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Toilet in living room

Friday, February 26th, 2010

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Renovating bathroom means not being able to take a shower in own house the next month. I am aware of that. It apparently also means toilet generally is nicely placed in my living room although I was promised to be able to use it most of this period. For some reason I don’t feel like using the toilet when it is on my living room floor… So. I am a nomad at the moment – sleeping wherever someone can offer me decent bathroom facilities.

The life of a nomad is one thing. All the choices to make when renovating is another. Although my main concern is to get a bathroom that is not leaking, all of a sudden I have to choose things within the world of tiles, sinks, taps and mixers, toilets and shower doors. I really thought I couldn’t care less about what to fill my 2,4 m2 bathroom with. Now I am very enthusiastic when it comes to my Damixa Tradition basin mixer and my Porsgrund Seven D toilet with a black “Slow Close”-seat.

My dad is worried that I am more enthusiastic about basin mixer choices and tile patterns than making sure the carpenters do their job right. I definitely want them to do everything by the book. However, I haven’t read that exact book, so how am I supposed to point out any mistakes they might make? I guess I’ll just have to keep my fingers crossed while reading a book I actually want to read – The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman.

By:Larm Saturday

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Third day of the music marathon. Efterklang (DK), Death by Unga Bunga (N), CCTV (N), Susanna and the Magical Orchestra (N), Monzano (N), Moto Boy (SWE), [ingenting] (SWE). I was so tired that it should come as no surprise that the concert where I got to sit down became one of the best experiences from this day. But seriously, Susanna and the Magical Orchestra, was amazing. Their cover of Hallelujah almost made me cry. Listen to the magic.

By:Larm Friday

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

My best friend, Veronica, and I were running from concert to concert yesterday too. But this post is mainly about glasses and a hot dog. I wore my glasses yesterday. I see better with them. That’s why I have glasses. My sight is not that bad, so I don’t have to wear them to function in society, but I should use them permanently. Still I generally try to avoid wearing them around drunk people. I always get some weird remarks from people who think they are just a fashion statement and have no real function, and it annoys me. But since yesterday was all about music, and I like to see as much as possible at a concert, I did wear my glasses. Confident.

When lounging for some minutes after a bunch of concerts I told Veronica about these remarks I usually get. We agreed that these drunk people are stupid, and that my glasses are really nice and frame my face in a good way. Then she went to the ladies’ room, and I went to buy us a hot dog to share. A minute later I come running into the ladies’ room with a hot dog in hand to tell Veronica this story through the walls:

Hot dog guy: What do you want?
Me: Well, I want a hot dog – I will just check if I have enough cash.
Hot dog guy: I will give you the hot dog for free. Just because you have such nice glasses.

If I get free stuff, then I can handle the stupid remarks.

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Veronica and me at By:Larm last year. I am the one with the glasses, obviously.

Yesterday’s concerts:

  • Hafdis Huld (ICL). She needs to practice her English pronunciation, but a funny girl, cute songs.
  • Humming People (N). Charming, energetic boys. Straight forward rock.
  • Forza (N). They made two very hungover girls dance, scream and shout at an early hour. Highlight! Hip Hop/Balkan/Folk/Latin.
  • Kathinka (N). From what I heard – very good. Glasses no help when tall people are standing in front of me.
  • Manna (FIN). Charismatic vocalist, very enjoyable concert.
  • The Pink Robots (N). “Hello. My name is Macintosh”. Fun!
  • Asha Ali (SWE). Talented girl with a great voice and some catchy tunes made Mono extremely crowded and hot hot hot.
  • Cacadou (N). Crazy ol’ Norwegians with clarinet, accordion, banjos++. Made me dance funny.
  • [ingenting] (SWE). We saw [nothing]. We ate hot dog instead.

Argyle curling

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

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There’s actually no rules against the pants – but there probably will be after this…

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The Top Dog

Monday, February 8th, 2010

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I made my first vector illustration some days ago. The occasion was the birthday of a friend of mine. He often goes by the name Den Toppeste Hund (The Top Dog), and we thought he needed a t-shirt to confirm this fact. The illustration isn’t fancy, but the shirt was still a great success amongst all the guests at the birthday party! Rumor has it that there will be produced buttons in the near future too. Yay!

Watch the full-size image with all 28 happy party people here.

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