Yakoob on 17/12/2016 at 22:57
Just dropped off my sister at the airport after her weeklong pre-holiday visit. So that kinda made me sad today :/ but we had a nice last morning, strolling by the park, grabbing a coffee, and a last polish style breakfast at home!
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Herring! Pickled Herring! Pickled Herring in Sour Cream! Pickled Herring in Sour Cream on Dark Rye Pumpernickel Bread! This makes me happy! Also Vodka
A man after my own heart ;p we always have a ton of pickled and creamed herrings at xmas dinners. There's a few bars the specialize in a shot of vodka + pickled herring as chaser.
nickie on 17/12/2016 at 23:18
I've been staying with my mother to look after her for a couple of days after she had easy peasy laser eye surgery. I'm happy on two counts. 1. I'm going home with the back seat of the car chock-a-block full of wine and gin and 2. we had a political discussion for 2 hours, with opposing views, and we still like each other. That's more like a miracle. :)
faetal on 17/12/2016 at 23:35
Man, I love pickled herring. The last time I was in Sweden I ate a shit load one night before going out with friends, forgetting that I can't eat fish and drink, as it always (literally without fail) makes me vomit. Not sure why, internet seems to have wives tale and little else to offer by way of explanation, but there it is. Anyway, there is a green pickled herring I got in Malmö whose name I forget, but it's awesome and sweet and fishy and ridiculous.
Vivian on 18/12/2016 at 00:07
Green pickled herring?
demagogue on 18/12/2016 at 02:08
I wouldn't need the booze to get queasy. (Although my name Cade does apparenly mean the units of barrels of those herring.) Speaking of which, Japanese food is either total win or total fail for me, no middle ground mercy. I can't drink as relentlessly as Japanese do, much less over plates of raw sea food or raw horse.
Uh, things that make me happy?
Little rituals I guess. Reading Tocqueville under a tree in the summer. Improvising a song on piano for a friend. Talking philosophy over coffee. Things like that.
montag on 18/12/2016 at 03:03
I'm happy that that post wasn't as bad as it could have been! I woke this morning (late morning) with a vague sense that I may have done something foolish, finally I convinced myself that everything was OK. Then tonight I sat down in front of my PC, and those vague feelings came flooding back. So, I am very happy that no real long-term damage was done, and I am happy (and proud) that I managed to change my location, I think that was a nice touch for someone in my condition, especially at 3:30 in the morning!
p.s. I am still happy about pickled herring, but think I might be less happy about Green Herring!
faetal on 18/12/2016 at 07:02
It's not the fish itself which is green, it's the stuff it's in. Some herb or other.
hopper on 18/12/2016 at 09:37
Dill is green and a well-known pickleant.
PigLick on 18/12/2016 at 15:05
montag I am glad that in some way, my posts have enriched your life.
