I Am Not Commodity

August 21st, 2007

I can’t get enough of yesterday’s pictures. Hence my new desktop is as follows:

desktop goats

Aw yes. And of course, old desktops: here and here and here and here. Maybe I should make a wallpaper pack of goat images and sell them. Yes. Who wouldn’t want lovely goats on their desktops? I know I wouldn’t not want to not have that on my desktop.

Today I went furniture shopping with my dad. Got myself a desk, to go next to my computer table. That’ll be nice to have, I can move some of my paperwork and mess there. Then I got a little table with drawers to go next to my bed. And then a chest of drawers for clothes. And best of all, it cost me next to nothing. My parents had treated my brother to a trip to Legoland. So in turn they treated me to some furniture. Nice. And my dad is giving me his old bike as well. So it’s been a profitable day! The furniture will be delivered on Friday. Let’s see if I can get the place cleaned up a little before then…

So, yesterday I went to TMU for a meeting. Talked to Trine, my contact person. She had finished the paper work on my case. And she read it to me. I must say, it was a little rough. Basically it’s 3-4 pages of writing about how much I suck. Well, no not really. But you know, all the reasons why I can’t make it in the normal work force and all my problems and so on. None of it is new, and none of it is mean spirited. But it’s still a little rough to sit and listen to for twenty minutes. I survived though. It’s all done, apart from a bit about my physical condition. I was supposed to see the physio therapist yesterday too, so that could get done. But her kid was sick so we have to find another date for that. Instead I talked to Paw for a bit. He had been in contact with the playground. Talked to Kurt. He remarked that Kurt seems to be a very nice guy. Indeed, indeed. And it also seems that Kurt is pretty positive about the possibility of me spendind more time working at the playground. So that sounds good. We’ve set up a meeting on Thursday. Paw will come to the playground and we’ll talk about it all. I’ll keep you posted.

It was nice to be back at TMU. Even with the unending rain. There’s a new group of “pupils” there, but there were some old faces from my old group too. And the teachers of course. Nice to see people. When I was walking to the bus on my way home, one of the nice pupils came driving by and offered me a ride. I’m ashamed to say I don’t remember her name. But it was really sweet of her. I tried to talk my way out of it, with my usual insecurity and anti-socialness. But she practically forced me to get in the car. And she drove me almost all the way to the playground. So that was really handy. And we talked a little. Turns out she knew the playground very well. She used to go there when she was a kid. And she’s brought her own daughter there a couple of time. She asked if Kurt still worked there. And once again it was agreed that Kurt is a very nice guy.

And then of course I had a really sweet time with the goats. It was a good day, yesterday. I needed that.

I also needed a postcard from Jooo, and luckily I got it today! Thank you! What a beautiful sea goat :-P

Finish with two pictures.

city vest

That is City Vest. The big shopping center right around the corner. Where slush ice comes plentifully.

appartment block

And that is the other side of my appartment block. You’ve seen the green part out of the windows in the videos. This is the parking lot on the other side. Still little splotches of green though. That’s nice.

And that’s all.


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August 20th, 2007

There are things to tell today, but I’m going to do pictures of goats instead. To illustrate that I’m feeling much better.

It rained.

mads

And there is Mads under the tree. His hair gets curly when he gets wet. Only makes him all the cuter. He was later joined by Magnethe. For this series of ever-so-sweet pics.

magnethe & mads

magnethe & mads

magnethe & mads

magnethe & mads

magnethe & mads

Aw, don’t they look darling? I think Mads figured that Magnethe’s big, floppy ears would work well as umbrellas. But sweet to see them stand so close, without Mads chasing her away!

vanilje

And Vanilje sweet as well.

Rain and thunder this morning.

rain

Good thing I don’t mind it. The TMU meeting went well, but I’ll tell you more about that tomorrow. Finishing off today with a silhouette. Can you guess who this is?

shadow plume

I’ll give you a hint: it’s ME. With a long Santa beard almost. And it almost looks like I’m drinking tea in a posh way. But really it’s just the camera I’m holding.

What a giant, silly, cartoon head.

Thank you all for the support, with you and goats on my side I will be fine.


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