Nice weekend
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zimenaThis weekend has been so nice!
Yesterday (Saturday), I had a friend for visit for a couple of hours. I had not seen her for a good while, so it was nice to just have her here and sit and talk for a while. In fact, we agreed that she'd come over a couple of days ago, and I wasn't sure then that I had made the right choice because I was also going somewhere in the evening. But I'm so, so glad she were here, and she's one of those people I'm grateful that I get to have in my life. She has a beautiful Border Collie dog, too, and I always love to be around animals. Well, cats and dogs, at least - not sure about every other kind of animal that I have no experience with.
Anyway, we had a lovely few hours together.
Then, in the evening I went to see my favourite Norwegian band live! They're called Hellbillies, and this link goes to a clip from their current tour, though not from the exact concert I've been to. The song here is one of their most famous ones, and it's actually a cover version, though I suspect the majority of Norwegians don't know that. We're very familiar with this song, but not really with the original (Hal Ketchum: "Past The Point Of Rescue").
Anyway, the concert was absolutely fantastic! They're amazing live, and they have so much great music! I've actually wanted to see them live for several years, but somehow it never worked out when they've played in my town before. I'm still on a sort of emotional high from having seen them, finally... and I'll be honest and admit that I also have a sort of eternal crush on the lead singer, Aslag Haugen. He's getting older now, of course, but to me he was always beautiful in a rough kind of way that I very much like.
I got shy during their signing session after the show, though, so I ended up not buying any merchandise or getting his signature. I feel a bit silly for that now, but in that moment it felt right to just not try. Maybe next time. Because there will be a next time, I'm certain of that!
Anyway, I went to the concert with my cousin and his wife, and they came home with me for a couple of hours after it, too. We had pizza and talked about the music and the show for a bit, and it was really nice. But especially after the other visit earlier in the day, too, I was well and truly peopled out when I went to bed yesterday.
Then, today has been nice, too. One friend came by just to talk, but she was tired and didn't want to come inside. We stood for a good while talking just outside, though. The fact that I suddenly have friends who come by randomly, just for a chat, will never stop feeling completely surreal to me. For most of my life, all the important people in my life have been either family, or friends living too far away for this type of "quick hellos" to be a thing we could even do. I never really had good friends in my immediate surroundings, but now I do, and it's something that makes me very, very happy.
Other than that, I've also managed to sell an old mobile phone that was in a drawer here. I cleaned it up and reset it, and put it up for sale a few days ago. The guy who eventually bought it turned out to be someone I vaguely know, too, so he was suddenly willing to pay nearly the price I had asked, instead of bargaining endlessly. That made me happy, as I had initially set the asking price a bit higher than what I had expected to get. A lot of people buying used stuff like to bargain, so... :)
Snooker also came with a very beautiful surprise this weekend: Ding Junhui won his first tournament since 2019, and I might have blinked away tears for him at the end there. He defeated Chris Wakelin 10-7 in the International Championship final, and he had his family around him for the trophy presentation. There were some very adorable moments with his daughter especially. Maybe he used to mean more to me than he does now, but I still really like him, and this was such a fantastic moment!
Finally, something a bit unexpected: I've finally started reading my tarot books. I got two different ones some time ago - one of them was a Christmas gift last year, the other one I bought for myself. Along with that, I also somehow ended up reading a bit about witchcraft (though not so much about Wicca, yet) online, and I'm finding that I want to know more. I found a whole list of resources via some subreddits, so I have a lot of stuff to read. Some part of me definitely struggles with the interest in this as I grew up Christian, and always had that as a natural foundation in life. I've never been very active with religious-related things, but still, it's always been there, always been part of how I think about things. While I don't find the interest in tarot to be directly at odds with it, the topics I'm now researching by extension might be, and that makes my interest in them challenging to some extent. For now I've decided to keep reading, though, and I'll see how it feels from there. Knowledge, in itself, isn't a bad thing, I think.
Yesterday (Saturday), I had a friend for visit for a couple of hours. I had not seen her for a good while, so it was nice to just have her here and sit and talk for a while. In fact, we agreed that she'd come over a couple of days ago, and I wasn't sure then that I had made the right choice because I was also going somewhere in the evening. But I'm so, so glad she were here, and she's one of those people I'm grateful that I get to have in my life. She has a beautiful Border Collie dog, too, and I always love to be around animals. Well, cats and dogs, at least - not sure about every other kind of animal that I have no experience with.
Anyway, we had a lovely few hours together.
Then, in the evening I went to see my favourite Norwegian band live! They're called Hellbillies, and this link goes to a clip from their current tour, though not from the exact concert I've been to. The song here is one of their most famous ones, and it's actually a cover version, though I suspect the majority of Norwegians don't know that. We're very familiar with this song, but not really with the original (Hal Ketchum: "Past The Point Of Rescue").
Anyway, the concert was absolutely fantastic! They're amazing live, and they have so much great music! I've actually wanted to see them live for several years, but somehow it never worked out when they've played in my town before. I'm still on a sort of emotional high from having seen them, finally... and I'll be honest and admit that I also have a sort of eternal crush on the lead singer, Aslag Haugen. He's getting older now, of course, but to me he was always beautiful in a rough kind of way that I very much like.
I got shy during their signing session after the show, though, so I ended up not buying any merchandise or getting his signature. I feel a bit silly for that now, but in that moment it felt right to just not try. Maybe next time. Because there will be a next time, I'm certain of that!
Anyway, I went to the concert with my cousin and his wife, and they came home with me for a couple of hours after it, too. We had pizza and talked about the music and the show for a bit, and it was really nice. But especially after the other visit earlier in the day, too, I was well and truly peopled out when I went to bed yesterday.
Then, today has been nice, too. One friend came by just to talk, but she was tired and didn't want to come inside. We stood for a good while talking just outside, though. The fact that I suddenly have friends who come by randomly, just for a chat, will never stop feeling completely surreal to me. For most of my life, all the important people in my life have been either family, or friends living too far away for this type of "quick hellos" to be a thing we could even do. I never really had good friends in my immediate surroundings, but now I do, and it's something that makes me very, very happy.
Other than that, I've also managed to sell an old mobile phone that was in a drawer here. I cleaned it up and reset it, and put it up for sale a few days ago. The guy who eventually bought it turned out to be someone I vaguely know, too, so he was suddenly willing to pay nearly the price I had asked, instead of bargaining endlessly. That made me happy, as I had initially set the asking price a bit higher than what I had expected to get. A lot of people buying used stuff like to bargain, so... :)
Snooker also came with a very beautiful surprise this weekend: Ding Junhui won his first tournament since 2019, and I might have blinked away tears for him at the end there. He defeated Chris Wakelin 10-7 in the International Championship final, and he had his family around him for the trophy presentation. There were some very adorable moments with his daughter especially. Maybe he used to mean more to me than he does now, but I still really like him, and this was such a fantastic moment!
Finally, something a bit unexpected: I've finally started reading my tarot books. I got two different ones some time ago - one of them was a Christmas gift last year, the other one I bought for myself. Along with that, I also somehow ended up reading a bit about witchcraft (though not so much about Wicca, yet) online, and I'm finding that I want to know more. I found a whole list of resources via some subreddits, so I have a lot of stuff to read. Some part of me definitely struggles with the interest in this as I grew up Christian, and always had that as a natural foundation in life. I've never been very active with religious-related things, but still, it's always been there, always been part of how I think about things. While I don't find the interest in tarot to be directly at odds with it, the topics I'm now researching by extension might be, and that makes my interest in them challenging to some extent. For now I've decided to keep reading, though, and I'll see how it feels from there. Knowledge, in itself, isn't a bad thing, I think.
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Date: Saturday, 16 November 2024 04:31 (UTC)if you have any questions about tarot, lmk! I've been reading it for just about a decade or so now, and collecting it even longer, haha.
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Date: Saturday, 16 November 2024 18:10 (UTC)I love Tarot too, but I don't use them for divination, but rather for inspiration. Tarot for Writers by Corrine Kenner was extremely useful when I was into writing.