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Last week, the first week of school, was quite eventful. The first days was of course mildly chaotic. On Wednesday, our teacher told us that the drama class was going to Stockholm on Thursday to see a Japanese play. So, we got on the bus at 11am on Thursday, not knowing what to expect. We arrived in Stockholm about 3 hours later. The theater, Stockholm’s oldest, was very beautiful. We were supposed to have a workshop with the actors at 3pm, but there had been some kind of misunderstanding, so they weren’t even there. Instead we spent about walking around in southern Stockholm. We saw five (Swedish) celebrities.
The actors showed up, and we got to meet them and ask questions. They even performed exclusively for us. We went to McDonald’s, and then the play started at 7.30pm. Japanese Noh teather was really weird, but fascinating. The scenography was very minimalistic, but some of the actors wore extravagant costumes and masks. They didn’t exactly sing or speak, it was more like a weird mix. There was also two men with drums, hitting them and making weird noises from time to time. The play was in Japanese, so we didn’t understand a thing. We had gotten a script in English, but they did everything very slow, so it was still hard to follow.
Overall, the play was pretty enjoyable. But most of all, it was a cool, exotic experience. I may have enjoyed the day and the play more if I hadn’t had a terrible cold and fever. I was sick all weekend. I’m better now though, but I still cough a little.

Edit: Not that you’re interested, but here’s my schedule. I made it in Photoshop, just for fun.

I’m redesigning my site, but keeping it open during the process, so that’s why some stuff looks weird or doesn’t work.

I’m pretty tired now, so I think I’m going to bed soon. I will fill you in about my week tomorrow someday.

God. Only one day in school (without any real lessons) and I’m already exhausted and really busy.

I love talking to drunk people on the train. Tonight I talked to Karl-Bertil. He likes beer, milk, Finland, and liver.

And bleeching your hair with a lemon actually works. Ha!

I’m too tired to write a longer entry. Maybe tomorrow.

School starts tomorrow. TOMORROW! It’s unbelievable.

I was on a surprise dinner party for my mother (who turned 50 a couple of weeks ago) yesterday. Well, actually it wasn’t much of a surprise, since we all knew, including my mum. We had to tell her, otherwise we couldn’t get her to come. She said that she didn’t want to go out and that she would much rather stay in. Plus, she’s a control freak and hates surprises. Oh, well.

I’m going shopping with Lisa today. We’re getting school stuff, and maybe some clothes if I can find something, because I have a gift certificate at JC. I hate shopping for clothes alone, I can never decide whether to buy something or not. I could bring my new 8 Ball, but that would just look stupid.

School starts on Monday. Weird. And sad.

I’ve spent the last three days with my family at my sister’s, in Stockholm (Solna). It was okay, but it’s nice to be home again – I’ve missed my computer.

Yesterday, we went shopping in this huge mall north of Stockholm. I bought a pair of jeans, a sweat shirt, a t-shirt, underwear, and a Magic 8 Ball. I’m going to let my 8 Ball make all my tough decisions from now on.

I’ve got some great news for Marie (and Tommie too, I think): Ben Affleck is making his own TV show! It’s a drama series called Resistance, which he’ll create, write and executive produce. More info on thefutoncritic.com.

There’s not much on TV these days, but I have managed to find a few shows worth watching (downloading):

The Comeback — My favorite actress Lisa Kudrow is hilarious in this show, which is actually three shows in one. Kudrows’ character Valerie has her own reality show about her comeback to network television in a sitcom called Room and Bored.

Weeds — It’s about a suburban mom who starts selling weed to support her family after her husband unexpectedly dies.

The 4400 — I have never really liked sci fi, but this show is actually very good.

Veronica Mars — If you for any reason haven’t already seen the first season of this truly amazing, fantastic show, do it. Now! You won’t regret it. It’s better than all other shows, including Lost.

This is a happy post.

Happy now?

Where did the summer go? It feels like I’ve wasted all of it. I haven’t accomplished anything. I was supposed to read three books for school, but I haven’t read a single one of them. I was supposed to learn how to do a cartwheel (I can’t remember why now, but it seemed like a good thing at the time), but I haven’t done that either. I’m very disappointed with myself.

I just looked at our class photo, from last year. She is in it.

It’s just so… hard to understand. She is standing right there, smiling gently at the camera. But yet she won’t be there when school starts in two weeks.

Alexandra called today. She’s organizing a fund raise to the Child Cancer Foundation. Everone in our class is donating around 100 SEK. It said in the death notice that they wanted us to do that rather than buying flowers.

The next entry will be happy, I promise.

I had a bad day yesterday.

It started when I read the local newspaper and found out that a girl in my class had died earlier this week. I knew that she had cancer and that the situation wasn’t improving, but I never thought this would happen. It feels strange that she is gone. I didn’t really know her, she was away for most of the spring term, and when she was in school she was very quiet. I’m ashamed of it, but in a way I feel relieved that I didn’t know her, because I know if I had I would have been devastated right now.

The bad day continued when I had to say goodbye to a good friend, who is moving. We’ve only know each other for a year, and it’s sad that we didn’t get more time together.

The day ended nice, though, as some friends came over. We watched a movie (Valentine), ate a lot, and took a bunch of pictures with my camera.