Another night and another day passed in my new appartment. I am starting to feel it. Feel at home. It is not as strange and unfamiliar anymore. Not as foreign. Although it will be damn nice when I get my furniture and my stuff falls into place. Right now it is a mess. But then, I am used to living in messes so it’s not big deal.

My second night here was a bit noisier. No big parties, but there were people outside. Talking, most of the night. Nothing too bad though. There’s just generally more noise here, kids playing, cars driving, doors slamming. I have always been a bit sensitive to noise, my mother joked that I’d never get any rest here. But surprisingly I am not bothered. They’re just natural noises of the neighbourhood and not really annoying me. So far at least.

I went for my first visit back home. I mean, back at my old home. Originally I was supposed to go watch the Brøndby game. But since I have megasuperchannelselection that was no longer necessary. I still went home though. had to pick up a coupla things and also fix up the old computer. Setup some stuff for my dad. So I went home and had a nice dinner. Stegt flæsk med persillesovs. Jimmi And René have not lived in vain. Sorry, none of you know what I’m talking about haha. Anyway, a nice dinner with my mother. My dad was away. Strange how I somehow feel closer to them now that I have moved out. The distance is good, I think. Seeing things in a new light and appreciating things that you previously took for granted. Or even resented.

I came back to the appartment and watched the game. Brøndby won 3-0. I needed that. I was about ready to quit football alltogether because it was not going well and it was getting me depressed. But maybe things are getting back on track for Brøndby too. I can hope. It’s only football, anyway.

I should be ready to post pictures soon. If I could just find my USB cable. Maybe I should have had more of a system when I packed. Everything is jumbled together, pots with socks and pans with shirts and spoons with cables and so on and so forth. But everything is somewhere, I am fairly sure of that.

Tomorrow my furniture will be delivered and then I can start unpacking for real, get everything in its right place. Light up the place with some proper lamps. Things will get back to fairly normal. Although there is a sort of cool vibe to sitting on a blanket on the floor in the light of a single table lamp with the night outside and the glare from the computer screen. It feels.. spartan? Like I have no possessions. Nothing to weight me down. Although I do have possessions of course. They’re just in boxes. Life is like a moving box, you never know what you’re gonna get.

That’s all for tonight. Hope all is well in your world as well.

My first night in the new appartment has passed. Without incident. It was quite a nice night, actually. In a sweet, soft bed. With light from the streetlights outside coming in through the drapeless windows. Not too much noise. I was kind of expecting a ruckus since it was Friday night and all. Keeping in mind my mother’s warnings about the people here turning night into day. There was nothing like that going on. We’ll see how it goes tonight. Maybe they all held off on the partying because they didn’t want to disturb my first night. You never know.

I woke up a couple of times, but generally slept well. I even went to bed early. At midnight. I’ve been used to staying up till 2-3 am lately. So for me it was an early night.

And I woke up in my new soft bed, still in my new appartment, still living on my own. It was not all a dream. I think.. Yes.. wait for it… yup, I think I do now believe that I have managed to move out and live on my own. Amazing.

Currently listening to R.E.M. music via youtube. Still sitting on the wooden floor, with the monitor on a moving box.

I have actually got a chair now. From my old room. My dad brought it over. He came to help me pick up my TV at the post office. We were a bit unsure about how big it would be and how much it would weigh. We talked about it yesterday, and I claimed that I would be able to bring it home on my own just fine. My dad didn’t seem to believe that. “Well, why don’t you come with me and pick it up then?”. As said, it was done. I’m getting so much help from everyone that it is almost embarrassing.

The pickup went fine. I could have handled it on my own, I’m sure. But it was nice enough to do it with my dad. In fact this whole move has given me the chance to spend some time with them all and do nice stuff and be familiar, as in “a family”. And it feels good. I have spent so long being alone, and now it’s starting to dawn on me that perhaps most of that is my own fault and my own doing. I don’t have to be alone, not all the time at least. That’s a good lesson to learn, wouldn’t you agree?

“My” new post office is in City Vest. That’s the big shopping center. It’s just around the corner. Five minutes walk from my appartment. That’s awesome. Excellent shopping opportunities. Even faster than my old place, the now defunct Favorit/Aktiv Super. And with much bigger selection and more stores. Good stuff.

And now I have a TV. A nice, fairly big flatscreen one. When I started the “channel surf” function to find the TV channels, I got a nice surprise. You might remember that I decided to stick with the basic package with just the few essential, Danish channels. But as the channel surfing program went on it’s merry way it kept finding more and more channels. All the channels of the extended package. Not the fancy payperview superchannels, but still a good and large selection. MTV and VH1 and Disney Channel and a lot of other junk that I’ll never want to watch. Haha. Now of course the question is: why? Is it a mistake from the cable company? Am I getting them for free, am I going to be charged for the basic package or the extended? Should I call them up and ask or should I just sit back and hope for the best? I think that’s what I’ll do. If I end up getting charged for the full pack well then I can afford that. And it’ll be nice to have it anyway, even though I don’t watch quite as much telly as I used to. But it’ll be nice to be able to watch the soccer at home, when Brøndby play. Instead of heading to the old home to watch the games there. And should I end up only being charged for the basic package then I’ll laugh all the way to the bank. Until my guilty conscience gets the best of me at least.

So I have been watching a bit of TV today. A Discovery special on the Shroud of Turin. Isn’t that what you’re supposed to say when you talk about you TV habits? “Oh I watch DIscovery and National Geography and the news of course”. Yes, I only read the articles. What would jesus watch?

Then I hooked up my DVD player and watched an episode of Heroes. Best show since Lost.

More importantly, though, I got mail! I got completely wicked cards from Stu and Debster! A majestik møøse and a beautiful goat! I love them. I’ll have to come up with some kind of prizes for you two. Maybe when I get all my junk unpacked… Thank you thank you guys!

Now I go. Tomorrow I relax. Monday = furniture delivery. Later in week: drape delivery.

Closing with the current rem youtube, Stand:

Stand in the place where you live
Now face north
Think about direction
Wonder why you havent before
Now stand in the place where you work
Now face west
Think about the place where you live
Wonder why you havent before