Happy New Year!
Happy new year everyone! Personally I'm not sure how I can ever beat 2008 but gonna try :)
Busy Busy
Not sure I should be apologizing here for being so busy I haven't had time to update it in weeks. So many things going on, from Warcraft to adapting to living with someone 24/7 to redesigning NataliePortman.com and ofcourse celebrating christmas. Again. And again. Cause me and Helena actually celebrated it thrice - once at her brothers place, once at my parents place and once at her parents place. Lots of good food and stuff that got me bloated. But I love it cause I still love christmas!! :) And ofcourse I still love Helena :)
The Man From Earth
Speaking of movies, we saw a pretty interesting movie the other day called "The Man from Earth". It was one of those low-budget movies where everything was dialogue. It was about a guy that was moving away and his collegues and friends, most of which were professors or scholars of some kind, was throwing an improvised farewell party. And he dropped the bomb that the reason he was going away cause he had to before people started noticing he was weird and didn't age. It'd been like that for the past 20.000 years. And they spent the rest of the movie toying with the idea. Great fun and interesting concept, can really recommend it!
Also saw "Get Smart". Surprisingly funny movie. I couldn't stop laughing at the answer to the question "how did you get here so fast!?", good stuff :)
Also saw "Get Smart". Surprisingly funny movie. I couldn't stop laughing at the answer to the question "how did you get here so fast!?", good stuff :)
Guess I'm Not That Geeky
Yesterday me, my girlfriend and my two best movie friends Ricki and Eva tried out a movie-quiz night at Pet Sounds Bar in stockholm! It was basically small video or audio clips from more or less famous movies and guessing some trivia about them, like directors, oscars and stuff.
And we didn't even get close to winning! I was afraid that we'd either crush the competition or the questions would be about Hungarian independant movies and we'd end up with 0 points. But we finished in the midfield which I thought was quite ok.
(what wasn't ok was when I saw a question about christmas movie and the question was "what building?" I said "Die Hard, Nakatomi!" a good 30 minutes before we even got to that question, but hey, it's one of my favourite movies!)
And we didn't even get close to winning! I was afraid that we'd either crush the competition or the questions would be about Hungarian independant movies and we'd end up with 0 points. But we finished in the midfield which I thought was quite ok.
(what wasn't ok was when I saw a question about christmas movie and the question was "what building?" I said "Die Hard, Nakatomi!" a good 30 minutes before we even got to that question, but hey, it's one of my favourite movies!)
This Is Love
Got a new definition of love for you - my girlfriend serving me coffee, gingerbread and a whiskey while I'm having a blast with my friends in the World of Warcraft, even though she hates it when I'm playing... that is love ... Damn I'm a lucky guy!
Good Times!
Got a good feeling this morning as I was walking to work in the snowstorm. Damn I'm lucky right now. I got it all! My family is overall doing great as far as I know, I got a good job and I consider myself a bit overpaid, and I'm still happily and crazy in love with an amazing woman that loves me! Things are great right now!! Sure I could whine about my tinnitus, my 15 kilos overweight and my allergies that are still acting up, but overall, things are really great! Me so happy!!
Back Into The Abyss
Yeap, I'm going back into the deep abyss of Warcraft again! Gonna try to level up asap and then chill as much as I can and my girlfriend will allow. Feels ... pretty good and pretty bad... Good that the expansion is here, always fun with new stuff. Bad that my girlfriend will go around feeling ignored :( Hopefully we'll land somewhere in the middle.
End Of An Era
Last weekend was a bit of a bummer for a nostalgic person like me. I moved in with my girlfriend a few months back but now it was time to clear out my old apartment since it was just draining cash. So after my family helped me load everything into self storage I had some professional cleaners come in and clear it and now the contract has expired so after 9 1/2 years I no longer live there at all.
When I moved in there back in 1999 I was the chief of our little department at Min Dator. Since then I've changed employers a few times, seen the world, lived the bachelors life, did all my WoWing there, my home cinema system and generally had a very good time there. But now I gotta try to have even better times in our apartment in Barkarby which I still think is a bit small, but what tha hell, I get to share it with the woman I love and that is by far the most important thing.
When I moved in there back in 1999 I was the chief of our little department at Min Dator. Since then I've changed employers a few times, seen the world, lived the bachelors life, did all my WoWing there, my home cinema system and generally had a very good time there. But now I gotta try to have even better times in our apartment in Barkarby which I still think is a bit small, but what tha hell, I get to share it with the woman I love and that is by far the most important thing.
The Kickoff That Failed
On thursday, friday and saturday we had something of a kickoff at work. Intended to get all the projects underway, get everyone onboard and motivated to kick ass and have fun at work.
It failed.
I came home with a terrible "I don't really wanna work there anymore" feeling. I've always loved working there for alot of reasons but after all this I don't. I'm hoping that feeling goes away or the people in charge starts taking my complaints and suggestions seriously 'cause I don't wanna go job hunting again.
It failed.
I came home with a terrible "I don't really wanna work there anymore" feeling. I've always loved working there for alot of reasons but after all this I don't. I'm hoping that feeling goes away or the people in charge starts taking my complaints and suggestions seriously 'cause I don't wanna go job hunting again.
Small Step For Mankind, Giant Leap For Me
This weekend I'm taking what is probably the greatest risk I've ever taken in my life! I'm giving up my apartment and really moving in with my girlfriend!!
The biggest gamble I've done so far was when I signed up for the project at the state department and travelling around the world. But in that case, had it not worked out I'd told my boss I don't wanna do it and everyone would have been hugely dissappointed but that'd be it. Now, if it doesn't work out I've lost the greatest thing that's ever happened to me and I'll have no place to live!!
Ofcourse I am totally comfortable and sure that we won't split up, but there's only so much I can control. I can't control that she won't wake up one morning and realise what a boring person I can be sometimes and that she's the one with the balls in this relationship, I don't know.
Here's hoping I'll never find out!!
The biggest gamble I've done so far was when I signed up for the project at the state department and travelling around the world. But in that case, had it not worked out I'd told my boss I don't wanna do it and everyone would have been hugely dissappointed but that'd be it. Now, if it doesn't work out I've lost the greatest thing that's ever happened to me and I'll have no place to live!!
Ofcourse I am totally comfortable and sure that we won't split up, but there's only so much I can control. I can't control that she won't wake up one morning and realise what a boring person I can be sometimes and that she's the one with the balls in this relationship, I don't know.
Here's hoping I'll never find out!!
Oh, There Was A Point
I forgot, there was a small point to that road trip - testing my new HTC smart phone with builtin GPS! Although it was never a problem finding anything it was a good test run and it worked perfectly :)
Just wish they could make better batteries!!
Just wish they could make better batteries!!
Ullared... What's The Point?
Ullared is a very very small town in south of sweden known for one thing - "Gekas", a huge outlet with very cheap prices on alot of stuff. I never heard about it until my girlfriend asked if I wanted to tag along when her mother, brother & his wife were going. "I guess...". I didn't know why considering we live just next door to an outlet that makes that place look like an anthill. But off we we went! At the very least I'd get a good road trip!!
So on saturday morning at 2 am (!!) we got into a rented car and drove 5 hours there to find a queue of around 100m. At 7 am!! And so the opened, we did our shopping and it wasn't that good prices, except on jeans (but I'm waiting to find out what quality you get for that amount!). We checked out at a bit after 10 after paying $300 for stuff we never needed (and the others paid even more) and had a quick burger at BK and then I saw the queue that was well over 500-600 meters! It was huge!! And for what?? It'd take hours for the people in the back to queue there, and it wasn't that cheap!?!? And then we drove home.
And I still don't know why? I like road trips but if I'm gonna spend 16 hours in a car (3 hours to her brothers place and 5 hour down, and then the return trip) it'd better be worth it! And this wasn't. But it was a good laugh and if it's one of those things you have to do as a swede, I can now check that box.
So on saturday morning at 2 am (!!) we got into a rented car and drove 5 hours there to find a queue of around 100m. At 7 am!! And so the opened, we did our shopping and it wasn't that good prices, except on jeans (but I'm waiting to find out what quality you get for that amount!). We checked out at a bit after 10 after paying $300 for stuff we never needed (and the others paid even more) and had a quick burger at BK and then I saw the queue that was well over 500-600 meters! It was huge!! And for what?? It'd take hours for the people in the back to queue there, and it wasn't that cheap!?!? And then we drove home.
And I still don't know why? I like road trips but if I'm gonna spend 16 hours in a car (3 hours to her brothers place and 5 hour down, and then the return trip) it'd better be worth it! And this wasn't. But it was a good laugh and if it's one of those things you have to do as a swede, I can now check that box.
Recession. Again? Oh Really?
Seems like the past 2 weeks have been total terrible for the global economy ever since a bank fucked up in the states and everything comes crashing down because everyone seems to think everything is crashing down. I love the psychology behind stuff like that, how it seems everyone is just reacting on doomsday analysis.
And unfortunately this time it is affecting me since me and my girlfriend were starting to look at houses but it seems getting a loan will be the tricky part today so we'll just put that on hold for a while. We shouldn't be complaining in our little corner of the galaxy, we're happy as long as we have each other :)
And unfortunately this time it is affecting me since me and my girlfriend were starting to look at houses but it seems getting a loan will be the tricky part today so we'll just put that on hold for a while. We shouldn't be complaining in our little corner of the galaxy, we're happy as long as we have each other :)
Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This ...
Yesterday I was going about my daily life at my new home when for no good reason at all Helena threw me out. I was a big box of question marks but I drove to my old home a sad panda and called her and she answered the phone with "hey, wanna come watch a movie?" ".. huh?" "Oh it's you.." CLICK!.. Me very sad panda. So I log onto my computer and start to write a sad blog entry when I say to myself "hell no, this can't be happening! this must be a dream! I better wake tha hell up!!"... and I did.. and rolled over and held her tighter than I've ever done before!!
I hate dreams...
I hate dreams...
In Brussels. Again!
We had a few IT issues with our Brussels office a few weeks ago which proved just how much we've neglected that office so we decided to go down here and check it out. I'm here with a collegue from our Malmö office. As you may remember I was here about 5 years ago too (yeah, it's neem THAT long!!) but it hasn't changed much. The Vinge office is in the exact same building as the embassy so I'm familiar with the area and where to eat :)
What was interesting was the little 7-eleven like store in the "Sweden"-building (it's called that because of all swedish business having their offices there + the embassy) and they had made it "their thing" and offer a whole shelf of swedish products, like "Dill-chips", skumbilar, Stockholm-beer and stuff. Pretty funny stuff to see in Belgium.
Gonna be doing alot of cleaning in the server room and last minute "anything IT related I can help you with?"-questions to the staff before we go home at around 17.
I miss travelling, staying in hotels and eating at restaurants all the time. But then I also miss my girlfriend.
What was interesting was the little 7-eleven like store in the "Sweden"-building (it's called that because of all swedish business having their offices there + the embassy) and they had made it "their thing" and offer a whole shelf of swedish products, like "Dill-chips", skumbilar, Stockholm-beer and stuff. Pretty funny stuff to see in Belgium.
Gonna be doing alot of cleaning in the server room and last minute "anything IT related I can help you with?"-questions to the staff before we go home at around 17.
I miss travelling, staying in hotels and eating at restaurants all the time. But then I also miss my girlfriend.
Wall-E
My and Helena went out with a couple she knows and we went to the movies, since all of us enjoy a good movie. But since we're not entirely synced what everyone has seen it was decided we'd see Wall-e since noone had seen that. I went in with almost no expectations...
... but it was the best goddamn film of the year!! At some points I was laughing so hard I cried, it was hilarious! And "sweet" in a very cute way!!
What I found most fascinating, and this is my friend Ricki's fault!, was how very little was said in ways of verbally but how incredible the communication was with body language and tone .. and they were robots!!!
It was awesome, go see it!
... but it was the best goddamn film of the year!! At some points I was laughing so hard I cried, it was hilarious! And "sweet" in a very cute way!!
What I found most fascinating, and this is my friend Ricki's fault!, was how very little was said in ways of verbally but how incredible the communication was with body language and tone .. and they were robots!!!
It was awesome, go see it!
6 Months, 1 Day And Counting
We celebrated 6 months yesterday me and my Helena. I think that's a record for me.. but everything is going so good now, even better after our trip to Gothenburg!! We're just all kinds of cute and cuddly right now...
And then Warhammer Online comes along and risk driving in a wedge between us :(
And then Warhammer Online comes along and risk driving in a wedge between us :(
Lovely Day
What a lovely day :) And what a kick ass weekend I've had! Me and my girlfriend Helena packed the car on friday to drive down to Gothenburg (6 hour drive!) on saturday morning to meet her brother, his wife and their son for a weekend of Liseberg, zoo, botanical gardens, shopping and eating. Things got off terrible with my alarm not working, switching cars but we made it down there at noon and we started off with lunch at a steakhouse. Then off to Universeum, which is like a small little zoo next to the theme park Liseberg which was just perfect cause then we spent hours there and by the evening Helena didn't feel that great so we went back to the hotel. Then on sunday we went to the Botanical Garden where we just hanged out for a while and enjoyed some coffee and then into the car and back hom, stopping by Gränna which is a really small little village famous for their candycanes and arrived home on sunday evening when we went out... jogging! (seriously)
Awesome!!! And this week looks like it's gonna be awesome too!.. life is good!!
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Awesome!!! And this week looks like it's gonna be awesome too!.. life is good!!
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Good Times
Still enjoying the good times here. It's all good. So good that I forget about this place sometimes. Over the summer I've been working mostly with the occasional break for sci-fi convention and a 24h cruise with my sisters & brother and last monday me and my girlfriend woke up and after stating we had nothing what so ever to do that day we got in the car and drove 2 1/2 hours to Söderköping to enjoy the icecreams at Smultronstället. Absolutely awesome icecream!! Well worth the drive let me tell you!!
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One More Step ...
Took one more step to adulthood the other day. We went passed Ikea and just said "lets buy a bed". And so we did. Even had to hire a car to load everything in from the gas station. Almost made me feel like a grownup. Except grownups wouldn't have decided to buy a bed for $2000 right there and then like we did :)
Fall From Grace
Since summer 2005 World of Warcraft have been a big part of my life, for almost one year it basically was my life. Doing big raids with 25-40 people that lasted whole nights was something I did every day. It's hard, if not impossible, to explain to people who hasn't been that into a game like this how fun it was, they just think you're nuts. Then I met my Helena and ofcourse everything changed and I pretty much stopped playing for over 3 months. Then I started playing a bit when I wasn't with her and it was great. But now that we're living together I don't have that time by myself and the other day I had to say "I can't cuddle up with you in the sofa and watch this silly romantic movie, the boys need me in Warcraft" and I really felt how hard I fell from grace in her view. She was so disappointed. And I was disappointed too. But it's fun, I'm good at it and I only get to play with my friends that often. Ofcourse I would always chose her above a computer game but I'm trying to have both and she's awesome for not making me choose. Totally love her :)
Not So Much Babysteps Anymore
This saturday I did something I've never done before. I officially moved in with my girlfriend to her place north of stockholm! It's nothing definite, I still have my old apartment in working condition so I can always do a rollback on this if it doesn't work out but so far it's going really well :) Had someone said in february that I'd meet a woman and move in with her within 6 months they'd been crazy all over! But here I am. And loving it!
Sharks!
Yesterday I saw a movie that got me.. emotional. In many ways. It was called "Sharkwater" (IMDB link) and was a documentary about sharks, but not in the average way. It began by dismissing all myths about sharks being evil and human-eating killing machines and did a pretty good job of that. Then it went on about the food chain in the ocean and spent a large portion of the movie dealing with illegal shark fishing for the fins going to the asian market. It got me pretty damn pissed off seeing it. I'm not the most environmentally friendly person and even though I make a few contributions to Greenpeace but I'm not that into it. But I still got pissed at it. If we won't stop simply for the humanitarian reason of dismembering sharks and throwing them back into the ocean then do it for the very environmental reason of them being so vital for the oxygen production in the oceans! Never knew this was such a big thing and I really don't know if I should take everything in this movie at face value but it still got me going.
But it was all done with some incredible underwater footage that was just awesome!! Go see it!!
But it was all done with some incredible underwater footage that was just awesome!! Go see it!!
Cute As Can Be!
For years now I've been driving by a place called Flottsbro without bothering to really check it out but this saturday me and Helena decided to check it out. We packed a Subway lunch and headed off! The weather was ok at first but got a bit cold so we couldn't do all the activities they had there but we played some crazy golf and just walked around enjoying the scenary and having our lunch on a small pier. As usual when we're together - a kick ass weekend! And if you wanna see some cute pictures, go here!
CUTE AS CAN BE!
For years now I've been driving by a place called Flottsbro without bothering to really check it out but this saturday me and Helena decided to check it out. We packed a Subway lunch and headed off! The weather was ok at first but got a bit cold so we couldn't do all the activities they had there but we played some crazy golf and just walked around enjoying the scenary and having our lunch on a small pier. As usual when we're together - a kick ass weekend! And if you wanna see some cute pictures, go here!
Damn, Did I Do That Again!?
I guess I forgot all about this place again! Everythings been so hectic recently, have had a full schedule for weeks now. Not that I'm complaining really. But me and my Helena are getting along nicely, I'd think that by now we'd start to see the bad sides of each other and just say "maybe this wasn't meant to be". But we're not, and it is! Seriously, everytime I'm around her everything else just goes away and I can't think straight. Love it! :)
And two weeks ago we went to see her brother and his family, what a crazy hilarious bunch that was. Loved that too.
And now I'm loving being on vacation, having time to catch up on movies, tv series and gaming. Unfortunately I peaked 98 kilos two weeks ago so I went out and bought me a copy of Civilization : Revolution for the Playstation3 and got up on my bike again. Down to 94 again but I really should try to get below 90 for the first time since my teens.
And two weeks ago we went to see her brother and his family, what a crazy hilarious bunch that was. Loved that too.
And now I'm loving being on vacation, having time to catch up on movies, tv series and gaming. Unfortunately I peaked 98 kilos two weeks ago so I went out and bought me a copy of Civilization : Revolution for the Playstation3 and got up on my bike again. Down to 94 again but I really should try to get below 90 for the first time since my teens.
Where Did All My Time Go?
Not much to report right now. Things are going on nicely at work and I'm falling more and more in love with my Helena! The only one little thing is I'm wondering where tha hell all my free time went!? When I could play Warcraft 6 hours per day, when I could lame about or have a Star Wars marathon!? Right now I don't know when I'm gonna have time to ever to the raids that I used to do in Warcraft or stuff like that. But I'm not complaining, not at all! 'Cause I'm crazy in love! :)
Awesome Weekend!
Think I may just have had the greatest weekend of my life. It was just awesome! Had the party animal in me been in charge I would have gone to a party on friday and although that may have been fun it would have ruined so much more! I still remember a birthday a few years ago when I was so hungover it was embarrassing. So friday we had a BBQ premiere on my balcony (after checking up I was actually allowed to!), and on saturday we went home to my parents for some stuff and alot of birthday cakes and then back to my place for even more BBQ and on sunday it was time for the Eurocup warmer sweden vs. Ukraine that I went to see live thanks to my sister and then fell asleep holding the woman I love and even better - woke up when she served me breakfast in bed. Thankfully I didn't have to be at work until 12!!
Thanks everyone for making that weekend the weekend to remember! And happy birthday me!
Thanks everyone for making that weekend the weekend to remember! And happy birthday me!
Coolest Job?
One of the coolest jobs in Sweden has got to be person planning state visits in Stockholm. Right now we have an international delegation here in Stockholm, spearheaded by Condoleezza Rize, to talk about the Iraq issues (as if there's any new issue there, it's getting really old!). And how cool is it to sit in a comfy office chair with a layouot of greater Stockholm and plan what parts of the town to shut down, what roads to block, how many hundreds of police to put where! It's gotta be great cause no matter what, everyone, and I do mean everyone (short of the military) just falls in line and do whatever you can come up with! Even the thousands (and I was there so take my word for it, it was thousands!) of people stuck in the morning rushhour traffic when they blocked off a few blocks in Stockholm city because their motorcades where leaving, and we all just put up with it!! And they even opened up the emergency roads that are suppose to be used for ambulances, police and firedepartment, not a problem! That one day I had decided to take the car to work cause I was going to Ikea straight after and it took me 2 1/2 hours to get to work when it usually takes me 1/2 hour.
That has got to be the coolest job! Just saying "let's block off Klaraberg at 7-9 am" and noone there to tell you "dude, that's gotta be shit for thousands of people driving to work!" or "technically that road is only for code 3 response vehicles..."
That has got to be the coolest job! Just saying "let's block off Klaraberg at 7-9 am" and noone there to tell you "dude, that's gotta be shit for thousands of people driving to work!" or "technically that road is only for code 3 response vehicles..."
Getting Used To Being In A Relationship
Everyone who's know me long enough knows that I can't keep a relationship going for more than a few months. But this is quite something, I can't seem to go wrong in this one! No matter what I've done so far, even those times when my mouth keeps talking and my brain yells "shut up!" she just smiles and says she loves me. So now I'm trying to get comfortable in this relationship cause it's gonna be a while I hope! 'Cause yesterday was weird. For the first time in ages I was home alone and it felt great, I could finally catch up on this and that, great!, then she texts me and asks if she can come over. Initial feeling was "so much for that evening of looking after number 1" but when she actually got there it was like there was no other place I'd rather be, no other thing I'd rather do than to lie there in my couch watching the Eurovision song contest qualifying holding her. And this morning was really sucky when I had to get up to work and here I am and the only thing I can think of is that I have the most amazing woman ever waiting at home for me!... I don't wanna work...
I Was Only Kidding, I Love Those Teacups!
As most people understood yesterday's little post was an internal joke, I really don't mind those teacups even if I have no idea how to play teaparty, I must've missed that bit of my childhood. But it feels pretty good that we have now reached the point where it's no longer "me and you", it's "us"! I like that.
Oh Grow Up!
My girlfriend really needs to grow up of that little bubble she lives in 'cause if she pulls out that tea set with those cute flowery teacups again I'm going bananas, enough is enough! I really do feel too old to play teaparty, jesus H christ woman, get some friends to do that for you cause I can't take it!!
Nice Guys Really Do Finish Last
As you may know when I was in Barcelona I borrowed my jacket to a woman who'd forgotten hers at the hotel and as a result I lost my credit and ID card. So that's what I got for being the gentleman! I immediately called my bank and had that card blocked and after an hour I realised that being the stupid people swedes are just because I block it doesn't mean I automatically get a new one so I called again to make sure to put in an order for a new credit card. And thus I waited patiently for a new card but this morning I had to get some cash so I tried using my gold card but NOPE! the ATM machine snipped it and said "contact your bank". So I did and as it seems I had both my cards blocked instead of just the one card. But that's a small problem, the new card should arrive today or on monday right?.. "what new card? you haven't ordered any new card?"... So I had to order them AGAIN! and wait 5 more days to get new cardS! That's what I get for waiting patiently! Ofcourse I do have more credit cards to use until then but it's just big annoyance when stuff like this happens and you are reminded that nice guys really do finish last! I could have been an asshole and yelled at the poor girl and ruined her friday, but I didn't. And I'm not even gonna take bets for if I'm actually getting new cards this time...
Back To My Kick Ass Life In Sweden
And now I'm back to my kick ass life here in sweden after a few days with rain in Barcelona. After some shopping we got on the plane, bored for 3 hours, then had the worst landing ever, and for the first time in my life I had a girlfriend that was waiting for me at the arrivals-zone in Arlanda!... or I would have had she managed to sort the parking out, but it's the thought that counts! Then a small BBQ dinner with her parents and then just hanging out, talking and just holding eachother and how wonderful it felt. I love my life right now! And today I woke up next to the most beautiful woman in the world .. and I left her there cause I had to go home and see the recording of the F1 race from sunday! It sounds terrible, I know, but come on, there is no way in hell I'd been able to go all day today without hearing the result somehow!? And now I'm here at work updating my image gallery and saying "good times" :)
Little Dent In My Happiness
Everything was great down here. Yesterday evening it got a bit cold and one of my female collegues forgot her jacket so I, being the perfect gentleman, borrowed her my leatherjacket. Then after the dinner she went off on her nightly escapades (and me on mine) and this morning I got my jacket back ... minus the credit card and ID card I had in my pocket. We're assuming someone stole it when she handed it in at one of the nightclubs. Anyway, card is blocked and I had to file a report with the police down here because of the ID card and now we're back on track, going to lunch now then go around town and a posh dinner tonight and wild night after and tomorrow back to Stockholm. Everything is great, except for that little dent and the fact that I miss my girlfriend. (I love saying that :))
Not even the non-stop rain is getting me down :)
Not even the non-stop rain is getting me down :)
Things are going great, and they're only getting better
So here I am, having one kick ass weekend after another. I don't know how we're doing it but every weekend seems to be the best weekend ever all the time right now. At first it was just the "young and in love" hormones but now 2 months after it's still best ever. Saturday BBQ with my trekking friends, really nice! Sunday, just relaxing, doing some garden work and... just enjoying being with each other. And this week is gonna be the most stressful ever, going off to Barcelona on thursday and home on sunday afternoon. I really shouldn't since there's so much going on but who can say no to a free trip to Spain!? :)
"The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades" indeed.
"The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades" indeed.
Big Step!
Yesterday I took a very big step. I sold my WOW account! My paladin that I've worked so hard on for almost a year - gone! It felt right since I don't have the time to play it as much as I should and I wanna do everything to make this relationship work so I just quit. Still have my old characters though but I can't do the big and time consuming raids with any of them so I won't be stuck in front of the computer a whole evening.
And just to be clear - this was an independant act, she didn't ask me to do it or anything, it was all me!
And just to be clear - this was an independant act, she didn't ask me to do it or anything, it was all me!
One Of Those Days
I'm having one of those days... one of those kick ass "nothing is gonna get me down" days!! It helps that I slept a very comfortable 9 hours, I had a nice breakfast, the sun was shining, listening to the new Moby CD on the way in to work and texting my girlfriend and then I went one step beyond and texted all my friends "if you're happy and you know it clap your hands". And guess what! They all replied with claps! So my friends are doing great too. And going home to my girlfriend soon to watch some House and fall asleep holding her. Aint life good sometimes!? :)
So What's Going On In The Big World
Is there anything big going on in the big world outside? I've been all focused and "snowed in" in this romance I got going here, it's all good and going from great to better, and it feels like I've totally lost track of what's going on in the world. Usually I'm on top of that :(
Anyway, right now we're in the "getting to know each other's friends and family" phase. And this weekend is the oh so important "meet my parents" which is bound to be a kick ass great thing, but I'm nervous since it's so much at stake here 'cause I don't know what kinda relationship we'd have if things don't go too well? ... time will tell... in the mean time I'm doing my best learning how to cook. Mastered peppar steaks, fish and tomorrow - time for pasta :)
Anyway, right now we're in the "getting to know each other's friends and family" phase. And this weekend is the oh so important "meet my parents" which is bound to be a kick ass great thing, but I'm nervous since it's so much at stake here 'cause I don't know what kinda relationship we'd have if things don't go too well? ... time will tell... in the mean time I'm doing my best learning how to cook. Mastered peppar steaks, fish and tomorrow - time for pasta :)
Most Awesome Weekend Ever
Ok so that weekend was the most awesome weekend in a long, long time!
On friday me and my girlfriend (I love typing that) went out on a pretty good couple's dinner with my best friend Mats and his chick to Texas Longhorn. Just wanted to see how well they mixed since that's pretty important to me, and it worked out just fine. And great steaks!!
On Saturday it was all Star Trek all day long and ended with the latest Battlestar Galactica episode from the states. That's alot of sci fi for anyone!
On sunday me and my girlfriend (still love typing that) went to O'Learys to watch the Formula 1 race with my sister and her oldest son. Wanted to see how they mixed as well. No problem what so ever. Good times! Then home to her place and just chill out for the rest of the day (after I installed a wireless router for her so I could slack in the couch!). And then I woke up in her arms today and it was just a beautiful day.
Kick ass!!!
Only bad thing all weekend was my brother who once again proved what a big slacker he really is. He'd promised to be there at O'Learys, both to my sister and to me less than 12 hours before we were suppose to meet, yet he felt it was more important to catch up on some sleep. Pretty damn disappointing.
On friday me and my girlfriend (I love typing that) went out on a pretty good couple's dinner with my best friend Mats and his chick to Texas Longhorn. Just wanted to see how well they mixed since that's pretty important to me, and it worked out just fine. And great steaks!!
On Saturday it was all Star Trek all day long and ended with the latest Battlestar Galactica episode from the states. That's alot of sci fi for anyone!
On sunday me and my girlfriend (still love typing that) went to O'Learys to watch the Formula 1 race with my sister and her oldest son. Wanted to see how they mixed as well. No problem what so ever. Good times! Then home to her place and just chill out for the rest of the day (after I installed a wireless router for her so I could slack in the couch!). And then I woke up in her arms today and it was just a beautiful day.
Kick ass!!!
Only bad thing all weekend was my brother who once again proved what a big slacker he really is. He'd promised to be there at O'Learys, both to my sister and to me less than 12 hours before we were suppose to meet, yet he felt it was more important to catch up on some sleep. Pretty damn disappointing.
This Is Not An April Fools Joke
Things are going well. I had one of my most uber "this is life as it should be!" moments on sunday as I was sitting in Hagaparken, Helena in my arms, sun in my face and the lingering chocolate taste, it was just all too good to be true. But it was true... I'm still positive somewhere, sometime when I least expect it someone will jump out and say "Smile! 'Cause you're on candid camera!". But until then, I'll play along :)
And last friday I managed to cook us a pretty damn good dinner, and waffles too... I'm starting to know my way around my kitchen that I've had for 9 years without using.
Things are going great :)
And last friday I managed to cook us a pretty damn good dinner, and waffles too... I'm starting to know my way around my kitchen that I've had for 9 years without using.
Things are going great :)
Awesome! Just Awesome!
I've spend 2 whole days with my girlfriend now which I was kinda nervous about. Not only because it was up to me to cook the dinner on thursday and then chose movies and restaurant for friday (oh the preassure) but because it's a totally different thing from "just coming over to her place and enjoy the evening, fall asleep spooning and waking up and going to work" and actually spend an entire day together! But it worked out great. I was hoping for fireworks but had to settle for "great", which is still... well, great! This is going so well :)
And an F1 race today that Ferrari would've owned had a certain driver not been so zealous... but still a good race :) Soon off to spend the afternoon with my family over a nice lunch. Things are good :)
And an F1 race today that Ferrari would've owned had a certain driver not been so zealous... but still a good race :) Soon off to spend the afternoon with my family over a nice lunch. Things are good :)
Censorship
Yesterday I did a pretty good post here. Atleast for me. But... well, it's all about respecting the fact that it's not really only about me. I have no problem exposing myself and give details to my friends and family and everyone else who finds their way here. But that's me. I'm different. Not everyone is like that. So it's all about respecting that. Sorry :)
This Is Too Good ...
Warning : Gonna be deep now!
Do you remember a movie called "American Beauty"? I loved it when I saw it but there was one part of it I didn't get. The weird kid Ricky who filmed the bags. After this weekend I totally get that character. And here's why!
On our second date we were gonna see a movie (her choice... Jumper!) and she was gonna fix dinner at her place before the movie. I get there and she's the nice hostess and everything but I'm picking up signals saying "I so regret inviting you but I'm too nice to call it off and hoping you're gonna get the hint soon!" but I've been wrong before so I'm going with it. Awesome dinner by the way! We go to the movie and after the movie it was so different signals and we walked and talked and ended up at Regeringshuset and at the water there we kinda got to it, physically. Then slow walk back to her car, talking and we agreed to go back to our respective beds and sleep on it. As if that was gonna happen, I couldn't sleep at all. So at 2 am I checked my mail and there was .. probably the most amazing e-mail anyone have ever written to me. It was so good it hurt a bit. I had to get up and walk it off cause it hit me right in the gut. After getting the nerve to even try to reply to that we agreed she'd come over to my place on sunday for an inspection. Fortunately it was decently clean and I passed that inspection and after talking a bit, playing a bit PS3 we tried seeing a movie. We failed. And as I was lying there with this awesome woman, kissing her, holding her and looked into her eyes that's when it hit me... the quote from Ricky in American Beauty.. "Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it, like my heart's going to cave in." That's pretty much how I felt at the time. Then we had to go back to her place to take care of her cats but it really didn't matter where we were, as long as it was us two.
And breaking the speed record here.. I already have a toothbrush at her place now!
Do you remember a movie called "American Beauty"? I loved it when I saw it but there was one part of it I didn't get. The weird kid Ricky who filmed the bags. After this weekend I totally get that character. And here's why!
On our second date we were gonna see a movie (her choice... Jumper!) and she was gonna fix dinner at her place before the movie. I get there and she's the nice hostess and everything but I'm picking up signals saying "I so regret inviting you but I'm too nice to call it off and hoping you're gonna get the hint soon!" but I've been wrong before so I'm going with it. Awesome dinner by the way! We go to the movie and after the movie it was so different signals and we walked and talked and ended up at Regeringshuset and at the water there we kinda got to it, physically. Then slow walk back to her car, talking and we agreed to go back to our respective beds and sleep on it. As if that was gonna happen, I couldn't sleep at all. So at 2 am I checked my mail and there was .. probably the most amazing e-mail anyone have ever written to me. It was so good it hurt a bit. I had to get up and walk it off cause it hit me right in the gut. After getting the nerve to even try to reply to that we agreed she'd come over to my place on sunday for an inspection. Fortunately it was decently clean and I passed that inspection and after talking a bit, playing a bit PS3 we tried seeing a movie. We failed. And as I was lying there with this awesome woman, kissing her, holding her and looked into her eyes that's when it hit me... the quote from Ricky in American Beauty.. "Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it, like my heart's going to cave in." That's pretty much how I felt at the time. Then we had to go back to her place to take care of her cats but it really didn't matter where we were, as long as it was us two.
And breaking the speed record here.. I already have a toothbrush at her place now!
Weird Is Good
I guess I have to tell you how monday night went since so many people are wondering! But I'll have to be nice since she, her family and her friends are watching me :) And you know what? I'm totally fine with that cause I got those butterflies flying around... kinda makes me feel like a teenager again (good? bad? who knows!). We had set a time and place and I thought we'd sit down for a nice talk over warm coffee, but she wanted to go out walking. So we went out walking... and alot of it! Eventually wound up at my favorite cafe around the corner from where I work, then went out and walked some more. And ofcourse during all that walking we did alot of talking and giggling at stuff and people and... we just had a great time! That is until the train station when we were gonna say goodbye and I was faced with the always annoying question... do I hug her or go for the kiss? That's usually a millisecond judgement call based on the moment. I'm not gonna tell you what I did, since it was the wrong choice. I don't know why I always get it wrong, am I _that_ bad at reading women that I always end up hugging the ones that wants a kiss and kiss the ones that wanna settle for a hug? And why is it always up to the guys to decide that when we are always ready to go for the kiss?! Anyways, damage was mitigated (now there's a word I never expected to use in a sentence) the day after when I sent her flowers with the note "Thank you for yesterday". I thought that was a great idea, "never fails". Except ofcourse if the woman in question is working with middleaged industrial workers who immediately assumed she had put out on the first date. That was funny as hell and she's the cool chick that laughs that off!
So we're seeing each other this Saturday again, dinner and a movie. Haven't been on a movie-date since the first "Lord of the Rings" and the long time readers of this page will know how much I actually saw of that movie.
So we're seeing each other this Saturday again, dinner and a movie. Haven't been on a movie-date since the first "Lord of the Rings" and the long time readers of this page will know how much I actually saw of that movie.
Things are going great, and they're only getting better!
So how are things on your end? Personally I haven't felt this good (mentally or physically) for a long long time! Except for my ear still ringing a bit I really have no problems at all! As a matter of fact... I got this weird mail from this woman on an internet site on tuesday and by the third mail we were getting very personal and now I just got off the phone with her after talking for about 90 minutes! Now everyone who knows me and knows what I'm like on the phone (short and to the point) gotta be amazed how I can keep a 90 minute conversation, but it wasn't a problem. This is good! And we're going out on monday ;)
So What Does "My Own Age" Mean?
Did anyone else react to that? It looked good when I wrote it but when I read it again it really didn't make sense, cause really, what is "my own age"?... I dunno why but I still have trouble seeing myself as a grownup sometimes. Only two weeks ago I ate a "semla" for breakfast which is to any normal adult absurd, but I did it just cause I could and I wanted to...
Found a good comic that described that so very well - http://xkcd.com/150/ :)
Found a good comic that described that so very well - http://xkcd.com/150/ :)
Move Along, Nothing To See
I'll admit I've been a self-righteous SOB in the past 2 weeks and realised that I'd actually downright lied right in the face to a woman the other day (which is so rare I actually have to point it out!) so I'm not too happy how this all turned out. So... closed. Moving on. Time to try to date someone my own age I guess :)
Also saw "Valley of Elah" the other day. Sorry but... boring :( See Tommy Lee Jones that depressed for that long is ... well depressing!
Also saw "Valley of Elah" the other day. Sorry but... boring :( See Tommy Lee Jones that depressed for that long is ... well depressing!
Company Beats Location
Yesterday I went out with a few former colleagues that I'd lost touch with over time. One of many conclusions of the evening was that in the right company it doesn't really matter where you are. Cause we ended up at some very snobbish and posh place I'd never been to. But atleast they served beer. Kinda. They had 4 kinds. Then it was all drinks and whisky and stuff. And the crowd was just rediculous. But we found a comfy place to sit at and just started chatting away what's beeing happening to everyone in the past years. Naturally the two guys I've not talked to in years had got married with children, good for them, but as always, a reminder to me :)
But it was really fun and a good break to the normal tuesday routine!
But it was really fun and a good break to the normal tuesday routine!
Awesome Start Of The Week
I woke up this morning at around 10 and turn on the laptop in bed and the first thing I get is a MSN saying "what tha f*ck are you doing in expressen!?" (one of the biggest newspaper in sweden)... so here's the story...
A few weeks ago a friend sent over a link to a singlesblog in Expressen, one of their journalists talking about being single and dating and stuff. The reason I got the link was cause we had one thing in common - we had both been dumped because of our openness on our blogs. So a few e-mails back and forth and then it was Valentine's day. She doesn't like it, no single person does (ok, maybe me), but at around lunch I decided to do one of the now infamous "Crazy-stoffs" and bought some flowers and got into a cab and delivered it myself. She was way way happy about it :)
So in return she listed me as the "single of the week" today :) I don't know if that's cool or not but I thought it was hilarious!! I absolutely don't expect a response (especially considering her audience being male) but it was just a hilarious thing and it really made my week so thanks :)
A few weeks ago a friend sent over a link to a singlesblog in Expressen, one of their journalists talking about being single and dating and stuff. The reason I got the link was cause we had one thing in common - we had both been dumped because of our openness on our blogs. So a few e-mails back and forth and then it was Valentine's day. She doesn't like it, no single person does (ok, maybe me), but at around lunch I decided to do one of the now infamous "Crazy-stoffs" and bought some flowers and got into a cab and delivered it myself. She was way way happy about it :)
So in return she listed me as the "single of the week" today :) I don't know if that's cool or not but I thought it was hilarious!! I absolutely don't expect a response (especially considering her audience being male) but it was just a hilarious thing and it really made my week so thanks :)
I Like Valentine's Day
I like Valentine's day, but not for the reason's you'd think. I'm hopelessly single so this bs with one day per year being cute and cuddly and all that, whatever makes people happy I guess, but I like it 'cause it's the birthday of NataliePortman.com! We're up to 8 years now and even though I hardly do any work there anymore it's still amazing how a non-profit fan driven website like that can still be up and running!! And even though I hate "big corporations" I gotta give credit to google for their AdSense programme, would never have afforded it otherwise!
And I made atleast one woman's valentines alot happier, and making other people makes me happy :)
And I made atleast one woman's valentines alot happier, and making other people makes me happy :)
All The Small Things
Here I am at work with the worst case of what we in sweden call "i-lands problem", a small little problem that's so irrelevant and would in any third world country be laughed at for having... where to lunch! That's the topic for about a 30 minute conversation here... we just couldn't come up with a good place to eat lunch. Now that's a pretty good indicator at how much issues I have atm.
Kris And Greg House, Sitting In A Tree ...
The more I date and the more I watch "House" the more I'm certain I'm totally gonna end up so totally like him! Bitter, sarcastic hopelessly single man running around commenting on human behaviour. Guess it could be worse :)
I either date women who are too good for me or women who... well, I think "I could do better" which is a bunch of shallow bullshit, I know, I can't help it. And I know most women think the same thing when they look at my pictures. It's the way it is, no matter how nice and polite some people wanna be. I know it's shallow .. but I am honest above all. And on the other side are all these women I would really go well with that are either already taken or I just don't wanna risk the friendship 'cause of my hormones
Meanwhile, having fun as hell. And won scrabble again :)
I either date women who are too good for me or women who... well, I think "I could do better" which is a bunch of shallow bullshit, I know, I can't help it. And I know most women think the same thing when they look at my pictures. It's the way it is, no matter how nice and polite some people wanna be. I know it's shallow .. but I am honest above all. And on the other side are all these women I would really go well with that are either already taken or I just don't wanna risk the friendship 'cause of my hormones
Meanwhile, having fun as hell. And won scrabble again :)
The Brave One
Saw "The Brave One" yesterday. That's a movie I have heard nothing about at all. I would probably not have seen it at all had it not been for the company I was in that wanted to see it because of Jodie Foster. I'm not that big of a fan of hers, only movies she's bee in tha I love is "Taxi Driver" and "Contact". And here she plays a happy every day normal New Yorker that goes through a dramatic thing and goes a bit bananas. I loved it! I don't know if was her acting, her monologues, the story, I don't know but I loved this movie! Definitely a must buy when it comes out on blueray!!
It's The Small Things
You know what I get really annoyed at with these free newspapers they give out to commuters in the morning so we have something to read? ... they don't fill out with any unnecessary information, just the facts, short and to the point, just the way I usually like it. But sometimes they miss out on the small things. Like this article from last week. It's in swedish unfortunately. It's an article about a new promising player in our national team. But they missed out on one small little bit of information. What sport are we talking about!? I happen to know it's handball since I saw the game, but they never ever mention what sport we're talking about! They just assume you know what they are talking about and if you don't you're not worthy to know. It's pissing me off cause they do it ALOT!! How hard is it to type?
Heath Ledger
I missed doing an updated about it last week, been so busy. But I was really sad to hear Heath Ledger died. Ofc it's always sad when people die, especially if they are younger than me...
But in his case I was really sad cause I liked the guy. I loved "A Knight's Tale", it's one of my favorite movies. I still haven't gotten around to see "Brokeback Mountain" because it really doesn't seem to be my kind of movie, but all the other movies with the guy and the interviews/documentaries I've seen with him I really liked the guy. I hope it doesn't make "A Knight's Tale" sad to watch next time, that would such more.
But in his case I was really sad cause I liked the guy. I loved "A Knight's Tale", it's one of my favorite movies. I still haven't gotten around to see "Brokeback Mountain" because it really doesn't seem to be my kind of movie, but all the other movies with the guy and the interviews/documentaries I've seen with him I really liked the guy. I hope it doesn't make "A Knight's Tale" sad to watch next time, that would such more.
Oh Deer
One of my good abilities when driving is that I have pretty good check on my surroundings, I see things on the side and stuff way ahead of me. But on sunday when I was driving my sisters kids home as I was about to pass a lorry, a deer decided to try get passed the road. He failed. Completely. Smashed my car up big time and there really wasn't much left of it either. So there goes all that money I would've spent on fun stuff to try to save up for a new car cause it's really about time for me to buy a new one.
I'm just happy I kept my cool and kept the car on the road and didn't run off or hit the lorry :)
I'm just happy I kept my cool and kept the car on the road and didn't run off or hit the lorry :)
I'd Die For You And That's The Truth
One of the guys I met the other day is a former colleague that I really enjoyed working with, cause he was funny and I really respect the dude personally and professionally (and he's a frequent visitor here too!). And he's happily married and have a son now and he was telling us (3 hopelessly single guys) about the overwhelming emotion of having a child and the feeling that "this persons life means more to me than my own" surprised him. He's not the first person to have said that, another friend described it as "it was the moment I stopped living for me and started living for my child". Now I have absolutely no way of knowing how powerful that feeling is or anything but... I dunno what's wrong with me cause I already feel those things, definitely not as intense but definitely more frequently! There aren't that many people that I wouldn't lay down my life for (and I hope to prove it one of these days)! And I've never felt that I live for me... maybe that's cause I've always been on the service side of things and why I'm happiest when all my friends and family are doing good and I lose sleep over just one friend being miserable. But what do I know ...
Still Convinced I'm A Good Guy
I may have inadvertently hurt this wonderful woman I dated late tuesday but I still feel like a good guy. Why? Because it made my weekend terrible. I couldn't get over it and lost a lot of sleep thanks to it. The idea of a woman out there being hurt and sad because of me feels right down in the gut. So my priorities is still pretty nicely tuned. And that makes me feel a little bit better. If I had hurt a woman and not felt a thing, then I would be seriously worried.
And I guess this brings the counter up to two. Two women in my entire life that I have in some way hurt, both of them inadvertently. And the irony is that both of them was hurt because I knew too much. My resourcefulness and desire to know stuff doesn't always serve me in a good way.
But now I sent off a very very nice letter to her explaining myself, begging for forgiveness and a second chance. I doubt she will since this thing came up before we even got started but as my wingman told me, "got nothing to lose". Except my dignity but that's worthless in comparison to another shot at this delightful woman.
And I guess this brings the counter up to two. Two women in my entire life that I have in some way hurt, both of them inadvertently. And the irony is that both of them was hurt because I knew too much. My resourcefulness and desire to know stuff doesn't always serve me in a good way.
But now I sent off a very very nice letter to her explaining myself, begging for forgiveness and a second chance. I doubt she will since this thing came up before we even got started but as my wingman told me, "got nothing to lose". Except my dignity but that's worthless in comparison to another shot at this delightful woman.
Women Are Impossible!
The dating life goes on. This week something really funny but kinda sad happened! A few weeks ago I'd started talking to this really nice and funny woman and when we agreed to go out it was bad timing since she was just leaving for a 2 week skitrip. But that was good since it gave me "2 weeks to plan the perfect date" (quoting her!). And being the practical man I am I got right in there trying to sort as much as possible in case she was serious about that, including looking up where she lived to try and find some good place in that region of town. Then she came back and thank god she was only joking about that. We went out on tuesday and she was certainly one of the cutest girls I've ever met! And over the appx. 80 minute long "talking over coffee" date we had I of course mentioned that to her when explaining what a "obsessed with the small practical things" kinda guy I am I mentioned that and she seemed to laugh it off. We had a good date I thought and she said she had fun so we hugged off on the station and went our seperate ways. Today I got the verdict. I shouldn't have checked up where she lived and I shouldn't have mentioned it cause that was NOT popular. Quite the opposite. So that's off because of a small little thing like that. *sigh*
Update: Yes I should have asked her, and the fact is I did in an e-mail I sent and hoped she would reply to before she went away for 2 weeks, but I guess that was too long. And yes I should have asked her when we met but I already knew so faking not knowing goes against my honesty thing I got going. Anything else?
Update: Yes I should have asked her, and the fact is I did in an e-mail I sent and hoped she would reply to before she went away for 2 weeks, but I guess that was too long. And yes I should have asked her when we met but I already knew so faking not knowing goes against my honesty thing I got going. Anything else?
That Time Of The Year
So it's that time of the year that everyone gets the flu or something. That's actually one of the few times I like being single and not having kids, I usually miss it. But after sitting next to a guy at work that's been sick for 2 weeks it eventually hit me. So yesterday I was out cold with fever and everything. Today is a bit better but still not ok. I hate getting these things when you're not feeling ok but not bad enough to justify not going to work. 'Cause it takes more than this to make me stay home, I'm the guy who'll go to africa when I'm feeling a bit sick :)
Movies, Movies And Even More Movies
I dunno why, but I can't get the song "Living Darfu" out of my head!
But I've seen alot of movies recently:
"AvP2" was really good, way better than the first, alot of slaughter!
"Sicko" was pretty interesting to see how bad it is over there according to Michael Moore.
"Oceans 13"... better than 12 but not as good as 11. Pretty funny to see the 3 machoest guys (Clooney, Pitt and Damon) crying on Oprah :) And Ellen Barkin is always good!
Biggest surprise was actually "Shoot 'em Up", hilarious movie! I love movies that don't take themselves too seriously and this one surely didn't, and it was fun. And I like Monica Belucci.
"The Kingdom" was better than I thought it was gonna be, but being a Chris Cooper & Jason Bateman fan I had to see it and was pleasently surprised. It summed up the problem pretty nicely in the last scene - when an american FBI agent says "we'll kill 'em all!" it's cool. When a 11 year old arab boy who's father was killed by said FBI agent and says the exact same thing it's scary.
And then there was "Arn". One of swedens best authors wrote a few books about a swedish temple knight, his childhood, his love and his time in the holy land, and the books were very succesful. So they got alooooot of money and investments into a big movie and it premiered a few weeks ago and I saw it this weekend. 2 1/2 hours of complete and utter trash! The only interesting part was his time in israel, the rest was complete trash. The romance story was pathetic, the dialogue was worse than "Star Wars Episode III" (and that was bad!), and the acting... I know the guy was supposed to have a shitty life and they really got an actor that got that "someone shit in my cereal" look on his face. I dunno what it is about swedish movies but they just can't pull off some stuff. But I guess it's unpatriotic to not see it. But seriously, when has patriotism ever been good... (says the man jumping out of his seat screaming of joy when sweden equalized in the junior ice hockey world championship against Canada... too bad they lost in the end)
But I've seen alot of movies recently:
"AvP2" was really good, way better than the first, alot of slaughter!
"Sicko" was pretty interesting to see how bad it is over there according to Michael Moore.
"Oceans 13"... better than 12 but not as good as 11. Pretty funny to see the 3 machoest guys (Clooney, Pitt and Damon) crying on Oprah :) And Ellen Barkin is always good!
Biggest surprise was actually "Shoot 'em Up", hilarious movie! I love movies that don't take themselves too seriously and this one surely didn't, and it was fun. And I like Monica Belucci.
"The Kingdom" was better than I thought it was gonna be, but being a Chris Cooper & Jason Bateman fan I had to see it and was pleasently surprised. It summed up the problem pretty nicely in the last scene - when an american FBI agent says "we'll kill 'em all!" it's cool. When a 11 year old arab boy who's father was killed by said FBI agent and says the exact same thing it's scary.
And then there was "Arn". One of swedens best authors wrote a few books about a swedish temple knight, his childhood, his love and his time in the holy land, and the books were very succesful. So they got alooooot of money and investments into a big movie and it premiered a few weeks ago and I saw it this weekend. 2 1/2 hours of complete and utter trash! The only interesting part was his time in israel, the rest was complete trash. The romance story was pathetic, the dialogue was worse than "Star Wars Episode III" (and that was bad!), and the acting... I know the guy was supposed to have a shitty life and they really got an actor that got that "someone shit in my cereal" look on his face. I dunno what it is about swedish movies but they just can't pull off some stuff. But I guess it's unpatriotic to not see it. But seriously, when has patriotism ever been good... (says the man jumping out of his seat screaming of joy when sweden equalized in the junior ice hockey world championship against Canada... too bad they lost in the end)
You Know Things Are Good When ...
I saw AvP2 yesterday. Pretty damn good flic!! I just had to open with that so I can make the following argument without being a hipocrite:
But you know things are good when the two biggest newspapers lead story today is Britney Spears was admitted to a hospital yesterday. I mean, that must mean there's nothing more important going on anywhere that we need to report on? No weather abnomolies, no pre-primary presidential preparation election in the US (that the third biggest newspaper was leading with), no revolution in Kenya, no snowstorm in Stockholm, nope, Britney got admitted to hospital, that's really everything.
*sigh*
But you know things are good when the two biggest newspapers lead story today is Britney Spears was admitted to a hospital yesterday. I mean, that must mean there's nothing more important going on anywhere that we need to report on? No weather abnomolies, no pre-primary presidential preparation election in the US (that the third biggest newspaper was leading with), no revolution in Kenya, no snowstorm in Stockholm, nope, Britney got admitted to hospital, that's really everything.
*sigh*
That Didn't Go As Planned
How's 2008 going so far? For me it's... well, still to be decided. On the downside we have
1) Warcraft guild breaking down again (which ironically would actually be good for me)
2) Alot of TV shows are starting their last seasons
3) Our trekking saturdays is probably gonna be a thing of the past due to low attendance.
So that should make me atleast a little bit depressed? Well, I ain't. Cause today I woke up and witnessed a snowstorm outside and said to myself "it'll be a miracle if the trains are on time today".... but they were! So at 8 am I sat down in my warm comfy chair with a warm cup of tea and enjoyed the snowstorm in Kungsan. That felt good. Then I got a cute e-mail from a cute woman I'm hoping to get a date with any day now, but ironically enough she's off to switzerland to ski over the weekend so that'll have to wait. Which is why I can't really say if 2008 is off to a good or bad start yet.
But tonight... Alien vs. Predator 2! Yeah, I'm actually going to the movies!!
1) Warcraft guild breaking down again (which ironically would actually be good for me)
2) Alot of TV shows are starting their last seasons
3) Our trekking saturdays is probably gonna be a thing of the past due to low attendance.
So that should make me atleast a little bit depressed? Well, I ain't. Cause today I woke up and witnessed a snowstorm outside and said to myself "it'll be a miracle if the trains are on time today".... but they were! So at 8 am I sat down in my warm comfy chair with a warm cup of tea and enjoyed the snowstorm in Kungsan. That felt good. Then I got a cute e-mail from a cute woman I'm hoping to get a date with any day now, but ironically enough she's off to switzerland to ski over the weekend so that'll have to wait. Which is why I can't really say if 2008 is off to a good or bad start yet.
But tonight... Alien vs. Predator 2! Yeah, I'm actually going to the movies!!
So What's In Store For 2008!?
Happy new year everyone!
I spent another new years eve in the calm comforting company of my family, enjoying a nice dinner, some beer, alot of "remember when..." discussions and a visit from their neighbors to talk even more trash and toast in the new year. Pretty sweet.
Now if you know me well enough you'll know I'm all about moments. 'Cause what you remember in life aren't an entire sequenze of events like a video, but more moments like still pictures. And I'm trying to maximize those moments as well as I can.
So on the question of what the best moment of 2007 was I'd say "that perfect moment kissing Nina back in May". Ironically the answer to what was the worst moment of 2007 is "when she threw me out 10 seconds later for no reason". Which pretty much sums up the entire relationship - heaven and hell.
So let's hope 2008 can top that... or better yet, let's make damn sure it tops that!
I spent another new years eve in the calm comforting company of my family, enjoying a nice dinner, some beer, alot of "remember when..." discussions and a visit from their neighbors to talk even more trash and toast in the new year. Pretty sweet.
Now if you know me well enough you'll know I'm all about moments. 'Cause what you remember in life aren't an entire sequenze of events like a video, but more moments like still pictures. And I'm trying to maximize those moments as well as I can.
So on the question of what the best moment of 2007 was I'd say "that perfect moment kissing Nina back in May". Ironically the answer to what was the worst moment of 2007 is "when she threw me out 10 seconds later for no reason". Which pretty much sums up the entire relationship - heaven and hell.
So let's hope 2008 can top that... or better yet, let's make damn sure it tops that!
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