If you’re anything like me, you love taking care of yourself. To me, personally, I’d rather shave my legs and do a face mask over yoga any fucking day to calm myself down. You don’t always have to go deep to feel better. The illusion of loving one’s self actually helps a little bit on a day when you feel that.. heaviness inside.
If you’re also somewhat like me you hate wasting money on shit you could do, maybe even better, yourself. Like ordering a plain salad at a restaurant. In this particular example I don’t care about the money actually -I’ll probably spend as much on ingredients whipping up that salad of mine at home.., it’s a matter of self-respect. But these sheet masks.. they cost like 100 nok.
Which I can respect as a penalty for all the plastic it’s wrapped in, but there are like five ingredients and no laboratory nor physics degree acquired to create these sheets of instant-beauty. So I ventured out on the great internet and got some tips on how to make my own by soaking delicious ingredients from my kitchen in spring roll wrapper. Neat. So I got me some honey. Some aloe vera. Some oats. Some olive oil. And a dash of hot water and simmered it while I jumped in a shower. Lesson one; don’t put stupid ass in shower whilst plate’s on. 29 years I’ve lived without doing that? Anyways. Aired out apartment and went at it again.
As a teenager with atopic eczema I’ve done a lot of weird skin-related stuff. Egg whites, egg yolks, yogurt, tomatoes, avocado.. They’re all messy, they all smell and you’re always left wondering if it actually helped soothe your skin or if you in fact stagnated – decreased even, in collagen production due to stress over level of mess caused by making mask in the first place. But you do it ’cause it makes you feel like you’re doing something that’s.. for yourself, if nothing else.
But this one… My kitchen floors haven’t looked this bad in like ten years when I was dating that toddler.
Oats everywhere.. I’m shook. At that article telling me to cook Oates for my face. Never doing that again.
When I haven’t been doing tlc on myself I’ve been working all easter. So no time for traditional trip to grandma or embarrassing attempts on cross country skiing in same gear I had when I was twelve.. But did manage however to keep food-traditions, obviously. I think one of my earliest childhood memories are from eating big big breakfasts together. Spread out all over the table, sometimes just on blankets on the floor. Homemade rolls, hot chocolate (or as we often did; warmed up milk with honey), greens and just about any spread you can put on a slice of bread imaginable.. Makrell i tomat (which is exactly what it sounds like: mackerel filet in tomato sauce, and is delicious), different cheeses, hams, eggs, chocolate spread, peanut butter, jams, liver pate, smoked salmon -anything! I think to this day it might be my favourite meal. And we ate it as late breakfast or in the evening if we skipped dinner. Frokost and kveldsmat.
Exhibit A
Exhibit B -not representing frokost very well, in fact not at all almost, but it was SUCH a mood. As this easterbunny knows she can eat påskeegg at all times during easter.
That’s the egg with candy. In which I filled three times during easter.
Besides a steady flow of candy the sun’s been out almost every day and it’s been bliss. I didn’t get to enjoy it as much, but I don’t mind as much. I don’t like being tan and if I can’t swim the heat triggers so much in me that I can’t really be bothered sitting outside. Unless there’s wine. And sunglasses.
And who needs to go outside anyways when you can enjoy mornings like this
Also found like one day for this, always a little time for this.
So that was easter. Plus a musicvideo shoot in London. But that’s not really my business to talk about.
Bye
‘Easter Feast’ = Chocolate Easter Eggs (with me anyway)!
You mention London…I wonder if you have ever visited the monument to ‘The Great Fire of London’ in Pudding Lane?
A historic monument, a tourist attraction, a bit of unique architecture, a scenic viewing platform but it also has a secret purpose……if your curiosity is piqued, maybe you might care to investigate on a future visit (much more fun than ‘Googling’ it). (Of course you might spoil the fun and already know the answer)! (Also, what is it’s link to fleas, flies, human hairs and many other small things)?
Peter <3 <3
Hei Viktoria
Dette kommer ut av det blå, men kan vi slå av en prat? Du er veldig inni i dette med mental helse. Virker som noe du virkelig brenner for det, noe jeg syntes er veldig bra. Mener å ha hørt at du vurderer å skrive en bok? Stemmer det?
Jeg har mitt eget bokprosjekt. Min er magisk realisme, men alle karakterene er inspirert av mentale/fysiske/psykosomatiske lidelser som bipolar, depersopnalisering og depresjon. Ofte har jeg merket at historier som er magisk realistiske og ikke bare ren realisme har mer sannhet i seg siden følelser/oppfatningen av virkeligheten ofte er så subjektive og forvridd. Det er mitt mål å finne en god måte å forstå følelser i meg selv og andre skapninger. Jeg føler på meg at helsesystemet er ganske bakvendt på mange kanter. Jeg har sett det, hørt det, opplevd det. Bra på noen punker og fullstendig håpløs og ødeleggende på andre og HVIS det er NOE (uansett lite eller stort) jeg kan gjøre for å hjelpe til å få det frem i lyset, gjør jeg det. BALANSE er key 🙂
Jeg bor en time fra Bergen og hadde satt pris på om du en dag ville tatt deg tid til å diskutere dette temaet med meg. Så HVIS jeg har vekket din nysgjerrighet, gi en lyd 🙂
Mvh Vårin
Hei Vårin. Så fint du fokuserer på dette <3
Jeg har litt mye på tallerkenen om dagen, men kan maile om det hjelper deg. vikaksnes@gmail.com
God uke til deg <3
Hei 🙂
Det går helt fint. Jeg har KJEMPEMYE selv akkurat nå. Gitt meg selv en måned fri fra skrivingen så vi kan ta det senere engang.
🙂
for you, the little one and all how are into music, hope you can see it without vpn , it’s also in french…
https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/054759-000-A/conny-plank/
Well, first, I had no idea you could do links on your blog! That’s great!
So, knowing this, I wanted to share with you a very simple and interesting video of about 1.47 minutes, but I have found to be very powerful when trying to control your thoughts and mind and to center yourself within your own personal world. Who new such a short video could be so powerful.
I use it all the time before I go to sleep. I’m usually out like a light as soon as I do it. It has really helped me a lot and I figured you might want to give it a try. If it works, please, let me know. Share with others who it might help. Nothing controversial about it. Just something as simple as literally you breathing.
I heard you were a bit under the weather helping the little one on her new film for her new album. Hopefully, you have had time to recover before your next adventure! ^_^
Anyways, Here is that video titled (funny enough) “How to train your monkey mind”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOJTbWC-ULc
Take care and get well soon!
ICELAND 12 POINTS !!!
I liked Norway’s entry but personally thought Denmark’s was better. Funny how some of the participating countries were not even European but the clever Australians tried to persuade everyone that they were in fact Poleish!
in a specific way not offtopic… absolutely great !!!
I like the ‘Pepper’s Ghost’ ‘prism’ idea (Aurora’s ‘Prism gift).
Now we can all have an ‘Aurora’ in our pockets for emergencies!
Goes well with the two Vikings under my stairs and the Roman Centurion in the shed.
Seriously, I guess somebody could use it for showing / advertising clothing items as well.
Peter 😉 <3
my my my “in bottles” is really an anthem… absolute great version !!! reminds me a bit to “the knife” in there best times… really hope to hear some industrial ebm’isch remix of it… 😉