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Thursday, November 10, 2005
+ Tonight I'm going to just thank stars that I'm not in Chicago. Why? Because having to decide between the Mannequin Men release show and the return of Grizzly Bear would be too much for this guy to handle. Good luck to those of you who must make such a choice. Is there no justice in this world?
+ Amy Spencer posted pics showcasing the cast of amazing people that came out to my Empty Bottle show last month. Maybe you were there?
+ Yesterday I received my personnummer, which in turn means that this afternoon I register for my Swedish for Immigrants class.
Swedish entry word
person|nummer [²per_s'o:num:er] -numret -nummer -numren (el. -nummerna) noun
ett tiosiffrigt nummer som tilldelas alla som blir folkbokförda eller får skattsedel i Sverige
English translation
civic registration number
Everyone in Sweden who is registered with the population census authority or has a tax card is given a ten-digit civic registration number. The first six digits are the year, month and day of birth, the following three are the birth number and the last is a control number.
+ So, I'm going to say it, there's been a lack of comment action on this here blog. I know plenty of you are reading (I occasionally check stats), and I see that you're emailing me (I always respond to everyone) but for some reason public comments aren't really happening in Mike Downey blog land. As I go through my list of daily blogs I visit I see some with loads of comments, others have barely any, go figure. I know that this isn't a popularity contest, but sheesh, you guys can do better that this! I'm over here in the Nordic North fumbling over the pronunciation, attempting to cook dinner but oops the instructions on the box of whatever are in Swedish/Danish/Finnish so I must first have a translation session before I even fire up a burner, wondering if 10 kronor to have someone hang up your coat or 5 to take a leak is lawful, etc...you get the picture; you can help. And you can help by commenting.
...this Scottish cow that lives in my neighborhood would surely comment, if
posted by mike downey @ 6:04 PM
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8 Comments:
I demand more pictures of the cow.
I want to rub my face on that cows side. Is he really your neighbor?
oh yeah, keep 'em coming. yes, this cow lives in "my neighborhood" i guess...if you take the trail that starts very close to my apartment building and walk about 100 feet you'll come across this cow behind an electric fence, ouch. isn't it luscious? i'm flush with the forest.
the cow is a GIRL you know. xo.
Dude, I don't care where you live - that's NO fucking COW!!!
I can live with "a horned-beast is locked up in my neighborhood behind an electric fence... I feel safe for now..." But NO way is that a cow.
" fuck me runnin' "
I get it. So the next time someone asks "Where's the beef?" in your apartment, you can look them straight in the eye and say, "Certainly. Follow me."
People ask that all the time, so the perks of your move are already enormous.
P.S. That "cow" is amazing.
i met this cow a year ago when I was here and was just blown away at the site of such a beast. SHE has 2 siblings that graze along side her complete with a sign by the trail that gives their names (which I forget) and their relationships to each other. It's amazing to see them just hanging out and being all shaggy and I guess happy.
For more on Scottish Highland Cows go here.
See, I blog, you comment and we learn!
Swedish Word Entry
hockeyfrilla - mullet; svenskerhår in Danish since they say all the Swedes like to rock the fashion mullet.
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