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[seal]

That's it. No more internet for a while, and no more writing other than articles for thesis.

I'm gonna dogsit Vinnie for a week, he's an Italian greyhound, which is good, because people tire me.
The geek is at a tournament judging, which is a pity, because I'm not tired of him, and this last week has been insanely busy, so the passing out on top of eachother like two cave rats (because of the cold) at night has been the closest to contact.

I missed some of my friends these last couple of days. You know...the kind of people that get you, who communicate in a normal way. And...I miss my language. Back in the days it was my best asset and weapon, now I sometimes feel trapped in a corner, mute. Morten called the other day, and shit, I almost got teary eyed at how great it felt to have a common language again.

Colorado is fine though, it's just certain situations that trigger a bit of this feeling, it should pass pretty fast. I have just made a bad impersonation of this old spanish dude on an old horse, fighting windmills.

Ah fuck it, maybe I'll give in and we turn up the heat a little, it's so damn cold my fingers are stiff.

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[northern]

*hugs you tight and rubs your arms and legs for warmth*

[sealwhiskers.livejournal.com]

ooh..how I'd like that for real right now... :)

[3g0.livejournal.com]

If I were astronomically wealthy, I would overnight you a cashmere sweater, one pound of freshly roasted coffee beans and a "Don't feel blue" card.

However I'm not, so the best I can do is make a silly El-Jay comment to you that is full of cashmere sweater, fresh coffee and "don't feel blue" sentiments. I know it's hard being away from your culture & mother tongue for protracted amounts of time. Thankfully dogs speak the universal language of tone & petting. =)

[sealwhiskers.livejournal.com]

Dogs are good for a battered soul, but so are clever and kind words.

[jinxle.livejournal.com]

I can relate -exactly- to what you mean about language. Its amazing how taken for granted it is, and how supremely important you realise it is :)

[sealwhiskers.livejournal.com]

Yeah...I'll never take it for granted again, that's for sure. :/

Hope moving plans are going well!

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

Stor famn! (and no laughing at me if I got this wrong ;-) ) Turn up that heat ... you CANNOT write with stiff fingers. And lace that coffee (or, better yet, hot chocolate) with some Grand Marnier or good brandy or Goldschlager ... that'll warm you up AND inspire you! Write lots and write well!

[sealwhiskers.livejournal.com]

heh..that's sweet! The word "famn" is really more like "arms" than "hugs" (that word is "kram"), but I think it is used as well in swedish internet lingo. It's like having a soothing nest in someone's arms...

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

That's what I get for trusting an online translator ... I asked it for the swedish words for "big" and "hug" ***chuckles***. Ah well, I DO wish you a big soothing nest (hmmmm ... possibly that translates as the English "snuggle" or "cuddle"?) as well as a big hug! :-)

[usuakari.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. If it helps, I suspect I'd feel the same way about living in Colorado and language...

Good luck with greyhounds and the thesis.

And I'll be thinking longingly of the idea of cold fingers and toes when it starts pushing 35^o around here again in a month or so.

[sealwhiskers.livejournal.com]

Like a little kid who can't believe that other people have lives as well on the other side of the world and are actually doing things when not talking to her...I can't yet deal with the fact that your Australian seasons are so..so..wrong!!

[usuakari.livejournal.com]

Bugger! Netscrape just crashed and ate my first reply...

I think any season that has temperatures over 30 degrees C. is wrong too. ;( Although I suspect that's not what you meant.

I grew up with the idea that people on the other side of the world did things both differently and similarly. So much of our media, pop. culture, and entertainment is influenced by, or comes directly from the UK and US, that the idea of people in the northern hemisphere having cold or white Christmases is just fundamental and visceral knowledge. It's not a shock on any emotional or pre-thought level. May also be familiar to me as a result of having friends with German, Swiss, Malysian, Indonesian, Filipino, and American families, who could tell me stories of just the small, everyday things that make life different somewhere else. The rest of the world, and I mean the whole world, not just a few neighbouring countries (not that Australia really has neighbours in the same sense as European countries anyway) seems quite real to me as a result. That knowledge is both goading me to actually go and see them for myself, and also mitigates that urge to go and prove to myself that X or Y really is there, and they really do do Z over in...

Probably the most startling thing I've come across in the last few years was the idea of people dying from temperatures in the low to mid 30s in France. That was and is grimly fascinating. Reminds me of just how much we're influenced by, and adapt to, our place...

[kejn.livejournal.com]

*skickar en stor svensk kram och skruvar upp värmen åt dig*

[sealwhiskers.livejournal.com]

Tack vännen!

*Kram tillbaka*

[mojodragonfly.livejournal.com]

I'll miss you while you're internet-away.

*hugs* and best wishes.

[sealwhiskers.livejournal.com]

Hugs back to you Darren, I imagine I won't be able to stay away long from poetry and such...
Just no more fucking debates. It's like I have these kind of brain farts once a year or something...

[thesidhe.livejournal.com]

*hugs* soon u wil have swedish again.

[sealwhiskers.livejournal.com]

heh...but babe...then I won't have english!

I am thrilled at how you enjoy Sweden. Try staying and giving the job and life thing a new go! (I mean later, in the following year obviously)