[Let's Fool Gravity]

[Fallen]

2012-02-06T15:38:00.001+01:00

A moment of silence for my Urbanears. You were good looking, uncomfortable, and in no way unique.

Now I'm back from a weekend in Stockholm and Umeå. Met good people in the capital for an after-work. Good times.
Then it was up north to meet everybody else. Night 1 was spent at Rex. Terrible music but Aaro, Tove, Anders, Melker and Olov are the best entourage possible. Good night.

And last night was the Super Bowl. Wings, Rice Krispie treats, finger foods and beer. Pats lost. Oh well. Suspenseful.

That is all.

[Armer Mann]

2012-01-31T10:22:00.000+01:00

I want these Converse Undefeated Poorman Weapons. Can I have them? At $138, no. No, I cannot.

But this last weekend I bought some others. Don't remember what the place was called; I'll have to check the receipt or bag. But the guy flies over to the U.S. and brings them back and sells them with bare profit. I liked them. Olive-drabby, zipper down the tongue, black rubber sole and boxing. They're sexy. Pics some other time.

You don't care. I care.

[Peter Gibbons]

2012-01-30T15:29:00.000+01:00

(Kind of) unrelated to project, I started sketching today. It started off as practice - getting accustomed to using Sketchbook Pro on a Wacom Cintiq - but became a sketch of visual "notes". Just ideas that may or may not be useful later. I'm not even sure if anything here states an Opel feel.

Slow day.

"Looks like somebody has a case of the..." Shut up.

[Torsbo, Sweden]

2012-01-29T12:16:00.001+01:00

This is where Siri and I are living for our 10-week internships. It's about a 35-minute bus ride from downtown Gothenburg. A bit chilly inside, but we survive.

[Deep. It's what I'm in.]

2012-01-24T21:15:00.000+01:00

Ok. So. No photos of the house we're living in. There probably won't be any until this weekend when we're actually home when it's light. I will get around to it. Promise.

Internship:
As most of my acquaintances know, I am interning at Cliff Design. They specialize in vehicular design and conceptual work. I'm completely psyched to be here.

What do I get to do? Day 1, they suggested I design the 2020 Opel Ampera concept for the competition found here. The deadline is in 110 days, but I presume most applicants - being that they're all students - don't have the full-hour days for 10 weeks I am fortunate enough have (not to mention the resources and competence around me at Cliff).

I apologize for what I am about to say, but I am in it to win it.
The brief states that applicants are required to design an exterior AND exterior. No problem.
The concept must, like today's Ampera, be a 4-seater based on the current hybrid chassis. Ok. Restrictions are good.
The jury wants to be wowed. They want to be blown away. Everything has been seen before, and (from what other professionals in the business have said) they've seen everything before...

...I have work to do.

Drafting up my timeline and watching house.

More tomorrow. 'Night.

[Gothenburg]

2012-01-24T10:48:00.000+01:00

I'm not going to write another long post that takes forever to read (and write). Even though it's been weeks since I last posted, and plenty has happened, I feel like switching up the format of my posts to shorter, more frequent updates.

I came down to Gothenburg Saturday, stayed at a friend's (Bus Chick, aka Cicci) and headed out on Sunday with Siri to our house. It's big and pretty, but more on that tonight or tomorrow when I've photographed the place.

Big news today? These.
Ordered them last night and picked them up 20 minutes ago.
My other pair are Urbanears' mocca-colored Plattan cans. I bought them rather spontaneously (read impulsively) 1½ years ago. They're sexy as fuck, but are uncomfortable when worn more than an hour at a time, and the plastic has been cracking and breaking off.

Hence these bad boys.

More later.

[Anticipation]

2012-01-05T05:09:00.000+01:00

Happy New Years!

Done.

Went to Austin to bring in Twenty-twelve with my sister and her friends who coincidentally became mine. Had a great time. We went out, drank sparkling wine, took a rickshaw back to Moseley's and slept.

But being the new year also means that on January 1st I also celebrate my birthday. I turned 24 on Sunday. I don't feel any different. In fact, I feel young - really young. But it's all relative.

In other news, a trailer was released for John Green's new book "A Fault in our Stars" (link here). This excites me for a few reasons. Firstly, I've been a fan of John and his brother Hank's VlogBrothers project since mid 2007; I am not going to explain who they are and why they're awesome since I suspect those who care already know. Secondly, everybody who pre-ordered one of the 10,000 first editions on Amazon gets an autographed copy. Thirdly, though I had not previously read any of John's work at the time of purchase, I bought a Kindle e-book of his novel "Looking for Alaska" and finished it just a few days. Good reading.

Onwards.

In my previous post I was all psyched about bringing my Dell up to spec. Well, everything has now arrived and I'm glad I upped the RAM to 8GB and installed a Bluetooth card. They, however, were not the most important issue: In July my battery just stopped charging. The battery icon would inform me the battery was "plugged in, not charging". I thought it strange that my computer would acknowledge the battery but not charge it. A message like that seemed like it had to be the fault of internal hardware; neither the battery nor the charger. The notion was dismissed, though. I tried other chargers and the same thing message appeared. I deemed it was the battery that required replacing.

Now, I believe it is clear why I ordered a battery. I picked out a 9 cell type for added life (and it wasn't but $6 more). I expected to no longer need worry about knocking the AC adapter out, causing me to lose any unsaved files - to actually have a portable laptop again. So, I plugged in the battery to charge it and...

...THE THING WOULDN'T TAKE A FUCKING CHARGE.

Well, I'll be damned. So I again tried another charger with the same result. This time I called Dell Support in New Delhi. I was greeted by an Indian "Marcus", to whom I explained my problem. "Marcus" confirmed my first diagnosis, that it was indeed a hardware problem common to my model. The computer would have to be sent in for repair, and I don't know how long that could take. If it takes more than two weeks I'll have to have it sent to Gothenburg.

That truly sucked. But luckily my dad bought me an extended warranty for which I am extremely grateful. So, getting the issue resolved won't cost me anything. Now I just have to decide whether or not to keep my new battery. It's larger, so that's a con. Pro: 6 hours of power to my 17-inches* at full brightness. Con: I could use the money for other things. Pro: a second battery is never a terrible to thing have, and it does pitch the rear or my computer allowing it to ventilate better while also setting the keyboard to a more comfortable angle. Oh, well. I have a few days to figure it out.

And now for something completely unrelated and completely fucked up:

This morning I was continuing to watch the marathon of 2 Broke Girls I assigned myself yesterday, when my stomach started to ache a little. At first I thought it was gas so I tried to pass it.(THAT'S RIGHT, PEOPLE! IT'S A STORY ABOUT THE FASCINATING HUMAN BODY. IN PARTICULAR, MY FASCINATING BODY!) When that didn't work and it got worse I grabbed a banana - LET ME FINISH! - to eat. I sort of skipped a proper supper and replaced it with less healthy alternatives. It wouldn't have been the first time that would have lead to an upset stomach.

But then it got worse still and I ran to the toilet. Problem is, the pain wasn't poop Whatever the pain was it was intense enough to fetally curl up and tip off the toilet where I lay in agony.

That's right. It not only hurt physically, but actually hurt me emotionally when I discovered I was almost crying with my pants down on the floor of the bathroom. It did eventually subside and I went about my day.

Yet, again, it struck. This brought about more pain, which naturally caused me to:

breathe like a pregnant lady giving birth (or a man coaching his wife at a Lamaze class)
pace the 2 meters in my bedroom from my door to my desk
be forced to all fours and tense my body so hard that I actually sweat

which of course lead me to
frantically strip down to my underwear.

I say "naturally", because I believe this to be the way all humans handle gas. Then again, maybe it wasn't gas. Who knows. It's over now.

ANYWAY. Today I re-did the layout of the blog for the whatevereth time. I like it enough for now. We'll see.

I also went on a walk at a nearby nature reserve with my sister earlier and snapped a pic of the evening sun over Dallas suburbs. A real nice way to round off the day.

Taken with my HTC Incredible S (filter courtesy of FxCamera app). I promise I will stop hipsterizing my photos.

* "6 hours of power to my 17-inches". Lol.

[...And to all a good night]

2011-12-26T17:45:00.000+01:00

Well, it's actually morning. At least over here it is.

Christmas was good; gifts were given; people faught; washed it down with mimosas.

Anyway. I'm slowly fixing up my laptop in prep for my internship. It's not costing too much, but I've ordered a new 9-cell battery, maxing out my RAM, and getting a bluetooth card. For being an otherwise kick-ass laptop, I still can't believe it never had bluetooth.

But I'm also considering a tablet. Specifically an Android tablet. I know I would thoroughly enjoy an iPad 2 (or 3, when it finally arrives), but am having a hard time justifying buying any Apple products.

Here's why:

I have a good Dell running Windows 7 - an experience I am used to and find pleasant, though it is far from perfect - or, should I feel the need, Ubuntu.
I "recently" invested in an HTC running Android and I could not be more satisfied. Considering the price, the hardware is great. But, staying relevant to my arguments, the software has me sold. I like the frequency with which Google updates me, fixes bugs, tweaks my phone for me... for free.
I already have most of my shit on Google in one form or another. I don't need iCloud.
Bang for my buck. People say Apple is all quality, and I agree. But the price tags on Apple products aren't for the "quality". It's a statement of style, wealth, ego, etc. That's fine. I do the same thing with my 16 pairs of Converse, but not once have I claimed that Chuck Taylors have "superb quality" or are the "ultimate shoe".
Fucking iTunes. I cannot get over how much I hate iTunes.

So, in summation, Android products are just better suited for me.

But what is it about Mac-heads that turns them into iTools? Why do they "feel sorry for you" when Windows 7 flashes an hourglass, like a Mac never gets the "beachball"? That, despite being generally reviewed and rated comparable/better, non-Macs are worse "just because"?

And why can't people grasp that Macs are PCs too!

Back to the point (I seem to have ranted a bit there).

The most interesting tablet out there right now is the Asus Transformer Prime, and I REALLY want it. A large reason being that I want a digital sketch pad but can't afford a $1000 Wacom Cintiq. Other reasons include the games and graphics, quadcore processor, free upgrade to ICS (Android v4.0) and I may want to - as unlikely as it seems - buy the optional keyboard at some point in the future. At first it seemed like a novelty deal, but increased battery time and fullsized USB connection kinda make it attractive.

[Long post]

2011-12-17T19:20:00.000+01:00

Ok. We have a lot of ground to cover and very little time in which to do it. So, this has happened:

I am interning in Gothenburg at Cliff Design this winter/spring. This is awesome because
1. I no longer need to apply to other places, nor worry about getting an internship in time.
2. Gothenburg is fucking awesome.
3. They normally do not accept interns - especially not non-masters students.
4. This office is perfect for me. There is no other place in Sweden I'd like to be. I love transportation design and graphic design and want to improve my concept skills
Hot team ended. I never wrote about it. I might not. In anycase, it should make it to my website before too long.
My flight to Dallas is booked and paid for and I'll be flying out Wednesday to actually make it to Texas before Christmas (for once).
I plan to - should I have the time - fly down to Gothenburg Monday or Tuesday to visit Cliff. And if there's time while I'm down there I really and to meet up with Cicci and Nina and whomever else is down there and has time.

Now, on to other news.

Designboom had a pretty awesome article about HP's new logo & identity, as well as future plans. Granted, HP will never be Apple, but I'm pretty thankful for that.

Anyway, I recommend reading the article (hotlinked above). There's no doubt in my mind that HP are ambitious and are having fun along the way. Neat.

Another treat was Arcade Fire's new interactive video. Good music. Expressive photography. Good shit.

That's it for now.

[Where are we?]

2011-11-24T10:43:00.001+01:00

Uggh... So much done well. So much gone wrong. We discovered yesterday that we've spent a shitload of time prioritizing the wrong things. Now it's (and I hate this phrase) "back to basic". It's not easy to design a service.

This is hot team.

P.S. I hate how the Blogger app watermarks my photos from my cell phone.

[It happened again]

2011-11-19T14:10:00.001+01:00

In all honesty, it's all happening again. But, to be specific, I meant me not keeping my blog up. I'm not keeping anything updated really, except Twitter. The reason mainly being that maintaining everything else takes more time than I want to dedicate to it.I'm trying to get my life and priorities straight, so I now leave my computer at school and really only use it for Hot Team purposes and checking email. Otherwise I mostly use my phone for quick things like Imgur and Foursquare and tweeting and whatnot. So, all I bring home is my phone (which, for good or bad, has no 3G coverage in my neighborhood). I guess it's all also an attempt to get back to 8 hours of sleep per night.

But here's what's been more pressing lately:

Hot Team
The second and third year BA students now have a 5 week project together. It's fun, it's exciting, it's stressful. It is what it's supposed to be: a simulation of working in a professional environment.But more on that in another post.
Internship
We have a 10 week internship this January and I've set my bar fucking high - I hope. I've now finished my portfolio and my web page(s) and have started mailing send-outs (which I wish I had pictures of; they're fucking awesome) and sending emails. I have yet to make cold calls, and hopefully won't have to. That's a pain. But here's my website: letsfoolgravity.com

Please, check it out if you haven't already.
FriendsI've been hanging out more. I was never a recluse, and hung out with classmates all the time. And, yes, my classmates are some of my closest friends, but it took almost a year to meet people outside school. But now I've got some, and it's further motivation to keep me away from school.

There are lots of other things, but I've vented and ranted about them so many times before that even I am getting tired of hearing them. Maybe when I'm vulnerable the blog will get an "ear full".

For some reason I feel like I'm leaving a bunch of important stuff out, but I hope not. I intend to post more stuff, like Hot Team pics and my send-outs, as soon as possible.

Until then.

[Teaser]

2011-10-23T23:05:00.003+02:00

Check it out if you wanna. It's missing a page (in addition to not being at the correct domain yet). I'm hoping to finish my portfolio and send-outs/teasers early this week. We've got ergonomics this week, so I'll have some spare time "after hours".I wonder why I don't get blank rows sometimes and instead get run-on sentences. Oh well. I should look into it. It doesn't look good.

[...to the bone]

2011-10-21T20:39:00.000+02:00

I am less than happy right now and have been most of the day. I left school at 3 AM and was ready for bed by 4. I think I fell asleep shortly thereafter. I woke up about half an hour before my alarm went off, but that was fine. It gave me more time to prepare in school, time I needed.Even though all I needed to do for my presentation was to print out 3 pages I still managed to miss my entire lunch hour (substituted by a cigarette, 1 cough drop and a shitload of water). Needless to say, I was tired when it was time to present. But, surprisingly, Jas and Tony were unusually kind in their critiques. Then came the "fika" break where I slipped out for another smoke. When I came back things had somehow changed. They were much more critical. I don't know why. When they got to me I explained what I thought Volvo's main design language was and presented my process - at least the good parts of it. What did they think?"Too many sketches.""Not Volvo enough.""Too blockish.""I get no indication of scale.""Don't put this in your portfilio."Fuck that. I am fucking pissed. I get what they're saying. I disagree, but I get it. Also, it would've helped if Tony had been there throughout the process giving us tips and direction instead of telling us what we've done wrong AFTER THE FACT.Anyway. I'm off the the workshop now. Gonna make me some big-assed chop sticks for my lamps.

[Monday?]

2011-10-18T01:01:00.000+02:00

Hey blog.I've got lots of shit going on. First, I've finished a webpage and bought a domain. I'm postponing the "launch" until I have my portfolio finished. It'll be primarily design focused, somewhat professional. [We] have our internships this coming January for 10 weeks, so I'm working hard as fuck to get it all finished and tweaked to perfection.Speaking of portfolio, I've got this baby nearly finished:

Otherwise I've been in school until after midnight nearly everyday the past month and done very little else. It may be a hard concept to grasp, but I feel good working myself to the bone day in and day out. Since I really want to succeed at design I'm making sure to give it all. It's slowly taking it's toll, however. Currently I'm in the last 24 hours of my Volvo form studies project. I should be done with the model tomorrow.Imgur got sucky lately. Apparently I now have to view Reddit and rate and comment there. No thanks. I'm good. Please, make Imgur good again.Also, I donated blood two weeks ago and went again today to donate plasma. Just as weird and unnerving as I remember.

Sadly I don't have any new links to share. I'm "behind" on Internet right now. Not at all caught up on TV shows, YouTube subs, comics, gossip... all that jazz. And let's not forget Facebook. I get on there as little as possible. Nor Skype. All the above cause minor anxiety when I think of how "offline" my life is, which then causes self pity that I even care. Luckily the pity makes me laugh since I actually feel better not being so dependent.Don't remember if I mentioned it, but I have a new phone. I like it. It's an HTC Incredible S. The one thing that I did not see coming is that - despite having longed for portable music for over a year - I have to many opportunities to listen to my playlists and am now tired of most/all of it. Shit. Also, Spotify no longer wants to play mpeg4 files which eradicates a good majority of old music I wish could be listening to.Oh well. I'll probably post tomorrow. Heading home now. 'Nighty.

[Monster]

2011-09-15T17:49:00.001+02:00

Just today's sketch. Mainly filler for the sole purpose of keeping the blog somewhat active, but I am actually quite satisfied with it.

[Freshness]

2011-09-12T16:56:00.001+02:00

Hey there blog. Started school last week and haven't gotten around to blogging. BUT there has been plenty going on lately. For example, I now have a smart phone. That's where I'm currently writing from. More to come. Just wanted to update.

[Untitled]

2011-08-25T03:09:00.004+02:00

(I cannot believe I can't think of a title for this entry. By the way, I made a new banner.)

I was thinking about this the other day, that no recent movies have become favorites of mine. I guess, without dedicating too much thought to the matter, the last to have made the cut was In Bruges. It's not that there aren't good movies anymore; there are plenty. Inception was the newest of movies that actually knocked me off my feet.

Of course I am only referring to theatrical features. There have been lots of documentaries that were awesome. It's not tough to make an amazing documentary if the events themselves are amazing. But writing a story from scratch, casting actors, directing actors, photography and music, these all need to be done just right to strike a chord with me. Garden State, Stranger Than Fiction, Superbad, The Darjeeling Limited, Equilibrium are all favorites of different genres. And they are by no means Oscar winners (nor could I argue they deserve any) and are not masterpieces like The Pianist or Momento, but none the less make my top lists.

Which brings me to The Trip. It's [pleasant] and not very noteworthy. But that's not a bad thing at all. I love this movie. It's dry and Brittish and simple and has me smiling throughout. I have caught myself literally grinning like a fool. It's just two guys - played by themselves - road-tripping through England, eating fucking awesome foods, bickering, doing impressions and being (as they say) "chummy". It works. Everything about this movie works...

...for me. This was right for being myself in whatever mood I was in when I watched it, in my life, at the age of 23.

[Ironhide]

2011-08-23T22:10:00.004+02:00

Wow. This chair took me completely off guard. I love it. I'm starting to understand that I'm a sucker for "classical with a twist". My weakness is simplicity with a touch of kitsch. I also like form that's there for the sake of being there. It doesn't have to make sense.

Chess-themed glassware by students from ECAL Lausanne (read more here).

As much as I adore beautiful products, I couldn't stand to work solely with with form. I'm sure I could have gotten a great education and had a great experience at schools like Konstfack or Pratt, but I like solutions more than anything else. It's one of those things UID is good at, and why I'm glad I study there. I need to work on my innovative skills, but I [live] for solutions. And there is nothing else that turns me on like cleverness in design. Especially when it's so simple you wonder why it hasn't been done before.

This is simplicity at its best.

Anyway. There you have it; a little more about design in general, design I like, and the designer I want to be.

[Ceasar]

2011-08-22T04:40:00.006+02:00

Just thought ya'll should know who to side with when the monkey's take over the world.

Created by Oatmeal

So I watched Rise of the Planet of the Apes the other day and it was alright. The end leads one to believe there will be more to come. That's fine, I guess. Sci-fi is always sci-fi.
But I'm just going to take on whatever flak headed my way and admit: I do not like monkeys.
They are not cute. Some monkeys and apes act adorably the same way children do, but monkeys still have the hands and feet and nails and faces that all seem dirty and non-cute. Frankly, most of the attributes are very dangerous. In fact, those are what make apes lethal to humans.

...in addition to their brute retard-strength. Few animals can tear a human limb from limb, but apes and gorillas sure as hell can. Mostly becuase they have the dexterity (and thumbs) to grab and hold onto your arms, legs and face. Once they have ahold, though, they will make damn-fucking-sure to keep a tight grip in each hand, extend their arms outward and utilize those freakishly powerful shoulders to divide the victim - in this case, human - in two pieces. It has happened.

Don't forget about the span of their jaws when they use their carnivorous teeth (Oh, yes! Apes love meat!) to bite things. Sure, tigers and lions maul. But all that fades in comparison to our primate brethren. Why, you might ask. In a brief shake-down it comes down to the fact that you can most likely out-climb a large wild cat up a tree, and when it gets close you sock it in the nose like a man.

Oh, and cats are fuckin' ADORABLE. I would be honored to be the prey of a majestic cat-beast.

Fuck monkeys, apes and gorillas.

I forgot to mention, it's 5 AM and I was awakened by a nightmare in which I was chased by chimpanzees. But my dislike of primates does not stem from the dream. It has brewed for years.

Luckily I don't work today, so this shouldn't break my spirit too much. Maybe I'll watch a movie, or get to work on composing that "Baby-making music" playlist I've wanted for so long.

[Drives me wild]

2011-08-18T14:14:00.005+02:00

I like you when,
When you take off your face
Put away all your teeth
And take us way underneath
Cause you could die if you take it alone

Oh, sweet fucking jesus. Everytime I "re-hear" a Deftones masterpiece I get shivers and... I don't know. I guess artists like this make me feel unaccomplished. Like, "What have I done in my life that impacts others the way this impacts me?", but in a good way. It makes me want more.

Only 10 more days of work. Couldn't come soon enough. My paycheck also could not come soon enough. I don't work today, though. Who knows what I'll do. Maybe do more sketching. By some stroke of magic I actually sketched what I wanted and not a compromised sketch. What I mean is the ideas made it from my [brain] and somehow manifested themselves onto the paper via pencil in my hand. It's a long way to describe the event, but it's never happened before. I apologize.

In any case, I've had this idea for a car since Hällefors in 2010. I wanted to design a new "gentleman's racer", the type of car that has the classic swept look of old Jaguars and Shelbys. Curvy, elongated. A car that was brought out on special occasions, that a man (or woman) owned because they could. It would be their baby, and in 30-40 years would still be a sexy classic.

Well it's finally starting to take proper shape.

[Verdicts]

2011-08-08T13:34:00.006+02:00

Anders and I skyped last night (as we do most nights) and somehow this came about.

So, NBC aired the first two installments of its new show "Friends with Benefits" this weekend. I know for a fact that it will be cancelled very soon. But in case NBC wants to know what they did wrong I will list the failings below.
(DISCLOSURE: I watched the show rather early yesterday, so I'm sure I've forgotten a lot of failings. For that I apologize.)

1) Too many main characters. In the pilot episode you introduce all the characters and their relationship troubles in the same 30-minute slot.

2) Its main location is a bar in [City Non-descript]. There are enough shows that already do that (How I Met Your Mother, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Cheers, etc).

3) "All aboard the pop-culture train!" The main characters are in their 30's; don't make them talk like they're 20, don't have them say "totes" instead of "totally", don't make the "nerdy" guy use phrases like "n00b" and "irl" and then have to explain them. Also, there are already 3 movies out this year along the same premiss, not to mention that every show this century has had "fuck-buddy" sub-plots. We don't need an entire show dedicated to it.

4) Anonymity. I had only seen one (1!) of the main characters before in my life, and that was only because is part of the Whitest Kids You Know comedy troupe - who are hilarious, but that is neither here nor there. And nobody can carry their characters. We've all seen these characters before, too, but these guys just can't act.

5) Last, but not least, despite having all of the makings for a relatable series, NOBODY CAN FUCKIN RELATE!

Dear NBC. You have so many good shows, and are my favorite non-cable network. Please cancel this show now and save yourselves embarassment.

In other news, the new Jay-Z/Kanye West album was released this morning. It's called Watch the Throne (click for torrent) and I've been waiting patiently for it. Jay-Z is arguably one of the best rappers today if you take his entire portfolio of work into account. Kanye is a master of hip-hop and does some amazing producing. But all in all, I wasn't blown away. It was good though. The majority went to my "chill" playlist. In retrospect it's probably stupid do expect another Black Album or Graduation. There was, however, one song that was exactly what I wanted from the album. Check out "Why I Love You (feat. Mr. Hudson)". It's fucking amazing. I am fucking amazed.

[I scream "Sunday"]

2011-08-07T12:42:00.002+02:00

Awake, and now it's time to take on Sunday. Biggest challenges: beating boredom and getting around to cook some food for the week. Maybe I'll do some laundry. Anything to idle my mind a little. It gives me an excuse to blare some music I need to wash my dishes too. I'm sure it'll get done sometime today.

I think I'm going to start following this blog (Yowayowa Camera Woman Diary) for a while. It might be a little repetitive, but I kinda like it. My understanding is that she posts a new "levitation" of her floating somewhere different each time. Her blog is a lot like Running from Camera. [Running...] is generally more interesting, though. The author, John Divola, sets his camera's timer for 2 seconds and runs as far as he can away from the camera. The photos aren't 'shopped or anything, and they seem more "alive" since one can compare how far he gets each time. I love it. Also, he'll write the city and country in the title of each post.

Ouh! What d'ya know? Drop Dead Gorgeous is on TV. There's no way that's going to suck since I saw it last. Movies like this just get better with age.

(...they don't.)

[What's it called...?]

2011-08-06T21:08:00.003+02:00

Nina called last night, and that was pleasant! Haven't spoken in ages. Plenty to catch up on. Hopefully we'll catch up more soon. Maybe she'll even get her ass in gear and come visit.

This past week has hosted a plethora of good movies (Armadillo, Restrepo, Moon and a few others), but now I am running out and just started watching Reign of Fire on TV. I remember seeing it in theaters when it came out and didn't like it then. Dunno why I'm watching again now.

I should start looking for some more TV-shows, too. Something good that will help the summer pass.

That is all.

[Clean... ish.]

2011-08-01T18:24:00.007+02:00

So, I'm sure I've said it before. I'm going to keep saying it until forever. The man singing above is one of my absolute inspirations and idols. Fun fact: he moved from Canada to Berlin to do more recordings. I should go to Berlin. Like soon.

Fun fact #2: he's following me on Twitter. I feel there a few things I should explain before you say, "So-the-fuck what?".

1) I am not a tweeter. I am hardly active on Twitter, and still think it's kinda dumb (especially considering everything else that's out there, and how little I care what people do all day).

2) I can not stress how big this man is in my eyes and heart. He is THE musician.

3) He started following me before I followed him. That means that somehow he stumbled upon me somewhere on the internet and thought, "Wow, this kid is interesting enough that I will start following him on Twitter even though he has only tweeted 5 things ever", which is something I do not understand.

I don't have too much else to share. Lamborghini finally came out with a car that I not only respect, but also gives me slight wood (few cars to that). It's fast and has beautiful looks as well as beautiful technology.

My rug is getting on my nerves, by the way. It creates these balls of polyester that make their way to all rooms of my apartment. They annoy the shit out of me. I collect them literally every day. This is one day's worth of "dust".

[In lieu of a better title]

2011-07-30T23:59:00.005+02:00

A Saturday evening the way it should be:

- Skype conference with Anders
- synchronized listening to Tina Fey's "Bossypants" so we both can laugh at the book together
- (not pictured) Popcorn

So, it's been forever since I've written everything. I honestly just haven't felt like writing about life. I will, however, give you a SITREP of what's happening in my life now.
I'm working in IT this summer, and will be in Umeå all summer. I was warned about how the city's population decreases 40% each summer when all the university students spend their's anywhere but here. I was OK with that but was quickly made aware of how few people I knew outside of school. I do have a few people in town, though. And since I work most of the time, I'm fine spending my evenings at home and on Imgur.

That's another thing; I am in love with Imgur. It is honestly everything I need for braindead entertainment. Usually good pictures - funny, wrong, fails, politics, cute, clever, troll, meme - but the commentors... Those are the people I love.

Anyway. I spend most days playing Brick Breaker Revolution. It's ruining my life. I'm addicted, but it doesn't make me happy.

So I've tried to replace it with sudoku. It's kind of working.

I had tried sketching for a while. I actually have a few design projects I want to re-sketch so they're prepared by the time school starts and it's time to assemble my portfolio. It sucks that sketching is so frustrating. I can't get the feeling and technique that I see in my head. I draw 5 lines and then throw my pen across the room and onto the bed or sofa.

Oh well. I think I'll try to keep this up.

P.S.
I'm looking for any and all music. I will listen to anything suggested to me (barring bubble gum pop, country and 80's glam/hair metal).

P.P.S.
Also accepting tips for new shows, movies, websites, stand-up etc.

[The Postulate]

2011-03-27T23:33:00.003+02:00

DISCLOSURE: I apologize in advance for being such a downer! I don't know what yet, but I will insert something below that's makes me laugh!

Money shouldn't be what enables creativity. I'm not saying that I need money to tap into the creativity, but right now I really just want a few instruments and some basic recording equipment around. That and some time in a neutral space that lets my mind free. I just want to turn off the world right now and not care about the trivial shit that - though insignificant - always seems to ride shotgun wherever I'm going.

Also, I'm tired of being the "class clown". There's no real reason. It comes so easily, though. That's probably where the problem lies. I've always slacked off and relied on being funny and charming. What sucks is that I actually have a lot to give, and do take things seriously. I joke so much that I fear I won't be taken seriously. And in many cases I'm not.

Shit. I did not intend on writing such a melancholic post. I'm not depressed. Just in a rut. How do I pick up these pieces to make my blog readable?

Tomorrow is the final presentation of our project, this time for the client and a few people from Volvo Trucks. I feel pretty confident. Sadly, I don't think the innovation was there to have my proposal be chosen as the concept the company chooses to develope (should they choose any of them).

Check this out. It's the shit. Donald rapping while drunk.

[Just one ****]

2011-03-27T01:00:00.009+01:00

Shit-fucking-Christ-bitch-cock-JUDAS-FUCKING-PRIEST!
It's not fucking fair. That was not fair at all.

My heart races with a fury of anger and confusion and "what-if's". I will not write what it happened, but a special few will get to hear the story of how yesterday evening completely sucked.

Most of the ingredients were there to make it a good night, with alcohol, a party, a club, live indie/blues/folk/rock sung by an awesome lesbian, an afterparty... But every so often there would be an interuption that would push me off what ever cloud I was on back down to the grit and grime of [it].

Almost got another tattoo, but alcohol got in the way. I still want that crowbar, though.

Anyway, I was hungover most of the day. But the mindfuck was worse. It almost makes me sick to my stomache.

Like I said: it's not fair.

[Lights turned on]

2011-03-19T12:18:00.006+01:00

This has been a the oddest week in a long time.

But, first off, some easy listening for ya'll:

Eric came on Monday for the applicant interviews and "tests" to the BA program. He is so unbelievably talented, and I still cannot comprehend that he wasn't admitted last year. There were 3 people I was sure would get in: Annika, Joker and Eric.
In any case, he came up and hung with us until Thursday. It was awesome having him around, and I really hope the jury sees how good of a designer he'd make.

Also, I hosted other applicants and showed them around school Tuesday and Wednesday. There were two girls here Wednesday from FIDU (the design school I went to last year that prepared me so well and allowed me to get in to UID), so it was neat to hear what was new down in Hällefors.
BUT - and this is a major but - when I showed them my portfolio, they recognized the necklace I made inspired by my tattoo.

At first I thought they had seen it at the exhibition at FIDU, but they told me they saw it at HDK (the University of Gothenburg's School of Arts and Crafts) at the school's open house. What the fuck? Apparently a teacher from the jewelry design program had my exact same picture with me and my model, as well as my words, in her presentation of the program and what the students work with. Even though it was never stated, it was commonly perceived that my necklace was the work of one of the students.

Mother fucker, that's mine.

So I called the school and was told that the teacher collected pictures from her students (and there aren't that many), but that she'd get in touch with me this week when she gets back from vacation and can investigate. It's obvious they saw it somehwere online, I just don't know where.

Now, on to something more interesting...

I almost castrated myself yesterday. Yup. I was cutting some sheets of fiberboard on the table saw when the piece I was ripping caught in the blade (which rotates towards the user to 1) get a cleaner cut, and 2) prevent the saw from catching and pulling the user towards the blade causing injury or death) and then shot the chunk at a frightening speed straight off the table and into my crotch. Instinctively - and miraculously - I removed my hands and the scraps of wood away from the blade and turned off the machine. The pain was bad but barable. I ran upstairs to the BA studio to lie on the couch, but a few strides before I made it there the pain hit me ten-fold. Any man who's been struck in the testicles knows that it can take a while from the time of impact before your stomache cramps up and you start feeling sick. It caused me knees to buckle and I stood squatting and rolling myself into as small a ball as possible.

Anders, of course, laughed at me when I explained what had happened (and I don't blame him - it was funny). So, when I was composed enough to stand up, I went to the bathroom to examine the damage. Everything was intact, but I had a red line across my penis. That red line later started to scab up a bit, but the pain is mostly gone.

That was my week.

Now it's back to wrapping up the packaging project. I'm excited.

Swag.

[Shed]

2011-03-05T16:12:00.004+01:00

Chopped my hair off today. I had originally intended to grow it to an afro - as well as not shave until my goal was achieved - but I hated the hair. Gone.

Mary Bacon (at Just Plain Awesome) linked something kinda interesting. It's an app online that takes your last.fm statistics and generates an image with the logos of the bands to which you most frequently listen. Here are mine:

No surprises there. Go to http://bandlogos.descentrecords.com/ to get one.

[Giving]

2011-03-03T22:18:00.005+01:00

Donated blood today this evening, so that's my good deed for the day.

Otherwise the day was long and demanding. Too much for my primate brain to handle. We met with Håkan (our supervisor for the project) and it took forever to formulate 1 (one) sentence that describes our general approach to solving the problem. The longer it took, the further away it felt we stood from any sort of resolve. The last hour made me more and more anxious. Fucking deadlines. By 4 we were all tired, but the growing laughter was to some relief. Sadly, it didn't get the job done. In fact, we're still not done and really need to have it sent off to the client by 10 AM tomorrow.

Shitnuts.

Elias might be coming up from Lund this weekend. I hope so.
The bromance lives on!

Plus, Maja has a party tomorrow - co-hosted with Miss Mary J - followed by electro at Socialize. It'd be awesome if my better half could make it.

Not much else new.

[Eroticism] texted me for a good part of the night. Missed though it was, events like that are probably less than "sustainable" - to put a designer's spin on it.

I really wish I had the strength to move away from the TV. Instead I'm only exerting energy on breating, blinking, typing and changing channels from Spider-Man 3 to Big Brother. Why do I watch this shit?

Swag. See ya'll tomorrow.

[Dessert or disaster]

2011-03-03T00:43:00.002+01:00

What's it gonna be? Because, seriously, she is dangerous.

5 years of mutual torment, and it's fun. Believe me, it is. What she brings out is, well, primordial. I took a philosophy course in January that really shook me. It was about the eroticism of art, design, utility and continuity. People who weren't there won't understand the context in which the term eroticism was used, so I'll explain it:

Humans are discontinuous beings. We are born and we die. Though we socialize with others, we can only live for ourselves. Experiences we (try to) share cannot be lived by others; our audience can only experience how we describe them.

Cells are different. Instead of dying, they split into two new cells. The "old" cell is not dead, but neither "new" cell is the old one. There is a moment right as they divide where they are continuous.

Eroticism is our attempt - strive, longing, whatever - to achieve that discontinuity. Sex is the most basic of those attempts. In the act we forget life, death, anxiety etc., and instead are experiencing together. Orgasms are the most common (and easiest to comprehend) examples of continuity. It's that split second between the life and death of that experiences. Let's face it: once you come, the moment has passed. It's gone.

Discontinuity is trying to hold on to that moment.

The same is applicable to religion, art and poetry.

ANYWAY. That was a very round-about way of getting to my point.

Point being that [she] embodies eroticism down to the "t".

Good night, guys.

[Aurora]

2011-03-01T22:43:00.002+01:00

Apparently the northern lights were visable tonight. I glanced at the horizon(s) and thought for sure it was just an outdoor rink or field that was lit up and was prepared to correct the inexperienced kiwi who had updated his Facebook with the informative status. Even more apparent was that I was wrong. That's what happens, I guess.

Tomorrow is further work on the design project. "Work" can also mean horseback riding. That's exactly what it means! So that's exciting!
But other than that I am having trouble finding motivation for just about everything. That's always the case.

The main reason I'm even writing anything at all is out of principle. It feels good to vent, too.

Just discovered "Knocked Up" on channel 3. Say what you will, but that is an underrated movie.

Shitnuts!

[Abundance]

2011-02-28T23:35:00.003+01:00

I kind of suck for a multitude of reasons.

1) I really want to update my blog with interesting things. Sadly, I just never feel like doing the actual work (which can consist of taking pictures, scanning pictures, posting links, writing, thinking, etc).

2) This last Friday I was supposed to go down to Stockholm/Eskilstuna and "get something off my chest" - and get a certain someone on her back, side and stomache - but honestly couldn't put my heart into it. Funny I should word it that way, but the fact is my heart wasn't in it, in most senses of the word.

3) Another reason I stayed was to go to Melker's birthday bash which lead to a night of things I honestly thought I had grown out of. The hangover wasn't terrible, and I made blueberry pancakes. The issue was all the memories slowly resurfacing Hangover (the movie) style. Shit, shit, shit.

4) The third reason I did not go bang the closest a woman will ever get to a ten - you never give away the ten - is that I still don't know where I stand elsewhere. It'd be a shame to ruin any chance with someone who could end up meaning a lot to me just to bone somebody that I honestly do not see having a future with. I feel so mature.

5) I should be sleeping now, but am not.

So, what's new? Well, last week kicked off our first project at school. I will not release the details since I signed a secrecy waiver. It's a 5 week project and is really interesting.

Balls. I do not know what to do (returning to the issue of paragraph 4). Shitnuts.

Good night. I WILL update tomorrow, be it a little or a lot.

Oh, yeah. Almost forgot.

[66421]

2010-11-29T00:28:00.004+01:00

66421 seconds left.

I am a little let down. Written why? So I can bitch without needing to explain.

But otherwise I've been on a roll! Already working on a new song:

I know this melody is superficial.
We faked it. Nobody means it.
So don't show anything genuine you can't take back.

Three words. I said them once and then you stepped back.
I told you I really meant it.
Too bad it was to much for me to get them back

This world it makes me better.

I know what it means, but I don't know why I wrote it.

Anyway, it's been an awesome weekend. Came down to Sthlm with Alexis and then met some of my favorite people. I wanted to meet another, but that hasn't happened yet which is getting me down.

The set list from Luxemburg 4 days ago was posted online. I think it'll be a Deftones night.

But now on to watching Dirty Sanchez! Oh, the things that make me happy.

[Diamond Eyes]

2010-11-26T07:53:00.002+01:00

Happy (belated) Thanksgiving. I could bitch for hours on end on why we shouldn't be celebrating the Mayflower, pilgrims, genocide etc, but I won't.

Instead I think I'll bitch about what a shitty night's sleep I just woke up from.
So, I lie down at 19:00 so I can comfortably watch YouTube thinking, "Don't worry. There's no way I'll fall asleep without eating supper".

I wake up 3½ hours later at nearly 23:00 and am a little groggy but could almost fall back asleep. I also felt I could also piss myself, so I got up and peed.
The next 4 hours were spent swearing at myself for going to the bathroom. It probably didn't help that I replaced my evening meal with gingerbread cookies.

I had ofiginally planned on brushing my teeth before accidentally falling asleep. But, what do you know, I mysteriously lost consciousness - AGAIN - and am now awake and aggravated.

But, on a lighter note: 298380 SECONDS LEFT UNTIL I SEE DEFTONES LIVE IN STOCKHOLM!

[Eyes as Candles]

2010-11-21T00:02:00.005+01:00

What to write now? I'm not incredibly motivated to do much writing, but will out of principle.

So school is awesome as ever. But that was to be expected. I can't believe I haven't written more. Instead of writing a long summary (the opposite of what a summary should be, I know), I probably should update my portfolio instead and post a link. But fuck it. Here goes:

- 3 weeks of sketching basics - they helped, but the course could have been more fun
- 1 week of design methodology - opened my eyes to analyzing design; I know that it will help me become a better designer
- 2 weeks of photography - awesome; first analogue (as shown in earlier post), then digital studio photography
- 2 weeks form studies with Jas; that too was an eye-opener
- 1 week sketching and photoshop rendering; I was going to upload pictures, but almost everyone has already seen it (and no one likes a braggard)

And finally... MACHINES! We're learning all the machines in the workshops for manipulating wood, metal, plastic, you name it. I can't wait to start building models and prototypes.

Miscellaneous
Joker and I are now in our new apartment. It's wonderful, and his dad came up yesterday with furniture so it can finally start feeling like a home. I should show pictures of it as well once I've straightened out my half of the place.

Yesterday also featured a reggae pub at school with Bakslag playing live music. The atmosphere was so fucking relaxed with beanbags and what-have-you. A good night.

I also have developed more concrete tattoo ideas. Sucks to be poor, though...

Last, but not least, I finally started writing a new song. It's a welcome change not to be drained of all my creativity, and to instead focus it on other somewhat forgotten passions.

I love life.

[Re-vamp II]

2010-11-12T09:21:00.002+01:00

First off: I'm switching back to English. I've been making more and more "foreign" friends here at school, so I might as well make it accessable to everyone.
Plus, Google Translate does a shite job on grammar.

Pic above is from Cody Hamilton, and I'm basically just bootlegging off Core77.

Also, school has kind of picked up the pace. This last week I sketched and rendered a Tron inspired lawn mower. The "Tron Mower" (link in blue).

[Sketchbook vol. I]

2010-10-23T23:12:00.003+02:00

[Analogue - teaser]

2010-10-18T09:19:00.002+02:00

Lite teasers från förra veckans analoga fotokurs. Har skannat i de andra, men ska "framkalla" digitalt i SilkyPix innan de laddas upp.

Framkallning är verkligen konsthantverk. Speciellt när man skuggar för hand och gör shadow puppets över pappret. Jag har saknat det. Men det jag också blivit påmind om är att fotografi kommer alltid vara en hobby för mig, inte ett yrke. Jag ångrar inte alls att jag inte valde fotohögskola. Industridesign är den passionen som alltid kommer vara spännande, trots påfrestningar. Kan inte tänka mig något annat jag hade kunnat syssla med från 9-17 varje dag (och man är jävligt naiv om man tror att man faktiskt kommer jobba 40 timmar/vecka... det blir betydligt mycket mer).

[Knives Out]

2010-10-17T15:04:00.004+02:00

Det har hänt en del, men jag orkar inte sammanfatta. Det påstår jag nu, i alla fall. Antagligen kommer jag skriva en hel del ändå, bara för att.

Vi har haft analogt foto och framkallning i skolan senaste veckan, och fortsätter med digitalt och studio på måndag/tisdag. Hela fotofebern fick mig jävligt sugen, så jag och Joker drog ut på kvällen och roade oss (fler bilder finns på Facebook och här]
Ska till skolan om en stund och scanna in massvis med skisser och mina analoga fotografier. De lär komma upp på bloggen snart.

Och just det! Det var International Suit Up Day i onsdags! Känns mycket längre sedan än så. Men då tar jag och lägger upp den bilden också.

Nog om det. Inte så mycket mer att berätta. Alls.

(Bilden gör inte min awesomeness rättvisa, men fluga satt runt halsen, och frisyren var grym.)

[Crackpot]

2010-09-27T14:08:00.003+02:00

Det var jävligt mycket fest i helgen [punkt].

Och nu har jag tappat mina nycklar. Vad i helvete är det för fel på mig?

[Design please]

2010-09-19T17:40:00.000+02:00

Jävla bajs vad länge sen det var sen jag bloggade.

[Beginnings]

2010-09-05T21:29:00.005+02:00

(Calle "Grym-på-klättring-och-design" Östlund på fotot.)

Fuck me, vilken vecka det har varit! 5 dagar bakom mig på min drömskola, och det har varit intensivt. Ben Hopson kom hit från Pratt Institute i New York där han undervisar (Ben grundade disciplinen "Kinetic Design") för att hålla i en workshop där vi inspirerades av hans "magiska låda" full med diverse leksaker. Det är verkligen så han jobbar: sitta med kartong och leka tills man kommer på något som funkar bra.

Och nu är helgen över. Fredagen hade två fester, och lördagen lika så. Bakfyllan var illa i lördags, men nästan obefintlig idag. Och eftersom jag mådde så underbart i morse bestämde jag mig för att skaffa gym-kort. Sen var det klättervägg och bouldering som gällde, följt av någon timmes basket.

Nu sitter jag helt lugn i kroppen för första gången på hur länge som helst, och tittar på Burn Notice.

Kan det bli bättre?

[How things work]

2010-08-25T11:52:00.004+02:00

Check this the fuck out! Core77 artikel med en massa häftiga .GIF-filer. Bilden ovan visar hur symaskinen fungerar, något jag aldrig förstått förrän nu. Det tog säkert 5 minuter för mig att begripa konceptet, men det var antagligen snabbare än om något ingenjör skulle försöka förklara det.

Ajaa. "Hemma" i sängen med 3½ fikabröd i mig, samt ett par koppar kaffe. Riktigt gott kaffe, måste jag erkänna: Gevalia Malabar mörkrost, eller vad fan det hette. Jag hade alltid trott att ett kaffemått hade samma volym som en matsked, men så var det icke. Jag offrade 3 kannor kaffe innan jag hittade felet.

Fem dagar kvar tills skolan börjar. Men under tiden ska jag fortsätta kolla på Arrested Development.

PEACE, M'FUGGAH!

[Put your circuits in the sea]

2010-08-22T23:31:00.004+02:00

Tänkte skriva något, men jag skiter i det. Finns inget att skriva. Jag är allmänt omotiverad och gillar väldigt lite just nu. Att jag ska vara så himla påverkad av "humör" och "stämning" hela tiden. Det finns inget att göra åt det, tyvärr.

Men, en ny dag börjar imorgon.

2010-08-21T15:27:00.009+02:00

Bilderna är från resan upp i tisdags, och sen lite idag i lägenheten. Städat och fint, vilket antagligen inte varar mer än 4 dagar till. Men, men...
Ny flyttad till Umeå. Gôttigt som fan. Finns inte så mycket mer att berätta just nu. Det var flera månader sedan jag känt ett sug för att fota. Jag är lite väl självmedveten om mina fotografier, och det var sjukt länge sedan jag manipulerat bilderna i SilkyPix. Det fanns inget att fota förut, så självklart försvann motivationen. Tyvärr är vädret rätt fult, men så fort det är fint igen ska jag ut på cykeltur och ta lite bilder.

Det var allt för idag.

[Suspense]

2010-08-13T17:37:00.002+02:00

Mycket spännande tider. Pappa och Cata ska hjälpa mig att flytta på tisdag. Och sen blir jag Umeåbo i 3 år. Tre härliga år.

Tyvärr erbjuder studentlägenheten inte så mycket i utrymme och lyx. Hade gärna fått med mig mitt gigantiska skrivbord och vintage soffan. Men basvåning kan man inte klaga på.
Nu återstår att se vart i stan alla andra hamnar.

Av någon anledning är jag sjukt nervös inför kommande läsår. Får en obehaglig känsla att jag kommer att fucka upp ordentligt på något sätt. Fast den känslan kanske är bra. Har aldrig fått den förut, och jag vet hur det har gått då. Jag får helt enkelt använda pirret som en påminnelse, samt motivition, att INTE FUCKA UPP.

Adam kanske kommer hem ikväll, och då ska jag till Pia och hälsa på.

Awesome.

[Movement]

2010-08-10T01:12:00.009+02:00

Det är sådant här som håller mig vid liv så här dags på natten.
Alltså, jag måste praktisera/jobba hos Timex. Helt seriöst. Visst, jag har en Rolex Oyster Perpetual Day Date som jag köpte med MUCK-bidraget, och Rolex gör fina klockor.

Men Timex. Jag har säkert ägt 10+ av deras klockor. Och älsklingsklockan är min digitala Timex från -77 (som hittades i farfars låda bland diverse skräp och prylar).

Så Breguet, Patel Philippe, Rolex och TAG Heuer (jag har faktiskt aldrig gillat TAG Heuer) kan alla ta sig. Tourbillon och U-Boat är de enda undantagen. Visst, alla är bra klockor. Men de gör alla något fel om Timex håller samma klass för en bråkdel av pengarna. Plus, att Timex pekar fingret åt "tradition" uppskattas åtminstone av mig.

TX 400 Series Perpetual Weekly Calander är helt klart den klockan jag vill ha mest just nu. Spana in videon nedan och säg mig att det inte är ett mästerverk.

Sen finns deras TX 800 Series Linear Chronograph och TX 830 Series Duo Chronograph (nedan).

Fuck me.

[Every You, Every Me]

2010-08-08T16:41:00.002+02:00

Jag överlevde USA-resan. Nu när jag ser tillbaka över vistelsen är den inte längre så hemsk, men jag vantrivdes rätt rejält. Mycket jobb och slit.

Redan första veckan började dåligt då jag tappade min MP3-spelare hos tandläkaren, kom tillbaks 2 minuter senare och den var redan stulen.
Sen dog datorn, och jag blev utan i en månad.
Jag behöver musik för att fungera.

Sommaren i allmänhet har sugit ut all min kreativitet (känns det som). Gud, så höga förväntningar jag hade: Jag skulle skriva mer på Project White; skriva nya låtar - vilket jag inte gjort på snart ett år; träffa nya och gamla vänner; måla och teckna ny konst; och sen en hade jag en massa jävla design som jag skulle öva på. Skisstekniken har blivit bättre, speciellt med kulspetspenna (även om jag fortfarande inte kan rita bilar). Men kreativiteten har helt enkelt inte funnits. Det spelar ingen roll hur bra man kan skissa om idéerna inte finns.

Och idéerna finns inte. Det gör mig lite nervös - t o m rädd - inför höstterminen på DH. Tänk om jag inte kan leverera? Äsch. Jag blev ju antagen, så de lär ha sett en liten designer i mig.

Men ur det onda skiner alltid lite gott. Och det goda är väl att jag känner mig mer mogen. Jag har inte längre samma suktande efter prylar och kläder etc. Ett gott tecken på att jag kanske klarar mig mycket bättre ekonomiskt i år.

Just idag känner jag mig nöjd med mitt singelliv. Jag lever inte ut det, direkt, men det känns bra som det är. Ibland är det skönt att bara sträcka ut sig på golvet och sucka och inte behöva tänka på något annat.

Jag tänker göra det nu, faktiskt.

[Re-vamp]

2010-07-13T18:19:00.002+02:00

Så, ehm. Jag åker till Iowa imorgon. Skôj. Ska försöka njuta av "semestern" så mycket som möjligt. Ta bilder, skissa, allt som fördriver tiden.

Min laptop skickades in på reparation, så jag blir utan i 3 veckor till. Och mobil är helt funktionslös i USA, så sms:a inte. Facebook verkar inte heller så aktuellt under min vistelse där.

MEN, när jag kommer hem ska jag förhoppningsvis flytta ASAP. Umeå, here I come! Hide your wives, and lock up your daughters!

[Manifest]

2010-07-06T23:12:00.003+02:00

Jag är bara 22, och har knappt skrapat ytan på min karriär som designer, men här kommer första utkastet av min filosofi (skriven på engelska, eftersom jag skrev den först för hand och tänkte på engelska):

I want to design watches, Converse shoes, direct the design/concept/experience of car interiors, dirty my conscience by working with the Swedish military. I like exclusive gadgets, but only if they are exclusive in the quality of what they produce and the experience of their purpose (e.g. Bang & Olufsen, Nakamichi, Magnaplanar, Harmon/Kardan etc.)

All the above I wish to achieve without excess.

Though I am a bit of a socialist at heart, I admire that certain products "simply cost more". They are worth [it] just because I'm willing to pay more. I appreciate value. Without that contrast, without that spectrum, how can one perceive value?

There are things I love, that contribute to the enjoyment in my life - music, photography, film, cooking, partying and more. I'd feel most satisfied if what I design enhances other peoples' enjoyment of what they love in the use of my products.

But if I don't have fun designing it, it's not worth designing.

[Value]

2010-06-29T15:32:00.006+02:00

Ska strax återgå till plugget, men det här var en liten "värdesak". Spana in artikeln på Core77. Sjukt bra skit.

secret stash project 2010 from yiting cheng on Vimeo.

Det var allt.

[Tag]

2010-06-28T22:59:00.002+02:00

Mäktigt.
Jag har ingen vidare fascination av Louis Vuitton, men konceptet är ballt.

Men när jag sa att jag ville tatuera Converse-stjärnor på insidan av vristerna tittade min lilla syster snett på mig och sa att det var det dummaste hon hade hört.
Jag erkänner: tanken äcklar mig lite grann; att vara permanently branded. Speciellt av Converse, som numera ägs av Nike (som är djävulen).

Fast jag väljer att bortse från allt detta för tillfället.

[On thin ice]

2010-06-28T09:11:00.004+02:00

Hela superhjältetemat börjar bli tröttsamt. När första X-Men kom ut, och sen Spider-Man, då var jag lycklig. Filmerna var action-filmer som skulle underhålla. Det gjorde dom (främst pga specialeffekterna). Men sen komma alla jävla uppföljare och spin-offs. Daredevil var - näst efter Doom 2099 och Fantastic 4 - en av serietidningen jag älskade mest. Men fan ta Ben Affleck. Ännu värre var filmen Elektra.

Det var inte förrän Batman Begins kom ut som superhjältar fick ett nytt ansikte. Den var mörk och psykologisk, istället för att förlita sig på CGI och fightscener. Sin City, 300, Watchmen - alla Frank Millers verk - var ytterligare förändringar som jag välkomnade.

Men sen kom parodierna. Och Wolverine: Origins, som lika gärna kunde ha varit en parodi. Och den omtalade och superhypade Kick-Ass? Inte så jävla kick-ass... Kan inte fatta hur den har fått betyget 8.2, och ligger på 156:e plats på IMDb. Fuck that shit.

Så gissa hur glad jag blev när jag såg att Green Hornet kommer snart?! Jag har sett trailern, och är så jävla pepp. Borde kanske läsa serien först, men den verkar inte ha någon kvintessens.
Jag har lärt mig av Kick-Ass att man inte ska ha några förväntningar över huvudtaget. Jag vet bara att Seth Rogen spelar i den, och jag älskar Freaks and Geeks, Superbad, Knocked Up etc.

Sen har vi regissören. Michel Gondry. Han regisserade Be Kind Rewind, Science of Sleep, musikvideon till "Around the World" - Daft Punk, och två filmer skrivna av Charlie Kaufman.

Alltså är jag pepp.

[Babel]

2010-06-28T01:41:00.004+02:00

There are not enough languages in which to say

you bore me.

Åh, jobbigt att vara vaken. Har knarkat IDsketching och bra musik, kollat lite Futurama (NY SÄSONG!), lirat lite Facebook-roulette medan tvshack.net buffrade. Och nu var jag tvungen att skriva av mig.

Men den här är rolig.

[Always]

2010-06-26T22:40:00.004+02:00

Jag vet att Coca-Cola är företagsdjävulen, men den här burken är faktiskt snygg. Hittade designern på Coroflot.

Fan. Jag vet att jag en dag kommer behöva ta uppdrag från Nike, Coca-Cola och liknande jättar. Och mina produkter kommer tillverkas av människor med hemska jävla arbetsförhållanden.

Men tills dess...

[Cover me like a blanket]

2010-06-26T17:29:00.002+02:00

Kan inte sluta nynna på "Something Good" - Milosh. Den är så underbart lugn och anonym. Jag kan inte sätta fingret på vad det är för känsla den vill förmedla. Den känns osjälvisk och fin bara. Tvingades t o m plinka ut den på piano. Nu sitter låten för evigt etsat i min hjärna (och hjärta). Klicka länken om du vill höra.

Jag kommer aldrig sluta tjata om den låten.

Idag har jag pluggat, men det enda jag velat göra är skissa och designa. Allt vill bara flöda ut på papper. Alla föremål jag ser försöker jag föreställa hur jag skulle gå till väga för att skissa dem "designigt". Använder allt ovanstående som motivation för att plugga hårdare och bli klar fortare.

[I once was a kid]

2010-06-21T09:48:00.003+02:00

Just fan. Jag skulle skriva en roman också. Hade t o m skrivit två - nästan tre - hela kapitel. När jag är klar med Svenska B prövningen lovar jag (mig själv) att fortsätta på den. Har världens jävla skrivkramp, men jag gillar konceptet så pass mycket så jag tycker den är värd att fortsätta på.

Imorgon är det kryssning som gäller. Är det någon som minns om det finns någon säkerhetskontroll när man går på båten? Och om ens väska röntgas? Vill så gärna smuggla in en flaska vin och en flaska whiskey.

Och de TVÅ VACKRASTE KVINNORNA JAG NÅGONSIN KÄNT fyller båda 21 på onsdag. Helt sjukt. Grattis på er!

Smygtittar på Fringe nu. Jag är egentligen inte den sortens människa som gillar overklig sci-fi, men Fringe är fan the SHIT! Skitsamma om händelserna är högst osannolika, och man får inga tillfredsställande svar på någonting. Men spänningen är första klass. Helt klart.

[Anticipation]

2010-06-19T13:20:00.003+02:00

Jag vill så gärna att sommaren ska vara slut. Visst, sommarlov i all ära, men för en gångs skull är alternativet efter så jävla mycket bättre än själva ledigheten. Tänk, liksom, att jag ska börja på Designhögskolan? Och tänk att jag ska bort från Karlskoga! Jag menar, hur kan jag inte vara pepp?

Men idag är det VM och plugg som gäller. Först VM, sen plugg. Sen vill jag då gärna ut i solen, men solens närvaro är nästan obefintlig.

Coroflot har också varit till stor inspiration. Kolla in professionella designers samt studenters portfolion. Det har inte gått en dag så jag inte haft skitbra idéer. Jag längtar tills jag kan gestalta dem på ett mer professionellt sätt. Tre underbara år till, eventuell praktik på antingen

- Converse (käften, jag vet vad ni tänker)

eller

- en filmstudio där man gör rekvisita för framtidsfilmer.

Sen vill jag verkligen se alla andra omkring mig bli framgångsrika. Alla kommer komma långt. Det tvivlar jag inte på. Vore kul att jobba med dom i framtiden också.

Åh, drömmar...

[100 Days of Summer]

2010-06-13T20:05:00.002+02:00

"AUTHORS NOTE: The following is a work of fiction.
Any resemblance to persons living or dead
is purely coincidental.

Especially you Jenny Beckman.

Bitch."

Har precis börjat kolla. Jag vet inte varför. Kan försöka säga att det är pga filmens soundtrack, men egentligen är filmen så olyckligt fin.

Jag hoppas att jag aldrig behöver uppleva alla dom femhundra dagarna på en gång. Lite snabbt uträknat har jag kommit fram till att jag har ca 150 dagar kvar. Första gången var jag jävligt oerfaren, men sen dess har jag mest varit slarvig. Får helt enkelt vara mer konservativ med utbetalningen av dom.

And it's contageous. And it's contageous.

[You walk in them]

2010-06-11T19:23:00.004+02:00

Fan att dom inte finns på riktigt.

...än.

Men jag hoppas för både mig och tysk designer Alex Horisberger att Adidas nappar på hans design. Snubben är ju duktig.

[Policy]

2010-06-05T19:25:00.004+02:00

Jag har som regel att aldrig lyssna på en favorit artist/album/låt för ofta, även om jag VERKLIGEN-MÅSTE-HÖRA-DEN-JUST-NU-I-DENNA-SEKUND! Samma regel gäller även film: jag har, t ex, inte sett Garden State (en av mina absolut favorit filmer) mer än 6-7 gånger sedan jag upptäckte den 2004. Jag är rädd för att börja tröttna, att den inte längre kommer betyda lika mycket som den en gång gjorde.

Ett undantag är Superbad. Den har jag sett oändligt många gånger och upptäcker nya småsaker att bli kär i för varje gång. Överväger att se den ikväll, faktiskt...

Men ibland poppar vissa saker upp i mitt liv som gör mig så oerhört glad så jag kan inte låta bli att kräva mer. "Science Of Fear" - The Temper Trap, "Something Good" - Milosh, "Black and Gold" - Sam Sparro mm är toppen exempel på sådana (klicka på låttitlarna för Spotify-länk).

Och nu denna. Jag hade hört snuttar från den lite då och då - antingen på radio, eller passivt via andras Spotify - men orkade aldrig rikta uppmärksamheten ditåt.
Fan att jag inte gjorde det innan.

Så jävla peppig låt.

[Skinless]

2010-06-04T22:45:00.003+02:00

"A voyeur's privacy is where the bullets meet
Hear as feathers set off car alarms."

Kunde ingen ha varnat mig att Blue Mountain State var så jävla bra?! Och det säger jag med risk att låta helt dum i huvudet. Serien hade alla förutsättningar att vara riktigt dum och riktigt kass, men den överraskade mig. Har kollat sedan i morse.

Och kan inte höstterminen komma nu? 60000 nya människor, alla nya potentiella vänner (eller sexuella erövringar). Inget kan ersätta det gångna året, men - för Guds skull - ge mig plåster! Ge mig allt min sommar inte kommer ge mig!

God-fucking-dammit. Throw me a bone.

[Iconic]

2010-06-03T21:38:00.002+02:00

Jag ska skapa minst 1 designikon i min karriär. Pappa kom ner och bytte kanal från Kniv Mot Strupen. Fattade inte att han gjorde det för min skull. Nu går Genial Design på Kunskapskanalen. Sitter och låter mig inspireras.

Mitt andra mål: skapa ett musikaliskt mästerverk.

[Walk it off, Jarrett. Walk it off.]

2010-06-01T22:16:00.005+02:00

[What goes up...?]

2010-06-01T14:04:00.008+02:00

VARNING! Stor mängd text följer!

Nu är ett mäktigt år slut. Sjukt hur man aldrig märker förrän slutet hur stora olika händelser i livet faktiskt är.
Gymnasiet: Jag trodde aldrig någonsin att jag skulle ha så kul med människor som jag hade då. Hade förväntningar om antingen heltidsstudier utan tid till annat, eller heltidsjobb efter studenten.
Jobb: Transcom var ett jävla skitställe, men människorna (Viktoh, Rehnberg, Mâo-Ling, David, etc) gjorde mina 6 månader helt underbara. Ribban sattes ytterligare ett steg högre.
Värnplikten: Jag hade väldigt låga förväntningar och en vrickad bild (produkt av en amerikansk uppväxt och allt för mycket TV/film) av hur mitt år i militären skulle vara. Men när jag väl MUCK:ade hade plutonen blivit en jävligt stor del av mitt liv. Sen att jag, under flera månaders tid, hade sagt upp kontakten med pappa och i stort sett övergett Karlskoga och min lägenhet gjorde att all tid på regementet uppskattades. Det förändrade mig helt. Mitt liv och min framtid började likna helt andra drömmar än det jag hade innan.

Innan hösten var jag inneboende hos Adams mamma, hade precis tackat ja till ytterligare ett Tele2 jobb och skaffat lägenhet i Degerfors. Alla drömmar om industridesign hade ersatts av andra tankar – några terminer Komvux, och sedan vidare till Officershögskolan.
Men en dag satt jag hos pappa och granskade internet efter jobb och utbildningar och snubblade över ett förberedande industridesignsutbildning som låg en timme bort. Helt plötsligt öppnades en liten ask jag gömt och glömt, full med fantasier jag trodde bara var en ”fas”. Jag berättade för pappa om min upptäckt och han sa åt mig att skicka iväg ett mejl med lite frågor. Just då hade jag inte högskolebehörigheten, men hade tänkt fixa det och ville gärna börja på FIDU hösten 2010.

Marita, en lärare på skolan, ringde några dagar senare.

”Du var intresserad av skolan, eller?”

”Jo, men jag fick mitt mejl besvarat. Tack ändå!”

”Men det är nämligen så att vi har en reservplats om du vill ha den.”

”Absolut, om det är lugnt!? När börjar jag?”

”Om 3 dagar. Vi ses på måndag!”

Åh, Marita. Min räddarska i nöden. Jag vill inte föreställa hur jag hade levt om hon inte hade ringt.

Första dagen såg jag redan vilken kreativ grupp människor jag fått som kamrater, i ett hus där allt såg ut att ha ”design” plåstrat på med feta skyltar, i en bruksort där man hade inget annat val än att skapa (eller åka moped/Volvo).

Några veckor senare åkte ca 20 av oss till Berlin. Större delen av den vistelsen tillbringades med samma kille som jag såg första dagen i shorts, axelväska och Skagen-klocka. Killen som hade gjort Lumpen, älskade Superbad och snusade. Öl, frukostar i parker och promenader. Det stod som skrivet i stjärnorna.

Året flöt på. Men jag visste att jag behövde flytta till Hällefors då stora delar av min tid försvann med pendlandet. Designhögskolan i Umeå släppte sina arbetsprover och jag behövde all den tiden. Umeå hade länge varit min drömskola.
Sen åkte vi upp till Stockholm för Konstfacks öppet hus. ”Oj... Nu måste jag rikta lite mer uppmärksamhet ditåt också.” Nu hade jag två prioriteringar.
Fritiden försvann, och ett förhållande med en underbar flicka började lida av det. Ett ömsesidigt beslut att bryta upp det förhållandet (speciellt med tankar på att vi antagligen skulle bo på helt andra ställen oavsett vilken skola jag kom in på) gjorde flytten till Hällefors betydligt enklare.

Både Umeås och Konstfacks arbetsprover var inskickade. Jag fyllde ut tiden med lite allt möjligt, vilade och andades ut, samt ägnade mer tid åt att uppmärksamma en annan flicka.

Umeå skickade beslut att jag hade kommit vidare till antagningsintervju och prov. Jag mådde skit bra.
De skickade beslut strax därefter om antagning. Jag var en av ca 15 utvalda.

Jag slutade röka.

Sedan var jag även inbjuden till intervju på Konstfack. Vilken jävla egoboost!

Jag tillät mig bli mer självsäker. Efter för mycket snack, en hel del rådgivning, och allt för lite verkstad började det bli bråttom. Tyvärr hade jag lagt en väldigt dålig grund – fast att jag hade haft tiden, och, till Valborg, gjorde jag något väldigt dumt. Det sved länge. Det svider än, även om jag accepterat att det antagligen är bäst så.

Jag började röka igen.

Konstfack ville inte ha mig.

Tiden med klassen började rinna ut. Det faktum att de bästa människorna jag någonsin lärt känna snart skulle splittra åt alla möjliga håll blev allt mer verkligt.

Klassfest i fredags. Middag, dricka, dans, snack, kramar, avsked till klassen, avsked till Elias, tårar, mer kramar, mera tårar.

Åka hem till Karlskoga.

Men det är bara bra, för utan det dåliga skulle man aldrig uppskatta det goda.

[In loving memory of...]

2010-05-19T18:30:00.003+02:00

Remember these bad boys? Jag hade haft kvar dessa om jag inte hade haft så jävla bråttom att klä av mig och hoppa in i sjön igår kväll. Nakendopp är däremot toppen.

Det är väl mitt straff för att hela tiden känna behov av att vara naken.

[Suck it, Bieber]

2010-05-11T20:43:00.001+02:00

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

[Guns, Razors, Knives]

2010-05-10T16:28:00.002+02:00

Up, down, up, down, plateau.

Vilken jävla berg-och-dalbana det har varit. Men medicinen har bestått av nya Deftones skivan, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, cigaretter och långa jävla sovmorgonar.

Har däremot också lyckats känna mig jävligt mäktig. Och det är jag också.

Får se vad jag åstadkommer idag. Antagligen något jävligt grymt. Som vanligt.

[I did it]

2010-04-30T08:26:00.001+02:00

[I am sorry]

2010-04-23T09:44:00.002+02:00

Väldigt opassande ämne för en öppen blogg, men igår kväll blev jag påmind om något alla bör veta. OBS! Detta är bara en teori, men hittills har den inte kunnat motbevisas!

Det spelar ingen roll hur långt eller nära ens hem är - om man inte bajsar innan man går kommer bajsnödigheten öka exponentiellt ju färre steg det är till ens hem. Vad man åt och när man bajsade senast är helt oväsentligt. När man står med nyckeln halvvägs in i låset har korven redan hunnit visa sig.

Återigen, förlåt.

Och nu till roligare saker.

På måndag har jag antagningsintervju på Konstfack. Min uppgift till 30-minuters intervjun är klar, och det känns bra. Relativt bra, åtminstone.

Jag har fortfarande inte bestämt mig vilken skola jag väljer - Umeå kontra Konstfack - och det blir inte lättare med tiden.

Ajaa. Vidare till Örebro!

[Just one of those days]

2010-04-20T11:49:00.005+02:00

[Charity]

2010-04-18T21:40:00.002+02:00

Vill nästan starta en fond där folk kan skänka pengar till mig för att köpa fina prylar. Jag tänker inte ljuga för dem. Det är precis lika sliskigt som det låter: pengarna blir mina och går absolut inte till några värdiga ändamål. Så är det.

http://www.duanns.com/

Spana in "Bits to Atoms". Rätt imponerande smycken (POUR HOMME!) som är gjorda i nylon i en 3D-skrivare. Sen är de skitsnygga också.

[Diamond Eyes]

2010-04-17T19:26:00.001+02:00

[Band Wagon]

2010-04-13T22:58:00.004+02:00

Jag hatar när man verkligen gillar en sak TILLS fel person börjar gilla den saken.

Eller hur samma person kan förstöra något som annars är skitskoj genom att bara vara med. De behöver inte ens öppna sin käft. Det är t o m VÄRRE när dom inte säger något!

Grrrrrrrrr.

Det var dagens.

[Kids]

2010-04-12T00:00:00.000+02:00

Rolexes, cuff links and all types of bling.
These are a few of my favorite things.

[Shopping]

2010-04-07T15:33:00.004+02:00

Åh, för Guds skull! Jag måste hitta Elias extra nyckel av flera skäl:

1) Han vill nog ha tillbaka den.

2) Han kan ha min matburk.

3) Jag vill ha min gitarr, för jag har verkligen ingen annan sysselsättning hemma. Facebook underhåller inte speciellt länge, och Xbox tröttnade jag på för ett tag sen.

Skulle väl kunna sysselsätta mig med någon också, men det går segare än vad jag själv tycker är acceptabelt.

Feck.

[LOGO]

2010-04-06T16:01:00.001+02:00

Gjorde precis klar en ny logo. Det enda produktiva jag gjort idag.

[Pisa]

2010-04-05T14:23:00.003+02:00

Åter från 4-nätter i Italien. Resan var inte inte så värst händelserik, men jag hade kul!

Pisa Spring 2010

Bilder från resan.

Och nu har jag även installerat en laglig version av Adobe CS4. Ska greja i den nu och antagligen göra en ny logo.

[Science to Fear]

2010-03-23T23:24:00.003+01:00

Det gör ont i mitt högra öra när jag gnider "fliken" uppåt. Det har alltid varit så, men just nu stör jag mig på det.

Shutter Island var spännande.

Jag minns en tid innan jag feed:ade bloggen direkt till Facebook. Kunde skriva mer då. I och för sig så skulle jag ens veta hur sådant ens skulle formuleras.

Måste också hämta min kamera. Bloggen hade varit roligare om jag faktiskt hade vardagsbilder att lägga upp.
Men man får inte alltid som man vill.

Eller, jo. Det gör jag visst. Får väl fan se till att agera nu då.

Jag skojade. Jag får inte alltid som jag vill. Däremot har jag ibland tur, fast med den turen också en tendens att "skjuta mig själv i foten". Gäller precis allt.

Tycker fortfarande att jag borde uppfinna en sökmotor som man kunde nynna en del av en låt man inte kunde namnet på och bara söka genom hela internätet. Det vore så himla smidigt. Speciellt nu.

Och jag vill så gärna lägga upp ett "dagens citat". Tyvärr så har jag så suddigt minne just idag. Kändes som att den gick så fort men ändå seg.

Rhythm, rhythm, rhythm...

[Tension]

2010-03-21T22:38:00.002+01:00

Det här känns inte bra. Hittills har jag antingen 1) känt att jag utan tvekan kommer in på Umeå, eller 2) inte brytt mig eftersom jag ändå inte kan påverka beslutet.

Nu känns det bajsigt och pirrigt.

Kul sidogrej: jag har ställt in Firefox så att stavfel stryks under i rött, och varken "bajsigt" eller "sidogrej" var felstavade.

Men bajsigt och pirrigt känns det, i alla fall. Jag vill så gärna komma in. Att jag faktiskt skriver det på nätet förvärrar nog bara bajset och pirret.

Inte mycket att uppdatera med.

Nu vill jag lyssna på "Blvd. Nights" - Team Sleep.

[Every light is new again]

2010-03-21T08:52:00.007+01:00

Åter från Umeå. Törs verkligen inte säga hur fan det gick på intervjun och provet, men vi borde få resultaten imorgon. Jag trodde att jag skulle kunna hålla mig lugn i helgen då jag ändå inte kan påskynda beslutet bara för att jag stressar.

Fick för mig att någon sa att Konstfack skulle ge besked om ca en vecka.

Nu är jag i alla fall nyvaken hos far i Karlskoga. Känns som det var evigheter sedan sist. Men det känns ändå bra. Bättre.

Vad har jag mer gjort? Hrrrm. Just fan. Jag, Eric, Viktoh, Andreas och en fet jävla dildo hade rätt roligt på chatroulette, ett program som antagligen är den minst genomtänkta idén detta århundrade.

Såg "An Education" igår kväll. Jag vet inte varför jag gillade den, men jag gjorde det. Peter Sarsgaard spelade en skön kille som blev en riktig pitt, men hans karaktär gjorde filmen. Han spelade skitbra.

Skitsamma.

My waffle breakfast awaits.

From Art & design

[In the House of Flies]

2010-03-07T11:54:00.003+01:00

Ok. Löftet om att uppdatera har inte varit så lyckat, men jag försöker.

Och precis som USA behövde Obama, så behövde min blogg lite change.
Byter språk. Så det så.

Just nu väntar jag på att spackeln torka och kollar på SNL med Them Crooked Vultures som gäst. Är snart klar med mikrofonmodellen.

Annars händer det inte så mycket. Jag har ingen sådan blogg där kul skit händer och bilder från mitt vardagsliv.
Bristen på bilder skyller jag delvis på att min kamera är kvar i Karlskoga.
Resterande skuld tar jag själv.

[Rome wasn't built in a day]

2010-03-01T21:14:00.002+01:00

But I did, however, finish the presentation for one of my assignments.

So there.

[Resolution]

2010-02-19T10:40:00.003+01:00

My February resolution is to up date my blog more frequently...

...now that shit is actually happening in life.

Let's see. Konstfack assignments are taking up most of my time, but it's all good.
As always, check album for updates.

FIDU Design Portfolio

I'm sure I'll make it out to take more photos soon, too.

Just a few dreams are on my mind:
1) I would love to start a webpage for Let's Fool Gravity (which is what I want to call my design/art agency).
2) With the above I would require business cards. When I'm not busy I will make up a design. I love the cards Dad and I made for his company. Something similar but with my "Taking Flight" birds.
3) And of course matchbooks with my artwork on them. I have this little love for vintage things. I need shit like that.

I've got my brofriend nearby, and he makes things great. Say hi, Elias! "Hej."

That's all for now.

Happy Valentine's Day

2010-02-13T13:30:00.001+01:00

[New Year]

2010-01-10T04:57:00.003+01:00

It's a new year, and I turned 22 New Year's day! I head back to Sweden tomorrow, after 3 weeks in Dallas.

I don't feel like recapping everything that's happened, but I did get a call from the Art Institute in Hollywood today! We also went to the bodies exhibit.

That's all I feel like writing. I saw that my account was inactive, so I thought I'd change that.

2009-12-01T19:07:00.001+01:00

HEJ HONEEEY!!!!

[Oreo]

2009-10-27T04:09:00.002+01:00

Fact: Eating nearly a pack of Oreos in a day makes your poop extra blackish.

Fact: Nobody wants to know what anybody elses poop looks like.

Now I'm in Iowa. I've gotten quite a bit done, but it's still a little on the boring side. And I miss people. Ida the most. My class a whole lot. People.
Today was the day I took the GED pretests. They went very well, and I even aced the Social Studies portion.
So, that's nice.

Tomorrow it's off to Calmar for the rest of the tests. Hopefully I can cram them all into one day, but we'll see.

I'll try to make this blog more appealing with pictures and shit soon. It probably won't get much better than this, though. And nobody reads this anyway.

[Into the wild blue yonder]

2009-10-23T06:17:00.000+02:00

I had intended to sleep last night before nearly a day's worth of travel, but my body decided otherwise. I didn't sleep at all. I did listen to the entire The Temper Trap album.

So, that's nice.

Off to America now.

[Today's stereo heartbeat]

2009-10-22T20:34:00.002+02:00

oh reckless abandon
like no one's watching you

[Off into the blue]

2009-10-22T17:46:00.002+02:00

So, tomorrow Dad and I head off for Iowa. Off for som GED-testing and (hopefully) vacation.
School: great. Ida: always lovely. Life: I have no complaints.

Just wanted to brag and post a croquis picture I'd done and to let people know that all my Berlin photos are on Picasa as well as Facebook.

From FIDU Design Portfolio

I'm Rick James, Bitch!!

2009-10-02T12:38:00.004+02:00

Hello hello!!!!!!!!

Jarrett is on lunch, so I thought that I would write a little something!
A little something!

See you in space!!!
/ Isabel

[FIDU]

2009-09-16T08:37:00.003+02:00

FIDU Design Portfolio

[Second Coming]

2009-09-09T15:15:00.003+02:00

So, I'm kind of back from the dead. I've been without internet access for a really long time.

On a lighter note, I'm out of Adam's mom's place and into my own apartment again. The first time in about a year. And lighter still: I just started studying industrial design at the House of Design (Formens Hus) in Hällefors. Halfway through week 3 and loving it.

And in less than two weeks we're all going to Berlin to see a Bauhaus exhibition. Nice.

But here's the main reason I wanted to update my blog (click to enlarge):

[Broke]

2009-08-09T09:21:00.002+02:00

My inhibition to find jobs and locate apartments has left me feeling really fucking stressed. On the plus-side: Deftones still rock. So, yeah... that's still good.

[Second Coming]

2009-07-21T18:24:00.000+02:00

Well. It would appear I'm back from the dead. Haven't done a whole lot worth writing about lately. Helped Dad for money, so that was nice of me.

And I found my 35mm SLR with lenses. I love film photography. Too bad it costs an arm and a leg to develop the prints.

Today Dad took me to Örebro and bought me clothes (which I needed). I COULD have saved up - I mean, people have done with 2 sets of clothes for most of humanity - but it was nice of him to do. Can't help but love parents!

Now I'm going to try to locate apartments, jobs and flights to Iowa and Dallas.

[DMT is killing me]

2009-06-23T01:20:00.003+02:00

Tomorrow we fly from Arlanda to Bulgaria for 1 week of vacation at a 5 star hotel with an open bar plus buffet meals three times a day. I am excited.

And there is honestly little that I love more than travel. Especially air travel, because I get to stroll around the airports looking a lot cooler than I am. And to make it even better, I picked up a vintage tweed garment bag for 25SEK at a second hand store. It will go along nicely with the Rolex replica I've aquired.

Life is good.

2009-06-13T19:13:00.002+02:00

[And a bag of potatoe chips]

2009-06-09T05:28:00.001+02:00