Headacher

Missing New York

2008-05-14T13:40:00.012+01:00

Emotions. Thats all I can say.

Nice to be back by the way. And I kept my promise.
This is my own music video for the song The Lost Kid Office by The Bear Quartet.

Now I am back from outer space

2007-12-10T19:10:00.000+01:00

Nice outfit.
I look a little bit like David Hasselhoff.

The best christmas gift ever

2007-12-06T21:28:00.000+01:00

This year don't be surpized if you get a certificate that you have given a goat or a cow to a family in Ethiopia from me. I think it is the best christmas gift that I can think of.
If you think so too you can also do it here (in swedish).

In the shade of a palm tree.

2007-12-02T21:30:00.000+01:00

Life is good at the moment.

Idea for a t-shirt

2007-11-23T15:09:00.000+01:00

Got an idea for a t-shirt I just had to get down on papper.
What u stink?

Just like postcards from heaven.

2007-11-20T20:28:00.000+01:00

I had a great time in Mauritius. Played tennis, golf, went sailing, went fishing for marlin and took a taxi ride with Jonny Abadabadu. It was just magic. Now I know what is on the other side.

I want to go back and start something there. The climate is good and the labour is cheap. I just need to save some money.

Going away for a while

2007-11-04T14:17:00.000+01:00

I'll be in Mauritius for ten days and we are going to stay here. Seems pretty good. I'll show pictures when I get back.

Like birds in a cage.

2007-11-03T12:13:00.000+01:00

I met you in my dreams last night. We had plans to eat lunch.
The first thing you asked me was why I was wearing my black coat. I was bewildered and wondered why the hell you cared about that. Did you still want to provoke me like you used to?

As we walked to the restaurant you told me that I was the best man in the world.
Then why the hell didn't you choose me. Why was the most rational thing to do suddenly so complicated. I knew that whatever you told me it wasn't the truth. You were never true to yourself and you didn't love yourself. That was the reason to why you criticized me. It made you feel better for the moment. It was your way of building up your confidence. And I just got weaker. I will never put myself in that situation again.

You changed your life forever from the moment you made up your mind.
And so did I.

A man of many colours

2007-10-29T23:37:00.000+01:00

On friday I went and listened to Fredrik Lindström. He is doing a stand up comedy thing called "Swedes are people too". It was very good when he sheed some light on why we do certain things the way we do here in Sweden.

Saturday I went shoping. I was acctually thinking of not buying anything but when I noticed that the Holiday store was going to close here in Lund I had to buy a coat and a cardigan. So now I don't have a lot of money for Mauritius...

On Sunday I went to Helsingborg and went to the Stig Lindberg exhibition at Dunkers Kulturhus. It was well worth the visit. Especially the very sad exhibition by Anna von Brömssen about the death of a young boy. You get to follow him and the family, his last two months or so in life and even get to see his dead body in the coffin. It really left us with a lot of sadness but fortunately Stig put back the colours in our minds.
After that we ate at a lovely restaurant called Bonasera. Stuart Baxter with family sat beside us.

Waiting for that aeroplane to crash

2007-10-28T10:11:00.000+01:00

You know I dreamed about for 29 years.
Before I met you.

Whats going on in the backyard?

2007-10-22T22:10:00.000+01:00

Stars are falling.
Hitting all the houses. And all the houses are destroyed.
I can't breathe under all the rubble.

I am under a lot of stress right now and the stupid thing is that I am the one creating this environment. The good news is that Wraphouse bought the idea for the fotball poster.

But I still have a ton of other projects to be finnished. I wish I could buy more time because it is running out.

How about this?

2007-10-19T17:42:00.000+01:00

Some days ago I mentioned that I was going to do a poster for Wraphouse here in Lund. I m going to try to get Abdo to go with this poster. I think it is hillarious and I think it is going to work. Any comments?

He must be straight... or?

2007-10-15T22:57:00.000+01:00

Today I got an sms from Gustav who wanted to know if I would participate in an article for Dygnet Runt. All I had to do was to guess which of the 12 people in a line-up was either straight, gay or bi-sexual. I thought it was going to be fairly easy but when the shit hit the fan I was way of. I think I got 3 out of 12 right. The result will be published this thursday.

Easy as a sunday morning

2007-10-14T23:25:00.000+01:00

I was very tired last night. Didn't even make it to the night club. Was the earth on fire or was it the sky? I dont remember. I was confused all day.
I sleept until late this lazy sunday morning. Today I actually got some things done. I went and bought some presents to people who have had their birthdays.

Equlibrium vs Delirium part 2

2007-10-10T20:05:00.000+01:00

Same thing this week...

Monday: Went to work as usual and had a lot to do. I forgott my charger for the cellular at home so obviously it went low on battery. A guy from Anslut called and asked if I could help them do some material that they wanted to present to their customers. I am going to meet them on friday. Abdo from Wraphouse left a message and he wanted some posters infront of his restaurant. The posters should say that he would show the important fotball games on a big screen. So I thought I'd try a picture of a big mouth with a fotball stuck between the teeth and the text "Watch the big games while you eat" or something like that. In the evening I went to Form & Design Center to look att winners in Cannes. I met Owe from DN and some former collegues from SDS. After that I went back to work to try to do some ads for Lexington. I went home at 19 and found my parents in my apartment, cleaning the place. We ate at the Old Bull and I put my head on the pillow at 24.

Tuesday: It was chaos at work. We had to set the feeling for the coming season for Lexington before morning. This meant doing a catalog and some proposals for what kind of ads we should go with. It took us all day and all night. I put myself in a state of coma at 2.30.

Wednesday: Got to work at 10.30 and designed some posters and a sign. Met up with Mattias but I had forgotten the wedding pictures at home so we ate lunch instead. After work I went and picked up the visiting cards that I had designed for Skapha and also went to the gym. The sauna was perfect. There is no off position on the genious switch. But I am going try to shut it off anyway.
Last time I did a poster for Wraphouse about fotball I used this picture with the text "Tired of watching the games by yourself - you are most welcome to see them at our place".

Equlibrium vs Delirium

2007-10-07T19:27:00.000+01:00

Friday: I finnished working late but managed to go to an after work before everybody had gone home. Took some beers and ate deep fried calamaries. Then we went to Koi just to find a girl there that I met two weeks ago. I didn't want to talk to her so I swiftly left her there on the bar stool. We were all pretty tired after a hellish week. Martin called and asked me to come to Lund because he was at a boring party with people from his class. So I met up with him and we left the party and met some people from Pavement at Stortorget. We had some beers and a nice time. I closed my eyes at 2.

Saturday: I woke up at 9 and went out to buy beer and return a movie that I rented three days ago. I had to pay an extra 40 kr for the damn thing. After that I went to Malmö and helped a good friend (Matti) to move. I had to leave early to go and watch the game (MFF - IFK Göteborg). After the game me and Jonatan took care of some business and ended up with a nice fish and chips at Stippes. Then we headed home to his place and got ready for Mattis home warming party. The house was great and we played table tennis in the backyard. It was just like being at a college party in the US. Matti gave us plenty of Fernet and beer. At 1 we took a taxi to Jeriko. I managed to get in without paying the entrance fee or the warderobe. At Jeriko I met a girl that I used to date and we spoke for a while. Mattias was in a good mood when I gave him the order for 6 beers. We finnished of the night at the illegal nightclub nearby. Got to bed at 5.

Sunday: Woke up with my parents outside my apartment at 11. We had made plans to move some of my stuff out of the apartment so that they could sell it this month. I was very hung over, tired and in a bad mood. Now I'm just going to try to write something on my blogg and maybe watch a movie.

Im going to have the time of my life

2007-10-02T19:14:00.000+01:00

Drew a logotype for a movie production company in Stockholm today. I hope to god that they buy it. If the do I will show it here.
They wanted it to be like a whiskey bottle lable and I think I managed to pin down the feeling that they where looking for. Cause that is what I do, I work with my feelings. All the time I need to know how I feel, what I feel, what I should feel and most importantly what others feel. A good design gives you exactly the feeling that it is supposed to communicate. Sometimes it can be just the ordinary feelings like happy, hungry, bargain or quality. And somtimes it is supposed to give you a sense of image or a feeling of belonging to a groupe. The last ones are more difficult but often it is best to listen to the gut feeling. If you like it probably a lot of other people will too.

Took this photo in Tallin. I went to SEB today to fix my loans for the appartment I am buying. It is going to be a really nice place. I move there in febuary.

The Great Escape

2007-10-01T22:44:00.000+01:00

I'm doing a music video and these are some screenshots. I will post it here later in the week when it is finnished. It is going to take me some time but I can promise that it is going to be really cool.

Song: The Lost Kid Office by the Bear Quartet.

I should have gone home earlier

2007-09-30T10:31:00.000+01:00

Sometimes I have to remind myself of how I walked away with my clenched fist stuck deep in my pocket. When that happend I thought of giving up.

But I didn't. I thought it was all a test of my patience. Maybe it just made me uninteresting and pale. I don't really care. I think it's better than the fighting and the arguing.

Once I was a soldier

2007-09-29T11:39:00.000+01:00

I met him just before the war. On my way to the border.
We had so much in common. The same boring upstart in middle class hell.

We were in the same unit, in the same uniform, in the same army.
In the chaos he disapeared and everything we had fought for seemed in vain. I lost a good friend and we lost the war. We all went home. Before the war we thought we would be heroes and save the world.

Four weeks ago I met him on the train to work. I barely recognized him. He was in a poor state. He told me he liked himself better when he was drunk. In a sober state he could feel fear and anxiety. He said he had been thinking a lot about going to therapy so I told him that I would listen.

Last night he told me that he thinks our sessions are good for him. And I told him I think it does me a lot of good too. He said he felt much better now but I know he was lying. There was still a lot of happiness leaking on the inside.

The wonders of the world

2007-09-28T19:38:00.000+01:00

Its ice on a beach. It looks weird but I took it from above, straight down on the dark ice with sand inbetween.
That ice has some stories to tell. And maybe it's right, maybe we are in a terrarium. I can't imagine what I would do without food. We never think about how we would manage without water. I thought we had conquered the earth but it turns out I was wrong.

I know I said I would give up slowly but change fast. I feel I just have to change. The sunshine on my face fades when I get bad news. So I need to change.

Confessions of a weird mind

2007-09-27T18:58:00.000+01:00

They have rearranged this monster put on a suit and tie.
They have made it to a concept so that sales would hit the sky.

I wonder if he ever thought about trying to phone her. I guess not.
He belived that love was a threat to society. That if he couldn't provide he would be left alone. For the moment he was unemployed.

When I spoke with him yesterday he said something that disturbed me.
"I try to be good, I try to help people in need. But then I close my eyes just like we close our borders to the third world. Who are we to give or take lives? The world is revolting and we are a part of the shit"

Party Monster

2007-09-26T23:01:00.000+01:00

Maybe its a disco bloodbath your looking for.
Here's a hammer and follow that club kid.
It's the third door on the right.
You don't get famous if you don't try some.
And remember to give him the last trip.

Angel was resting in pieces in the tub.

Sometimes Michael would addmit the murder.
When he was on Special K with James St James.

I am a blind man

2007-09-25T22:16:00.000+01:00

If your leaving close the door.
I am not expecting people anymore.

Here me greiving lying on the floor.
Whether I am dead or drunk I really aint too sure.

I am a blind man and my world is pale.

Had a friend once in a room.
Had a good time but it ended much too soon.

On a rainy night in that room.
Found a reason for the things we had to do.

I am a blind man and now my room is cold.

Drop me anywhere

2007-09-25T20:07:00.000+01:00

Maybe you ask yourself is he dead or is he dizzy.
For I dont know. I think he is fine.
I think he is getting along.
Adjusting, making out and doing what everybody else is.

I think he is still in the grass. Like when he was 14.
He'd hear the trains. He'd hear the trucks.
He didn't know they would hurt him so bad.

And to all you fenceleaners: are you worth what you get paid? Or is it just fools gold? Yes its only fools gold so why should I bargain?

Curtain, applause, now don't expect any encores.

Thank you.

On the other side

2007-09-22T17:17:00.000+01:00

He had no idea about the consequences.
About the anger he had stored inside.
He was scared of himself. Of what he had become.

Once he was a moneymaker.
A well known taker and a fortune faker.
He thought he could turn his back and everything would go away.
But he was always concious of his guilt.
And it kept him with fear.

One day it just blew his mind out with a bang.
No more enchiladas.

Before the trenches

2007-09-18T21:55:00.000+01:00

I think I have done my time.
Engaged, Enraged, Erased.

Now I am hungry for love.
Is this the last ditch? Is it the last?
Tell me that this is the last ditch!

Rain pouring down on a man walking by himself in Bagarmossen. In the green plastic bag he carried his companion for the day. His bottle.

The beauty of true love.

2007-09-17T22:53:00.000+01:00

So people tell me I shouldn't worry.
There is a beauty out there who soon will embrace me.

I'm taking the long road but I will get there on time.
Shortcuts are the worse cuts.

What will become of you when you grow up?

2007-09-13T22:41:00.000+01:00

I'm sorry. I'm not that stupid. I saw what you were trying to pull.
At the very last moment you wanted me to cave in. The dress, the music and the clean appartment. I saw it coming all the way. Experience makes you wise.

Leaning against a parked car

2007-09-12T22:56:00.000+01:00

Life is good again. I'm on a roll,
I'm on a roll this time
I feel my luck could change.

Kill me Sarah,
kill me again with love,
it's gonna be a glorious day.

Pull me out of the aircrash,
Pull me out of the lake,
I'm your superhero,
we are standing on the edge.

In Stockholm I was asked some questions about how I dress. Check it out.

Shooting clay pigeons in Stockholm

2007-09-09T23:02:00.000+01:00

Went to Stockholm for the weekend. Had a really nice time watching the game, drinking beer and shooting clay pigeons.

I am the greatest fool of all

2007-09-06T21:38:00.000+01:00

I was pretty dedicated. I was stuck to the cause. I kept on think everything would work out fine. I jumped, I slipped, I fell. It was really nothing I coughed a little blood.

I let the engine running. I let it go all night. Then I got struck by lightning and everything went dark. I was on water, I skated on thin ice. I was only seven and I got knifed. My heart was excausted and I saw the sky explode.

The building was on fire. I was left inside. I could feel the pain but then there was nothing.

I heard your voice in the distance. I tried to fix the sound but my hands went numb. It was unbearable and I never saw the ban. Those pills went straight to my head. I never said goodbye. I just slowly went away. Maybe I am a fool, but I am the greatest fool of all.

The art of being nice

2007-09-05T12:52:00.000+01:00

Things will definitely change over time and it is stupid to think that what is now is going to be the same in five years. I look at life as different chapters in a book. A chapter in my life has just ended and a new one is begining. If I would try to keep a chapter open in the future, that just might get written the way I want it to get written now, I am just beeing dishonest to myself. You cant step down in the same brook twice.

Somebody said "Life is too short to learn German" and I concur. Life is too short. But I think life can be twice as fullfilling if you share it with somebody you love. And I want a fullfilling life. Just like everybody else.

So to keep living my fullfilling life I am reading a book called "The art of beeing nice" (Konsten att vara snäll av Stefan Einhorn). Funny enough my mother gave me the book at the very moment I was begining to doubt if there ever is a meaning of being nice. I was begining to think that nice people never get what they want and that they just get used. But this is not true according to the book. A nice person is more likely to succeed because people want to work with them and they are kept as a kind of top-of-mind when it comes to people you want to keep contact with. So is it much harder being nice? I think so. It takes a lot more intelligence and strength because a nice person has to be careful of not getting used by others and at the same time be good at taking ethical decisions. An ethical decisions is based on knowledge of what is concidered right and wrong, being true to what you want, feeling empathy towards others and finally what the result will be of the decision.

The picture is of Karl and his wife at their swedish wedding. He invited me after not talking to each other for 15 years! We had no hard feelings it just became that way after we finished high school in Paris. Karl moved to the Phillipines (where he met his lovely wife) and I went back to Sweden. But still he remembered me after all those years and I was very happy to get the invitation to their wedding.

Chaos on the inside

2007-09-02T21:32:00.001+01:00

This is what I look like on the inside. I am still doing the aftermath and trying to figure how the pieces used to fit.

This is the right thing to do.

2007-09-01T09:05:00.000+01:00

Although it hurts like hell.
Goodbye my strawberry friend. You are the best.

Stapelfestivalen

2007-08-02T22:54:00.001+01:00

Some more pictures from Stapelbäddsparken

Place for skating

2007-08-02T22:34:00.000+01:00

Came across this really cool place in Malmö. Some skaters loved the place. This is near the Stapelfestivalen.

My very first picture

2007-07-31T22:32:00.000+01:00

This was the picture that made me realise what I wanted to do. I took it just by chance when I had an assignment in class in college. We got a whole roll of film and we could take any pictures we wanted. I waited to the very last day and just before going to class I took ten pictures of things in my apartment. I suddenly got the urge to take a picture of my microphone and picture it in a sort of Elvis stile. This is how it ended up.

Later I used the picture for a poster when the band I was singing in had a concert that we called the American Dream. The picture was made for it. Since that day I realised that any picture is worth keeping because someday it will make sense.

The saddest summer sky.

2007-07-29T21:45:00.000+01:00

Took the train home from Göteborg.
It ment the end of a nice weekend.

Fitter. Happier. More productive.

2007-07-10T22:22:00.000+01:00

Comfortable.
Not drinking too much.
Regular excercise at the gym.
Two days a week.

This is what you get after 29 years.
I've given it all I can - maybe it is not enough.

For a minute there I lost myself.

See what we do to us

2007-07-08T22:05:00.000+01:00

The clouds are gone and the sky is blue.
It is beautiful and so are you.
See what we do to us, see how we blow this candle out.
Mother earth needs our help in this time of desperation.
In the future we might only be able to look at animals behind a glas window.

support LIVE EARTH!

More pictures from Atlanta

2007-06-24T22:08:00.000+01:00

Best friends forever!

Pictures of Atlanta

2007-06-17T18:23:00.000+01:00

The pictures show: My room and my view and a thunderstorms coming in over Atlanta. Also some pictures from the subway and the aquarium.

Hatsa luego!

Play the ball where the monkey drops it

2007-06-13T19:49:00.000+01:00

The conference is over and it is with sadness that I leave 3500 participants and designers to their own destiny. I can only say I want to go next year! It is going to be in Boston so that might just work out.

BFF
I have had a great time and made many friends here and many BFF (best friends forever). We have discussed topics that are the same all over the world. Such as how to sell an idea to a client, how to make profit and still do the things you love to do, and how to manage creatives. I have gotten a lot of ideas and a lot of things I want to try when I get back home.

I could live on Carrol street
The other night we all went (Jon, Ana, Joanna, Gaia, Damien, Lewis, Kurt and Eric) to a nice restaurant on Carrol Street. The whole street looked like it was a surfers joint with buildings almost coming apart but with nice decorative colors and very artistic. The restaurant itself had different tables with different chairs, each with its own personality. The food was nice too. I ordered a tuna steak with rice. Delicious. Later I had to go to do the CD-swap so I left everybody and found the 40 people that I traded CDs with. So now I have 40 CDs with different kinds of music - that is going to take a year to listen to all of that! So afterwards I was think of meeting up with the people on Carrol Street but decided that I would try the Pub-crawl instead. So I ended up in a cab with Alexis and some other people. Alexis and I had a great time and we had a few beers at Neighbor and at Dark Horse. I also spoke with people from the CD-trade and got to say hello to Smitcat, Jenny Payne and David Schaffer. We had a great time.

A party in an aquarium
Well there has to be a first time for every experience but if some one told me when I was born that I would go to a party in an aquarium I wouldn't belive them. But it was awesome and I got some great pictures that I will post soon.

Let the monkey decide. There is a golfcourse in India where the monkey changed the rules of the game of golf. The monkey kept coming in from the forest and picking up the balls. So the humans created a wall but the monkey came upp with ideas of getting over the wall. So the humans captured the monkeys and took them to other forests further away but then other monkeys took their place and still kept picking up the ball. Finally the humans changed the rules. So from now on my new motto is Play the ballsy where the monkey drops it.

Karen Salomensohn is a great speaker by the way. Visit her website here.

Hasta pronto

The Atlanta Report

2007-06-08T19:59:00.000+01:00

This report might not get as much viewers as the news about Paris Hilton reentering court for another session. Hope she gets to stay in jail this time.

But Atlanta is great. I have now been here for almost two days and it feels like I have been here longer. Travelling by myself I thought this would mean I would get a lot of time at the hotel lying by the pool and reading books. But as it turns out the hotel is very boring and so is the pool (and also I forgot to bring books). So I have instead been occupied in trying to figure out what Atlanta is all about. The city held the Olympics in 1998 and is also the home of Martin Luther King Jr. The later raises a lot of questions about how the city is coping with racial issues and I must say that still today it is bad or even worse than it has been just a few years ago. This is just an assumption from my part but I get the feeling the Americas thriving economy and the fact that Katarina destroyed most of New Orleans has gathered many poor people in the streets of Atlanta. I usually use the subway here to get around, the MARTA its called (very silly name) but is very nice and takes me around the city for a reasonable price. The people using the subway are manly black (90% I would say) beacuse all the white people use their cars instead. I can understand why as I walk around down town I constantly get stopped by people asking me for money. It is a bit anoying but then again I get to know the city like it is and not from behind the car window.

Yesterday I was took the subway and bus to a place called Atlantic Station. Here I could definetly feel more european than in the other parts of the city. This is a nice and secure area with a lot of shops and restaurants. I went to a restaurant there called the Grape and the first thing I did was order a beer. The russian bartender Alex told me they only serve wine (that might have something to do with the name). So he gave me a glas of a Shiraz called four sisters. He definetly knew a lot about wines and he also knew what wines I wanted to drink. To go with that I ordered lamb chops. I thought it was going to be a big plate but sadly just three chops and some sauce.

Later on two girls and a guy came in and sat next to me at the bar and we started chatting. They were very friendly and I explained what I was doing in Atlanta. After awhile a couple came in. They wanted to sit by the bar but there was only one chair so I said that they could have mine. They were very grateful and we started chatting aswell. It turned out that they were going to get married in a couple of weeks so the owner of the bar gave us all a glas of champagne and we toasted for them. The two girls and the guy asked me if I wanted to join them and look at a movie at the cinema right across the street. I forgot momentarily that I was still very jet laged and accepted the offer. We went and saw Knocked Up. It was a very funny comedy about a one-night stand going wrong and the girl deciding to keep the baby. After the movie I was very tired and took a cab home to the hotel. I feel asleep immediately and woke up with a slight headache.

Today I went to the CNN building and went on a tour to see how they do the news. It was nice to see but I think the Arts museum that I went to yesterday was a lot more bang for the buck. Especially the Anne Liebovitz (something like that) excibition was very moving and left me startled with amazement. I had no idea what kind of a photographer she was but I definitely feelt a connection with a lot of her work and they way she works.

Tonight I think I am going to just read a new book that I have just bought. When the conference starts on sunday I want to be fresh and awake.

ciao.

Spent time in the country

2007-05-13T21:42:00.000+01:00

I found a new hobby. I like mending cars. Especially old like this Lotus Elan plus 2.

Dark was the night

2007-05-10T21:33:00.000+01:00

But the morning came with new hope.

Til kingdom comes

2007-05-08T22:03:00.000+01:00

The old town stands next to the new one.

To the heart - wherever it is

2007-05-07T21:35:00.000+01:00

So I dont know the time.
I dont know the hour of my need.
Tell me to thirst no more so I know what my time is for.

Good to see you again. Good to see you my strawberry friend.
I think my heart is here somewhere. Where I make you happy.

Sorry I took so long

2007-05-02T22:37:00.000+01:00

It has definitely been awhile. I have had no inspiration for quit sometime but when I got the oportunity to take photos of the new danish opera house I went right in there an snapped a few. The feeling came back to me! The pieces have all fallen into place again.

The times they are changing

2007-03-20T23:47:00.000+01:00

Nature is acting wierd.

One big blur

2007-03-18T17:31:00.000+01:00

A little hungover today.

It's a sight to behold

2007-03-14T22:19:00.000+01:00

I had to go and visit Pillar and André this evening. I was in a hurry and as I was trying to leave André kept saying goodbye to me. I closed the door to the apartment and left but he kept on shouting. So he opened the door when he heard I wasn't replying. Then he saw me in the corridor and starts to run towards me really fast. His short legs are so short that it is hard to tell if he is wearing pants or shorts. So obviously his legs got tangled and he fell to the ground, sliding a meter or so. I picked him up but then he started crying and ran back to the apartment. Very heart breaking but I had to let him go and turn my back to it. I can't bear to see him cry.

Picturing the moment is what it is all about

2007-03-13T22:38:00.000+01:00

I am very sorry I haven't updated my blog in a long time. I will get better at it. So to make up for lost time I will publish four photos in this post.

I took these pictures at Sara and Max wedding this saturday. I took about 400 pics but it is like they say only a handfull turned out good. I am very pleased with these ones.

This is the end of the begining

2007-03-07T23:01:00.000+01:00

I got a new job today at AdamssonAppelfeldt. It is time for me to move on. I will miss my colleagues at Sydsvenskan. We have had some great times. I will start working at my new job on the 1st of April.

Oh when the saints come marching in...

2007-03-01T23:35:00.000+01:00

All littering will be forbidden.

Took the late train home.

2007-03-01T23:21:00.000+01:00

Malmö station at 23.15

Went to Gatan bar this evening and they had stand-up comedy for free. I was astonished by how good they were. Check it out next wednesday at 20.00 if you can.

Hard to find a worse idea.

2007-02-27T23:06:00.000+01:00

The picture shows an idea me and my colleague Matti had for UMAS - the local hospital in Malmö. I think the best idea concerning this project was that we never showed it to them. My guess is that they would have signed us in at the mental institution right there and then. What were we thinking...

Figuring out the does and the don'ts

2007-02-23T23:31:00.000+01:00

I tend to try to picture the matrix through logic thinking but once in a while there is a glich in it. It is hard to tell if it is a glich or if I should completly recalculate the matrix. The important thing is that the matrix shows me the best pattern. It will take time but only then can I truely understand you.

One happy guy

2007-02-21T22:02:00.000+01:00

Tomorrow I have a date at the Opera in Copenhagen. I am very thrilled about it. We are going to see Titus by Mozart. It will be the first time I go to see an opera.

Watching my favourite game tonight

2007-02-20T19:27:00.000+01:00

Tonight Manchester United are going to play Lille. So some friends might come by to watch the game.

I took this photo this summer for a poster for Wraphouse.

As the shadows dance the sun looks upon them

2007-02-19T22:30:00.000+01:00

I think I need to go to Mexico soon. It is the best place to go on a vacation. People are nice, the weather is good and the beer is excellent.

This photo is from May 2005.

The lady from the lake

2007-02-17T18:10:00.000+01:00

She came to visit me today. Her eyes told me I shouldn't worry. The right decisions take time.

This picture was taken in November last year.

The first cut is the deepest

2007-02-12T23:14:00.000+01:00

Today I took photos for a lokal barbershop called Skapha. I took about 200 pictures which turned out pretty good. They wanted the photos to be in B/W. It saves me a lot of work.

The more unusual weekend

2007-02-08T22:49:00.000+01:00

This weekend I am going to the countryside. It is going to be nice and relaxing for a change. Taste a nice Sancerre and start a fire in the old fireplace. I like going there but it happens to seldom.

This is also one of the photos I took yesterday for Skånes dansteater.

I need more sleep

2007-02-07T23:52:00.000+01:00

My thoughts wonder of at night. I find myself in strange positions. Sometimes I wish I could fly. It would be easier to do all the things I have to do and visit all the people I want to visit.

Took 500 pictures today in six different locations for a lokal dance ensemble Skånes Dansteater. It is supposed to show how inspired you get from watching one of their productions. Fairly tired right now but it was a lot of fun to do.

More from the slopes

2007-02-06T22:07:00.000+01:00

We really got the best weather the whole week. The blue sky was very beautiful.

On top of the world

2007-02-04T14:29:00.000+01:00

Johan, Jesper and I in Val dIsere. We had a nice week with a lot of sun. Now I am back in business.

Let the music play.

2007-01-27T10:02:00.000+01:00

I am going to Val d'Isère today. It is going to be great skiing and good oportunities to take great pictures. I really need to take a break and think about other things than work. Sadly I wont be able to post pictures during the week. I will save them for when I get back next sunday.

Kill a few. Kill em all!

2007-01-26T00:31:00.000+01:00

Jason takes Manhattan. Worst movie ever.

I am sure you don't grow on a tree

2007-01-24T23:59:00.000+01:00

There is always a middle of everything. One point for all your fury, happiness, doubt, curiosity and wish. I think I have come to that point. And I am happy.

I took this picture just outside my apartment in Lund. It had snowed during the day which is why the clouds are brownish. I haven't corrected any colours.

As I was winning

2007-01-23T22:22:00.000+01:00

I was at the lokal bowling alley today with friends. Really nice and a cheap way to spend the evening without the influence of alcohol. I think I need to take it easy with the drinking. It is not right to my body. I need to take more care of it cause there is only one.

It takes two to race

2007-01-21T18:52:00.000+01:00

It is hard being on your own. There is no resistance - no one who disagrees with you. Although being two can be hard it is also inspiring. You try to figure out the other persons thoughts and next move. Just like in a race.

This photo was taken in England when I was there in September to look at the Goodwood Revival Festival.

I am a dreamer and you are my dream

2007-01-20T00:38:00.000+01:00

I went to see Casino Royal this evening. A classic Bond movie and a really good one too. Every man wants to be him and every women wants to sleep with him. Extraordinary fellow I must say.

This picture was taken in November. Pontus is a very good singer and head of a choir here in Lund.

Fix it right up with two glases of wine

2007-01-18T14:41:00.000+01:00

My heart fell a little last night. I know I should be stronger so I let it rest on a shelf and went to a bar. Two glases of wine made me feel better. But hard times are still to come.

Good to have friends. Keep them and you will make it.

29 and strung out on confusion

2007-01-17T18:34:00.000+01:00

Today was a tough day in all remarks. A lot to do at work and a lot to do at home. Memories from yesterday where still left on my kitchen sink. If I know myself they will still be there tomorrow...
I guess I have no idea what lies ahead of me.

Jesus came from outerspace

2007-01-16T23:25:00.000+01:00

Today was my 29th birthday and I celebrated it by spontaneously inviting some of my friends. This photo was taken some months ago and turned out really good. She is a good friend of my and attended the party of course. I thank all of you who came on such short notice. Really made my day.

Pictures of home

2007-01-15T16:55:00.000+01:00

I was in Stockholm from thursday and stayed the whole weekend. We attended the Rockbjörnen (music award event) and had a nice stay at nordic light hotel. It was very nice and inspiring. Now I am back home and trying to cool down.

It is your turn to take it easy

2007-01-09T22:26:00.000+01:00

I noticed that someone living in Greensboro North Carolina or using a computer from there visited my blog yesterday. This picture is taken in downtown Greensboro in a shop where you can get your shoes polished. The man behind the desk was very friendly and they had a lot of hats in there aswell.

That famous blue hat

2007-01-08T18:46:00.000+01:00

A very dull day today. The weather was boring and not a lot of action at work either. But I found a real everyday hero on the web. Watch it here.

You asked for it

2007-01-07T17:04:00.000+01:00

Here come the pharmaceutical mortars. Now the cold will have to surrender or stand to the last bacteria.

I call for action

2007-01-06T16:11:00.000+01:00

I have gone into a state of DEFCON 1 against my cold. This refers to maximum readiness i.e. hitting the cold with warm honey, lime and chewing on fresh ginger. This has never (verifiably) been used by me but is reserved for imminent or ongoing attack on my plans or my usual behavior. Launch of nuclear missiles (strong pharmaceuticals) has been authorized.
And I will stay the course unlike Bush junior.

Now take this longing from my tongue

2007-01-05T13:06:00.000+01:00

Like you would do for one you loved.

At home today aswell. I feel better during the day but then at night the cold takes control again and keeps me awake. In the morning everything is clogged. Oh I hope I will get better during this weekend.

It's ok - you can dance now

2007-01-04T14:23:00.000+01:00

So there is a god after all.
I can see the light.

Zacatecas, Mexico 2005

So you will aim towards the sky

2007-01-03T16:43:00.000+01:00

Give it your best shot and you will rise.
Good luck!
This picture I took a year ago

Put me back together

2007-01-02T19:56:00.000+01:00

It was a hard time showing up for work today and apparently many of my colleges had the same problem. Hopefully I will feel better tomorrow, because tomorrow is a very important day.

I like this picture because it is a very unusual motive. Often pictures show the whole face or at least more than half, but here a child of two years of age suddenly becomes a lot older. Don't you think?

The aftermath

2007-01-01T21:04:00.000+01:00

A storm hit the southern parts of Sweden today. There was a lot of colour when the clouds swept away to reveal a dark blue sky. It was really hard to hold the camera still so some of the images are a bit blurry. Some trees have blurry branches due to the long exposure time and the wind moving them around. I think it was a cool effect.

Not in my brightest hour

2007-01-01T14:02:00.000+01:00

What happened last night? I spent a lot of money because I felt pitty for myself. I thought it would make me a better person. I definetly have a love-hate realtionship to myself. And definetly not immaculate. But like Lisa Simpson said "A Noble Spirit Embiggens the Smallest Man".

I took this picture last night. To me it looks like the legs of people walking in different directions and only minding about their own business.

Tonight is the night.

2006-12-31T13:33:00.000+01:00

Bottle up and explode.

A day of thinking

2006-12-30T19:34:00.000+01:00

Today I realised I am not very fond of relationships. I don't really belive in that. Maybe I haven't met the right girl yet.

I took this picture two years ago. They have a good relationship. They are both very good people and deserve each other.

Psychopath

2006-12-29T21:00:00.000+01:00

I came to think of a guy I met years ago at a New Years Eve party. I think he was a bit of a nut.

Last day of work

2006-12-29T14:06:00.000+01:00

This will not be remembered as the day when great ideas were put to paper. I haven't been very productive today. Just listened to good music and scanned the webb for ideas. Lots of good ideas are out there to grasp and to get inspired by. I am going to try to share my ideas and give something back to people who have given me ideas. Today I am starting the new year a little bit early by starting my very own blog. It would have been nice to start all fresh on january the first - but what the hell I need some headstart. Maybe I will go to this place (Herkules) after work with some friends and have a few. But just a few to get started and warmed up for New Years.