Why are Fridays so fantastic? There are several factors. First of all you know instinctively that now you have two school-free days in a row. Which means that you have two automatic sleep-ins. And by having sleep-ins it means that you can stay up as late as you want Friday AND Saturady night, and spend them however you want. Some of the activies widely practised by teens and young adults are:
Clubbing
Partying
Movie-Nights
Surfing the web
Making movies (yes, this has happened)
Now we still have winter so the nights are dark and cold and overall scary, but during the summer the nights are the most wonderful thing. Many nights have been spent outside without even realizing time passes by. It is not until someone says "Look, the sun is coming up!" you notice you've been up all night. Can you guess that I miss summer? I miss summer like the sun misses the flower (Yes, A Knight's Tale reference).
Another reason I love Fridays are that my school schedule is really great. I start 8.30 am in the morning and I get out of at 13.00. That means that have basically the rest of the day to spend. Today I was practicing driving with my mom, since I haven't gotten my license yet. I'm working on it though. Kinda.
This weekend will be spent with my math book in my right hand and revision guides in my left. Mock exams are starting next week. That is tests from 9 am to 4 pm, Monday to Thursday. Friday I only have a test in the morning. It will be both exciting and brutal.
fredag 4 februari 2011
torsdag 3 februari 2011
school, gym, studying, soccer
Yesterday was a long day. Luckily I have sleep-ins on Wednesays otherwise I don't know how I would have made it. Class started at 9.40 and the school day ended at 13.30, so usually it is a short day. However, I then went to the gym for an hour, showered and then went back to school. You might be wondering why I would do something that stupid, but the school is actually a great place to study, and the gym is only two minutes from school. After I got some work done I went to Kristineberg to play some soccer with the girls I coach. Which was fun but I can't really remember I used to be like some of them when I was 9, throwing around the ball when the coach is speaking, bouncing it and stuff. Staring out into the blue and then not knowing what to do. Or talking very indiscreetely to a friend. I actually love coaching and all the girls are really great players, but sometimes I wish they could actually listen to what I say.
I probably was just like them. Or probably even worse.
I then got home at nine pm. Exactly 12 hours after I left the house. Exhausted. In the future every Wednesday is going to look like yesterday. If this is what it means to be a grown-up, I rather pass and catch the next ride to Neverland.
I probably was just like them. Or probably even worse.
I then got home at nine pm. Exactly 12 hours after I left the house. Exhausted. In the future every Wednesday is going to look like yesterday. If this is what it means to be a grown-up, I rather pass and catch the next ride to Neverland.
tisdag 1 februari 2011
teaching
Sometimes I consider being a teacher. Maybe being a high school teacher could be fun. To be a collage professor must be fun, especially if you teach at some of the major universities. During this weekend I helped my brother's girlfriend with some biology, and it was so much fun! I could have spent hours going through genetics with her, luckily she didn't have to go through that.
Today, I teached students a year younger than me. They had english and since I didn't have class at that time I helped out with essay structure and IB stuff, since their original teacher is new to the IB, and that I am certainly not. I was extremely nervous, my biggest fear was that they would start a war or just being out of control. Of course that was just foolish thinking. When I realized they were all listening closely to every word I said, I realized another terrifying fact. What if they thought I was stupid? Or if I said something terribly wrong? However, I think that I did a good job and I think that I managed to create some kind of impression that I am the older, wiser and cooler senior. Everything I said was relevant to their english course and I even made them laugh sometimes. And except for the above fears it was a lot of fun actually.
Yesterday the TV-series "Klass 9a" or "Class 9a" premiered on SVT1. I did not watch it and I do not plan to but I saw the old season from three years ago. This time they are focusing on the teachers instead of the students, which I personally think is great. When I read about the show in the paper all those memories of terrible teachers came back and I think that is what makes me want to become a teacher from time to time. Because I think I could actually make a great teacher.
But when I'm done thinking that I can change the entire swedish school system by myself and save all the high school students from getting bad grades I return to my original plans. Which I am not really sure about either, but more on that another day.
Today, I teached students a year younger than me. They had english and since I didn't have class at that time I helped out with essay structure and IB stuff, since their original teacher is new to the IB, and that I am certainly not. I was extremely nervous, my biggest fear was that they would start a war or just being out of control. Of course that was just foolish thinking. When I realized they were all listening closely to every word I said, I realized another terrifying fact. What if they thought I was stupid? Or if I said something terribly wrong? However, I think that I did a good job and I think that I managed to create some kind of impression that I am the older, wiser and cooler senior. Everything I said was relevant to their english course and I even made them laugh sometimes. And except for the above fears it was a lot of fun actually.
Yesterday the TV-series "Klass 9a" or "Class 9a" premiered on SVT1. I did not watch it and I do not plan to but I saw the old season from three years ago. This time they are focusing on the teachers instead of the students, which I personally think is great. When I read about the show in the paper all those memories of terrible teachers came back and I think that is what makes me want to become a teacher from time to time. Because I think I could actually make a great teacher.
But when I'm done thinking that I can change the entire swedish school system by myself and save all the high school students from getting bad grades I return to my original plans. Which I am not really sure about either, but more on that another day.
måndag 31 januari 2011
Difficult Days
Ronan Keating sings that life is a rollercoaster, and I think anyone can agree with him. The fact that you can feel almost all kind of emotions in less than 24 hours is a ridicolous thought. Rage, happiness, sadness, annoyance or just plain contempt.
Today was one of the toughest days in my life. I have had the luxury of never really loosing someone dear to me, and now when it finally happened I had no idea it would be so hard. Without any experience loosing someone, I also lack the experience dealing with all the emotions. When around friends, it is so easy not thinking about it but as soon as there is no one around the sadness grows like unwanted weed. By writing this in a blog that nobody reads I hope that it will help, at least for a while.
At least the memorial was beautiful. I saw the most hardened faces quiver, and only the most wonderful and amazing person would have the ability to make that happen.
Today was one of the toughest days in my life. I have had the luxury of never really loosing someone dear to me, and now when it finally happened I had no idea it would be so hard. Without any experience loosing someone, I also lack the experience dealing with all the emotions. When around friends, it is so easy not thinking about it but as soon as there is no one around the sadness grows like unwanted weed. By writing this in a blog that nobody reads I hope that it will help, at least for a while.
At least the memorial was beautiful. I saw the most hardened faces quiver, and only the most wonderful and amazing person would have the ability to make that happen.
lördag 29 januari 2011
How I Met Your Mother
For a while ago I started watching this american sitcom from CBS online, How I Met Your Mother. It is mainly set on Manhattan, and circulates about a group of people, one of them being Ted Mosby looking for the love of his life. It kinda has become an obsession of mine. For some weird reason I just love, love, love the show. It is probably a mixture of my love for New York City, lovable characters and great but sometimes twisted storylines.
When my mom asked me what kind of show it was, the closest thing I could come up with was "Friends" and maybe that isn't a bad comparison.
It focuses on a small group of central characters, the settings are mainly the characters' apartments and their local hang out spot (with few field trips however). Of course, this is the definition of any sitcom, but this special show is set on Manhattan. Which show am I speaking of?
HIMYM is known by almost anyone in my age. One of the characters, Barney (played by Neil Patrick Harris) is the who most stands out. And also the one character all guys want to be. He is constantly hitting on women and has one-night stands. Barney is one of the main reasons for HIMYM success. What makes him so likable (except his pure awesomeness) is his way of always making up theories about life, that might seem absurd at first but actually makes a lot of sense. Some of these are:
The Mermaid Theory: The idea that a guy will always want to sleep with a chick after some reasonable amount of time, even if he can't imagine it from the beginning. The woman starts out as a manatee, but then transforms into a mermaid.
The Cheerleader Effect: When a group of women looks attractive in a group, but studied seperately they look not better than average, sometimes even worse.
The Platinum Rule: That you should never get involved with someone who you have close contact to or see on a daily basis. Is based on eight steps: Attraction, bargaining, submission, perks, tipping point, purgatory, confrontation, fallout.
The Hot-Crazy scale: That a girl can be crazy if she is equally hot. This, I believe, also accounts for dudes.
When my mom asked me what kind of show it was, the closest thing I could come up with was "Friends" and maybe that isn't a bad comparison.
It focuses on a small group of central characters, the settings are mainly the characters' apartments and their local hang out spot (with few field trips however). Of course, this is the definition of any sitcom, but this special show is set on Manhattan. Which show am I speaking of?
HIMYM is known by almost anyone in my age. One of the characters, Barney (played by Neil Patrick Harris) is the who most stands out. And also the one character all guys want to be. He is constantly hitting on women and has one-night stands. Barney is one of the main reasons for HIMYM success. What makes him so likable (except his pure awesomeness) is his way of always making up theories about life, that might seem absurd at first but actually makes a lot of sense. Some of these are:
The Mermaid Theory: The idea that a guy will always want to sleep with a chick after some reasonable amount of time, even if he can't imagine it from the beginning. The woman starts out as a manatee, but then transforms into a mermaid.
The Cheerleader Effect: When a group of women looks attractive in a group, but studied seperately they look not better than average, sometimes even worse.
The Platinum Rule: That you should never get involved with someone who you have close contact to or see on a daily basis. Is based on eight steps: Attraction, bargaining, submission, perks, tipping point, purgatory, confrontation, fallout.
The Hot-Crazy scale: That a girl can be crazy if she is equally hot. This, I believe, also accounts for dudes.
Beloved
In the IB-program, you are suppose to do something callen an Oral Commentary, one for every language you're taking. For me, that is Swedish and English. The concept is: the student recieve an extract from a book you have read during the year (you know which books). In English, the extracts are from two different book, and for me it was between the novel Beloved and the play A Streetcar Named Desire. You pick randomly between four envelopes and in it you have your extract. Then, you have tweny minutes for analysing and planning, then you will talk about, "comment" on it, for a duration between 10-15 minutes. The extract I got was from Beloved.
Beloved is, in my opinion, one of the greatest novels written in modern time. It is by Toni Morrison, who was awarded with the Nobel Prize in literature. It is set in America, and focusing on former slaves. It is set in two different timelines, or planes. It is a very hard novel, everyone hates it at first but then you often transform that hatred to love. Morrison explores themes such as memories, the past, love and slavery and all of them arebeautifully braided into each other.
Last week, I had my commentary. You have probably already figured out which novel I got (Beloved of course). Confused ramble during a ten minutes span about symbolism, themes and characters are hopefully enough to get a good grade.
Beloved is, in my opinion, one of the greatest novels written in modern time. It is by Toni Morrison, who was awarded with the Nobel Prize in literature. It is set in America, and focusing on former slaves. It is set in two different timelines, or planes. It is a very hard novel, everyone hates it at first but then you often transform that hatred to love. Morrison explores themes such as memories, the past, love and slavery and all of them arebeautifully braided into each other.
Last week, I had my commentary. You have probably already figured out which novel I got (Beloved of course). Confused ramble during a ten minutes span about symbolism, themes and characters are hopefully enough to get a good grade.
fredag 28 januari 2011
Well Hello there
I have been thinking a lot lately, and I thought it might be fun to revive the blog. I haven't written anything (not counting school essays) for very long and to be totally honest my few writing moments have been missed. Writing is also the easiest way of expressing feelings, you can say so much with so few words. I figured the easiest way to write must be the blog and after som consulting with a friend here I am, back on track.
Now, this blog is not going to be the really boring blog it used to be. I hope that with it's new life, I will find a new source of inspiration and hopefully I will find the energy to write something interesting.
Be aware that my life is not that entertaining, but perhaps you will find my thoughts and reflexions exciting and worth spending time reading.
Lots of Love
PS. I will also try to use very fancy words, as a practice for the IB exams in May. By using a spectacular vocabulary I plan to make my english exam paper outshine all the others.
Now, this blog is not going to be the really boring blog it used to be. I hope that with it's new life, I will find a new source of inspiration and hopefully I will find the energy to write something interesting.
Be aware that my life is not that entertaining, but perhaps you will find my thoughts and reflexions exciting and worth spending time reading.
Lots of Love
PS. I will also try to use very fancy words, as a practice for the IB exams in May. By using a spectacular vocabulary I plan to make my english exam paper outshine all the others.
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