The big two oh (20!)

Tomorrow I turn 20. So this is the last post in this blog - I will no longer be a teenager and thus no more teen speculations.

I had hoped to finish Les Miserables by now, but it's been on the shelf since school started. Instead I've been passing my exams, been on two boards, organising and working on parties, going to parties, hung out with my friends, tried to keep the weight I reached during the summer, been in a car accident and came out in one piece, been to the theater (King Lear), kept in touch with L who's in Canada and "gotten" a boyfriend. Quite a semester.

I'm looking forward to the twenties about as much as I feel angst for leaving my teenage years behind me. Which is a lot! Now I have to sleep as a nineteen year old for the last time.

xoxo
Friida

Back to School!

Sorry for no real update.. I've been meaning to write a good post about the movies I've watched this summer as well as something about this being a great last summer of teenage-hood, but.. Well, I've basically forgotten which movies I've seen this summer and now I'm one week into the school year and it's all crazy, so I don't really have time to write a longer post.

Might write something as my twenties come crawling closer, or if I manage to finish Les Misérables anytime soon (very doubtful).

xoxo
Frida

A month of vacation

Hi there, and sorry for being absent for almost a month!

I've been on vacation, first hanging with friends, then one and a half week with my family on Gotland, then friends and relaxing again and this week I went to Karlskoga (BodaBorg) and Örebro with my friends from gymnasiet (Swe equivalence of high school). The reason my blog has been so quiet is because I've only read (and finished) Swedish books (and I find it easier to review something in English if I've read it in English) and none of the movies I've seen (that I can recall at this time) I've been too lazy to write a review about 'cause they were just average.. I have been reading Les Misérables as well during this time, but I'm not even half way through yet (the battle of Waterloo slowed me down a lot). I'll try to get around to it before school starts again, so that I can provide you with a review! :)

Now I'm going to go shopping with one of my best friends! See you later!

xoxo
Frida

Last day of work, in half an hour begins the friend-packed vacation!

Hello!
Right now, there's only 30 minutes between me and my longed for vacation! (I know, shouldn't be blogging at work, but seriously - NOTHING to do here). The next few days will be packed with social activities, starting out with a dinner with a few of my classmates tonight, celebrating one of my best friends 20th birthday tomorrow, BBQ at my place with a few friends on Sunday, then celebrating another one of my bestfriends the day after her 20th birthday on Monday (yes, I managed to get two great friends born the day after the other - the anxiety for getting good gifts have been through the roof, and I'm still panicking), then off to Twiin's house on Tuesday for a sleepover. (Will you just look at that sentence?! Soooo long! xD) On Wednesday I'm gonna hit the gym with L, and then on Thursday I'll leave for Gotland! My family's leaving early Sunday morning, but I decided I can't live in an enclosed area with them for two whole weeks, so I'm meeting up with them Thursday evening. I'm so looking forward to this vacation!!! :)

When I get back, I'll have a week of not really doing anything/no pre-planned activities. Probably working out, hanging with friends, reading and working some more on my report for the work I've done this summer. Then off for a mini-vacation with my girls from IKG, which is gonna be super fun! I just hope everyone will join, otherwise I'll be the only one with a driver's license (by the way, I GOT MY DRIVER'S LICENSE - old news in my world but I guess I never wrote it here.. Got October 1st last year!), and it won't be as fun without half the girls..

As you see there's a lot of fun ahead, I just hope I'll remember to post something here once in a while as well! ;)

xoxo
Frida

RIP Cory Monteith

I found out about his death Sunday morning, when I was eating breakfast (right about the same time it got out to the public, for everyone to know, I assume). I still find it hard to believe. As a Gleek, I'm sad this had to happen, and I feel so sorry about all his friends and family, especially the Glee cast, most of whom will go back to filming season 5 of Glee in about a month (the premiere date of Season 5 has been delayed, probably 'til november). I'm not sad because I'll have to wait another few months for next season, I'm sad because he will have to die twice, the second time as Finn (how else would they solve this?) and the entire cast has to go through all of these emotions again. I just think they should be respected in their grief, so lay off haters.

RIP Cory

The book that I shall not name

Okay, so last week I finished a book, but I will refrain from writing it's title or the name of the author, as he happens to be an old teacher of mine. And I'm pretty sure he google's himself once in a while, and while I never really appreciated his teaching abilities I still respect him enough to not hurt his feelings by talking about his book. If he stalks me enough to find this small blog in the middle of nowhere in cyberspace, then so be it.

While the core plot was... fascinating, I found it disturbing to read something written by an old (both in the sense that he has passed a certain age and the fact that he is no longer my current teacher) teacher, especially when he writes in first person and the narrator is a seventeen year old psychopathic girl. I think most people who read something written by someone they know, but don't know really well, will understand what I mean. There is something unsettling about knowing what goes on in that man's head, especially since I know whose head it goes on inside. If that makes sense.

Apart from it being weird to read because someone I know wrote it, I also found the topic of brutal serial killing and lesbian orgies not really to my liking. And it was too much of the wholesome mormonism (should be noted that said author belongs to the Mormon church, adn teaches psychology - just like the serial killer-teacher leading his little group of students in a serial killing spree). Also, there are the typos. Grammar and spelling mistakes everywhere! I mean come on, how did the book even get published with that many typos?! Fine if there are two or three mistakes in a book, but not two or three in every chapter - on average (the book was more than twenty chapters). That just annoys the hell out of me, grammar/spelling Nazi as I can be sometimes..

Ok, so I guess it doesn't really matter what the book is called, since I won't recommend it to anyone. If you're intrigued anyways (by the serial killing and lesbian orgies and what not), write a comment below and I might reveal the book's identity to you.

xoxo
Frida

Anna Karenina

This post was supposed to be up on Sunday, but I've been really busy so I didn't get around to writing it until now. It is therefore more than two weeks (almost three I think) since I saw Anna Karenina, the movie based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy.

It is done as if everything took place at a theatre stage, with changing scenery and change of outfits being done "behind the scene", and this is brought to its extreme in the beginning of the movie, making it difficult to get through the first half hour of the movie without turning off the TV. I actually had to see the movie in two sittings, 'cause I grew tired of it after an hour. However, while the first part was confusing and a bit tiring to watch, the second half turned out to be really to my liking. That's not to say it didn't grow even more confusing.

If you've managed to miss what the story is about: Anna Karenina is a married woman in Russia during the 1800s. During a trip to Moscow she meets Vronsky, a cavalry officer who falls in love with her. She is fighting her feelings for him (for about half the movíe) but they eventually become lovers. The story is about love and fidelity, about how one can do anything for the person that they love. Not only between Vronsky and Anna, but also between many other characters in the story. It takes a rather dramatic turn when Anna finds out she is expecting Vronsky's child, and from there it feels as if there is nothing but a downward spiral.

I think Keira Knightley fits in the role of Anna, and Jude Law does a terrific job as her husband, Count Alexei Karenin. However, I am very torn in my feelings towards Matthew Macfadyen as Stiva, Anna's brother. He does a great job portraying the character, but I just can't get it out of my head that he is our beloved Mr Darcy with a ridiculous mustache. The rest of the cast also does a very good job (great job casting director!), and my only problem is that it is soooo obvious that Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Vronsky) is not a natural blond.. It just looks wrong.

I might have not cared too much for the film (which gets a 2/5 from me, I think), but it made me want to read the novel. I think the story is good, the movie adaption is just very confusing, and I'm hoping the book will bring some clarity.

xoxo
Frida