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Day 2 of my 1 week off work - and I'm already bored.

As always with me being off work for more than 2 days in a row, with no immediate plans, I get extremely bored. Yesterday, I spent most of the day pla...
661023 hrs ago4 mins ago4 mins ago

400 years of history up in flames.

The big talking point at work today was the fire in Copenhagen this morning, where the old stock exchange, simply known as Børsen, or The Stock, burne...
19041Apr 16Apr 17Apr 23

Attending a birthday and catching some sun.

Yesterday, I went to my youngest nieces 1 year birthday celebration, so we went to a pretty nice place in Roskilde, right next to the viking ship muse...
16020Apr 15Apr 154 hrs ago

Heading back to the USA for Halloween 2025.

I am heading back to see my friend in Virginia. I'm very excited, because now I know sort of what to expect, and most importantly: How much money to b...
25440Apr 5Apr 1517 hrs ago

Easter-freakout and a few days off

Easter has come and gone. With that, my first long time off from work came and went as well. Naturally, some people freak out over the smallest things...
17110Apr 2Apr 220 hrs ago

New horror movie to my collection and a desire to go on a blind date at some point

Being almost 40, with no partner for my entire adult life, I feel it's time to once again throw caution to the wind and go on a blind date, to see who...
21941Mar 24Mar 257 hrs ago

Getting some surprising health answers.

It's no secret that I aren't the healthiest person in the world. I eat a lot of fatty foods, particularly burgers. I like to make big monsters, such a...
519150Mar 13Mar 1814 hrs ago

So it begins!

I have begun the expensive task of buying what I need for my birthday in three months time. I have so much to buy, but I am taking it in stages. T...
25921Mar 10Mar 137 hrs ago

The online dating scene is rough.

Picture this - you match with someone on a dating app and get talking. It goes quite well, and you joke around while still maintaining a somewhat seri...
28850Mar 7Mar 924 hrs ago

New chair, new challenges, a new obsession and new people in the house

Back in late September 2022, I bought a gaming chair. It was one of those clever chairs that could go completely horizontal, and it was textile, which...
17200Mar 73 hrs ago

Universal Healthcare - what is it and is it socialism?

Let's answer the last bit of the question: Is universal healthcare socialism? No. For decades, developed capitalist countries around the world, hav...
41270Feb 10Feb 13Apr 22

Joining something long overdue.

I have been working at my current job since August 2022. Well, since August 8, 2022, if you want to be precise. That means in six months, I will c...
18100Feb 10Apr 17

Improving at work and learning a new language!

For the past few weeks, I have taken on more and more supervisor like tasks, which is a definite improvement from my usual workload. Before I was just...
22130Feb 6Feb 7Apr 20

Changing my holiday destinations

Well.. One of them. I am still going to Italy this year and the US next year. It's the year after that, I am changing. You may recall, a few blogs...
23410Jan 22Jan 22Apr 17

Solving a dispute like adults.

With me living with 8 other people, each living their own lives with vastly different ways of doing things or different traits, eventually there'll be...
26630Jan 16Jan 16Apr 23

Long live the King!

The time is almost upon us - the time where we will get a new monarch. It will all happen from the Parliament building in Copenhagen on Sunday. I have...
27730Jan 11Jan 11Apr 22

Happy New Year!

I hope you had a safe and fun New Years party. Here, nothing major happened. I stayed home, playing video games until 2 am, where I got ready for bed....
29611Jan 2Jan 3Apr 22

It's been a great Christmas and trying new ideas for cooking.

Merry Christmas! I hope yours has been great. Mine was excellent. Good food, good company and some great gifts. My sister and her fiancée gave me...
39030Dec 26Dec 271 hrs ago

Making plans for my next three holidays.

I have long been wanting to travel and to see the world. Most of my life, I haven't had the financial opportunity to pay for my own holidays, but now...
33421Dec 21Dec 21Apr 22

Drinking the worst tasting champagne ever - and getting paid to do it!

On Wednesday, I was informed that my employer would provide champagne for us on Friday, because the company is doing well. Friday came, and the champa...
604141Dec 8Dec 14Apr 22

It's been an expensive day today, plus I broke my chair

It's almost Christmas, so I have been out buying presents today. I forgot how expensive that is. I'm happy it's Christmas once a year. All in al...
41120Nov 25Nov 267 hrs ago

Time to buy Christmas presents and the most expensive hand creme ever..

I have been gathering Christmas wishes from the family, so now it's time to buy the presents. I will spend my Saturday buying the gifts, so my week...
49920Nov 23Nov 2318 hrs ago

Applying for a new job in a different country is exhausting.

Anyone who knows me, will say that I am someone who has a desire to make it in a different country. I was born in Copenhagen, 39 years ago, but Denmar...
48760Nov 21Nov 223 hrs ago

I might have a stomach bug

These past few days, my diet has been terrible. Really terrible. Always some oven based meal, with absolutely no nutritional value to speak of. On wed...
62890Nov 18Nov 229 hrs ago

The next costume party is close and a wedding invite!

On the 29th of December, my cousin and her family is hosting our annual New Years Eve pre-party, since all of the family is spread all over the countr...
19400Nov 11Apr 19

Darkness lost yesterday - next year will be better!

Last nights Halloween party was fun! I went all in with the makeup, the mask and the costume, but it was apparent that it was a cheap afterthought, an...
26100Nov 5Apr 18

Weekend! Let's make it a fun - and creepy - one!

We're finally at the weekend! A long week of work has finished. It is now time to kick back, relax and make some fun memories. In my case, I am goi...
31130Nov 3Nov 5Apr 12

Making plans for my second trip to the US (part 1)

I know I am very early with this, but in October 2025, I will head back across the pond to the USA for my second trip there. This time, I am visiting...
55080Nov 2Nov 412 hrs ago

It's almost New Years Eve, and I have mixed feelings about fireworks

Earlier today, something dawned on me! It's almost 2024! Well, when I say almost, I mean in exactly two months. Soon, it's Christmas, and one we...
44170Nov 1Nov 2Apr 17

Nobody told us this would happen today...!

Usually, Friday is the quietest day at work. Not much happens, and we're pretty much done by 3.15 pm. Not today.. Why not? Because a trade exhibit...
24000Oct 2710 hrs ago

October 26, 2023.

Yesterdays blog was a bot of a downer one, I admit. The comments on it ranged from "get a massage", "call a lady of the night", "join a club" and "lea...
39360Oct 26Oct 27Apr 14

Being lonely kind of sucks..

That feeling you have, when nobody wants to spend time with you. When nobody reaches out to you just to ask "How are you?" That feeling of being lost...
612140Oct 25Oct 31Apr 12

The urge is back..

Next year, it'll be ten years since my Scottish adventure began. Ten years since I uprooted my entire life and moved across the North Sea, to seek som...
32141Oct 11Oct 12Apr 21

I am not ready for more responsibility.

After the disaster that was last week, I did some thinking over the weekend, and I came to the conclusion, that I am simply not ready to be the one wh...
29632Oct 9Oct 10Apr 16

One of those days..

You know, one of those days where you've wanted to quit on the spot. Today was one of those days. We have something at work called innight. It'...
30110Oct 4Oct 4Apr 16

Starting to make that change - tomorrow!

I am typing this on the final day of the month, September 30th. Tomorrow, on October 1st, I am starting fresh with more healthy eating. To do that, I...
28435Sep 30Sep 30Apr 12

Time to make a change!

For the past 25 years, I have been eating very unhealthy food. Lots of fatty dishes, with no vegetables at all. My burgers are huge, with lots of baco...
779301Sep 26Sep 3012 hrs ago

I have an ambition! (part 2)

About a month ago, I published a blog, where I essentially said that I wanted to be more important at work, because I felt that I deserved it. A fe...
25132Sep 23Sep 26Apr 16

How close am I to getting my own apartment?

My current living situation is this: In a house with 8 other people.. Well, 6, now that 2 have moved out, but usually, we're 9 people in this house. F...
26610Sep 13Sep 13Apr 16

Sisu - a review!

Sisu. Noun; White knuckled grit and determination! I saw a trailer many months ago for a Finnish movie, where one man absolutely eviscerates a Nazi...
18800Sep 9Apr 22

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