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Bloody Monday

phobicgamer — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:31:49 +0000

It’s another bloody Monday, peeps and popcicles! Facebook and Twitter and Tumblr is filling up with happy or grumpy messages about another start of another week, the hope of new possibilities or the woes of even getting out of bed. Personally I am always rather torn; getting out of bed on a Monday morning is always a struggle for me. On the one hand, the bed, which is not really a very great bed, is oddly enough never as comfortable as it is at 06:15 in the morning on a Monday. And the onset of a new week at work seldom feels very positive for me, since I have usually spent half the night awake trying to organize the week in my head I am acutely aware that no matter how much I plan and prepare for work, there is no chance in hell I will ever get everything done in time, and that something critical and more prioritized will come along and ruin my plan anyway. So, I am most certainly a Monday grouch.

Oooon the other hand: a new week means a full new week of new pod casts, youtube eps, books to read, movies to watch, music to discover, crafting projects to start or finish, art to make, stories to write, exciting research to be made, poems to be written coffee dates with my boo; a new chance to do all the things I want to do, if I am lucky enough to have any energy after work. Last week was horrible; after-work-hours found me comatose and the week ended with me getting a cold, but, you know… in the best of worlds, a Monday means all that new and fun shit.

Winter all in all is largely comatose for me. I am like a little fuzzy hermit bear who wants to sleep all through the cold and dark. But, another month or so, hoping for an early spring, might mean I’ll get back in the saddle and maybe have some energy to be social and such again. The winter is no joke for a vitamin D-deprived, misanthropic introvert like me.

So, that was MY Monday grumble! Bet you wish you could have those minutes back? Ha! Here comes a round-up:

Crafting
Made some new earrings recently, and finally got around to taking pics and putting them up on Etsy. The style varies a lot from one pair to another, which is what happens when one spreads out one’s entire stash and mindlessly just starts experimenting and let one’s mind wander while watching a funny movie. Anyhow, don’t be shy to check them out, maybe you’ll find something you like! There are also some new silver pieces up there.

Reading
I finished “Flowers for Algernon”! A book that’s been on my to-read-list since I was about 12, but I’ve never gotten to it. Until now! Because Micu sent it to me for Christmas! Books are such awesome gifts <3 There is just something special about reading a book that someone gifted you, saying “Hey, I really like this book and I hope you like it too”. And since I’ve had some really tired weekends, having a great book to read has been blissful.

Gaming
LOTRO Online – I have uninstalled you, so sorry. WoW – You always tempt me, especially when my friends asks me to play you again. Secret World – I miss you. EQ2 – I miss you the most, baby, don’t ever change. EQ Next – I have you on my dance card. City of Steam – Colour me intrigued… Halo, all of you, I want to hug your CD-cases and call you George. Effing Candy Crush – I fricking hate you.

Android Apps I cannot live without
Wunderlist. How I’ve even managed to remember getting dressed in the morning without this app, I do not know.As you might guess, it’s a list app. You make lists (plural, for sure) and cross things off. You can use it on your phone or their website, and it all syncs up. You can share lists with other people. It seems to be an app for a lot of different platforms as well, at least I know I’ve seen it for iPhones too, if anybody cares about that.

Health & such
I keep going to yoga and it’s always GREAT. I mean it. You know how people say that everyone would benefit from going to therapy? Ditto for yoga.

Movies & TV
Having a bad cold, when all you can do really is lie on the couch and sort of blink your eyes, and half fall asleep every so often, is an excellent time to watch everything worth watching on Netflix. Which I have now done. We’ve had the service for four months now, and are sort of done with it. And all they’ve added lately is season 2 of “Modern Family”. Besides that and Fringe, there are not much else we want to watch on Netflix, which is bothersome. Also, speaking of bothersome and Netflix, here are some of my pet peeves: One show claim to have 30 episodes on Netflix, and when I reach ep 15 they stop. Shows that have already been airing all their eps, maybe 3 or 4 seasons worth, a long time ago and is done and cancelled, still only have the first season up on Netflix. The suggestions for “Comedies” and “dramas” are COMPLETELY off. The suggestions for TV Comedies are ALSO completely off. Especially since most of the comedy shows they actually HAVE are not even in that list of suggestions.

Lofty plans that needs proper planning!
My trip to Budapest! Vacation in the UK! Midsummer! Worlds sweetest sis-in-law coming over! Running/jogging/crawling a race in August! Birthday bash in November! Woop woop!

That was it for this time. Have a happy week!

I’m Down with the Dog

phobicgamer — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:45:05 +0000

So, I’ve gone and done it. I’ve joined yoga class. Like, one of those proper hippie ones in a basement that smells of incense, one of those classes where participants actually do the weird, heavy breathing and look ridiculously healthy and peaceful, where the instructor actually moves around during class correcting your positions (yeah…). As you can probably discern from the language I am using right now, I obviously have some preconceptions about this.

But I LOVE yoga. I always have. I‘ve just never gotten very far with it, because I’ve always done yoga in big gym with instructors that are going through the motion and don’t explain things properly, big gyms that are always packed with people and where it’s usually hard to even get a slot for yoga because everyone pre-books the very second the slots are released.

So now I’ve signed up for a class where the spot will always be mine. The instructor is great. The people are nice. Nobody is shoving you to get more room. And like I said, the instructor actually corrects your stances.

For instance, whenever people in the past have said “Ooh, Downward Dog is such a wonderful resting position”, I’ve been all like “Fudge you, lady! Downward dog is fudging breaking my back and killing my shoulders, what the fudge are you talking about?!”. And then I went to this class. I was standing in the Downward Dog position and was shaking all over and feeling like a proper noob, even after ten-twelve years of now-and-then yoga, when the instructor comes over and just… corrects it. And I get it. And it actually IS kind of a resting position, after all. And my brains goes “Ahaaaaa… Gee, now I love this even more”.

This dog isn’t doing Downward Dog, it’s doing the Cobra

This dog might be doing Downward Dog

I have no idea what this position is called…

I don’t even know where I was going with this post, because I have distracted myself with funny dog pictures… Oh yeah! Do you sorta like something and would like to like it some more? Consider taking a class. It’s fun.

Also, the name Downward Dog is funny. I can’t help giggling every time I say it. Because I’m twelve.

Rock on, Google maps!

phobicgamer — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:15:39 +0000

Just found myself on Google maps street view. I don’t know why I think that is so funny, I just do. Rocking!

Bloody Monday

phobicgamer — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:30:29 +0000

It’s a new year with new, but still very uncommitted and undefined, hopes and expectations. A new year with new wonderful fandoms waiting around the corner, new books to read, new games to play, new music to discover… Likewise, there’s that warm and fuzzy feeling in the belly regarding reacquainting oneself with the old (favourite shows airing a new season, past fandoms making a comeback, reading old books, rediscovering ones favourite music, and possibly maybe logging in to one’s old accounts in one’s old favourite games and say hello to one’s old characters). One of the beauties with being a geek is how one can very easily get equally enthused by both the past and the future, because there is Just So Much Goodness.

But I digress. This was supposed to be some sort of recap. Have i actually done ANYTHING yet, in 2013? Doesne’t feel like it. Here goes!

Post-Christmas WTF:

It seems that we still have Christmas in our house, because ALL THE DECORATIONS ARE STILL UP. Because I am inherently lazy. And I am also very good at just… stop noticing stuff. The only thing I did to de-christmasify in our home was to take the red table cloth off the dining table. Jed suggested we’d just through a blanket over the Christmas tree and leave it there for next year. I feel inclined to agree.
Besides the decorations, there are still a plethora of other post-Christmas stuff lying around; boxes, ribbons, gifts, Christmas cards and crafting stuff. Maybe I should just give up and celebrate a 2nd Christmas.
One really fun post-Christmas WTF is that we got a sausage-maker-extension for my Electrolux kitchen assistant, and that we successfully have made our first batch of our own sausages (English-type bangers). They turned out GREAT. And we know exactly what is in them, which feels epic.

Reading:

You know what? I haven’t picked up and started to read a book yet, this year. And January is almost over. Shame. Shame! I have been listening to podcasts and reading blogs like crazy, but not picked out the first book to read this year. But that will soon be mended, because I got two GREAT books to read from my friend Micu for Christmas, so I am not in a panic. Think I will try to make an effort and register more books on Goodreads.com this year. My friend Hanna is very good at this and it’s fun to follow! I like it.

Movies:

I finally got to see The Hobbit! About a month or more after the rest of nerdverse, but still! Yes, I went to see it in 3D and with the higher frame rate, I did, and I only did because I am a sucker that can’t NOT do that when I have the option. And I sort of regret it and wish I’d just gone and seen the normal version. I love the story, of course, and some bits of the movie was truly amazing, but watching it I couldn’t help but feel sometimes that I had been thrown into a camp of larpers. I loved the movie – awesome actors, beautifully made, funny in many place – but I wasn’t as blown away as when I saw Lord of the Rings. But I will see it again. Many, many times.

YouTube:

I have been on a YouTube bender lately. There’s just so much fun happening right now, people producing their own stuff and making their own channels, with no networks involved. Exciting times!

I am of course completely hooked on The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, an adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice (which, naturally, is on my all-time-high-must-read book list). This show was created by another YouTube favourite of mine, Hank Green, from the Vlog Brothers. Also, so much fun that one of the characters is just allowed to break free and pursue her own story line, showing us stuff that the original book never portraits. Love it! If I would call this The Most Epic FanFic Ever, would somebody hit me in the head?
Another great YouTube series is Squaresville, which will soon be back with more eps. Woo!
My drunk kitchen. It’s not only that watching someone cook and and get drunk at the same time just clicks with me like a warm carrot-onsie hug, but also, Hanna Hart is adorable and seems so genuinely charming.

Podcasts:

My most recent loves include:

Girl on Guy with Aisha Tyler. So many awesome interviews with interesting people, ranting about video games, action movies, comic books, fast machines, sex, small batch spirits, bar fights, and blowing sh*t up
Risk with Kevin Allison. True stories, boldly told. It is a live show and podcast where poeple tell true stories they thought they would never share in public. Some are funny, some sad, some horrifying, but all in all: Good stories!

Gaming:

Shamefully low amount of gaming during the last month. As a gamer I always expect to have oodles of time to vegetate in front of my PC or Xbox during the holidays, and just have days and days where gaming is always more prioritized than, say, showering. This wasn’t the case this Christmas, so now I feel like I have to sort of schedule my gaming in Google calendar or something.
I did however get to have a whole day of pew pew with some work mates, game of choice that day was Blops II. It really was a lot of fun, much thanks to actually playing with your peeps in the same room, nobody taking it too seriously or anything like that.
Of course I am stuck in the android-app-game-hell where I am playing some game or another that needs upkeep and activity every day if you don’t feel like spending any actual money on it (that would be the day that hell froze over). There’s been a variety of parks full of dragons or monsters or balloon animals or whatevs, and at some point you just cannot build anything new or fun and all you do is collect gold or sparkles or candy canes or the like. That’s when I uninstall it. Then on to the next one. It’s a vicious, time-stealing circle of non-life. Sometimes I remind myself that this sort of everyday grinding was the exact reason I stopped playing SimCity and the Sims and WoW and a whole bunch of other games. And then I uninstall some more apps.
I might or might not have tried to patch the latest updates in EQ2… It took ages and I fell asleep on the couch and didn’t get a chance to log in. Which is probably just as well. I miss that game every day, but I know what happens if I start playing it. I will start to manage my characters as if it was a career. I have so much invested in my two accounts, I cannot leave any character behind and just play and go on adventures with one of them. And I cannot get used to the free-to-play version, I am so sorry. It’d have to be the full monty (e.g. two full subscriptions) or nothing. I think if I would invest more time in an excisting MMO right now it would be in a game where I only have one toon, still. Like Rift or Secret World…
But there is always the lofty promise of EQ Next in 2013…
I should stop rambling now.

That’s it, peeps! Have some coffee. Eat some chocolate. Have a good day!

omg I did something grown-up

phobicgamer — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:00:36 +0000

This is a public announcement:

I did something grown-up this morning. I looked at thermometer and noticed that the temperature had dropped from -3 C to -11 C. And then I dressed in very warm clothes before heading out. And it worked. I did not wear my flimsy shoes. I did not freeze to death. I even brought a travel mug with hot tea.

Freaking awesome, you guys.

I am now officially middle-age.

But it was a very pretty morning, for sure!

The Obligatory New Year’s Woot

phobicgamer — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:15:18 +0000

This is the obligatory New Year Woot Woot blog post! Happy new year! A bit late, maybe, but never the less.

I should have taken down our Christmas tree the other day, but instead I ate some chocolate. Chocolate is said to: decrease the risk of a stroke, reduce the likelihood of a heart attack, control coughs, and help you with your mental math. Since I’ve been pretty stressed out the last year, and got a cold worthy of Golgomath that has left me coughing for over a month, I felt that my choice was a valid priority. Also, I am trying to be frugal and budgety this year, so I’m sure that mental math thing will help too. In fact, I might need to buy new chocolate.

Christmas was thoroughly enjoyable and full of good stuff, such as family time, sweet gifts and homemade food. It was celebrated at our house this year, and because of this the cat had a very busy time with his strict kitty controls (everything new we bring into our apartment must be sat upon, slept upon, scratched or chewed little bit, and then loudly and promptly meowed at. If whatever item it is can take that, it’s approved. And possibly elected to be his new favourite sleeping spot).

I have not made any official “new year’s resolutions”, but I inevitably have a long, mental list of things I would like to achieve and hopes about what this year will bring. Some of them I have written down in my notebook, some of them I have shared with those close to me, but I will not announce it here in any sort of fancy fashion. There are some things I have DECIDED to do this year, as a challenge for myself, and I have noticed that Big Announcements kills the whole thing for me. And I don’t want to squash the spark.

I have however used an app on my phone to always display a short bullet point list of things I want to remember to do more often. Because I’ve realized I’m too easily distracted to actually remember those things I wish I did more often. I look at this list as a friendly reminder to myself. So far it seems to work pretty well.

We have already had a heck of a lot of snow in Stockholm this winter. A few weeks before Christmas the skies just opened up and the snow would just not stop falling. We had a proper white Christmas, yay! Then it melted and became icy (with complimentary icy rain that blows right up in your face) and then it snowed some more. It’s a whole snowy/icy/slippery/slushy mess. And winter ain’t even over. Usually February is the most winteriest of months, and then it’s a guessing game whether spring will come early (will there be bare ground in March?) or late (will we have frekking snow still falling in May?).

What I yearn for is a bit of daylight. Some sun. All we have right now are heavy clouds. But it will surely clear up in a few weeks. Days will start to become a little bit longer. In a month or two there might even be the slightest bit of light on the horizon when I go to work in the mornings. Then the snow will melt and the streets will be swept of all the gravel, and then we can wear comfy sneakers again, and wear scarfs because it’s cute, rather than because we need to dress ourselves in a cocoon to protect ourselves from the cold. We’ll be able to have a cup of coffee outside in the fresh air. Feel some sun on our cheeks. And it shall be glorious.

34 Things Since My Last Birthday – Because I Love Lists

phobicgamer — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:15:49 +0000

Oh my goodness! The end of November 2012, already? I have my birthday in November, so now I have turned 34. Since I am very fond of lists and retrospective round-ups, I’m posting a random list of 34 random things I have done since my last birthday (here I would like to add, in a fit of completely unnecessary honesty, that I typed 24 instead of 34. Three times in a row… Meh).

Since my last birthday I have:

had a goal to do something creative every day for 365 days
not done something creative every day for 365 days, but a lot of them none the less, and have had the most creative year in a long, long time
handmade a lot of gifts for friends and family
shipped some of my handmade items from my Etsy store all over the world
attended a gorgeous, fairytale wedding in England whilst suffering from double-sided pneumonia
visited London Zoo with my darling Jed
climbed the Giotto bell tower in Florence for the second time in my life
ended up in the yearly Chianti festival in Greve, by luck and happenstance
went on a romantic weekend to Copenhagen with my boo
found a wonderful pen friend, Micu
gotten many lovely letters in my mailbox
met my penfriend Micu in real life!
started making mail art more regularly
started the project Mail a Smile with my friend Micu! (We still need help! Check out the blog!)
gotten an Espresso story published over here
taken some portraits of my friend Cecilia (you can see some of them here)
participated with 3 photos in Photo Sunday(click here to see)
participated in the worldwide event Aday.org with these here photos
took photos at the 1 year anniversary of my friend Vanja’s awesome SwapShop (have a look in their FB album)
started a small photo blog, but haven’t found a good theme for it yet
, like the crazy cat lady I am, celebrated my cats 7th birthday
reread “The hobbit”
read The Little Prince
filled two notebooks with miscellaneous ramblings, lists, doodles, plans and projects
learned how to make crumpets
played The Secret World
played Rift
played Halo 4
had several crafting crops in my home
documented a lot of good memories
made several scrapbook layouts, some of my favourites: this, thisand this
drunk oodles and oodles of tea and wah-hay too much coffee
found new friendships
had a lovely, lovely year with Jed

Now, I would like to extend the list to things that happened just around/after my birthday, many awesome things, but that would be cheating, so I’ll save that for another post.

Happy Birthday, Little Guy

phobicgamer — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 18:50:27 +0000

This is how my little Sixxten looked seven years ago:

I can’t believe he’s seven years old now! It doesn’t seem like that long ago when he climbed up in my lap, the heaviest little lump of the litter.Since then he has been a constant funny, entertaining, comforting, annoying, talkative, playful, cheeky, fluffy, hairy bundle of joy. It would be very empty without him.

Of course we had to make him a little tuna mousse cake:

Happy birthday, little buddy. Thank you for always sleeping on my belly when my tummy is aching, and waking me up in time for work on weekdays.

Drabblecast and Podcast Junkie

phobicgamer — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 15:10:29 +0000

Podcasts has become one of my staples in life. Who’d have thunk? I’ve gone from having a constant stream of music in my ears to a half-time podcast junkie. There are so many great ones out there, well produced, good sound quality (which is a must, or I can’t concentrate), and one for every possible topic one could be interested in. I just love the fact that so many people out there have so much motivation and enthusiasm, and spend time and effort on producing great content about things they love, and that they share it.

One favourite podcast of late, thanks to my friend Oakfairy, is Drabblecast. This podcast is completely addictive to me, and I am working my way through the archives in a fast pace, like the story glutton that I am.

Drabblecast has strange stories for strange listeners, it’s a free, weekly, audio fiction podcast featuring short stories at the far side of weird. So, in other words, loads of the stories that fascinates me the most, like post-apocalyptic stories, or stories inspired by H.P. Lovecraft.

These are some of my favourite episodes of late (but as I am going through the archive I am very sure I will find many more):

As I said, the content of this wonderful podcast is free and non-profit. However, if you appreciate the show, you can always donate, and all donations goes towards paying the writers of the stories. So, as a fan, of course I donated!

Anyway, hope you will enjoy this podcast as well. Happy Wednesday!

Bloody Monday

phobicgamer — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:01:55 +0000

I haven’t done a recap in a while, because of… because of… because of reasons! (Nah, just the regular boring reasons, like work and flue and summer). I would say nothings interesting has happened and you didn’t missed a thing, but that’s not true! Lot’s of interesting things have happened this summer! You know, besides my double-sided pneumonia. Let’s see:

I’ve been taking photos:

My friend Vanja celebrated the 1-year anniversary or their project, The Swap Shop. It is a completely non-profit project where you buy something by trading something. You trade something you don’t need for something you need. Completely brilliant! You can like The Swap Shop page on facebook here (clicky clicky), and also see all my photos in their album there. (At least, I hope you can, I am hopeless at Facebook stuff).
Some of those photos ended up in a local newspaper, Södra Sidan. If you can manage to open this linkylink here, my name is on the last page. Woot!
Through sickness and unhealth this summer I have never the less managed to take tons of photos. So I thought I’d put up a small and reasonably shy little photoblog. It is only an experiment for now, but you can find it at http://www.passvik.net. Will post more stuff there, and also hoping to post more on my Flickr in the future.

I’ve been crafting:

So much so that I haven’t even had time to photograph and blog about it all. That sucks! But:
I put up some new items in my Etsy store in the beginning of the summer. Happy skulls, happy peace sign earrings inspired by my friend Micu, and some odds and ends. Go have a look!
I suddenly found myself crocheting little finger puppets! Creative life is strange and wonderful. Have a look at them here!I expect to crochet more stuff in the near future. I need to make a monkey, you see. Preferably with a pirate eye patch.
If you are into Pinterest at all I have a little board here.
And if you had no idea, I have a glorious and neglected Facebook page for my crafting blog, check that out and do what the cool kids do now days: Like it!

Gaming:

Playing The Secret World and LOOOOOVING it. But there are not enough hours in a week, I need more time to game!
Stressing myself out about the Halo 4 release. Need to play through all the previous games first. Again. It’s a bit like when you’ve been waiting for book number 6 in a great book series for YEARS and need to read them all again before you can read the new one.
Also: Dear Kinect, we love you. Sorry for not playing with you in a while.
Me and Jed had a proper, dice-rolling RPG night with some friends the other night! We started on an adventure set in Mutant. Soooooo many years ago… So much fun! But I felt really, really rusty!

Projects:

My friend Micu introduced me to Mail Art. I wrote about it over here! Now we are working on setting up a blog dedicated to this project, and it will be completely cool and amazing. Anybody can make art. Why not use it to cheer someone up? Keep your eyes open for more about this, very soon!

In other news:

Sixxten the Cat likes to lounge.

That’s it for tonight! Stay safeses, everyone!

In Other News – It’s Friday!

phobicgamer — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:52:48 +0000

First week after vacation is always a bust. Whenever I have proper time off my body clock sets for my natural, comfortable geek schedule that I have had since I was ten years old, i.e. at night I am REALLY AWAKE! and my brain is REALLY ACTIVE! and my general state of mind is SLEEP IS BORING I HAVE SO MANY FUN THINGS I WANT TO DO!

Whenever I am on my compulsory grown-up schedule (the I-have-to-go-to-work-in-the-mornings one) I still don’t sleep well, but still get out of bed at six. Also I do generally tend to keep waking up early on weekend mornings and swear bitterly over the unfairness of life and sleep deprivation.

So, it’s Friday, first week back from vacation is over and done with, and I am grumpy, because my brain has been going non-stop all week and I am sickingly tired when I am at work, and very awake in the middle of the night when I should be sleeping. Boo!

In other news this week:
My cat Sixxten was walking around on my keyboard the other night and managed to not just open a browser, but to start a google search for “50 Shades of Grey”. Seriously. It freaked me out. Was his intention to order an erotic novel, or was he doing research about 50 shades of grey fur?

This morning when we got to our regular coffee shop there was a bit of a queue. But when we got to the front of the line to make our order the girl had already prepared our usuals and all we had to do was pay. Then she gave us a big smile and wished us happy weekend. She’s such a sweetie! Walking in to a coffee shop early in the morning, after a week of no sleep, and just having someone place two large, perfect lattes (one vanilla, one regular) in front of you is nothing short of epic. She should have a super hero cape.

It’s the weekend now. I am off! Meanwhile, here’s a photo of the cute otters at the London Zoo. Toodle-pip!

Our Vacation In One Comprehensible Bullet Point List

phobicgamer — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 19:36:02 +0000

I have not kicked the bucket, but am now back from a three week vacation. It was maybe not the vacation we planned for, due to many unexpected events, but there were also so many good moments that the bad ones will, in time, become comical anecdotes, while the good memories will be remembered and scrapbooked and cherished. So there.

This would be a very long blog post if I were to describe the entire trip, so I’ll do it shortly in list form. Because I love bullet lists. Maybe I’ll post some photos later. Here goes:

Jed got pneumonia two weeks before we were going on holiday (-)
Jed got penicillin (+)
Jed got better (+)
I got pneumonia one week before we were going on holiday (-)
I got penicillin (+)
I realized I couldn’t have my ceremonial glass of wine on the plane (-)
I realized I couldn’t have any wine during the first week or our vacation (-)
I thought I was better (+)
We flew to England (+)
I got a bit worse (-)
We went and stayed with Jed’s sister (+)
Jed got to play BF3 with his brother-in-law (+)
We got to cuddle their cat Beau (+)
Beau had gotten arthritis and had a wonky paw (-)
I got to have a crumpet for breakfast (+)
Everyone drove up to Jed’s parents to celebrate his dad (+)
We had a really, really nice pub lunch with the entire family (+)
I got even worse (-)
I could hardly move without getting completely out of breath (-)
I realized I could hardly breathe at all (-)
I had to go to the hospital (-)
I got really good help at the hospital (+)
I got to try some extra oxygen for the first time (+)
I got a cup of tea (+)
In English hospitals they serve tea every other hour (+)
I got two more kinds of penicillin (+)
I realized I could not have any wine during the second week on our vacation either (-)
I started feeling better (+)
The first seven days of our vacation I was pretty much wrecked (-)
I still managed to buy a dress for the wedding we were invited to (+)
Jed found a really nice suit (+)
Jed looks really hot in a suit (+)
The weather forecast for the weekend of the wedding was pretty grim (-)
We got to help decorate the ancient English stone barn where the wedding party were to be held (+)
English people keep making cups of tea, no matter what’s going on (+)
The old stone barn looked completely fairytale-gorgeous when we were done (+)
I was well enough to celebrate our friends getting married (+)
They got married! (+)
They looked fantastic (+)
The outdoors ceremony was beautiful and very moving (+)
It didn’t rain during the outdoors ceremony (+)
It didn’t rain until we were all indoors (+)
I got to take loads of photos (+)
The party was a hoot (+)
They served pig roast (+)
There was an open bar (+)
I couldn’t drink (-)
They had a really nice Celtic-welsh band playing folksongs and Foo Fighters covers (+)
The wedding cake had a white chocolate icing that gave me quite a sugar rush (+)
The ancient stone barn was very, very cold (-)
I, the impaired, Swedish pneumonia-girl got wrapped in blankets (+)
People kept bringing me hot beverages (+)
I met a lot of really nice people (+)
After a week I was clearly on the mend (+)
But I still had the most disgusting, phlegmy cough (-)
And I still lost my breath when I moved (-)
But I went bunker hunting with pneumonia, because I am that bad-ass (+)
We found bunkers! (+)
We got bitten by a million mosquitos and Jed is very allergic (-)
Jed almost got septicemia (-)
Jed DIDN’T get septicemia. This time. (+)
We went on an outing with Jed’s mom to look for a crazy sheep shed built by a crazy architect (+)
We FOUND the crazy sheep shed built by a crazy architect (+)
We went to our favourite antique bookstore and found books and maps (+)
I finally took my last penicillin before our last weekend in England (+)
We went to London and stayed in a cosy hotel (+)
Turns out I was allergic to the penicillin and I got a severe allergic reaction causing burning rashes all over my arms and legs (-)
I had to walk around in London with warm, all-covering clothes during a heat-wave (-)
I had to buy a pretty dress with long sleeves (+)
I walked around London for three days with a burning rash all over my arms and legs, because I am that bad-ass (+)
Jed and I had lunch and dinner at a really nice Italian restaurant just across the street from the hotel and I finally got to have a glass of wine (+)
The served the tastiest olives I have ever eaten outside of Italy (+)
Some of my favourite museums were only a 10 minute walk from the hotel (+)
We finally got to go back to the Natural History Museum and see the blue whale (+)
Entrance to some of my favourite museums in London is free (+)
We had a long and lovely walk through Hyde Park (+)
My legs were burning quite a bit from all the walking (-)
I had half a day on my own and went to crafting- and paper shops and had lots of coffee (+)
We walked down Charing Cross Road and looked in loads of book shops (+)
We spent our last day in London at the London Zoo! (+)
They had monkeys! (+)
They had tigers! (+)
They had penguins and otters! (+)
We took loads of photos of monkeys and tigers and penguins and otters! (+)
I got to spend a really nice weekend in London with my boo (+)
Then we got to spend a whole day with Jed’s sister (+)
But she’d gotten acute chest infection (-)
Possibly from me (-)
We went to a lovely town by the sea and went shopping and looked at old ships and had dinner (+)
I still looked like a polka dot burn victim (-)
But I had pneumonia no more (+)
And Beau’s paw was also better (+)
We were in time at the airport (+)
The baggage drop was chaotic and took an alarmingly long time (-)
We had 20 minutes to get through security and get to the gate (-)
We got through security and got to the gate in 20 minutes (+)
I had some wine on the plane home (+)
Me and Jed came home safely with all our luggage (+)

So, that was our holiday trip. In short.

Randomness – The Pharmacy Edition

phobicgamer — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 10:15:47 +0000

Last week was slightly interesting. First Mr boo got pneumonia. A couple of days later I got some sort of flue. This weekend was a very quiet one. Today I am at work, but feel like a blubbery dish rag. It feels awesome that Sweden has a national holiday on Wednesday. We get a day off from work, to celebrate our great country. I planned to have a crafty day and maybe write on a story, but I will probably celebrate by spending the day in bed.

It’s like we have our own pharmacy right now. See below illustrative photo of our meds:

Sixxten the Cat is very happy, though. He likes the company. Also, he has started a new project to beat the standing Cat World Record of SLEEPING ON ALL THE STUFF. It is going well.

Here is a random list of things going on right now:

Reading: I just finished The Little Prince, a novella written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, first published in 1943. My friend Micu sent it to me, which was a very lovely surprise, and not something that happens everyday! It is a certain something when someone says: “Here, this is a favourite book of mine, I want to give you a copy so you can read it too”. The narration is lovely and funny, and so are the illustrations, and it has a viewpoint that strikes a certain chord with me. If you get a chance to read it, DO so. It is wonderful!

Listening to: Podcasts and Amanda Fucking Palmer! I joined as a backer for her exceptionally successful kickstarter, and of that I am very proud. She did something amazing, and revolutionary, and I dare to hope that we will look back at this in a couple of years and smack our foreheads and say “Doh! But of course! It works! There is a new world order!”. In return of being a backer AFP has so far sent out 3 tracks, which I listen to on repeat, when I’m not stuck listening to a podcast. Right now I am going through a backlog of I Should Be Writing, and also MMOReporter’s The Secret World Podcast, regarding the new MMO Secret World, which will be launhing very soon…

Which leads me to the gaming situation: I, once again, made the decision to move on from EQ2. I have done that before but always returned. I probably will again. It’s just that after a while the upkeep of my two accounts and 13 characters I’ve been honing since 2004 sometimes feel like a process, a project or a job. At the same time it also feels very homey and safe, of course. Because I’m really good at it. So I cancelled my two subscriptions. Again. Then I though “Hey, wait a minute, I still have some rather low level characters on the European servers that I haven’t thought about, maybe I should try the free-to-play version”… And I changed region and logged in on my free-to-play account and then cringed at all the limitations and red squares in the interface. It almost made me cry. So I thought that “Hey, maybe trying free-to-play in a game I’ve played for 8 years isn’t such a great idea, maybe I should try it with a new game?”. So I downloaded LOTRO and tried that out. I started out as an elf, and played through the first 15 levels. And, hitting lvl 10, I pretty much stated to strategize my character and the stats and the crafting. Again. Just like in EQ2. Just like in WoW. Just like in Rift. Some games just have so many fundamental things in common that it doesn’t really matter which one of them you play. Very soon you kick into the grinding gear.

Which is why I am now completely obsessed with Funcom’s new MMO, The Secret World. Is it pre-ordered? Yesh! I have a special place in my geeky heart for Funcom. Their game Anarchy Online was my very first MMO love story, back in 2002. It was my gateway drug into MMORPG’s. I also really enjoyed Age of Conan, even if EQ2 (also known as Evercrack) won me back in the end. One could say that Anarchy Online was my very first teenage infatuation, but I ended up marrying Everquest2. Divorce is pending.

So… The Secret World… I think I sort of fancy you… Wanna hook up?

I should just stop being curious

phobicgamer — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:00:47 +0000

I am a musical omnivore, but it is no secret to anyone that knows me that I completely loath anything that has to do with the Eurovision Song Contest. The music gives me a rash (this is actually not an exaggeration, I do genuinely get stress hives from it. Though, this is information that I should probably not be giving away quite so candidly, in case some secret agent ninja would want to torture me for information). Of course it generates a lot of social functions among my acquaintances, functions which I never attend. There are a lot of things I would expose myself to, if it meant hanging out with my friends. Austrian brass bands in lederhosen. Potato races. Rolling perfectly good cheese down a hill. I even went to see the finals in some sort of European soccer championship on a big screen in a park once, to get to hang out and have a beer with people I like.

I digress. And I have never rolled a cheese.

Anyway; I usually don’t even know what the winning song sounds like, even if they play it everywhere-all-the-time, because it just doesn’t register for me. But since I read newspapers online, there are headlines that sadly can’t be ignored. Because my eyes can’t magically filter out text before I’ve read it. Crap eyes…

I bet cyborgs would have that sort of filter. Their eyes would be programmed to not read crap.

So, because the headlines are everywhere I have now learnt that there was a semifinal this week. And that there’s a group of really popular Russian grannies that are threatening the victory for the Swedish competitor, in the lottery that is the Eurovision Song Contest.

And then curiosity overtook me.

Because, in my mind, this popular group of Russian grannies would have to be something amazing with all that press; a wrinkly granny-equivalent of the singing monks, and ethnically exquisite with exotic harmonies that would shake everyone to the very core of their being. I actually expected a song I would like to listen to.

So I youtubed it. And this was not the case.

Party for everybody, dance. Come on and dance. Come on and boom, boom.

…

In all fairness, if one reads an English translation of the lyrics and just reads the part that is actually translated from Russian, the lyrics are pretty life-affirming and beautiful.

They are adorable, of course. The littlest one remind me a lot of my great grandmother. And they seem to be a fun bunch of courageous old ladies that wanted to try and raise some money for their church. But it really wasn’t the raving sensation I expected. I really wish I hadn’t watched it. It can never be erased from my mind (certainly another advantage with being a cyborg). And I curse the headlines for making me curious enough to youtube it.

But mostly I curse myself for allowing myself even a smudge of hope before I started searching for the clip.

Shit My Boyfriend Cooks

phobicgamer — Tue, 01 May 2012 08:17:06 +0000

Poached egg on an English muffin with hollandaise and asparagus shavings. Gotta love a day off!

This is Exactly How I Feel

phobicgamer — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:06:10 +0000

Jed sometimes laughs at me and call me a sunflower, because in this bleak country, when spring finally comes, it’s hard not to stop in the middle of the street and turn your face towards the sun and just try to soak it up.

And I’m not the only one to hunt the sunny spots…

My Silver Lomo

phobicgamer — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 20:44:21 +0000

: Self Portrait, Florence 2011

Back in 2009 I got myself a Lomo LC-A, and I love it to death. I love the immediacy, the shoot-from-the hip mentality, the ever varying results regarding light and colour and sharpness. I love the fact that you can never really know what the image is going to look like. Processing a film is always a surprise. Some images look like crap, and some will be incredibly deep in colour in a sort of eerie way that I can’t explain. It’s a bit of nostalgia, I think, having an analogue, plastic little point-and-shoot. And because it takes you a second to raise it up and shoot (no beeps, no lights, no autofocus), and because you acknowledge imperfection, sometimes you catch moments that you would normally miss. I always bring it with me on trips as an extra backup camera, and I keep bringing back a different perspective.

But that was just the background to this post, really…

As some might have noticed I love cameras and photography a lot. It’s sort of a dear hobby of mine. So, when Jed announced that he was going to make me a silver pendant in the shape of a camera I got very SQUEEEEEE and excited! I wasn’t sure what the result would be though, and I tried to give some hints on how to use the silver clay, but all in all he made this thing by hand all on his own.

And I can’t believe HOW CUTE IT IS! I mean, come on, LOOK AT IT! It’s a teeny tiny Lomo for heaven’s sake!

I love it. I will cherish it until my dying breath. I mean, it’s one thing to buy your woman some bling bling, but to make something like this is just extra awesome. And he always is. Awesome.

Look for the Light – Spring and Photography and Energy

phobicgamer — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 20:13:53 +0000

Early springtime is hitting Sweden as of now; it’s still a bit chilly but if you find the right spots, you can still take of your coat and sit for a while in the sunshine and enjoy the moment. This means that suddenly there’s actual daylight! Beautiful, sunny daylight! That means more hours per day of possible photography.

I really love to photograph people. I can not stress that enough. But I am always terrified of missing the moment, not being able enough, and loosing the shots. So, I’m in desperate need of practice, so that I start feel comfortable with it, you know, to get rid of the nerves.

So this weekend I had the fantastic opportunity to take a few shots of my friend Cecilia, an opportunity for which I am very grateful (Most people I know, while not very shy at all, do not want to have their picture taken).

Just being out in the sunshine was great, a big burst of energy, but also, it was a lot of fun just walking around finding new spot to shoot in, and I really got a lot of time to mess about with the settings on my SLR.

Below are two of my absolute favourite shots. I feel rather proud of them, and this is the reason: I have known Cecilia for ten years. She is a beautiful girl. And I feel that I have a caught a moment when she is feeling happy and beautiful herself. And that’s my favourite part of photographing people.

This post is cross posted at jenandtricks.com

Shit My Boyfriend Says – Valentine’s Edition

phobicgamer — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:30:10 +0000

I Love My Silver Pendants

phobicgamer — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:28:55 +0000

So, last year Jed sent me to a PMC class, something I’d be wanting to do for the longest time. And, I went back. And, I will go back again, when I have the opportunity to. Now, I make my own silver jewellery.I cannot begin to describe how it felt when I could finally custom my own pieces. It was something I’d been longing to do for a very long time.

You can find some of my work here in my store.

Thank you for dropping by!

Sixxten the Cat, How is This Even Remotely Comfortable?

phobicgamer — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:17:50 +0000

It’s his favourite spot in the house…

Känner mig som en dagisunge

phobicgamer — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:28:45 +0000

Påbyltad, påpälsad michelingumma. Yllestrumpbyxor, yllekjol, fodrade vinterskor, benvärmare, lång täckkjol, långärmad tröja, jobb-fliströja, mössa, vantar, halsduk. Vankar fram som en morgontrött 3-åring utan koordination eller balans. Ändå FRYSER jag på väg till jobbet. Fast det “bara” är 6 minus. Kommer du ihåg förra vintern? Kommer du ihåg vintern innan det? Då stod jag och väntade på ersättningsbussar i flera timmar i över 20 minus. Visst tappade jag känseln i skinkorna och tårna, men jag kände inte att jag frös så värst mycket.

Vad är skillnaden, liksom? Blir man en vekling när det som kallats vinter i år legat på en ständig ensam minusgrad så pass länge att 6 minus blir rena istiden?

Livet är Inte Alltid en T20

phobicgamer — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:01:28 +0000

Har funderat över konceptet ”Det är pga dig själv som du befinner dig där du är i livet”. Detta tas ofta upp som ett slags coachingtips när någon känner sig nere eller har hamnat i en negativ spiral, och med detta menas att man inte får se sig som ett offer utan att man proaktivt ska ta tag i sin situation och vända den till den bättre och göra det bästa av det hela. För det är dina och endast dina val som har gjort att du landat där du är idag. Och det är bara du som kan göra något för att förändra din egen situation. Man får inte skylla på slumpen och man får inte skylla på någon annan. Man får heller inte ångra saker. Allt leder till den man är idag, och så vidare.

Och även om det känns orättvist så är det ju inom rimlighetens gränser helt sant.

Men jag tänkte använda detta tankesätt till att fokusera på det som är positivt. För man glömmer ofta bort det.

Vart har mina val lett mig i livet?

Idag bor ihop med min pojkvän Jed och hade i helgen det stora nöjet att få fira två år med honom. Vi bor tillsammans i en lägenhet vi båda trivs i, där vi båda har gott om utrymme för att kunna umgås tillsammans och göra saker ihop, men också kunna ägna oss åt våra respektive, mer eller mindre nördiga fritidsintressen. Jag bor med Jed, som alltid är mån om att jag ska vara glad och alltid håller om mig. Vi är väldigt fåniga tillsammans, och jag ser fram mot att vara precis lika fånig med honom när vi är gamla och skrynkliga. Så jag är rätt nöjd med att jag valde att följa mina känslor när min förälskelse i Jed slog ned som en bomb.

Vad mer?

Många av mina val har gjort mig till en bättre fotograf. Dels min tidigare utbildning, men också att jag för två år sedan valde att lära mig min kamera utan och innan. Jag valde att gå en kurs på Medborgarskolan för att känna att jag hade kontroll över min kamera, eftersom det var mitt kontrollbehov som gjorde mig osäker. Jag valde också att skämma bort mig själv och uppgradera till en ny kamera i höstas. Befinner mig nu på en plats i livet där jag känner hur glad jag blir av bildskapande, dokumentation och historieberättande. Numera är det sällan jag lämnar mitt hem utan min kamera.

Jag har valt att att fokusera mycket på kreativt och konstnärligt utövande på min fritid. Fotografi, textskapande, mixed media projekt, papperspyssel, smycken. Idag kan jag göra egna smycken i silver. Jag kan dokumentera mitt liv och andras liv på ett kreativt och uttrycksfullt sätt och känner en stor passion för detta. Jag har kommit till en punkt när jag kan gå in i min lilla vrå och bara börja skapa. Omfattande, kreativa projekt ger snarare mer energi än motsatsen. Det är en trevlig känsla.

Jag är duktig på att laga mat och finner stor glädje i det. Jag har flera gånger i livet aktivt valt att lägga tid på att lära mig mer. Jag har också valt att inte skämmas för att säga att jag älskar att laga mat, trots att jag är kvinna. Det låter bakvänt, jag vet. Men att jag som i botten har ett feministiskt tänkande numera faktiskt vågar skriva att matlagning är en stor hobby och ett fritidsintresse är en rätt stor grej för mig.

Slutligen, så har jag valt att ibland i mitt liv helt enkelt bara säga “Fuck It”. Det finns så många oskrivna regler här i världen, sociala förbindelser man aldrig skrivit på, folk som vill försöka uppfostra andra i vad de själva anser är bäst, folk som går runt och tycker en massa saker som de sen tycker att man ska anpassa sig efter bara för att det är just DE som tycker det. Folk som förtäcker sina åsikter genom att kalla dem goda råd och som kallar sitt orbajseri för kommunikation, när det egentligen bara är till för att ifrågasätta, trycka till och skaffa sig en maktposition. Fuck it. Folk kan få prata bäst de vill och sen kan man helt enkelt strunta i det. Låt ingen sno din energi. Det är faktiskt rätt svårt att göra några som helst egna val då.

Bloody Monday

phobicgamer — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:20:56 +0000

Hello world and happy frikkin’ Monday! I haven’t done a Bloody Monday recap in a while, and there’s a lot going on, so I thought I’d sit down and sort of try to feel organised and such. Bam!

Reading:

The Creative License by Danny Gregory.
365: A Daily Creativity Journal by Noah Scalin.
Any Terry Pratchett I can get my hands on, I’m having a nostalgic revival.
I’ve also already read a couple of great books around xmas and in the beginning of this year, maybe I should sit down and write a review or somefink. And maybe start writing my own personal 100 books I can’t live without.

Gaming:

Every xmas I get nostalgic about my one true MMORPG-love: Everquest 2. So, of course I’ve pottered about doing loads of xmas content this time as well. With both accounts. And I started a little Ratonga Beast Master. So… 11 characters and counting…
Xbox Kinect: Got a Kienct for Jed for xmas, and it’s great fun! Every time I use it I’m a bit amazed by how well it works. My mum got one from dad with a Zumba game, need to go over there and try it out :) We tried some Zumba on xmas eve but couldn’t keep it up for long, we were laughing to hard. We’re playing the fitness game a lot these days, believe it or not, it’s actually quite fun.

Movies:

I watched the documentary The Dungeon Masters (available here). I used to be in some RP-groups a long time ago and know a lot of people who are still very active both in gaming groups and as larpers, so a lot of the content felt very familiar. The documentary follow three individuals and their connection to the game Dungeons & Dragons. It covers their D&D life, but soon we get to follow their struggles in their personal life as well, and how they deal with them.
I watched Black Swan with Natalie Portman. It creeped me out. Quite liked the buildup of the story and how the insanity followed the story in the actual ballet. Clever.
We went to the movies and saw the English version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I think they did a good job. As the characters was introduced I started grinning to myself because I knew what would happen in the end and how well, for instance, Stellan Skarsgård was casted for his role. It was WEIRD though to see it in a Swedish setting, and having the characters suddenly say “Skål!” (“Cheers” in Swedish).

Music:

I am hugely into Tim Minchin right now. His lyrics cheer me up.

Projects 2012:

I have embarked on a project to create something every day. Just before xmas I found this book called 365: A Daily Creativity Journal by Noah Scalin. It’s a year’s worth of prompts, with room to make notes and plans or doodles, and I think it’s pretty neat. I don’t follow the prompts blindly, though, if I have another idea I will jump on that instead. Read my initial blogpost over at Jen&Tricks here. So far so good, I have done something creative every day this year. It’s all being documented in my crafting blog, so if you want to see what I’ve done so far, this is a link for that category on that blog.
One Photo a Day: I’ve committed myself to take at least one photo of my everyday life, every single day this year. It can be taken with whatever camera I have handy; my 60D, my phone, my lomo, my fisheye, it doesn’t matter. I decided to do this because of several things: I noticed that last year I took a lot of random photos with my phone, and flicking through them has been a bit like looking through a diary. Also, last year’s Week in the Life made me want MORE, I like documenting my life. Also, I now have this big old book I plan to use for the documentation. The result I hope for is some sort of comprehensive documentation of my life where I can highlight the positive things in my life and see some sort of progress.
Self-portraits: I’ve also joined Urban Muser’s project “in the picture”, a self-portrait endeavour, and I hope that by the end of the year I will have taken 12 pictures of myself. This is also in the interest of progress, but also I’ve come to the conclusion that sometimes, further down the line, it’s actually nice to have some photos of yourself. January’s theme is “a piece of me”.

Etsy:

I was a bit surprised to find my little shop to be almost empty after xmas. The things I’ve put up there are things I love myself, so of course it makes my heart happy when other people like them too! Just the other week someone ordered one of my favourite items, the Plastic Fantastic Pony Earrings. So, right now I’m working on getting some more stuff up there. I have quite a few pieces I just haven’t had time to post, mostly my PMC silver pendants.

Other stuff I’ve done recently that I approve of:

For the 365-project I wrote a small Espresso Story, and it got published on their website. Read it here. Won’t take you long. I promise.
I put a moustache on my kitty and turned him into steampunk-inspired art.
I made these cute earrings in blue, navy and turquoise and they turned out as well as I had planned.
I managed to set up a fan page for jenandtricks.com on Facebook. It was a challenge, for me, so yay me!

Utmaning / Lista från Hedgehog

phobicgamer — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:23:35 +0000

Sara/Hedgehog utmanar på en liten lista, så här kommer den:

1. Vad gjorde du för 10 år sedan?

För 10 år sedan började jag plugga på Stockholms Universitet och åkte till Irland över sommaren för att jobba på en pub. Jag bodde i en liten mysig etta på Telefonplan i Stockholm.

2. Vad gjorde du för 1 år sen?

För ganska exakt ett år sedan började jag gå på lägenhetsvisningar med Jed, och den första (av många) vi tittade på är den vi bor i nu. Vi sade till varandra att “Så skulle vi vilja bo någon gång i livet – Men vi kommer aldrig få den här nu”. Men det fick vi!

3. Fem snacks du gillar

Gönsaker med sourcream- & oniondip, ostbollar, ostbågar, Salt- och vinägerchips, och Fazer mjölkchoklad.

4. Fem sånger du kan hela texten till

Bluer Than Blue (Armstrong), I denna ljuva sommartid (älskar mest denna version), Gullesol, Nu grönskar det, Vårvindar friska (hahaha, älskar detta klipp!)

5. Fem saker du skulle göra om du var mångmiljonär

Ta en vää-äldigt lång semester. Resa med Jed. Betala av banklånen. Ta med mamma och pappa till Skottland. Flytta till England.

6. Fem dåliga vanor

Slänger tepåsar i slasken (förlåt, Jed). Går aldrig ut med soporna (förlåt, Jed). Rensar aldrig avloppet (förlåt, Jed). Glömmer ofta bort att tömma diskmaskinen (förlåt, Jed). Tillåter andra att stressa mig (förlåt, mig).

7. Fem saker du gillar att göra

Resa, fotografera, skriva, pyssla, spela spel.

8. Fem saker du aldrig skulle klä dig i eller köpa

Allt marinblått. Tights som ser ut som denim. Tights som ser ut som lack/läder. Foppatofflor. Ironiska glasögon.

9. Fem favoritleksaker

Som barn? Bilar, lego, Starwars, Heman och My Little Pony

10. Tio personer som jag vill gör denna utmaning

Men asch, alla som gillar listor? Go nuts!

Portal: No Escape – Awesome Short Film by Dan Trachtenberg

phobicgamer — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:34:53 +0000

Some may havenoticed that I’m a big Portal fan. I know this has been our for a while, but I just have to share it anyway, because it really cheered me up today. Loooove it. It gives me goose bumps! As one of the comments say, I would totally pay to watch two hours of this. Please sir, can we have some more?

Shit My Boyfriend Says

phobicgamer — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:19:02 +0000

“But you smell so nice! It’s like warm roses”

Two years later and our honeymoon is still not over. I’ve hit the jackpot.

The Day of Defeat Christmas Bauble

phobicgamer — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:06:57 +0000

Just wanted to share this real quick before I get the urge to rip down anything Xmassy.

I made a lot of decorations for Christmas and since this was our first Christmas together in our new home, I wanted to make one as a little gift for Jed. He used to work as a freelance 3D model maker for Day of Defeat (WWII Half-Life mod), and so I made this Christmas tree bauble with a DoD theme. It looks great in the tree and I’m looking forward to unpacking it and hanging it up for years to come!

No Christmas without Halo

phobicgamer — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:13:16 +0000

I don’t know about everyone else, but I know that the closer we get to Christmas, the more I want to spend all my time gaming. You know: snugly, warm Christmas holiday spent gaming in monkey pj’s. Completely natural. Right now I’m back in Everquest 2 for the Xmas content and generally rocking my own guild hall, and playing my way through Halo Anniversary.

Inspired by this, and by Xmas cheer, I’ve made a few gamer ornaments for our tree. Like this Halo Anniversary bauble:

Merry Christmas to all and every nerd!

Merry Lucia to everyone

phobicgamer — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:52:41 +0000

A very merry and happy Lucia to all and everyone. Not that my cat thought that was very obvious.

Photo by Jed