Live/promo shots

Tomorrow I will take my first real live photographs at a concert. I did take photos on a jazz gig at Fasching Jazz Club in 2006, but I barely knew my camera at that time. So I am very nervous, especially since my camera can't take high ISO and that's what it takes... So we'll see if I'll show you some later on...

This one of my favourite live shots:

Salem al Fakir
Copyright: Christian Ekblad

This blog

I've had this blog since late January 2008. The last couple of months the amount of visitors has increased. It's not a giant amount of visitors compared to other blogs, but I find it exciting!

This map is from my Google Analytics account (great stuff!) and shows a map over where my visitors are oriented. Yeah, sure most of the ones all over the world hasn't returned to my site, but I do have some returning from USA, Australia and England (a part from Sweden of course...) WHO ARE YOU guys? Is there anything special you find interesting? Swedish readers, does it bug you that I write in English? Would anyone of you want me to write more or less about something?

Shopping

Today I bought myself a top from Forever21 at Kameleonten. A really nice black party top with open back. Great with jeans, chinos or skirts. Last week I felt like shopping at Supremebeing's homepage as well, they have some of my favourite clothes on sale... God damn it. And I miss the brand Miso. Why can't we have brands like american Forever21, british Miso or Australian Morocco in Sweden? Awesome dresses, pretty cheap, not the best quality, but how often do you actually use dresses for years and years? Some yes, of course, those classical ones I'd buy from big quality brands. But seasonal party clothes - these brands are perfect. Not even H&M has a chance compared to them neither in style or price.

A dead snake

Busy

Since I'm getting more and healthy I'm also getting more and more close to my life before. My life before was filled with events and spontaneous happenings. My life for the last 6-12 months has been less and less outgoing, going to less events and only attending planned stuff. There are of course good and bad parts about going back to previous ways of living. So now I'm trying to figure out a life inbetween.

Anyhow, this weekend. Went to C, went shopping, he made the best pizza with every part of the pizza made by him (terrible wine though....), then we went to a opening night of an exhibition/photo battle with 10 of Sweden's best fashion photographers. For more information check this link!

We left quit early to Cobra Bar where my ex Art Director Fredrik from a past job had a good bye party/Dj session. It was good seeing him again, talking some shit and wishing him good luck in New York at a practice for six months! It's all his fault why I enjoy house music, he played fantastic tunes whilst we where there. You can follow his journey on the NudeYork website in a few days, I'll keep you posted.


Today I was supposed to go shopping for some birthday dinners with my pears, but I got this migraine so it was just to jump right into the bed and sleep for almost six hours with some pills... I missed out on the swim training session as well, that's the worse part. I really enjoy it and calling 1,5 h before and cancel is probably not popular for a five-six yo kid...

Now I'll try to watch a couple of old Sex and the City episodes and then sleeeep!

Finally!

It's Saturday. I don't really have the time to sit here, but hey, sometimes you just can't avoid it... Very soon I'll be at C's place. I've been looking forward to this all week. We met shortly this Thursday before one of his photo shoots, I just felt how much I missed him. I will still mostly study at his place, but just being in the same apartment is a feeling of joy and relief kinda.


Fantastic tune by John Mayer - Dreaming with a broken heart

The show dance

Fantastic!

Contemporary Dance

Tonight it was the Swedish final of Let's Dance (Dancing with the stars). Laila Bagge lost against the worlds (any more?) strongest man Magnus. Typical Swedish thing to vote on the underdog. The less good one. Tonight actually the bad one.

Anyhow, I love dance. I've been dancing salsa, jive and samba. Not especially good, but I'd love to give it all a lot more time and chances. So, I have been watching programs like So you think you can dance, especially whilst living in Australia. Apparently my samba teacher, Gianne was in the top 10 of Australia's So you think you can dance this year. In the American version Mia Michels usually do the contemporary routines. Here are a couple of my favourites:



Laila and Tobias last show number was a contemporary routine. It's not avaiable yet though. But compare it to these videos when I upload it later on and that there is not that much of a difference between celeb Laila and the proffessional dancers...

Are you serious?!

Texas has a crisis

Ok. The dog, Texas, is soon to be nine months old. He is almost 50 cm high and weights somewhere around 17 kgs. Since the beginning he's been a crazy puppy running around, biting and playing with everyone, never a cuddly dog (except when really tired). For the last couple of weeks he's getting better and better with our exercises and listens a lot better. And he's started to be cuddly and jump up in my lap and sit there. Like as if I would be able to do anything with him there (I'm not a tiny person, so there is room...)! I think he is having a personality crisis and reckon he's a tiny dog, a lap dog.

Video from me and Texas training on the balance....

Today

Today I went on an interview. I want that job. So much. I love the company and the people are great. It would be so perfect. Fingers crossed people!

I'm having problem with the maths in school. It's not enjoyable at all. Not easy in any way. And since I realised that I doesn't necessarily need the course I kinda lost the tiny motivation I had to make it through. My motivation to do it anyway is that I've decided that I can't see my boyfriend before the test unless I have studied a lot more than now. And I really wanna see him! I prefered when we were almost living together, don't like being away from him or in my tiny (but cheap) room. Things you have to do whilst studying/trying to make it as a photographer...

Luxembourg here we coooome!

Yesterday we paid our tickets. Finally a trip planned!!! Yeeeees! C and I will go to Frankfurt - Luxembourg in early May, seeing one of his best friends and beautiful Italian girlfriend. This is soooo good. I'm so happy! Hopefully we'll be able to go to Alicante as well. It depends on how my economic situation will be at that time. I'd love to go to Italy as well. And dreaming about winning on Lotto so I can bring my love to my home in 2007 - Sunny Coast, Australia. Just enjoy the days in the surf, at Riba Kai at the Sunshine Plaza in Maroochydore drinking ice coffee (milk, ice cream, cream, coffee), laying in the sand at the wakeboard park shooting awesome photographs, bbq in the sunset, getting dress in wonderfull dresses, drinking asti with Erika and dancing at Vibes and Fridays/Wharf Tavern all night loooong! Having a pizza slize and coke in the sand with the feet in the water watching the sun rise over the Pacific Ocean. My looooord I miss those parts!

No see

Gosh, time has just been running passed. Sorry I haven't had time to write anything for a while. It's been my fathers birthday! Congrats Daddy! A part from that, an exam, lots of cleaning, cooking, laundry, walking, thinking, studying, party and of course hanging out with my love.

Today I had some mathematics. I need to step the game up now. For sure. It's too hard to just tag a long.

It's been one of those days when I reckon no human being is beautiful, sexy, cute, nothing - just ugly stuff on two legs. It's a very weird feeling, usually I'm walking around looking for models and beautiful people in general. But no-one caught my attention in any good way today.

Hahahaha

Chameleon

Am I a chameleon, afraid to be having a different look or just doesn't wanna take a side? When it comes to clothes that is. I've always seen myself as a chameleon, changing look/outfits after where I'm going/doing. Or putting on clothes that's the opposite of the rest (when I was like 12-17yo). I don't think anyone that knows me would say that I'm having a certain style. I've always seen that as a good thing or is it just weak? That I can't make a stand? I'm getting interested in different kinda fashion depending on what people I'm hanging out with. But without loosing other styles. One day I may be wearing proper "office"clothes, the other day super skinny jeans and a oversized tee or why not a fancy dress, perfect hair, high heels? Sometimes I wish I had one style. And the drive to get up a bit earlier every morning to get the outfit and make-up perfect every single day. But no, instead I look fancy one day, trashy another or lawyerish the next. What kinda style do you reckon I have? What style should I try to get into? What should I avoid?

Outfit of the day:
80's/90's look...
* The Petroff über80's pilot jacket from 1982
* High waisted normal fit Levi's
* Foo Fighters band tee
* Fluffy blonde hair under a snow white loose fit beanie
* Nike Blazer
* Red skin belt

Outfit of the day

A bit different today (not that I always look the same...):

* Superskinny high waiste jeans, dark blue from Wire
* Nike Blazer Special Edition from Trampolin (white/yellow)
* Red singlet from Tessie
* Oversized white tee with a lion print from Gina Tricot
* Hoody from Zoo York
* Original Pilot Jacket from Peltroff (Vintage)

just look and listen

Australia

Today, me and grand ma went for a lunch after school and another (!) trip to the cinema. Yes, third time in 8 days. We saw Australia (2008). I hadn't heard too much positive critics about it. But I really liked it. Very long though, almost 3 hours. It was kinda like two movies in one. After less than half I thought it was the end, but it all continued. I felt quit emotional a couple of times during the movie. It moved me, need less to day. Anyhow, I reckon you should see it, and at the cinemas if you get a chance whilst it still on!