random updates
After attending just one meeting, I've become the
organizer for The
København Expat American Meetup Group.
(København, which is pronounced sort of
like curb-en-HOWN, is the Danish word
for Copenhagen.) I managed to attend a meeting
of LINK
without becoming organizer, but it was a lot of
fun anyway. (Currently, that link takes you to a
page saying they are redesigning their site, and
I just want to say "hallelujah!" about that.
Maybe I won't be forced to volunteer for that
after all.)
I presented my little darlings with a whole fish. I have no idea what kind of fish it was, because the Danish word was so unfamiliar to me I didn't bother remembering it. It was probably 8 to 10 inches long. (I still don't think in centimeters yet, but I'm working on it.) Between the two of them, all that is now left is about half an inch of the head. I never thought I'd say this, but it's incredibly satisfying to hear my Lidja crunch on fish bones. And yes, once more, raw animal bones are safe.
Last Friday, T & I went to Tæppeland to place our order for the tiles we need to do our Tetris floor. Yes, for those of you who have not yet heard, we are putting a Tetris floor in our living room. What does that mean? We're using Marmoleum Click (details in English | color options in Denmark) to create a floor in a pattern made of Tetrominoes. I've included my design for your enjoyment. The tiles are to arrive on Friday, and we will begin installing Friday night or (more likely) Saturday.
Many people have made comments along the lines of, "that won't increase your property value." You may be thinking that as well. I have a couple of things to say about that. a) T & I want a Tetris floor. If we worry about our property value more than what we want, when are we going to get it? Never. That's dumb. b) Marmoleum Click doesn't nail down, so it's a snap to remove. Maybe we can even take it with us?
If, on the other hand, you recognize this for what it is, which is a totally awesome idea, and you might want to do it yourself, I have a couple of suggestions for you. Here in Denmark at least, the tiles are only sold in packs of seven. Had I known this, I might have made my design more divisible-by-seven-friendly, but by the time we were at Tæppeland ready to order, we didn't really feel like changing the design. Call ahead and find out how many are in the packs you need. Secondly, Forbo has a floor planner on their website (English | Danish). If you want to stay true to the game, Wikipedia has a comprehensive table of what tetrominoes were what color in what version. I'm pretty anti-magenta-or-purple-in-my-living-room, so I chose not to do this. I'm hoping to include pictures and maybe even video of the installation and finished product. Stay tuned.
I presented my little darlings with a whole fish. I have no idea what kind of fish it was, because the Danish word was so unfamiliar to me I didn't bother remembering it. It was probably 8 to 10 inches long. (I still don't think in centimeters yet, but I'm working on it.) Between the two of them, all that is now left is about half an inch of the head. I never thought I'd say this, but it's incredibly satisfying to hear my Lidja crunch on fish bones. And yes, once more, raw animal bones are safe.
Last Friday, T & I went to Tæppeland to place our order for the tiles we need to do our Tetris floor. Yes, for those of you who have not yet heard, we are putting a Tetris floor in our living room. What does that mean? We're using Marmoleum Click (details in English | color options in Denmark) to create a floor in a pattern made of Tetrominoes. I've included my design for your enjoyment. The tiles are to arrive on Friday, and we will begin installing Friday night or (more likely) Saturday.
Many people have made comments along the lines of, "that won't increase your property value." You may be thinking that as well. I have a couple of things to say about that. a) T & I want a Tetris floor. If we worry about our property value more than what we want, when are we going to get it? Never. That's dumb. b) Marmoleum Click doesn't nail down, so it's a snap to remove. Maybe we can even take it with us?
If, on the other hand, you recognize this for what it is, which is a totally awesome idea, and you might want to do it yourself, I have a couple of suggestions for you. Here in Denmark at least, the tiles are only sold in packs of seven. Had I known this, I might have made my design more divisible-by-seven-friendly, but by the time we were at Tæppeland ready to order, we didn't really feel like changing the design. Call ahead and find out how many are in the packs you need. Secondly, Forbo has a floor planner on their website (English | Danish). If you want to stay true to the game, Wikipedia has a comprehensive table of what tetrominoes were what color in what version. I'm pretty anti-magenta-or-purple-in-my-living-room, so I chose not to do this. I'm hoping to include pictures and maybe even video of the installation and finished product. Stay tuned.
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