David - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Rational, yet idealistic. Social and open-minded, yet fiercly loyal to friends and family. Meticulous, yet able to know when enough is enough. Creative, yet laid-back. Kind, yet hot-tempered. Poor, yet a big spender when it comes to friends and social events. Musical, yet I can't play the guitar. I guess that's me in a nutshell. Are you any wiser?

My Interests

Music, movies, comic books, writing, my guinea pigs, spending time with my girlfriend Malin, socializing with friends.

I'd like to meet:

Prince. I'd ask him to teach me how to play the guitar and then record an unplugged album just the two of us.

Music:

Prince, Depeche Mode, A-ha, Army of Lovers, Vacuum, Dive, Krister Linder, Alcazar, BWO, Andreas Vollenweider, Enigma, Maxwell, Erasure, Pet Shop Boys, Di Leva, Outkast, Freak Kitchen, Dio, Madonna, Parliament - well, there is not a lot I dislike, really.

Movies:

Guinea pig Abby loves her parsley

This is a small movie with our dearly departed guinea pig Abby, muching away on parsley. This movie was captured in August 2006. She passed away in late September due to complications following surgery.I take a special interest in "historical" movies with flamboyant outfits and/or swordplay (Amadeus, Farinelli, Moulin Rogue, Conan, Gladiator, etc.). I also like movies adapted from comicbooks (Batman Begins, X-Men, The Crow, etc.)

Television:

Lost, Medium, Desperate Housewives, Lois & Clark, Ornen, The Simpsons

Books:

Alan Moore: "Voice of the Fire" and "V for Vendetta", Dan Brown: "The Da Vinci Code", anything by Olov Svedelid, Jan Guillou and Kjell Eriksson.

Heroes:

My grandmother was nearly blind but always had a song and a smile for me and was the world's greatest meatball chef. My mother turned her life around and started studying after the age of 45. I suddenly discovered from where I got the urge to learn new stuff all the time.

My Blog

Howard Jones is an old man

I saw Howard Jones on TV the other night, and I thought, "Jeez, how old he looks." It's at times like that that we are reminded about the passage of time and our own mortality. I remember when he was ...
Posted by David on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 06:02:00 PST

Miami Vice Season 2

Order has been restored to the Haglund abode; yet another season of Miami Vice is currently being consumed!I've always had fond memories of the original series, something to do with watching it with m...
Posted by David on Sat, 12 May 2007 04:26:00 PST

My IQ

Did one of those IQ tests. Did pretty OK, but my math skills suck. No surprise there, really. But the test was made for Americans, that's kind of obvious when you get questions about nickels and dimes...
Posted by David on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 02:54:00 PST

A man is snoring in my living room

Hectic week, I must say. Filled with stupid people and stupid requests like "I want a price and a time estimate for the translation of a text that has not yet been written".But now the weekend and the...
Posted by David on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:31:00 PST

There's a new piggie in town

This weekend, we adopted a new guinea pig called Ichigo (Japanese for "strawberry"). Our Teddy had been alone ever since Abby died a few weeks ago, and we've been worrying about her being lonely durin...
Posted by David on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:03:00 PST

I don't think I can take another Friday like this...

Last Friday my pet died, and this Friday my grandfather Johan Manfred Valentin Länsmans died suddenly.I knew he was in bad shape, he had Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD or KOL in Swedish),...
Posted by David on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 02:24:00 PST

My pet just died

Abby is gone. Abbisen. Lilla Bubblan. Lilla lejonet.I feel so very sad. We put her through surgery, thinking it would save her life. Instead, she never recovered and died alone at the animal hospital....
Posted by David on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:54:00 PST

I'm With Stupid

Just got back from the PSB show in Stockholm! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeha!
Posted by David on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 03:52:00 PST

Never had a blog or a diary...

...so this feels a bit creepy. I'm having a terrible cold right now. I think Malin infected me. But it was my own fault, I'm a sucker for kisses.
Posted by David on Fri, 07 Apr 2006 02:18:00 PST