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#9: High school refuge (March 7th)

nostnost Situated just a couple of blocks from my former high school, the PunktMedis library became one of my safe havens in the chaotic world of a teenager. And still, I just can’t stay away. This time, I left with a book of contemporary Swedish poetry, an English young adults novel and an American classic.Continue reading “#9: High school refuge (March 7th)”

#8: My people (March 3rd)

I’ve been watching Masters of Sex, a TV series set in the 1960’s about two researchers and their big study on human sexuality. I don’t really think I like it, or, possibly I just really dislike all the characters. Still. It has something. One of the few sympathetic characters, the daughter of a doctor colleagueContinue reading “#8: My people (March 3rd)”

#7: Losing my sense of time (February 28th)

I’ve been running late more and more lately. It’s as if time has lost its texture, I can’t hold on to it. The limits that time puts on our lives seem to have become blurry, and I keep on getting lost in my own actions. And that is fine, as long as work is whatContinue reading “#7: Losing my sense of time (February 28th)”

#6: A morning in February (February 25th)

Happiness is eating breakfast at a Kungsholmen cafe together with Hanna, talking about St. Petersburg futures and Mexico dreams. Happiness is walking among the books at the Stockholm City Library. The physicists talk about parallel universes. For me, every single one of these covers house worlds of their own. It makes my limbs tingle. (IContinue reading “#6: A morning in February (February 25th)”

#4: A walk in the woods (February 16th)

In the summer of 2010, I read ”A short history of nearly everything” by Bill Bryson. I really enjoyed his eloquent combination of humor and science, but haven’t read anything else by him since. But, as it happens, I found myself holding a copy of his ”A walk in the woods” in Accra in December,Continue reading “#4: A walk in the woods (February 16th)”

#3: To cook for someone (February 14th)

Me and Lina were supposed to have a birthday party together, but ended up cancelling it last minute. Neither of us could simply muster up the energy to host. Instead, I invited my two oldest and closest friends over for dinner. Because cooking, for me, when done with time and purpose, carries no stress. ItContinue reading “#3: To cook for someone (February 14th)”

#2: The frustration of working with poor data (February 12th)

And for the umpteenth time, I got the same frustrating result: an index map that lacked any kind of useful data. Sure, at first glance it looks pretty: Looks kind of like the blood vessels in a lung – not a very far-fetched analogy, considering that the white and the grey is supposed to showContinue reading “#2: The frustration of working with poor data (February 12th)”

#1: Watching the end of Parenthood (February 1st)

In the beginning of February, I watched the series finale of Parenthood. And I cried until my muscles ached and my eyes were raw. Not because the end was particularly sad. Actually, quite the opposite. A satisfactory end – but I couldn’t stop crying. It’s just, I’ve grown to care for these flawed people andContinue reading “#1: Watching the end of Parenthood (February 1st)”