Posts published during december, 2009
1. The Shock Doctrine – Naomi Klein
2. Anne Franks Dagbok – Anne Frank
3. Mor Gifter Sig – Moa Martinson
4. Veganerna, en bok om dom som stör – Magnus Linton
5. Frihetlig Socialistisk Politik – Murray Bookchin
6. Kyrkbröllop – Moa Martinson
7. Vingklippt Ängel – Berny Pålsson
8. Det Omöjliga – Göran Sonnevi
9. Vadå Vegan – Lisa Gålmark
10. Det är vår bestämda uppfattning att om ingenting görs nu kommer det att vara för sent – Andreas Malm
11. Skrattets och Glömskans Bok – Milan Kundera
12. I Dalarne – Selma Lagerlöf
13. I Det Heliga Landet – Selma Lagerlöf
14. Gäst hos Verkligheten – Pär Lagerkvist
15. Stängsel och Öppningar – Naomi Klein
16. Kvinnor och Äppelträd – Moa Martinson
17. Sallys Söner – Moa Martinson
18. Temperamenten i kristlig belysning – O. Hallesby
19. Kungens Rosor – Moa Martinson
20. Min Barndom – Maksim Gorkij
21. Skärseld – Linda Lovelace
22. Det Kallas Kärlek – Carin Holmberg
23. Hudens Tid – Anja Snellman
24. Tango för Enbenta – Sture Dahlström
25. Högerns Skuld – Den Svenska Högern och Demokratin - Various writers
26. Slå Tillbaka – Petra Östergren
27. Ormens Väg Över Hälleberget – Torgny Lindgren
28. Till Sanningens Lov – Torgny Lindgren
29. Hummelhonung – Torgny Lindgren
30. Sfär-fäderna – Maria-Pia Boëthius
31. Human Ecology – G.Marten
32. Herr Arnes Penningar – Selma Lagerlöf
33. Tiden är ingenting – Hans Alfredson
34. Attentatet i Pålsjö Skog – Hans Alfredson
35. Yppighetens nytta – Jonas Frycklund
36. Origins of the Modern World – Robert B. Marks
37. Sex Grader – Mark Lynas
38. Konsumera Mera, dyrköpt lycka – various columnists
39. Inkvartering – Tora Dahl
40. Middlesex – Jeffrey Eugenides
41. Ljuset – Torgny Lindgren
42. Vad hände med Sverige i Göteborg? – Mikael Löfgren
43. Heder och Samvete; Sverige under andra världskriget – Maria-Pia Boëthius
43. Vegansk näringslära på vetenskaplig grund – Björn Pettersson
44. Fosterbarn – Tora Dahl
45. Tyst Hav – Isabella Lövin
46. Molnfri Bombnatt – Vibeke Olsson
47. Graylight – Naomi Nowak
48. Kvinnorna på Kummelsjö – Moa Martinson
49. Ecocities – Rebuilding Cities in Balance with Nature – Richard Register
50. Branden i Hjärtat – Mahasweta Devi
51. Glaskupan – Sylvia Plath
52. Skylla Sig Själv – Maria-Pia Boëthius
53. Huset Thüringer – Panait Istrati
(I did read a bunch more but not from cover to cover which is my law for being allowed to put them in the list)
Whew! Listing those felt like when I was a kid and a total book nerd. I used to read about three books per day and when I was 11-12 I would keep a little database in some Office program with writer, title, ISBN-number, year of production and if it was a re-print or not, what it was about and my review. One year I had read 900 books I think. Though then i had more time, no friends and easier books!
New years promise for 2010 is to keep it up plus at least rating the book on a scale from 1-5.
The best book of the entire year was Ljuset (Light) by Torgny Lindgren. I know it’s been translated and I’d recommend it to you all. Though you’re luckier if you get to read it in swedish.
Changed stuff around on my walls.
Found the sign in a container once a few years ago.
Christmas morning we listened to Snoop Doggs christmas songs in the collective.
Frej was dressed in red on christmas, but it was not for feeling christmasy if I got it right. He was working so we parted ways.
but first we had waffles for breakfast.
After that I went to my parents in Jönköping over christmas and didn’t take pictures. It was really nice to see all my friends and family again, managed to get through a lot of the list of people I haven’t seen in ages before I went back home. I’ve also gotten some fantastical gifts, I’m going to take pictures tomorrow. Another beautiful 1920s medical book, a red vintage hat box, some 20s sewing mags and 30s-40s knitting. Among other things! Also finished my 52nd and 53rd book of the year! Will list them all aswell. Also bought a lot of great books for 40 kronor alltogether at the Red Cross in Jönköping the day before yesterday! Now I’ve got to sleep though.
My friend Mattias has started a little vintage shop on the blog THINGTAUR! If you like crazy photoshop and cute vintage/retro/nostalgia accessories I think you’ll love it! Everything is sold on Tradera which is like swedish eBay. Click the picture to go to the blog!
The only person I ever met who decorated inside his refrigerator.
At the gathering point for the demo on the 16th
Frej had made cloud flags which he handed out to random people.
Frej, Mårten and I
Kenny, Frej and Mårten
McDonalds under police protection
By Bella Center
While economies grow, social justice is unnecessary, as lives can be improved without redistribution. While economies grow, people need not confront their elites. While economies grow, we can keep buying our way out of trouble. But, like the bankers, we stave off trouble today only by multiplying it tomorrow. Through economic growth we are borrowing time at punitive rates of interest. It ensures that any cuts agreed at Copenhagen will eventually be outstripped. Even if we manage to prevent climate breakdown, growth means that it’s only a matter of time before we hit a new constraint, which demands a new global response: oil, water, phosphate, soil. We will lurch from crisis to existential crisis unless we address the underlying cause: perpetual growth cannot be accomodated on a finite planet. - Monbiot
50. Branden i Hjärtat – Mahasweta Devi
51. Glaskupan – Sylvia Plath
I didn’t like the Bell Jar much. Mahasweta Devi though, she was wonderful.
I have also read Det Sovande Folket by Sweden’s prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt this year. However, I do not count this as a book. There were sentences in there, but it would be like counting those joke books they put in the bathroom to read while you are doing your thing as books. So I have to read another and then I have kept my entire new years promise from last year!
Vaguely themed Spotify Playlist
1. Protect Me From What I Want – Placebo
2. Child Psychology – Black Box Recorder
3. Working Class Hero – Marianne Faithfull
4. I Have Always Been Here Before – Roky Erickson
5. All the World is Green – Tom Waits
6. Persephone – Cocteau Twins
7. My Blakean Year – Patti Smith
8. Awful - Hole
9. They Don’t Care About Us – Michael Jackson
I am back from Copenhagen! Or, we came back Thursday but both Frej and I have had bad colds and also I’m writing an essay for school so I’m really busy. I’ll write about Copenhagen when I have the time, for now, let’s just say that being there was fantastical & sad at the same time and that I am as convinced as ever that change and real solutions does not come from above.
My friend & partner in crime Carin has made a painting of me!
