everyday life

er, the tv series, 1994-2009

So this evening it all ends. After 331 episodes and 16 years it's time to say goodbye! The final ep is here. This TV-series had been my favorite, from episode 1. And I'm gonna miss it! The show survived when Clooney left, when Anthony Edwards left, when Noah Wylie left. And continued with new doctors and nurses. I loved Dr Ross, Nurse Hathaway, Dr Greene, Dr Carter, Dr Kovas, Dr Lockhart, Dr Rasgotra, Dr Barnett and Dr Gates. I learned to love Dr Pratt, Dr Weaver, Dr Romano, Dr Morris and Dr Brenner. I cried a lot when Dr Greene died and when Dr Pratt died. And the sudden death of Lucy Knight was a shocker. There as been love, break ups, heart breaks, deaths, births - life of the nurses, doctors and desk clerks at the County General in Chicago.

And all the great guest stars: Sally Field, Forrest Whittaker, Alan Alda, Red Buttons, Ray Liotta, Ewan McGregor, William H Macy, Don Cheadle, James Cromwell and Stanley Tucci.

Well, it's time to say goodbye and start collect the series on DVD!

I will miss you all!

take two

Yesterday I started a new project. I have been thinking of knitting a feather and fan scarf/stole for ages, and last night I started. I found a pattern on Stickas website and I had the yarn. The pattern is for a thin wool yarn and I had a bit ticker yarn, so I choose needles 4.5 mm instead for 3.0 mm as the pattern said, but I realize pretty quick I needed to frog it and change to bigger needles. So I frog it this morning and started over with needles 6.0 mm and it outcome was much better.

The new, improved Old Shale - take two.

So tonight I have been sitting in my sofa, knitting on the Old Shale and watching 2 episodes of The Tudors (season 1). I bought the DVD at Heathrow, while waiting for my flight home from London. And I just love it. The series has just begun on Swedish television, but I'm happy I bought the dvd. It's more fun to see a couple of episodes and enjoy the story and the intrigues at the Royal Court and watch the lovely dresses. And Henry VIII is hot. Have you seen it?

Back to my knitting now!

photos

In my work as an archivist I handle photo's everyday. I'm photo archivist. My main work is to make our big photo collection avalible on the internet, in a big database for you to browse.

It makes me happy, when I by chance, on Saturday evening saw the beginning of a fantastic BBC-series, about the french banker Albert Kahn and his amazing photo archive. The Wonderful World Of Albert Kahn. I was stunned to see these amazing photographs taken between 1908-1930, with scenes from over 50 countries, in colour! For those of you interested in photo's and can see Swedish televion and has the Kunskapskanalen, you can see the first episode again Friday 25, at 7 pm and the second episode at Saturday 26, at 10 pm (really bad hours both days, but you can always record it and see it later).

Skyline - N.Y.C.: Woolworth Bldg., Singer Bldg., Bankers Trust Bldg. (LOC)

(photo from the Library of Congress)

And have you Americans (and the rest of you) notice, that you can see The Library Of Congress photo's on Flickr? Over 3.000 photo's both in colour and black/white! So fun to look at!

the last dinner?

The last episode is here, and starts now. The last episode of the Sopranos. How will it end? Will Tony get wacked or does he survive? In one hour I know!

What did you think of the last ep? I would love to you your feelings about it!

early bird

Woke up at 4 am this morning and had hopes to get back to sleep, but 45 minutes later I stood up and started my day. So here I am, I have made breakfast and I will watch last nights episode of Grey's Anatomy. I hope you had a better sleep an I. The past weeks I have been a trouble sleeper and it ain't fun. What do you do when you have trouble with your sleep? I trying to stay away from my sleeping pills, but in the end, I'll take some to get some sleep.

By the way, we got some good news on Tuesday at work. There are some money left to employ Mon to the end of the year! YAY! So, I'm no hurry to get the socks finished to Friday. She will get them on Monday, to celebrate her "new" job...

Back to my breakfast and McDreamy.

the weekend

The weekend is almost over and I had a great weekend. There where no rain, just sun. I have been taking care of myself, after a busy week, with good food, long walks in the sun (the leaves has start to turn), reading, surfing and listen to music (still a lot of Neko Case and Ryan Adams). While on the internet I have spent a lot of time on Facebook. Yepp, me too. And I have found some of you there.. As Ravelry, it's addicted!

And I have started a new sock project. I'm knitting a pair of Raggsockor (thick winter socks). A going-away gift to one of my colleauges, who's leaving in the end of the week. It's a bit sad, beacuse, we would love to keep her, but we have no money, to keep her going. This is the worst in the museum/archive business. There is no money to employ people, just for a short time. A couple of months here and there. (In this case, we actually got money for as long as 1 1/2 year.) It sucks, it really sucks! I know - I had over 10  years of these short employment, before I got my tenure 2005.

My plans for this evening is to knit and watch this weeks episode of The Sopranos! We're in mid of the last season! As always, HBO rocks!

so far

so far, originally uploaded by catsfalk.

It has been a lot of knitting today, but I have manage my house work too. Laundry, cleaning and other "fun" stuff. I have been working on that sock I have blogged about for ages.. But I actually see the end of it now. At the moment I have about 20 rows before I can start on the toe. Next up? Some kiddies sock. Small and a fast knit! I have a couple of one year olds who needs new sock!

The weather has been spectacular this weekend. A lot of sun and warmth. I hope it will stay for a while now. Next week I just have 2 work days! Monday and Tuesday. After that, a very long weekend! On Wednesday, June 6, most of us has a free day. It's Sweden's National day. And I'm off rest of the week!! I'm happy!!

Tonight it's time for a goodbye. The last episode of "Six Feet Under" ever. I have really liked this series. HBO does it good! Most series from HBO are watchable. Goodbye Fischer's! I will miss you!

/ C

darn!

Kiruna 070511, originally uploaded by catsfalk.

I left my camera at work yesterday! Darn! And I had a couple of nice picture's to share. So I need to go back to work today and pick it up! I can't have a weekend with out my camera. I had a horrible dream last night, a dream about loosing my camera, during a visit to Moscow (where do you get everything from, in your dreams?).

I got this photo in the mail yesterday, from one of my colleauges, Barbro, in Kiruna. Here in Stockholm and the rest of south Sweden, are enjoying spring and the summer is not far away. But not in Kiruna, there the winter is very much on. This picture is taken yesterday afternoon. And when I was in Kiruna in middle of October - the snow had just arrived and now we are in middle of May and the snow is still there.. 8 month (and counting) of snow... I'm very glad I'm not a resident of the city of Kiruna!

Plans for today? First, get to work and pick up the camera. After that? A stroll through the city, get a cup of coffee somewhere, catch a train home and curl up in the sofa knitting and watching some Ice Hockey World Championships semi finals, Sweden vs Canada and Finland vs Russia. I'm hoping for a final between Sweden and Finland.

Go Sweden!

And by the way, HAPPY 40th, Virve!

tales from the crypt

So when you can't go to work, tired to read and need to see something while knit you tend to watch a lot of (bad) TV. Nowdays you have a lots of channels fo chose from (I have about 25-30 to chose between).

It was another story when I grew up in the 70s and 80s. In Sweden we had two, 2, channels to see. Public television 1 and public television 2. The year I was born, 1969, was also the birth of Public Television 2, so I have no experience of just ONE channel.  My fellow 1969ers are the generation with choice's.. ;)

As long as I can remember, Sunday night 8- 8.30 pm, has been the time slot for comdies (and actually, still is. During the 70s and the 80s - mostly American comedies (but sometimes british comedies - hey, do you remember Bottom, The Blackadder, Not the Nine O'clock News,The Young Ones, 'Allo 'Allo?). On this time slot we'd saw S.O.A.P (a young Billy Chrystal as Jodie Dallas), Benson, Mork & Mindy, The Golden Girls, The Cosby Show, A Diffrent World. And during my illness I have seen a couple of these shows again, on the channel 4 Comedy. And when I was in my early teens I thought Denise Cosby (Lisa Bonet) was ... the best. But watching The Cosby Show today was kind of booooring. Daddy ALWAYS knows best. Bill Cosby is not a funny guy! Why did we all think that during the 80s?

We also saw Happy Days, M*A*S*H, Yes, Minister, Fawlty Towers (a series I can see over and over again).

My favorite nowdays? Well, British comedy is  what I like:  Coupling, The Office, Absolutley Fabulous is shows that I enjoy watching over and over again. Thank God for DVD:s.

/ C

knitting bag

my "new" knittingbag
Originally uploaded by catsfalk.

I want to show you all, my "new" knitting bag. New and new... I made this bag in the school year of 1979/1980, my 4th grade year, in sewing class. I have been using this string bag from time to time as a laundry bag when I travel, but the last couple of month I have been using it as my knitting bag. And the bag is still in good shape, after all these years. I sewing class we all learnd how to sew - by hand and by machine, embroderiery and of course to knit and crochet.

Sewing has, though, never been my strong side.. I'm glad I know how to sew in buttons in a shirt or in a skirt. But acually sew something useful, I don't know... But long ago I could, obviously...

Now it's time for some knitting, along with Izzie, Meredith, Christina and McDreamy.

/ C