I’ve been out cold for a few days, and felt quite bad off for about a week. Got hit with a cold at the beginning of last week and had to stay home from work on Thursday and Friday. Slept most of Thursday and sneezed myself dizzy for most of the Friday. I’m a little better today, or at least well enough to sit on the sofa and blog for a bit. Had to postpone my driving lesson till Tuesday though. Wanted to do it tomorrow instead, but my instructor didn’t have any openings till the beginning of next week.

I did have the opportunity yesterday though, to sit down and watch Barbarella!

It’s just a big massive wonder of 60s design, music and hair and of course, Jane Fonda. I love it! Favoutrite quote: “A good many dramatic situations begin with screaming.”

I have been watching a great deal of Olympic events over the past two weeks and I must say, for being such a small nation (9 million) compared to many of the other countries at the top of the medal table, we’re doing really well! We got out ninth medal yesterday with the gold in the women’s curling final against Canada, and man was that exciting. It was a tie in the 10th end and it could have gone either way up until the last stone of the 11th. And the Swedish men are playing for the curling bronze against Switzerland today. What I’m looking forward to though, is the 50 000 m cross county skiing tomorrow though! I’ve reserved a spot on the sofa and my butt ain’t moving till it’s over.

So what do you think? I think this new theme I found is very refreshing and teal. I’m really pleased, and it didn’t require very much work, but still looks professional and fun, I think. I needed some change. The old theme are still there, saved and ready to come back if I change my mind, but I don’t think I will. The way I reasoned here, when I decided to change, was that I need something to make the blog interesting again, mostly to myself because it’s my interest that’s been lacking. And I also wanted to put more focus on my drawings, which the Flickr widget on the main page will do.

I can’t believe I didn’t think of having a flickr stream showing off my drawings on here before, but I guess there wasn’t ever much room. Really, the only thing I don’t like is the section on the front page called “Favourites”. As you can see it’s all my links, but they’re in alphabetical order rather than in their respective categories, so they’re a bit jumbled, but what the hell, it’s not the end of the world, I suppose.

All in all I really like it. Although I think the short post versions on the front page will take a little getting used to. But not too much, they do look very stylish after all. And here’s a very stylish cat to prove my point. I want one! Give me one, give it now!

Let me tell you peeps, I’m a complete nerd-o when I’m excited about something, and I mean, it’s not like BioWare is holding anything back. I finished Mass Effect last night and I must say I was quite blown away by how gripping the storyline was and how difficult it was to stop playing. Although that shouldn’t really come as a surprise to me, knowing what I’m like and what games like Baldur’s Gate and Dragon Age did to me.

So, needless to say I’m excited about the second one, which just arrived at my desk at work! I ordered it yesterday from a company called “The Game Collection”, cheapest I could find online and with free delivery. I’m so pleasantly surprised by the quick and smooth delivery. I’ll definitely be using them again.

Anyway, I’m a sad, nerdy nerd. I’m sitting here reading the game manual in between calls, staring at the cover, wishing I was at home so I could try it out. I’ll definitely be transferring my character over from the first game as I’ve quite grown to like her over the last couple of weeks.

Space, here I come!