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So I just burnt the bejeezus out of my hand and wrist T__T I was making those glutinous rice ball thingys in the microwave (not mochi exactly because they're cooked, but I dunno the real name, go figure) and, like an idiot, I decided that I would be able to carry the SCREAMING hot bowl from my kitchen to my room. Halfway there and my fingers start to burn, so I tried to shift positions, only to have the bowl sway, water spill over onto my hands, at which point it was so hot basic common sense just shut down and I let go =_= The bowl smashed, water went everywhere, the rice balls split open. Being the mature adult I am, I left everything on the floor and went and cried. I like not having roommates.
In other news, I just got back from Oslo. Kind of disappointing, to be honest :/ I was really expecting it to be very nordic, but it was kind of just another city somewhere. There wasn't really even much snow, just sort of a packed down layer a few inches thick, which was basically the only reason I went (it was freezing cold though, go figure). And there were NO Christmas markets, another one of the only reasons I went. They all closed down the 20th, the night I got there...what kind of communist country is this?!?!! Even the ones in Caen, not a huge cultural capital, stay open into January! A lot of all the tourist exhibits were closed too, I guess they don't get a lot of visitors in the winter (which kind of makes sense, I guess, but still, if I go to a predominantly wintery country, I'd want to go in the winter, because I figure that's the most culturally accurate time to go, right? Like, that's where most of their culture comes from? Or maybe I'm just wrong?...)
I got to see the Royal Palace, though (didn't get to go in it though, closed, blah), and some pretty Christmas lights, and the cultural museum passed the time - most of the outdoor exhibts were sort of less exciting in the winter, but the section on traditional clothes was exactly what I was hoping for. My favorite part was the art museum - I saw a lot of beautiful Norwegian landscapes, as well as the original of The Scream, which, while I'm not super interested in, now I can be a snob and say I saw it hahaha. Some of Munch's other paintings were nice, too. I didn't take many pictures of anything, since my camera stopped working when it got to cold (I carried it around tucked into my armpit under my coat hahaha XD), but I got a few nice ones I hope.
In any case, there's one more city to cross off my list of places to visit. I hope I didn't miss anything too important there, I hope I experienced it fully...
On a happier note...OMGOMGOMGOMG I'M GOING TO GERMANY TOMORRRROOOWWWWWW AND SEEING HANNNNAAHHHHHHH FINALLYLYYYYYYY. It doesn't really feel like Christmas yet, even though I went to the Christmas market while I was in Paris yesterday. I think it's because I'm not with family. That's what it's about to me, anyway.
In other news, I just got back from Oslo. Kind of disappointing, to be honest :/ I was really expecting it to be very nordic, but it was kind of just another city somewhere. There wasn't really even much snow, just sort of a packed down layer a few inches thick, which was basically the only reason I went (it was freezing cold though, go figure). And there were NO Christmas markets, another one of the only reasons I went. They all closed down the 20th, the night I got there...what kind of communist country is this?!?!! Even the ones in Caen, not a huge cultural capital, stay open into January! A lot of all the tourist exhibits were closed too, I guess they don't get a lot of visitors in the winter (which kind of makes sense, I guess, but still, if I go to a predominantly wintery country, I'd want to go in the winter, because I figure that's the most culturally accurate time to go, right? Like, that's where most of their culture comes from? Or maybe I'm just wrong?...)
I got to see the Royal Palace, though (didn't get to go in it though, closed, blah), and some pretty Christmas lights, and the cultural museum passed the time - most of the outdoor exhibts were sort of less exciting in the winter, but the section on traditional clothes was exactly what I was hoping for. My favorite part was the art museum - I saw a lot of beautiful Norwegian landscapes, as well as the original of The Scream, which, while I'm not super interested in, now I can be a snob and say I saw it hahaha. Some of Munch's other paintings were nice, too. I didn't take many pictures of anything, since my camera stopped working when it got to cold (I carried it around tucked into my armpit under my coat hahaha XD), but I got a few nice ones I hope.
In any case, there's one more city to cross off my list of places to visit. I hope I didn't miss anything too important there, I hope I experienced it fully...
On a happier note...OMGOMGOMGOMG I'M GOING TO GERMANY TOMORRRROOOWWWWWW AND SEEING HANNNNAAHHHHHHH FINALLYLYYYYYYY. It doesn't really feel like Christmas yet, even though I went to the Christmas market while I was in Paris yesterday. I think it's because I'm not with family. That's what it's about to me, anyway.