I got my first column published in jp.dk today! Unfortunately it can't be found on the internet, but I have a scan here.
søndag den 15. januar 2012
mandag den 24. oktober 2011
torsdag den 13. oktober 2011
fredag den 16. september 2011
Changes
Denmark will soon have a new government lead by the social democrat Helle Thorning-Schmidt. Allthough it's not my dream situation, I do look forward to being back in the opposition and watching how Thorning will master the balance between the half-way liberal Radikale Venstre and the left-wing Enhedslisten.
This should be fun, since the only thing the two parties above agree upon is changing the strict immigration laws. Unfortunately neither the social democrats nor their government partner SF have any intention of changing these. Instead they prefer to flood the country with money and subventions to fight the current crisis. Good luck with that!
However what shocks me the most is that Enhedslisten have gone up 300% and how have 12 seats in the parliament. Enhedslisten is basically a communist party with the ultimate goal of turning Denmark into a new version of the Sovjet Union. This is not made up og exaggerated, this is actually written in their party programme.
I fear though, that most people that voted for Enhedslisten were blinded by their leader, Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen, who represented the party very well in the media by toning down the more controversial parts of their programme.
If people knew, that Enhedslisten wishes to nationalize all bigger private companies, including Maersk and Lego, and out of principle never votes for any budget cuts, regardless of the reason, I doubt they would have voted for Enhedslisten. Unfortunately people are on the take for a pretty smile and the promise of more money for the poor. Time will show if they can keep the support they've gained for the next election.
This should be fun, since the only thing the two parties above agree upon is changing the strict immigration laws. Unfortunately neither the social democrats nor their government partner SF have any intention of changing these. Instead they prefer to flood the country with money and subventions to fight the current crisis. Good luck with that!
However what shocks me the most is that Enhedslisten have gone up 300% and how have 12 seats in the parliament. Enhedslisten is basically a communist party with the ultimate goal of turning Denmark into a new version of the Sovjet Union. This is not made up og exaggerated, this is actually written in their party programme.
I fear though, that most people that voted for Enhedslisten were blinded by their leader, Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen, who represented the party very well in the media by toning down the more controversial parts of their programme.
If people knew, that Enhedslisten wishes to nationalize all bigger private companies, including Maersk and Lego, and out of principle never votes for any budget cuts, regardless of the reason, I doubt they would have voted for Enhedslisten. Unfortunately people are on the take for a pretty smile and the promise of more money for the poor. Time will show if they can keep the support they've gained for the next election.
fredag den 12. august 2011
Best dressed?
Again it's the time for the lists of best dressed. This annoys me every year. It is always a challene to dress well, at least well enough for other people to notice. This challenge becomes significantly easier when you have enough money to byu whatever needed, and designers throw their robes at you for you to wear them on the red carpet.
Honestly I think it's much more impressive to dress well and interesting with a limited budget. In stead we are confronted with the idea that you have to own a 2000$ designer piece, to be fashionforward. This idea also comes from women's magazines, and quite frankly I'm rather tired of seeing clothes that I can not possibly afford on models, who's bodyshape I can never achieve.
So I have decided to boycot designers clothes (won't be that hard) and women's magazines (will be a lot harder)
Honestly I think it's much more impressive to dress well and interesting with a limited budget. In stead we are confronted with the idea that you have to own a 2000$ designer piece, to be fashionforward. This idea also comes from women's magazines, and quite frankly I'm rather tired of seeing clothes that I can not possibly afford on models, who's bodyshape I can never achieve.
So I have decided to boycot designers clothes (won't be that hard) and women's magazines (will be a lot harder)
onsdag den 10. august 2011
Blogger
It's now official. I'm one of the new bloggers on Damefrokosten. You can read my first post on the 22nd of August.
fredag den 24. juni 2011
Shoppingfever
A couple of weeks ago I was on the fleamarket in the town center. Normally I don't buy anything there, not because I can't find anything, oh no, I could die happily amongst the old chairs, the art deco necklaces and the jugendstil silverware. The problem is that the traders know exactly what they've got and what they want for it.
Unfortunately this last time I couldn't help it, the shoppingfever took over and I bought the things below.
The first thing I bought were these wonderful egg cups from the 60s. I absolutely love them all though I never eat eggs. ;-)
Next I bought this little box for all my earrings. Probably not very old, but fulfils it's purpose perfectly among others safekeeping my new ivory earrings.
I was very happy to find these, I've been looking for earrings to match my ivory necklace for ages. Don't worry, they're antique, no elephants have been harmed, at least not this century. ;-)
This snakeleather handbag was definitely a find, I thought about it for a couple of hours and finally decided to buy it, and so far haven't regretted it. I especially love the lock.
I hope I can keep the money in my wallet next time I go to a fleamarket. Otherwise it's going to be a tough month. ;-)
Abonner på:
Opslag (Atom)