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May. 2nd, 2006 06:25 amI have been in Sweden since the 13th of April, although the first week was spent with family down south, so it almost doesn't count, since existence with my folks is a kind of separate reality and the only thing I intend to write about that is, that for the first time I witnessed with painful clarity that they are getting old. Or rather, I could clearly see that the generic "middle age years" in which so many linger for a long time nowadays, are coming to an end for them, they may still have a few left, maybe up to 5-6 years even, but after that they'll be seniors. With a little luck reasonably healthy and vital seniors, but still, it was a wake up call for me.
On the 18th I came to my former and proper "home town" Uppsala, and since the deadline for the final version of my thesis was Friday the 28th of April, things were pretty hectic for me up until last Friday. I've still managed to meet a lot of much loved friends and hang out, which made me happy.
My professor has confirmed that I'll be able to go back home to Colorado on the 28th of May, which indicates a decently high opinion on my thesis and the swift confirmation of my work. I'm still a little sad that I'll miss my 1 year wedding anniversary with the Geek on the 25th of May, and also that I'll miss the opportunity to meet up with a terrific LJ lady (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ladynoblebarnes) who'll visit CO in mid to late May. There are other things I'll need to catch up with when I get back to the States, but there is not much to do about that now. I'll cope with it later and try making the most of my stay in Sweden in the mean time.
what has surprised me about the Internet lately is the amount of people, including myself, who seem to have been thinking that they want to write and tell stuff, but that they don't feel the energy to do it..or that they lack the motivation..because it's "just" cyberspace and not real life. I don't know if this trend has something to do with the flux of draining/invigoration energy that comes with spring, or what it comes down to, but I know I suffered from it too.
And then today I thought "screw that", this is life too, the people I keep contact with here have taught me a lot, and whatever this exchange of text and thought is, it is somehow important, and I won't let lethargy or performance anxiety-ignited pontificating and musings about the worthiness of a blog ruin that.
Let's just say that there has been a lot happening in the past weekend, because last of April or Walpurgis night, and Mayday (1st of May) are important days in Sweden, and particularly this part of Sweden. I'll post some pictures later in the week and explain why.
Another thing worthy of mentioning is the fact that for many people the month of April was "poetry month", so I saw many interesting "poem-a-day's" and felt a lot of envy, because I myself could not permit myself one poetic inkling, all creative brain capacity really had to go to my academic work. I have legendary problems with focus and getting side-tracked. So the first thing I did after waving goodbye to the thesis was to spit out a small erotic poem about sea-lions. In retrospect that might not have been such a wise thing to do, since I have a strong tendency of disliking most of the erotic poetry I've read, even by established poets, but at least I feel I'm gonna start writing stuff again.
...although, to be honest, the first thing I'll work on is making a part of my thesis into an article, because I genuinely think it's important work and a liberally inclined newspaper in the States might want to publish it before the November elections.
On the 18th I came to my former and proper "home town" Uppsala, and since the deadline for the final version of my thesis was Friday the 28th of April, things were pretty hectic for me up until last Friday. I've still managed to meet a lot of much loved friends and hang out, which made me happy.
My professor has confirmed that I'll be able to go back home to Colorado on the 28th of May, which indicates a decently high opinion on my thesis and the swift confirmation of my work. I'm still a little sad that I'll miss my 1 year wedding anniversary with the Geek on the 25th of May, and also that I'll miss the opportunity to meet up with a terrific LJ lady (
ladynoblebarnes) who'll visit CO in mid to late May. There are other things I'll need to catch up with when I get back to the States, but there is not much to do about that now. I'll cope with it later and try making the most of my stay in Sweden in the mean time.what has surprised me about the Internet lately is the amount of people, including myself, who seem to have been thinking that they want to write and tell stuff, but that they don't feel the energy to do it..or that they lack the motivation..because it's "just" cyberspace and not real life. I don't know if this trend has something to do with the flux of draining/invigoration energy that comes with spring, or what it comes down to, but I know I suffered from it too.
And then today I thought "screw that", this is life too, the people I keep contact with here have taught me a lot, and whatever this exchange of text and thought is, it is somehow important, and I won't let lethargy or performance anxiety-ignited pontificating and musings about the worthiness of a blog ruin that.
Let's just say that there has been a lot happening in the past weekend, because last of April or Walpurgis night, and Mayday (1st of May) are important days in Sweden, and particularly this part of Sweden. I'll post some pictures later in the week and explain why.
Another thing worthy of mentioning is the fact that for many people the month of April was "poetry month", so I saw many interesting "poem-a-day's" and felt a lot of envy, because I myself could not permit myself one poetic inkling, all creative brain capacity really had to go to my academic work. I have legendary problems with focus and getting side-tracked. So the first thing I did after waving goodbye to the thesis was to spit out a small erotic poem about sea-lions. In retrospect that might not have been such a wise thing to do, since I have a strong tendency of disliking most of the erotic poetry I've read, even by established poets, but at least I feel I'm gonna start writing stuff again.
...although, to be honest, the first thing I'll work on is making a part of my thesis into an article, because I genuinely think it's important work and a liberally inclined newspaper in the States might want to publish it before the November elections.
