christmas time
is Sex Pistols christmas msusic? for me, this morning, it is. a few songs is sufficient though, im such a wuss i need to then move on to something more chill.
our christmas lights. the red lights are not really that amazing but if you turn the lights off they help light the room a bit.
me and doctor have found our thing, its stand up comedy. we used to watch something on tv here and there, but after moving to london we found it "in full". weve seen great stuff. i was enjoying Netflix offering the other night. Vir Das is funny, i learned. but as a consequence, netflix is now pushing me indian everything. indian drama. indian action. more indian stand up comedy. it's like a virus. to be fair, theres also more of other minorities, and thats positive at least. but its awkward how the suggestions changed magically after watching one show. Daniel Sloss is great as well. hilariously dark, non-PC humour. im pondering if we should get tickets to his show in february. following the Ricky Gervais tickets i booked us to see Frankie Boyle too. we've seen him before. doesnt get tiring.
NYT: Elif Safak on toxic imperial nostalgia. which is familiar to me from both Turkey and UK. so true.
we got this new bookshelf thanks to me. i got it in my head that we need a slightly industrial style bookshelf, wire is great in that it lets light through and doesnt look as heavy as a traditional bookshelf. i googled some options and ended up with Lockers R Us. you can pick from different sizes and depths and styles, and from a few colours. i emailed them to ask if they could remove some of the "walls" and if we could get doors in some. everything was absolutely doable. below its just arrived, i put a few items in. we since moved the lamp elsewhere and cleaned up that mess with the cables...
we had a christmassy get together for friends. i went above and beyond my skills and did these prawn and salmon toasts, along with some salads and other things. doctor made turkish kisir.
its no party without salmari. it turned out great.
i got a flower delivery. one of the biggest shocks in my life, and i dont even need to exaggarate. i was so utterly confused i was suspicious. but there was a card explaining everything. Jess & Ollie whom i showed around Helsinki for a weekend thanked me for being 'the best tour guide'. thats ridiculously sweet of them. i almost cried, lol.
a month or two ago i found a mirror on the street leaning on to our building's gate. it seemed quite sturfy and good wuality, but with wooden gold frames, poor thing. my first instict was paint but then i started feeling lazy and stingy and came up with a much better solution; black duct tape. we already had that so it took just a few minutes to give the mirror an artsy frame.
christmas!
Southbank has a christmas market and lots going on on Saturday
i love this secondhand bookstore (Bookmongers). and this cat made me feel like i was in Istanbul again.
Aeon: Marriage is both anachronistic and discriminatory
Vox: What Serena Williams’s scary childbirth story says about medical treatment of black women (i barely know she is a tennis star, but thats not the point - i have many articles around this, women of colour tend to get poorer treatment)
NY Times on Helsinki's new library
BBC: how the finnish survive without small talk
plus a christmas gift:
Guardian: British pet shops banned from selling puppies & kittens
our christmas lights. the red lights are not really that amazing but if you turn the lights off they help light the room a bit.
me and doctor have found our thing, its stand up comedy. we used to watch something on tv here and there, but after moving to london we found it "in full". weve seen great stuff. i was enjoying Netflix offering the other night. Vir Das is funny, i learned. but as a consequence, netflix is now pushing me indian everything. indian drama. indian action. more indian stand up comedy. it's like a virus. to be fair, theres also more of other minorities, and thats positive at least. but its awkward how the suggestions changed magically after watching one show. Daniel Sloss is great as well. hilariously dark, non-PC humour. im pondering if we should get tickets to his show in february. following the Ricky Gervais tickets i booked us to see Frankie Boyle too. we've seen him before. doesnt get tiring.
NYT: Elif Safak on toxic imperial nostalgia. which is familiar to me from both Turkey and UK. so true.
we got this new bookshelf thanks to me. i got it in my head that we need a slightly industrial style bookshelf, wire is great in that it lets light through and doesnt look as heavy as a traditional bookshelf. i googled some options and ended up with Lockers R Us. you can pick from different sizes and depths and styles, and from a few colours. i emailed them to ask if they could remove some of the "walls" and if we could get doors in some. everything was absolutely doable. below its just arrived, i put a few items in. we since moved the lamp elsewhere and cleaned up that mess with the cables...
we had a christmassy get together for friends. i went above and beyond my skills and did these prawn and salmon toasts, along with some salads and other things. doctor made turkish kisir.
its no party without salmari. it turned out great.
i got a flower delivery. one of the biggest shocks in my life, and i dont even need to exaggarate. i was so utterly confused i was suspicious. but there was a card explaining everything. Jess & Ollie whom i showed around Helsinki for a weekend thanked me for being 'the best tour guide'. thats ridiculously sweet of them. i almost cried, lol.
a month or two ago i found a mirror on the street leaning on to our building's gate. it seemed quite sturfy and good wuality, but with wooden gold frames, poor thing. my first instict was paint but then i started feeling lazy and stingy and came up with a much better solution; black duct tape. we already had that so it took just a few minutes to give the mirror an artsy frame.
christmas!
a fun game from Can & Burcu. we are of that age where we sit down with friends and have wine and snacks and pretend all adult.
Southbank has a christmas market and lots going on on Saturday
i love this secondhand bookstore (Bookmongers). and this cat made me feel like i was in Istanbul again.
Aeon: Marriage is both anachronistic and discriminatory
Vox: What Serena Williams’s scary childbirth story says about medical treatment of black women (i barely know she is a tennis star, but thats not the point - i have many articles around this, women of colour tend to get poorer treatment)
NY Times on Helsinki's new library
BBC: how the finnish survive without small talk
plus a christmas gift:
Guardian: British pet shops banned from selling puppies & kittens
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