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I woke up early this morning. The sun was shining in through my curtains and I couldn’t stay in bed. I went for a walk. Autumn can be so beautiful. I have an exam tomorrow, on ecology, and all my classmates are freaking out on Facebook. But I just can’t seem to pick it up.Continue reading “sunday morning”

I’ve started a book club together with a couple of friends (yet another example of us having become older). I’ve chosen a book, and in a couple of weeks, I’m going to host the first meeting. Cook dinner, moderate the first book discussion. Time will tell if it’s going to be something lasting, or justContinue reading “the trouble with beautiful men”

Dear reader. Except for alcohol (which I seem to have a pretty high tolerance level for), my body is very sensitive to any kind of intoxicating substances that people in general seem to be able to consume without any major consequences. Drinking black tea sometimes makes my hands shake. Once, I couldn’t sleep after eatingContinue reading “coffee high”

I spent the weekend in the Stockholm archipelago, eating crayfish at Jens’ family cottage. It’s been a long time since I was in the archipelago. I had forgotten how clean and soft the air smells there in autumn.   The idea was to have a traditional crayfish party. And I think we succeeded, with theContinue reading “a weekend in the archipelago”

The results of my first ever croquis workshop:   Who would have thought sketching a live, naked model for 0,5-2 minutes per pose would be such a rush. I’m hooked!

I went to aerobics class tonight. While buying the membership card, I realised I haven’t been to an aerobics class since January 2012. I’ve been traveling, and I tried running for a while, and then came that terrible thesis that completely pulled me apart. But now I was back there, jumping around with all theContinue reading “aerobics class”

I have a new classmate. Her name is Jessica. (To be honest, I have 18 new classmates, but for this particular story Jessica is the only one who matters.) She’s loud and intense. And when I come to a lecture feeling grumpy and not in the mood to joke, she draws small sketches of meContinue reading “the new classmate”

I’m so exhausted. I hosted a dinner yesterday, and there are wine glasses and bread crumbs all over the apartment, but I couldn’t motivate myself to clean them away. Instead, I felt like staying in bed. So that’s what I did. Sleeping, watching old Swedish TV shows from the Swedish Television’s open archive. Eating leftoverContinue reading “sleeping the day away”

I’ve recently started a master’s program at Stockholm Resilience Centre, and it’s been quite a shock. I walk around feeling exhausted all the time and kind of lost, like I don’t know where I’m going and what I’m doing. Like I’m holding on to a string, being pulled in high speed toward something, but I’veContinue reading “the confusion of a new master student”

I was supposed to go to the natural history museum with Christoffer today, but waiting there by the main entrance in the sun, that still felt like the warm summery kind, I just couldn’t make myself go in to the dark halls with stone displays and dinosaur bones. So when Christoffer arrived, I convinced himContinue reading “Bergianska botanical garden”