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While watching Survivors (British TV-series about a group of people who survive a virus which kills most of mankind) I thought about how I’d manage in a world like that. A world without all the conveniences we are used to. I quickly realized I wouldn’t do too well because none of my talents are useful when it comes to survival. I know nothing about growing food. Hell, I can’t even cook it! When it comes to building things I’m pretty clueless as well unless you count the fact that I can build small pretty tables, but I really don’t see how that would be useful. I can’t handle mechanics either. I know nothing of how they work and don’t even know how to change a tire. Actually I don’t even know how to drive a car. I’ll just have to hope there won’t be a disaster killing most of the world’s population, leaving me to fend for myself since I wouldn’t do well at all.

It’s weird to think that we know so much about so many things but because of all our technology we’ve forgotten some of the most basic things. Just think about what would happen if we took away all grocery stores. We’d starve because we don’t know how to grow or hunt our food. Or take away all stores selling clothes. Even if some of us knows how to sew there aren’t many who can make the fabrics or the thread.

If there ever was a disaster ending world as we know it people like me – like us – wouldn’t be the one who survived. Tribes in Africa living in huts would stand a greater chance because they already live without technology.

Anyway, moving on to something entirely different, you might wonder why I haven’t blogged in ten days. Actually the reason to that is pretty simple. I just haven’t felt like it. Uninspiration (yeah I know that’s not a real word) stopped by to say hello, killing my muse. She’s back now though, I think. We’ll just have to wait and see.

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I shouldn’t complain so much. My life is good and I’m not really poor. By Swedish standards I kinda am but not compared to the poor people in the rest of the world. I’m just a spoiled western European woman who’ve always had it all. By having it all I mean a house to live in, food on my plate, clothes, running water, electricity plus all the modern things we don’t really need but take for granted. I shouldn’t complain so much and neither should you because if you’re reading this you have access to a computer and internet and with that obviously electricity which means you most likely also have it all.

So many people in the world live so much harder lives than you and me. So many doesn’t have a home of their own or food on their plates. We should think about that more often and feel lucky, because we are. I need to think about that more often.

Not only do I have the material things. I also have a loving family and the chance to get an education. I’m blessed. In so many ways.

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Do you find it surprising that I even though I’m not religious or believe in any god whatsoever I still think Jesus existed? I do. I don’t think he was god’s son though. Just a wise prophet who preached about peace and loving each other. Kind of like a hippie.

Why do I believe this? Well because I think there’s some truth behind most religions, except Scientology which is just a whole lot of BS. It must have started somewhere, right? And I think Jesus existed but that through the centuries his original message have been terribly distorted until not much of what it was all about in the beginning is left.

Speaking of Scientology. That must be one of the most ridiculous religions ever. If you haven’t read about it it’s a bunch of mumbo jumbo about aliens. Not unexpected considering the guy who invented it was a Science-fiction writer who did psychedelic drugs while writing his “bible”. There’s also proof that he made up a religion purely to profit from it. To make it even better they not only have a utterly ridiculous theology made up by a Sci-Fi writer on drugs but also like to use illegal methods to shut up anyone who’s publicly questioning them. Nice “religion”. Really.

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There are people today who deny the Holocaust happened. Today when there’s still survivors alive who were there, saw what happened and survived it. It makes me fear for the future because when there’s no one left to tell the story, what will happen then? Could history be re-written or could something that never must be forgotten disappear in the fog of things that were but no longer is? I hope not. I really hope not. Remembrance is the key to not repeating the mistakes of the past.

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When big things happen we tend to remember exactly where we were and what we were doing when we first heard the news. This is the case with everyone who was old enough to understand what was going on when the Swedish prime minister Olof Palme was murdered in 1986. I was just a small kid in 1986 so I don’t remember that.

Something I do remember is when I first heard of the attacks on World Trade Center on 9/11 2001. That was during my senior year of high school and I was actually in school when I first heard the news. It was during an art class and like during most of our art classes we listened to the radio. On the radio news they were talking about the first plane when all of a sudden they said that they were just informed that another plane crashed into the second tower. When I got home I told my mother about what had happened and she remembers that’s how she first heard about it.

Do you remember exactly where you were and what you were doing when you first heard of some big news?

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Posted in Politics & Society | Tags: H1N1, Sweden, USA, | Archive | 6 Comments »

I woke up to a grey sky and rain. I actually like rain, in the summer. This time of the year it’s not very pleasant though since it’s already cold enough without getting drenched in freezing water. Alas, the misery of fall!

I’m off to work in less than an hour and I don’t look forward to going there. My last work may have been 2 (metric system) miles (20 minutes by car) away but at least I got to go there by car with dad. Now I have a job in my home town which of course is nice but which also means that I have to walk or ride my bike there. Even in the pouring rain.

Speaking of something else. I wonder when I’ll get the vaccine against H1N1. Everyone in Sweden are being vaccinated for free but right now only those in the risk groups. My sister had the vaccine a couple of days ago due to her being in the risk group because of her diabetes. The rest of us have to wait a while longer though. Are you getting the vaccine fellow Swedes? Are there any other countries that vaccinate their entire population by the way? Obviously considering the American health care system that’s not the case with USA.

And speaking of that. What do you think about the American health care reform? I think it’s great. It’s insane that people can’t afford health care in USA. Really insane.

Now I need to get dressed since I’ll be off in not too long. Laters!

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I know most people don’t like long blog entries but since I almost never write things this long please bear with me. And quite frankly I think that my longer blog posts about subjects I’m passionate about are more interesting than my short every day entries.

I’ve blogged about it before but I’m gonna blog about it again. Why do people think dressing alternatively is dressing like a teenager? I realize it’s more common for teenagers to dress more extravagant and that it’s a phase for many. I can’t say that that’s not the case with me because no one can be sure of how they’ll dress in twenty years. If it is a phase it’s one that’s lasted for a very long time though.

It annoys me. That people think I should “grow up” because I have a different taste than they have. Shouldn’t I as everyone else be able to wear what I like and feel comfortable in? If I dressed differently I wouldn’t be myself. Sure I don’t sport skull patterned skirts every day. It’s not odd seeing me in light blue jeans and a pink top. And when I dress more alternatively I don’t think I look that weird. I buy most of my clothes at regular shops, not in punk stores (Hello! I live in a small town!) and when I wear an all black outfit I stick out more than others wearing the same outfit because of my black hair and piercings. Much of my clothes could be worn by anyone really. It’s all in the details and how I combine things.

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Posted in Politics & Society | Tags: Animals, Dreams, Vegetarianism, | Archive | 6 Comments »

I had a dream that I was on a fair where they sold pigs. I was standing next to a pig while eating something and the pig looked at my food, reminding me so much of a dog. Then it was sold and I thought “Oh no! They can’t slaughter it” so I tried to buy it myself but the person who bought it wouldn’t let me. Knowing the pig was most likely going to be slaughtered I cried and I woke up with tears in my eyes.

The thing is that I think that I might actually do something like that in real life since I love animals and I don’t eat meat. So I wasn’t overly sensitive in the dream. That’s just the way I am.

I always say that I don’t care about what others eat but that’s not true. Of course I care about whether others eat meat or not but I’m not gonna try to force my opinions on someone else because I hate when others do that to me. I still wish that more people would think like me though.

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I’m sure everyone’s already seen this photo but I had to comment on it anyway. This is the Obama couple accompanied by the Spanish prime minister and his family. Alternative kids isn’t anything new but alternative kids with a prime minister for a father sure is new at least for me. Just compare these girls to the Bush sisters. Even though they’re wearing god awful dresses they’re still cool and so are their parents for letting them be themselves, even when they’re meeting the president of the United States. I can just imagine what my dad would say if I was to meet Barack Obama wearing combat boots.

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Posted in Politics & Society | Tags: Languages, Sweden, USA, | Archive | 9 Comments »

I hate when it’s assumed that American things are universal things. Like A Wikipedia article I read a couple of days ago, written entirely from an American perspective with examples only taken from USA.

Another example is one of those silly IQ tests I took online. It wasn’t a real IQ test, more like a test of how much you know about the world. Still, the problem was that half of the questions were all about USA. So since I didn’t know much about American presidents and such I’m apparently stupid.

But why should I know who the founding fathers were? I live in Sweden. We have our own famous politicians. Not to mention musicians, writers, artists, athletes and actors.

For about twenty-five years I thought Evel Knievel was a Star Wars character. I mean, just listen to the guys name! It really could be a space opera name! I understand that he’s quite a legend in the US but once again, why should I know that? I’m Swedish.

Speaking of USA. Which English do you guys speak and write? American or British? My English is probably a mix of both but in school I was taught British English. It’s hard not to mix in American English though since I no longer study the language but only encounter it online, in movies, music and books. And of course American English is the most common in all of those medias. I still try to use the British words as much as I can though. After all, I’m European.

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