Resultaten för skolvalet presenterades i Måndags. Skolvalet som jag förövrigt tyckte var en ganska rolig grej. Det var ganska många som röstade, ungefär 60% tror jag, vilket som får ses som ganska bra. Jag hade förväntat mig ett mindre deltagande faktiskt.
Men 60% ger ju en ganska bra bild av vad eleverna på skolan tycker och tänker, och kanske till och med kan det visa lite på hur det kan komma gå i det riktiga EU-valet.
Som sagt, resultatet presenterades i % samt antal röster etc. i Måndags. Så här såg det ut:
Så här ser det alltså ut, och jag måste säga att jag är ganska förvånad. Ganska oväntat tyckte jag det ändå var att miljöpartiet fick så många röster, och oväntat att folkpartiet fick så få. Det hade jag faktiskt inte trott. Annars kan man väl säga att resterande resultat var ganska väntade. Feministiskt Initiativ är på uppgång och 11% var i min mening inte alls särskilt förvånande.
Sverigedemokraterna vet jag inte vad jag hade väntat mig riktigt, 11% är ganska mycket, och om jag får uttrycka min åsikt så tycker jag personligen att det är tråkigt. Nu vet jag inte om alla röstade 100% seriöst men oavsett så är det tråkigt, tycker iallafall jag.
Det är med glädje och en tår i ögat som jag ser att Markus dragit upp Servactivity ur den kvicksand den snabbt sjönk ner i. Även om det är både roligt och givande att driva den här bloggen ihop med sina vänner tar det ofta på krafterna att hela tiden känna pressen att uppdatera bloggen. Därför gick, kan man kanske säga, bloggen i ide för ett par månader sedan.
Men nu, precis som vitsipporna slår ut i den välkomnade våren, ska även Servactivity blomma åter igen. En tid i mörkret går mot sitt slut, och vi på Servactivity kan skymta ljuset.
Efter att ha bläddrat igenom mina bilder på mobilen, hittade jag ett gäng bilder som jag tog när jag åkte skidor i vintras. Efter som jag inte skrivit någoting om detta (eller någonting överhuvudtaget) tänkte jag att jag kunde göra detta.
Men först kanske det vore på sin plats att visa upp bilderna jag tog. Jag är varken expertfotograf eller ägare av en kvalitativ kamera, men kanske kan man ändå uppskatta bilderna, även om bilden inte är så proffesionelt genomarbetat så är ju det svenska snölandskapet en fröjd för ögat!
Där har vi några utav dem iallafall.
Bilderna är alltså från sportlovet, som jag spenderade i Lövåsen som ligger 3-4 mil utanför Idre.Betydligt mindre än Idre är det också. Det finns möjligheter att åka utför och på längden. Förr om åren åkte jag alltid utför och tycker det är hyffsat roligt, men numera åker jag mestadels på längden. Detta beror på att slalombacken, likt det mesta i Lövåsen, har snart försvunnit. Mindre folk, speciellt under veckorna då stockholmarna inte har lov, är främsta orsaken till detta. Men jag klagar inte, det är faktiskt lite utav charmen med stället.
Längdskidåkning alltså, jag tycker faktiskt inte att det är speciellt roligt. Själva aktiviteten är, tycker jag, ganska trist. Men jag gör åker inte längdskidor på grund av att det är roligt, jag åker på grund av miljöerna. Det är få saker som är så lugnt och stillsamt som att åka ensam i ett skidspår i skogen. Enstaka åkare som glider förbi (tyvärr är det oftast så det är och inte tvärtom) och avlägsna ljud av skotrar och fågelkvitter. Det är få känslor som slår den att bara ställa sig helt stilla på spåret i skogen och ta in tystnaden. Det, även om jag inte uppskattar själva åkningen så värst, är någonting jag uppskattar väldigt mycket. Tystnaden blandat med den bländande vita snön som täcker allt utom granarna.
Jag har nu bytt språk på den här bloggen till Svenska, även om det kanske är bra att skriva på Engelska så är det roligare, och jag känner att jag kan uttrycka mig bättre på Svenska. Dessutom läser och skriver jag ju så mycket Engelska ändå så det kanske är på tiden att man skriver någonting på Svenka.
Förhoppningsvis kan jag nu också börja skriva lite mer regelbundet.
Since I haven't posted something here for a few week I think it's time. Therefore i have started a new thing in this blog. Top 5 Tuesdays, brilliant idea? Well, I think so.
Since i'm a fan of great movies I think it's appropriate to list my top 5 favourite movies. Here goes:
5. Batman: The dark knight rises The third and final film in Christopher Nolans astonishing Batman trilogy stands as the fifth best movie on my list. The movie starts out with a Bruce Wayne on decadence, a long way from the former Batman. But in regular order a new supervillian comes knocking on the door, in this movie, Bane, played by Tom Hardy, which forces Batman to return to his primer glory.
4. Titanic (1997)
Great movie with the Great Leonardo DiCaprio as main actor. Titanic is a heartsobbing story, revolving around the two characters Jack and Rose, played brilliantly by Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio. The movie is truly breathtaking, not only because of the characters, the acting and the story, but also because of the beautiful special effects in this movie.
3. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003)
The Lord of the Rings trilogy by Peter Jackson stands, for me, as the best movie trilogy of all time. The trilogy starts out with a feast in the shire and evolves into a cruel story about the One and Only Ring. The third and last movie is the most exciting of the three, with epic fightscenes and fantastic characthers it makes the third best movie of all time on my list.
2. Django Unchained (2012)
The second to best movie on my list is from my favourite director Quentin Tarantiono. This western movie is one of the coolest movies i've ever seen. The acting is nothing short of amazing and with actors such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Christoph Waltz and Jamie Foxx that might not be very surprising. The movie has a really great story, but the thing I will remember most about the movie is the soundtrack which in many ways helps this movie to attain a second place on my list.
1. Pulp Fiction (1994)
The number one on my list is for me unarguably the best movie ever. Yet another movie by Quentin Tarantio that is truly a masterpiece. Pulp fiction contains so many memorable quotes and amazing scenes that they are uncountable. With an astounding ensemble of actors this movie is the best ever to be done, and that's that. This is an has-to-watch movie i strongly recommend. Pulp fiction is my favourite movie by far, and most likely will be for a very long time.
Last week was a week full of experiences and memories. Five other students and I were in England together after we've been in an essay writing-competition. We did various interesting things on the trip. I am going to start off by writing about how we lived.
We lived on a bed & breakfast in Shrewsbury called The Old Station. Why is it called that, you might wonder? The answer to that question is that it used to be a railway station, and the railway was actually only literally one meter away from the wall. You also probably wonder if the trains didn't bother us, and guess what? They did. The place was however really nice and the couple owning the little B&B were awfully nice and humouristic. They sure did know how to entertain their guests. We only ate breakfast at this place but the breakfast was indeed incredibly satisfying. We got a meny and just crossed off everything we'd like to have in the morning. I ate toast, mushrooms, bacon and scrambled eggs. Heaven.
On the trip we did many things. For example, we went to the iron bridge. This is the first iron bridge in the world, and it was the start of the industrial revolution. Amazingly astonishing and beautiful. We also went to different elite schools, like Shrewsbury school and Adams Grammar School. These were very interesting to see. They all wear uniforms and are implausibly disciplined. It feels like you're in a movie when you walk through the corridor.
The last day we went to Oxford. We were going to look at the school as well as meet my brother who study there. We talked about school, ate good food, were shown around the city and had a nice time in general.
To summarize, the trip was great and we had a lot of fun. We learned a lot about history as well as about the culture and the language. England is extremely enjoyable but I prefer Sweden, all though I hope to return soon.
It feels like a life time ago I put any effort into this, let's admit it, not so, at least anymore, engrossing or fascinating blog. That is however going to change! I would say that before our autumn break, I was at least to a fair extent an avid blogger.
I guess I relaxed a bit too much during my time off and I haven't really got back on my feet since. I am looking for inspiration and to be honest I struggle to find something to write about which will elicit my dear readers to the degree I want it to.
My big passion in life is language. All languages enkindle me. I appreciate poems and I relish literature. My problem is however that I appreciate movies more than poems, and I relish football more than literature. My biggest wish is to madly fall in love in the world of books, but I don't know how.
Jane Austen once said:
"The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
I know for a fact that I certainly am not intolerably stupid, thus I conclude that I just have not gotten my hands on a good enought novel yet. My search continues.
I have often been asked, Aron, why do you play World of Warcraft? And instead of looking back at the inquirer with despair I've decided to describe to you, the thrill of gaming.
As anything in life, you start at rock bottom. Zero experience, zero knowledge, you are at nothing, an unknown. Then slowly you start gathering intelligence and your skill level starts to elevate. Soon, you find yourself in a team with friends, known or unkown, nationally or internationally, male or female, gay or straigth, muslim or christian it doesn't matter. You all share one common goal that can only be achieved through excellent teamwork and effort. You find yourself working together for HOURS, trying to overcome that wretched obstacle and accomplishing goals. And that is why I play, to play side-by-side to some of the greatest players out there, trying to figure out problems under pressure, feeling the stress build up and when the puzzle finally is cracked the rewarding feeling is what keeps you going, on and on. However I do appreciate that this is not something for everyone, and I'm sure there are many amongst you who will agree and others who don't understand how one can succumb into such nonesense. To you I've got nothing to add but hope that you are able to see this from another point of view, for to me gaming is a passion, and being passionate, is vital.
The rain outside is like music for my ears. My state of mind changes from wherever it might be, to a calm and relaxing state. Dreams and thoughts swirling around in my head, confusing me and giving me nights without sleep, gets structured, as if the sound of rain works as a map for my cogitations. Someone might call me a pluviophile. At least I would.
Rain inspired music magically appearing from my guitar, allowing my feelings to change form to chords and tunes.
Cookies, what is a cookie? Is it an emotion? I know for certain that I become full of joy when I detect a cookie, chocolate-chip cookie more specifically. But does the joy lie in cookie or within me? Is it correct of me to say that the cookie is joy, can I for instance call a cookie for joy? Would be corrected if I go to the store and say ''I want to buy some joy.'' Do I have specify myself when I say I am looking for joy? Is what I consider joy not joy for anyone else?
Is joy the product of mixing ingredients? Is there a recipe for joy? If so where can I find it? I would like a big batch of joy right now, but I know for a fact there are several joys in life. The feeling the same but the product different.
I become full of joy when I detect a chocolate-chip cookie, same when I detect a new tune, but I find less joy in a cookie with crusted raisins embedded within. Does to joy lie within me but is in need of a cookie to be allured, or does someone actually have the recipe for one of the things that I generalize as joy?
I have recently finished reading the book "the Smell of Apples", by Mark Behr. Unfortunately, I must say that the book striked me as rather boring. I see how the book is good in a teacher's point of view since it focuses a lot on history and different themes and, after all, we read it in literature class, so I am not surprised. No offense to the teacher, I think it is important to read these sort of books and I found them interesting, but this kind of literature is nothing I would dig my teeth in at home.
The story in itself is set in Cape Town, South Africa, and is about a young boy named Marnus and how life looks like through his perspective. I think it was fascinating reading about apartheid and the hate between different races in the novel and at the time. The author has made an exquisite job by interweaving racism into this book in this way. You find out about the situation in South Africa by reading about how a little boy is influenced and affected by the society. The main characters in the book are Marnus himself, his dad, mum, sister, best friend Frikkie, and the Mr. Smith (a military General in cover).
As aforementioned, I think this book is interesting as well as fascinating, but it is was in fact tedious, not to say deadening to read about this boy, really without any turn of events (exept in the end).
“Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.”
This is a quote from the Lord of the rings trilogy, which is my favourtite movie trilogy along with "Star Wars". There is just something about the movies that makes you very happy, I can't really put my finger on what it is, but it is something aboout them.
Therefore, I am very excited about the upcoming movie "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug". It is the sequel to the movie "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" and based on the book "Bilbo" by J.R.R Tolkien.
Unlike many others, I actually really liked the first movie about The hobbit and can't wait for the release of the second movie in December. I will also try to read the book, even thogh I have a hard time reading books by Tollkien as i often find them to detailed and in-depth, sure, his imagination is reallly impressive, but to read lots and lots of pages with details about something isn't for me. However, I will try to get through it in order to have a better experience watching the movie.
After I have seen it I will of course write down my thoughts and feelings in this blog.
If you're finding it difficult to maintain a dietary restriction and keeping your hands off unhealthy snack, just imagine good ol' Arnold shouting his lungs off at you! I hope you'll find this helpful!
