Liberty & Tea

Being Sunday and all I decided to be a bit adventurous with the food (well I actually decided in the store last week when I bought it but well.. details!) and I microwaved my Chinese Chicken and Mushroom-food (Yes Microwaved food ftw :P) and after it was heated I realised it had no rice or anything. It didn't delay my dinner that much tho, since I still had half the pile of dishes left to do. I decided in the end to go with the tortillas I found in my cupboard when I was searching for the rice. They had to be eaten anyway so that made perfect sense. Not too bad actually.

When I was doing the dishes tho, I was reminded by tea and coffee (as I now have actually served 3 Different people tea here. Awesome!). I didn't have any tea or coffee when I lived in Gothenburg and my dad said it was essential to have, even if I didn't drink it myself and somehow I got hold of some loose teabags and small coffeethings (I think my dad gave them to me) which was all good - however, I think he was the only one to drink of them. :) Possibly Susann as well - she hanged around a lot then. Point being: I don't see how coffee and tea is so crucial to have to be able to serve friends (even though it's lovely to be able to count numerous things of what you have to offer) when you can't really supply enough chairs or even a table to put the mugs on. Everyone loves beds but... some people (if you don't know them well) just don't feel comfortable making themselves at home in someone's bed and sit nervously on the edge (and that must really hurt their backs if it's a long visit). [And no I'm not talking about Dave and Angela, I'm sure they are more than comfortable in my tiny room x) They just made me think of it since I've been in similar situations myself]
But then again, this line of thought (yes this is the kind of things I think about when I do the dishes and such lol) made me think about the Liberty lecture we had last term. That equality of freedom will never be met, or not in an equal sense, since we all value different things more than others. And many might exchange their, e.g. right to vote, to be able to have a cup of coffee in peace every morning since they care more about the coffee than many other things. Or rather they'd feel that people are imposing on their freedom if they aren't allowed to drink that cup of coffee. So I guess it's good that I have tea (not coffee) to offer, since some people simply value a cup of tea more than a chair to sit on.

I am now (after this post) going to read for Monday's seminar (which is interesting but not as interesting as last term's seminars) about Realism. Kenneth Waltz' journal article "Realist Thought and Neorealist Theory" is waiting for me. 37 bad quality pages on the computer is not what I would prefer to read.

On the 17th of February (a Wednesday) I'll be arriving in Gothenburg at 12-ish. It will be a shopping day for all who wish to join me :) Shopping (looking?), lunch, friends, talk, shoes, february day in town. It will be awesome! =D And lots of fun. Come if ya like! :D It will be from about 12-ish (12.30 maybe?) till whenever we grow bored, shops close (6-7) or until you have to leave. :) So if you feel like popping up just for an hour or two do so! :D

Me on me Birthday :) so a very updated photo :)



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