American History X

That is a really good movie and I saw it again this evening. In the end, the younger Vinyard finishes his essay with the following quote. The Swedish translation did not use the word for "affection" but the word for "friendship" (vänskap).:

"We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.'

Mr Black

Jack Black. He must be the coolest geek ;-) Watching "School of Rock" and it just reminded me of other stuff he's done, eg. here in Tenacious D - "Tribute".

Don't leave.

Why do people tend to go away after a while? It also tends to be the people that I get along with the best. No matter whether it is going away in the sense loosing/ending contact or moving far away. Either way....it's no good. Not for me. :-(

Where is Christmas?

Christmas in pretty much just a few hours away but still the Christmas feeling isn't really here, not for me. My apartment lock like a disaster and all the decorations I have up are a couple of Santas in the window and a red ribbon up somewhere. I don't know, it just hasn't been Christmas for me, no time for it, no motivation to...make sure that I feel like Christmas. Now I am trying to get ready to go to my parents house, get my stuff packed, mine and the others'...gifts that is.

I haven't stopped blogging, I just have had to little time and energy to the last few weeks but I am far, far from stopping. In the beginning of the year I will be much more active here, that is when I no longer have this temporary job. So N, don't worry, you'll have your blogging Natasja back in just a bit.

Some music

Peter Yorn (at least his version) - "Ever Fallen In Love"

Drowning - they do it every day

"Senegal. At least 140 migrants from Africa and the Middle East are feared to have died in three incidents during the weekend during attempts to get to Europe. At least 51 people drowned outside Turkey's coast when a boat in the Aegean sea outside the Turkish city Seferihisar the Saturday, CNN Türk stated... Also 40 Africans were reported dead outside Senegal's coast in West Africa. Another 50 people are missing since a migration boat sunk outside the West Sahara's coast..."

/TT-AFP

Do you know what happens to many of those that DO survive these extremely dangerous and desperate flights from different hard situations in their own country and life? Well, many of them are sent right back or are put in overcrowded camps where they spend long periods of time. Isn't the European Union amazing? Hurray! Go Fort Europa!

The pic comes from:
http://www.worldpress.org/Europe/2530.cfm
Here you can also read more.

"Adaptation" & love

Nicolas Cage in the quite good movie "Adaptation":

"You are what you love, not what loves you"

Yawn

I am tired of being tired. I get too little sleep.

Sorry

A week, it's been about a week since I wrote here. I have just been quite busy, mainly because I have been working (just as a substitute for a month). Don't worry, there are still lots of thoughts and feelings running around my head and heart.

Two heads better than one?

HA HA HA!