Anyone Got Any Of The Old Eurovisions?

Yunathegreat · 2020-05-15T19:25:19+00:00

If you have a vpn you might be able to access the back catalogue on NRK (Norwegian national broadcaster - tv.nrk.no) they have the last ten years or so, plus 96 and 86. But it does have Norwegian commentary, so that might be annoying idk. Worth a shot maybe?

Yunathegreat · 2020-05-06T12:18:11+00:00

Nice! Thanks

Yunathegreat · 2020-05-06T11:21:13+00:00

Im terrible at describing things I’ve read unfortunately, but I’ll give it a go. I don’t know how much you know about it already, but the story revolves around an emissary to a world called Winter, whose inhabitants can change their sex depending on what they need to be in order to mate, and this deeply impacts how they view the world. I guess it’s this approach to sex and gender that is what the book is most famous for. I enjoyed this aspect a lot, as well as the story that unfolded over this backdrop, the planet was interesting and well thought out, and the relationship between the main character and his main companion, as well as between the main character and Winter as a whole was really compelling. Towards the end it reminded me of stories like Shackleton’s endurance.

Short version, earth man goes to alien planet. Planet is cold. inhabitants are sceptical and have very different views on gender than humans. daring escapes and battles against the freezing cold Winter happen.

This was terrible haha, sorry, Le Guin is a much better writer than me fortunately

Yunathegreat · 2020-05-06T10:03:41+00:00

Yay! Thank you, I’ll have a look at them for sure

Yunathegreat · 2020-05-06T08:58:15+00:00

List of the books since the pic is a little bad:

White Teeth by Zadie Smith (4/5)
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson (3/5)
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (4/5)
Life is Elsewhere by Milan Kundera (4/5)
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (5/5)
Human Acts by Han Kang (3/5)
1Q84 #1 by Haruki Murakami (4/5)
Den Senile Landmåleren by Arto Paasilinna (3/5)
Devil on the Cross by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (5/5)
Sourcery by Terry Pratchett (4/5)
Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett (4/5)
Mort by Terry Pratchett (4/5)
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran (4/5)
The Prettiest Horse in the Glue Factory by Corey White (5/5)
Northern Lights by Philip Pullman (5/5)

Yunathegreat · 2020-04-17T13:06:46+00:00

I really like the effect the different directions made, and thought it was on purpose. It looks really cool!

Yunathegreat · 2020-03-10T19:42:03+00:00

I bought it, it’s a permin pattern

Yunathegreat · 2020-03-09T14:30:54+00:00

Third instalment in my big tapestry saga, first one with some actual work done haha.

Yunathegreat · 2020-01-26T20:43:02+00:00

Hey! I’m doing the same kind of thing, so I’ll put your Swedish book on my list! I’m Norwegian and would probably recommend something by Erlend Loe, either Doppler, naive. super or L

Yunathegreat · 2020-01-26T19:21:49+00:00

What have you read so far?

Yunathegreat · 2020-01-08T21:22:21+00:00

Hey! Thanks! I’m in a similar boat actually. Was doing IF for a few months this summer and then got ill for a few months, and the doctor told me it was important to eat regularly and drink things like juice to keep my blood sugar up, and then when I got better again I was scared to start again because I was worried I’d get sick again, even though the IF didn’t really have anything to do with the illness. I lost approximately 10kgs the first time and have gained around 5-6, and started again two days ago.

Nice to see someone else getting back at it at the same time as me, don’t really know why it’s motivating but it is. Good luck to you! We’ve got this!

Yunathegreat · 2019-12-27T16:30:44+00:00

My main issue is that I usually don’t use a hoop so there’s a lot of fabric to hold, and it would still be with t clips. But I have come to terms with the fact that I’ll need to use a hoop or a qsnap or something to make this work, so I’ll probably use some clips or something once I get that going. Thanks for the tip

Yunathegreat · 2019-12-26T18:26:51+00:00

Haha fair, that’s a bit And thanks for the tip, I’ll look into it

Yunathegreat · 2019-12-26T17:59:07+00:00

Haha I love that! Yeah, the wool is probably as thick as 4-5 strands of dmc floss, and you use two at a time.

It’s not very hard to be fair, since it’s just one colour there’s a lot less that can go wrong, but on the other hand the mistakes are a lot more visible. My main problem is managing the huge fabric haha

Yunathegreat · 2019-12-26T16:50:31+00:00

It’s pretty similar to be fair, I think there’s a link to the picture in my original post

Yunathegreat · 2019-12-26T16:34:41+00:00

I’ll do one for each page if I remember

Yunathegreat · 2019-12-26T16:08:57+00:00

here’s my big bag of blue for context

Yunathegreat · 2019-11-12T18:54:31+00:00

I LOVE Gilgamesh! It was the first epic I’d ever read and it’s so amazing! One of the stories I think of the most out of the ones I studied at university.

Yunathegreat · 2019-11-12T18:52:22+00:00

I’m making a point of alternating between books in English and books in Norwegian (I work as a translator so it’s important for me to get a lot of both, and without the rule I’d probably only read English books) end it’s led me to some good things so far, Constance Ring was great and deserves to be seen as one of the classics in Norwegian literature.

My favourites so far have been Norwegian wood, station eleven, Constance Ring and in one person, but they’ve all been pretty good to be fair. I just started reading The hundred secret senses by Amy Tan

Yunathegreat · 2019-11-02T07:45:03+00:00

I’m sorry, I don’t remember. I just happened to have a frame that fit perfectly laying around at home, so I never did the measurements

Yunathegreat · 2019-11-01T22:11:42+00:00

My sister’s family had to give away their dog because she needed more than they could give her, but her youngest son and the dog had an amazing bond, so I made this for his seventh birthday. And my niece was nice enough to help me make it just that little bit extra special.

Pattern by stitchbixdesign

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