Todays Work November 28, 2007

I actually managed to work according to my schedule today. Wee! The alarm bip-bipped at 7:30, one hour for breakfast, surfing and reading todays paper, then out for a walk. Back inside around 10:00 and started writing immidiately. Lunch-break at 12:00 ang then working until 15:30. Very good indeed. Got a whole lot done too (maybe because I wasn’t jerking around with other stuff all the time). Now I have 22 pages and the essay is supposed to be 18-20. And I haven’t written my closure yet.

My ext. hard drive seemed to be in a better mood today so I uploaded a few more pics to flickr.

Aaaand, I ran 5 km yesterday evening. Haven’t exercised in about a month (besides the daily walks) because of the cold. Felt good to be back in my trainers again!

Hum, since I have been working all day I haven’t really had the time to read about todays news so I haven’t got that much interesting things to say, better leave that to another day.

Tonight I will be watching Heroes, yay!

Dog mysteries November 28, 2007

Every morning I eat some cheese sandwitches (if I have cheese, otherwise I eat just sandwitches). My dog use to come and sit underneath the table and I normally give him the last chunk of the last sandwitch (never liked that part). Every time, he opens his mouth, puts his jaws around the sandwitch, yawns, and takes the sandwitch. Why does he yawn? It really puzzles me.

By the way, I have made up a schedule for today so I won’t be wasting this day too, just surfing around doing nothing. Today I will write at least two pages on the essay. Will do!

Funny link November 27, 2007

I found this blog (Hammer of Thor)by tapping the next button in the upper right corner. Don’t know that much about comics but I have always been very fond of the artwork. I’m not that keen on the stories about Thor though. Or actually, the stories are ok, but they have kind of a bad air around them, at least here in Sweden. Whenever I see a person wearing for example a hammer of thor necklace or a t-shirt etc. I suppose he is a racist. Those symbols have been adopted by xenophobic movements in this country which is a shame but still true. It is kind of the same with our flag. You’re not wearing something with a swedish flag on it if you’re not hostile towards foreigners or there is some sort of sports event going on. I don’t really care much about that, have never been much of a patriot and don’t really see the point in splitting up humans by their origin.

Well, now I’m gonna read the comic blog and perhaps learn something about comics. He posts a lot of nice pictures too which maybe can get me some inspiration. I’m thinking of making a painting with a comic theme, think it would look great above the sofa.  Nono, wait. I’m gonna do that later, for now, I have to write on my police law essay. Deadline 2 weeks from today, 18-20 pages. Have written about 12.

Flickr November 27, 2007

Managed to get the Flickr widget to work but I haven’t been able to upload that many pics yet since my external hard drive isn’t in a cooperative mood for the moment.

Jerry Seinfeld visiting Sweden November 27, 2007

Pretty cool. I’m reading at Aftonbladet about Jerry visiting Stockholm to promote his new film Bee Movie (go to imdb.com to find facts about the movie and see some pretty amusing pictures of Jerry Seinfeld in bee costume). When I read about celebritites from other parts of the world visiting Sweden I always wonder what they think about the country. Most of them probably don’t think anything I guess, just seeing the hotel room, airport and the inside of a cab. Well at least we have nice weather today. Nice for beeing Sweden in November that is. -1 celsius, high blue sky and sunny. Took a lovely walk with Aron this morning. The fields around the farms were all frozen upp an great for running around, chasing birds, which we did of course. Jerry should have tried that instead of giving intervjus and maybe he would have remembered something about Sweden.

Vanilla suger November 27, 2007

I have just eaten vanilla suger with a spoon, use to do that once in a while. Kind of nasty huh?

Library and tattoos November 26, 2007

I went to the library today to read an article in a swedish law journal. I’m writing an essay in police law for the course I’m attending this semester and the title of the article seemed right on spot. Took me about 50 minutes to get to the library and when I found the journal, naturally, the edition I was looking for wasn’t there. I had t go back home again (50 more minutes) and got nothing written today. Sigh!

For about a year I have been thinking of getting a tattoo. Guess it all started with watching Miami Ink. The problem is that I don’t know what I want or where I would put it. I have been thinking about my back or my arm/shoulder. This dragon (Made by Chrille at East Street Tattoo is really stylish:

But somehow a dragon is too common and unpersonal for me I think. The tattoo is for the rest of my life and I want it to meen something. Since my father is dead I have been thinking of if I should somehow integrate his name or a picture related to him in the tattoo. The problem is that I don’t know what it would be. I don’t want to end up with a bag of crisps on my forearm (sorry dad!). The last few months I have been wondering if I should choose a more traditional tattoo design(ok, guess dragons are traditional too, yea, yea) like a heart and some roses, or a sparrow. Maybe something like this:

Not a great pic, I know. But you get the idea? Thought mayby I could have my birth year on the banner and perhaps my familys birth years somehow integrated in the picture. Well, well, we’ll see…

Ryan Adams Concert November 26, 2007

Went to see Ryan Adams tuesday night. He played here in Stockholm, at Chinateatern. Before the gig I was pretty excited because we had front row and I thought it would be really cool to be seated so close. I have seen Ryan twice before tuesday, stood on my feet both times though, and didn’t see much (I’m a girl and not very tall, no). The first time was at Munchenbryggeriet and I had too leave my place (somewhere in the middle/front) since I was nearly fainting (not by seeing Ryan but because it was so crowded), managed to crawl to the bar and got a glass of water which I brought to the merchandise stall and sat down beside it. Towards the encore I was able to stand upright again and squeezed myself pretty close to the stage. The second time was at Berns, also very crowded and we were late too so I got a place in the back and til this day I can’t be sure Ryan really was on the stage, though it sure sounded like him. Was a lot of jamming and I actually left before Ryan had left the stage. But then, this tuesday, I got to sit down in front of Ryan and just listen to the music I love. And it was great. Never wanted him to stop playing. Ryan himself didn’t seem to think it sounded that great though, he kept signing to the sound-men and tuning that thing in his pocket (the black box connected to the thing in his ear). He went off the stage twice because of this it seemed and I was terrified he wouldn’t come back.

The set list was all right, I was a little disappointed he didn’t play Cherry Lane from Cold Roses, love that song. But it didn’t matter much since I have my own way of experience concerts. I don’t really listen to the songs one by one but let them all float togehter and…well…never mind. The result however is that afterwards I don’t remember which songs have been played, I remember moments of different songs. Don’t know how to explain it, but it sucks when you wish to discuss the gig with your friends on the tube home. Love this picture of Ryan btw.

A better start? November 16, 2007

Shit, I truly wish the blog could have had a better start. I am ill, have been for a while now, having a cold, sneezing and coughing all the time. I am SICK OF IT (haha). It doesn’t become any better of the loads and loads of work I have to do. My master thesis is almost finished, but there are still a few irritating problems which have the be solved before it is ready to be handed in. For example, the title, it sucks! But I can’t come up with a better one. It has to be short enough but still contain everthing the thesis is about. I’m not gonna translate the title but the thesis is about how the names and addresses of stalked persons can be protected in gouvernment registers, etc. Sweden has an enlarged registration system for its citizens and it is often possible for anyone to enter these registers. Opens up some doors for stalkers.

Had to call myself off work this weekend because of the cold. I would have been all happy about it if it hadn’t been for the loss of money. I’m nearly broke, damn. Actually it is so bad I don’t know how to manage until I can get a proper job. My extra job sucks btw. It is at a tv-stereo-and-other-types-of-electronic-crap-store. I work in the photo lab and know absolutely nothing about TV’s or dvd recorders, stillI get loads of questions like: “Why is my TV humming?” and “Do you sell recorders with both dvd and vcr?”