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Yesterday I did some online shopping at jotex.se. Here’s the result.
5 m x 140 cm of this fabric which I’ll sew curtains of.
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Time flies. Summer came, stayed for a while and is now about to leave again. I’ve been busy living, doing the usual things but in the warmth of the green and blue season. I think I’m back to blogging now that summer is over but don’t take my word for it. After all I’ve made such promises for months now without getting more than a maximum of six posts up every month. Anyway, we’ll see what happens. Moving on! 
I turned 27 the 29th of July and I promised I’d show you photos of what I got so here we go. Besides these things I also got money.
Rug which fit my kitchen perfectly.
Movies: Bridget Jones Diary, Push and Chicago.
Books: Drömmarnas flod (River of Dreams) by Gay Courter and Alltid Amber (Forever Amber) by Kathleen Winsor.
I wanted a cake with strawberries so my family made me one. Strawberries is a must when your birthday is in the summer.
Another lovely thing that happened this summer was the trip to Stockholm I did and the cruise I went on. The 4th of August I took the train up to Stockholm to visit my friend Milla and on the 6th I met up with my family for a one night cruise to Finland. You can look at the photos here.
As you can see the Happenings gallery is up and running again. It’s my photo blog where photos of the things I do will end up. That means everything from parties to walks in the nature. Photos of the latest stuff I bought and such will still be shown here in the blog.
Other than that today is a big day because it’s my first day of school this term. This fall I’ll study 3D modelling, Graphic design for the web, Information Technology and Swedish working class history. The first three classes are more or less related to web design but the last one is purely for fun. Contrary to most people I find politics very interesting so I’m really looking forward to this class. Studying graphics will be great as well since I’m ok at the coding part of web design but suck when it comes to creating graphics.
Anyway, that’s all for now. I want to finish this with thanking those who stick with me and my blog even though I so rarely update it nowadays. Lots of love to you.
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It’s 2 PM and I’m at my parent house. For the first time in days I’ve woken up at a somewhat decent time. By decent time I mean 1 PM compared to the regular 4 PM. This whole having nothing to do during the entire summer sure has changed my sleeping pattern. When I don’t need to go to bed before 12 AM I simply don’t and yesterday for example I stayed up until approximately 7 AM. It’s a very bad habit that’ll have to change in about a month when school starts.
Oh yeah, I didn’t tell you. I got into several uni classes this fall so I’ll continue my studies. I’ve accepted four 7,5 point (full time studies is 30 points) courses but I’m still a back-up to a couple more which I hope I’ll get into after the second acceptance answer. Since you can apply to a maximum of twenty courses people are bound to get into more courses than they need and therefore give up their spot in some to backups like me. Even though I was stupid and forgot to apply in time and therefore only could get in at all as a backup I still got into more courses than I needed and had to turn two down. So, I’m at least hoping for the one I’m backup number two on which happen to be what I most want to study of all the twenty I applied to. Surely two people who got in will turn it down.
I’m ending this with photos of some early birthday gifts I got from my friend Milla. My birthday isn’t until the 29th but I got the gifts when Milla was in town which doesn’t happen that often since she lives some 30 (european) miles away.
Skull antislip stickers.
Plugs: Anna, Shaina, Kristen, ash, Ashley, Mallory, Sean, Honeul, Sam, Malin
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I like the 18th century because of the beautiful clothes, furniture and architecture. Everything fashionable back then was absolutely gorgeous. The 19th century had a lot of beautiful stuff as well but the 17th century is my favourite century. I also like gothic things and the combination of that and old fashioned elegance is something you’ll find in a lot of things about me. My brand new black chandelier for example. Take a look at the new photos of my home if you haven’t yet by the way!
So, on the subject of elegant gothic things, I’ve had my eyes on this picture frame from IKEA for a while.
Then yesterday I realized, hey wait a minute, it doesn’t necessarily have to be a picture frame when I suddenly came to think of the fact that I have a mirror with a very similar frame. Problem was it was gold coloured and I don’t like gold nor does it suit the colour scheme of my home. Notice how I say that it was gold coloured? It’s not any more because last night I painted it black. It’s a 25×20 cm frame but it took me six god damn hours to paint it! Why is that you might wonder? Well let’s just say the paint I used for painting my kitchen walls really isn’t intended for painting plastic. One coat of paint wasn’t enough. Nor two or three or four. Actually I don’t even know how many coats it took. It wasn’t the easiest thing to paint either because of all the details, hence the six hours. It was worth it though since it turned out great. The gold visible around the edge of the mirror on the after photo is the back of the frame reflected in the mirror which sits a bit loose. That’s not visible to the naked eye though, only on photo, so that’s not a problem. And I know that I need to clean the mirror. 
Anyway, here’s it is, before and after.
Plugs: Angie, Maria, Mimi, tiff k, April, Cecilie, Jennifer, Veronica, Cierrah, maria, Zanna, Mallory, Tiffany, Grace, Beara, Wyther Wyskers, Aly, Rachel-Rebecka, Rose, Kristine, Ria, Shaina, Malin, Kimeh, kitty, Anna, Deanna, Ashley, Karin, Alyssa, stepherz
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So once again I’ve neglected my blog. This time it’s not because I’ve been busy but because I’ve been very upset and had a lot on my mind due to tons of drama. I won’t go into details because contrary to some I don’t bring my offline drama online or trash talk others in my blog. Ignoring and not retaliating something like that isn’t easy but I refuse to sink to such a low level. So, before I let myself get carried away with anger and do just that let’s leave this subject and move on.
All three new lamps I’ve bought (online) have arrived and I love how they’ve added elegance to my home. I took new photos of my home yesterday. Of all rooms but the bathroom since the only thing that ever changes there is the beauty products on the shelves and the colours of the towels. My bathroom is really hopeless. There’s just not enough space so it gives a messy impression even though it’s in perfect order. Anyway, you can view the photos of my home here.
And I’m ending this post with something I wish everyone would realize. Calling someone else a slut doesn’t make you a saint. It does however make you a bitch.
Plugs: Maria, Jennifer, Aly, Elizabeth, Holly, Amanda, Wattle, Cecilie, maria, tiff k, Karin, Angie
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Hello there mateys!
Guess who’s back? That’s right, the most fabulous, the extremely amazing, the one and only… ME!
If you’re following me on Twitter you already know the reason to my absence but for the rest of you, one word: school. Yes, unfortunately I haven’t been absent because of amazing adventures but rather because I’ve been studying, studying and then studying some more. I’m now done with my two very first university courses ever. Yay for that! I made a (ugly) site for my CSS class which you can look at here and a really god damn crappy movie for my Flash class which you can view here. I will keep the site I made for my CSS class but I will change the layout. The current one sucks so bad but this assignment was about code and not design so I just focused on incorporating all the codes my teacher wanted us to use and then some more just to shine. So, code-wise it’s excellent. My first semantically correct layout ever. That’s what I’ll try to do with Whirlwind next, make it semantically correct because right now semantically it’s a complete mess. The list of my books on the site isn’t complete yet by the way. There’s some fifty more to be listed. Most of my antique (19th and early 20th century) books that is.
Anyway, moving on! I got some great news the other day. I got a job at this years Hultsfred festival! If you don’t know what that is, it’s one of Sweden’s biggest rock festivals with 20 000 – 30 000 visitors every year which, that’s right, takes place in my home town. Living here sucks big time but once a year it’s really great! So, I got a job as a stagehand at the Hawaii stage. That’s the biggest stage (where obviously the biggest bands play) and I’ll work backstage! Can you say absolutely fucking amazing?! This is the job I wanted and this is the job I got! Talk about unbelievably good luck considering there’s many different jobs at the festival. I think I got it because of the fact that I’ve worked backstage at the Hawaii stage before, back in 2008. I loved that job so that’s why I wanted to do it again and now I get to!
To even things out and make sure my life isn’t too good of course something bad had to happen to balance things out. So, my external hard drive crashed. Actually it didn’t just crash, I think it short circuit or something because there was a spark, a poof and then my apartment went pitch black. The worst thing is that since the HDD was connected to my (brand new) laptop it damaged that one as well. The DVI socket to be exact, which means that I now can’t connect my external screen to the laptop. I hope the warranty covers this because I need to be able to use my 20″ screen. That’s what I’m used to so the 15″ one on the laptop really isn’t enough. I wouldn’t even have bought a laptop if it wasn’t for the fact that it’s possible to connect a external monitor to it.
Speaking of computer stuff, I bought two new domains. www.whirlwind.se and a domain with my full name, which I’m not going to write here since I don’t want people who google my full name to find my site. Doesn’t make that big a difference really since I’m not exactly hard to find but still, at least it’s a little harder to find me now than it would be if my full name was written somewhere on the site. I don’t mind people I know visiting my site nor strangers. It’s those people I don’t know, that don’t know me but know of me that I don’t want here. Basically people who aren’t my friends or acquaintances but know who I am who just visit to snoop around.
I got a interesting mail by the way, from a company that wanted to take over whirlwind.se. I said thanks, but no thanks, only if you pay me a couple of hundred dollars. They weren’t interested which didn’t surprise me. I kind of expected them not wanting to pay that much for it but that’s fine because I don’t really want to sell it. I would never let go of it for less than a couple of hundred dollars. I now own whirlwind.nu and whirlwind.se, which besides .com are the most common top domains in Sweden. That’s great. Now I only need .com as well but that one’s taken.
Last but not least I want to show you my new lamps. After buying the lamp I posted a photo of a few entries back I became obsessed with the idea of replacing all the lamps in my living room. There’s nothing wrong with my old lamps but I wanted something more elegant looking for the living room. My old lamp for the ceiling was moved to the hallway and the desk lamp and lamps for the window are now retired. I got all of those when I was thirteen or fourteen so it was about time. So here’s the lamps I bought. The first one is for the ceiling (obviously) and the second one will hang on the wall above my couch bed.
Plugs: Shaina, Angie, Joebs, Maria, tiff k, Ashley, clarity, Luna, Grace, April, Jennifer, maria, kitty, Regan, Zanna, Elizabeth, Aly, Mallory, Kristine, Malin, Kristen, Deanna, Lady, Alyssa, Citrine, Britney
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One of my sisters turns 23 in a couple of days and I recently had a look at the list of things she wants. I was shocked and a bit sad when I on that list found a Westlife CD. I discussed this with my other sister since something like this obviously makes me very concerned. Like I told my other sister, just because someone likes drugs and wants drugs it doesn’t mean it’s good for them and you certainly shouldn’t encourage such behaviour. It’s the same with this CD. Listening to such music shouldn’t be encouraged so it’s safe to say she won’t get that CD from me.
No, of course I’m not serious! XD She can listen to whatever music she likes but of course I had to joke about it since I hate Westlife myself.
Moving on. Today I did some internet shopping at Ellos. I needed a lamp for my desk since the desk area isn’t well lit and really needs to be since that’s where I do all my studying. Reading in dim light can’t be good for my already bad eyesight. Oh yeah, did you know I wear glasses? Or rather, should wear glasses but never do since I don’t think it suits me. At least I see well on a close distance. It’s just things further away that are a bit blurry and I can live with that. Who needs to be able to read a sign twenty meters away anyway? It’s safe to say that when I some day start driving I will need to wear my glasses though.
Ok, I was not going to talk about my bad eyesight. I was going to show you the lamp I bought. Here it is:
I also bought a bedding set and two extra pillow cases for it.
Plugs: Marie Claire, Isa, Stepherz, Jennifer, Sean, April, maria, Angie, Britney, tiff k, Zanna, Deanna, Lady, Mallory, Rachel-Rebecka, Gel, kitty, Julie, Nagashiko, Aly, Malin, Ashley, Luna, Karin, Elizabeth, Alyssa, Ann, Vivian, Fran
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It’s amazing how much happier I’ve become since I started studying. I can ignore all the things that used to bring me down because now at least I’m doing something to change my situation. I’m getting an education which will get me a job I like which will get me money which will get me more freedom. It’s a plan and I’m following it. It’s great to feel that I’m moving forward again rather than being stuck at some dead end job. Retail, I’m through with you!
I went to my old job (the thrift store) yesterday. The book section looked chaotic. Whoever’s in charge of it now clearly isn’t as good at organizing things as I am. It was a bit hard to see after spending hours and hours making that section of the store perfect. I had to remind myself that it’s not my problem since I don’t work there any more. Still, it made me kind of sad seeing something I’ve worked so hard with ruined.
Speaking of something entirely different… I’ve reorganized my showcase.
This is what it looked like in December.
Plugs: kitty, Grace, Aly, Cara, Kristen, Sean, Lady, Justin, Alyssa
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I often complain about how I hate living in a small town but never talk about what’s good about. Because believe it or not, it’s not all bad.
In Sweden housing shortage is a big problem. At least when it comes to affordable apartments. Young people with low incomes need patience, luck or connections to find a place to live with a decent rent. Many live with their parents, with friends or rent an apartment “second hand”. I don’t know how to translate it properly but I’ll try to explain. Person X’s name is on the lease but person X won’t be able to live in his/her apartment for a while, because he/she is travelling the world for a year or whatever. So while person X is away you rent the place – from person X, not the landlord. Since you have to move out whenever person X wants the apartment back this obviously isn’t the best way to live. Still it’s the way many young Swede’s live since it’s very hard to get your hands on a affordable apartment with a “first hand lease”.
It’s a lot easier in a small town though. For me it was ridiculously easy. The first apartment I was offered to have a look at is the apartment I live in today. In one day I found out there was a vacant apartment with a low rent, got the keys to have a look at it, saw and loved it and finally signed the lease. I realize I’ve been very lucky because this is not the way it usually goes.
Right now I’m looking for an apartment in Gothenburg, the second biggest city in Sweden. They e-mail me whenever there’s an apartment available that suits me. So I get an e-mail once in a while and always let them know I’m interested in whichever apartment’s available. About 3000 others do the same. Yep, that’s the usual number of people interested in each apartment available. No wonder I’m not having any luck because there’s no real queue system in Gothenburg. They just choose whoever “suits the apartment best”. Whoever has the highest income I bet. Because really, when you have 3000 people to choose from obviously you prefer a tenant with a good income rather than some poor student living off a student loan.
At least I have a home of my own. In the wrong place but it’s still a home, which I love. My apartment may be small but it was renovated in 2004 so everything is new and looks good. Not to mention that three out of four rooms are blue! My favourite colour when it comes to home decoration! The only things I’d like to change is the colour of the kitchen cupboards, the kitchen floor and the hallway floor. Other than that everything is perfect. It’s my home sweet home.
Plugs: Nikkole, Jennifer, maria, Maria, Deanna, Mallory, Shaina, Karin, Alyssa, Angie, Chiui, Kristine, Ashley, Malin, Sean, tiff k, Natasha, Daniella, Aly, Tiaralynn, Cecilie, Pim
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So, now that the layout is done I can focus on blogging again. Once I’ve started working on a new layout I don’t feel like blogging until I’m done with it. It’s not fun updating something old when you’re working on something new and better. And man, this is so much better than my previous layout!
Aaanyway…. I don’t really have anything to blog about since I’ve barely left my home besides going to my parents house or the grocery store for the past couple of weeks. I’m in between stuff right now. Worked my last day at the thrift store the day before Christmas and will start school the 18th. If I feel that I have the time I might work at the thrift store one day a week, just to get out a little since studying from home will make me even more of a recluse than I already am. Haha, I don’t mind much though. I could call people and hang out but I like being alone.
Going to continue with the laundry now but I leave you with some random photos.
Part of one of my closets. I laughed a bit when I realized how obvious it is which colours are my favourites. I barely ever dress in any other colours than black, white, grey, pink or red. Or blue, but only on jeans.
Plugs: Nikkole, Maria, Angie, Gabriella, Daniella, Jennifer, clarity, Gel, Joebs, TiaraLynn., Angel, Cara, Kristen, Zanna, Mallory, Stepherz, Jenny, tiff k, Deanna, Jessica, Cecilie
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