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It was my birthday last week. I am now older.

I've been invited to become a member of PEN. Quite an honor.

I've been granted a four week stay at a writers retreat this summer. I will work on my third book, my first novel. Visits are not allowed. There's a room. A bed. A desk. I'm considering tonsure for the event.

I quit smoking.

I've been asked to write a weekly coloumn for the Danish newspaper Information for seven weeks this summer. I agreed and proposed the general subject be sex. I'm working on them now. It's very hard since it's a sensitive and personal subject. This is one of the most intellectual newspapers in Denmark so Carrie Bradshaw style 'I couldn't help but wonder ..' won't do. I've chosen the themes pornography, polygami, homosexuality, tolerance, pedophilia, gender differences and the sexuality of Pippi Longstocking.

It's Saturday night and I want to work. I'm home. I'm alone. It's boring.