Mahogany
07.07.08Filed Under: weekly or something with 3 Comments
Motion blur is a nifty feature, yet hard to capture well. This old beauty was passing by and I tried to get the focus on the boat but it only went so/so. This beauty is probably around 70/80 years old and still going strong. In impecable state. I can´t imagine owning one because for every hour at sea there´s at least 40 hours of grinding and polishing but it´s easy to admire the craftmanship involved in maintaining an old boat like this.
Isn´t it weird how things shift focus when you get older? Going crazy nowadays means daring to drink a cup of coffee after dinner (no, decaf is not really coffee) and threatening that nights sleep. In the good old days going crazy meant downing 10 vodka on the rocks while clubbing.
music: Canton :: Japan
two modes of operation
04.07.08Filed Under: life with 3 Comments
I seem to be in two modes. At work or at the ocean looking at boats. Sort of. I supplied my hairdresser with some new music today. I was her last client before before her vacation. We ended up being silly but my hair looks good.
I go to Gothenburg on friday for a quick job. Back and forth. Then just a few more days before Marseille.
Seems like I´m not really cut out for blogging, I´m such a boring person it´s a waste of digital space. Maybe I should just post weird random pictures instead with surreal bylines? We´ll see.
Interlude
02.07.08Filed Under: life with 2 Comments
Dramatic interlude by the sky above.
Is nature imitating art and life
or the opposite around?
Is there
or is there not
flying saucers?
music: Sometimes :: And one
Hey Saler man
30.06.08Filed Under: travel with 3 Comments
This old school guy set up shop in Helsinki harbour, just like he always has. And his dad before him. The sugar snaps were great.
Stonecrop
24.06.08Filed Under: sillyness with 2 Comments
Tinnitus interpretation
Dolby noise reduction gone hay wire
Sail away
23.06.08Filed Under: life with 3 Comments
sail away
sail away
sail away
music: The other side of the world :: The Tindersticks
Still here
19.06.08Filed Under: weekly or something with 2 Comments
It´s been such a wild ride for the past week. Events out of the ordinary, both here, irl and in the blog world it seems. For me it all started last friday while I was a dermathologist talking pictures of a new laser treatment machine and the phone rang. I ended up seeing Dolly Parton perform that night. Being a music whore I really appreciated her as a musician even though perhaps she´s not really some one I listen to. It was a good show at Stadion which is an open air stadium. Work has been crazy in a good way but not leaving much time for blogging or commenting (sorry about that).
On sunday I went to Helsinki with a very good friend. We had a great time. The kissing ducklings were captured there. Helsinki is such a beautiful city. The architecture, the light and the overall ambience there is just great. Finish people are a bit more relaxed than Swedes. You see old ladies going to Stokkmans wearing hats, gloves and matching hand bags. Gentlemen strolling around being seemingly proud over their age. We (Swedes) look more neurotic when you look at us. We go to the gym, the plastic surgeon and when nothing can be done to trick youth we loose all need for style. We get sloppy. Ok, I´m totally exaggerating here but you get the picture. Finland is 30 years behind us while being totally tech savy at the same time. That creates a very interesting environment.
Tomorrow is summer solstice, and happy solstice to you who celebrates it.
Change my mind
12.06.08Filed Under: Movies with 3 Comments
I switched on the tv tonight and right as I did Colour Me Kubrick: A True…ish Story started. It was a good movie starring John Malkovich. I have some troubles watching him act. He´s always like Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont in Dangerous Liaisons, creepy and over acting but today I started to feel that he´s kind of brave for choosing the roles he does like the one of a pathological liar, like in this movie. He does it so well. He´s so not a Hollywood type and it´s just great here! Alan Conway actually existed and did in fact impersonate Stanley Kubrick. Not looking at all like him or even seeming to like Kubrick but obsessed with fame and fortune, I guess.
It was a bit disturbing because it reminded me of pathological liars from my past and it was sort of embarrassing watching him tricking people and getting away with it but it is a movie I definately recommend! It was fun at the same time as serious. Comedy and drama! Just like real life.
Uptight tonite?
11.06.08Filed Under: music with 2 Comments
So you worked hard all week and now you really need to party? You´re a cute gal, dressed right and need to bob your head? You´re a guy with the teddy shoes going, the tight crisp black jeans but nowhere to go. Fear no more. All you need to do is get this album, together with a case of beer and a bottle of Jack Daniels and you´re all set. My favorite tune is Liar Liar by The Castaways but there are plenty of good songs to keep your spirits up!
And remember, these boots are made for walkin! :-)
Finally a 3G iPhone!
10.06.08Filed Under: shopping, sillyness with 5 Comments
Thanks to Apple and (soon) Telia I now have a digital boner! A 3G iPhone is all I ever wanted. On july 11th it will come true. Good bye crappy working SonyEricsson!
Not sure what to make of the me.com thing though. It´s still seems a bit pricey after the cool factor weared off a bit.
Well, I´m just sayin…