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Journal tuxette's Journal: the mess that's Easter 9

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Here we go again. Another one of these times of the year Maundy Thursday (skjærtorsdag), Good Friday (langfredag, Easter Sunday (1. påskedag), and Easter Monday (2. påskedag) are public holidays here. Saturday is sort of a holiday. Things are open, but only for a limited amount of time. And the state-run wine and booze shops are closed. (At least you can still get beer, but before 3 pm).

Anyway, it's a good idea to stockpile on the food and stuff before everything is closed, except for the 7-11s and gas stations and all, with their over-inflated prices. This also means planning meals for almost a week, something I'm not really used to doing. But we have our plans made and the food bought in. I've been doing the stockpiling since Monday, and except for a few things we need to pick up on Saturday, we're very good to go.

Now although I'm not used to stockpiling and prefer being spontaneous and buying stuff the day I'm going to cook it, I can pretty much handle it. Unlike some other people. Here's an example of what happened to me in the store earlier today:

*tuxette places items on conveyor belt - some juice, tonic water, club soda, and plum jam*

*asshat in front of tuxette, who is in the process of buying enough food for ten armies, peers at tuxette's items*

asshat: oh, I see you're single. I remember when I used to live on mixed drinks and bread and jam during Easter when I was single, but now I have a family...

*tuxette gives asshat the Evil Death Glare*

*asshat quickly shuts up and avoids eye contact*

Uh, what was that all about?

Anyway, here's an idea of what we'll be eating for the next several days:

Tonight: baked wolf fish filet with rice and carrots (more details later)

Tomorrow: canneloni filled with spinach and cottage cheese, baked in a tomato sauce

Friday: horse steak, potatoes, broccoli, red wine sauce

Saturday: homemade pizza

Sunday: some kind of Indian dish, most likely with chicken but possibly something with lentils and/or chick peas

Monday: uh, not sure yet, probably tex-mex, but we can buy stuff on Saturday

We also have lots of wine to go with these dinners, lots of beer, lots of stuff for mixed drinks (since I'm supposedly single and don't have a family to feed hah!), and lots of cruncy and sweet snacks.

Oh, and there will be some nice breakfasts some of those days - English breakfast, pancakes breakfast, etc.

And the gym is closed until Tuesday. Blah :-P At least I have plenty of stuff to read...

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  • Uh, what was that all about?

    He* could have just been trying to engage in friendly banter. Albeit, in a rather presumptuous tone.

    The rather scant number of items you were purchasing, and the fact that this person probably only purchases food from a single location to last more than a couple of days presumably for a couple of young'uns, probably led him to believe that this was all you were to consume during the lengthy holiday weekend.

    This may have led him to begin to reminisce of the days of his youth b
  • Magic things, some might say, that allow you to both not be single and not have children. Some people should make better use of them.
    • Mace? Tasers? Pepper spray? Tactical nuclear weapons? The mind boggles.

      Cheers,

      Ethelred

    • some of these magic things also allow you to be single and not catch something that penicillin won't cure. I was in a convenience store the other day buying some of these magic things and the person behind the counter had trouble locating them because she didn't use them, because she "doesn't like the way they feel." I asked her how she thought a big bucket of AIDS would feel?
      • Not to get into too much detail or anything, but what kind of condoms is she using that she can actually feel them?! I can't tell the difference between with and without. It makes far more of a difference for the male person involved. And if that is such an issue for him, there're always female condoms.* Or large buckets of AIDS. Or mutual monogamy. Or no sex.

        [*] More natural feeling, I'm told.
        • I didn't ask her. She was nasty looking and I didn't want to think about her doing anything other than exchanging my money for goods. I can tell a little bit of difference. The latest girl says she can't have kids because of a prior cancer, and she says she's clean, but I'm not taking any chances.

        • Woman have told me in the past that without a condom they could feel more of my body heat. From their reactions, it seemed to make a substantial difference. It could have been psychological on their part, I suppose, a feeling of "no barriers."

          (This was in relationships where "big bucket of AIDS" and pregnancy were taken care of by monogamy & testing for the first, and other contraceptives for the second.)

  • So, it happens to you too? Strangers commenting on the stuff you're about to buy? I get that regularly at my local market. Once I was buying a 12-pack of beer (amongst other things) and this jerk queuing behind me decided to comment on it: "Are you sure all that beer is enough for you?".

    * tongue-in-cheek *

    I mean, what the hell is wrong with these people? Over here, the cultural imperative is that you're supposed to stand in line quietly. It doesn't matter if you're in a shop, queuing for a movie ticket

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