The year that was 2010

What THE F**K happened?
Since when does time move in such an extreme velocity? Another year's at its end and though I've got older I can't say that this year's brought wisdom. At least not the kind I can use.

Best of 2010:
*I got pierced. Again. Just as much fun every time despite the fact that half of the piercings I've had done haven't healed well or at all and had to be taken out. The interesting ones are still there though. I wonder - what's next in turn?
*Once again visited Scandinavian Sci-Fi, Game & Film Convention in Gothenburg. Stormtroopers and nerdiness galore! See you there in February?
*I was actually in New York City, USA. For real and not just through Woody Allen's distorted camera lense.
*I bought my Akira Kurosawa box. 17 Japanese masterpieces in one box. My life-long obsession was finally put to rest. Somewhat. I'm still missing a few Kurosawa epics.
*Visited Stockholm Beer & Whiskey Festival. Now that's an experience you can taste!
*One of the last things of the year was buying the Queer as Folk complete series boxed set. No need for more explaination.
*I discovered Sebastian Horsley. No need for explaination in this case either - just read Dandy in the Underworld and see for yourself.

...and then it's high time for some bitching, people, I give you:

Worst of 2010:
*I moved away from Kalmar and with it - the gym. Moving away from the city isn't half as bad as moving away from the gym but moving from the gym isn't half as bad as moving from the people. When they still liked me that is. This one is a bit two-sided.
*Due to too much stupidity collected in one skull, I didn't manage to graduate and get my University degree.
*I didn't expand my tattoo even though I would very much like to. I wonder what else I'm too lazy/chicken shit to do?
*I seem to have fucked up so many friendships I barely have any left. I think I might actually have a problem with my brain being missing. It might be an empathic problem as well.
*The bastards of Blizzard didn't release Diablo III.

For 2011:
We'll just have to see what the next year will bring. Hopefully, it'll be some old friends meeting anew, new friends getting together, tattoos, books, tea, movies, laughter, picnics, sci-fi, fantasy but mostly, I hope for lots of love.

Gonna stop

Yes, I'll stop talking about it as soon as I get it out of my system: Queer as Folk.My 18 DVD box containing all 5 seasons and all 83 episodes has finally arrived.

(Also notice the Bleach t-shirt I'm wearing.)

Jimbo's the 42nd

The thought hit me a few weeks ago but it's not until now that its full meaning really came to me.

Walt Disney's 42nd classic is Treasure Planet.

Is it only me that find that funny?

Let me explain; My trail of thought went from Treasure Planet being the 42nd movie in the Swedish Disney franchise milking "Disneyklassiker" series, to the movie being about adventures in space. Moving on, the number "42" is the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything in Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Which is of course about plenty of adventures in space. Voilà.

My ability of association is astounding.

Winter

Common prejudices about Sweden include stuff like that the whole country’s covered by glaciers and that polar bears roam the streets. Neither is true. Sure, some stray moose enter bigger towns now and then and wolves scare small dogs half to death. Where I live we’ve had a bear chasing after our horses once but that specific bear was brown.
Maybe it is a bit exotic living here after all.

Fynd på Gärdhem

Ibland är det fantastiskt att vara jag.
Gärdhem är en secondhandbutik i Dalsjöfors som drivs av en ideell kristen förening och hjälporganisation. Inkomsterna skänks till ett antal olika hjälpåtgärder jorden runt och driver butiken (som brukade vara ett ålderdomshem) som är öppen lördagar 10-13 (löjligt kort tid om du frågar mig). Numer används hela byggnaden (innan behövdes bara halva) så att möbler, kläder, böcker, prylar och krimskrams kan trängas bättre med cafét (som jag tyvärr aldrig hunnit prova).
Jag slängde mig över 3 meter ockragult ulltyg i lördags. Eftersom det var halva priset på hemtextilier fick jag det för 15 kronor. Ja, ulltyg för 10 kronor metern (som blev 5 kr/m) istället för 129-199 kr/m. Och en slips för 2,50. Det hängde en maläten frack för 175 kr rakt framför synen på mig i ungefär 10 minuter. Det var alltså de 10 minuter så jag seriöst funderade på att köpa den.
Ibland kommer det awesome dagar med möjligheter och dem fångar man.