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HELP!!
okay, i'll make it publically known that i'm doing NaNoWriMo, that is, National Novel Writing Month. (www.nanowrimo.org) some people already know about it, some people don't. i didn't want to announce it until i was pretty sure i was going to be serious about it. for those of you that aren't familiar with it, the basic idea is to write 50,000 words ( Read more... ) -
alter egoism
I should mention, if anyone of you receive strange comments from szarlotka, it's me. Don't worry. It's just my alter ego. -
One of the smartest things I've heard in a long time
"I want to write a novel about life. But I'm only 16, so I don't know too much about that."
If she's learned that already, she's already way ahead of the rest of us. -
It's all Greek to me!
I'm now taking a statistics class. In Swedish. And I'm not entirely convinced that doesn't really, really suck. -
airing my dirty laundry in public
I'm probably more smug and self-satisfied than I ought to be right now. After all, its something normal people do everyday. Normal people with two functioning feet, that is ( Read more... ) -
you know you've been in sweden too long when...
...you mutter "ursäkta me" when you almost bump into someone on the street...
...you actually consider writing down IN ENGLISH "i have lots of balls in the air"...and you don't think there's a problem with that... -
sock elves
Admittedly, I know that going shopping instead of doing laundry is not the most brilliant solution when talking long-term, sustainable, economically viable strategic planning. However, I do think that in the case of socks, it is at least an acceptable short-term solution. Especially in my case, where I am convinced that my apartment is infested by ( Read more... ) -
A small step for mankind, a giant leap for Lotta
Well, today I took a giant leap forward. (Not literally.) I am weaning myself out of the boot. I managed to walk (with one crutch) a total of about five blocks. In some ways, it feels better than the boot as I am no longer walking lopsided, and there is no longer a thud, thud, thud annoucing my arrival. It also feels good because it seems like I am ( Read more... ) -
A whole LOTTA what?
Poll A whole LOTTA...