I don´t know how people manage, in general, me when too many necessary tasks pile up in front of me I kind of shut down, I turn my back on everything and walk away, mentally that is, I try to waste my resources on something else, because I just can´t cope with all these stuff that has to be done it smothers me ... and I sometimes visit the blogsphere.

To me I guess it wouldn´t at all be an effort, at least not a big one, to compose a personal blog and mumble about my thoughts and dreams and undoes and things I never achieved in life. There would be no need for ingenious endings, or new turns just for entertainment or to make the reader think again, and no need to highlighten interesting newsbulletins ... only one perpetual and intimate exposure of my life, straight from my head, how refresching!

But for some reason I want my blog to be, personal of course, but also of common interest to others, I want to write about things that make people think about things that matters ... (whatever that is you ask..). "sigh" Well yeah, things that matters, who´d really wanna know about my going over things again and again in my miserable and failure of a life, if I do that my readers will get bored and there will uprise a lack of interest ... at least that´s what I thought when I started blogging about two years ago. Little did I know.

I use Facebook, and in my status when I tell everyone what we had for dinner, or about an aching tooth, or about some poor TV-show, that´s when I get comments record! I posted a YouTube-clip with Amanda Palmer singing Hurt (by NIN), not one bloody comment, disappointed. I posted some words about how I rummaged around in my walk in wardrobe the other day, to find warm clothes I hadn´t worn for years, the outside temperature was 17 below (celcius) and I severely wanted to go for a walk, then I had several comments on that and it transfered into some weather discussion. That´s what people seem to care about, personal stuff and the weather. Comments on my blogs are almost totally non existing, and when they do appear it´s when you expect them the least.

some desk grafitti

What am I getting at here, well, at the end of the day people really seem to have a bigger interest in my personal life and doings, and other peoples personal life and doings, and celebrities life and doings and loveaffairs and wearings ... as in clothes, or not wearings for that matter, than in political questions and their enviroment, they´re not interested in their own future, only we´re good right here and now then everyone´s relieved and pleased.

But don´t you worry, I will never create an althrough personal and intimite blog ... though I sometimes enjoy reading them just to turn my back against my own boring must do pile. :-) ...me too, I need to get away and dive deep into other peoples lives, that´s a phenomenon that would be really interesting to discuss, maybe it will appear in the Facebook-stream one day

U2 New Years Day

Avatar: The Movie (New Extended HD Trailer)

contribution global warming debate

Global warming addapted water, rain and flood-Santa. (or something like that...)

about peace or war

I came over this statement, we end war, or war ends us:

Congressman Kucinich's Response to President Obama's "Just War" Doctrine
Friday, 11 December 2009
(December 10, 2009) Congressman Kucinich will introduce legislation to address bonus payments to employees of banks that received taxpayers' monies for financial bailouts. The Congressman released the following statement:

"Yesterday, our president mused about the inevitability of war, war's instrumentality in the pursuit of peace and just wars. It is important for us to reflect on his words, because once we believe in the inevitability of war, war becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Once we are committed to war's instrumentality in pursuit of peace, we begin the Orwellian journey to the semantic netherworld where War IS Peace, where the momentum of war overwhelms hopes for peace. And once we wrap doctrines perpetuating war in the arms of justice, we can easily legitimate the wholesale slaughter of innocents. The war against Iraq was based on lies. Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan are based on flawed doctrines of counter-insurgency. War is often not just; sometimes it is just war. And our ability to rethink the terms of our existence, to explore the possibility of peace without war, may well determine whether we end war, or war ends us."

octopus movie

ginger and candles

Just a couple of pictures to share, hope my readers will notice we´re waiting for Christmas to come.

probably

If I had my home somewhere near San Diego, I´d probably visit this exhibition. http://uag.ucsd.edu/exhibitions/2009/09_offthebeatenpath.shtml


Had the idea from Yoko Ono´s Twitter.

Now I don´t live anywhere near there, not even in California nor in the US, it might just arrive into Europe one day...or I have to be pleased to know I saw one of Yoko´s the other year, in Stockholm ... and that beats about everything.

a follow up

Bad II

Articles about the musicians´ protests concering use of their music at Guantanamo.

http://newsecurityaction.org/blog/entry/who-has-the-moral-authority/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

http://newsecurityaction.org/pages/music-used-to-torture

Colour makes autumn a little bit more ...

Would this be alright on World Vegan Day, the 1st of November, this was before ...




...and this was after.

I really like colourful dining, :-)) it may just make you feel a little bit more enthusiastic about life, during these dark months ahead.

bad

This is not very nice to read, though I´ve heard about it earlier, from Trent Reznors tweets I think it was or it may have been on the NIN page. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/22/politics/main5409256.shtml

This very day it was on the Swedish news, saying there are artists like Britney Spears, Eminem and David Gray also had their music used at Gitmo. Swedish artists want to take action, at least indicate it´s wrong by charging STIM-money, (SwedishComposersInternationalMusicagency), meaning they want to get payed when their music is of official use, thus attract attention to the question an show that they are aware.

... just was in Rob Sheridan mode.

...and in the end, the love you take ...

My friend asked me the other day, "Do you truly believe Trent Reznor will ever receive the Pulitzer Prize?" and I think I answered him something like ... "... of course, some time in future, if he keeps on like he did up till now and does things his own way, yes, I think he will."

From The NIN Hotline: (on the 11th of September)

"Last night, in front of a few thousand diehard fans at the Wiltern Theatre in LA, Nine Inch Nails wrapped up their final live show in grand fashion by playing through a blistering 37 song setlist that lasted over three hours. Guests at the show included Mike Garson on the piano, Gary Numan, Atticus Ross, Dave Navarro and The Dillinger Escape Plan. On Twitter, #NIN became the number one trending topic during the evening as thousands, if not almost millions of fans across the world shared their favorite NIN moments over the last 20 years. It was truly a great night to be a NIN fan.

If you were at the show, ETS's tour journal entry is still wide open and could use all of the memories from those in attendance. Head here and remember, you don't have to be a member of the board to post in the journal. If you weren't at the show, SPIN.com has an article/review of the show along with a few pictures.

Now, the future. There have been various articles around the internet (and hopefully they've all been entered into our archives) where Trent has stated that although he is done touring, this does not mean that he is done making music. If there's a moment in history that this mirrors, it would be The Beatles making the decision to stop playing live. Although the Fab Four finished touring after Revolver was released, they still went on to record classic albums like Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles and Abbey Road among others along with each member expanding and furthering their solo careers.

What am I getting at here? There's still a lot of story to be told in the great big, epic book of Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails. We'll keep everyone updated on what's going to happen next as soon as the news breaks. It's still a great time to be a NIN fan!"

bob hund - den lilla planeten ( arvika festival 2009)

NIN in NYC

Well, quite an interesting review from the NIN show at Bowery Ballroom the other night. This critic seems to be a fan of The Down Ward Spiral as he repeatedly comes back to the uncomfortable feelings of desperation, flawed emotional life and despair, that was Trent Reznors expressions in those days, and which got him into the big crowd arena.

I´m a big fan of Trent Reznor and his music and I´m pretty certain there´s a lot more to it than that, as I´ve listened fiercefully to every song and every piece of music in his repertoire. Here´s the review:

http://www.spin.com/articles/nine-inch-nails-what-does-goodbye-mean