Elley’s ramblings

The smell of gasoline: Love it or hate?

Can't say I like it no. But oddly enough I LOVE the smell of welding and cutting through metal!

bob hund - Tinnitus i hjärtat

I have SO been waiting for Swedish band bob hund to start making music again and finally a few weeks ago they released a new single and now a new album. As always when you have very high expectations on a band they fail to impress you! After the first quick listen on spotify I wasn't impressed at all, the second time I kinda liked some of the songs, and the third time I actually liked the album. I'm sure it will grow even more in the next few days, even though I doubt I will like it anywhere near as much as some of their previous stuff.

Not sure what I think about that video... I kinda like the singer normally, he makes them into possibly the best Swedish current live act, but the old lady/theatre look... I don't know. Still it's fun in a weird kind of way.

What's your best tip or trick for keeping your closet organized?

Closet... organized? Now you really lost me there...

If you had to teach something, what would you teach?

I'd teach maths to kids and I'd be really damn good at it too ;)

What keeps you up at night?

Anything, unfortunately.... I'm such a night owl any excuse to stay up is good enough for me.

Show us a better way to spend $300 than on the iPhone 3G.

In Sweden this phone is rather about $900 and only one phone company sells it and you can only use the phone with them for 12 months, and have to sign up with them for 18-24 months.
I would much rather spend that kind of money on a Miel friend for my little Teo AND an Iplehouse Tania as a friend for Isobel. Actually I could amost even throw in a tiny Belle for those kinds of money.

If you thought poking a needle in under your fingernail hurt you should try poking a 0.06mm crochet hook under your fingernail. Happened yesterday and it still hurts - worst part is I'm quite likely to do it again during the re-root.

What are your first thoughts upon waking?
Submitted by Cher Cabula.

" I need to pee!"

Unless it's winter and really cold, then it might be a tie between "I need to pee!" and "Fuck why does it have to be so cold."

And I'm not talking about Ahee here...

Set for Jenny and Noor

I've been sewing a lot in the past few days - since I got my little Lati boy - which has been so much fun. I've made him a couple of outfits and tonight I finished a set for Jenny & Noor that I started making on Saturday. Turned out pretty nice if I may say so myself.
Apart from finishing Jenny's set I've also made another Lati beanie, and four pairs of pants; baggy jeans, fitted jeans, pink cords and black cords, in addition to the four pairs I made this weekend. I'm telling you, it's so much fun.
My machine is making life a little hard for me at the moment though. The stitches get a bit wonky from time to time, worse with some threads than others it seems. The other day it got really bad but after a bit of dusting and cleaning the insides of the machine it pretty much got back to normal - only tonight the stiches get ugly again :(  I think I need to call the lady who sold it to me and ask her about that - after all she did tell me to call if I had any questions or problems... maybe I could ask her to send me some free tickets to the next sewing fair as promised too ;)