16Aug/090
Nya fotografier
Nu har jag laddat upp en hel del fotografier. Totalt blev det några hundra bilder i följande tre album.
- Friidrott / Spanien 2009
- Konserter och Festivaler / Graspop 2009
- Konserter och Festivaler / Metaltown 2008
Nu har jag äntligen kommit ikapp med alla bilder. Det betyder att bilder i framtiden kommer att vara riktigt färska.
13Jul/090
Graspop Metal Meeting
Förra veckan kom jag hem från GMM, dvs. Graspop Metal Meeting, en metalfestival i norra Belgien. Jag åkte dit och bodde med Magnus, Fabian och Pontus; konpisar till Victor. Det var meningen att Ludvig, Victor och deras pappa Per också skulle följa med men Per blev tyvärr sjuk samma morgon.
Eftersom jag skulle åka i deras bil från Tyskland till Belgien så vart det att snabbt boka en bussbiljett. Jag pratade med en trevlig Belgiska (tror jag) på telefon och det löste sig.
När vi änligen kom fram efter en hyfsat lång resa (med c:a 4 timmar väntan på bussen.) Så var det tre dagars kalas. Det var en määngd grymma band och jag såg 21 konserter på tre dagar. Något som inte var lika kalas var temperaturen. Stekande sol och 30 grader varmt hela dagen gjorde att man inte kunde sova ut på morgonen och brände sig på dagen.
Michael Jackson dog den torsdagkvällen, det fick vi höra av en metal-DJ.
Resan hem gick bra men var även den lång och seg. Jag hade lyckats spendera ungefär 1500kr på våfflor, friterade hamburgare(?), läsk, pizza och glass; och en t-shirt så klart. 99-kronorstälten lämnade vi såklart efter oss, de sög.
21Mar/092
“Brief” diary from Stockholm
I'm writing this in English so that the English exchange students can understand this too.
It has now been about a week since the English people left. It feels more like a month though. We miss you. Here is my "not-so-brief" diary from Stockholm during the wonderful week you were here.
Saturday
After a two-hour training session my parents and I went to Arlanda to pick up Craig. I met the other Swedish people at the airport and after some waiting the English travelers were greeted with a big applause. A few hugs later we went home and watched the second half of the Liverpool-Real Madrid game (which Liverpool won 4-0). Craig and I then went on a little "sightseeing" around Bromma with Ivan and Max Love. Later in the evening, after dinner, most of the other Swedish and English people came to my house and we watched the "Melodifestivalen" (qualify for the Eurovision Song Contest) together. I think we were about 40 people in my basement. It was a great success (I hope).
Sunday
We went up not too early to go to the "Kaknästornet" ("Cookie Nose Tower"). Due to some miscommunication we were delayed but eventually we all went up in the tower, which by the way is taller than London Eye. After having watched the nice panorama and chained Craig to the fence, we took the bus into town. We walked along the water (and had a walking snowball fight) to the royal castle. There we saw some guards at least three times. We also went to the "Storkyrkan" ("The Big Church") and admired the great statue of St.Göran and the Dragon, which represents Sweden, Denmark (Christian II/the Tyrant) and Gustav Vasa (and nothing else, mind someone). The tour went on through the "Stortorget" ("The Big Square"), were a lot of people were beheaded in the 17th century by Christian the Tyrant, and then on to the narrowest alley in Stockholm, "Mårten trotsigs gränd" ("The Alley of Mårten the Defiant"). By this time people started to get really hungry so we had some really nice lunch (I had kebab), and then finished the city trip with some shopping.
Later we had some dinner at home and then went to Ekerö for some sledging with some of the others. It was really fun. I haven't done that it quite some time and the slope was really good.
Monday
Monday = School Day *sigh*. Ok, it's not that bad but anyway. After school I met up with Craig and we went home. After a while Love called and asked if Ivan could come over because he had to study for his chemistry test. So, he came over, we played some Rock Band and then later went to a restaurant with some of the others. I had a really nice pizza and Craig wouldn't stop talking about his huge peperonis.
Tuesday
After work, Craig went shopping in "Vällingby" with some of the English people, which left me with time to do some running. I managed to do about 8km because after that we had to go to the meeting at the school. It was pretty quick and could be summarized as "-Hello! -Hello! -How are you? -We are fine, thanks -Nice, see you on Saturday then." Then it was of to Cybertown for the showdown of the year: Sweden vs. England. The result was not too surprising with Sweden as the winner, much to their truly amazing top player (no names but he is apparently writing a way too long diary about a week in Stockholm). The evening was finished with a nice walk home with Craig and Emily.
Wednesday
We had originally planned to go to the "Spring Fling" (prom) this evening, but we were told that it had been canceled so we arranged a emergency meeting and planned something else. This "something else" was acctaully a BBQ-party on the field close to me. So after my drum-lesson, we brought a barbeque, music, food and also played silly games and dances. I think this was probably one of the best evenings of the week. I also believe that this was a new personal record in starting the BBQ-season early.
Thursday
No school this day! Woho! I did some running, this time Ivan ran with me about four of the fourteen kilometers I ran. That was basically all I had time to do before Craig came home and we went to town for some shopping with Rebekah (well, they wanted to shop and I was their guide). When Rebekah had left us, we went to a Mongolian restaurant with amazing food (pretty expensive though).
Friday
This was the last day before the English people went home, and what a day! Craig went to school with me and had to endure two lessons (Physics and P.E.). After that it was the International Day with dances, songs, food and other international stuff. We ate lunch together and then the English people went to the Vasa museum with their teachers. When I finished school I went into town and met Craig, Rebekah and Orla and we went for some more shopping (again, I was only a guide). Later, at home again we had a nice dinner where Craig got a present for him and also one for his brother (he gave me a Liverpool shirt when I was in London). I then went to my drum lesson while Craig packed. An hour later we met up and got a lift to Thomas party. It was really nice, even though the English people officially had the worst taste in "party music" ever (and they still do). Some rumors were apparently spread about me. Also, Craig became the soon-to-be conversational subject of the evening when he hooked up with a certain someone.
Saturday
We went up painfully early to go to Arlanda airport. There the goodbye was long and emotional, many hugs and some people crying. In the car on the way home my parents call me and tell me that Craig has forgot his camera, even though my mum asked about it specifically in the car to the airport. This resulted in my dad having to drive an extra 80km to deliver it to some airport guy who said he would take it to the plane.
It has been one of the best weeks ever. Thank you a lot! We will miss you, and hopefully we will see you again. You are welcome to Sweden anytime!
"I don't belong here, I gotta move on dear
Escape from this afterlife
'Cause this time I'm right to move on and on,
Far away from here
Got nothing against you and surely I'll miss you
This place full of peace and light, and I'd hope you might
Take me back inside when the time is right"
Avenged Sevenfold - Afterlife
20Mar/091
"Brief" diary from London, part II
I'm writing this in English so that the English excange students can understand this too.
Hello! Today is the last evening with the English people here in Stockholm. It has been a really good time, but I'll write more about that later. Here is the second part of my diary from London.
Tuesday
At work I spent an unhealthy amount of time on Facebook and Wikipedia (again). I also started reading some xkcd, they are really great. Anyway, in the evening we went to the check-up meeting at St.Michael's school. We listened to the slightly excentric Paul Ward who told us about something. Well, he mostly gave information to the English students. We also talked some to our Swedish teachers, Anki and Mats. After the meeting we went to a gig in Camden, there were four bands playing: ___ , Hot Melts, Cantebury and This City. They were all pretty good but they took too long time between them.
Wednesday
I finished reading all of the xkcd comics and started to read Cyanide and Happiness (no I didn't do anything useful at work). Well, thanks to some phonecalls and Craig's mum Carol, I managed to book tickets for the Lion King on the Lyceum Theatre which we went to the same evening. We were 12 people there and the show was truly amazing! I had a big smile on my face from the first second until I went to sleep (that's pretty tiring for your facial muscles acctually).
Thursday
This was probably the most exciting day at work (oh yeah I fell asleep on the train today again). First my teachers Anki and Mats came and visited my workplace and I talked to them some. Then Carol and I went over to Bloomberg right across the square to visit a man called Michael. He showed us around in their building, which was really different from regular offices. It had a lot of open spaces, glass walls, a food place where you could eat whatever you wanted. I also visited one of their TV-studios in the basement and watched some people record news in French. Later in the evening Craig, I and some of the others went to a pancake restaurant since we had missed pancake day when we went to the gig. I had a really big pancake with cinnamon, ice cream, bananas and syrup. Craig had a margaritha pizza (yes it was really strange).
Friday
Last day at work (woho!), Steve (I think that was his name) brought doughnuts from Krispy Kreme. They were really nice (I want them to come to Sweden). I got a nice certificate for my work experience. This was also the only day I took the train all the way back to Potter's Bar instead of going anywhere directly. We ate some dinner and then we went to meet the others in Finchley I think. They were buying some to drink (wheres here, some is an understatement). When went to Orlas's house but the others found out they weren't allowed to drick there so they went for a walk with their martini and whiskey and stuff. At Orla's we started watching The Dark Knight but then later switched to playing twister (which resulted in both nice and horrible views).
Saturday
When I woke up, I took a shower had some breakfast and packed. Craig had already gone to work so at about lunchtime, after I had spent even more time on the computer, Carol and I picked Craig up from work. We ate lunch at nice little restaurant. I had pasta, it was great. We then gathered at St.Michael's. After som goodbye-hugs (and Erik being completely molested) we started our journey home. We had just finished a amazing week in London and even though we were a little sad about leaving we knew that we would see each other again in two weeks.
That was all, hope you find it interesting. I will write the Stockholm diary soon.
"How am I supposed to leave you now
When you're looking like that?
I can't believe what I just gave away
Now I can't take it back
I don't wanna get lost
I don't wanna live my life without you
How am I supposed to leave you now
When you're looking like that?"
Westlife - When you're looking like that
2Mar/090
Soundtrack of the Week
Woho!
Då var man hemma från London, en helt otrolig resa. Det var grymt kul.
Jag kommer skriva mer senare men just nu har jag lite ont om tid och nöjer mig därför med att publicera "Soundtrack of the Week", dvs låtar som beskriver den dagen av resan på något sätt.
Torsdag: The Proclaimers - I'm on my Way
Fredag: The Clash - London Calling
Lördag: (inte kommit på någon än)
Söndag: Terrance Jay - One Blood
Måndag: Starship - We Built this City
Tisdag: Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire
Onsdag: The Lion King - Circle of Life
Torsdag: Aaron Carter - I Want Candy
Fredag: Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
Lördag: Olsen Brothers - Fly on the Wings of Love
"A fugitive from unreality
No sign of my god damned serenity
Lost in these barren lands
That have nothing I demand
Had to look for something new
And that day I found you
I found you
I found you
Living in a house of cards
Waiting for it all to fall
Hope for the best plan for the worst
That's what my life is all about"
Sonic Syndicate - Jack of Diamonds
21Dec/082
Det går upp, det går ner, den som lever får se
*FANFAR*
Här kommer det första inlägget på den nya eran för mig, min hemsida och min blogg.
Detta har varit en vecka fylld av upp- och nedgångar. I torsdags var dett glöggfest hos Erica, mycket trevligt. Något som var mindre trevligt var att gå upp dagen efter, efter tre och en halv timmars sömn för att gå till skolan. Jag har nog aldrig varit så nära på att somna på en lektion.
Avslutningen var trevlig. På kvällen var vi en massa personer och lyssnade på Oscars bands spelning. De vann tävlingen! Woho!
Helgen avslutades tyvärr med att jag, efter att ha sett på film med Oliver och Edvard blev magsjuk. Så idag har jag suttit framför datorn hela dagen och druckit avslagen cola och blåbärssoppa.
Imorgon ska jag till tandläkaren och se ifall jag får tandställning (hoppas, hoppas, hoppas).
Slutligen ifall någon har missat det så är det också julafton på onsdag. Så, förutsatt att jag blir frisk så är det nog en bra vecka att se fram emot.
Sådär, då har jag väl lyckats fånga upp det viktigaste (oviktigaste?) i mitt liv just nu.
Vi ses!
"Like a gift from the heavens, it was easy to tell,
It was love from above, that could save me from hell.
She had fire in her soul; it was easy to see
How the devil himself could be pulled out of me.
There were drums in the air as she started to dance.
Every soul in the room keeping time with their hands,
And we sang…"
Santana feat. Chad Kroeger - Into the Night
P.S. Den låten har legat på repeat hela helgen nu. D.S.
16Jul/070
Klara… Färdiga… Cykla!
Hallå!
Nu har jag lyckats med det igen att inte skriva på för länge.
Efter att nu ha arbetat tre veckor på friidrottsskolan har jag den senaste veckan tagit det ganska lugnt.
Jag har tränat ett par gånger och varit med mina kompisar.
I Torsdags var jag på Metallica-konsert, det ägde stenhårt. De var asgrymma.
Under konserten fick jag en intressant tanke. Det var när de spelade Master of Puppets som jag tänkte: "hur sjukt är det inte att 25000 pers står på en fotbollsplan framför en gubbe med elgitarr och skriker "Obey your master!" medans de gör djävulstecknet."
Fredagen spenderade jag, Oliver, Ludde och Johan större delen av i stan där vi käkade på Pizza Hut och såg Transformers som för övrigt var fett bra.
På Tisdag morgon lämnar jag staden, jag och tre kompisar ska cykla till Skåne.
Jag kommer försöka få upp någon slags dagbok på någon hemsida, antagligen på Bromma IFs
Jag känner att det var ganska länge sen jag skrev någon tankebit som jag brukar (brukade).
Det måste vara sommaratmosfären eller något som gör att allt är klart. Det finns inte mycket att fundera över.
Alla svaren bara finns där, förfärligt skönt alltså.
"Come on, and show them your love
Rip out the wings of a butterfly
For your soul, my love
Rip out the wings of a butterfly
For your soul
This endless mercy mile
We're crawling side by side
With hell freezing over in our eyes
Gods kneel before our crime"
HIM - Wings of a Butterfly
23Jun/070
Tisdag, igen…
Tja!
Det är ju nästan otroligt att av hur en slump jag alltid lyckas pricka in tisdagar som "bloggdagar".
Aja det spelar inte så stor roll, fast å andra sidan vad gör det egentligen.
Det är ju ganska ofta man säger såna saker "Det spelar ingen roll!" "Det betyder inget!" o.s.v.
Vad är det som spelar roll? Vad är meningen med livet?
Såna frågar kan man ju snurra runt i hur länge som helst om man inte har något bättre för sig.
Något som att till exempel göra en låt vilket var precis vad jag, Tobbe och Ludde gjorde i söndags.
Den är inte klar men på god väg i alla fall. På tal om musik så anmälde vi (jag, Ludvig, Edvard och Johan) oss till talangjakten idag, tyvärr är det inte säkert att den blir av eftersom det bara är två inlämnade bidrag.
Det vore ju väldigt synd ifall inte "Papperlacka" får spela "För evigt" för skolan.
Särskilt med tanke på att Martin har lovat att spy genom hela låten.
Jävlar vad han måste äta innan. Låten är över fyra minuter liksom. xD
För att avsluta musiken så kan jag säga att på fredag ska jag på Linkin Park(!) konsert med Anders.
Nej nu måste jag faktiskt gå och lägga mig innan mamma går i taket.
Detta inlägg sponsrades (blev framtvingat) av Matilda.
"On the floor of tokyo
Or down in london town to go, go
With the record selection
With the mirror reflection
Im dancing with myself
When theres no-one else in sight
In the crowded lonely night
Well I wait so long
For my love vibration
And Im dancing with myself
Oh dancing with myself
Oh dancing with myself
Well theres nothing to lose
And theres nothing to prove
Ill be dancing with myself"
Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself
PS. Låttexterna i mina inlägg är INTE slumpmässiga utan det finns en tanke bakom dem. DS.
30May/070
Tröttdag
Argh!
Jag är helt stört trött. Det är fan magiskt.
Jag kan typ inte röra mig ur stolen. Idag har visserligen varit en bra dag.
Det började med friidrottsdag på Ängby IP. Jag, Mickan & Vici cyklade dit.
Första grenen var 1500m. Det gick, precis som resten av grenarna under dagen,
helt ok om man tänker på att jag varit skadad och sjuk.
Efter att ha suttit hemma ett tag och jobbat stack jag till träningen,
vi hade Stigge som tränare, så träningen blev väldigt skum.
Jag borde egentligen skriva engelskan men jag är alldeles för trött för att tänka,
frågan är ju bara hur jag orkar skriva det här.
BTW: Folk på venten, nu har jag köpt en mick av Ludde så nu är jag tillbaka.
Just det, jag var på Linkin Park i fredags, de var helt stört bra, helt jävla obeskrivliga.
Nej det blir fan inga tankar eller idéer den här gången, jag är för trött för att tänka ut något sånt.
Godnatt... ZzZzZzZzZzZ
"I don't know what to take
Thought I was focused but Im scared
I'm not prepared
I hyperventilate
Looking for help somehow somewhere
And no one cares
I'm my own worst enemy
I've given up
I'm sick of feeling
Is there nothing you can say
Take this all the way
I'm suffocating
Tell me what the fuck is wrong
With me"
Linkin Park - Given Up
16May/070
Argumentet satt stenhårt… i krysset(?)
Helluuu!
Idag var jag till skillnad från igår inte trött!
Vi hade spanskaprov idag, det gick rätt bra.
Jag har fortfarande lite svårt att greppa att vi bara har typ 4 veckor kvar i högstadiet.
I helgen såg jag Eurovision song contest med friidrottssgänget.
Det ägde stenhårt. Först Pizza sedan Guitar Hero innan höjdpunkten,
själva tävlingen för att sedan avslutas med mer musik i form av The pick of Destiny.
Nej nu måste jag gå och duscha innan mamma dampar, det blev inte så mycket skrivet men men...
"Every day is like a start
Ups and downs, tears and laugh
We never stop, just fight
Never let nobody in
And step right on your dream
If you really wanna take this trip
Fighting anywhere we go
To face this cruel world
We gotta just fight forever"
Moldova - Natalia BARBU - Fight