Short Story of My Life

BWO- Sunshine in the Rain

When I’m in Berlin you’re off to London
When I’m in New York you’re doing Rome
All those crazy nights we spend together
As voices on the phone

Wishing we could be more telepathic
Tired of the nights I sleep alone
Wishing we could redirect the traffic
And find ourselves a home

My Life in a Song

The Verve – Bittersweet Symphony

Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life
Try to make ends meet
You're a slave to money then you die
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
You know the one that takes you to the places
where all the veins meet,

No change, I can't change
I can't change, I can't change
But I'm here in my mold
I am here in my mold
But I'm a million different people
from one day to the next
I can't change my mold
No, no, no, no, no

Well I never pray
But tonight I'm on my knees
I need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me,
I let the melody shine, let it cleanse my mind, I feel free now
But the airways are clean and there's nobody singing to me now

No change, I can't change
I can't change, I can't change
But I'm here in my mold
I am here in my mold
And I'm a million different people from one day to the next
I can't change my mold
No, no, no, no, no
I can't change
I can't change

Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life
Try to make ends meet
Try to find some money then you die

You know I can't change, I can't change
I can't change, I can't change
But I'm here in my mold
I am here in my mold
And I'm a million different people
from one day to the next
I can't change my mold
No, no, no, no, no

Black & White

Not much in life is black and white, except this picture and potentially my morning coffee.

Enjoy this Alphaville classic in a melancholic cover for a perfect end on the weekend…

Ane Brun – Big in Japan

"Winter’s cityside
Crystal bits of snowflakes
All around my head and in the wind
I had no illusions
That I’d ever find a glimpse
Of summer’s heatwaves in your eyes
You did what you did to me
Now it’s history I see
Here’s my comeback on the road again"

Melancholic Saturday

Anna Ternheim - Shoreline

I've been standing on the shoreline
Always waiting
For something lasting
Loose your hunger, you loose your way
Get confused and you fade away

Oh this town
Kills you when you are young
Oh this town
Kills you when you are young

I'm not the boy i used to be
This town has got the youth of me
All eyes turn hollow
From the work of sorrow

Standing on the paving
By the office building
They've got so much to do
Never time for you

We are shadows
Oh we're shadows
Shadows in the alley

You die when you're young
You die when you're young
You die when you're young

You Are My Sweetest Downfall

Give me a piano and a great voice and I am all yours - "Samson"

The Swedes do it better

Two hours spent in the gym this morning, where I also came across this brilliant song:

Den Svenska Björnstammen –Vart Jag Mig I Världen Vänder (Remix)

Calgary Airport

Last time I was here I went to Toronto, proud I had made it through one of my first professional experiences. I am not holding my head as high this time.

Special thanks to A, for driving me to the airport.

“Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends”
                                                                                           Euripides

 Best cover ever: Walk Off the Earth – Somebody I Used to Know

 See you in Europe in 24 hours

Inspirational

16 years after her death Eva Cassidy still moves me to tears

Time After Time

The Problem of the Day

One brilliant song that I am listening to every day on my way to work is Alanis Morissette – Hand In My Pocket

"I am lost but I am hopeful, Baby
I am wrong and I am sorry, Baby
But what it all comes down to, is that everything will be fine fine fine…"

 Anyway, nothing unusual going on here. Still hanging out on Starbucks progressing slowly with my Master Thesis while I am sipping my tea and listen to damn good music. I have experience my first, what we in Sweden calls “I-landsproblem”. I need a Swedish hole puncher (hålslagare). And that is really hard if you are in Canada.

Life is so fulfilling right now… or not. At least you learned a new English word.

An Evening Out

Every since I woke up this morning I have been longing to get back to bed. Yesterday became a late evening out, as I accidentally met an old friend outside my office with tickets to the evenings hockey game between Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers (yes, that’s how big Calgary is). So the evening was spent on the front seat of the hockey rink watching two Swedes in Edmonton beat Calgary with 5-1 instead of going to Starbucks to finally do some proper research. Anyway, it was great to catch up with C and talk to someone who is in the same situation.

And now I am already tucked down in my bed with a big cup of tea not feeling the urge to do any research at all but to rather watch one of my favorite TV series – Pan Am. God, I wish I was a stewardess in the 1960^th (potentially a prettyone  and hanging out with the pilots). I guess that’s why I have a weak spot investing in SAS even though the stock is not doing too well…

Some inspiring words from Tom Petty – I won’tback down

Dreams

We all look forward for them to come true...

Dream on until the dream come true 

Photographs: Highway 1, California

Where Do You Go When You Are Lonely?

You might ask yourself what the hell I am doing on the other side of the globe, and yes, I have asked myself the same thing many times the past week. The truth is that it is about exploration – if you do not try you never know. And as many of you know I hate uncertainties. But at least, now I know. And it is not going to break me.

While many of you spent Valentine’s Day with your love and family, I spend mine at Starbucks. I guess it is a different kind of love I feel for this place. But never underestimate a familiar face...

A more suitable Valentine's song for my part is this one (has to be country since I am in Alberta)

Tim McGraw – Where Do You Go When You Are Lonely ( When the Stars Go Blue)

Photograph: Carmel, California

A Flight Marathon

San Jose - Mexico City - Los Angeles - London - Copenhagen - Malmoe

I am taking the two things I consider home, my suitcase and M, and move east

Listening to this song, Those Dancing Days Are Gone by Carla Bruni

Realizing, we are soon separated by both distance and time

And it feels cold