Here we go again…

So, almost three months since last post…My only excuse is that I have been really busy. I have started my new job and it makes me really tired at nights and more prone to just sit in the sofa watching a serie or a movie. I have also become sort of the head of a crew that arrange BarCrafts, and I am also responsible for their blog. You can read it here. So as you see, not much time over for my own blog. But here I am and I have some updates.

I have had some stressful last few days. In February I got notice from my landlord that they will start their renovation project end of July so I needed to move. They did have another apartment for me so I didn’t have to dive into the fun part of finding a new one myself. This is a bigger one, still one room and kitchen, but bigger. Of course, with bigger apartment, more rent. Luckily, earlier that same day my boss at work asked me about next year. As many of you might know I got a 6 months contract. Eric, whom I am replacing is home with his daughter. Anyway, she offered me an additional year. Yey!!! So, from August 13th I have a monthly employment instead of hourly = paid vacation, regular monthly salary and other perks. So I knew when being offered this bigger apartment that I would afford it. So here I am, just moved in and now I have a bigger home. Mom and dad left about 4-5 hours ago and I am almost finished in the kitchen. What is not so “yey” is that during this move I got a bad cold and I think I had fever all day yesterday. Not funny at all!!! So will stay home from work tomorrow.

So what more has happened? Oh! I went to the best concert of my life!!! Finally I have seen Steven Curtis Chapman live! IT WAS AWESOME!!!! I will post some pics later when I find my camera, but I am so happy!!!!! After 10 years of listening, I finally got to meet him. I got my CD signed and a picture of us

So, what else? Not much actually, as I said I administer this BarCraft blog, tomorrow is the GSL quarter final so will watch that…unpack some more, enjoy the sun on my balcony!!! but now, I am going to take a bath in my new tub!!!

over and out!

So they close at 03…my 2 cents…

So they decided to close all nightclubs at 03 instead of 05. The newspaper Metro wrote about it yesterday, other papers wrote about it previously this week. The message is the same, it is the wrong decision. Metro says that 5000 signatures were gathered in only a few hours. I for one am positive to this decision. We need a mental change. It’s not the only way to have fun, going out and having a drink. And swedish people really know how to drink, only too well. So I think this is a good idea.

The arguments for keeping the clubs open are not that wise either, they say that the illegal clubs will take over if this change becomes permanent, they say it will become more violent in the city when it’s only 3 am and people are forced out from the clubs.

I believe that people will not be sharp enough to be irritated at 0300. And that you are probably not moving on to other clubs after you picked out your jacket from one at 0300. Why do people jump to so extreme conclusions? Yes, there might be a small percent that actually turns to the illegal clubs but the big mass will not, cause they know it is wrong. It’s like the debate about file sharing. I would not buy all the movies I have downloaded, I wouldn’t watch them at all. Now, I might find a movie that I like so much that I buy it, instead of never having watched it. So when the movie business poeple complain about lost revenue it is not the whole truth. And when an owner to a bar complains about having to close at 0300 instead of 0500, it is mostly about money, even though his letter tells us otherwise. He loses 2 hours of alcohol sold, and that is a lot of money. He is also against them closing the bar and only serving water. If it was just about having open and let people enjoy themselves, then why oppose that suggestion? No it is about the alcohol.

One more thing on my heart; I just wish other news would become this big, like how many children starve in the third world countries.

That’s why!

So we had girls night in last Saturday. We are 4 friends who decided we are gonna have a nice 3-course dinner once a month and this was our first time. Started out with a shrimp cocktail, then garlic and cashew sprinkled salmon. As desert she served “citronformage” (sorry, don’t know what it is called in english) with fresh raspberries. This Saturday the swedish eourovision song contest started, where we vote for the one going to the big final. For once the right ones got to go to the big swedish final in the Ericsson globe in Stockholm.

I have followed a serie, and now bought the DVD-box, called Couplings. Loved it! Almost like the american Friends, but with the British touch. It’s created by Steven Moffat and now I know why I loved another serie that we ended up watching later this Saturday evening, it’s written by him as well! Sherlock. I highly recommend it!

“I’m sitting here in a boring room…

It’s just another rainy sunday afternoon”…not really but it fit so good I couldn’t help myself. I know that I’m gonna have fun in about 2 hours, going for my weekly horseback riding lesson, but I have a friend stay over form yesterday to today and it was really nice. We talked and talked, even though we were soo tired. Still achieved to fall asleep before midnight though

So now my apartment seems so empty, after my friend from Taiwan left and from the sleepover tonight. I do like living alone, I come as I please and do whatever I want but I still miss to be that close to someone. Be that a friend or something more, it does not matter. Would love to share a big apartment with one or more friends.

By the way, spoke with some friends and here it is again, on request: The New Rules for Love, Sex & Dating from Northpoint.org

Why??! or the one where I saw West side story live

So, me and my friends went to the Gothenburg opera house last night to see the musical west side story. I have seen it in english many times when I was younger, on a VHS (yes, I am that old!) that I recorded from TV. The classic one from the 60′s. I’m sad to say that I couldn’t see past the comparison and was really disappointed in both the translation and the renewal they have done. They have translated it to today’s Sweden with lots and lots of cursing and sexual insinuations. Yes, my old VHS-version is old and outdated but it has its’ charm. Tony was a lot more sensitive and soft, Maria more latino, Bernardo more believable and touchy and Riff more white thrash. Also, the translation of the lyrics/dialogues was awful!

It’s no fun to not be able to let go of these thoughts. I couldn’t enjoy the show as I would have if I was able to see past it. Why must it be this way?! My friends are not as good as me in english so they were glad to see it in swedish, and of course they hadn’t seen it in english before so they couldn’t make the comparison. Even now, when I have started to watch the movie again on my computer, I still think it’s better. The Sharks (latinos) are fewer but smarter than the Jets (white trash). In the movie they can utilise more space, the setting is better, the dancing is also better. But sure, we are the small Sweden. We have great talents but they work abroad on Broadway or in London, they don’t stay here cause it’s not as good financially to do so. Well, I guess I have to move to england or the US to be satisfied… <sigh>

Ex’s…or “I really need someone who can put me in my place

So, my ex got married. It kinda hurts, but only because I’m still single and have been ever since we broke up. I know it’s not a competition, it’s more finding a person suited for you and who follows God, but I really would have liked being first.

We were great together, except for the fact he wasn’t a christian. Kind of a big deal, but at that time I wasn’t smart enough. Also, he was not strong enough for me. Not in the physical sense but mentally. He avoided so many argumentations. My roommate at that time told me, after we broke up, that he had confided some in her and had told her that it was easier to let me have my way with things rather than to question me. So I realized that I need a mentally strong man who will question me and tell me when I have gone too far. But this is just a wish. Sadly I can not be too picky as good christian men doesn’t grow on trees these days. But I have learnt one lesson. He needs to be an active follower of Christ. Otherwise I’d rather be single!