I'm so fuckin' bored! In fact, I'm so bored no one I talked to yesterday has said as much as "beep" to me today. I know I can be quite energetic, but it's usually in a positive way. I must have turned the energy flow and have now become a walking black hole, sucking out all energy.
In fact, I'm so bored I've had all kinds of daydreams about starting fights, just so that something would happen. Or some armed robbers would jump on the train and I could blow their brains out. Because I wouldn't give a shit anyway, so I'd fool them.
Nothing feels appealing. Not even jerking off. Or the fact I'm going to book a snowboard trip or three tomorrow. The ice-cream I'm eating tastes good, but it doesn't really feel good eating that crap after having a flue for the last few weeks and been eating only unhealthy stuff (you're allowed to do that when you're ill).
I can't go for a jog or to the gym or do any gong-fu, due to my recovering from that mentioned fuckin' flue. I don't have the energy to work either. I feel poor, so I can't waste money in any hooker bar in the neighbourhood, or get drunk (I don't like getting drunk anymore anyway, after the fucking aussies beat me up in Ireland last fall). I scared off my friends. I've slept so much in the past weeks there's no way I could fall asleep. I don't want to call anyone, gotten wise after yesterday...
So, left to my own devices, what the fuck to do? Well, being a thinking individual, why not analyse this shit?
So, what is it? I'm afraid this is the reaction that follows after realizing I can't just run after kicks anymore and then cut down a bit too much on the fun stuff. It's all about balance. Yin and yan. I need to have fun, but there has to be some balance to it. Not too much, not too little. Walking a fucking stick...
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Friday, January 18, 2008
Heading north!
I went home to celebrate Christmas with my family and thereafter headed north, to Sundsvall, near the beautiful "High Coast" of the northern east coast of Sweden. I went to visit my friend Mia, whose parents live there.
The weather was awful. Just gray and rain, and Mia was sick, had caught her sister's germs. We headed out for the slopes around Sundsvall anyway, but it resulted in only one ride, for me alone, in fog and rain. Bad luck!
Lucky then that we had booked a cabin in Vemdalen where we spent New Year fighting germs, watching movies and actually riding some. But not very much since we lived at Vemdalsskalet, which was crowded and whose pists are boring and icey. The funpark was badly planned - you could only make one small and one big air on one ride.
Our cabin was a hit! Tiny, only about 25 square metres on two floors, with a tiny toilet with a shower handle only. But it was cosy, with its two beds and a TV on the top floor. And we went to the camping place for sauna a couple of times. The sauna was good, and shared between both men and women.
The New Year party at the hotel was fun, though! :) 1600 people with access to three stages/dancefloors. At that point Mia was recovering and we had a great time dancing bugg and mingling with drunk teenagers. ;)
The first day of the year started off with fresh powder, but we were quite relaxed... But the next two days we went to Björnrike, where the riding is much more fun! It's not as steep as in Skalet, but the runs are longer, less icey, far more various and entertaining and there are less people. Unfortunately the funpark wasn't even started yet.
The weather was awful. Just gray and rain, and Mia was sick, had caught her sister's germs. We headed out for the slopes around Sundsvall anyway, but it resulted in only one ride, for me alone, in fog and rain. Bad luck!
Lucky then that we had booked a cabin in Vemdalen where we spent New Year fighting germs, watching movies and actually riding some. But not very much since we lived at Vemdalsskalet, which was crowded and whose pists are boring and icey. The funpark was badly planned - you could only make one small and one big air on one ride.
Our cabin was a hit! Tiny, only about 25 square metres on two floors, with a tiny toilet with a shower handle only. But it was cosy, with its two beds and a TV on the top floor. And we went to the camping place for sauna a couple of times. The sauna was good, and shared between both men and women.
The New Year party at the hotel was fun, though! :) 1600 people with access to three stages/dancefloors. At that point Mia was recovering and we had a great time dancing bugg and mingling with drunk teenagers. ;)
The first day of the year started off with fresh powder, but we were quite relaxed... But the next two days we went to Björnrike, where the riding is much more fun! It's not as steep as in Skalet, but the runs are longer, less icey, far more various and entertaining and there are less people. Unfortunately the funpark wasn't even started yet.
Powder in Lech!
Second trip with Frankfurt International Ski Club took me to Lech, near Sö:lden in Arlberg, Austria. Our trip captain this time was Heather, doing an excellent job. We lived in the hotel Laerchenhof within walking distance from city centre and the lifts.
The skiing was great! Sunshine and powder. :) I followed the english gentleman Kevin with Venche, Ola, Mila and Dave, who took us to some awsome powder near the pists.
The skiing was great! Sunshine and powder. :) I followed the english gentleman Kevin with Venche, Ola, Mila and Dave, who took us to some awsome powder near the pists.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Getting high in Hochgurgl
After that first trip to Fichtelgebirge I really needed some quality snowboarding... The first trip with the Frankfurt Ski, Sports and Socials Club turned out to be just that! :) We went to Hochgurgl, at 2150m, in Austria.
The people were great - John the Trip Captain, Victoria the beautiful English (!) with her off-pist friends, Mike my silent cool roomy and all the others (me and names...).
The hotel Angerer Alm made this trip to the most luxurious I have ever been to with its relax, its five course dinner and beautiful view over the valley.
The snow was great, but the sight non-existent, due to low clouds. Off-pist was good, after all we couldn't go far from the pistes. The skiing stretches up to 3080m so there was good powder. The place wouldn't do for a longer trip, though, the variety of slopes wasn't that great. You could take the cabin (or bus) to Obergurgl but that place is much lower and windier and more crowded, so don't.
The people were great - John the Trip Captain, Victoria the beautiful English (!) with her off-pist friends, Mike my silent cool roomy and all the others (me and names...).
The hotel Angerer Alm made this trip to the most luxurious I have ever been to with its relax, its five course dinner and beautiful view over the valley.
The snow was great, but the sight non-existent, due to low clouds. Off-pist was good, after all we couldn't go far from the pistes. The skiing stretches up to 3080m so there was good powder. The place wouldn't do for a longer trip, though, the variety of slopes wasn't that great. You could take the cabin (or bus) to Obergurgl but that place is much lower and windier and more crowded, so don't.
Monday, December 03, 2007
Fichtelgebirge - Finally the winter started! :)
I rented a car at www.billiger-mietwagen.de (only 66 Euro with free mileage for a weekend with a 1,6l Astra) and left Frankfurt heading east.
First lesson: The Traffic is a bitch in Germany! I spent hours on the A3 and even though I cruised at 180 the rest of the way I wasn't in Oberwarmensteinach until 9! But the Hempelsberg lift is open 'til 10, so I got roughly an hour to work out that first-time-of-the-season energy. :)
I then slept at the Backerei Schmidt, by the church, where I got excellent service from the lovely old couple running the Gasthaus. For only 25 Euro!
It included a brilliant breakfast, so the next day I was set for a good day of snowboarding! The southern lift of Ochsenkopf was closed due to some repairs, so I headed for the Ochsenkopf Nord lift - 2220m long, taking you 358m higher. A very nice start of the season - a long, easy run with few people. But then again it rained and the slope was very soft... So I rode until I got tired (didn't take long), went home for a shower and then visited Nurnberg where there was a "Weinachtsmarkt". Of course.
On Sunday I was in pain, I was bored and it started to rain again. So after like 4 rides in Ochsenkopf I headed back to Frankfurt again. No queues. And a nice end to a great season opening.
First lesson: The Traffic is a bitch in Germany! I spent hours on the A3 and even though I cruised at 180 the rest of the way I wasn't in Oberwarmensteinach until 9! But the Hempelsberg lift is open 'til 10, so I got roughly an hour to work out that first-time-of-the-season energy. :)
I then slept at the Backerei Schmidt, by the church, where I got excellent service from the lovely old couple running the Gasthaus. For only 25 Euro!
It included a brilliant breakfast, so the next day I was set for a good day of snowboarding! The southern lift of Ochsenkopf was closed due to some repairs, so I headed for the Ochsenkopf Nord lift - 2220m long, taking you 358m higher. A very nice start of the season - a long, easy run with few people. But then again it rained and the slope was very soft... So I rode until I got tired (didn't take long), went home for a shower and then visited Nurnberg where there was a "Weinachtsmarkt". Of course.
On Sunday I was in pain, I was bored and it started to rain again. So after like 4 rides in Ochsenkopf I headed back to Frankfurt again. No queues. And a nice end to a great season opening.
Friday, November 09, 2007
Meat is bad shit
The proof has been there a long time, but some things are just too radical for society to grasp. However, finally there are definitive proof that red meat is bad for you. The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) has publiched a report and there is no doubt anymore.
They don't say you should not eat red meat at all, that would be too radical, even with the proof before your eyes. After all, our society is build around eating meat. Telling people not to eat meat, is like telling don't go to church 100 years ago. But just like most people don't go to church anymore (thank God) we should not eat red meat.
The protein we gain from red meat is not only tough on your body, but on the world as well. In early days when cows walked around peacefully eating grass it was all ok. But it is no longer the case. Food is no longer produced in idyllic farms - food is an industry. An industry that consumes vast amounts of energy, antibiotics, drugs, fertilizers and so forth. The animals are often fed soya protein that has been shipped eg from South America to Europe. We could eat that soya protein ourselves and save 10 times the volume!
WCRF say lack of iron is a reason for women to eat meat. That is an old-fashined viewpoint I'd say. You can eat eg green vegs and fish to keep up your iron levels and if that wouldn't help you can take iron pills. In all, that is much better than eating red meat!
So, be pro-active, stop eating that shit.
They don't say you should not eat red meat at all, that would be too radical, even with the proof before your eyes. After all, our society is build around eating meat. Telling people not to eat meat, is like telling don't go to church 100 years ago. But just like most people don't go to church anymore (thank God) we should not eat red meat.
The protein we gain from red meat is not only tough on your body, but on the world as well. In early days when cows walked around peacefully eating grass it was all ok. But it is no longer the case. Food is no longer produced in idyllic farms - food is an industry. An industry that consumes vast amounts of energy, antibiotics, drugs, fertilizers and so forth. The animals are often fed soya protein that has been shipped eg from South America to Europe. We could eat that soya protein ourselves and save 10 times the volume!
WCRF say lack of iron is a reason for women to eat meat. That is an old-fashined viewpoint I'd say. You can eat eg green vegs and fish to keep up your iron levels and if that wouldn't help you can take iron pills. In all, that is much better than eating red meat!
So, be pro-active, stop eating that shit.
Friday, October 19, 2007
Down, down, down - in the ring of fire
I'm sure Johnny Cash didn't think about his own country when writing that tune, but it sure looks like "The Greatest Nation on Earth" is going down. I wrote about it last year, but now the signs are so obvious even highly respected magazines like Affärsvärlden blow it up on their cover (#42 -07) and journalists tell signs about it all over.
The dollar is falling. People are loosing the respect they used to have. After all, we're talking about a nation where
- 18.000 people die every year, because there is no public health care.
- The richest 1% owns as much as the poorest 46% (2004, 27% in 1979).
- Only 10% of the students at the best universities come from the poorest 50% of the population.
- China will pass the US as the biggest economy within 20 years (Goldman Sachs).
- History talks against this unipolar world order. Eg Asia used to be much mightier than today.
- More and more countries drop their currency's dependency on the dollar.
- The trade deficiency is 5% of GNP while the export is 10%. It will take a long time of a weak dollar to come to terms with this unbalance. At the same time they save only 2% of GNP.
- The infrastrucure is falling apart. I was myself driving on lousy roads last week. In a lousy car, made in the US... which brings me to the next subject:
- Many jobs are lost when they are moved overseas. They can't keep up with the competition.
- They don't care about minimum wage legislation, so of course they plummet in this environment. It is now so low there is no way to survive on it. Working at Wal-Mart you earn $7 an hour. And that's the biggest company of them all!
- Which is another problem - they don't know how to do things properly. No wonder no US cars are sold in Europe!
- Communication: They are falling behind hard when it comes to cellular phones or bandwidth (average speed 1,9 Mb/s, 7 in Canada, 61 in Japan).
- The stoack market of the US used to be 50% of the world's. It's down to 36% 2007.
- They waste their money on arms and war - tools of the past. 46% of the world's war money come from the US.
- Due to the never-ending need of cheap labour the stream of people from abroud (mostly Spanish-speaking) will not halt. It is estimated that Spanish might be the biggest language at the end of this century.
Still people are thinking "don't count them out, things go fast in the US". Yeah, it used to be like that. But with a nation that becomes more and more divided, I'm not sure that's still a fact...
The dollar is falling. People are loosing the respect they used to have. After all, we're talking about a nation where
- 18.000 people die every year, because there is no public health care.
- The richest 1% owns as much as the poorest 46% (2004, 27% in 1979).
- Only 10% of the students at the best universities come from the poorest 50% of the population.
- China will pass the US as the biggest economy within 20 years (Goldman Sachs).
- History talks against this unipolar world order. Eg Asia used to be much mightier than today.
- More and more countries drop their currency's dependency on the dollar.
- The trade deficiency is 5% of GNP while the export is 10%. It will take a long time of a weak dollar to come to terms with this unbalance. At the same time they save only 2% of GNP.
- The infrastrucure is falling apart. I was myself driving on lousy roads last week. In a lousy car, made in the US... which brings me to the next subject:
- Many jobs are lost when they are moved overseas. They can't keep up with the competition.
- They don't care about minimum wage legislation, so of course they plummet in this environment. It is now so low there is no way to survive on it. Working at Wal-Mart you earn $7 an hour. And that's the biggest company of them all!
- Which is another problem - they don't know how to do things properly. No wonder no US cars are sold in Europe!
- Communication: They are falling behind hard when it comes to cellular phones or bandwidth (average speed 1,9 Mb/s, 7 in Canada, 61 in Japan).
- The stoack market of the US used to be 50% of the world's. It's down to 36% 2007.
- They waste their money on arms and war - tools of the past. 46% of the world's war money come from the US.
- Due to the never-ending need of cheap labour the stream of people from abroud (mostly Spanish-speaking) will not halt. It is estimated that Spanish might be the biggest language at the end of this century.
Still people are thinking "don't count them out, things go fast in the US". Yeah, it used to be like that. But with a nation that becomes more and more divided, I'm not sure that's still a fact...
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Knowing your history - step 1
Step 1 is to become aware of the fact that you need to know your history. Next step is to get to know it. Here's one first sample: Varangians
That's what we usually call vikings. I had no idea there was such a word!
That's what we usually call vikings. I had no idea there was such a word!
I'm not a blogger after all, am I?
Blogging wasn't all that easy after all. Well, sure, it serves its original purpose being a place for me to write down my thoughts and reflections. But going from there to create a blog that actually would interest other people is tough. Friends come here every now and then, or others that have met me. But in order for it to become a true blog I would need to write more regularly, probably every day, and maybe also keep some kind of focus on what I write about.
All that doesn't interest me. I don't have time to write every day - I have a life to live! I have to take care of my mental and physical health, my relations with other people, make sure I earn money to survive... Blogging just doesn't give me enough to motivate me to write more often.
Good to know. Lesson learned.
All that doesn't interest me. I don't have time to write every day - I have a life to live! I have to take care of my mental and physical health, my relations with other people, make sure I earn money to survive... Blogging just doesn't give me enough to motivate me to write more often.
Good to know. Lesson learned.
Friday, September 14, 2007
Cheese cake a la Carina
Carefully blend
1 pkg Philadelfia
3 egg yolks (aggula)
2 dl sugar
together.
Whip 3 egg whites hard.
Whip
3 dl whipping creem
1/2 tsp vanilla sugar
together.
Fill the bottom of a form with Digestive crumbles. Blend the 3 mixtures above and put it on the crumbles. Put this in the freezer over night and then add chocolate crumbles (riven choklad).
Enjoy!
Shit, writing recepies in English wasn't all that easy... Please let me know how to write it!
PS Carina, if you ever read this, thanks a lot.
1 pkg Philadelfia
3 egg yolks (aggula)
2 dl sugar
together.
Whip 3 egg whites hard.
Whip
3 dl whipping creem
1/2 tsp vanilla sugar
together.
Fill the bottom of a form with Digestive crumbles. Blend the 3 mixtures above and put it on the crumbles. Put this in the freezer over night and then add chocolate crumbles (riven choklad).
Enjoy!
Shit, writing recepies in English wasn't all that easy... Please let me know how to write it!
PS Carina, if you ever read this, thanks a lot.
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