I Wish It Was More Sordid

Haunted House shaped my life

Haunted House, the psychotronic movie club I used to run with my friends Honk, Buck, Werner, Empe and Björne 1993-1998, was one of those things that was an unproportionally big fixture in my life. Towards the end, it waned, but for quite a few years it was a not-gentlemen’s club that we used to force our idea of good (or at least interesting) movies to the interested populace of the city. In all fairness, they were few, but true, and for many years after we folded the whole shebang we were still asked if we were planning on starting it once again. But we declined. None of as had time, and the gusto was no longer there. Still, for more than five years tuesdays meant revelry and egg on the face of so-called good taste. Now, with MPAA and whatnot prowling the streets like a Stasi agent with a bludgeon, it would probably have been a legally risky behaviour. At the time, though, THE LAW WAS ON OUR FUCKING SIDE!

Terry Teague R.I.P.

Terry Teague was one of the many unsung heroes of Apple, both as an idealist and an employee. An Apple employee since 1988, Teague was much involved with freeware projects in his spare time, keeping the good part of the 60s spirit alive: helping people and not think of it in terms of capital gain. Read an eulogy at Twiddly Bits.

Mjuk pepparkaka

Pepparkaka

  • For the first time in quite a while, I baked a cake. It was juicy, but could of been juicier. Besides, I didn’t have any ginger at home, so I only used cardamom, cinnamon and cloves. It smells awful cosy.

Buck and Lisa’s wedding (Aug 6)

On August 8, Björn (Buck) and Lisa (Lisa) got hitched, and I had the fortune of being invited. We got wined and dined and well & drunk. Hard liquor makes you talk. I remember hassling an unknown girl with a nickname I thought too funny: Special K. Incidentally, I said it far too many times, damn my eyes. I woke up early the next day, still wearing my dress pants and shoes.

Wedding kiss

  • Lisa & Buck, k.i.s.s.i.n.g.

Lisa and Piotr

  • Lisa & Piotr. Piotr is a Robot and PhD to be.

Buck says fuck

  • Married man Buck in full effect. At this moment in time (22:22.22 according to the camera, but it was actually an hour later), I was drunk as a skunk. Goddamn you, free booze!

Lazy summer days: family

Surgubben and I

  • July 15: My brother and I

Ma and pa

  • July 17: Pop and mom visiting me in Lund

Pop74

  • July 19: My all time favourite ice cream, Pop74. Mom bought it for me in Vänersborg.

Grandma

  • July 20: My grandma Greta. I love her so!

Photos on a wall

  • July 21: One of the walls at Grandma’s. Old photos of old relatives.

Lazy summer days

Accelerator 2005

Hedda on Midsummernight\'s Eve

  • June 24: Nicke and Anna’s daughter Hedda on Midsummernight’s Eve

Playing vinyl in the botanical gardens

  • June 18: Hanging with Björn, Martin, Anna & Hilmer in the botanical gardens

Long time gone

Criminy! Most people who blog post every fucking day, stating their colour of socks and whatnot. Me, I stale completely and post nothing for ages, and then comes a short post which states very little but the obvious:

  • yes, I’ve been watching movies,
  • yes, I’ve been buying records,
  • yes, I’ve been re-reading comics,
  • no, I haven’t read a lot of books as of late,
  • yes, I’ve been watching TV series galore,
  • no, I haven’t been drinking a lot,
  • yes, I’ve had vacation
  • no, I didn’t do anything grandiose,
  • yes, I’ve been to the flea market,
  • yes, I climbed a roof,
  • no, I didn’t like it particularily,
  • yes, I’ve been babysitting,
  • yes, I don’t believe the hype,

and so on. I’ll post a few pictures in the next post, so there. Currently: baking a cake. It smells delish. Listening to iPod connected to stereo. It’s some sort of metal, and how the fuck should I remember what it is?

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Comic Books in tuesday's mail: George Sprott by Seth, Market Day by James Sturm, X'ed Out by Charles Burns, The Playwright by Eddie Campbell and Daren White & Rip Kirby 1951-1954 by Alex Raymond. Whooo!Judit, Laura Ingalls Wilders style.Anita, drinking orange flavoured sugar waterJudit with her new necklaceStefan & AnitaJudit and her 15 story high tower