I was actually writing this post yesterday evening, but my internet died, same goes for my friends here in Nacksta. This led to panic, a discussion about if the apocalypse was coming and terrible sadness among us. This Monday morning the internet was fine again and we had all survived the night but it's quite fun that it had such a large effect on us, even if I might have overexaggerated a bit. Young people these days..
This Saturday I woke up with a really strong headache. My strategy when that happens is to take a glass of water and one of my headache pills, then go for a 15 minutes walk, that usually helps. I did plan to do the same thing but after twenty minutes I ended up at the river Selångersån that flows through Sundsvall. If i went to the right I'd come to my school, going there and back should work. If I followed it to the left I didn't know where I'd end up. I had tried to run to the end of it once in winter, however that was winter, and the snow was so deep after a while that running didn't really work, so I had to turn around. I figured that that couldn't be the case anymore as I didn't see much snow lying around at all, it's April after all. I decided to explore. It was a 4 km walk but for some reason it feels like time passes very fast when I'm walking with a headache. Before I knew it I'd arrived at the small lake Selångersfjärden, where the river ended. I planned to turn around there. My head felt better thanks to the headache pills and fresh air, and would probably be fine when I came back to Nacksta. I don't really know why but after five minutes of hesitation I decided to walk around the lake, it wasn't very large after all. But after a few hundred meters I saw a map of the place, that showed me that there was no way of walking around only the lake. Instead I'd have to take a longer way around, and so I did. To my surprise I didn't get bored at all while walking. When I came back to the river and was ready to head home I started to feel a bit tired and wished to be home soon. Most of all I was getting hungry. Three minutes after where I go to the left if I want to head home there is a burger place, Big Boy. I decided that I deserved it after my walk. Those burgers felt like the best things that I had eaten in a long while. After all I hadn't had any breakfast, and when I looked at my watch I saw that I'd been walking for quite a while, it was 13.03 and I left home 09.50. When I got home after eating my burgers I checked how long I'd walked and it turned out to be 14 km. My headache was long gone and I'd had quite an adventure so I guess I somehow turned a tough morning into a really good day. If I will repeat the walk next time? I don't think so, but I might run the path some time as it is a quite good place for running now that the snow is gone. Behind me, next to my right ear on the other side of the lake you can see the top of the church that I walked past. Quite a long walk :) Obs: This text contains spoilers about the story in Star Wars
I've never seen all the Star Wars movies before, believe it or not. This Saturday I decided to change that. I started grilling with the exchange students at half past five and stayed there for two hours. Then we went inside to watch the four movies, it was a quite long evening, I think I went to bed at around 04.30. I have seen at least two movies before, and I know the plot fairly well. It's hard not to know about classic scenes, like when Luke Skywalker suicides. To my surprise it didn't get boring to watch four of them in a row. I actually saw the last two the next day after eating breakfast. I found the movies quite good but there are some things that I find a bit weird. Why do they build everything with explosives? I assume that they do because most of the time it only takes one shot for the entire place to blow up and I see high explosives as the only possible explanation. If I built a spaceship I'd want it to be strong against attacks, especially in a world where everyone constantly gets shot at. If they are hightech enough to have energy fields they have to be good enough to avoid that one single shot at the right spot can blow a gigantic spaceship up. Why are jedi knights so important? Sure, they fight well can can smash quite a lot of stuff into pieces but one of the best ones met his equal in a random bounty hunter who had some guns and such. Couldn't the bad guys just drop a bomb on them? After all they seem to be just as vulnerable as any other human to damage. And as the bad guy got big balls of death, that are able to blow up an entire planet in one shot, it can't be very hard to find something strong enough to blow some jedis up. And lastly, I have to say that the force is a real douchebag. Annie sees his mother in pain in some visions that the force gives him, which of course worries him. He goes home and finds out the they were true. His mother dies right when he finds her. I can't say anything bad about the force giving him these visions. But the next ones I find really mean. I mean, the next visions are of his wife dying, which makes him want to learn how to revive people. Not a bad thought but sadly reviving people is stuff only the dark side does so he has to find a new teacher who knows that, and he finds one. As he starts messing with the dark arts he gets crazy for power and loses his conscience. When his wife doesn't like this he messes her up quite a lot and makes her so sad that she dies a bit later. Meaning that his practise of the dark arts is the reason she dies. However the reason he practises the dark arts is that he knows that his wife will die. So that Annie gets the dream of his wife dying leads to him killing her. The dream is a self-fulfilling prophecy, and the reason he gets the dream is because of the force. Conclusion? The force is a douchebag. Poor Annie ... This might be the first time ever that I don't start writing the blog far too late in the evening. It's 16.20 and I just got back to Sundsvall after a 4 hours trip from Stockholm. This time I'm staying, unlike last weeks visit that lasted for two days. It was nice to be in Stockholm and meet some friends but it will feel really great to start with the studies here again, getting into the routine. But breaking the routine of the studies can be good too.
I'm going to miss quite a few things in Stockholm during my stay here. One is "Mälarhöjdens dag", a day of celebration where I live that takes place two weeks before I'm done with school. There's a market, local artists performing, chessplaying, and most of all a large race for anyone who wants to join it. This day is for Mälarhöjden, my area in Stockholm, and the same goes for the race. Last time I ran it I came fourth, due to taking a wrong turn. I lost one minute and was still only three seconds from third place. I really want revenge and to get that third place. A race that takes place one week later is Stockholm Marathon, which I'll miss too. I don't want to participate, I don't think my body would have any problems making it but I'm not sure that I got the mental strength to stand four hours of running yet. However my good friend thinks he has, and I believe him. We've known each other for about six years, and we've been running together for almost as long. I really wish I could be there when he ran the marathon and cheer him on so he can get a time under four hours. Well, at least I got the second best thing, I got to prepare him for the race. We met trice in Stockholm. First we ran together for some good old stair running. There is a 200 step stair in Mälarhöjden that we like to use for training, it really gives you spaghetti legs when you're done. The second time we just met up in the evening to meet and talk about stuff with two other friends. The third time was running again, this time with another friend of ours too. After 2 km of running we got to a place where we used to train when we were in top shape, something my friend needed to get into. We took a break there before agreeing to run our old course at top speed, just like we used to do. It was the fastest two kilometers I've run in quite a while, that's for sure, unlike when I run solo I managed to give it my absolute all, and feel like I had trouble standing for a while after. I did lose with half a meter in the end, which is great as my friend is the one who's supposed to be in shape for running 42 kilometers, not me. After the run it felt wonderful to have done a really great race for the first time in quite a long while. Now it's time for me to "run" the two last months of school, just like I ran that race. Oh well, enough whining. Summer is coming and there are great things in Sundsvall too. The 25 April there's going to be a masquerade, the theme is heroes. I'm really looking forward to it, but ... what should I wear? If you got any ideas or know any sites with cheap costumes, please write in the comments. I've decided that my budget is 35 euro. See you folks |
AuthorName's Leo, 26 years old journalist. Previous Global Trendwatching Student at Hogeschool van Amsterdam in Amsterdam and Journalism student att Mittuniversitetet in Sundsvall. Also actor, chess player, runner and e-sportsman. Archives
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