to the sound of people and the sound of the trees in the park, while reading a book... Love that to.
I also love going for swims in lakes and such. :-) Love that. I might not be a sexy model in my bikini, but fuck that! I wanna swim! Or just play around in the water. :-) One NEVER gets to old for that!
(*Read more about the swedish tradition with fika HERE!)
Children's books your kid must have
That is sorta easy to answer. :-)
Of course, as many Astrid Lindgren books as possible! :-D I love her work and it is so perfect! Of course, those are for when Nerd Junior gets a lil older, but... say when she/he is just starting to read or just before... 6-7 years old? That's when Astrid Lindgren is perfect. Before that? Lots and lots of Disney. Me and peting73 has a huge collection of Disney picture-books each, and we've both decided to give them all to Nerd Jr. So that is a good start. There'll probably be A LOT of the swedish comicbook character Bamse as well, he is such a perfect character for small kids. I read the Bamse comic and the Kalle Anka & Co (Donald Duck & Co) comic when I was a kid. I have a sneaky suspicion I'll transfer that to Nerd Jr. More then that though, I'll most likely bring Nerd Jr to the library with regularity and just let her/him lose among the books. Let kid pick whatever. And we'll read that. :-) Picture books, and whatever she/he wants. I don't think one should control kids to much when it comes to books. Just show what there is to pick from. :-)
Vampires
Ah yes... Vampires... What is there to say? *lol* I love vampires. :-) One of my favorite movies, and one of the first with vampires I saw, is the old Interview with the vampire. I saw it plenty of times in the movie-theaters and feel head over heels in love with the whole thing and the universe it showed. Read the book to. The whole thing with the society of vampires living hidden... where humans can't see... It intrigued me. :-) Very much. There is just something sexy about it. Not to mention the way a vampire feeds is very very sexy to, I'd say.
Anyway, after watching more vampire movies (Bram Stoker's Dracula among others), I moved here... for study. And found other people also intrigued with vampires... that actually played vampires at a very very active vampire-LARP! The setting for said LARP was just what I had been intrigued with... vampires ruling the world, hidden from human eyes using their various vampiric powers for their own gain.... To say I was hooked from the start would be an understatement! I've been involved in said LARP since 2001, and I don't plan to stop any time soon!
Vampires as a whole, as mythological creatures have so so much to give. It is just a sad sad thing to see what Twilight and the books following in it's wake have done with the vampire-myth. Now they are not the monster anymore using their sex appeal to draw their victims to them to do whatever dark and twisted thing they want with said victim. Oh no. Now they are all romantic types who are burdened with a dark past. *sigh* It annoys me. It really does.
What you'd do with fifty thousand euros
I'll be honest and boring here. I'd pay of all my student loans... and if there were anything left, I'd put it into savings. Maybe put some away for Nerd Jr to. Fun, eh? :-P
Shoes
I have a love/hate-relationship with shoes. Honestly. I have big feet. No really. Not very ladylike. I have a size 42 Europesize (UK: 7½, US: 10). AKA, I have BIG feet... So buying shoes for women, is a pain in the ass. There are none. I have to go to specialty stores or order from the net... There is a reason why I love unisex shoes, like Doc Martens or Converse (for summer). You can get ALL sizes in those. :-)
This on the other hand mean... I have a lot of shoes. Because on the very rare occasion where I actually find shoes that are not Docs or Converse? I buy them. I always do. Since I never know when next I'll find shoes that fit. Meaning I have a lot of shoes. That I barely use. Crazy. :-P
Comment to this post saying "FIVE!" and I will pick five things I would like you to talk about. They might make sense or be totally random.
Then post that list, with your commentary, to your journal. Other people can get lists from you, and the meme merrily perpetuates itself, hopefully for the rest of eternity!
These are the five things whichclothes picked for me. :-)
Favorite summer activity
My favorite thing to do at summer... Hmm.... I love, LOVE going to various coffee-shops/coffeehouses to have a fika* out in the sun... Or just sit on a blanket in the shadow and read a book... I am not hugely fond of sunbathing and such. I don't like that. But to just enjoy the sun, with a cup of tea or just a cold drink and a nice cinnamon bun... Yeah. That is lovely... Or sit listening to the sound of people and the sound of the trees in the park, while reading a book... Love that to.
I also love going for swims in lakes and such. :-) Love that. I might not be a sexy model in my bikini, but fuck that! I wanna swim! Or just play around in the water. :-) One NEVER gets to old for that!
(*Read more about the swedish tradition with fika HERE!)
Children's books your kid must have
That is sorta easy to answer. :-)
Of course, as many Astrid Lindgren books as possible! :-D I love her work and it is so perfect! Of course, those are for when Nerd Junior gets a lil older, but... say when she/he is just starting to read or just before... 6-7 years old? That's when Astrid Lindgren is perfect. Before that? Lots and lots of Disney. Me and peting73 has a huge collection of Disney picture-books each, and we've both decided to give them all to Nerd Jr. So that is a good start. There'll probably be A LOT of the swedish comicbook character Bamse as well, he is such a perfect character for small kids. I read the Bamse comic and the Kalle Anka & Co (Donald Duck & Co) comic when I was a kid. I have a sneaky suspicion I'll transfer that to Nerd Jr. More then that though, I'll most likely bring Nerd Jr to the library with regularity and just let her/him lose among the books. Let kid pick whatever. And we'll read that. :-) Picture books, and whatever she/he wants. I don't think one should control kids to much when it comes to books. Just show what there is to pick from. :-)
Vampires
Ah yes... Vampires... What is there to say? *lol* I love vampires. :-) One of my favorite movies, and one of the first with vampires I saw, is the old Interview with the vampire. I saw it plenty of times in the movie-theaters and feel head over heels in love with the whole thing and the universe it showed. Read the book to. The whole thing with the society of vampires living hidden... where humans can't see... It intrigued me. :-) Very much. There is just something sexy about it. Not to mention the way a vampire feeds is very very sexy to, I'd say.
Anyway, after watching more vampire movies (Bram Stoker's Dracula among others), I moved here... for study. And found other people also intrigued with vampires... that actually played vampires at a very very active vampire-LARP! The setting for said LARP was just what I had been intrigued with... vampires ruling the world, hidden from human eyes using their various vampiric powers for their own gain.... To say I was hooked from the start would be an understatement! I've been involved in said LARP since 2001, and I don't plan to stop any time soon!
Vampires as a whole, as mythological creatures have so so much to give. It is just a sad sad thing to see what Twilight and the books following in it's wake have done with the vampire-myth. Now they are not the monster anymore using their sex appeal to draw their victims to them to do whatever dark and twisted thing they want with said victim. Oh no. Now they are all romantic types who are burdened with a dark past. *sigh* It annoys me. It really does.
What you'd do with fifty thousand euros
I'll be honest and boring here. I'd pay of all my student loans... and if there were anything left, I'd put it into savings. Maybe put some away for Nerd Jr to. Fun, eh? :-P
Shoes
I have a love/hate-relationship with shoes. Honestly. I have big feet. No really. Not very ladylike. I have a size 42 Europesize (UK: 7½, US: 10). AKA, I have BIG feet... So buying shoes for women, is a pain in the ass. There are none. I have to go to specialty stores or order from the net... There is a reason why I love unisex shoes, like Doc Martens or Converse (for summer). You can get ALL sizes in those. :-)
This on the other hand mean... I have a lot of shoes. Because on the very rare occasion where I actually find shoes that are not Docs or Converse? I buy them. I always do. Since I never know when next I'll find shoes that fit. Meaning I have a lot of shoes. That I barely use. Crazy. :-P