Today is All Saints' Day in the Swedish calendar (Alla helgons dag). It's a public holiday, which means that everything runs to Sunday schedules (opening hours, timetables etc.)

But... tomorrow is also All Saints' Day -- but it's not spelled the same in Swedish: Allhelgonadagen. It is also (all according to my calendar), the Sunday after All ( Read more... )

It's the 25th of May, but since I'll be staying in all day revising maths, there won't be much point in walking around with a towel. (If I were to venture outside, though, it might actually be a good idea to bring one, considering the look of impending weather.)

I could also go around with a sprig of lilac to commemorate the Glorious People's ( Read more... )

Um, been a bit absent lately... Yesterday I didn't turn the computer on at all, despite being home all day. Good for the computer/internets addiction, I guess, but hard when I have three pages of flist to catch up on, and a forum that I moderate ( Read more... )

Tonight I've been to see Blood Brothers by Willy Russell at the City Theatre. The school got tickets really cheap, and our seats were excellent. It was a Swedish translation of the musical, of course, but the cast were good and I enjoyed it.

While at the theatre, I noticed a poster for En herrgårdssägen, a play based on a novel by Selma Lagerlöf ( Read more... )

Today I washed my hair with shampoo for the last time in this little experiment. Luckily my anti-dandruff shampoo has only approved ingedients for a last-wash shampoo -- I washed my hair twice, to be sure that I got most of the silicones and mineral oils out. I then gooed my hair full of homemade goo (rosewater, a little apple cider vinegar, a ( Read more... )

Episode 5 of Torchwood is called Small Worlds.

( Spoilers for episode 5 )

A friend just called and asked me if I had any good,  oldfashioned worksongs up my sleeve. It wouldn't do with farming songs or shanties; it was for builders (preferably cathedral builders). A "Hi ho, hi ho, here we go to our most satisfying and meaningful work day" type of thing. I must confess that I am at a loss (perhaps the concept is too alien ( Read more... )

Last Sunday, a friend of mine gave me an apron. This may not sound like a great thing, but the apron is handwoven and handsewn and is a necessary part of the traditional costume I'm making. I have just been deciding to buy the fabric for such an apron for 600 SEK (something like 75 USD). Note that on top of this I would have to buy the handwoven ( Read more... )