Post injection day and I just came back from the doctor after getting an flu vaccination - regular one only, I don't know if I'm allowed to get the H1N1 vaccination, have to ask at my next appointment with the neurologist.

And...knock wood...I feel fine for the second week in a row. Just a bit cold and tired, but that's okay. The weather is also playing along, a bit windy, but bright sunshine and not too cold, so Lia and I will be making the most of it before sunset, which is around 15:50 at this time of year.

EDIT: It's 16:30 and dark. We didn't make it out before it started raining. Serves me right for trying to stall the exercise so that the dog will not regain too much energy before evening. So it was a quick walk in the rain, indoor brain work/trick training and some serious grooming, brushing off all the loose undercoat from Lia's fur - one day I'll make a dog sweater.

Shoulder where I got the vaccination is a bit sore, but still feel fine!

Delete-delete-delete. Let's just say that my life would be a whole lot easier if everyone were competent at their jobs* and if it would stop raining.

On a more cheerful note. I made traditional "kylling i asparges"** yesterday and it was just nice, tasty, comfort food. Haven't made it since we were living in Langgasse in Switzerland, which must have been maybe 5-7 years ago, so of course we ate like little piggies...aaaaand there's leftovers for lunch.

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*or at least not blithering idiots. I'll take what I can get.
** chicken in asparagus.

Translating texts for C can be quite the decoding job.

What he wants: An English to Danish translation.

What he sends me: A mish-mash text composed of English, Danish and German. Add to this that he includes special fishing terms where one verb means something entirely different than it normally does, plus he types fast and doesn't bother to check for typos, and wow can the use of the English "of" instead of the English "or" make a huge difference when it comes to understanding a text correctly.

PS. He named a fishing fly after me. I think this must be flattering?

They're promoting Toddlers & Tiaras on one of the satellite channels we're watching: http://tlc.discovery.com/tv/toddlers-tiaras/toddlers-tiaras.html

In all fairness, I've never watched the programme, but the snippets shown for the promotion are disturbing. I mean why??? WHY???

...again. It's an evil conspiracy brought on by Brain and Guilt Monkey. Guilt Monkey starts pointing out all the things that are unfinished/not in an acceptable condition/how I'm not working hard enough on achieving my goals. Brain concurs with Guilt Monkey and starts thinking up schedules/plans/solutions and on and on they go, when all I want to do is sleep.

This is the reason why, after two hours of sleep, I've been working my butt off today, because then maybe Brain and Guilt Monkey will be appeased and finally SHUT UP! It actually doesn't matter if they do, because as long as I do enough work, MS fatigue will over-ride both the idjits. Hah! Talk about taking a disadvantage and turning into an advantage.

And the peace is over, my parents are back from 14 days vacation on Tenerife. I should be a good daughter and give them a call.

I think there's one in the book I'm re-reading. I don't remember it from the first read, but we all know that my memory is like a sieve.

In any case, I'm off to Amazon to read its reviews. What better way to spend a Saturday afternoon?

EDIT: Skimmed through 65 reviews on Amazon and didn't find a single one that mentioned the plot error. Is it just me? Did I completely misunderstand something?

This is Sort Sol or Black Sun in English. It was on the Yahoo front page today, and what I've promised to take mnfaure and mana_trini to see if they happen to visit at the right time of year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81wFZavdhPU&feature=player_embedded

We see the smaller flocks of a some hundreds of starlings around the farm in autumn when they gather to meet with the others in Tøndermarsken, and even in such small quantities they are quite impressive. This year they raided our late season cherry trees. They were here for just 5-10 minutes, but afterwards it looked as if we'd been hit by a cherry-hail storm. Did I mention how much I love living in the middle of no-where? :))

The birds of prey are of course attacking intensively during the Black Sun, and the interesting part is that, according to the Danish Forest and Nature Administration, in flight the starlings defend themselves against predators. When attacked by a bird of prey, they will try to poop and vomit it down. If they succeed in hitting the bird of prey, its flight ability will be affected. There have been cases of young goshawks drowning because they, covered in poop and regurgitated matter, lost their flight ability over water.

Taken from Dog Breed Info Center:

"The Belgian Shepherd is high energy, with a high mental capacity, and are quick to comprehend. They need a job to do, especially if you are dealing with working lines. Take care when introducing this dog with small non-canine pets. "

And this is the reason why:

May sits in living room listening to Lia and Orlando play in the hallway.
Lia: Bwhahahaha!
Orlando: Okay that does it! *WHACKS*
Lia: YELP!
May: Uh-oh. *braces self*
Lia: *RUNS away from Orlando into living room. Takes off and leaps over the corner of the coffeetable and lands in May's lap*
May: OOOOOOHHHHMMMPPPPP! *checks for cracked ribs* Must you really do this everytime you get a whacking?
Lia: Orlando is mean and dangerous!

Hello, my name is May and I forgot my wedding day...AGAIN. This is getting embarassing.

I guess the good - or the bad part, depending on how you look at it, is that C forgot as well. Hah!

I guess the whole "picking easy dates to remember" isn't working out as well as we'd thought.

Wedding day 09.11.01
Wedding party day 02.08.02

And yes, I'm LJ spamming today.

C's Danish is now so good that when visiting Danes, the conversation is 95% Danish. There are still plenty of moments.

Conversation was in Danish, but is of course translated.

U: Ham med Audien/The guy with the Audi.
C: What's that? Audien?
U: Au-di-en.
C: ???
May: The car!
C: What car? Never heard of an Audien.
May: Audi.
C: But she's not saying Audi. What's the "n" at the end?
May: Definite article. 1)
C: Ahhhhaa. Mercedes?
May: Mercedesen
C: *sniggers* Porsche?
May: Porschen.
C: Citroen?
May: Citroenen
C: There's a "g"???
May: No, it just sounds as if there's a "g."
C: Ci-tro-eng-en *cracks up completely*
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1) Definite article in Danish is made by adding an -en or an -et at the end of the word:
A table = et bord, the table = bordet
A car = en bil, the car = bilen