Friday, 30 July 2010

A cup of tea.

Dricka te i stora koppar. Ingen mjölk. Inget socker. Bara teets färg som djupnar i koppens avlägsna botten. Den stora koppen fylld med den varma drycken.

Problemet som uppstår är att hinna dricka upp innan teet kallnat.

Te ska njutas långsamt. Den stora koppen ståendes på fönsterkarmen mellan klunkarna. Pauser då sida läggs till sida i romanen i mitt knä. Eller så vilar koppen i mina händer medan min blick söker sig bort. En kopp te kan inte stressas.

Men sitter man ju där med en kall slatt.

Den stora koppens botten täcks av kallt te som ger en bitter chock till den intet ont anande munnen då en ny klunk intas. Vad är då lösningen på detta? Att byta till en mindre kopp? En kopp som inte alls ger samma känsla som en stor, men som är mer praktisk. Eller leva med den stora koppen och då låta obehaget av det kallnade teet i munnen bli den avslutande uppleveslen på tedrickandet?

Jag dricker alltid mitt te i en stor kopp om det är möjligt. Möjligheten att teet håller sig varmt alldeles perfekt länge och jag hinner njuta hela mina stora kopp te finns ju också.

Thursday, 15 July 2010

Let's Get Retarded. Let's Get The Party Started.

Weekend is coming up so here's one of my absolute favourite getting in party mood songs to get you all in the right mood!


Wednesday, 14 July 2010

Progress.

Today I made the first of my goals when it come to my running. I managed to run through my whole program, no walking! I got inspiration from my music and pushed through the pain, and the feeling of making it is great.

Tuesday, 13 July 2010

Psych returns.

Today I would like to share some very important information. Tomorrow one of the best comedy series ever returns, the fifth season of Psych starts! Don't miss it. And if you don't know what I am talking about, then you have some great catching up to do.

Monday, 12 July 2010

Hotel showers.

I have a complaint. I know that this complaint is anti environmental friendly, but I don't care. I do think that it is good that all of us are trying to make changes to make sure that our earth will stay alive and kicking. And I do think that it is really good that also big companies are making these changes, because just private individuals will not be enough. But all these efforts has lead to that it is almost impossible for me to have clean hair if I am staying at a hotel. The showers are insanely weak, and with my long and thick hair it takes forever to rinse both shampoo and conditioner (which in the long run can't be good for mother nature either). After that I will need to dry my hair, and does that work? No not really. In one hotel the hair dryer worked for about 2 minutes on high effect before it turned it self off. And it took 5 minutes until it worked at all again! Now I am bringing my own hair dryer to at least have that problem solved. And mainly I am trying to have clean hair before I depart for a night away. But it is a frustration problem, that I also realise is a very luxury problem to have.

Running update.

Earlier this summer I wrote about my running aspirations and I was thinking it is time for an update. Some parts of the running has been going very well.

The method of focusing my running program around the music has been very good. I have realised that I very much prefer running a specific time instead of running a specific distance. If I know that I have to run just two more songs it is motivating me. The music that I chose was also very good, I have now made a few changes, mainly in the warm up part, to make it even better.

When it comes to the actual running it has been though but not horrible as I have felt before. I have been able to push myself a bit every time and the feeling of being able to do a little bit more every time is such a great feeling. I have managed to get my running step back ( is it even called like that in English?) and it does even at some times feels really nice to run, so that's quite amazing.

The problem has been to get out and actually doing it. When I have started it has been okay, but then I have had periods where I have been travelling or had visitors and then I get out of the rhythm of working out and then a lot of time passes between the occasions I run. So it hasn't been that many times that I have been out yet. But I'm gonna keep on working on it. It is a good way to work out, and it is practical because you can do it everywhere as long as you bring some clothes and shoes.

My running songs:
Warm-up:
Prayer for the weekend - The Ark
Fame - Naturi Naughton
Fairytale gone bad - Sunrise Avenue
Strech:
You are beautiful - James Blunt
Main work-out:
Walking on sunshine - Katarina and the Waves
Womanizer - Britney Spears
Anxiety - Black Eyed Peas
Big City Nights - Scorpions
Goodbye - Christina Debarge
Overload - Voodoo & Serano
Strech:
Like the sun - RyanDan
This is my life - Anna Bergendal
Thank you - Dido

Follow me home.

Monday, 5 July 2010

Take off.

Work injuries. We all have them. And I do not mean the physical injuries we can get while working. I am talking about the ways our work damage our minds. The way we get all nerdy, usually without really noticing, about things related to our job. It is normal, and it is okay. My new job has opened a new world up for me. I am fascinated with thing I haven't really even considered before. Airports and most of all planes. Most of all I have started to love the moment of take off. Both to watch it and the feel it. It fascinates me that the speed is creating such a lifting force to get the planes up in the air. And to feel the aircraft lift from the ground, just amazing!

Picture from boeing.com