Electric stimulus

Haha...what a thing to come up with :-) See the guys face live the life of the music with the help of electric impulses.

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Great news!

Sorry, but I can't tell you what it is, just that it has to do with a friend of mine. I am very happy for him, I hope it goes well!

Den obligatoriska slagdängan

by Svenska akademien



Ooooooh
i lilla larvi sär vi tångtångtång

Akademien, dom är tunga känn
Du måste gunga den
Melodin är så
Du måste sjunga den
Rytmen som tvingar dig till dans (till trans)
hettan som tar dig någon annanstans
Sydligt klimat tar dig från prydligt privat
Extas kommer snart, ja det är tydligt och klart
att du känner, det bränner
lusten pockar på
du vill ha (tångtångtitångtångtång)
Kan nån annan locka dom?
Kan några andra flockar få dig att koppla av helt? (Nej)
Rytm och rutin när dom andra kör för stelt
Taktfasthet, han som har lagt är vass
het lägger den tångt, när andra går bet
och du vet

Så, gunga den, kvinna, gunga den
Så, gunga den, kvinna, gunga den
Gunga den, kvinna, gunga den
Ja, gunga den, kvinna, gunga den

När man blir kär
är det en underbar sak
varje dag blir jag kär

Baken som skakar när hon går förbi
brösten som guppar, dom sätter mig fri
ja, låt det skölja över
inte hölja, dölja över
inte följa klöver
Söver brödrar, systrar lyssna
Vill ni ha en macho, en hård man nu?
Patetiskt, ja
Vad gööör vi
Du vill ha en man som kan

Varför stå där så
tunga, hänga
i klunga, blänga
Låt det gunga, svänga
Ge tristessen en känga
Låt nävarna svänga
Höfterna kränga
Ingen alls kan stänga för vår gängarslagdänga
Lustarna väcks
När huven gungar loss
Inga machokomplex, kom och gunga med oss
Befria dig själv
Släpp fram det som förtrycks
Unna ditt inre lite lyx

Emancipation
Revolution i rytm och ton
Du är allting annat än ett tjänstehjon
Varje rörelse del av din frigörelse
Akademien motverkar själslig förödelse
Och om en kamp svänger mer
kommer jag chansa på den
Allén har mer att ge
och du kan dansa så känn
Uppbrottets melodi, jag vill sjunga den
Och när jag sliter mig fri vill jag gunga den

Slunga den, David, Slunga den
Dom är tunga känn, Kvinna gunga dem
Slunga den, David,Slunga den
Dom är tunga känn. Mannen gunga dem

När man är kär
är det en underbar sak
varje dag blir jag kär

Capoeria as I know it

I never became good at it but I loved it, the movements, the people, the fun. This is what it could look like in a way, how the game is played, the music... It's funny, I met a guy this weekend in Stockholm who has studied the same as I at the same place, with a guy from the town I'm from who is the same age as I am...and practiced capoeira, in the same place as I did and had the same teacher. It seems as the biggest difference between us is that he is doing what I wished I did, working for the Swedish government in Brussels.

Life Will Kill You

by Clawfinger

You can't escape life just because you stopped living
But you're dead the same second you decide to just give in
And given the choice between your own life and death
I suggest that you cherish the time you have left
'Cause time waits for no one and we're all growing older
I've found myself looking more over my shoulder
I'd like to say fuck it I could be dead tomorrow
I'll deal with the pain and the stress the sorrow

Life will kill you, in the end we're all gonna die
Life will kill you, it doesn't matter how hard you try
Life will kill you, even if you don't give a damn
What part of your own death is that you don't understand

Death comes in all sizes all shapes and all colours
But we like to believe that it only happens to others
The closer we get we try to avoid it
We've tampered with nature so much we've destroyed it
It slips through our fingers the more we live
What the fuck are we thinking acting like we control it
It's a cold fact of life but we should try to be brave
How brave can you be with one foot in the grave

Life will kill you, in the end we're all gonna die
Life will kill you, it doesn't matter how hard you try
Life will kill you, even if you don't give a damn
What part of your own death is that you don't understand

Life will kill you, it's all a part of the great big plan
Life will kill you, even if you're in a rock and roll band
Life will kill you, so you might as well enjoy each breath
Life will kill you, and now you're three minutes closer to death

Scar(ed/y) Americans

Amnesty seminar in the woods

Busy days these days. I spent the weekend in Stockholm at a seminar in the woods, learning quite a few things about Amnesty (new campaign and changes within the organisation), the right to housing, proper care for pregnant women, being creative and many other things. There was also many and good conversations.

The mansion where the seminars were held and where we ate.

House for sleeping.

Outside the mansion...





...and the view from it during dinner.

Attentive listeners during one of the seminars.

My breakfast, very tasty.

Breakfast in the morning sun.

Other people's blogs

There are a few blogs that I read more or less regularly but pretty much only ones that belongs to people I know. It is a good way of leaning new things about these people, to know what's going on in their lives. Although every now and then I read things there that makes me sad and things that makes me remember... I don't always write comments on their blogs but I read them.

The Edge

Edge is working with Amnesty in November...


Keep an eye open for this all over Sweden and the world:

Mekhi

Watching the ER. Pratt (Mekhi Phifer) is in Darfur and trying to help. Part from all the really awfull stuff, there is ONE more positive thing is this episode. Mekhi walking in a tank top under the sun, sweating. I only missed him smiling (which obviously not gonna happen today). Sorry for being so superficial but just wait until you've seen him smile on the TV :-P

Right & wrong

Why do the wrong people say the right things and the right people say the wrong things? It's frustrating even if it's nice to hear nice things, even if it's the wrong people saying them.

This is CISV

Mary asked me about the aim of this organization and here is the answer to it. I just want to add that I still have sporadic contact with some of the people who were involved in the exchange 1994 (Hamburg) and 1997 (São Paulo). Some years ago I even went with my family to Brazil and stayed in my Brazilian friend's house for five days and even if it had passed several years since we had met and really talked, we kind of just continued where we had left off and were still friends.

"CISV is a charitable, independent, non-political, volunteer organization promoting peace education and cross-cultural friendship.

Building Global Friendship

We are a global community of dedicated volunteers, creating opportunities for all ages to experience the excitement and enrichment of cultural diversity through our educational programmes. We are founded on our belief that peace is possible through friendship - and that the real difference can be made by starting with children.

CISV provides a range of unique, education group activities, which develop cross-cultural understanding in children, youth and adults from around the world. By encouraging respect for cultural difference and the development of self-awareness, CISV empowers each participant to incorporate these values into their lives as they become global citizens and strive for a more peaceful world."

To overestimate

I wonder which is worse, to underestimate people or to overestimate them? I think if anything I tend to overestimate some people. I think they understand more than they do (especially after I've explained to them) but the worst thing is when I feel that people try to make me believe that they don't understand just to make it easier on themselves. I really don't understand that. Maybe when I'm fifty.

Sunday Morning

by No Doubt. They have so much great energy, not the least Gwen and I like her voice and her style. She's sexy, cool and very different. The album this song is from is, Tragic Kingdom, is also kind of the soundtrack to very special period of my life, that is when I was in Brazil 1997.

Drinking tea & writing article

That is what I am doing at the moment. It's apple and cinnamon tea out of the very big mug my sister gave me for Christmas last year, I like it a lot. I feel that I need something tasty and good for my somewhat tired mind when I am trying to write a small article for a student magazine that I am not even involved with. A guy in my Amnesty group just asked me if I wanted to write something about the organization while he was going to write about the death penalty and I said yes. I am just thinking how rearrange the text so that it's most logical and interesting. I should get back to that and not spending my time writing this text which hasn't got a deadline attached to it. :-) And YES dad, I will read it through before turning it in ;-)

I think of...

...some people more than they know. Every day. Elephants rule!

I Wanna Be Somebody

I want, therefore it is?

»Människan föredrar att tro på det han helst håller för sant.»
Francis Bacon

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to think is true.

I strongly believe that is true.

Busy day

It started when I left home at 10.20 am and finished when I got home at about 10.40 pm. No, that's not right, that is only the time I was doing things outside my home. Since then I have had to send some emails and a job application and that's just the start. I have so many things to do and so many things I want to do. Like now I FEEL like doing something that doesn't even have a deadline. I should get back to my emailing now :-) So this is and will always be a quite boring post in the blogosphere, sorry about that. Over and out...Amnesty work, here I come! You first Taif.

Sky Is Over

by Serj Tankian (former lead singer System of a Down). Don't forget to listen to his unique voice and the piano.

"Sky Is Over"

Everybody knows,
Everybody knows,
That you cradle the sun, sun
Living in remorse,
Sky is over,

Dont you want to hold me baby,
Disappointed, going crazy,

Behind closes eyes lie
The minds ready to awaken you,
Are you at war with land
And all of its creatures,
Your not-so-gentle persuasion
Has been known to wreck economies
Of countries, of empires, the sky is over,

Not even from the sun,
Dont you want me to run,

Even though you cant afford
The sky is over
Even though we cant afford
The sky is over,
I dont want to see you go,
The sky is over

(the lyrics are shortened down to make it quicker for you, the reader, to read)