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Karin The Dragon 🐉 @karinthedragon.neocities.org · 19/09/2026

I did manage a decent selfie of the makeup at least

A selfie of a smiling woman. Her eye makeup matches her dress, which is blue and green.

Karin The Dragon 🐉 @karinthedragon.neocities.org · 19/09/2026

My husband freely admits he can't take a good photo of me to save his life: "you're thinner than this! You're prettier! This doesn't look like you!" But he tried to for my birthday dinner last night and these were the most ok

A woman standing in a blue-green dress with full makeup and a a slightly unamused smile

A photo of the same woman from a high point of view, mid-speak

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Karin The Dragon 🐉 @karinthedragon.neocities.org · 17/09/2026

I had a dream that I was being firehosed with like, pineapple juice, and it was so delicious and I drank so much of it, and I woke up in the middle of the night so thirsty and drank the full glass of water by my bedside table and I'm now on my second little can or pineapple juice

Two empty 6 ounce cans of pineapple juice in front of a tall empty water glass on a counter

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Karin The Dragon 🐉 @karinthedragon.neocities.org · 16/09/2026

CW: biiiiig bugs I saw, with mine own eyes, a tarantula hawk wasp sting and drag away it's paralyzed and still-alive prey. She dragged this tarantula down one wall, across the grass, sidewalk, the whole street, the other side's grass, sidewalk, and up another wall into a flower garden. Bonkers

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Karin The Dragon 🐉 @karinthedragon.neocities.org · 26/07/2026

Some folks were working on building a one-to-one replica of a Viking longboat

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Karin The Dragon 🐉 @karinthedragon.neocities.org · 26/07/2026

Approaching Tønsberg, which is the oldest established city in Norway (in 871). The fortress on top of the hill is dated to the 13th century.

A green and rocky coast with cute houses and a fortress tower on the top of a hill.

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Karin The Dragon 🐉 @karinthedragon.neocities.org · 25/07/2026

Spouse playing with Charlotte + boyfriend's dog Nova. Hesten is her favorite toy

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Karin The Dragon 🐉 @karinthedragon.neocities.org · 25/07/2026

Some nice climbing flowers in Charlotte + boyfriend's backyard

A pot with pink flowering vines crawling up some wooden stakes

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Karin The Dragon 🐉 @karinthedragon.neocities.org · 25/07/2026

Spouse + Charlotte were putting on much thicker Norwegian accents than they have to talk to me about a military building on this part of the coast, which is a bit that always makes me laugh

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Karin The Dragon 🐉 @karinthedragon.neocities.org · 24/07/2026

Ok, bought a nice Moomin mug. Moving on! My friend Charlotte out front on my first boat trip on her boyfriend's boat

A blonde woman is sitting at the front of a small boat out on the ocean, the wind blowing her hair back

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Karin The Dragon 🐉 @karinthedragon.neocities.org · 24/07/2026

We went out to Tønsberg for a few days to stay with some friends and my husband's best friend from back in the day took us out on his boat to a little rock where we drank beer and ate chips for many hours

A panorama of the ocean from a big rock with some boats attached to it. There are more rocks scattered about the rest of the ocean in the picture

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Karin The Dragon 🐉 @karinthedragon.neocities.org · 24/07/2026

My beachgoing attire - this was the hottest day of the trip so far (no AC = go to the beach)

A woman in her thirties with her hair up, wearing a black swimsuit with a colorful coverup dress. She's also got cool shades on

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Karin The Dragon 🐉 @karinthedragon.neocities.org · 24/07/2026

Standing on an old WWII structure. Soldiers would point their guns at the entrance to this inlet

A photo with a formed rocky structure at the bottom. You are looking out at the ocean from the top of the structure.

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Karin The Dragon 🐉 @karinthedragon.neocities.org · 24/07/2026

A staircase in the middle of town with some of Dr. King's words

Take the first
step in faith.
You don t have
to see the
whole staircase,
just take
the first step

Martin Luther King Jr

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Karin The Dragon 🐉 @karinthedragon.neocities.org · 24/07/2026

A little cheesemonger shop that makes great cheese AND fries up little sweet doughy guys made with the leftover whey from the cheesemaking.

A quaint corner store with a Norwegian flag out front. A woman is walking out of the store, and several other people are standing on the sidewalk. The name of the shop, which is a cheesemonger, is Langesund Ostemakeri AS

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Karin The Dragon 🐉 @karinthedragon.neocities.org · 24/07/2026

A cinnamon roll with a great big glob of vanilla custard in the middle There may be a theme here I'm very food motivated

A plate balancing on top of a pillow balancing on top of my legs. On the plate is an elegant cinnamon roll.

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Karin The Dragon 🐉 @karinthedragon.neocities.org · 24/07/2026

One of the first days out at Ula, our preferred beach. We didn't stay in the water long, there were quite a few jellyfish, but the rocks were warm and I fell asleep

A photo of a sandy beach with big rocks on either side of the beach. The ocean and the sky are visible and very blue

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Karin The Dragon 🐉 @karinthedragon.neocities.org · 24/07/2026

One of the *many* pastries consumed on this trip - a gigantic cream puff with a Napoleon cake in the background for my spouse, eaten from the back patio while looking out at the ocean

A small table set with two plates. There is a very large cream puff on the first plate, and a cream filled cake on the second plate.

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Karin The Dragon 🐉 @karinthedragon.neocities.org · 24/07/2026

A little bar on one of the main streets (Storgata) in town

A sign for a pub that reads:

John Wright Pub

Karaoke
Musikkbingo
Konserter
DJ

Åpent Fredag og Lørdag fra kl 21:00(kl 19:00 ved Bingo)

MAKE STORGATA

GREAT AGAIN

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Karin The Dragon 🐉 @karinthedragon.neocities.org · 24/07/2026

In the car on the 2.5 hour drive to the airport, so: thread of vacation videos and pictures (location: Norway) Look! It's 3:30am and the sun is rising!

A photo of an orange sunrise out of the front windshield of a car.

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Karin The Dragon 🐉 @karinthedragon.neocities.org · 08/07/2026

It is Norwegian strawberry season. I am shifting into summer vacation mode Norsk jordbær er beste jordbær don't @ me

A paper bag just packed full of small bright red Norwegian strawberries.

A paper bag just packed full of small bright red Norwegian strawberries, seen from the top.

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Karin The Dragon 🐉 @karinthedragon.neocities.org · 07/07/2026

Delightful to have planned a trip to visit family in Norway immediately after that game because you see newspapers like this in the grocery store

Huge picture of Haaland on the cover of Dagbladet

"Tirsdag 7. juli 2020

Haaland sjokkerte verden og Brasil Miami, neste stopp!

- VI KAN GÅ HELE VEIEN

NA KAN ALT SKJE

- Solbakken har gjort Norge farlig igjen

GUNNAR STAVRUM

Nå venter de engelske lavene på lørdag

-Derfor frykter de Haaland

ESTEN O. SÆTHER

JIAN CARLSEN"

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Karin The Dragon 🐉 @karinthedragon.neocities.org · 05/07/2026

Did Duolingo also just rewatch the Rejected cartoon?

Screenshot of a Norwegian Duolingo lesson saying "Jeg er en banan," which translates to "I am a banana"

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Karin The Dragon 🐉 @karinthedragon.neocities.org · 25/06/2026

Sometimes the hair and makeup is just right

A three-quarters view of a late-30s woman with wavy dark blonde hair, excellent cat-eye eyeliner, and a Mona Lisa smile (aka no smile at all). Her mesh sweater is pretty cute.

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Karin The Dragon 🐉 @karinthedragon.neocities.org · 22/06/2026

Thanks Roka, the sunglasses are rad as hell

A handwritten thank you note from Roka (glasses company). It says: Karin, thank you for your support. Enjoy your new Rokas

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Karin The Dragon 🐉 @karinthedragon.neocities.org · 13/06/2026

Cooking is finished and plated! Yom yom!

Twice cooked pork on a plate, on top of a bed of rice

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Karin The Dragon 🐉 @karinthedragon.neocities.org · 12/06/2026

We are prepped! Pork belly is chilling for cutting up and then the stir fry can begin. Rice cooker has 22 minutes left, my mise en place is impeccable

Bowls with chopped veggies, bean paste, sauce, and an empty plate for putting stuff aside during wok cooking

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Karin The Dragon 🐉 @karinthedragon.neocities.org · 12/06/2026

The pork belly is being gently simmered for it's first cook and the other ingredients are so ready to be prepped

A slab of pork belly in an aromatic mix of water, Shai Xing wine, ginger, garlic, clove, star anise, and a bunch of salt

A collection of chinese sauces and pastes, a bell pepper, and a leek

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Karin The Dragon 🐉 @karinthedragon.neocities.org · 12/06/2026

I've finally perfected the Rice Krispy treat. Brown the butter, toast the Rice Krispies, use an insane amount of butter, and add vanilla + flaky salt at the end

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Karin The Dragon 🐉 @karinthedragon.neocities.org · 12/06/2026

Planning on making twice-cooked pork tonight. I am READY

A slowly defrosting cut of pasture-raised pork belly

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Karin The Dragon 🐉 @karinthedragon.neocities.org · 08/06/2026

Men A horrifying examination of all of the worst and most toxic ways that men view and treat women. Excellent performance by Jessie Buckley; I felt every single iota of her fear in this movie. 7/10

Movie poster for Men. It's a creepy image of Rory Kinnear's character

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Karin The Dragon 🐉 @karinthedragon.neocities.org · 08/06/2026

Pillion It's about a young man exploring his BDSM interest as a sub in a gay BDSM biker gang. Based on a book from the 70s if I recall correctly. Really stuck around in my mind for a few days, which usually means it's pretty good! I'll say 7/10