Emeriss

Tomorrow it is time for Emeriss to loose his balls. I hope that will make him a bit calmer, but I somehow doubt it. That cat is really all over the place! But at least it should stop him from being all over his sister and that is always something.

I took this picture, as a rememberance (I am very sure he appreciated this).

Maybe not the most flattering picture, but still! He is a cat, not like he can complain about me taking pictures of his butt.
I remember when I had Terris fixed, I didn't go home all day because I didn't want to be in the appartment without her. Now that I got two of these fluffy little wonders I hope I keep calmer. But probably not. I am really good at being over-emotional, even more when it comes to my beloved cats.

Oh, if any of my readers aren't supernerdy, the name Terris comes from a godess in EverQuest. Her full name was Terris Thule, Godess of Nightmare. Looking back, I guess I should have taken a name from a good godess because I think the nightmare part rubbed off on her. Wicked little terrorist cat! Emeriss on the other hand comes from a dragon in World of Warcraft. That makes me a true game nerd I guess. But then, I am proud over it!

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Snow and poetry

I am back! I haven't written in a few days now, I really had no idea what to write about. So I will just ramble, I am usually good at that!

Sweden is covered in snow, really really covered. Think we got 15-20 cm yesterday, and as usual everything collapsed. Car accicents, non-working trams, huge delays in... well, everything really. But the world is pretty, all white and fluffy. I love the sound of a snow covered world aswell, its something soft with every sound. Like you are wrapped in cotton.



I sat writing today, this one got no title yet but here goes:

I guess you wouldn't know
a thing about heartache.
Nothing about sorrow,
not a thing about pain.
You don't know of crying
or missing somebody.
Never felt sadness
and never felt loss.
You claim to be happy
not knowing of hurting.
But I'm rather hurting
than not feeling a thing.

Over and out

Cottage pie

This was my first attempt at cottage pie so I don't really know if it looks anything like it should. According to me it tasted wonderful however and that is what matters. Will have to try to make it a few more times I guess before I get it right. I will take this opportunity to ask forgiveness from all britts though, I guess I wasn't all that nice when I said that in hell the britts cook the food, you guys can actually manage some decent things aswell. Even though I still don't get marmite!




And now for something completely different.

I created a paladin today in WoW. She is a draenei so of course she is really cute and I named for Arianya after a person in The Deed of Paksenarrion, one of the best fantasy novels ever if anyone is interested! And if anyone want to buy it for me in english, just let me know and I will give you my address! I promise!
Will be fun to play paladin, I hope. I bought her heirloom items to make the levling faster so I hopefully don't get bored after one week. We will see, ask me about her and I might feel forced to level her!

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10 thing I hate about you

I find it funny how much this "not a movie blog" is about movies.
Tonight we re-watched 10 things I hate about you, and that must honestly be the best romcom movie ever. It's not sickly sweet as You've got mail and those movies. It's teenage sweet. And it works, because when you are that age you do fall head over heels, you do act like that guy/girl is the center of your universe. When grownups do it, it just gets disgusting.
I guess it doesn't hurt that the stars are wonderful Julia Stiles and the amazing Heath Ledger.
Talking about Heath, has anyone seen The imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus?

Anyway, I am way too tired to drag this out, will head off to bed and find something more interesting to write about tomorrow. Maybe document my attempt at cooking british food.

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The return of Supernatural!

It is finally back! And I think you need to be a real fan to get how excited I am about this! It has been two months without it! Thomas have finally caught up with me though so now we can watch it together tomorrow.
I also spent some time reading fanfiction, some of it quite funny. I liked a crossover with Supernatural and Twilight, might check the Supernatural/Buffyverse crossovers tomorrow. Who knew fanfic could actually be well written?

On another note, have not been online in WoW for a few days now. Got a bit annoyed last time I was on because some dimwit said my dear little Welle wasn't good enough for fucking ToC10. I mean honestly, I could get if they did not want her for ICC but ToC? I dunno, I never been denied to things like that before and even though it was some little pug retard it did sting a little. I haven't felt rejected in WoW for years. This was the first time I felt the drawback on being a casual gamer, and I did not like it, not even a little!
I guess I will lick my wounds a little and return, I do love the game after all but right now I am just pouting. I never felt "bad" on Welle before.

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Paranormal Activity

Thomas didn't want to watch it with me so I ended up watching it alone while he watched footie or something (I hoenstly didn't listen when he told me). And what to say about it... well, lets start with it being a load of overhyped pile of crap. Yeah, that sums it up pretty well to be honest.
I usually say that horror movies where you don't see the "big bad" are the best, but I swear, this would have been better if they had some guy in a halloween costume playing the demon. I sat in the sofa, hugging my stuffed toy dog (yes, I have one of those!) and was expecting to be scared. People been going on and on about this stupid movie. And I just want to know: why?

Is it supposed to be creepy? It really wasnt. "Oooh, listen to the sound of something moving in the house". Uhm, yeah, sure. And the guy, Micah, oh dear. You know in horror movies when some blonde skank walks down in the dark basement and get herself killed? This guy deserved to die more than those girls! Yes, I am ranting and flaming, but honestly people, this movie was a utter waste of time!

And to end it, that entire "oh dear, your house burnt down when you where little and it seems to have happened to someone else, maybe you have something in common!"... was I the only one thinking "Hey, didnt Supernatural have that twist?".

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Special days

Yesterday was my dear husbands birthday, he turned 33. Isn't that just scaringly old?
Kidding aside, I gave him two canvas pictures, one coffee mug and one coffee container (yes, coffee was my theme). In the evening mom came over to wish him a happy birthday. She stayed for dinner, we had made a wonderful lasagna! I sure hope he was happy with the day even though we didn't have some huge celebration. Will have a few friends over come friday but I won't tell you what I am making for food, I will not spoil the surprise!

I know I aren't much for these shows of affection but right now I think I deserve to get a bit lovey dovey. You see, today marks the 5 year anniversary of when me and Thomas first met! Thats kind of a big step (yes yes, I know Dominic, your 12 years kicks my 5 years ass).
It's been five wonderful years, with ups and downs as any relationship. It isn't all hugs and sex you know! But the good days wins over the bad days with miles! And that is what matters. We don't celebrate today really, we got our wedding day in the summer and that is the day that is special to us. But I need to just say that I love my husband very very much, and I am lucky to have met him!
There. Now I said it. I did even manage it without making myself sick, but it was a close call! I am really not one for the:
"- I love you more!
- No, I love you more!
- Well I love you more than you can ever say!"
Sometimes I just wish to kick those sickly sweet couples. Yes, you are in love. We know. We do not really care. Keep it in the bedroom!

And on that romantic note I end it for today, time to watch some wrestling and then The Princess and the Frog! (I love frogs!)

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Re-installing everything, fun fun!

Today is one of those days. I have long needed to clean out my computer and start again from 0 and today is the day. Time to for disk formatting! I cannot say I look forward to it but it needs to be done. Have moved all my important stuff (like WoW-addon settings!) to my external Seagate hard drive.

See you in a few hours, during this time I will probably utter way too many curses because I really hate doing this. Besides, you know me, I am handicapped without my beloved computer.

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Golden Globes 2010

We just finished watching 67th annual Golden Globe awards. And I guess I will have to watch Avatar now. From what I seen it really looks great, but I want the story to be wonderful as well. It isn't only looks people!

Still pouting a bit that Stanley Tucci didn't win Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Lovely Bones but I think I will survive. I will growl if he don't get an Academy Awards nomination however! The guy really sent chills down my spine, so creepy in that movie. I need to re-watch it some day.

The big surprise for me was that Sandra Bullock won Best Actress: Drama for The Blind Side. I never been a Bullock fan, I think she tends to go for the silly roles that while charming have very little dept. The Proposal for example, I find her quite terrible in that one, I never understood why the guy would ever fall in love with her character. She is horrid!

As usual watching an award show like this give you a few tips of movies to watch. I guess I will have to watch Precious, Nine, It's Complicated, Crazy Heart, Invictus and I am also pondering watching Sherlock Holmes even though my dear husband scowls at it.

So many movies to watch! And within a month the nominations for Academy Awards will be announced! Very much looking forward to that. I do love the Academy Awards. I will sit up all night and watch it. I even hope to have some bubble to go with it. Anyone wanna come over and watch it with us? Just let us know!

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Nana-nana-nana-nana - BATMAN!

I am a big fan of the new Batman movies. I like that they are much darker and sinister than the previous ones. The others had too much comedy in them to get a real feel for it all. I don't think they made you understand why Bruce Wayne choose to be the hero, why he put his life at risk for Gotham City.
The new movies are black and painful, he does what he does because he feel someone has to do it, not because its all fun and game. I guess I like it because it isn't as childish as some superheroes are. I never liked Spiderman, Peter Parker is a whiny wuss, with or without his costume. (And someone will most likely bite my head off because I said that.)

The problem is, I would want to read the Batman comics... but there seem to be half a million of them. How do I know where to start? Do I pick one out at random? I would want the full story, read it from the start. If I understood it correctly it also seems to be several Batman series, different story lines? Any of my readers nerdy enough to be of any help?

I do like that Batman cartoon they showed on, I think it was Cartoon Network, it was also darker, not all happy happy joy joy. But then, alot of cartoons seems to be aimed for adults, but the morons that decide what to show on TV thinks cartoon = for kids. Never mind all the blood and gore and sometimes death of importan people to the story. Sure, show that at 7am for the small kids!

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I present to you: Oscar Wilde

Today is one of those days where my mind is totally blank, I got no idea what to write here really. Nothing interested has happened, I started reading The Road and the language is just wonderful. There are authors, and then there are the artists and Cormac McCarthy is clearly an artist! However the writing is a bit unusual and it is not as easy to read as many other books, it is of course made harder by the fact that I read it in English and English is not my native tongue. Will return with more info on this book later on.

I thought I would share some poetry with you to pass the time, this is the work of the wonderful Oscar Wilde. It is called Requiescat and it is such a wonderful poem.

Requiescat

Tread lightly, she is near
Under the snow,
Speak gently, she can hear
The daisies grow.

All her bright golden hair
Tarnished with rust,
She that was young and fair
Fallen to dust

Lily-like, white as snow,
She hardly knew
She was a woman, so
Sweetly she grew.

Coffin-board, heavy stone,
Lie on her breast,
I vex my heart alone,
She is at rest

Peace, peace, she cannot hear
Lyre or sonnet,
All my life's buried here,
Heap earth upon it.

I will post more of my own creations as well, I might even try to post a little story, Stevie thought it was a good suggestion when I joked about writing short stories or even a "book" here. We will see what happens... maybe I even will listen to Stevie! Or, you know, probably not.

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Books and movies

I am quite a bit through Children of the Flames now (mentioned in previous post), however it is kind of a let down so far. Why? Well, I had hoped for a bigger focus on the Auschwitz part, and what led up to it but instead that part was over within 100 pages. I know it sounds terribly that I want to read about the horrible things that happened there but I wanted a bigger insight in to what can lead people down a path like that of Josef Mengele. Instead it is about the children that survived, how they got home, what they found when they got home, how it have affected their lives. It is interesting, but it is not the story I had hoped for. Does that make me a terrible person?
I plan to finish reading it, I am not a quitter after all (plus it isn't a very thick book), but then I really want to start reading The Road. I sure hope it delivers.

Today we watched Brothers. Thomas liked it a lot more than I did. He thinks he understand why it gotten several award nominations, but I found it rather slow and I did not get the choice of actors. Natalie Portman is of course a wonderful actress, but just not believable in the role of a mother of two. Tobey Maguire... is not really one of my favourite actors. It's just something with him, sometimes I feel has two-three facial expressions and all of them includes him looking like he is staring at something. Overall, Jake Gyllenhaal was the one I felt raised the movie, he made the feeling believable and his scenes were a spark of light compared to the rest of the movie.

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Visit to the Library

Today I visited the City Library, I haven't been there for quite some time now and it was really nice to be back. The sound of the water in the fountain, the hushed silence, people working at the computers... That part I don't get though, don't people have computers and internet at home by now? I would much rather sit at my own computer, I really dislike using other computers, even my husbands. My own computer is just better, its familiar.

I went home with The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I been planning to read it for some time now but people always seem to get there ahead of me but now they finally had it. I was almost pondering buying it instead, I still might tho if its any good. I did read the first two pages on my way home and did really like the way he writes, the flow of the language.
I also borrowed Children of the Flames: Dr. Josef Mengele and the Untold Story of the Twins of Auschwitz. You know a book will get to you when you are tear eyed from just reading the preface. I had planned to buy this book on a book sale years ago but for some reason I never did and now I am finally getting around to reading it.
We also went home with 2 books about Swedish history by Herman Lindqvist that my father suggested we should read. All in all four books, husband think they will last us some time but I think I will finish at least one by the end of the week, maybe two if them are as good as they seem.

I do love books, they get me all happy. I love libraries, I do however hate people that write in library books. Some moron had underlined parts in Children of the Flames, I wish I could find that person and beat him up with the heaviest book I own!

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Road to the Academy Awards: Part One

We have slowly started viewing our way through movies we think might be nominated for Academy Awards. Each year we watch the Academy Awards even though start at midnight here in Sweden and go on to 6am or so. It is worth it! Before we have watched the movies after the awards been handed out and this year we thought it might be fun to have seen the movies beforehand so that we know if we think they choose the right movie.

Yesterday we watched The Lovely Bones and I will be mighty upset if Stanley Tucci does not get a nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role! His character sent chills down my spine when I was watching it, a kind of person you pray you will never meet. Also young Saoirse Ronan was quite amazing in her role and I think that she can become one of the biggest stars of her generation if she continues to pick her roles wisely.

Today we watched Up in the Air and I have to say, I do not like George Clooney. I am sorry but he just is not a very good actor. He is nothing special. However I do think that both Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick were very nice and I can see this movie getting a few nominations. I liked that it wasn't your typical Hollywood movie where you knew exactly how everything would end, and where every character feels like they been cut out of stereotype-foam.

Hm, I guess this was more of a movie blog than I thought when I started it, but don't you worry, after the Academy Awards it will calm down, so it is only another 1.5 or so months!
Suggestions for movies to watch will be appreciated!

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Twister!

I started this day with watching Twister again. I really love that movie! (Well would you know, I guess this is a blog about movies some of the time.) I do not know what it is with that movie that gets me but even though I seen it surely 10+ times I find it just as good as I did the first time. I sit glued to it.
It might have something to do with me loving catastrophe movies and being really fascinated with natural disasters. Plus I like Helen Hunt and Philip Seymoure Hoffman a lot!

This evening we cuddled up watching WWE Smackdown from 8th. We have not watched wrestling in a few months now so it was really fun to get into it again. A lot have happened since we watched it last time, a lot of new story lines, new wrestlers. Sadly, it seems Teddy Long is still around. I could do without him. Vickie Guerrero seems to be back as well, and I honestly prefer her over Mr Long!

Will take some time to catch up with everything again but this is the time of year to watch wrestling. The road to Wrestlemania is always interesting to follow. And soon it is time for Royal Rumble! This is Sweden though, not many people here like wrestling it seems. And very few girls. But oh I love it, its funny and interesting and I often sit bouncing in the sofa cheering my favourites on or cursing when people like CM Punk score a pin. Who needs football when there is half naked guys wrestling?

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Semla!

It is a bit early, but today me and Thomas bought the first semlas of the season.

This is such a wonderful thing to have, just look at it.. mouth watering!


I think we deserved this, after all we both been working hard today. Mom's apartment is having new bathrooms done, this means she can not live there for 4 weeks so we had to empty out stuff and make her move into a small little compartments during this time. I feel so bad for her, living in that tiny little thing for 4 weeks. On the other hand, I did not feel bad enough to stop from teasing her about it. Did any really expect me to behave? I helped her move in the middle of the winter, I think that is good enough. I deserve my semla!

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Be careful what you ask for

Todays motto must be "be careful what you ask for".

Something interesting did happen att work, however I kinda wish that it hadn't. Today I worked answering the phone, most people that phone in are actually really nice even though they sometimes have to wait in queue, but every now and then you get the... not so nice people. And with "not so nice" I mean... morons.

I had an angry costumer yelling at me because I said his product had to be turned into the service department and that we could not just give him a new product. Then it got interesting. He told me he would want to come and smash our windows in because that would cost us much to repair. When I asked him not to threathen us he asked me what I thought I could do about it, would I go to the police? Because he had a company that was open 24/7 and they knew what to do with squealers! Right then I was just angry at him and managed to end the phone call without yelling at him. But after awhile when it started to sink in... I can handle a threath against the company, but that last part.. that was a threath against me.

I kept it together well at work.. but to be honest.. I cried when I got home. I let my emotions get to me... but I think I deserved some tear work!

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New Year

A new year. And a new start to a blog attempt. With a fresh start I needed a fresh site so here I am. Carpe Noctem 1.0 can be found on http://wellani.blogg.se/ if anyone is interested in it.

It feels good to write again, even if barely anyone will read it. I guess it is mainly for me I write, because I like to put words down even if they do not always make sense.


Thanks Michael for showing a bit of support, I needed that to get my ass moving and writing again. Now if you could also find me some readers, how about that?

I will return this evening and try to make a better attempt at this. Maybe by then I know what to write about, maybe something extremely interested happened at work. I somehow doubt it.