Call Me

Well, ok maybe not. Or, yes you can call me. Although I won't guarantee that I'll pick up.

Do you remember this gem from Blondie?



Now brace yourself, as I'm about to shock you. I never really cared for Blondie or the song for that matter. Then of course, I got an alert that a certain Miss Sabrina Salerno had teamed up with a certain Miss Samantha Fox for a cover version.

Maybe you remember back in the 80s and early 90s there was a page 6 girl catfight? This was the battle of the boobs. Samantha vs. Sabrina. Britain vs. Italy. The media catfight in which the two girls were battling it out on whose boobs were real, who could get to the no. 1 spot and wore least clothes in their videos and photoshoots.

They both fizzled out like punctured breast implants by the early 90s though. Sabrina tried a couple of times to get back her fame in Europe but maintained her star status in Italy. Where Samantha Fox went, I have no clue. Are the rumours true that she's a lesbian?

Anýway, what happens when two 80s has beens come together in appreciation of Blondie?



Yes that. What do you think?

Cribs: Blogger edition

I was watching MTV Cribs the weekend before last because there was absolutely nothing good on TV. What struck me was that apparently money doesn't equal taste (I knew that) and that apparently a lot of these so-called celebrities I've never heard of before (maybe I'm just getting old) hired what looked like the same bad interior decorator. The shame!

Still it's great fun to look into other peoples homes. See the things they cherish enough to display and how style changes depending on what country you live in. I like the interior designs magazines because they usually feature a home from some D-list celebrity and getting that one chance to see how they really live is interesting.

On Danish TV they go a step further as they make it a guessing game who lives there. Two people whose profession it is to analyse who buys for instance the iPhone or something else. After having had a look around their home they will guess who lives there getting a few clues on the way along with what they see. It's the kind of show I imagine my parents would watch but I really like it. Even if I have no clue who most of these "celebrities" are. Most of them are sports personalities or in politics.

Another programme we have takes us into us mere mortals homes and two real estate firms are then to look through the house after being given the information they need and guess how much the house sold for. This is also a programme my parents watch, but it's good and I like the stolen glances of their sofas and such. It's very telling.

Then of course there is reality. You are standing at a bus stop, your eyes wander and suddenly you find yourself staring into the living room of someone you don't know. It's still interesting, but not so entertaining when the owner suddenly glares back at you. Sometimes I just want to scream "get some f...... curtains then".

Bad attitude aside I thought I should give you a look at my crib as MTV puts it. It's not hippiety hoppy or blingtastic and I don't have diamond encrusted watches or massive high top (whatever they are - I never did find out) collections to show you though. You'll have to settle for what my humble salary has been able to support. It is cribtastic (I made it up, hush you!) though.

Welcome to Cribs: Sayhey!

Welcome to my humble (Cribtastic!) crib. We start here in my hall. It's no Dynasty hall though but it does the trick. That's a good thing because I don't need to hire all those maids. The tiny painting/print below the Herstal lamp is a Poul Pava. I like his creations because the creatures he paints always look so sad or lonely. Or both.

If we start by going to the right, we'll end up in my fabulous kitchen.

A fabulous kitchen that you might have already seen, at least bits, of. I've tried to keep it in white and blue. The blind is actually a nice blue colour (the reason why I've got it down is that the gulls and doves are using it for target practice)

Now let's check the fridge. They always do on Cribs.

In my fridge I have, from left to right, upper shelf to lower.

• pickled cucumber salad
• Santa Maria bbc sauce (there is no better)
• capers
• Heinz chili sauce
• Cheasy vanilla yoghurt
• frying oil butter combo
• whipped cream in a can
• 1,5% milk
• Heinz tomato ketchup (there is no other brand of ketchup - enough said!)

• canned pineapple slices
• Apetina salad cheese (the artist formerly known as Feta until the Greek decided to become Feta nazis)
• Cupcake face mask from Lush (in the little black pot)
• Cheasy 9% creme fraiche
• Cheasy grated cheese
• cocktail sausages
• dijonnaise from Maille
• raspberry jam
• ecological eggs
• Port Salut cheese
• chunky mushroom soup
• extra virgin olive oil
• Rose's Lime
• more milk
• kiwis
• a bottle of cava
• Blue Sapphire
• Bailey's mint flavour
• Blue Curacua
• raspberry Smirnoff
• white bacardi
• garlic

Now let's move, shall we?

From the kitchen we go straight ahead, through the door behind the front door.

In there we find the bathroom. Small but functional. It's got a shower area behind the Mickey Mouse shower curtain but there is not much else to it. From the bathroom we take a left and go right into the living room.

Obviously decorated a bit for Christmas, but it's there. If you keep your eyes away from the windows please as one can't really look outside anyway because the window washer hasn't been here since I moved in. Oh well. That's my dining area, and if you wonder why there is an arrangement of wine and such on the round white table, it's the company Christmas present. It was nice even if the wine had screw caps on it.

Turning left you find this view.



The shelves just got more DVDs and books in it now as that's an old photo and a door between there. Going into that room and looking right you find my workspace.

Looking left instead you'll find my guest bed which is a fold out sofa. The like you might have had when you were 13. It's gray and not very pretty. Above it is the following painting.

An original someone. I'm not sure who. My drunken aunt gave it to me because she claimed I was telling her how I loved it when I was 10. I do like it though, but I have no memory of ever saying that though. Going back into the living room on the way out into the hall again you pass my sofa area.

A big 80s comfy black leather sofa and red shag (it's really neat, it's got silk, faux silk and cotton strips in it) carpet. To the left is my TV and my Nintendo Wii, DVD player and VHS player.

If I really wanted I could show you my bedroom but that's private. You've got to keep some things private afterall. Now get the hell out of my crib!

Ciao! Now let's see your Crib!

Enter the Matrix

I think we need to wait until the hourglass disappears.

Mortens Aften

To be honest I try to make it Petes Day every day, or at least as much as humanly possible. Still, wouldn't it be glorious if there was an official day called Petes Day or if you had a day? I like the idea even if it's not a national holiday.

One day every year, today actually. Well it's not today, it's not until tomorrow. This is a pretty complicated day. Tonight, November 10, is "Mortens Evening" this is the eventful bit but tomorrow is actually "Mortens Day". The funny thing is the man the day is named after was actually not named Morten. His name was Martin, but this was back in the year 300 and something. Having taken the time to do a bit of research on this, I've found out that it was St. Martin who didn't want to become bishop.

So one day, on November 10 he hid on a sty where geese were kept but the geese made a lot of noise alarming the people looking for him and he was found and forced to become bishop. Apparently he made a decree that on November 11 everyone should kill and eat geese. As goose was such a large and expensive meal, it was later changed for the cheaper and smaller duck. I'm assuming that the reason why we now eat it on Mortens evening instead of Mortens Day is because every tradition changes over the years.

For many years Mortens Aften hasn't been celebrated or used commercially to sell things, but in recent years it's made a comeback. For my mother it's a test of what Christmas is going to be like. As per tradition my mother cooks a duck, does white and brown potatoes (coated in caramel), red cabbage and a rice pudding which isn't actually rice pudding but all this food is so Danish it doesn't have English words. I'll try to find recipes at some point. It was at such an event back in 2004 where I threw a hissy fit in the middle of dinner and stormed out in front of my ex sister in laws parents and my drunken aunt because my brothers brats were at their very worst and my brother did nothing about it.

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In response to Bingowings post. Here is for S Club 7 talent Rachel Stevens with another public service announcement.

Get to it.

View from a bridge

Every morning on my way to work I zoom past a tiny town, a suburb of sorts I suppose, and spot an art piece with water. Since I never quite manage to sit in the right spot on the train I always missed it and only saw something odd down on the opposite side of the platform. Plus, I read a lot on the train so I haven't paid a lot of attention to it. On Friday I managed to spot two men in blue uniforms doing something rather down there. It appeared as if they were trying to lift something out of something so I got curious as to what was down there.

Going online I found photos of this glorious art piece. A waterfeature, which has had the inhabitants of the town all up in arms. I could only venture a guess that it's really because it's ugly.

It's a bathroom! With a large man sitting in the tub while water is coming out of the sink and toilet as well as the tub, flooding the room. Now

There, that's more like the angle I see it from. My question is, why place any art there, in what appears to be a sandbox? Now, let's zoom in on this wonder.

That's the man in the tub up close. Apparently someone decided to decapitate the poor man much like they did with the Little Mermaid in Copenhagen.

It looks a little more floral from this side, but it's still ugly.

Look at that bog!

And the sink!

As other people have already done unspeakable things to this art piece I thought it was OK for me to do a little cyber vandalism to it myself. You see, Sparkly (Tim) Malarky has made a Wonky-mouth Mission, and I just had to join. Anything to be closer to that goodness eh? There may be more Wonky-mouth goodness in upcoming posts.

Sims 101

First of all, I just noticed that my last post was my 100th post on Blogger. Meaning this is my 101st - yay! How about that! Pheeew, no wonder I felt a little blogged out. Anyway enough about that, today I'm going to give you a more intimate look into the world of Sims 2.

It'll mostly be screenshots with a little explanation because it gives a better overview of the game. One of my favorite things about Sims 2 is making the Sims. Dressing them up, doing their hair and eye colours and all that. It's fabulous and as an example I've done the Coven aka IDV, Dinah, Tim, T-Birdy and Dora.

All the screenshots can be clicked to make them bigger.

In the creating Sims section you can change almost everything to get it to look exactly how you want it.

Step 1 is where you do the general stuff such as name, thin/fat and skin tone, man/woman.

Step 2 is where you pick the general facial construction (which can later be molded into oblivion if desired)

Step 3 is where you change everything from hair, eyes, jawline and mouth to nose and forehead. You can have different hairstyles for different outfits.

Step 4 is where the look of the finished face is completed.

The diamond at the top is where you add jewellery, the pencil is where you add makeup such as blush, eyeliner, eyeshadow and lippy. The next one is full face makeup, if you want your sim to look like a clown, lion or some tribal person. Next is glasses, then eyebrows, then stubble and last mustaches are added/removed.

Step 5 is the outfits, where you add one outfit for each occasion. Everyday, formal, PJs, underoos, gym clothes, swimwear and outerwear. I'll get back to that.

Step 6 is personality. You decide what astrological sign your Sim will be either from just choosing Cancer or Virgo or deciding what trades your Sim must possess. You also pick your likes/dislikes (this is so high school - I love it!) and aspiration. There are 6 aspirations. Family, Romance, Pleasure, Fortune, Knowledge and popularity.

And that's that. You've created a Sim. This can take very long, or be done quickly depending on what you are looking for and if you can find it. Especially the outfits. If you don't have the outfit you want, you can go online to different sites and download new ones and upload them to the game. Or create your own with the Bodyshop that comes with the game. Endless fun right there!
Like I said earlier, I created the Coven and this is how they (you) ended up, starting with IDV

This is his everyday clothes. We've seen IDV wearing all kinds of orange shirts and while there was frightfully many orange shirts (4 I think) in the game this was the most decent one I could find. Now on with the next outfit.

I don't exactly know his preferences when it comes to formal wear and there was no orange outfits so I just picked something that was worthy of someone working in the government and still looking young and kool (even if he is way old). Let's see IDV in his underoos.

There, we didn't have any jockstraps or commando options so I opted for a gray pair from Calvin Klein.

Again, no jockstrap or commando option so I picked these. A little too modest I think but he could go pick up the mail in them (if his neighbours wore sunglasses mind).

Next up swimwear. Orange again, he likes that. This time Calvin Klein, no he can go to the pool and be sure to get noticed. Even in the dark.

Gym clothes, slightly orange tight top and loose fitting shorts from Nike. And finally....

Outerwear for when it gets cold (comes only with the Expansion Pack Seasons). This is something he can go gardening and go to Sainsburys (or was it ASDA?) as well as make snowangels in.

That's IDV done. Now on to Tim(Tams).

I went through so many looks for Tim, but I felt that although he is a sweetheart and all that he does want to project something a little harder and kooler. Plus he likes longsleeved shirts under T-shirts and I quite like what those jeans do for him. Another major factor was the shoes. A lot of the shoes in Sims 2, especially for the males are quite hideous. These aren't. They should make a shoe option so you could add the shoes you want to certain outfits.

For formal wear, something really classic yet different. Black, nice shoes and a vest.

As for underoos, naturally the tiniest Calvins we could find. The other ones were too kinky for him. Maybe I should have stuck IDV in those? I can't remember when I added them but clearly they are quite um, different.

The PJs very classic. Still displaying the manlyness of the Tim(Tams).

Gray Emporio Armani trunks with zipper details for the pool. Maybe not comfortable but certainly as rock'n'roll as trunks get.

The gym clothes are practical with some kool red shoes and a sweatband on the wrist. Now he can go running and have the entire Coven ooogling him.

For outerwear I was a little at a loss, but this is pretty decent. I would have wanted some kool jeans and an army jacket. Still this was what I could come up with. I need to go looking for more outerwear. That was Tim all done. Next!

Now Dinah the naughty librarian.

I didn't have a proper naughty librarian outfit, but this is cute for everyday wear. The question, is she wearing something under that jacket or isn't she. I can hear Tims brain already whirring and see the steam coming out of his ears. There were many, many cute outfits but without knowing a whole lot about Dinah this is what I thought would be appropriate.

Dinah all ready in her formal wear, checking if her date is here yet. Again loads of options to choose from but I found that they were too opulent or slutty for Dinah. Dinah may be naughty but she is a classy kind of naughty.

A lot of the underwear made her either look like she was fat or ready to work the streets so I almost gave her a bathrobe to be done with it. Then I found this floral number. It's kind of cute.

For PJs there were few options and I didn't want her to look like she was 60 so I picked this little number. Cute and sexy yet demure enough not to betray the cuteness that is Dinah.

For swimwear a regular one piece blue swimsuit. Keep the puppies in and feel confident and sexy.

Now gym clothes was tricky. Nothing was quite Dinah material so I ended up with this boring thing. Apologies.

In the outerwear the naughty librarian comes out again with the stylish coat, kicky boots and a black hose. Next up!

T-Birdy the aussie babe!

A no fuss dress light enough for those hot Australian summers, with cute shoes and jewellery. I didn't have the right frou-frou dress for everyday wear.

For formal wear I threw T-Birdy in this couture outfit from Chanel. I love it and it looks like she agrees by swinging her ponytail around - or did she spot Tim peeping at her through the window?

Since she's Australian I thought it was only natural to put her in Australian lingerie. This is a cute little LK number. The bows and pinkness looks good on her. Plus what you can't see, as it shouldn't become a peepshow is that it's quite revealing in the back. Either a thong (no, not a sandal) or g-string.

Her PJs are this strappy number. I like it.

This bikini for the pool.

This little pink two piece number for the gym. Notice the cute little pink shoes.

I realise my choice for outerwear is a little controversial. It doesn't have to be real fur though. It could be faux fur. I just thought it was cute and there was nothing frou frou. Sorry.

Next up is the fabulous Dora. I have to admit I know nothing about Dora, or very little about her. So this is much more off base than the other Coven members. I apologise.

Everyday wear.

Formal. Notice how that was the dress Marcia Cross (Bree on Desperate Housewives) wore last year, or the year before, to the Emmys.

Naughty underwear.

Cute pink little number.

White bikini. Bold choice.

Maybe this is a little too Britney for Dora?

The outerwear.

Now that we have the Coven outfitted we a group shot.

Smile!

The Coven moves into Pleasantview, they've got 40.000 Simileons (money) to buy a house or rent af flat (only with the Apartment Life Expansion Pack) and decorate it. When you only have a few Sims you only get 20.000. So they need to move into a house.

Welcome to your new home.

The house is almost empty when you move in. You can buy and sell anything that's already in there. Including the trees outside. Then buy beds, bathroom stuff, bookcases etc. You do that in the buy mode. Tim had difficulty believing that there was a red LACK in the game. Now he has proof.

Dinah, the naughty librarian is a good example on how the game works. You see the wants/fears and needs. The needs should always be green (as in, met) or yellow. Red is bad. The wants earns you amongst other things aspiration points which can be used to buy rewards.

The aspiration points are stored and you can buy certain things to make the life of your Sim much easier. Anything from money trees to love tubs and elixer of life. They all have different special benefits but you should only use them when your Sim has platinum mood. Otherwise it may backfire. You also accumulate lifetime aspiration points which can be used to get some of the things on the big square in the middle of the screen. Very difficult to explain if you haven't tried to play it.

The aspiration meter shows you how brillian you are. It also shows you the Lifetime want for the Sim. Dinah wants to become a Mad Scientist.

Under the needs tab (the Crystal icon) there are 4 other tabs. The second one is your list of friends. Then comes the job tab where you can also see your skill points (if you play chess you get logic skill points, if you exercise you get body skill points etc.). After that comes the Simology which is your biography. This is where you can find your memories, interests, the likes and dislikes you picked when you created the Sim etc. Finally the benefits tab where you find the aspiration points, your backpack which you can put anything into (not other Sims or Pets - if you have the Pets expansion pack) and career rewards.

That's pretty much it. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask me in the comments box. Also comments on the outfits etc. are appreciated.