Life 2.0

Ok, yesterday I was not very happy. My update was rather depressing to read. I don’t feel much different today but I still would like to add that I am not giving up. Just trying to get myself to see the reality of things instead how I wish it to be. Sometimes I trap myself in false ideas of what is and what will be. They trip me up and I fall. Then I get up – eventually – and often start the same process over again instead of actually learning something. Learning to open my eyes.

Life goes on. That’s all I really know for sure.

Today is my mother’s 88th birthday so I will be somewhat busy.  However, I don’t mind. Being busy helps me to not think too much about things I can’t change.  I usually think too much about things I can’t change,  but lately I try to keep myself busy with other matters. I also want to use my energy to create something instead of  just thinking.

Looking forward to summer even if the weather today is rather bad. Some snow in the air and really strong cold winds.

Peace.

Happy Birthday, brother!

It’s Tuesday today. Not just any Tuesday. Today is this guy’s birthday. Who?  The guy playing the drums. Who is he? He’s my older brother. 

Rainy Wednesday

Bad weather today. Started late last night. Rainy, windy and then sleet through most of the night followed by more rain in the morning.

I went straight from the office to my oldest brother yesterday. To greet him on his birthday and have some dinner. A lot of people came to greet as usual: family members, friends, relatives and neighbours.

My nephew and his girlfriend showed up and of course had their two months old daughter with them, so I got to meet her for the first time. A beautiful baby.  Made me think of how time seems to pass by faster for every year.

Anyway it was a nice evening but walking to the train station in the rain in order to get back home wasn’t nice at all. However, made it home almost dry and could relax a few hours before going to sleep. Slept very well to around 7 when I had to get up and go to the bathroom. Went back to bed for a little longer before getting up and starting to get some things done.

A little later I had some breakfast, then returned to my writing. Here I am. Writing. Of course this is not all I’m writing today. I’m also doing some writing for job applications and some writing for my projects at the office. Writing is what it’s all about.

Also – and this is a bit of a secret – I’m still working on my project to watch all of the Harry Potter movies in order to write something about them later. Here, and elsewhere.

Not much else to write about today. I was thinking I’d look back on some old posts and see if I can possibly continue some of the topics in new post but that’s still only a thought. Not decided if I will do it.

Still here

Yesterday I thought I would not be here again. Be here as in posting on this blog. I managed to make a mistake and get the blog deactivated. Luckily, got my blog back after sending an email to WordPress. I’m very happy the matter could be sorted out so that I could find my blog back up when I woke up this morning. I’ve learned a lesson and will be even more careful to avoid mistakes in the future.

Anyway tonight I’m looking forward to spending time in a chatroom to see a friend. I won’t get myself into trouble again by mentioning where or why.

The day started sunny and chilly. In the afternoon it got rainy and cold.

Was late to get going due to a visit by the plumber to start working on the water heater problem. With any luck it will be fixed soon.

I worked on a project at the office but didn’t make much progress as my thoughts were elsewhere for the most part.

Got home and had a lot of pain in my stomach but it went away after a while. Got some dinner and then started looking at Twitter and Tumblr to see what I had missed.

Now I’m writing this and listening to some music through Spotify.

Peace.

When I’m 44…

…will you still love me? Valid question. I am 44 now. My birthday was yesterday.

It got a bad start as I woke up in a kind of bad mood. I had been having a rather boring Sunday. Found out there was no hot water due to some failure I will need to have fixed very soon. Heating water on the stove is not an alternative for very long.

However as the day went on, my mood improved. I was greeted at the office and got a lottery ticket which proved to be a winner. Not a big win  but still something.  That made me happier. Then I got home, and was greeted with a nice sandwich cake. Also got a postcard from my aunt, a phone call from my bro the chef and some greetings on Facebook.  My uncle came by for some cake and some coffee. My mother greeted me.

Even later I got a birthday greeting from my internet friend which made me smile and it was the perfect end to a nice birthday. Did also chat with some nice people online.

This evening my oldest brother came by to greet and he brought me a present. A book, as usual. Also very nice.

Today I found out I probably need to use reading glasses which made me feel rather old. But I have to be happy to have been able to read everything without glasses for 43 years.

Peace.

September

September – Party In My Head

Fall.

Feels like the air suddenly got fresh. And cool. Just because of that there was a really loud thunderstorm this afternoon. With heavy rain for a about one hour.

This morning was almost cold, at least chilly but the sun was warm so it wasn’t too bad to get on the bus, then the commuter train, then switch to another train to get to the office. To get there takes about one hour from door to door and it’s boring most of the time. Well sometimes there are some pretty girls to look at but mostly there is nothing to look at except what’s outside the train windows. Mostly countryside actually. Suburban developments and countryside. Or roads and highways and cars. Nothing exciting.

Today I made progress on my writing. The text which keeps eluding me to get a grip on and finish is about culture, politics, ideology and power. There was a time when I was interested in those topics but now I only wish to the get the damn thing written so I can turn my attention to other matters.

If I’m lucky that will be soon.

What else is new? Not much. I keep tweeting and Tumblr-ing and hang around a cam site known as MFC. Today I passed 18,000 tweets so I guess it means I have no life.

I keep in touch with friends and family. I listen to music and watch a movie sometimes.

Oh, and I daydream a bit much at times.

September is my month. Less than two weeks from now I’ll be a year older. Again. I’m going to start counting backwards soon. I don’t feel old but I’m starting to look old.

My birthday will be celebrated but probably not a lot as my budget won’t allow it. Besides it’s not an important number, my age. I wish it was lower but that’s how it is. Can’t really do anything about it.

What else is happening? Not much. The usual stuff. Should end here and go to sleep.

Peace

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Hi readers,

I’m back. Just have to tell you that the party was fun yesterday. My mother had her 87th birthday and family and some friends were gathered to celebrate with her. For those who follow my tweets this is no news but for those who don’t I will include some pics of the cakes in this blog post.

My Saturday was good in another way too. I woke up to read some tweets that made me less worried about a friend I hadn’t had any news from in a while. Still worry about another friend though that I haven’t heard anything from for too long now.

My Saturday was mostly spent helping my mother and when all that was done I was pretty much exhausted. Spent some time reading tweets and tweeting before going to sleep rather early for a Saturday night.

Woke up early and rested this Sunday. Spent the day at home. Except for driving my mother to see her friend in another town. Actually her friend was celebrating her 90th birthday. While my mother was away I watched some sports on TV and read some tweets while thinking about what to write in this blog post.  Also heated a frozen pizza for dinner.

Didn’t have to drive my mother home in the evening, she hitched a ride with one of the other guests at the birthday party. Later in the evening my cousin and aunt came to visit. Had some coffee and leftover cake from yesterdays party.

The rest of the evening I’ve spent trying to update my email accounts, tweeting and writing this blog post. Now I will probably soon go to sleep as I have to be up at 7 am to go to the office again.

Got nothing more to add. Sorry for another very boring post. I just don’t have anything interesting to write lately.

First Monday of 2011

Hello. I’m back again. Been a little busy on this first Monday of the new year. Doing stuff that needed doing. Then had just enough time to get ready for my brother’s birthday party.

Went over there by car because our mother didn’t feel like taking the commuter train. I don’t like to drive in the city though. Always something going wrong there. Or I manage to get lost and having to drive for too long to before being able to turn around and find my way back. Having my elderly mother pointing out my faults does not exactly help the situation but I guess it is the way it is. I’ll find out what it’s like one day too. At least that’s what my mother keeps telling me whenever I ask her to stop distracting me while I’m driving. So, what I learned from this is that I am probably a useless driver but somehow I got it right in the end.

After that little road trip adventure we arrived at my brother’s place and then the other guests started to arrive. Soon the flat was more crowded than the subway at rush hour and the noise level was a lot higher than on the subway. As everyone knows nobody talks to their fellow passengers  in a Swedish subway car. Only if you are drunk or crazy or perhaps a foreign tourist are you allowed to talk but don’t expect the passenger next to you to answer. A Swede only reluctantly talks to strangers on the subway. Some don’t even talk to people they know. However everybody seems to like to share their mobile phone conversations with the whole car.

The food and drinks were nice. However,  I am too tired to look up the correct English term for every food item.  I’ll just mention that vegetables, bread and meat were among the ingredients in the food that was served.

All in all it was a fun evening. Except I didn’t have much of chance to talk to my brother because he was very busy with cooking and serving the food and other stuff. At the end of the evening though there was time to talk for a while before getting ready for the drive home.

Happy Birthday Southside Johnny !

 

Would like to congratulate Southside Johnny on his 62nd birthday today !

Keep on rockin’ !

Southside Johnny – All The Way Home , live @ Music Hall, Cologne, Germany 1992.

My birthday

Hey it’s my birthday today ! Congratulations to me! I’m alive and well and I’ve had greetings from friends and family. Could not ask for more. The weather is ok, some spots of rain but warm. Now I’m looking forward to a nice dinner.