A day in the life
of a hedonist

Fylla

By Sköna Helena
 


Part 2 - cuban salsa

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Camilla has been kidnapped with jetski and motorcycle, then had picnic, recorded music, done embarrasing tasks along Drottninggatan and got a crazy makeup.
 


Camilla's bachelorette party

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Recording Love is in the air ;-) Go Camilla!
 


Jelly fish porridge?

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One more summer tradition

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A glass of sauvignon blanc at Hotel Kullaberg in Mölle. Mom and dad are going to run some errands - I will stay here all afternoon, just me, the Monk and a notebook.
 


Remainders of perfection

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Possibly the best strawberry cake I've ever made.

Spending the day at my bro's place. The sun is shining and I still have some vacation days left. Replacing every negative thought about work with a positive.
 


Bajsboken

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"Books we (boktipset.se) think you would like: Bajsboken (the poo book). Boktipset has calculated that you would rate this book 4.3."

Hell yeah! :) Bajsboken rules! A book about poo - can it possibly go wrong?
 


Oh, that Churchill

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Using my insomnia for something constructive

By Sköna Helena
It's about 30 degrees in here, and the air feels like a steam sauna. I can't sleep. And for once I am using that insomnia for something other than freaking out over some work related stuff or worrying about heart matters. I am reading. Or shall I say: listening.

3 people have asked me to read this book. It all started before Christmas with JC advicing me to read The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari when I during a program forum mentioned that I had lost "it" (i.e. my motivation, my inspiration and will). Then someone else mentioned it this spring, and now DrK told me to read it. And thanks to another brilliant advice of hers, storytel.se, I am now spellbound by the voice of Stefan Sauk reading this book by Robin Sharma.

(For 9 SEK I can listen to as much streamed audiobooks as I want to - from my phone or from my laptop. Capitol, dear Henry, capitol!)

Just took a short break to get some hot milk and chat a bit with A (who is also suffering from insomnia). Now, back to the monk (who's is just about to confide the secret behind what he learned from the sages of Sivana to his old colleague).
 


Pilgrimage to Flickorna Lundgren

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American, German, Danish tourists. And locals. :-)
 


Lunch picnic @ Kullaberg

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...and its shy 188 m. It's a sauna up here...! Next stop: Flickorna Lundgren.
 


Lugn

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Jonstorp hamn, måndagen den 13 juli 2009, 21:00.
 


Have you ever seen a scarecrow filled with nothing but dust and wheat

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Oh sweet memories

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Systembolaget has started selling my dear Allegrini off the shelf! :-p At least in Höganäs. (As far as I know some of their wines, including this valpolicella superiore, have been orderable before - but not available off the shelf).
 


A winery - in Sweden???

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Kullahalvöns Vingård (http://www.kullahalvonsvingard.se), how picturesque is that?! With the windmill in the background and all... :) We got a tour by their Ukrainian "trainee".
 


Lunch w/ the 'pears' @ Råå Hamn

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Dubbelmoral!

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Chatting with A. The conversation started out like this:

helena säger:
hej vännen
Anna säger:
E du hemma nu? Du ska va hemma nu! Gå hem och läs! ...(Skjuter köttbullar med stekpanna...)

And if you grew up in the 90s and owned a mac you would (probably) know exactly what she was talking about. Dubbelmoral! The best computer game ever!

You collect points by drinking beer. But you'd better keep track of your bladder, because if you forget to pee (which you can only do at places where you are allowed to!) your bladder explodes and you die ("dö ihjäl"). The more drunk you get the more you fall, and thus collect "hurt" points, which can only be decreased by time and by kissing the girl in the fountain if I remember correctly. The more drunk you get, the closer you get to puking, and when you puke you are so drunk that you can only stear in which direction you puke (50% chance of puking on the principal Magnificus - which means Game Over).

And most importantly, the mother! This game takes place at the Lundakarnevalen 1990, and the player should be at home studying. So while running around drinking beer you also have to keep track of the mother and when she leaves the kitchen where she's cooking meatballs you have to run back and sit down at your table and pretend to be studying. If she founds out you are not there she runs after you and hunts you down with her meatballs that she shoots at you with her frying pan while screaming "gå hem och läs!" (audio). Other famous quotes from this game is "studentajävul" (audio, uttered by someone who throws you off the balcony when you have climbed there to collect beers).

Priceless! Classic! Unfortunately this game is only available for really old macs, and has not been ported to windows (although rumors say that this has indeed been done and even to mobile phones!)
 


Best ad in a long time :)

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Breath

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Hengittää. Neefsanaya. Soluk almak.
Marr frymë. Disati. αναπνέω.
дышать. Respirar. Respirer.


...Andas...

Give me 5 minutes of your day.
 


And so I'm leaving...

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Leaving Abisko for the airport - southbound. It seams I timed the rain perfectly! It's been beautiful weather this week, except one day. And now when I leave it starts raining, and the weather forecast for where I'm going looks great. ;-)

But I will miss this place. Very much.
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