This is odd...

but I'm about to start my twelfth year of school, in just three weeks! We are now becoming the oldest, the ones to look up to. I can't believe it. Our future is really ahead of us now, what are we suppose to do with our lives? Some of my friends already have everything sorted out for them: where to work, what to do, where to study. I have absolutely no idea!

But this is what I'd like:
I'm moving for at least six months to the UK, working somewhere, living cheap. Doing what I can to work up my English and get me some working experience. Life is so short, why isn't there just enough time! There is so much I want to do with my life, I can't believe it! Crazy...

Tip!
Read "Bridget Jones's Diary". Hilarious!

Let's finish off with some oldies but goodies!

 

It's the end of an era...

As Carrie from "Sex and the city" might have said it. Now it's done, it's all over. I've seen the last Harry Potter movie, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2".
I can't believe it's the end. Somehow I don't want it to end! For half of my life, Warner Bros. has been spitting out new scenes from this spectacular world that we all so desperately (well, at least all HP-fans) wants to be a part of! Imagine being inside that world, living and doing everything that they do. I still remember lines from the first movie clearly in my head (in Swedish since the movie was dubbed). And perhaps after the fifth movie I was caught. Before that, I was just a kid watching these movies because I, simply, just liked to watch movies.

May I say this last movie was the answer to many questions (well, actually, I've read the book but still!). I loved it! I loved the scenery, the actors, the effects, the music, everything! Maybe it's not the best movie I've ever seen, and not the best Harry Potter movie, but right now I'm just caught up in this world, wishing I also got a letter from Hogwarts when I turned eleven.

Of course all of this is wishes and hopes, but maybe, on some level, there's is another world somewhere. Perhaps on another planet, or maybe all of us has a world of our own. However, the world of Harry Potter has ended and is now only able to be enjoyed over and over again. Nothing new, no secrets. Just eight fantastic movies!

So thank you J.K Rowling. Thank you, British film industry for all your marvelous work and thank you, British actors! What would the film industry be without you?

What's next?

It's all about hard work!

Congratulation, all you guys I know that know are carrying around a drivers licence! I'm really proud of you! My birthday's November 27 so I have to wait some months before it's my turn. I've just started driving with mom and dad and everything's still really scary and hard. Engine breakdown after engine breakdown, before I get away. In 20 km/h. I really do need to drive a lot more before putting myself behind the wheel in a car at Haga Trafikskola.

It's all about hard work!

Today I'll be leaving Norrköping for a while and head off for Söderköping, meeting up with Oscar and Malin! Hopefully we'll have a great evening and because of a ridiculous bus schedule I'll be staying the night at Oscar. Yesterday, hopefully, I will join mom and dad out in the country house, perhaps drive a bit more.

Have a nice one, you guys!

Even if the evenings are a bit lonely sometimes...

and even if every sound in the apartment is the sound of a murderer, it's a bit funny that the weather always gets great. Too cold to be sitting in the balcony, too tired to even stay awake. The weather has been nice these last few days, I've been to Malmö and had myself a little vacation with the family. I'm longing to meet Linus again (even though we just met three days ago!) and longing to no longer be sleeping alone in my bed.
We got a pretty nice view from our kitchen window, and that's were the sun goes down. And as I said, the weather is always perfect in the evenings just about when the sun goes down. It's a bit calming to have it there with me, in these lonely times. Oh, all the things I'd do for a job right now.

Anyway, I will be putting up some pictures at my niece Lexie later but right now you'll be wishing you'd be here with me, watching the sunset from my kitchen window. (Unless you're at Peace & Love of course)

I just love breakfast!

My breakfast is pretty massive, I'm always very hungry when I wake up in the mornings. So I eat a BIG bowl of cereals (they are suppose to be about 30 g) and two pieces of bread with Philadelphia cheese, Garlic and herbs. I like it because it's giving me flashbacks from London. That's what we ate in our hotelroom in the mornings.
Without breakfast in the mornings, I collapse during the day. If I don't eat breakfast, my whole day is ruined and I can't focus at anything and I'm just longing to go home and just sleep.
Over all, I <3 breakfast. I could never be without it.

this is just what I needed this morning

so this is summer vacation?

This morning I woke up, feeling rested, and I just needed to open my eyes a millimetre when I knew: I won't be doing anything today. It really sunk in when I got up and looked outside the window. Rain is pouring down and I closed the window, the chilly wind found is way inside my room when I pulled up the curtain. This is a day to just sit inside, waiting for hunger so that I can eat (my biggest pleasure) and rolling my thumbs. I already know my evening is doomed to be home related since I've got time in the laundry room tonight.

Should this be a great way to start my summer vacation? I don't think so. I guess I just will be heading to the library, see if there's any interesting books or magazines that I'd like to borrow. Also I need to pay my debt for lending in Vogue one day late (10 kr).

Hopefully rest of the weekend will offer some great adventures, maybe meeting up with Oscar and Malin tomorrow. We're hoping for better weather then!
Have a great summer, guys! I'm looking forward to third grade with joy! TTYL

the worlds most beautiful dress

And now it's mine!
Thank you, mom and dad!

Yeah, work it.

Feels so nice to be done!

So I'm done, I think. Every assignment, all of those that I cursed just a few weeks ago are now done! Just that last assignment in English that I'll be writing tomorrow morning.
Although I'm not pleased with my grades. I will talk to my dramateacher tomorrow, I'm hoping for a MVG since I won't be getting it in any other subject. I got a VG in both athletics and dance! I don't know what it is, they just say that I've been developing. "You've really been blossoming, Sally!". Apparently not enough! I really thought I had a chance in both those subjects, and in English but that has flown out the window.
It really sucks because everything is just going down, everyone else manage to get MVG's in all of their subjects and I hate to get that stupid VG! I want to be the best! Why can't they see how hard I'm trying?!

In a way i just want to study more, since I'm don't have a job this summer, and in another I just want to get the hell of there as quickly as possible. Envious of all those people graduating in just a week. I believe I just want it to be over...

I really shouldn't be having a blog

I'm just really bad at updating, I just like to read other blogs rather than my own. Well, at least there are some good things to mention.
De Geergymnasiet won the dogdeball yesterday at Gymnasieslaget. That our danceteam didn't won is just ridicoulus.
I passed Math B this year, feels amazing!
My MVG in English B has flown out of the window, bye bye!
I'm mostly home alone these days since mom and dad rather sleeps out on the countryside. I'm longing to live alone! (In a much smaller apartment since this is a bit scary when it gets dark. But if someones outside the window I apparently are dreaming. Not many people climb six floors up. Or do they?!)

I need more pictures and I think that I'll have some after tonight because we are going to Mirjam for a party tonight. And Linus and I were allowed to borrow mom's car so then I can bring my camera without having to carry everything around. My mom's great! Remember that!
Have a nice evening everybody. (I'll try)

English speaking and a motherfucking cock-sucking VG!

I got a straight VG on the English National tests. I was so angry and so disappointed, I really thought I had a chance at this! It's so irritating, I was 6 points from a MVG. Why didn't I pay more attention or just was better at it! And I know that writing will go really bad, it felt bad when I handed it in. We have the last test on friday, speaking. And I'm really nervous, nowadays my English speaking is so bad! I start to stutter and don't find the words, just gets quiet or let someone else speak instead. And I really want to impress my English teacher but I promise you I can kiss that MVG good-bye from now on.
I usually will try not to curse to much in English, because it's a bad habit and hard to get away. But right now I feel like this: FUCK!
Promise I won't say it anymore, Jesper.

One good thing is that I ran "Vårruset" two days ago and I managed to run the whole thing (5 km) nonstop on 35 minutes! I felt really energetic and just kept going. Drottninggatan was pretty tough, but still, it went fine. And then we got our delicious picnic basket. It was a really nice evening.

The premiere is on this sunday on the museum of art, I can't believe it. Right now I just like to get it overwith. My monologue is so long, it'll take forever!
Also there's nothing on TV anymore..

At least this cheers me up!

Girlfriend in a coma

Nowadays I really prefer reading English litterature and it feels nice now when there's a flow. I also feel like I'm doing something useful as well.
Right now we're reading an English novel in English class and I'm reading "Girlfriend in a coma" by Douglas Coupland. And it's really affecting me in  a way a book has never done before. I'm getting scared about falling in to a coma and never waking up again. Also this girl has a baby, while in her coma, and the story is told by her boyfriend who made her pregnant on their first try, in a ski hill!
I wished I had more time to read, I'm not even trough half of it. Also it needs to get done in a few weeks.
If you get some extra time, please read it. And in that case, in English.

Things are getting better...

Thank God, now most of the things for the shows at The museum of art. Our poster's done, shows and rehearsals might actually work, after all. Sure, we got a millions to do besides that, but at least most of the practical things are done. Good job, group!

Did you hear about Ola Lindholm? Would that man be taking drugs? The guy I remember from "Myror i brallan", one big profile for our youth, is taking drugs and getting caught? Personally I don't believe it, after reading his blog. http://www.olalindholm.blogspot.com/
He has an annoying voice and such, but still, I guess he his a good guy. He seemed nice, when he lead "Wildkids". After all, he was pretty much all over TV when we were younger...
Hope justice beats the falsehood.
Some of you might know that I'm trying to stay of sweets for a month and it's not going well. I'm cheating with other stuff than just candy. Everyone knows chocolate is my biggest desire and I'm having a hard time staying away from it, just because I got so much of my favourite chocolate at home after a big sale at Netto.
I really need to pull myself together, I'm acting ridiculously childish. I can live my life without it!
You know I weight 10 kg more when I started upper secondary school and I never want to get that big again. And for the record, I'm running "Vårruset" in one week. 5 km! We'll see how that'll turn out.

Keep staying healthy, and keep listen to Veronica Maggio!
"Satan i gatan", I love it!

Falsehood = osanning

There's a lot to do right now...

We just got this pile of assignments that needs to get done before summer. At least one thing in each subject, and every day from now on, I need to dedicate at least two hours to studying. No weekends from now on, this will be my fulltime job.
Here's what's needed to get done:

- Study math for national test
- Read an English novel
- Write an essay in social studies
- Study for English national tests
- Memorize and prepair the monologues
- Prepair for the Swedish report
- Study for the test in modern art
- Study for the test in social studies
- Study for the test in psychology
- Write the theatre diary
- Have a life!

If something comes up in athletics as well, I don't know what I'll do. It's crazy I tell you!

I better go study some math, translate some words into English and read "Girlfriend in a coma". It better be an exciting book, or else I don't know that to do.
Maybe I'll pop in some words of the day later, if there's time.
Bye bye, butterflies!

Almost freezing to death

I got out and ran this morning, 1,5 lap around Strömmen. But I forgot something: it was a lot warmer last week! I was wearing my Nike pants, that breaths and let's everything just go trough. And a collegejacket. My body feels now no limit for heat, I just want more and more. My skin gets dehydrated from the water in the shower and I could use a bath in body lotion. Hot body lotion of course.
I will warm my body by finishing my report about fashion and study more about generations and all such things. I really should be starting my essay in social studies as well.
There's a lot going on right now.

At least I can warm myself with the feeling of my new skirt that my mother bought me yesterday. I love it so much!

No, let's focus! Time for summarizing! Have a nice (and hopefully warmer soon) day!

If I had the money

Everything I want for myself cost a fortune. I want to travel, buy expensive clothes, expensive magazines, live at fancy hotels and buy presents for everyone. I want to have a good education, perhaps abroad and that cost as well. And I really don't have a lot of money. 1050 kronor a month, just like every other students my age (unless they're spoiled by their parents). That's why it's really nice to find cheap and beautiful items that makes me happy (at least for a while).
Today me and Linus went to Hageby Centrum for their one year anniversary. And there I found one thing that I first regretted but later enjoyed. It was the book "1000 places to see before you die". It's a guide over remarkable places worth seeing. And that's one, just one, of the reasons I'd like to go travel a little more today.
We later went to "Myrorna" because Linus wanted to look for an outfit for our monologue project at The museum of Art. And they just got in some brand new shoes, and I found one pair for only 50 kronor. I got them right away and I really like them. Maybe I have to live a little bit parsimonious for the rest of the month, but at least it made me happy. For a while.

They might look brown, but they're actually yellow.

Parsimonious = snålt

In some way, I just feel done with school by now

I will soon be finishing my 11th year in school, and that is with no finished education, which means a job is hard to find. Which means I have to go to university.
Maybe I'd like to go the estate agent education at Malmö Högskola but I don't know. Yesterday, I saw this school for courier abroad which seemed interesting. But I don't know. They say aim for the stars, and maybe that's what I need to do. Actually, tourism is a subject I'd really like to learn more about. And also I wished that someone could just magically inplant Spanish in to my head and then I knew it. I'm working hard on my English, I should be working twice as hard in Spanish but there's just no time!
So many dreams, so little time. Maybe I should just venture to take over and the world, and rule it. Where's the university with that education?

Me llamo Sally y yo tengo muchos sueños = My name is Sally and have a lot of dreams

Picture by Sally Mann.
A photographer named Sally is worth attention

Me and Linus chillout weekend

Me and Linus has just been chilling out the whole weekend and I'm not looking forward going to school tomorrow. But I guess everybody has to do it.
And I'm still a bit sad that I don't have a job for the summer yet. It really sucks, actually...

We were having dinner at the balcony this evening. It sure has been hot today and we've been working on our tan out on the countryside. Now we're home alone and about to brush our teeth. Time to get back to reality.
Good night everybody!

The Notebook

Right now I'm reading the novel "The notebook" by Nicholas Sparks. I must say I'm loving it so far. I yet haven't seen the movie and I'm looking forward to it. The book is just what I like: A lovestory with difficulties and limitations. It's about 250 pages long, just enough, because I'm having a hard time finishing a long book when I know there's a lot more left to read while reading the book. I know the movie is loved by a big audience and I hope the movie won't disappoint me after I finished the book.
I recommend this book for people that need to read to practice their English, such as I have to. There are simple diauloges and my only issue with the book so far is that their using American English. I know that it's not a great difference but I do get a little bit irritated when they use words as "color" instead of "colour" or put Z in many words. For me, I enjoy British English and the British accent.
And speaking of that, I'm longing to go to London again.

Me and Linus took the first dip in the ocean yesterday and it was so cold it hurt. But I'm glad we did it. I believe it's the earliest dip I've ever taken.
I hope you don't follow my example and stay inside, the weather is just lovely and we have to enjoy it while we can. Have a sunny day, everybody. And remember, Easter ain't over and there is still a lot of candy out there to be eaten.

Goodbye!

Limitations = begränsningar

Words of the day

Immerse - fördjupa sig i
Ostentatious - vräkig
Narrate - redogöra, skildra, berätta
Advantage - förmån
Occupational pension - tjänstepension

Celebrating Easter

We spoke before the easter break in English class about how we celebrate Easter. I certainly don't believe why this should be a special holiday to celebrate or even do something special about.Sure Jesus was crucified and resurrected but does that make it a reason to put up feathers and chickens in every window, and eat all of this food that we just ate, this Christmas! For me, I just want an excuse to eat more candy than I should and maybe get some money in my easter egg as well. And that, people, is a good reason to celebrate Easter!

Have a happy holiday!

Resurrect = återuppstå

Words of the day

Encounter - möta, träffa på
Occupied - upptagen, bebodd
Affectionate - hängiven
Occasionally - emellanåt
Prejudice (sub) - fördom

working as a telemarketer

...and quitting as a telemarketer. For three days I stood out, I hated that place. My job was to sell underwear to men over the phone, and I tell you, it didn't go well. I sold two pairs of underwear and one pair of socks on three days. And not only did I hate the job, just sitting on a chair and call phone number after phone number, but I also hated the boss. He seems sleazy and I have no idea what he and the arabic girl were doing when they both went away to another room for a while. He seems like the kind of guy who could pay a little bit extra for a blowjob. I really hope not.
I had enough when he passed me, touched my shoulder and asked "did you only got those numbers that aren't being answered?". Shut up, you dirty old man and get out of my face, I thought over and over, angrily in my head. So me and Adela (the girl who also started working this week) packed our stuff and I told him "Me and Adela are quitting on immediate effect" and so we went.
I'm pretty sure he got angry but I really don't care, because he can sit in that apartment and look over his slaves. I'm not one of them anymore. Thank God.

Have a nice day!

Immediate effect = omedelbar verkan  (direkt översatt, bör nog inte användas formellt. Use immediatly instead.)

Words of the day

Use these at National Tests and Jesper will be impressed

Reluctantly - motvilligt
Beautifying - förskönande
Terrifying - skrämmande
Posture - hållning
Rekindle - återuppväcka

The first and perhaps most important inlay of all

My name is Sally and my goal for English B is to get a MVG. My (gorgeus) English teacher says I'm close to it, but I need to develop my writing and vocabulary. That's why I thought of the idea of starting an English blog. I hope this will help me write a whole lot more in English and by that improve my sentences and texts. When I use a word even I needed to look up in the dictionary, I will underline that word and put the meaning of it at the bottom of the inlay.

As a start I thought I'd write a bit about my present project in a course called modern art. I've decided to write about the biggest fashion lines and designers, and what their signatures are. I'm writing about Dior, Prada, Gucci, Chanel, Roberto Cavalli and Ralph Lauren. The project has to be done in a week and really don't have a lot of time on my hands.
So what is the signatures of these great designers? I decided to go deep into the spring collections and I'm reading Vouge like crazy. You can borrow British Vouge from the library for free for a week and that's what I'm doing right now. There I can look at the ads and by that find out how the designers were thinking this season. Also I use Internet to find out more about the past, present and future looks of this fabulous fashion gurus.
Some are really easy like Chanel (which use a special fabric for most of their garments) and Roberto Cavalli (who is really in to animal print, mostly from snakes, and fringe)
I need to hurry up with this assigment in order to get it done. I've got one rapport and one powerpoint to do, preferably before easter.

Have a nice day!