Went to see Duran Duran with @dotmargui and her mom Xaninha!

Filipe Karlsson opened. He is a Portuguese-Swedish guy playing really nice funk pop, great set from him and his band.

Duran Duran though? Easily one of the best live shows I have seen. Sheer entertainment, killer music, great variety and taste. The fact that they still pull that off in their 60s is insane. John Taylor is a Bass God!

#LiveMusic #DuranDuran

No photo tonight, but this one deserves commemorating. Margarida brought over some dear friends of ours: Ana Margarida, Maria Rubina, Mafalda and Benedita. I made Swedish meatballs with mashed potatoes, and we finished with apple crumble and ice cream.
They heard about our engagement and were genuinely thrilled for us. It warmed my heart.
Tons of fun, though now I'm wiped out haha. Workout, then work, then cooking... apparently I'm not 19 anymore.

HAPPY SPOOP EVERYBODY! 🎃👻🍬🦇💀🧡🎃👻🍬🦇💀🧡

I made a nice broccoli pie for dinner.. and now we're watching The Mummy (1999) with Brendan Frasier. First one in the trilogy!

Does anybody else fondly remember Rough Science?

It was a "Game show" made by The Open University UK and the BBC. Instead of competing, it was about putting a crack team of teachers and scientists to create scientific solutions while stranded on remote islands such as "Can you sterilize water with things sourced on the island" to building radios and figuring out their position and time of day without a watch. Highly recommended!..No longer on BBC iPlayer but DVD, YT(, 🏴‍☠️?) etc

Yesterday it was Margaridas 29th birthday.

I decided it was time and asked her to marry me.

She said yes! We celebrated with the closest circle on the Portuguese side. Hopefully we can visit Sweden soon and celebrate it with people there too!

I'm so fortunate to have a partner like @dotmargui . She keeps me wanting to be a better person every day and I feel loved and respected. Jag älskar dig!

The struggle
to free myself of restraints,
becomes
my very shackles

#Gym #Exercise #Workout ... #Meshuggah #Catch33

So my better half already shared the delicious food she made for us today so my #silentsunday will be a little bit different!

I decided to finally Jailbreak my Kindle! Get KOReader on there with SimpleUI, custom screensaver and a patch to present the books in my preferred order. I'm so happy and ready to read!

I wrote about it on my blog:
https://dotmavriq.life/blog/jailbreaking-my-kindle

#silentsunday:
- made lohikeitto (Finnish fish soup) and creamy pumpkin gnocchi for mom and @dotmavriq
- started idealizing my first bday and Christmas at our new place
- watched the sunset from the window with my beeb

Not much to report this lovely #SilentSunday. I just had a relaxed day with @dotmargui . We watched like 1 & ½ seasons of Vigil and later we walked to the store to buy some bread.

For dinner I made a potato/carrot and spinach soup topped with some feta cheese and a nice olive oil. Then I desperately tried to honor my Swedish roots with only hours left to spare and made a Gluten-free cinnamon bun mugcake that rose and collapsed like soufflé... tasted pretty good though!

Life update:
Yesterday ended with me and @dotmargui going for dinner with our very good friends Rui & Abe. One of the best dinners of the year by far. We went to a place called Mesa By The Bey and enjoyed some really good Lebanese food. 🇱🇧

Today we did weekend shopping with Margarida's mom and will have lunch with the grandparents.

I kept the #Lebanese theme going by buying The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran.

Since it's #Caturday I will also provide.

Hit the #gym late today with @dotmargui .. better late than never!

Oh and "... Is Your Friend" by DRAIN from last year is one hell of an album! Killer bass tone, fun riffs, massive drums and a bulldozer of a vocalist. For anyone that likes... Hardcore punk with Pantera/Slayer riffs! 💪🧔🤟

Directors Cut: I'll include this inventive crispy chicken sandwich I made for lunch. I used Brazilian Flocão(?) and the "Rando Ranch" had parsley, rose pepper and capers..yummy!

Holy sh*t... I got Fee[dB]ack up and running!!! Woohoo!

Time to play the hell out of some Black Sabbath tunes! 🤘

#Basstodon #BassGuitar #Bass

Life update:
* I got a cheap external soundcard (UMC22) to see if I can get Fee[dB]ack running in #openSUSE so I can "practise Bass playing open source Rocksmith on my computer".. we'll see tomorrow!
* I'm about to sign a contract that will at least get me salary for the next month with very high chances of more!
* Completely improvised dinner.. tuna knäckebröd pizza and parsnip/spinach soup... surprising homerun if I say so myself! We'll likely make both again.

So I obviously do NOT condone harassment... but that is also precisely why I enjoy the activism by Bits Of Freedom on this one. Good job people!

I could see a future where visually impaired members of society would be permitted augmented reality glasses for aid. I could also see AR without tracking be helpful to humans down the line in situations. But THIS route is cynical at best and even feels astroturfed to me. Like actively attempting to accelerate Surveillance Capitalism. Fuck. That.😊
https://cybernews.com/tech/privacy-group-meta-dutch-office-smart-glasses/

(Time for the second episode of Swedish gameshow På Spåret)

🇸🇪Woooh! Helt okej runda #PåSpåret även om man bommade på ett flertal frågor. Ska medges att det var behjälpligt att ha @dotmargui som partner i ett skede dessutom... och pappas musiksmak hjälpte därtill.

Kul var det iallafall!

Just came home from a really nice birthday celebration for my good friend Sara. She recently left Portugal to live in Sweden but traveled back here to celebrate with family and friends.

Lovely people, lovely vegan food, nice space.

And now? Now we rest 😅

My good friends Ricardo and Diogo invited us to celebrate Ricardos birthday. We also met up with our besties Catarina and Manique.

I've missed them both and it was nice to meet them, Ricardos daughter Bárbara and a bunch of familiar faces that all wanted to celebrate Ricardo. We got him a grammophone! As per usual the food and vibes were great.

Parabéns Ricardo! 🎂

( Stuff about a very important Swedish gameshow where you follow a Train camera to guess the destination )

🇸🇪 42! Inte allt för illa för första rundan av årets På Spåret!

Får medge att man tog hjälp av Duo-Appens alternativ vid två tillfällen och att i vanlig ordning så var kartplaceringen den tuffaste biten. Kul att Skara och Västra Götaland var med! Någon annan som kollat och tävlat? Vad fick ni för poäng? #PåSpåret

Today was a not so #SilentSunday but all things considered that was ok! I went on a family reunion with @dotmargui and her parents to Torres Vedras and had a nice buffet for lunch. The Portuguese countryside is beautiful as always and the sun was out all day.

When we came home we put on headphones and took a brisk walk to the ocean and back through a park. I listened to Verkligheten by #SoilWork.

Now I'll have a light dinner.. some Spanish Gazpacho and parmesan toast.

And tomorrow I'll work!

Spent the day with @dotmargui and her parents as they took us on a really nice trip to #Ericeira. We had a really nice lunch at Tasca da Fonte — Boa dos Nabos (https://osm.org/go/b5c2U2U5V?node=6296190052) and then we went to the José Franco Museum which is... less of a museum and more of a miniature village containing even more miniature miniatures. He built it with his partner for children to play and learn about different trades and life. Highly recommended.