Musik

Konsert x 2 och snöäventyr


Tjollahopp!

I helgen har jag varit på konsert, och så har jag varit på konsert. Den första var Castlevania – The Concert, orkestermusik i Konserthuset. Det var en väldans massa gamers där och alla var astaggade. Största anledningen till att jag var där var att Axel i min klass spelade i orkestern. Det var faktiskt riktigt bra, sjukt taggat och asbra musik.

Inte ett dugg midre taggad var den andra konserten som var Rammstein i Globen, eller Ericsson Globe som den nu så fult heter. Eld är nyckelordet. Det sprutade, exploderade och brann överallt på scenen, som för övrigt liknade en urflippad steampunk-fabrik. Man kände värmen från eldkastarna till andra änden av Globen. Tack till Hilding som erbjöd mig biljetten. Han, Ygge och jag hade schyssta sittplatser. Det var rätt skönt att inte behöva stå för en gångs skull. =P

Cykel i snön

Cykel i snön, Foto: Daniel Andersson

Stå behövde jag däremot göra både till coh från skolan idag. För de som inte har märkt det så kan jag meddela att det är snökaos i Stockholm, fast jag måste säga att jag har haft rätt tur och bara blivit försenad typ 10 min under hela helgen och gårdagen. Eller tja, igår så var det ju inte lokaltrafiken som orsakade förseningen, utan att jag behövde laga slangen på cykeln. Ja, du läste det, cykeln. Jag cyklade till skolan igår. Det var jobbigt och så kallt att jag tappade känseln i benen, men det gick.

Nu har jag som vanligt blajat på för länge om saker och ting. Matdags.



Melodifestivalen 2010: Deltävling 1


Då har det börjat! Årests melodifestival är igång! Jag sitter här med datorn framför projektorduken och taggar med förhoppningar om en bra tävling. Materialet bäddar ju för kvalitét: Ola, Dolf, Måns, Jessica.

Jag försöker kommentera lite på låtarna under kvällens gång.
Ola: Dragig idolpop med en del tryck men man glömmer den rätt fort. Poäng: 4
Jenny: Schysst elektronisk bakgrundsmusik, lugn och stabil. Poäng: 3
Linda: Klyshig pop som flörtar med orientaliska rytmer och avancerad koerografi. Poäng: 3
Pain of Salvation: Seg låt där man väntar på att något ska hända, vilket det aldrig gör. Schysst skägg på sångaren. Poäng: 2
Anders: Manlig, musikalaktig ballad. Påminner farligt mycket om fantomen på operan, fast såklart hästlängder sämre. Poäng: 4
Jessica: Ren och enkel ballad, något gnällig. Man gömmer den fort. Poäng: 2
Frispråkarn: Schtekarrappare av värsta sorten, lite jobbig på scen men duktigt flow. Poäng: 3
Salem: Kraftfull powerballad av en tungviktare. Lite enformig och tråkig tyvärr. Poäng: 3

Så sitter man här och vill ha Anders och Ola till globen så åker Anders ut! Va fan! Dessutom får den där Salem flest röster. Agh!! Linda åkte också, jävla skit.

Bra att åtminstone Ola gick vidare, men kvällens artist är ändå Dolf Lundgren!



Skolstart och packad helg


Då har man börjat skolan igen då. Det var inte så farligt som man skulle kunna tro. Just nu är det iofs bara slutet på höstterminen så det riktiga ”helvetet” börjar väl på måndag.

I helgen var jag på ”katapultmöte”, dvs. möte med Festivalverket som jag precis blivit medlem i. Vi arrangerar en festival i sommar som heter Katapultfestivalen. Jag har blivit ”tekniskt ansvarig” och har bland annat hand om hemsidan. Jag återkommer antagligen med mer ”reklam” för festivalen.

Förutom att då spendera hela lördagen på Ekerö på det där mötet spenderade jag även hela kvällen där hos Erik som hade ställt till en liten klassfest, trevligt trevligt.

Har även hunnit med att jobba några timmar på ett bokförlag och springa 3×11km på en vecka med Ludvig. Måste även nämna att vi alla tre tillfällena var det -17°C

Har lyssnat en del på Breaking Benjamin på sistone så det blir en låttext av dem.

”Show me how it ends it’s alright
Show me how defenseless you really are
satisfied and empty inside
Well, that’s alright, let’s give this another try”

Breaking Benjamin – So Cold



Uppdateringar


Nu har jag gjort lite uppdateringar av sidan. Jag har uppdaterat sidorna, om, progrmameirng och musik samt uppdaterat layouten lite.



Falling apart


God kväll!

Kände att det var dags för en liten vecko-update. I torsdags hade vi slutprov i Kemi B. Det betyder: aldrig mer Kemi. Tjoho! Medan vi satt och svettades vid pennan hade sammarna ledig förmiddag. Detta fick vi rätt snabbt igen däremot eftersom de, igår hade nationellt prov i matte C. Då var det vi som kunde andas ut och sova några timmar extra.

På tal om det så höll jag en liten ”hjälpstuga” i matsalen i onsdags för dem. Det kom ändå några dit vilket faktiskt var mer än jag hade trott. Det slutade med att jag inte var hemma från skolans förrens vid närmare sex. Sedan kunde jag dessutom inte stanna där så länge eftersom vi skulle se Alvik – Akropol i basket i Åkeshov. Alvik fick schmisk rätt rejält. Dessutom ändrades min uppfattning om Jacobs storlek totalt (har tidigare tyckt att han är stor, men jämfört med de andra på plan…).

Igår var det utgång på Metro, trevligt ställe vid Skanstull. Pylle brände stålar på Black Jack:en medan Ludde, Peo och jag ägde dansgolvet (right…) =P. Nej, nu slog klockan precis tolv så jag tänker sova nu. Måste tagga inför morgondagens späckade schema som innefattar småbarnsträning, julklappshandel, utklädnadstillverkning och biologi-pluggande.

Tagga sista skolveckan för i år!

”Please heal me, I cant sleep
Thought I was unbreakable,but this is killing me,
Call me, everything,
Make me feel unbreakable, lie and set me free”
In Flames – Delight and Angers



Toppenhelg!


Woho! Ett helt positivt inlägg för en gångs skull.

Helgen har varit kalas! Satt hela fredagseftermiddagen och taggade genom att spela DJ Hero. Sen vart det (korv)fest hemma hos Love följt av utgång till skyddsrummet på söder (ett ställe att rekommendera) där vi träffade några från Sp3E. Jag stötte också på Joanna som jag inte sett sen hon bytte till Södra Latin i våras.

Igår: bandyträning, ”18-årskalas” hos Emilia och middag hemma hos mig med ”gänget”. Vi (Unne och Victor) lagade en asgod köttfärssås. Vi avslutade med Band Hero, 4 mikrofoner och låtar som Spice Girls – Wannabe, Taylor Swift – Love Story, etc. Du hade antagligen inte velat höra hur det lät.

Idag höll jag på att försova mig till bandymatcherna som var ovanligt tidiga. Det slutde med en vinst och en förlust men vi spelade bättre än på länge.

Hmm, det är lite intressant att de inläggen jag skriver då jag är glad blir så sjukt mycket tråkigare att läsa än de andra, men men det kan man ju iofs ta. Jag har även ett mycket mer seriöst inlägg på gång.

Diagnos: *******
Symptom: diktskrivande, Kent, humörsvängningar & partymusik



Nya fotografier


Nu har jag laddat upp en hel del fotografier. Totalt blev det några hundra bilder i följande tre album.

Nu har jag äntligen kommit ikapp med alla bilder. Det betyder att bilder i framtiden kommer att vara riktigt färska.



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.



”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



"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