+++ Had such a nice weekend in Stockholm visiting my babe Adina!

Firstly, I missed a couple of trains because I was going to bid on tickets online which totally failed. I had to take the bus, which takes 7 hours and was pretty disappointed. But as the bus stopped in Jönköping, a man got on it and sat down next to me. After a while he asked me what I was reading (Selma Lagerlöf, Sagan om en Saga) and then I asked him what he was reading. Turned out he was checking out the script for a book he was to publish, on “real economy” as he said. I thus asked if by real economy he meant solidar systems and he said yes! I said I had just finished a book on the subject and mentioned the name – turned out he was the one who had published it. We then talked for five hours, came to Stockholm, met up with Adina and went straight to a David Korten seminar where I also met the writer of the book I had read, Åsa Brandberg. AWESOME!
Adina and I then went back to her place, watched random Bruce Willis movie and ate heaps of good food.

Here’s a 50 minute seminar with David Korten for whoever is up for it!

The day after that, Adina, her boyfriend Mika, his grandmother Karen and I went to an antique fair in Kista. I got a bunch of really great things; 60s white boots, a 30s dress, an umbrella holder thingie and two antique medical books which I will all show when it’s light outside and I can take pictures. I also got interviewed about my collecting antique photographies by the magazine Antik&Auktion. Will scan when it comes out in stores!

We then went to a party at Naomis place, to see her and Lisis and drink cider & vodka and danced to the Ark in the living room. Hadn’t seen Lisis in almost two years so it was great to see her again! My camera was on the brink of dying this whole day though so I didn’t dare to use it. I know both Lisis & Naomi took pictures though so I’m hoping to see them.

Here’s one I just stole off of Lisis flickr.

The day after that was a tired day though I managed to go to Myrorna in Skärholmen with Adina and Mika and then get into town to see Mican and her boyfriend who I hadn’t met before and who was lovely. We went to Kulturhuset to look at the Shirin Neshat exhibit Women without Men. Then we had coffee, raspberry pie (made my head spin) and then beer aswell.

+++ Just found my favourite book, The Heart Pincher by Boris Vian on Bokbörsen which is an online second hand book store! Ordered it straight away! My friend Maya borrowed it from me a couple of years ago and then the bag which it was in got stolen from her rental car in Dublin. Sad day!

+++ Adina and I watched a bunch of movies in Stockholm, the best one of which was definitely Ginger Snaps. (Check out the perfect website!!!) I love outsider goth/alternative girl movies (besides Ghost World which I absolutely couldn’t stand) and I love high school movies, and werewolves too! And funny dialogue!

+++ A blog reader, Jessica, recommended me this song, and I love it! Have played the video to myself a bunch of times today.

+++ Adina also gave me a kombucha again, mine died a few months ago from mold. Happy to have one again, I’ve missed it!