What's so weird about Christmas is how much I, and alot of other people, hate the build-up but totally enjoy it from 24th to 31st! The build-up is ofc, having to go through all your family tree checking who wants what, then doing the actual shopping and try to squezze your way through the stores and everything, and all the christmas decorations and stuff and ofc all the preperations at work planning the holidays and making sure all lawyers have remote accessibility... it's all a big hassle! But from 24th I just shut everything out, go home to my folks and enjoy a few days of calm and just relax all the way to the new year! I took out 4 days of vacation and managed to get 12 days off from work which means alot of time with my family and catching up on stuff.
Hope you have a very merry Christmas!!
I'm so vain, I bet I think this page is about me
Check this picture. Then, check this one. Notice the small changes... I've never felt so vain in my life, photoshopping a picture of myself. But if I can, why not? I trust you've all seen this awesome movie-clip?
And oh, I back-tracked why this girl thought I was after a more serious relationship than she was - I told her why the previous reltionship didn't work, because we had only seen eachother 5 times in 2 months which was a bit less than I wanted. But that didn't mean I was talking about living together, did it? Oh well, I guess I'd better practice saying what I really mean rather than say half the story and let people fill in the blanks... I dunno why I do that, I shouldn't be assuming people get my jokes just because my best friends get me and my humor. Like the title of this update, how many are so retro they know Carly Simon's lyrics?
And oh, I back-tracked why this girl thought I was after a more serious relationship than she was - I told her why the previous reltionship didn't work, because we had only seen eachother 5 times in 2 months which was a bit less than I wanted. But that didn't mean I was talking about living together, did it? Oh well, I guess I'd better practice saying what I really mean rather than say half the story and let people fill in the blanks... I dunno why I do that, I shouldn't be assuming people get my jokes just because my best friends get me and my humor. Like the title of this update, how many are so retro they know Carly Simon's lyrics?
The break-up
I have a little hard time getting over this latest break-up. Her reason for breaking up, and she did take the initiative as always, was that she wasn't at the moment after as a serious relationship as I was. I totally disagree with her on that point 'cause I wasn't after a serious relationship that'd mean we'd see eachother every day or live together. But that's not what's bugging me...
What's bugging me is my reasons for breaking it up. Even though it only was 6 years difference between us, it felt like it was more sometimes. She was on the wild and crazy side, spontaneous, partying, have to try everything, restless, "damn the consequences"-kind of person... And I'm not. The problem is, and this is a killer to realise... I used to be all those things and somewhere along the line I lost those qualities! When I was 25 those things would have described me so well! And this is why I liked her in the first place - she had so many qualities that made me go "I so get her!". But somewhere along the line, probably as a result of my world tour or maybe it was me turning 30, but I grew up and lost those qualities. How tha hell do I get them back!!! I loved those things about me! All of a sudden I feel so very old and boring! Give it back!
What's bugging me is my reasons for breaking it up. Even though it only was 6 years difference between us, it felt like it was more sometimes. She was on the wild and crazy side, spontaneous, partying, have to try everything, restless, "damn the consequences"-kind of person... And I'm not. The problem is, and this is a killer to realise... I used to be all those things and somewhere along the line I lost those qualities! When I was 25 those things would have described me so well! And this is why I liked her in the first place - she had so many qualities that made me go "I so get her!". But somewhere along the line, probably as a result of my world tour or maybe it was me turning 30, but I grew up and lost those qualities. How tha hell do I get them back!!! I loved those things about me! All of a sudden I feel so very old and boring! Give it back!
Same procedure as last year
It's 5 days before Christmas. Every intelligent person knows the story, they've been here before. So I gotta ask this question this year again ... how tha hell can the arrival of snow cause delays for the trains? I mean who did NOT consider the possibility of snow today? How can they be caught off guard - again? I get pissed everytime it happens. 20 minute delays because of some snow is just rediculous. Fortunately I wasn't in a hurry to get home...
Speaking of being in a hurry - I bought a new electric toothbrush last week. It has a cool function - every 30 seconds it stops and starts again. This is to indicate it's time to change side since you're only suppose to brush 30 seconds on each side totally 2 minutes. Nice feature. And I've never been so stressed brushing my teeth ever as I am now.
Speaking of being in a hurry - I bought a new electric toothbrush last week. It has a cool function - every 30 seconds it stops and starts again. This is to indicate it's time to change side since you're only suppose to brush 30 seconds on each side totally 2 minutes. Nice feature. And I've never been so stressed brushing my teeth ever as I am now.
Indulging
So yesterday I decided to indulge. I had after all been dumped (however amicably) and felt like feeling sorry for myself and decided to go to Heron City and enjoy a movie or two, Pizza Hut and all that crap that blows my sugerlevel sky high. And it was good. It was very long since I'd done that.
I saw two movies - "Casino Royale" and "Superman Returns". "Casino Royale" was pretty ok, not alot of action for being James Bond. But the story was pretty good even though it felt a bit too... "common" for Bond to play Texas Hold'em. And Craig as Bond was pretty damn good, I'd only seen him in "The Jacket" playing a psycho but in this he was probably the coldest Bond of them all.
"Superman Returns" was also pretty good. Superman has always been my favorite superhero for some reason and this movie really delivered. I particularly liked that they still had Marlon Brando as his father rather than trying someone else. But Lois Lane as a mother didn't quite feel right. And it reminds me of a classic Kevin Smith dialogue from "Mallrats" regarding her fallopian tubes... everyone who's seen it knows what I mean :)
Both movies were ok but nothing that'll go down in movie history as "best ever!" I think. Pretty succesfull sunday.
I saw two movies - "Casino Royale" and "Superman Returns". "Casino Royale" was pretty ok, not alot of action for being James Bond. But the story was pretty good even though it felt a bit too... "common" for Bond to play Texas Hold'em. And Craig as Bond was pretty damn good, I'd only seen him in "The Jacket" playing a psycho but in this he was probably the coldest Bond of them all.
"Superman Returns" was also pretty good. Superman has always been my favorite superhero for some reason and this movie really delivered. I particularly liked that they still had Marlon Brando as his father rather than trying someone else. But Lois Lane as a mother didn't quite feel right. And it reminds me of a classic Kevin Smith dialogue from "Mallrats" regarding her fallopian tubes... everyone who's seen it knows what I mean :)
Both movies were ok but nothing that'll go down in movie history as "best ever!" I think. Pretty succesfull sunday.
Tying up loose ends
Last weekend I had alot of issues on my mind, enough to make me depressed. Alot of small things (like my dead car battery, christmas shopping, suit that needed cleaning, photo session and so on) and two major things - WoW guild disbanded and my new potential girlfriend. Well all those small issues are now resolved thanks to friends and my ever supportive sister AC. And WoW guild dying isn't as bad as I thought, I mean it's just a game right and I get all my spare time back now in time for Christmas and the holidays. And there's always the option of joining another guild and I may even end up playing more (!) than before. We'll see, but it's not important really...
Which just left that potential girlfriend. I'd met her during a party and we were pretty similar in alot of ways and at first it was "I totally get her!". But after almost three weeks of dating and her going to Paris to get some perspective we met up again on saturday, talked for an hour then kinda agreed that it wasn't working out. And a friendly goodbye hug and "I'll see you around" and one more relationship that didn't survive the 3 week mark (this was 6 hours short), I'm becoming the expert at that. But since we never got that serious and I saw it coming a mile away it's not getting me down that much. But it did feel good while it lasted, never knew I could be so happy with a women fully dressed.
So all in all - one week later and everything sorted. Now bring on Christmas and the New Year!
Which just left that potential girlfriend. I'd met her during a party and we were pretty similar in alot of ways and at first it was "I totally get her!". But after almost three weeks of dating and her going to Paris to get some perspective we met up again on saturday, talked for an hour then kinda agreed that it wasn't working out. And a friendly goodbye hug and "I'll see you around" and one more relationship that didn't survive the 3 week mark (this was 6 hours short), I'm becoming the expert at that. But since we never got that serious and I saw it coming a mile away it's not getting me down that much. But it did feel good while it lasted, never knew I could be so happy with a women fully dressed.
So all in all - one week later and everything sorted. Now bring on Christmas and the New Year!
Things are looking up
Most problems I had last weekend seems to be solved now. Going out christmas shopping today with my sister. Better late than never.
Some news from work ; Our lawfirm used to be run by the partners of the firm, and even if they knew the law very well and made a ton of money they didn't really know how to run a company of Vinge's size. So about a year ago they hired a guy to run things. That guy is like the personification of alpha male, really cool guy. One of his way of running things is to make sure the administrative staff is happy. Not only the lawyers but the others too, the janitors and the IT department. One of his ways of doing that has been to make sure we've been included in for example the trip to the Czech republuc- And now he's doing it again but giving the administrative staff a $1 400 (10 000 SEK christmas bonus!! How sweet is that! Unfortunately half of that is going to tax, but still...
Unfortunately it's not all good. Another of his projects is making sure everybody is included on the new website with a staff directory, even the IT department. So we had to go get our pictures taken by this professional photographer that came by. He was really weird, ordered us to smile, slowly, in small stages from neutral to right out laugh. Unfortunately I suck at that, I either look neutral or laugh. But the result looked like this. Not too bad if I may say so!! And no, I don't wear a suit at work, that was just a coincidence!!
Some news from work ; Our lawfirm used to be run by the partners of the firm, and even if they knew the law very well and made a ton of money they didn't really know how to run a company of Vinge's size. So about a year ago they hired a guy to run things. That guy is like the personification of alpha male, really cool guy. One of his way of running things is to make sure the administrative staff is happy. Not only the lawyers but the others too, the janitors and the IT department. One of his ways of doing that has been to make sure we've been included in for example the trip to the Czech republuc- And now he's doing it again but giving the administrative staff a $1 400 (10 000 SEK christmas bonus!! How sweet is that! Unfortunately half of that is going to tax, but still...
Unfortunately it's not all good. Another of his projects is making sure everybody is included on the new website with a staff directory, even the IT department. So we had to go get our pictures taken by this professional photographer that came by. He was really weird, ordered us to smile, slowly, in small stages from neutral to right out laugh. Unfortunately I suck at that, I either look neutral or laugh. But the result looked like this. Not too bad if I may say so!! And no, I don't wear a suit at work, that was just a coincidence!!
Sign Language?
So I'm chatting on MSN with my niece in scotland. She really enjoys talking on MSN and it's a nice pause from work. The only trouble is she uses some weird sign language that I don't get. Like when I asked why she wasn't in school yet, and she said she doesn't start until 9. Well it's 9:25 here so?... and she sent this back:
And things are going better now, eliminating one problem at a time. But women are still impossible and unpredictable. I don't know what, if anything, I may have done wrong with this one but she's not talking to me for whatever reasons.
And things are going better now, eliminating one problem at a time. But women are still impossible and unpredictable. I don't know what, if anything, I may have done wrong with this one but she's not talking to me for whatever reasons.
This Is Kinda Funny
I like to think I have a pretty strong psyche. And I have a pretty good ability to take a step back and analyze things. Which is why it's so funny knowing and pinpointing the small little things that are making me somewhat depressed right now. Unfortunately it doesn't really solve any of the current problems and there isn't really anything I can do about them except wait them out and hope it blows over. Which it always does. But it's still a pretty funny thing to do and it's a good sign that I'm not _that_ depressed. And that possible girlfriend I had going isn't returning my calls. Guess I shouldn't have said anything...
But one small bit of good news is that I've finally added a page with a day-by-day description of me and my sister's latest trip to Scotland. So, it's not all bad.
But one small bit of good news is that I've finally added a page with a day-by-day description of me and my sister's latest trip to Scotland. So, it's not all bad.
And now I'm depressed...
This must be the fall/winter-depression coming on a bit late but now I'm depressed. I saw "Clerks 2" the other day and since then I've been in a "who am I why am I here and where am I going?"-state which is all kinds of depressive things. And just like that our WoW guild is splitting up (which is seing something I worked hard for 18 months go down the drain) and if that's not enough - when I have the perfect opportunity to show a little bit of romance with a prospective girlfriend my car dies on me and ruins the entire thing. God damnit!!!
But yeah, atleast I have a prospective girlfriend, that cheers me up a bit (and thank you Mats for letting that cat out of the bag). But then my ever cheerful sis cheers me up with "you're doing good, have a job, don't live with your parents, you got your health and so does both your parents, what are you whining about?"....
True that, what am I whining about? And will that help?...
But yeah, atleast I have a prospective girlfriend, that cheers me up a bit (and thank you Mats for letting that cat out of the bag). But then my ever cheerful sis cheers me up with "you're doing good, have a job, don't live with your parents, you got your health and so does both your parents, what are you whining about?"....
True that, what am I whining about? And will that help?...
Still Depressed
How can I be so depressed over a little thing like our WoW guild splitting up? Well I joined the guild back in august 2005 and in march this year me and my buddy Mats took over and pretty much ran it from there. I've pretty much dedicated most of my free time to it, even some time at work. I've never had a problem prioritizing real life over my WoW life (atleast I don't think so), but in the deeper analysis I guess I could say that I have a limited real life thanks to WoW taking so much of my time. And now all that hard work is gone. I wouldn't say wasted since I've had alot, ALOT of good times with them. Another thing is all of a sudden I end up in this "what to do now?"-mode? It's probably for the best that it went like this since even if I do go on it won't be on this level and I'll have alot more time on my hands to deal with real life and all that stuff. But it's all too depressing. It's not that I'm against changes, I like changes, changes are good but in this case... I want it back the way it was.
Too Much Going On
There was a time when I updated this place almost every day and didn't care about what I wrote or who read it, but alot of things have happened in the past 4 weeks that doesn't really belong here. But things are going on, some of it really, really good and some of it pretty bad. I'll be happy if we can land on "ok" in time for Christmas :)
Another good thing comes to an end
So you know I'm a member of a really, really old gaming guild in sweden called "Soul Crushers"? We've been active since the quake days, going through other games, new members, old members disappearing but the "Soul Crusher" motto of always having fun still lives on! One of them is an "underground" bar in the center of stockholm that we've hung out at. And tonigh is the last night there 'cause after that they're closing the doors. So bittersweet when that happens... But any excuse for a party :)
Environmental problems. Really?
For the past 2 weeks all the papers in sweden has been all about the environmental problems we're having. As if it's something new. Hasn't that always been an issue for the past 30 years or so? All I can say is that I'm happy I haven't put a child to this world. I'd have to apologize the him/her for screwing up the planet. But then again, I think I've done my part. I commute to work by train, my apartment is always cold (ask my friends) and dark and I voted for the treehuggers. And I'm donating money to Greenpeace. But still they make us feel guilty. I miss being a kid when you didn't have to feel bad for things like this.
Snowy Surprise
So after a week of hearing experts (and Greenpeace) coming up with doomsday scenarios of the global warming the meterologists here told everyone to change to winter tyres because there was a bit of bad weather headed our way. The said that during the weekend. And yesterday (wednesday) a snowstorm hit like a ton of bricks! Chaos everywhere, trains, planes, highways. And guess where I was? I was feeling terrrible and had a fever so I never even got out of bed which turned out to be the total right choice since I hear it took some people hours to get home yesterday! So not only do people forget that we get snow every year in sweden, they don't care when the weatherman warns about it 3 days before it hits.
The games people play
The last 4 weeks have been funny, weird, sad, depressing and annoying. Alot of different states of mind for one major reason. This woman at work that I considered a friend but got pissed off at me for wanting to talk about her being unhappy at work. Anyway, after her huge dissing of me she ended with "I don't wanna talk to you anymore". So for the past 4 weeks everytime she's wanted computer help she's called my collegues directly, not the helpdesk number since she knows it's a good chance I'll answer. And she's kept check of when I work late so she doesn't call at all. And she's totally avoided this part of the building. And I've returned the favor by avoiding her part of the building, not taking on any cases that's remotely close and for her last few days here I even made sure I wasn't here by going to Gothenburg and working there for a few days. Had I been here and she's come by handing in her laptop and to say goodbye I'm sure I'd said "sorry to see you go, good luck there and good luck with everything, have fun", but that'd been a lie. I actually don't... I really dislike her after all of this and if it wasn't against my life philosophy, I might even go as far as hating her for it. But oh well, now she's out of here and I can go back to normal work again. But atleast I managed not to talk to her for 4 weeks.
So that's one problem eliminated. My second problem I solved with alot of overtimes and all my credit that I still had on some cards after my year of travelling and paying hotell bills for $2500 all the time, so the other day I paid $2000 to the IRS. I can't really complain seeing as I spent over a year travelling the world on the taxpayers expense.
So that's one problem eliminated. My second problem I solved with alot of overtimes and all my credit that I still had on some cards after my year of travelling and paying hotell bills for $2500 all the time, so the other day I paid $2000 to the IRS. I can't really complain seeing as I spent over a year travelling the world on the taxpayers expense.
Ups and downs
Last weekend I came down with the cold from hell. And it's finally starting to go away. It was so bad I had to take prescription painkillers to make it down to Gothenburg since I was suppose to do some work down there, but when that was done I called in sick for the rest of the week. And now I'm back in Gothenburg again. Never been a big fan of this town but after beeing here a few days I guess it's ok. The beer tastes just as good anyway. But it's too grey for my liking!
Oh The Irony ...
As usual after donating a pint of blood I feel good. Not sure if it's a mental feel good about doing something good or a physical thing, but I generally feel good afterwards. And the other day I was surprised at just how well I felt - I didn't have an ache anywhere. No sore back, no headache, nothing. That was nice.
Unfortunately it didn't last - yesterday I woke up and my throat felt like I'd swallowed fire. No problem with that, I just have to refrain from talking. But later in the afternoon the fever came and man what a fever. Eventually I had to resort to taking prescription painkiller to get over it and went to bed at 8! And today I feel a bit better but tomorrow morning at 5 I have to get up and go to gothenburg. Last time I felt "bad but not bad enough to go to the hospital" and had to get up early the next day to travel somewhere I ended up in an african hospital convinced I wasn't gonna make it back.
Unfortunately it didn't last - yesterday I woke up and my throat felt like I'd swallowed fire. No problem with that, I just have to refrain from talking. But later in the afternoon the fever came and man what a fever. Eventually I had to resort to taking prescription painkiller to get over it and went to bed at 8! And today I feel a bit better but tomorrow morning at 5 I have to get up and go to gothenburg. Last time I felt "bad but not bad enough to go to the hospital" and had to get up early the next day to travel somewhere I ended up in an african hospital convinced I wasn't gonna make it back.
Lost Half A Kilo Today
SInce I'm working late this week I have time in the morning to do all the chores I usually don't have time for. And today it was time for me to donate blood again. For the 9th time. Everytime I've donated blood (except the first ofc) they've always commented on the blood test from the previous one and they keep telling me what a good cell counts and stuff I have. At first I just thought they do that to be nice, kind and get you in a better mood. But now I know they are! Because this time she said that my last blood test was absolutely excellent and she had never seen that good results and I must be healthy and eat well and get plenty of exercise. Last time I donated was when I had 3 weeks vacation from work and all I did was play computer games and lie in front of the TV, drinking cola, beer and chips all day long...
Oh what problems
The other day as I was flipping through channels I ended up on the "Actor's Studio". It's one of those "let's talk to famous people in movie bizz and see what they have to say" programs, but it's actually usually quite good and some of them have things to say. And this time it was Michael J. Fox doing his best to try to sit there and talk about his career and Parkinsons. I particularly liked his attitude that "hey, everyone has their problems and issues, but they've learnt to deal with them and wouldn't trade them for anyone elses" and how much a terrible thing like this was a "gift that kept on taking" in that it had helped him live life and appreciate everything.
And here I am with my biggest problems being a woman at work that don't like me and owing the IRS $2000. Problem one is gonna solve itself since she's decided to leave the company (which was what I tried talking to her about) and problem two is gonna be solved - somehow...
And here I am with my biggest problems being a woman at work that don't like me and owing the IRS $2000. Problem one is gonna solve itself since she's decided to leave the company (which was what I tried talking to her about) and problem two is gonna be solved - somehow...
You win some you lose some
After this disaster with the woman at work I really needed some cheering up and fate deliverd! We were having a conference/kick-off for everyine in the IT departments of all offices and we had some of these abstract project of how to improve our routines and the way we work. You know how I feel about abstract shit like that, and it's not like we're stressed out. And one of the consultants that was gonna start a speech opened up by asking "which one of you is Kristoffer?", and I'm like "shit what did I do now" and then he says "my girlfriend anna says hi". Anna is a childhood friend of mine, my parents and hers have been really tight. But when we hit our 20's we kinda lost touch with each other. I haven't seen her in ages and haven't even spoken to her in over a year. But now she has my number and we will certainly meet up and catch up!
Now I don't know how I feel anymore...
On monday I was very bummed out over her reaction and giving me more shit than I've taken from even my ex girlfriends and yesterday I was pretty depressed too. But now I'm more on the "angry and disappointed" side of things. I've gone through the entire thing a gazillion times and I still don't know where I went wrong. She was the one that opened the door to her private life, she was the one calling me and talking about stuff (ok, granted I do work in the helpdesk so ofcourse she's doing the calling). The only thing I may have missed was that she wanted to close that door, never picked up any vibes like that but that's apparently the case. So for now I'm writing this off as misunderstanding and going with another classic quote from Dante - "the road to hell is paved with good intentions"...
And then I went down to one of our newest lawyers and after clearing up her mailproblems quietly said to myself "women are still the most amazing thing in the world!"...
And then I went down to one of our newest lawyers and after clearing up her mailproblems quietly said to myself "women are still the most amazing thing in the world!"...
And now I'm totally depressed!
Remember a few months ago when I mentioned I had gotten into a moral dilemma - I had, through no fault of my own, gotten information about someone I care about not being that happy where she is. I eventually decided that if she wants to talk about it I'll let her, but I won't bring it up.
And last week it happened again - I accidentally saw a private message to her that kinda hinted that she was now really, really depressed at work and was even considering applying for a new job. Same moral dilemma, but with one difference - her boyfriend is overseas for a year. So I offered my shoulder to cry on, and thereby admitting I had seeen this... and she freaked. I mean _freaked_! Not only was she pissed off at the fact that I knew this but also because this was none of my business. Under normal circumstances she'd be right... but in this case she was the one that opened up her private life to me when she was heartbroken when her ex had cheated on her and the hell she was going through. Back then I offered my shoulder to cry on and that worked out well because 2 months later they were back together. But this time she went ballistic and the only thing I see I did wrong here was that I cared. Even efter she said no to going out with me and even after they got back together I still cared. It even got so bad she told me never to talk to her again, which makes it really hard to explain myself.
Which only proves an old saying - nice guys do finish last. Maybe if I wasn't such a nice guy, maybe if I had cheated on her and moved overseas for my careers sake, maybe then I'd be the kinda guy that gets a woman like that.
This is enough to make me depressed for a very very long time. I just hope it blows over, but I seriously doubt it..
And last week it happened again - I accidentally saw a private message to her that kinda hinted that she was now really, really depressed at work and was even considering applying for a new job. Same moral dilemma, but with one difference - her boyfriend is overseas for a year. So I offered my shoulder to cry on, and thereby admitting I had seeen this... and she freaked. I mean _freaked_! Not only was she pissed off at the fact that I knew this but also because this was none of my business. Under normal circumstances she'd be right... but in this case she was the one that opened up her private life to me when she was heartbroken when her ex had cheated on her and the hell she was going through. Back then I offered my shoulder to cry on and that worked out well because 2 months later they were back together. But this time she went ballistic and the only thing I see I did wrong here was that I cared. Even efter she said no to going out with me and even after they got back together I still cared. It even got so bad she told me never to talk to her again, which makes it really hard to explain myself.
Which only proves an old saying - nice guys do finish last. Maybe if I wasn't such a nice guy, maybe if I had cheated on her and moved overseas for my careers sake, maybe then I'd be the kinda guy that gets a woman like that.
This is enough to make me depressed for a very very long time. I just hope it blows over, but I seriously doubt it..
I Don't Want Your Newspaper
You know what's really starting to bug me - the people standing at the exits of the trainstations trying to give you a magazine (in stockholm it's Metro or City). I mean if they were just there trying to give it to you that's one thing but they've gotten more and more agressive. And one or two wouldn't be bad but I pass 6-7 or sometimes 9 of these on my way to work every morning. And the most annoying thing is... I've already read it on the train!! I'm gonna go ahead and get some t-shirts printed up with a "I don't want your Metro or City!" and give away on the trains...
Things are good when that's the extent of your problems...
Things are good when that's the extent of your problems...
Election Time Again
So today it was election in sweden. Again. For the past elections I haven't really known what to vote for, and me almost being unemployed last year with all the emotional stress that causes it was even harder this year. It seems that if you have a job and everything is ok, then blue is the way to go. But if you're knocked down for some reason, the reds are good...
So I ended up voting for the tree-huggers...
So I ended up voting for the tree-huggers...
The Eleventh Again?
On monday it was september 11th again. I almost missed it had it not been for every media pointing it out. If you look at it objectively there's no real reason why the entire world should feel so much about an event like that. But somehow we do. On CNN they had a brutal special feature - you could download 2 hour CNN coverage from 8:50 to 10:50 "as it happened". That was scary!!
And the day after, what does TV4 do? Show "Airplane" with the wonderful line "They bought their tickets, they knew what they were getting themselves into!"... nice timing...
And the day after, what does TV4 do? Show "Airplane" with the wonderful line "They bought their tickets, they knew what they were getting themselves into!"... nice timing...
True Story!
Yesterday I had decided to buy a new cell phone. I did my homework and decided to buy a Ericsson Z550i. I checked up where I could buy them pretty cheap and also had them in stock NOW! ANd that was Elgiganten, one of our biggest electonics warehouses. When I got there they didn't have any in the display shelf so I had to take a number for the information desk dealing with phones. After waiting 15 minutes it was my turn and the guy told me "they are so new we don't have them on display yet!", then he punched in some stuff on the computer and gave me a postit with a number on it. "Go to the cashier and give her this number". Ok, so I did, and you guessed it - take a number. After only 10 minutes of waiting it was my turn, gave her the note, she punched the computer a bit, charged my credit card and gave me a receipt and said "ok, go over there, that's where they have the actual product!". So I went over there and... yeap, take a number. 15 minuters after that I had my phone.
Should it really take 45 minute to go to a huge store like this to buy a phone when you know exactly what phone you want and you know they have it in stock?... or am I just a bit too much of a perfectionist for this?
Btw, tribute to Steve Irwin.
Should it really take 45 minute to go to a huge store like this to buy a phone when you know exactly what phone you want and you know they have it in stock?... or am I just a bit too much of a perfectionist for this?
Btw, tribute to Steve Irwin.
No More "Crikey"?
Came to work and hit the favorite icon for CNN and look at that, Steve Irwin killed in action. I think that's a big loss to the world actually, you may dislike his way of presenting his shows but he certainly made alot of people (especially kids) watch nature shows with a bit of interest. Really sad to hear that and I wasn't even a big fan...
Election Year... Really?
Apparently it's election year this year. I'd almost missed it, cause I'm used to it being 10 times more obvious and more posters and stuff everywhere you go and everything you read, but it's been pretty slow so far this year. But the ones who I think have the best ones yet is our environmental party. Their entire PR campaign is just irony and sarcasm. "Nudles are still cheap, so we don't need to raise the financial support for students", "I'm not hooked on oil, I can quit whenever I want", "All love is good - as long as they don't wanna get married!" and then there's one regarding our policy with refugees but that's lost in the translation I'm afraid...
No More Cells On The Train
Interesting thing happened the other day as I was going home on the train. My cell phone rang and as usual I answer since I'm on call and have to answer. And as I'm explaining to this clueless lawyer how to install a new printer a guy comes up to me and asks me to hang up. Why? Becuase there's a ban on cell phones on commuting trains now - apparently? I had no idea they did that, but I politely informed him that these things are in the same category as "give up your seat to an elderly so they don't have to stand", it's more of a recommendation & courtesy than actually being illegal. He didn't like that but couldn't argue and left me alone. And the guy was sitting like 10 meters away from me so don't know how me talking on the cell annoyed him...
But generally I agree - sitting next to someone who's talking on the phone with their friend talking about stuff I have no interest what so ever about is damn annoying...
But generally I agree - sitting next to someone who's talking on the phone with their friend talking about stuff I have no interest what so ever about is damn annoying...
Too Funny To Ignore
I went to the shop to re-stock some stuff after a week in scotland and one of the things I had to buy was shower gel. And I saw Axe has a new (for me anyway!) shower gel out there called anti-hangover with the slogan "Brings you back to life - no matter how short the night was". So I just had to buy it, can't wait to try it :)
Scotland
That was a few busy days in scotland, but now I'm back and settled in again and took the chance to upload some pics from that little semi-improvised trip. We didn't have any plans of anything really but it's been over a year since we last saw each other. Unfortunately we just missed Amy's husband Paul who was offshore again but it was still alot of fun and as usual, coming back with alot of goodies that we don't get here (still don't know why they discontinued Salt & Vinegar crisps!).
Expect a day by day event report soon, meanwhile, enjoy the pics.
Expect a day by day event report soon, meanwhile, enjoy the pics.
I'm Such A Guy ...
I'm so lazy that I haven't done my laundry in a few weeks. And then i realised that "hey, I'm going to scotland on monday, wouldn't hurt to have some clean clothes for that". But I'm so lazy, and my schedule is totally full, that instead I went out and bought new clothes... I'm such a guy...
Not Much Happening
Hate to sound boring but there really is nothing happening. Working and playing WoW is pretty much it right now. But I'll break that pattern this weekend when I'll be busy doing other stuff and then head off to Scotland to check what's happening with the relatives over there. Oh, gay pride week again but for once I haven't noticed it at all!
I was born too late - into a world that doesn't care
Oh god I've got another song stuck in my head now. "I wish I was a punkrocker". Pretty ok song, damn good and funny lyrics, especially since I'm one of those "I remember when I was a kid"-people.
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Finally Over
Phew, finally the soccer championship is over. And what I'll remember most about it is all the tied matches, and the fact that so many play-off matches where decided on penalties so it was kinda appropriate the last match was decided on penalties. Another thing I reacted on this time was how much the referees can screw up a game. I know it's lame to blame a loss on a referee, but sometimes they were just downright fooled and duped and somtimes just made horrible calls.
It's the little things in life you treassure
As I've said so many times, it's the little things in life that I really enjoy! Today I had to go into work and move my office abit (I knew I had to do, just pushed it as far as I could!) and it sucks having to go into work during your holiday, right? Well it only took an hour. Then I spent an hour in Kungsträdgården enjoying an old style vanilla ice cream and when going home I took a huge detour around the central parts of stockholm. And everyone who's been there this time of year knows why.
Donating blood, when did that get expensive?
I'm on holiday right now from work. That means I'm just sitting at home doing all the things I usually don't have time for since I can't be bothered to go anywhere. So today my schedule (not as bad as it sounds!) said "donate blood!". So I filled in the "free parking" note that we blood donors get, took the car up there and got tapped for a pint. Then I got back to the car and ... yeap, got a parking ticket! Why? Because I hadn't put the not up against the windshield! It was in the passenger seat so whoever that parking attendant was should have seen it, but nope. THat cost me 300 SEK :(
More moral problems
As you may remember, a few years back in this blog I made a small reference to Tone Bekkestad, a norwegian chick doing the weather on TV4. In case you haven't seen her, she's hot but in a classy way. And the readers of Slitz, a very guyish magazine in sweden, agreed and voted her as # 42 on their top sexiest women in sweden. And she agreed to do a few photos for them. Now, they do very good photos, not that pornographic or explicit, they still leave alot to the imagination, just the way I like it. And TV4 fired her for it. All of a sudden she's not "credible" to present the weather. Talk about pretentious since this is the woman who educated most of her collegues and actually has the credentials and title to do it :)
Moral dilemma
Oh boy, have I gotten myself into a moral dilemma now. As I was doing disaster recovery of a crashed computer I scanned the documents to see which were salvagable. Nothing new about that. Only this computer used to belong to one of the people in human resources. And as I was going through documents one caught my eye since it was about someone I consider a friend and it was about her expressing some unhappiness with her workgroup she was working in and some stuff she wasn't happy with. At that point I closed it and said "salvaged!" without reading any specifics. But I kept thinking about it and here's the dilemma - do I talk to her about these things in an attempt to make her feel better or try to be supportive, and thereby telling her I've seen a document I probably shouldn't have seen or read? Or do I play stupid and act like I don't know what's bothering her?... I'll see what happens, if I do end up in a remotely deep conversation with her I guess I'll have to bring it up.
Can't This Be Over Soon ...
Even though I'm not trying to watch that many football games I still find myself semi-watching every one. You know, one eye on the computer playing WoW and the other one watching the game. And sweden scored one goal and all of a sudden the media are discussing how far we can go. But england will put them down to earth again.
Wanna Hear Something Sad?
Yesterday was a glorious swedish summer and how did I spend it? Inside a movie theater watching Star Trek. But that's not the sad part, the sad part was that it was the last time we had our Star Trek event in that theater. We've been there once a month for 9 months per year for 9 years now! Seriously, it was 9 years since we had our first event there (and ofc I remember it like it was yesterday). 'All good things must come to an end' indeed...
And today was another glorious summer day and I spent around 1 hour of it slacking in the sun. Then played WoW for the rest of the day :)
And today was another glorious summer day and I spent around 1 hour of it slacking in the sun. Then played WoW for the rest of the day :)
Tired Of The Football
Damn I'm so tired of all the football shit that's going on everywhere. I just don't get what's so big about it. And in sweden people are actually expecting our boys to go anywhere. Just setting themselves up for disappointment again. Sure, the european championships was good, but didn't go that far. And now it's world championship?! Can't wait for it to be over!
Happy Birthday To Me
31 years old. Or 30-something... man I'm getting too old for some of the stuff that I'm doing. But I'm just having too much fun so I'll just keep it up :)
This really made my friday (only in swedish though).
This really made my friday (only in swedish though).
Oh What A Mess ...
And now the mess grows, even as far as white house (or so they say in swedish media) as it seems they were preassuring the swedish government to have the Pirate Bay closed. Which I actually don't see that much problem with, because the site was too anarchistic for my liking. But when they even take DNA samples of the people suspected of a crime of a digital nature, one has to wonder what tha hell this mess is about and how it could happen and if it was done legally or what? Fortunately our media isn't letting this one like they did the one last year!
When Good Things Go Bad
So finally our authorities, preassured by the lobbyist from the big multimedia megacorps, got enough of PirateBay and raided their server datacenter. It was a good idea I guess, I mean Pirate Bay has certainly made it easier for everyone to download movies with BitTorrent, but afaik they haven't done anything really illegal. But this good idea is turning worse every hour because they didn't only take the Pirate Bay's servers, they took all the servers they could find, including tons of servers running "normal" sites, and worse of all, some politcal parties had their websites there too. And the police just took it all. And then we're getting into one of the fundamental issues of a democratic society when they do that. Not to mention if they open them up and try to get at the information stored there!
And the even worse part of it is that they'll probably not be able to prosecute them at all since hosting torrent-files that anyone can submit isn't illegal, and that's bad legal precedent to set.
And the even worse part of it is that they'll probably not be able to prosecute them at all since hosting torrent-files that anyone can submit isn't illegal, and that's bad legal precedent to set.
Master Of Useless Information
The other day, me and Ricki was invited home to Eva's place. It's been awhile since we got together just to slack a whole day and being uselss. They had bought a new game called "master of movie" which was kinda like trivial pursuit but all movies all the way. When she had played it with her husband and friends it took them a few hours to complete. But I won it in less than 45 minutes. Then during the weekend I did another round of trivial pursuit with my family and by the time I called it because it was getting late I was a close 2nd. If only I could fill my head with usefull things like they are trying to teach me at this MS Exchange course than I'm attending right now...
Any Excuse for A Party
So for no good reason I was sitting at work yesterday not really wanting to go home. I didn't leave until 17.15, 45 minutes after I could and guess what I ran into? The huge homecoming crowd preparing for a party in Kungsan to honor our hockeyplayers. Eventually they showed up, Carola did her thing and it was a pleasant event.
Then today as I'm sitting questioning the meaning of existence a woman comes in with her digital camera. "I hear you're good at these things?" "Yeah...?" "Good, 'cause I was at this party last night and I have some pictures I was hoping you could mail to me". And sure enough I loaded them over and I can't help but to take a sneak peak... does this guy look familiar? That's the coach of the swedish hockey team in full swing after winning olympic gold medal and the world championship in the same season! "I was at this party", yeah, understatement of the year... it was like THE party...
Then today as I'm sitting questioning the meaning of existence a woman comes in with her digital camera. "I hear you're good at these things?" "Yeah...?" "Good, 'cause I was at this party last night and I have some pictures I was hoping you could mail to me". And sure enough I loaded them over and I can't help but to take a sneak peak... does this guy look familiar? That's the coach of the swedish hockey team in full swing after winning olympic gold medal and the world championship in the same season! "I was at this party", yeah, understatement of the year... it was like THE party...
I guess we're good at hockey!
Yesterday sweden pulled of a first ever by winning both Olympic gold medal and world championship in ice hokey!! I guess that means we're really good at it, huh? Well, any excuse to throw a party I guess :)
I'm So Not 20 No More. Or Am I?
You know how I keep saying that I'm not 20 anymore? Well this weekend I kinda felt it! First we had a spring part on friday evening with classy dinner and then free bar open till 3 am. Got home around 4. Then up again at 12 and out to my parents to celebrate my fathers birthday. Then starting it up again at 6 when I met up with a few friends in a pub watching the hockey and having a few beers. Got home around 2 am. And then up at 10 am on sunday and felt GOOD!!!
I miss those days when that was an ordinary weekend for me...
I miss those days when that was an ordinary weekend for me...
Celtic Tigers
I saw Flatley's new danceshow Celtic Tiger on DVD the other day. I loved "Lord of the Dance" and "Feet of Flames" but I had no idea what to expect out of this. Since it's the same guy & crew I knew it was gonna be some of the same stuff....
At first I was wondering what tha hell this was and if there was a story anywhere but after a few number it really picked up speed and by the time it crossed the atlantic I was so digging it and it just got better. Some awesome numbers in there and the 2 favorites where the dance-mixing that made the producers of "Let's Dance" feel like newbies, and the stepping to rock music number that felt very original. Overall a good investment and I'm sure my neighbors agreed cause it was loud...
At first I was wondering what tha hell this was and if there was a story anywhere but after a few number it really picked up speed and by the time it crossed the atlantic I was so digging it and it just got better. Some awesome numbers in there and the 2 favorites where the dance-mixing that made the producers of "Let's Dance" feel like newbies, and the stepping to rock music number that felt very original. Overall a good investment and I'm sure my neighbors agreed cause it was loud...
Pump Up The Volume
I'm gonna hit 31 this year, but I still love the drama "Pump Up The Volume" from 1990. I shouldn't, especially since one of my favorite quotes was "society is mutating so rapidly that anyone over the age of 20 really has no idea"..
But I still love it..
But I still love it..
Oh Spring How I Hate Thee
And in less than a week we went from a chilly almost spring kind of weather to a full out summer and that resulted in a huge and sudden increase of pollen here and everytime I went outside I felt it. Badly. When I walked to the train this morning, when I walked out for lunch and when I went home... I'd almost forgotten how much I dislike spring... but then again, as I was sitting at Fridays in Kungsan enjoying my lunch I was reminded of how wonderful spring can be too...
That's Right, I Stepped Up!
So you'd think that our WoW guild dying would make me stop playing WoW. Well, it kinda had the opposite effect since I stepped up and took on even more responsibilities and stuff to make things work.
I wonder if there's a WoW detox program somewhere...
I wonder if there's a WoW detox program somewhere...
Göra Persson Got Some Bonus Points!
I'm not a big fan of Göran Persson, our prime minister. He's been the prime minister of sweden for 10 years now which is both admirable but also too long. Anyway, the other day he was a guest in one of the more unusual talk shows in sweden and as a part of their test how hip he was they showed him a clip from "Big Brother" and asked him to identify the show. He looked at it for a while and then said the most accurate description I've ever heard - "Is this a real TV show? People actually watch this?". I thought that was hilarious. Got some bonus points in my book, but election is still a few months away.
When It Rains, It Pours
So not only is our WoW guild dying, but now one of my best friends is losing his job (downsizing - AGAIN!) and this woman I finally asked out is trying to patch things up with her ex...
Regarding the first one, you coul say "it's just a game", but it's become so much more. It's hard to describe to someone who hasn't been there, but it's another hurtful reminder that "all good things must come to and end". Regarding my friend losing his job, that's shitty but he's young and has tons of experience and certifications so he'll get a new one fast as hell, and he also has a girlfriend to comfort him. And the last one... well, I'm one of those "good for her!"-people so... good for her, whatever makes her happy!...
But I'm still depressed... Oh well, I have plenty of cookies!
Regarding the first one, you coul say "it's just a game", but it's become so much more. It's hard to describe to someone who hasn't been there, but it's another hurtful reminder that "all good things must come to and end". Regarding my friend losing his job, that's shitty but he's young and has tons of experience and certifications so he'll get a new one fast as hell, and he also has a girlfriend to comfort him. And the last one... well, I'm one of those "good for her!"-people so... good for her, whatever makes her happy!...
But I'm still depressed... Oh well, I have plenty of cookies!
Time To Grab Life By The Horn
Our WoW guild is dying out now, think we've been pushing it a bit hard and people have just woke up and realised "hey, I'm almost 31, maybe I should do something else than play computer games". And yeah, I'm people... thing is, I'm not very good at taking on huge tasks like for example cleaning my apartment that is in serious need of a good cleaning crew... nah, just one more Rend-run (WoW talk)..
I'm Not Slipping In My Old Age!
When I landed in Prague last friday and met the team ("Eventyr") that was gonna take care of us during the weekend I noticed one of the girls and thought to myself "I so know her!". Unfortunately you can't just go up to a beautiful woman like that and say "don't I know you?" unless you wanna get laughed at. At some point during saturday morning it hit me - she worked for one of our companies in the building next door back in the old "Min Dator" days, like 8 years ago!! So I finally got it and talked to her and indeed, it was her. But then she kicked me in the nuts when she had no clue who I was...
Sooner Or Late They All Come To Me
During the conference we had a teambuilding exercise and the most interesting thing that happened was when we were gonna split up into small groups of like 8-9 people. Everyone knew me because everyone that has worked there for a while have talked to me so many times they know me and all the new people had their IT intro's with me so they knew me too. And I knew everyone for the same reasons. And I know when which lady got married since I had to change names and stuff in the network and I know when people transfer between offices. The problem was - alot of them didn't know eachother! And that put me in a kinda unique position during all this since I had to introduce people, team up the girls to talk about wedding preparations and stuff since one had gotten married just a few months ago and I could easily strike up a conversation regarding the pub around the corner of our office in Brussels since I know this guy just came back after working for 2 years in Brussels. That was fun and unexpected.
Report and pics from Czech Republic
Here you can find my report regarding what went down in the Czech Republic during the weekend and here you can find some pictures as well.
To put it mildly it was an awesome weekend! I was afraid it might turn out to be boring and "same old, same old" but it was just great fund and actually motivating!!
To put it mildly it was an awesome weekend! I was afraid it might turn out to be boring and "same old, same old" but it was just great fund and actually motivating!!
Back The The Czech Republic
Oh man what a party!! We left on friday morning (and I mean morning, sipped my first beer at 7 am!) arrived in Karlovy Vary at noon, spent some time in the town and had a wild friday night. On saturday it was time for a conference and some teambuilding activity (that was actually the most rewarding teambuilding I've done, and I've done alot!) and then the most posh dinner I've ever been to (got away with skipping the tie though!). Another wild night and today we took a 4 hour walk through Prague and then headed home and I'm exhausted...
BUT MAN WHAT A PARTY!!!!
(pictures coming up tomorrow)
BUT MAN WHAT A PARTY!!!!
(pictures coming up tomorrow)
Going To Prague!
Tomorrow morning I'm off to Prague! Yay, finally going out of the country again like the good old days :)
But this time I'm going with the entire lawfirm and it includes a posh dinner. I'll see how that goes. Will let you know when I get home which should be sunday night... SHOULD be...
But this time I'm going with the entire lawfirm and it includes a posh dinner. I'll see how that goes. Will let you know when I get home which should be sunday night... SHOULD be...
New Design!
Ok, here's the new design. It's FAR from complete. Still need to do a cool logo and fill the content and write alot of stuff but I thought the old one was too old now...
Party Party!
The other day me and some friends went out for some beers and have something to eat and just enjoy a good night out. And it was really good, until around 12 when we were walking around looking for some place that was open, had beer and didn't have a queue to get in. So we ended up at Bullwinkles. I haven't been there for years but last time we were there it was a normal bar. But now it had been transformed to a meatmarket, pick up joint. After we'd checked in our coats, ordered the drinks and checking out the environment we realised just how out of place we were. Most of us where close to or over 30 which most of the other people (atleast the girls) wasn't, we had clothes that fit which the other people (most the guys showing off their pecks) didn't and none of us was looking to hook up. That was a bad way to end the night :(
V for Vendetta
Just came home from seeing "V for Vendetta". Awesome flick! Everything one could hope for when going to the movies. Great movie, great action, great dialogue, great script, great explosions, great music - and Natalie Portman. Ofc there was some less than perfect things in the movie, like Natalie trying to pull of a british accent, but overall an awesome movie! Go see it!
Women Are Amazing
You know how I say that me being so afraid of taking the initiative with women is one of the biggest reason I'm still single? Well, think we nailed another one today - I aim too high! Asked out one of the nicest and most beutiful women I've ever met today. Naturually I was shot down and I wasn't expecting anything else, and it was such a nice "no" I even went to bed with a smile on my face.
But to quote one of my favorite movies - if there is any other way to aim, I don't know how.
But to quote one of my favorite movies - if there is any other way to aim, I don't know how.
Pinata Burger!
Whoever came up with the idea of having nachos and salsa sauce on a hamburger should get a freaking medal! Best meal I've ever had on Burger King, which isn't saying much since most of the time I've been there I've been intoxicated. I doubt it's a coincidence they have restaurants at all the places I usually end up after a night out, but they've really nailed the spots - Medbrogarplatsen, Vasagatan, Plattan, Odenplan and Stureplan!
Technology Rocks!
Don't you just love technology? As I was sitting on the train to work the other day, bored out of my mind and out of battery for my MP3 player I picked up a newspaper and noticed something called Sudoku where the crosswords usually are. Tried to make sense of it by staring on the semi finished grid but couldn't really get a grip on it. So Blackberry (small PDA) on, WAP over to the National Encyclopedia's wireless service and look up what that hell it is. 3 minutes later I had it solved and one more new thing I learnt that day. And I'm kinda getting the impression I must've missed a craze by not knowing what tha hell it was in the first place.
But I love technology :)
But I love technology :)
Gangsta Natalie!
You know I love people who can make fun of themselves and see humor for what it is. Well, now I like Natalie Portman even more! She's always had this nice, clean princessy Long Island Harvard graduate-thing about her. Then she did "Saturday Night Live" the other day and did this rap. Didn't see that coming...
Spinning
I love it when the swedish newspaper have nothing interesting to report. Like last week, the day after it had been established that this current bird flu had hit sweden and people were all like "so?", the next day the published The List. The List of people, or rather positions/institutions, who was on some kind of priority list for vaccination should this mutate and kill people. I thought that was hilarious as hell, but from a journalistic point of view, what tha hell where they hoping to accomplish by that? Sow some seed of discension or what? Noone really cared it was here so why would anyone care if our King was very high on that list? And they had absolutely no reference to where the list came from or anything. But I found it amusing that the IT departments did get a special mention. Even if it was the governments and healthcare IT departments. Thing is, everyone there knows you can just order home your own supply of this vaccin on the net if you want to feel like the king...
WoW Again
Now I'm gonna force myself to play WoW less 'cause I've been putting so much stuff off in the past months that I have alot of stuff to catch up on. This place being one of them...
So 4 years ago we had all the expectations in the world to get some olympic medals and that didn't happen. So this year we didn't, but we did get tons of them. Think we ended up like 6th or 7th all in all. Biggest one ofc was the hockey, and now there's alot of legal issues with that because of the celebration party they had here in Stockholm. Since it was arranged by the swedish ice hockey organisation it had their logos and sponsors, not the official olympic sponsors which goes against some rule somewhere. I just love legal mumo-jumbo and there are even talks that it might disqualify our hockey team. Good luck with that :)
So 4 years ago we had all the expectations in the world to get some olympic medals and that didn't happen. So this year we didn't, but we did get tons of them. Think we ended up like 6th or 7th all in all. Biggest one ofc was the hockey, and now there's alot of legal issues with that because of the celebration party they had here in Stockholm. Since it was arranged by the swedish ice hockey organisation it had their logos and sponsors, not the official olympic sponsors which goes against some rule somewhere. I just love legal mumo-jumbo and there are even talks that it might disqualify our hockey team. Good luck with that :)
It's The Small Things
I was going to work on monday in my normal "monday morning, yet another week" mood that I'm in on mondays, got off the train and started the long walk to the office. That's when I just walk around looking at things all around me and laugh at the small things and enjoy the smell of newly baked bread. But this monday I saw some funny new posters on the wall going to the subway. It was advertisement for our biggest lingerie chain, and the slogan was... "We love boobs!". I thought that was so damn funny and unexpected it really made my day. And guess what's on the news today? Some people think that's offensive and have protested against the text, so they are gonna take the text away and all that's left is a zoom of a womans cleavage. Did that make it any better for them?! Some people just don't get humor... and don't get me started on the Denmark vs. Islam thing...
Migrating WoW Server... Big Deal?
This is terrible, I'm falling so behind on updating this place I feel kinda guilty about it. But there isn't that much going on. Well there is, but nothing you would ever be interested in. Like our plans to migrate to another WoW server, doesn't sound at all interesting but you'd be surprised at all the discussion about it :)
But the good news is I haven't had a headache in quite a while. Actually can't remember when was the last time I had one. The bad news is that the problem migrated to the left front of my head! Something is really messed up with my blood circulation in my head because now I feel the blood pumping through my veins behind my eyeball sometimes, extremely annoying. So maybe that MRI is still on :) But I guess I shouldn't complain, if that's all that's bothering me right now.
But the good news is I haven't had a headache in quite a while. Actually can't remember when was the last time I had one. The bad news is that the problem migrated to the left front of my head! Something is really messed up with my blood circulation in my head because now I feel the blood pumping through my veins behind my eyeball sometimes, extremely annoying. So maybe that MRI is still on :) But I guess I shouldn't complain, if that's all that's bothering me right now.
Party, Party!
After all the stuff we've been doing last year with the entire IT structure at the lawfirm we thought we should have a little small party. And that party was held on friday. Started at 3 with some stuff we did just to motivate why noone was answering the helpdesk, then small dinner and afterwards a musical. Yes, you heard me, I actually went to a musical! It was the swedish version of "Beauty and the Beast" and I've read some great reviews about the Broadway version as well as the swedish version. But I'm not a musical fan but I thought I'd give it a try. Which I did. And I'm STILL not a musical fan! At the pause some of us agreed this wasn't for us and since there were plenty of bars around and it was friday so we ended up there drinking free beers (sponsored by the two consulting firms, including my old employer, we've hired for some of these projects).
Fortunately for me we had a Star Trek day on saturday which is just what I needed - sitting back in a dark theater watching good Star Trek!
Fortunately for me we had a Star Trek day on saturday which is just what I needed - sitting back in a dark theater watching good Star Trek!
Belated Happy New Year
Well hello there, long time, no update! Sorry about that, been busy with levling up my third lvl 60 character in WoW.... yeah, it's screwed up how much time that game can take away from you!
But happy new year everyone! 2005 wasn't really a good year for me but I'm expecting 2006 to be much better and more fun and I hope that your 2006 is too! The standard question, atleast here in Sweden, after this holiday is "so what did you do on New Years?" at which point you usually reply "I was at this wild party and made out with this crazy chick" or something. But for the first time ever I thought it'd be interesting to see what it would be like doing absolutely nothing! And to quote one of my favorite movies "It was all I hoped it would be". It wasn't that I felt anti-social or anything, I just thought that the past 10 years I've either spent it with my family, with female company (which so far has been the most awesome way to do it!) or out partying - so for once I just skipped all of that and did nothing. You should try it :)
But happy new year everyone! 2005 wasn't really a good year for me but I'm expecting 2006 to be much better and more fun and I hope that your 2006 is too! The standard question, atleast here in Sweden, after this holiday is "so what did you do on New Years?" at which point you usually reply "I was at this wild party and made out with this crazy chick" or something. But for the first time ever I thought it'd be interesting to see what it would be like doing absolutely nothing! And to quote one of my favorite movies "It was all I hoped it would be". It wasn't that I felt anti-social or anything, I just thought that the past 10 years I've either spent it with my family, with female company (which so far has been the most awesome way to do it!) or out partying - so for once I just skipped all of that and did nothing. You should try it :)
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