This morning I got up, got breakfast and said goodnight to my best guy. I found time for a haircut, and then came back home and wrote. It’s still funny to me that an idea that takes two minutes to think through takes an hour to write down, but as long as the ideas stay good, I’m okay with it. Then I dawdled and read for pleasure and generally lazed ( Read more... )

My Monday went something like this ( Read more... )

Jag gick och badade med en man idag. En man jag känner inte alls. Eller så känner jag honom iaf mycket mindre nu än innan vi träffades, för första gången. Jag gillar honom bättre nu, när jag inte känner honom. Innan var han rätt så förutsägbar. Nu? Nu badar vi ( Read more... )

A middle-aged dipshit at the library today sat himself down in front of the librarian as I was looking for a book. He didn't need any help with anything, he just felt like commenting on her appearance and her voice. You know, basically objectifying her in a loud voice so that the entire library could hear. He continued while I found my book, talked ( Read more... )

A year and a half ago, I presented at a conference in Kyoto. The paper was supposed to be a collaboration with a colleague. My colleague was the driving force, it was his idea and I felt a little overwhelmed by the project. At the same time, I respected his expertise in the area and wanted to learn how collaborations work, so I signed on ( Read more... )

Yesterday I contributed to science. In other words, I let a nurse weigh and measure me and remove a deciliter of my blood to build a database for a thirty year longitudinal study of … something. Part of what they’re doing is looking for new precursors to certain diseases, part of what they’re doing is simply building a database so they can decide ( Read more... )

I was in Basel last week at a conference. Basel is awesome--good food, good fashion, good folks. It's also ridiculously freakin' expensive. I have been avoiding my bank statement because I just do not want to know how much I actually spent. (Maybe I'll dare to look tomorrow ( Read more... )

I’m almost done with the course I’m teaching this semester. It’s the third time I’ve taught it and the first time I’ve actually enjoyed the experience. This year I got permission to redesign the course from the ground up-the reading list, the structure, the pace. And something happened: I stopped feeling like I was dragging students along and ( Read more... )

On Monday I danced to my own music at Norrmalmstorg in the middle of the afternoon. On Tuesday I took really good care of myself and managed to get my shoulder to relax a bit. Yesterday exercise felt energizing rather than exhausting and I made friends with a purr-happy cat who tried to follow me home ( Read more... )

Gjetost, mesost, Norwegian Goat Cheese. Brown, caramelized, sweet-tart goodness that softens quickly and does not take well to melting ( Read more... )