Why?

We visited Parken Zoo this weekend. It was kind of cool, especially the Komodo dragon. And the birds were nice. And the monkeys. And the chameleon. Then we got hungry and stopped at the "restaurant" 'Bali, wok and thai'. On there menu was: vegetarian wok, chicken wok, meatballs, hot dogs and pancakes. Yea. Hm. öööh. Only in Eskilstuna would a restaurant that has that, and only that, on the menu be called a 'wok and thai' restaurant. But now to my actual hangup. What is the deal with amusement parks? Is there a law that says that food in such parks Must be overpriced And really shitty? I mean, how hard is it to accomplish a decent fresh vegetarian wok? I really understand all the families that lugged around their own food and had picnic's on the lawn. Maybe the burger joint was better, but honestly I doubt it. Is the answer so easy that 1) People get hungry, 2) They need to eat, 3) They buy what there is to buy -> so why bother making good food? And why not charge them insane amounts too!! They can keep doing it cause there's always new people coming that makes the same mistake (getting hungry that is.) So, The ways I see of battling the crappy establishments is to tell everyone that they suck, HEY everyone, 'Bali' at Parken Zoo SUCKS, and also to tell them that they suck, which I just did in a mail. So, now I have done my part. Now everyone just have to read my blog and then avoid to eat there and the problem should be solved.

Vielleicht soll ich das hier auch in Deutch sagen. Ich glaube das die Zoo ein menge besucher aus Deutchland hat. Hier ist ein kurtz überzetzung ab das hier oben:
Die restaurant Bali in Parken Zoo in Eskilstuna saugt.... Es ist sehr sehr slecht. Ich rekomendiere Ihnen eigenes Essen zu bringen.

Och en svensk version så att ingen missar:
Undvik att äta på restaurant Bali när ni besöker Parken zoo i Eskilstuna. Den suger.

Never again

Never again I will do jam from my painstakingly picked blueberries. Never. I sweat, fight mosquitoes, sweat, get all blue, feed mosquitoes and then I make jam that I will keep in a jar and be a perfect base for mould. I don't know why, but I have never managed to consume the jam that has been so fucking hard to produce. In the future the blueberries I pick will be turned into pies which then will be eaten within a day. (Together with home made vanilla sauce of course.)
On top of that, I also got a stain on my shorts when I poured the jam into the sink. Take my word for it. Blueberry jam is just no good.

One little line

One little line sent me into a laughter on my way home:
Vindruvor - 8.95 kr/st (Grapes - 8.95 sek a piece)

Two hours

Took a hike this weekend. Started here and strolled down Sörmlandsleden to Svalboviken, spending the night at the lake Näshultasjön. Getting home again was a real treat! The buss from Svalboviken, which you had to order by phone, was in fact a lady who drove us in a car to the closest busstop. At this exciting busstop there was nothing. And we had to wait there for two hours until the buss came. (Who planned that I don't know).

So, how do you kill two hours next to a road in the middle of Sweden? Why not by giving some ants half a peanut broken down into a few pieces and then watch them carry it away???

The small pieces was gone within minutes, but the two large once proved to be more difficult. The ants gathered around them and seemed to be deliberating on how to do it. And it was a long deliberation. The pieces was rocked, climbed, rolled, maybe nibbled a bit. Then the ants went away, only to come back after a while to measure the pieces once again. Finally they got to work, painstakingly moving them towards the stack. And you would think that after all that deliberation they would have worked out which road that would be easiest to transport the boulder, but no, they had missed that part of the planning. They almost seemed to take a difficult route, maybe just so that they could brag about it to their grandchildren when they get old. 'You know, Once when I was a young ant, I moved a giant peanut a long long way on a very difficult road!' And if they contact me I have the photos to prove it.

aaaaaaah

After a hint from Ångestgrottan I started to read some on the conservapedia web page. After a brief look at the atheism article I looked around and found a page about dinosaurs. And, to quote a popular character in Friends, Oh! My! God! I actually feel nauseous. And there is nothing I can do about it. It impossible to contradict them cause they always have a fail-safe response 'according to the bible'...
-'Carbon dating proves that the fossils are 65M years old' I could be saying
-'No, carbon dating is false, cause the world was created 6000 years ago you see, the bible says so!'
You can't argue with someone who has that kind of comebacks.

Excuse me!

Excuse me sir, but your hedge is devouring you mailbox.

Excuse me sir, there are bugs living in your mailbox.

Excuse me sir, could you please remove the nettles that's growing around your mailbox.

Mail today (a response to one of my search notes.):
Hi Mattias. I have changed my last name to XXXX. The mailbox is marked Y XXXX.
Oh, thank you! But could you please tell me what your name was Before you changed it, that would be kind of good for me to know.

10km

I am a bit curious how good I would do on a 10km run now. The last weekend before I started the mail man gig I made it in just under the hour. (I had said during the interview that I could, and I wanted to see if I had lied or not). The thing is though, I'm not really in the mood for a run after a day at the office.

Speaking of tired, the number of times that I have had to return home since I'd forgotten my glasses in the morning is larger than two.

Speaking of training, it has been a long time since I trained any budo. This has to be rectified. I think I will make some visits to some karate clubs in town soon, to see if any appeals to me. Maybe Cobra Kai has a affiliation in the neighbourhood.

gött fredrik

If they vote yes

Are you with me in a silent protest if they vote yes tomorrow?
Stop using mail.
Stop using sms.
Stop using the internet.
Even if it is just for a day, If enough people do it, it will really be noticed.

Reciever errand

Mail today:
Regarding a search note on address xxx xx by Mattias:
1) Due to a very sloppy handwriting hardly any information on the note can be deciphered.
2) The lady yyy yyy moved in 2005 to another address. And she has also changed her name.
Hence the mail shall not be delivered at the address.

Hmm, the information that was handwritten on the note was: Mattias, the ladys name yyy yyy, and the address xxx xx. And the date... But thanks for the information...

Football

It has been some time, quite some time, since I played football. I believe it was in like ninth grade or so that I played last. But this weekend I took part in CM's huge 7-man tournament in Stockholm, and we made it all the way through the group, through the 16'th, 8'th, quarter and was only eliminated by the Danish champions in the semifinal in a 'even' 1-0 match. And it was rather fun. Then we partied like it was 1999 (i.e. I partied with people that's as old as I was in 1999). My legs are still burning and I don't know if it is from the ball play or the dancing...

I've

got

moneeeeeyyy!

(now I'm just going to pay back the money to my dad, pay for the wallpapers in my old flat, pay the back taxes, the mastercard bill, CSN and the rent. But still, right now, I've got moneeeeyyy!!!)

It's true

Two wheels, a motor, and wet asphalt. It's not the best of combinations. Luckily there were no cars/people in the way. And the road was free of gravel, so I survived with only a couple of scratches and some torn pants.

Soup #30

The opinions differ. I liked it. K not so much. Butter simmered onion and endive, a dash of wine, some broth and a lot of milk. A couple of table spoons of maizena flour and then a long simmer. Top it of with some grated parmesan. It was supposed to be served over some toasts, but the track record of bread in the soups are not so good so we had the toast on the side instead.

Hmm

Drinking wine & blogging while cooking -> the likelihood that the food will burn increases.