Movie: "The Mack" (1973)

A real classic in the black man's film genre, I assume. Since I'm currently "between two jobs" (or more), I had a few hours to myself while my fiancé was on her summer work. I've had this one in my DVD collection for almost two years, without having seen the whole movie. I remember when I first got it, I started watching it, but then I got sleepy and zZz...



The movie's storyline was kept clean and intact, just the way I want it. So, this is a (the usual?) story about this guy who wants it all. The plot reminds me some about 'Get Rich Or Die Trying' (featuring Curtis "Fifthy" Jackson), even though that film is about the fortune wheel of want-to-reach-out-emcee's, while this one treats the "pimpin hoez" industry. So, the story is about a young (black) man who is at first caught in a set up (by the police), so he gets put away for five years. Once back on the street, he decides to cut all the amateur bullshit, and get into the real business - the pimpin' business. So, from here he heads for the top. Side characters of interest for the story is Goldie's mother aswell as his brother.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070350/

A couple of movies..

It's been a couple of days, so I've seen a couple of movies, plus that I seem to have (forgotten) to two-line-review a few, so here I come, with a list of three recently seen movies; and of course the implied two line comment table on those. Now when "backtracking" my fulfilled work it seems to have become quite more than just two lines for some, hehe. My weekend? Just awsome. I feel so rested. Some (probably drunk) one had the impudence to call me at around 1 AM the night between Friday and Saturday. Fortunate, I had my cell on quiet mode. So, now it's Sunday. Sun is shining, just got here from a work interview over at Subway. Took myself time to get a waffle with soft ice cream over at Frasses. Yummy!

So..


My friend Eric told me about this film. Only by reading the IMDb plot summary, I realized this was something of a (new) The Substitute, hehe. Anyways, the movie was almost two hours, but it didn't feel so long. Guess that means the story was held together in a nice logical way. No loose ends or any other tricky part, just a great movie with a (SPOILER WARNING*) clean end. May seem a little bit utopical, when (according to my own belief) there is, in reality, no such thing as hardcore gangbangers turning friendly like dogs over.. well.. a foreseeable timeline. Ain't gonna happen, in real life. Me being cynical? World ain't gonna turn to the better if you don't believe in them? Well, that's not in my bag anyways. Not at the moment, anyways..

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0463998/
http://www.freedomwriters.com/

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Not very entertaining. The story is really sad. It's the same issue that media has been debating for the last couple of years. Oil, islam, USA, terrorists, war. Anyways, when I was younger my first reaction was that the US was doing something righteous and true "keepers of peace", "just doing their voluntary work to make life better for lots of poor people", something like that. Now, when I've grown older, been reading (at least some) basic background stuff, I know that it's more to it than just the whole welfare certificate. It's a political issue, really. Oil is the big thing. Furthermore, I don't seem to get how (and why) people even think about "making fun" (in this discussed case that I'm thinking about right now; by caricature s in newsprint) out of holy characters that certain religions seem to value/respect over just about anything. Their whole lifes are built on this very essential. Trying to compare it with us Swedes and the Swedish church is not even possible. I can't get into my head how someone could be so friggin' stupid, knowing(!) that putting those images into print would mean the same as challenging something they should not even think about interfering with, just because it's way out of perspective for them. It's about the outlook on life; the big picture. Something huge. Anyways, that was personal emotions that should be here. Anyways, back to the motion screen. As far as I can see, this is a (true American) patriotic movie, even if they try to hide this fact by first and foremost the final scene (which nevertheless was pretty damn good; to be honest the best act in the whole movie). In total? Lots of action. The cuts on blowing bombs was well made. However, I get sad by watching these kinds of films, knowing how deep this problem really goes; and that it will probably be a cause of total world degeneration, perhaps even a 3:rd World War. So, I'd rather not think more about it. Howeve,r for those who is interested, Michael Mann is the producer behind this work of film, known from his role as director/producer for "Heat" (1995).

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0431197/
http://www.thekingdommovie.com/

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Layed back piece of film, just for easy watching a dull rainy day. Just like anything you've probably seen dozens of times already. Anyways, like I said, easy watching, you don't need to feel pressured to stay fully focused/alert throughout the film. Eat snacks, chitchat with co-watchers in between the lines, just do whatever you feel like. Suddenly your worst nightmare (SPOILER WARNING*) will appear on the screen, nothing hideous, just a cold-blooded killer, doing his/her thingie.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486822/
http://www.disturbia.com/

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That's all for today folks!

Movie: "28 Days Later.."

Whoa, this one has been on lots of people's lips over the last couple of years, right? I'm not sure, but I know I've heard the title several times, plus having >71.000 IMDb votes speaks for itself.



Anyways, for some strange reason I seem to have missed it. Six years since it's premiere. Now that's a pretty long time. Anyway, it was a really nice movie. The creds has been pretty mixed. Me myself? I thought it was a great film. I'm not so much fan of horror flicks, perhaps 'cuz I believe I've seen most of them blood bags combinations which constitutes a neat splatter scene.

However, this was more than just a regular splatter. The whole "After" scenery gives a pretty good view on just how us human being would [probably] act / react under primitive conditions. We suffer of a huge amount of dependencies, as simple as it gets. Let's just hope that the movie plot will not become reality, at least not during my lifetime. Well, it's not my call. Anyways, I give the movie a (strong) 6 out of 10 points.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0289043/

Stay real folks, now have a nice weekend!

Harsh times..

Since "between a couple of jobs" (Swedish way of sayin'), economy's not very well at the moment. I mean, in Sweden you don't exactly starve over a hard month or so, but vacation plans isn't worth jack, so to speak ;D Anyways, I'm real pleased where I'm at, so I don't bother. Why the subject? Well, I just got inside the door from a few miles bicycle tour. Where I've been at? It's called Överskottsbolaget, a place where you get a random selection of various things (everything from food to toys and electronic equipment), really cheap. Of course we're talking low-budget brands, and so on. Well anyways, I bought a wool bag of rice (> 10 lbs!), lots of noodles, instant mashed potatoes, pasta, and a can of mackerel fish. I've decided not to buy picnic bog and suchlike (meat) from Öb. Don't know why but something makes it feel ½ insecure, even though it's probably nothing wrong with it.

Anyways, the rice will be interesting. Managed to Google my way to a photo image of the actual bag that I bought. World's pretty small, isn't it?


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Oh, I also bought a new dish brush. The dish brush we (_had_) was really sweet, with a soft grip that you could squeeze real hard without annoying your hand with sharp edget. But (like everything else) it got all worn out, so one day after work I got home and my beloved lady had threw the old one in the garbage. On the hook was instead this new ill red thingie for a brush. Hard edges, hurting my hand while doing dishes. Awergh, couldn't stand it, taking care of the dishes used to be (almost) fun but with this disastrous piece of knife edge for a brush, it suddenly was a terrifying duty. So, found a new brush today.

So, now my lady is on her way, and we'll head back for my place. Hope ya'll get a nice weekend, I'm sure we will ;) Take care folks..

Anonymous blogger? No more!

A proposal has been turned to the EU parliament to look over the possibilities on demanding bloggers to appear with legal name plus photo, just to "keep the ether clean from cyberpolution."

Am I the only one feeling sick reading » this « (article in Swedish*) ?

Hmm, well, I have a profile picture aswell as my first name present here. Feel free to ask me for my social security number, etcetera. I don't care.

Oh btw, I won't be offering village folks their present surroundings in a 10 pound archive. Not anymore, I wasn't fit for it, to keep it a shallow declaration ;)



Oh, a person I spoke to the other day claimed that the new FRA (spy) law will not hold. Me? I'm not sure. I think this is the first step against a broken democracy, and I would lie if I said I wasn't at least a bit scared.

Awergh.. Stay real folks!

Field work indeed.

Yeah. Talk about being friendly. I offer people an unbeatable advantage of keeping track on their present surroundings. A really great thing for people's forseeable future; and not thel east their next coming generation. I'm really proud of what I'm doing, right? A big book. A really big book, that's what it is. It's going to get printed in February 2009, so the option of saving up the petty sum required for this big vaulable piece of work consisting a weight of ten pounds. Oh my lord. Oh my lord.

Anyhow..
There is no clouds on the sky today, so the weather will probablly at least stay dry. Really windy though, if I get an oportunity of sailing before the wind I should really be building somewhat of a sail for my bicycle machinery.

Video - The bird season!

So, I've managed to get those clips cut together.

Here's the result:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYcfD92Ou7Q

Real funny animals.
I'm a great fan of Life; presumably just about as much as they are.


So, other than this..?
Not much. Yesterday I just laid there in my bed, with a hundred things in my head. Loose ties, thoughts that was really just right for this blog. Just that there was nothing else but loose ties. How will I react; reading those in let's say ten years, trying to understand my thinking at the age of twenty-three. How can I? Not really sure. Anyways, one part of me thinks that it's still a great idea, getting those 'loose ties' in print, just to (maybe) one day be better on understanding my own thinking. We'll see. Anyways, the result will be a future set of blogs stamped "[Loose tie issue]" (or something similar) in the subject line. I mean, like, in one way I'm sure I will find more meaning in reading my thoughts in the form of raw key phrases (i.e. "The price on cheese has doubled. Those farmer's alliances is getting on my nerves", than more of causerie-like stories about trolls and ferries. Remember, nothing is stranger than fiction for some human beings.

Also, I hope for more real-life video clips; in different shapes and subjects. Video is a real funny way of sharing media. Gosh, I need a video camera now more than ever. Sometimes I wish I was rich like Donald Trump! :-)

Midsummer of 2008

Went well in this part of the county. Elsewhere shit hit the fan, from what the teletext gives me in it's report. Assaults, rapes, weapon firings, etcetera. Wicked world we live in, shit is 'bout to blow, I get that much. Anyways, like I said, we eazed out big timers!

At Midsummer's Day (yesterday), we invited Berglund to our place for late dinner. It was flawless. Chicken filet, prepared with cream, sun-dried tomatoes, rice, soy, and an italian salad mix just to spice it up a little. It was the whole package. Oh la laaa. When we had eaten, it was time for desert. Icecream with aswell raspberries as strawberries. Yummie! After this, I felt like a human bomb. It turned invert in my stomach, and I could barely give out a noise. Anyways, we had earlier rented the movie Little Miss Sunshine (which had a top #250 rank over on IMDb). So, we watched it. It was really great.



Actually, this appeared to be the best [out of let's say the latest hundred films] I've seen. We all agreed, must it really be so hard to make (great) new movies. Is everything oughtta be just so darn played out? Every inch of the original concept. I mean, what is the original concept, really? Isn't the whole thing with movies about creating something original, being creative and building the concept of it. Shitty human beings; wouldn't piss on fire to put you out! Anyways, this was great.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449059/
http://www.foxsearchlight.com/littlemisssunshine/


Anyways, we were about to end the night with watching the cult movie Mad Max, featuring Mel Gibson as early as 1979. I'm a bit ashamed but I had never seen this motion screen. Dunno why (unattended comment: "You don't always have to know why"). Anyways, my beauty queen fell asleep almost instantly. I stayed up till the end credits. Fantastic action movie. I was actually almost a bit chocked by some of the horrorful scenes. Why is it that I almost never lift an eyebrow nowadays? Awergh, no idea. Anyways, I reckon that the sequel must be just about as great as the first movie (7.x ranked over IMDb apparentely), so I must rent it as soon as possible.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079501/


So, what is really up today? Midsummer Day and all. I threw a bounce of (forgotten) Midsummer greets out over SMS. Barely had one(!) in return, it must be that our Swedes (in general) is laying there, totally f-cked up over sour beverage, this casual "the day after". Tsss, can't explain how much it sickens me. Our humanity in decline. Awful.

Us then? Went on a nice bike trip to a place that I found a couple of weeks ago. It's a place where the animals are so tame that I did first not believe me own eyes. This time, I brought my camera, snapped lots of photos. I've made a gallery of those which you can watch over at a my new slideshow gallery (see link below).

http://oxwl.pixbox.se/

These birds appeared so damn personal. They were picking on my shoes and pants, and one of them actually "climbed" up on Ingrid and laid it's beak in her lap. It was like fiction, but this was really happening. I used my camera's video operation and filmed their attitude. These clips came to fill my lousy 128 megabyte SD card very quick. Anyways, now I have lots of raw material (in poor 320x240px resolution though, sadly) to work with. As soon as I've managed to cut them pieces together, I'll upload them to Youtube or something. So, stay tuned, 'cuz big birds in their copulation season is defeinitely enjoyable watching. An interesting thing is the steel ring which the odd looking bird (last picture in the slideshow gallery) seems to be marked with (see one of it's legs).



Oh, how beautiful she is. Oh gosh, I'm truly the luckiest man alive.

Me, just before I turned summer mode! :)

Summarized photo blog: sweet dishes!

I know I have not kept track on our happy meal dinners lately. It's not because of neither famine nor a broken camera lens. It's just that I havn't had much time online. So, now I take the oportunity of blogging all last month's highlights, just to add some flavour to your curiousity, hehe.

The new law is a fact!

You have the right to remain silent - everything you said will be monitored by a chosen few selected persons.

Where did our constitutional rights go?

Yeah.

In an hour or so the government is about to hold the big votation. If it goes through, we will have all our abroad aswell as domestic cable-/airborne communications monitored(!) by an agency (FRA - Sveriges signalspaningsorganisation) asigned by the government. Why? To prevent terrorists from blowing bombs etc. A friend suggested that they would have some rapid sniffer that catched words and phrases like "usama", "nuclear", "hells angels", "oil", "bomb", and so on. This would make a whole new occupation. Perhaps (if I'm unemployed in a year or so) I'll apply for a job as a "data sniffer". Tss, this shit is sick, if you ask me. The government is only using this as a stupid cover-up for a last-way-out sollution on the problems with teenagers downloading/sharing piracy software/music/films.

I mean, like any serious terrorists wouldn't have brains enough to encrypt their internal affairs on a wise way. So, who will this really(!) affect? Yeah that's right, innocent people. Like my friend said, those data sniffers will look upon their screen all day long, reading e-mails and suchlike:

" [...] no problems, just remember to turn off the alarm system before you leave. the code is 1289 "

So, it's likely that we will have small time crooks using their sniffed information the wrong way. No one will be safe. Besides, like the journalists claims; this law actually violates our constitutional protection, when source protection will be something from a time gone by.

Wicked, really. The votation should actually have taken place already this morning, but they withdrew in the last minute, this by the meaning they added/made a few "final adjusts" and filed it back in again. In other words we were talking about a ~10 hours notice. Gah. Anyways, I hope they make their vote wisely.


Else than this? Well, not too much. I'm selling lottery tickets over the phone, I really am. I'm not good at it, but I've managed to sell a few. Actually, I'm unsure weather the tele-marketing business is violoating my firm personal standards. So, we'll see how it ends. Anyways, I'm still there.

So, the European masterships in soccer is still what's on Swedish people's minds. We're playing against Russia tonight. I thought I'd bet a hundred crowns or something on a Swedish victory, but the online betting system was in a mess so I managed to put my account on a locked state. Even called their customer service. They blamed the telephone operator for having problems with sending out once-only use codes (used for lost account recovery) over SMS, which I had asked for, when the first login-problems occured. Anyways, it's no biggie. When come thinking about it, I'm sure we'll loose the game, hrhr..

Oh btw, when I first though about placing a bet, I was at home (with no cable Internet connection). So, I got online over my phone's GPRS modem. Anyhow, since I came out of a sort of fresh install Firefox were missing the Flash Player. Then I decided to try downloading it over the GPRS modem(!!). "The GPRS rates has lowered, I'm sure I'll get off pretty cheap". While I saw the TCP/IP in/out metre reach >3.000.000 bytes in I got worried thought. Surfed into my phone operator's site and looked the rates up. So there it was. SEK 14.99:-/Megabyte recieved(!). Damn daawg, this was the most expensive Flash Player installation I've ever experienced, hahaahah. Anyways, after the install I got the problem with logging in anyway, so I skipped it (money for nothing, right) and took a bike tour to my fiancé's apartment, where the 100MBit is de facto.

So, here I am now, taking my opportunity of writing a small piece of blog about what's been on my mind lately. Well, better get back home, we'll have rhubarb fool for desert tonight, all inclusive (ice cream plus whipped cream) that is, of course ;-)

Oh btw, we also watched Prizzi's Honor (featuring Jack Nicholson) the other night. An old (1985) movie that I've had in my DVD collection for years, it's just that I've havn't had time/enough will to watch it). Just over two hours of something between a romantic drama and clodhopping mobster flick. Nah, hmm, well, I won't cred it with five stars, that's for sure.


Anyways, have a nice Midsummer day, to all you folks out there. Hope them Swedes will manage to stay on their feet, which I believe is a little bit too much to hope for, really. Hrhrhrhrhr.. Pityful world we live in, "I'm audii.." (ref. Em / 8 Mile) ^^

Sincerely happy!

Don't start work until 4 PM today, so we took the opportunity of sleeping a couple of hours extra. So, I woke up to the sound of my fiancé making coffee, just wonderful. Then I heard the phone ring. I was barely awake, but I only had one thing in my mind so I held my reception up high ;D

As soon as I [by the overheard conversation] understood that she was talking to someone about my apartment keys, I jumped out of the bed, and snatched the cell. "Eerr, it's me, you got my keys?" (sort of, but more polite). The man in the other end of the line had me to repeat the printed code on the key, just to verify that it was really my key. So, validation turned into stage Complete and I got ordered to come get my key at the landlord building (which lies only a block away).

So, it was my landlord who had my keys. Just wonderful. Safe indeed. So, I drank my coffee and went over to fetch them keys. Took the opportunity of asking if they have had someone to look on the issue with the lack of a plastic strip (to tighten the little space to the left of the kitchen sink; making water drip down). After all I don't want to catch mold down under there, hehe. Someone was onto it, cool.

The day has passed well. Went to my beloved fiancé's parents house and had a sweet sunbath. Work starts at 4 PM, time to go!

Such a crazy weekend!

Yeah, it all started back in Friday. I went to take the garbage out, and though I'd grasp the opportunity and reserve time down in the laundry room. So, I've started this thing with sorting out different kinds of garbage; metal cans in one beholder, rigid plastic in another, etcetera. So, I guess my mind was so taken by this so I got a bit [too] distracted for my own good.

How come?

Well, as I went across the street to go down into the laundry basement, I saw that I didn't have the key. "Darn, why didn't I bring it?!", I thought. As I thought to myself that I would have the time to book a laundry time tomorrow anyways, I went back to my apartment. Nothing more to worry about. Friday passed, and we went to sleep.

Saturday.
We woke up, ate breakfast, everything included. La la la, an hour later we decided to head downtown to go rent a movie. We were just about to leave (she was already outside) when I just couldn't find my apartment keys. Wtf. Where could it be? We searched the apartment. Everything. Sucessful? Nah. Then it suddenly hit me..

"How could I enter the garbage room but not the laundry basement, since those places uses the same key??"

DAMN! It was clearly obvious that I had forgot the key in the garbage room door bolt. Damn, damn, double damn. So, how honourable are my neighbours? I have no clue. Anyway, we posted a note with our phone number and a "Please.." on the garbage room door. This was two days ago. This far no one has called. We'll just have to wait and see.

Sunday.
We had just finished our breakfast, when the doorbell ringed. Who was it? I looked in the peephole but didn't get a clear vision. Someone sitting sort of squat outside my door. I opened. Guess who? My mother. Out of nowhere, sort of. This visit was not announced in any(!) sort of way. She just stood there, carrying lots of bags, containing everything from tea bags to electric water boilers. So, she has stayed here for a whole day. This whole Sunday, me and my beloved fiancé has had the pleasure of having my beloved mom here. It's been a whole lot of fun, really. She's amazing in every way. So, we just took our farwell's on the bus station. Anyways, a weekend that was truly beyong the usual.

Anyways, I hope my apartment key will turn up. A happy ending is always to hope for, hehe.

Another movie, Nintendo Wii, between jobs..

Yeah..

There's lots of things going through my mind right now. I mean, lots of things has happened, and everything's changing. A change to the better, is of course what I'm hoping for. Anyways, it couldn't really be anything else but a change for the better, because my forearm was in a pretty messy condition, so I couldn't have held on anyways.

Now what? Not much. Right now I'm selling subscriptions for monthly lottery tickets, this over the phone. Today Thuesday I managed to sell my first(!) ticket. Someone in a wealthy suburb to our great capital bought herself a subscription. Hope she wins the great grand million, so that I can feel I've done something good.

Anyways, I've also tried the still sort of new gaming console Nintendo Wii. It was really cool. My friend Johan took me to his place over lunch, and he told me that he had just bought the console with a bounce of games and various accessories. So, I got to try Mario Kart Wii aswell as Wii Sports. The first game, Mario Kart, in where I were supposed to navigate my cart through a plastic wheel that you sort of layed to the regular control device into. Well, it worked. I navigated my cart from point A and straight(?) away over the finish line. Wow! I did not end up in the last position. On the other hand, I didn't come 1:st either, but Johan is the gaming maestro so that's his thingie ;) Afterward, when we played Wii Sports, I actually won(!) a set of tennis. Don't ask me how, I just did it. It was real fun, just bashing the arm (attached to the control device) in the air. Such respons. Like Johan said - quite a whistle for a gaming machine. Really brilliant with the whole navigation control. It really follows your moves. Wow!

Anyways, me and my beloved fiancé has also watched another movie. This was a great film. I was so sick and tired of all them slaughter movies so I could just puke. This was sort of a family/drama flick. The plot? About four orphan boys; four real good friends, sort of like brothers. They get to go on some sort of vacation with a couple from a little village near the sea. There, lots of things will come to happen. Each of these four kids has a great wish - of course, getting adopted.. Well, I won't spoil the movie but it was really great so you should go see it.



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465436/
http://wip.warnerbros.com/decemberboys/

Else than that? Well, not much. Oh yeah, I almost forgot, my bike (my transport vehicle, hobby, for-a-better-environment-supporter, etc) is temporarily out of order. How come? A flat, of course. Happened when I least expected it. It always does, right? Anyways, today I made up a decision, a rather tough one, really. The rear tire was in a real bad condition, the man in the local store told me, so it really needed to be replaced by a new one. Hmmm. So, everything: tire, tube, plus their work (I'm afraid I'll wreck the new tube if I try to do it myself). It all ended up on almost SEK 500. Awergh, like my economy wasn't bad enough already? Yeah yeah, I'll live. Today I'll go to the LBS and pick up my piece of machinery - locked and ready to rumble the streets again, hrhr..

Well, I've taken the local bus to and from work for two days nows, and it feels neither economical nor healthy. I have all this energy, see.. :-)

Caio!

More horror and nothing new..

I'm getting real bored with this whole "What are they" scenario. And then when the vampires questioned God, I was like "Eerhm, wtf is he doing?". Anyways, their language reminded me about the Tibanese Orc language.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0389722/
http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/30daysofnight/

Movie: The Mist (2007)

This was today's eaze-back moment. It was a rather flat movie, although with an astonishing end. My fiancé liked it too. The horror itself was easy on the mind, it was like if you didn't know weather to feel sorry for / dispite the 'creatures' that came up out of nowhere.



Based on a book written by Stephen King, for that matter.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0884328/
http://www.themist-movie.com/

A new era has come

I was about to go do some laundry, when I realized this. My beloved fiancé had went along with me down into the laundry room (which is in another basement in our neighborhood). When we opened the laundry bags, it turned out that like half the garment was hers. Then, she instructed me in how we would not use "bleech washing powder" anymore. Why? A hand full of reasons. Also, no Comfort softening or anything like that, since it's known to cause allergic reactions.

I just stood there, partaking this new information. Later on, when we got back into the apartment, I noticed that the bottom drawer [ where I earlier had instructed her to "build an empire" ] was not so modest anymore. It was filled with various clothes. At once, I was filled with a warm distinct feeling of happiness. We were building a future.

Only a couple of seconds laters I snapped out of the fog. I felt on my hip-pocket that it was empty. Gosh, where had I put my wallet? I looked around in the apartment, to finally realize that it just had to be ..in there! Gash, it's the first time ever I pull a mistake like that, really. I may be a bit absent-minded, but I have a well-taught force by habit to triple-check all my pockets, before putting the laundry in the washing machine. This time - I hadn't. Whoa, I ran across the yard, down the basement, in less or more panic, used my key-clip to get in, of course to hear the sound of the running machine. I tried hard resetting using the main AC lever in the ceiling - without any luck. The machine just went on in the procedure. Then I tried the cellular phone ON/OFF style (holding the power button for a couple of seconds). At first nothing. But just before the nanosecond where I'm about to let the button slip, I see how the procedure indicator is moving down (1->2->3->..), where usually each step is supposed to last for like 15-30 minutes. Anyways, I kept holding the button until it clicked so I could open it. Whoa, my wallet. All inventories were still intact, yet slightly wet. I restarted the machine and walked back to the apartment.

Anyways, where was I..
Oh yeah, we got something going on here..
Really sweeeeeet! ;)

A stroll in the wild and a broken rice cooker

The day started out nicely. Me and my beloved fiancé went on a bicycle trip, which ended on Mariehemsängarna, where we laid down, drank some coffee that we had brough in a thermos.

She looked so sweet so I just had to snap a photo.



Later on the day disaster came to us. We were about to inaugurate our newly bought rice cooking machine. Suddenly there was a strange clicking sound. After having a look on the machine I realized that we were probably the unluckiest people on earth. The first time we used it, it had went crash boom bang.



Anyways, went to the store and showed my reciept the next day. Got a new machine, which [after a few cooking sessions] still seems to hold on just fine.