26th of November - ..and a star was born!

8:59 AM was the magic moment when my beautiful little daughter Klara Månstråle was — literally — lifted out to see this world as we know it. It was marvelous. I got to cut the umbilical cord, an old Swedish tradition. My daughter was now real, the sound of her baby scream made it clear to me. She weighted 1765 grams, and reached 42 centimeters from top to toe. Just incredible.

Now, there's just so much more to this. But due to some unclarity circulating around us, I'm still too anxious to spell my heart. Time will tell what the next move will be.

However..

Since we'll be stuck at the NICU for at least another week, I haven't had a chance on dragging the DSC photos we've taken over to my laptop (I forgot the darn cable). This snapshot (taken with a [VGA/640x480] phone lens) will definitely pass though.



Isn't she just wonderful?

Loveshots!

I'm happy to announce these images of my unborn baby.

29th of May

The summer hadn't even started yet.

28th of July

In the middle of the summer.
Baby has grown a lot since the last time.

31th of October

You can see the babyfoot clearly now, with toes and everything.

14th of November

An astonishing profile image.

21th of November

Another profile image, a so called close-up.

Lunch

Soup and a piece of bread with sausage.

Busy days!

It's been a lot lately. Helping my fiancé moving in to her new apartment. Lots of furniture to be assembled. Also, I've made my first masonry drill work (incl. wall plugging) ever. I feel like such a hardware expert. Even bought myself a cordless drill. Brrrrrrrrmmm... I'm also pleased to announce a few snapshots.

The great - full tower - fridge, holding its first item.

Assembling the kitchen furniture (table w. chairs).


Kitchen set complete.


Assembling the television bench.



Preliminary living room setup.

Form One isn't to be forgotten!

As I wrote earlier, Timbuktu released his new album ten days ago. Anyhow, also thge Swedish emcee Form One (previously known as Formula One) dropped a new full length album - Behind Blue Eyes - on the very same day.

I will definitely buy my own copy, very soon. Anyways, already this autumn Form One decided to make a pre-release available for free through Kingsize Magazine. I've made the image below a direct hotlink to the .zip archive. So, grab it and listen.

The show must go on

It's been two days since I went to my grandmother's funeral. The ceremony was being held flawless. It's the first time that I actually sit on the front row during a funeral. Felt kind of strange. However, my beloved grandmother reached a remarkable age, and will always be remembered.

Actually, I did videotape big parts of the ceremony. I had thought about doing this for quite some time, but I wasn't really sure. I asked my fiancé for guidance regarding standard ethics and suchlike. At first, she was like: "Say what?? Filming a funeral? It's really not something people want to look back at."

Made sense when I thought closer about it. Really wicked idea. But still, I couldn't drop it entirely. So, I brought the DV camera with me when I made the over-day trip up north. Then I asked my closest relatives for their opinion. No one was really sure about anything such as "standard ethics" on this. However, we very shortly came to the conclusion that it really didn't matter what people thought. We did it because we wanted to. Besides, the decision about right or wrong regarding this is really up to us. So, I did shoot it on tape, for the archive of history to come. Today, I feel that I would probably never have forgiven myself if I hadn't been filming. The result turned out great. Now, I will make the final cut out of the footage, and then screen DVD/VHS copies for relatives. Marvelous!

Today, Thursday, me and my fiancé laid our signatures on the piece of paper closing the issue of paternity. A day worth remembering.

New album with Timbkutu!

Swedish rapper Jason Diaktee a.k.a. Timbuktu new album had its release today. In stores now, in other words. Go buy it!



www.jujurecords.com/

Tic tac whooh!

First of all, I have to say I'm pleased to see that Barack Obama was elected to be the 44th American president. Some people believe that it's just a vision, but I honestly do believe that this is man we all have been waiting for. It's my honest belief that this is what you could call the savior of USA. Change isn't made over night, but eventually the nation will move against a more humane society. We'll just have to wait and see.

I'm also relieved that the other candidate was pushed out, because to be he was nothing but an old man out for war, and a steady flow of gasoline. To me, it's real logical that this is not the way of making a great difference in the 21th century. A war strategic with good chances on winning a game of Risk? Definitely. The answer on today's big issues? I very much doubt it.

So, first thing I had to do when I woke up this morning was to check the status. When it stood clear that Barack Obama was the champion, I was truly relieved. I had a silent breakfast and enjoyed every piece of it.



Yesterday? We bought icecream with cloudberry preserve, and snacks and fruit. Then we kept track on a group of adventurers who were climbing Mount Everest. It seemed rough on the lungs, but with an amazing view. I wonder if I will ever climb mountains. Maybe, who knows.

Autumn photos

Finally, I've managed to upload my photos to some sort of gallery.

Kingsize Magazine No. 5 / 2008.

In stores now!

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Sorry, I haven't got much else to say. Things are moving, slowly. Next week my fiancé will be moving in to her new wonderful apartment. Also my grandmother's funeral is scheduled next week. This Friday the first snow fell, and a big cloud of misery hit me. I really hate snow. There's nothing cool about it. I'm to much of a coward to ride snowboard, or even snowmobile, so it's really nothing in it for me. Of course, the following day (Saturday) the degrees fell rapidly. Saturday evening the thermometer showed about -8° C. We had pizza, which actually did cheer us up! :-)