A week goes by

Last week, for the first time ever, i actually considered shutting this blog down.
I'm still not sure exactly what triggered that feeling, but i started to feel that it isn't as relevant or needed as it once was.
It wasn't just because of that one bad comment, although those mean comments can be very hurtful, and realizing that only a few people (or in my case, one) will stand up and defend you is pretty disappointing too.
But then, i am not as good at remembering to comment on other peoples blogs as i used to be either, so i'm in no way in a position to point fingers. Sometimes this so called blogger community that we all used to praise so much just doesn't seem so real after all.
So it was probably a combination of all those things, and personally,  i know that having lost my heart to twitter and instagram has a lot to do with my less frequent posting and commenting. And although i can't speak for anyone but myself, i think the same might go for some other bloggers too.
It's just so damn nice and easy to be able to post thoughts and images from my phone, wherever i am.
This blog isn't flexible like that, it requires time and energy that i don't have, and the fact that both my laptop at home and at the shop are pissing me off on a daily basis doesn't help.

I'm still thinking about it. Not shutting it down, but about what i need to change to make blogging fun again.

But until i find that thing, i can at least still use this platform to keep urging the people who come by, to help Japan in any way they can. Sure, the media has moved on to sexier topics at this point, but there's still so much to be done, and we have barely started.
Polkaros has a great list of organizations you can donate to, if you're not sure where to send your money, and if you wanna donate and own some fine art at the same time, Ai over at it will stop raining has some wonderful prints for sale ( i bought the soft serve).

Another thing i can do while i wait to figure out the blogging thing? The same as i've always done, talk about life and post pictures!

Today we're taking a much needed (aren't they always, though?) day off.

We took a long walk with the dog, that started with me dropping off this old bike i once found and never used at the bike shop for some much needed tlc. The back tire on my green bike exploded on the way home from work the other day (another thing i posted on twitter, but totally forgot to blog about!) and i've been riding with Allan ever since. I still haven't decided what to do with the green bike, i guess it depends on how this new, old one turns out.  We had some coffee and tea, bought some Cd's on sale, went to the dog park and  ran into some people.
Now we're home where i just gave our stinky little roommate a bath while Allan worked on a wedding invitation for our sweet friends. We also skyped with Eckel for 40 minutes. No, he hasn't even left yet.
Copenhagen is being pretty wonderful these days, and having some time off while seeing the first signs of spring is definitely making not going to japan easier for us.

On one of the warmer days last week, i even remembered to take my camera to work

A blog reader sent me this drawing a few weeks ago, but of course i only posted it on instagram. Doh. Thanks so much, Elsa!

I'm celebrating not wearing a thousand layers anymore by putting non-knitted, decorative stuff on my head

 Although at night, going home, i still look like this

Ok, maybe i look like that in the daytime too, at least i did today, during our long walk, when it was actually pretty cold

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