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ragnar rael

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My Interests

Feminism, pineapple plants, romance romance romance, addictive blissful sex, skateboarding, taking photographs, filming, drawing, editing video, editing photographs, playing games, reading good books and articles, poetry and creative writing, political activism, listening to music (I love listening to music), making music, nightlife, partying, dancing (especially like a broken robot), cooking, learning (I like to know how things work and why), watching people and wonder how kind of lives they're living (people are fascinating), talking shite, outdoor swimming, volleyball, skiing, horseriding, walking, running to catch the bus/train, watching good tv- shows and movies, drinking tea and making tea, travelling, speaking different languages (i speak 5 languages), meeting people, pretending...

Music:

I like these artists: Ida Bra, Harpa Lind, Birta Hrund, The HRIB, The Knife, The Concretes, Frida Hyvönen, kids of the ranch, Taken by Trees, Lykke Li, Bodies of Water, The Kinks, Marina Gallardo, Miss Universum, Lisa Ekdahl, COCONUT RECORDS, THROW ME THE STATUE, Kavinsky, BLOODGROUP, Pharcyde, MORIARTY, April Stevens, Miniature Tigers, Katze, Tommy James and the Shondells, Flight of the Conchords, Daniel Johnston, Springfactory, Skakkamanage, The Real Estate Agents, SebastiAn, Stella Rocket, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, MGMT, Born Ruffians, Tears for Fears, Regina Spektor, Róisín Murphy, Black Lips, Selda Begcan, DJ Mehdi, Super Aquello, The Kills, Retro Stefson, Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers, Soko, Death Cab for Cutie, Doris Day, Beirut, Cake on Cake, Le Bombe, Miss Li, the pastels, Sara Berg, Ebb, Arnór Heiðar aka DJ Alþingi, A.V.E., ICE, little feeble me, Rhondda & The Runestone cowboys, No-Class, Instrumental, ByssuPiss, Missy Elliot, Isen Biter, Ricky Berger, Karen Ann, The Shins, Q Lazzarus, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Yeah, M.I.A., The Wedding, The Decemberists, Suburban Kids With Biblical Names, LCD Sound System, Jens Lekman, Deerhoof, Klaxons, Of Montreal, Stereo Total, Moldy Peaches, Rampa, Yelle, Crystal Castles, GROSSSTADTGEFLÜSTER,047, A Red Sun Rises, AIR, Alanis Morisette, American Analog Set, Animal Collective, Architecture in Helsinki, Audrey Hepburn, Au Pairs, Au Revoir Simone, Dj Axel Foley, Babyshambles, Badly Drawn Boy, Baka Hakuzin, Bark Bark Bark, Bikini Kill, Billie Holiday, Birds on Holiday, birdy nam nam, Boards Of Canada, bobek, Bob Hund, Bob Marley, boy with robot, Broder Daniel, Brotherhood of Broken Hearts, Cardigans, Ceasars Palace, Coco Rosie, CSS, Culture Club, The Cure, Daft Punk, Dave Brubeck, David Bowie, Death in Vegas, Detektivbyrån, Devo, Dj Shadow, Dúkkulísur, Electric Witch, Emmon, Erykah Badu, Etta James, Familjen, Flaming Lips, FM Belfast, France Gall, Friðjón "FRISSI" aka Embergoose, Ghostigital, Håkan Hellström, Herbaliser, Hjálmar, Hooverphonic, Hot Chip, Hryðjuverk, Jeans Team, Jenni, Jenny Wilson, John Lennon, Joy Division, Kate Nash, Kate Wax, Katie Melua, Kent, Kimya Dawson, Kitsune, Knifehandchop, The Konki Duet, Kraftwerk, Lady Sovereign, Lady Tron, Lamb, Lauryn Hill, Lay Low, Le Tigre, Led Zeppelin, Leitmotiv, Lil Babs, Loji, Malaria!, Mamimi Fouksong, Mark Mothersbaugh, Memphis Minnie, meso meso, Midlake, Muffin, Muse, Nabila, New Young Pony Club, Nina Simone, Orbital, The Others, Patti Smith, Peter Björn and John, Petter & the Pix, Pizzicato Five, PJ Harvey, Portishead, Powder Puff, Radiohead, Red Snapper, Reykjavik, Robots in Disguise, Roxy Cottontail, Rubies, Röyksopp, Sage Francis, Scream Club, Shugo Tokumaru, Sigur Rós, Sikora, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Skátar, Slagsmålsklubben, Sleasy, Smoke City, Snook, Society Suckers, Sonic Youth, Sophie Rimheden & Annika Holmberg, Sparks, Special People, Suzanne Vega, Tek Box, The B52's, The Band, The Beatles, The Carrots, The Go! Team, The Memphis Jug Band, The Only Ones, The Panda Band, The Plan, The Rapture, The Ronettes, The Shangri Las, The Tough Alliance, The Who, Tom Waits, Travis, Viking Moses,this lady next door who seems to be a great troubadour (if you ever read this then i have to say "i like your artistical sounds")...

Movies:

Mister Buddwing, Dan in Real Life, Paris je t'aime, Rainer Werner Fassbinder's movies, Grand Hotel, My Own Private Idaho, Baraka, Persepolis, Children of Heaven, The Darjeeling Limited, The Constant Gardener is one of the most lifechanging, heartful and beautiful movies ever made... Eagle vs. Shark, Everything from Lukas Moodyson who is also a great poet... Volver (Todas las películas de Pedro Almodóvar)... Tim Burton's ... Studio Ghibli films melt my heart: Grave of the Fireflies (the best Anti War movie ever made - it made me cry my eyes out), My Neighbour Totoro, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Kiki's Delivery Service, Porco Rosso, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Princess Mononoke... basically everything from Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli. I heart Studio Ghibli... Juno, Chocolat... One of the funniest scenes I've ever laid my eyes on is from Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - when their rescuing the soundman, from bad men, wearing wet suits and armed with pistols and harpoon guns - then there's the song "The Dance" by Mark Mothersbaugh playing in the background and the whole scene is just hilarious... Spike Jonez's, Almost Famous, Amélie, Vertigo...

Television:

Rachel's Favourite Food (her accent is wonderful),VBS.tv, Peep Show, Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace, mia och klara (svt.se), Flight of the Conchords, League of Gentlemen, IT Crowd, Mighty Boosh, Faktum (svt.se), Kobra (svt.se), Existens (svt.se), Rebellen (svt.se), Kontroll (svt.se), Jobba Jämnt (svt.se), Gladpack, Mumin, Pingu, Mellan Dig och Mig (svt.se), REA (svt.se), Bolibompa (svt.se), Björnes Magasin (svt.se), Seinfeld, Stelpurnar (Stod2.is), BBC FOOD, Himalaya with Michael Palin, The Simpsons, Futurama...

Books:

Fröken Märkvärdig och Karriären, Fittstim, everything from Linda Skugge, Hjarta þitt er stjarna sem skín í heila mínum eftir Lukas Moodyson, Karin Boyes diktsamlingar, Gömda, About a Boy, Kaldaljós (Vigdís Grímsdóttir), Slaughterhouse 5, Miss Universum, Strangehaven, The Secret life of Food, Bland tomtar och troll, Trollmors kokbok, Sólskinshestur, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind...

Heroes:

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My Blog

popular pam and lonely lisa

popular pam and lonely lisa   popular pam has many friends -of course she has- they laugh and have fun -of course they do- .. even when pam is alone -she doesn't feel lonely- popular pam is n...
Posted by ragnar rael on Sat, 04 Oct 2008 02:06:00 PST

islenska kronan og einelti

islensku kronurnar minar er svo mikil grey tar sem evran er ad leggja taer i einelti her i helsinki... eg tori varla lengur ad fara i sjoppu tar sem evrur eiga tad til ad hanga fyrir utan verslanir.....
Posted by ragnar rael on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:42:00 PST

straight to the heart

  straight to the heart   your infinitely inspiring beauty -a hit- my admiration blushes ...  your effortlessly devoted compassion -a hit- my chest feels ...  your way of t...
Posted by ragnar rael on Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:56:00 PST

things and stuff in helsinki

  thanks to natalie for this quizzy but there are also few notes at the very bottom of this quiz   1) Who will you be with Saturday night?picknickers and berghain leather wampires 2...
Posted by ragnar rael on Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:16:00 PST

asian lovers

  me and pirita are sitting in her living room and listening to latino music... it makes me think and i say: "nobody ever mentions asian men in terms of good lovers!" pirita: "but are they good...
Posted by ragnar rael on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:56:00 PST

berlin part 2 of 3

  it is very hard for me to try and write a blog about my first days in berlin and the week after with atli... oops... i seem to have forgotten a lot of things... but here's my effort to descri...
Posted by ragnar rael on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:38:00 PST

atli´s choice

hej hej :D i haven't been online for 2 days and being so long without myspace is quite frankly very hard... haha :) well here are some fun points: *kreutzberg, oh how i love you *being with atli every...
Posted by ragnar rael on Sun, 22 Jun 2008 02:38:00 PST

the goodbye and my first day in berlin

i'll mix both detailed texts and funny notes/points/quotes in this blog wednesday june 11 2008 location: reykjavik The Goodbye "i know of two toothbrushes, one pink and one green, who spent the ni...
Posted by ragnar rael on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:23:00 PST

my plans for this lovely summer

looking forward for this summer this summer will be great for me because i can just do whatever and i don't have to work until in september!... but first of all i'm moving to berlin and that mak...
Posted by ragnar rael on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:58:00 PST

a room or an apartment in berlin :)

i need an apartment/room in berlin for the summer but preferably for at least 1 year :)so if you know of something or can give me any tips then please let me know :)basic info:*i can start renting imm...
Posted by ragnar rael on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 06:16:00 PST