Return of the unwell. I woke up this morning with a big headache. And very tired. I have spent most of the day in bed. Oh well. It’s not like I had any plans.

Other things going on:

I cooked a ham yesterday. One of the biggest kitchen operations since I moved out on my own. And it worked out okay. A big ham, though. Too big for me. So now I have leftovers for a long time. But that’s okay. Sometimes I prefer leftovers to the actual, original meal. One of the reasons I wanted to cook a ham was so I could have the leftovers. So that all worked out swell.

Been spending time on my new DVD recorder toy. It’s been a little frustrating because it records in the DVD format. So I get VOB files. Which are huge. And I want to edit/compress them in VirtualDub. But the resulting .avi files have audio sync problems sometimes. And after a bunch of research and tests I have come to the conclusion that there’s apparently not so much I can do about it. Some files just refuse to be synced. But it’s not a huge problem and I will complain no further.

And from the playground? No news. No goat babies. Maybe they are refusing to come out because it has suddenly become so cold again? I don’t know. If not this week, then surely next!?

We can still enjoy the gruesome threesome though.

Mads, whose fur seems to be going almost white. Although the picture doesn’t really show it. But it’s the cold, I bet.

Magnethe, who is big as a house. Especially if sneaky Plume uses odd camera angles. Her neck looks so long there! Heh. Give up the babies, baby! We’re all waiting on ya.

And Vanilje refuses to learn the lesson of the wobbly bench. At least she is not scared of it.

She has learned that she can push open the hatch door if she bumps her head against it, though. Now she just has to learn that it doesn’t work when the hatch door is locked. It’s kind of a funny sight, seeing her bump her head against it with accompanying sound effects *bump* *bump*.

Other than that, nothing new. My headache is coming back and I’m feeling tired still. I’ll probably go to bed early. So I can get up early for Lost. That’s the stuff.

How about that. It snowed today. March is supposed to be springtime, according to the Danish calendar. But a little snow is always welcome. And it was only a little. Twas funny, I was getting ready to go out and do a little shopping and I wondered to myself I wondered: “should I put on a sweater or not? It’s probably not that cold outside”. But I decided to put on the sweater and as I walked down the stairs I saw the snow falling. But by the time I had done my shopping and exitted the mall around the corner, the sun was shining and there was barely any snow left on the ground.

I must admit I’m looking forward to summer. And I always used to consider myself a winter person. But the thought of sitting in the green grass with the goats, that’s a joyful thought.

It’s been a pretty poor winter, snow-wise. There’s barely been any. I think there was one night with snow. Since I have moved here I haven’t had the chance to see the neighbourhood completely covered in snow. I guess I’ll have to wait till next winter. Unless March gets really freaky.

Other than that I have spent some time playing with my shiny new toy. The DVD recorder. I’m very pleased with it. Everything has worked out as I hoped. I managed to hook up my VCR to the recorder. At first there was no sound and I thought I might be missing a cable or something. But I checked the manual and didn’t see anything about sound cable. So I fidgetted a bit with the SCART cable and that worked it out. I was able to transfer from VHS tape to DVD recorder. And from DVD recorder to DVD+RW. And from DVD+RW to computer. Schweet. I got lots of old junk on VHS tapes that I want to transfer. I’m sure you guys will get to see some of it along the way.

And it came in handy today, the DVD recorder. I was watching a show called “Ha Det Godt” which means something like “Feel Good” or “Be Well” or something about that. A program about bettering your life. There was a segment about vegetarianism. And guess who was featured? None other than Gitte Storm, chef at Gyngen. Where I used to work, before I started at TMU and eventually retired. That was fun, seeing her. Not like we were close friends or anything. But on friendly terms at least. I had my daily routine of going upstairs as soon as the kitchen opened to get myself a glass of lemonade or cola. So they knew me from that. And on my last day there, when I went around and said goodbye to some of the people, she told me I should come by for a glass of cola some day. But anyway, just two clicks on the remote and I was recording the segment and now have it on my computer for evermore. So much, so so much easier than the old VHS days.

My only regret is that the recorder is a sony. An RDR-HXD 870 in case you wondered. I had made the decision to buy a DVD recorder last week. And started doing some research. On Sunday I looked at an online test. Which was won by the Sony. And then I thought to myself I thought: “Where have I seen that before?”. And I digged out the stack of commercials that I had gotten this week. And there it was, on sale in Bilka. Not exactly cheap but within my desired price range and cheaper than what it normally sells for. So I took that as a sign. Test winner and on sale. So on Monday I went and bought it. And as I’ve said, I’m quite happy with it so far. So I’ll just try to forget that I really, really, really dislike Sony. And that’s an understatement. I honestly think they’re evil. And that’s not a joke, some of the things they have done are just outrageous. I mean, you only have to look at this. Seriously. Fuck you Sony. Pardon my language. Too bad my principles aren’t strong enough to resist the temptation of the material goods. We should boycot Sony. From now on, no more Sony. This I swear.