2012-07-31 12:14
So these days has been quite slow. I've been working at my "real" job and not really having any strength to get going on my own business. I guess it's the summer vacation feel that won't really leave my body.
As I'm slowly getting in to everyday routines again I look at all the photos I took with my phone during my week at Österlen and feel all warm inside.
Have a look with me:
As I'm slowly getting in to everyday routines again I look at all the photos I took with my phone during my week at Österlen and feel all warm inside.
Have a look with me:
A boat in a pond. Does it get more idyllic?
Hello. Yours truly in a hen house.
I had dinner with Astor the cat. He's got fierce eyes, hasn't he.
They have opened a Crêperie in the little village of Rörum where we live and we of course had to go check it out.
You can see for yourself how tasty it was. Omnomnom.
I had to bring David there when he came to Rörum. Like Astor the cat this dinner date has some fierce eyes...
Hello again, from behind a coffee cup.
Coffee with lots of milk. The only real way to drink coffee, you know.
One day I found wild strawberries, or Smultron as we call them in Sweden. They went straight in to my mouth half a second after this photo was snapped.
Rye in hand (I did not eat this, I promise).
It was very foggy for a few days. This is a parkway in Simrishamn called Suckarnas gång (Aisle of sighs) leading the way to the cemetary. This is also the place for the enormous weekly fleamarket.
I love fog but it gives me head aches. I hate how something as beautiful as this is bad for me. Humidity and I are not best friends, though I sure wish we could be.
Have I told you Österlen is amazing? Österlen is amazing.
Proof of the amazingness of Österlen: We found kittens!
Look at that face!
"Please, please, please can I keep it? I don't have to be allergic..."
You must already know that I'm drawn to capturing stilleben with my camera. This is one of my favourites from the trip.
On our last day it rained almost not stop.
And then in the evening it was that fog again, rolling over the hills.
Did I tell you that I miss this place?
Did I tell you that I miss this place?
(If you wan't to you can follow me on instagram to see more photos. My name there is lottalosten, as always.)
2012-07-29 11:04
So I went to a hairdresser the other day. It was maybe one and a half years since last time. About time, so to speak.
For me this is a big change but nobody really seems to notice that I've cut off 25 cm of my hair.
Well, it doesn't feel like I have steel wool instead of hair anymore anyway...
For me this is a big change but nobody really seems to notice that I've cut off 25 cm of my hair.
Well, it doesn't feel like I have steel wool instead of hair anymore anyway...
2012-07-25 20:26
We went to see Batman - The dark knight rises yesterday. It made me angry of the entire movie business and the boring gender roles they show. I felt that I needed to vent this. So here we go; first in swedish, then again in english. That should make me feel better. Maybe.
Gothenburg with Gotham feel.
Okej, vi såg alltså nya Batmanfilmen igår. Jag ska kanske inleda med att säga att jag älskar sådana här filmer. Superhjältar, action och pang pang. Jag har inga problem med ytlighet och lättsamhet så länge det görs bra. The dark knight rises var enligt mig inte jättebra överlag men det var en specifik sak som fick mig att ryka av ilska.
I hela filmen finns två kvinnor, och båda hånglar med Batman.
Jag vet att Batmanhistorierna är på det här viset, ni behöver inte berätta det för mig, men man kan ju uppenbarligen ändra på storyn och slänga in lite nya karaktärer utan att någon blir alltför upprörd. Skulle man då inte också kunna slänga in lite varierade kvinnoporträtt någon gång ibland? Och detta handlar egentligen inte bara om Batman utan om varenda jäkla superhjälte/action/popcornrulle som görs idag.
Männen får vara hjältar, direktörer, poliser, galningar, fegisar, elakingar och alla andra sorters människor det finns.
Kvinnorna får vara sexiga.
Ibland är de starka och coola också men då är de det på ett sexigt vis. Hon lurar en tuff, hård kille genom att flirta, puta med munnen, smeka en arm och sen BAM sparka tuffingen i skrevet!
Alltid samma sak.
Igår fick jag en idé. Jag vill göra en actionrulle där hela rollistan utgörs av kvinnor med undantag för två supersexualiserade män som ser upp till den coola hjältinnan. Jag skulle inte göra en big deal av det. Jag skulle göra en bra film, med hjältar, direktörer, poliser, galningar, fegisar, elakingar och alla andra sorters människor det finns.
Och vet ni vad som skulle hända? Världen skulle få spel. Folk skulle vråla feministerna har gått för långt!! Och även om man bara skulle gå så långt att rollistan bestod av 50/50 män/kvinnor så skulle det bli liv i luckan.
För män är människor och kvinnor är bara kvinnor. Och jag är så less på att gå på bio och se detta om och om igen. Så himla himla less.
I hela filmen finns två kvinnor, och båda hånglar med Batman.
Jag vet att Batmanhistorierna är på det här viset, ni behöver inte berätta det för mig, men man kan ju uppenbarligen ändra på storyn och slänga in lite nya karaktärer utan att någon blir alltför upprörd. Skulle man då inte också kunna slänga in lite varierade kvinnoporträtt någon gång ibland? Och detta handlar egentligen inte bara om Batman utan om varenda jäkla superhjälte/action/popcornrulle som görs idag.
Männen får vara hjältar, direktörer, poliser, galningar, fegisar, elakingar och alla andra sorters människor det finns.
Kvinnorna får vara sexiga.
Ibland är de starka och coola också men då är de det på ett sexigt vis. Hon lurar en tuff, hård kille genom att flirta, puta med munnen, smeka en arm och sen BAM sparka tuffingen i skrevet!
Alltid samma sak.
Igår fick jag en idé. Jag vill göra en actionrulle där hela rollistan utgörs av kvinnor med undantag för två supersexualiserade män som ser upp till den coola hjältinnan. Jag skulle inte göra en big deal av det. Jag skulle göra en bra film, med hjältar, direktörer, poliser, galningar, fegisar, elakingar och alla andra sorters människor det finns.
Och vet ni vad som skulle hända? Världen skulle få spel. Folk skulle vråla feministerna har gått för långt!! Och även om man bara skulle gå så långt att rollistan bestod av 50/50 män/kvinnor så skulle det bli liv i luckan.
För män är människor och kvinnor är bara kvinnor. Och jag är så less på att gå på bio och se detta om och om igen. Så himla himla less.
I'll start with saying that I love these kinds of movies. Super heroes, action and explosions. I have no problem with easy going shallowness as long as it's well made. The dark knight rises was not a very good movie in my opinion, but the thing making me mad was one specific thing:
In the entire movie there were two women, and both of them made out with Batman.
I know that the Batman stories are this way, you don't have to tell me this, but apparently they can change the story and throw in some new characters without upsetting anybody too much. Why not then throw in some interesting female characters at the same time? And this isn't really about the Batman movies alone but every single super hero/action/popcorn movie ever made today.
The men are heroes, directors, policemen, lunatics, cowards, evil and all other kinds of persons that human beings can be.
The women, they are sexy.
Sometimes they are cool and strong but then it's still in a sexy way. She tricks a tough guy through flirting, pouting with her lips, stroke an arm sensually and then BAM kick him in the crotch!
Every single time.
Yesterday I got an idea. I wan't to make an action movie with only female characters except for two super sexualised men who look up to the cool heroine. I wouldn't make a big deal out of it. I would make a great movie with heroes, directors, police women, lunatics, cowards, evil and all other kinds of persons that human beings can be.
And do you know what the sad thing is? The world would freak out.
People would scream the feminists have gone too far!! And even if I only should go as long as 50/50 men/women people would go absolutely nuts.
Because men are human beings och women are only women. And I am so tired of seeing this thing over and over again. So damn damn tired.
In the entire movie there were two women, and both of them made out with Batman.
I know that the Batman stories are this way, you don't have to tell me this, but apparently they can change the story and throw in some new characters without upsetting anybody too much. Why not then throw in some interesting female characters at the same time? And this isn't really about the Batman movies alone but every single super hero/action/popcorn movie ever made today.
The men are heroes, directors, policemen, lunatics, cowards, evil and all other kinds of persons that human beings can be.
The women, they are sexy.
Sometimes they are cool and strong but then it's still in a sexy way. She tricks a tough guy through flirting, pouting with her lips, stroke an arm sensually and then BAM kick him in the crotch!
Every single time.
Yesterday I got an idea. I wan't to make an action movie with only female characters except for two super sexualised men who look up to the cool heroine. I wouldn't make a big deal out of it. I would make a great movie with heroes, directors, police women, lunatics, cowards, evil and all other kinds of persons that human beings can be.
And do you know what the sad thing is? The world would freak out.
People would scream the feminists have gone too far!! And even if I only should go as long as 50/50 men/women people would go absolutely nuts.
Because men are human beings och women are only women. And I am so tired of seeing this thing over and over again. So damn damn tired.
2012-07-24 12:46
On our last evening in Rörum, Österlen, David and I went for an evening walk over the hills. It was foggy and very humid. The landscape was absolutely breathtakingly beautiful.
I have been longing to show these photos to you because I really like how they came out. Misty and mystical.
So here we go, but first you have to say hello to my cow friends.
I have been longing to show these photos to you because I really like how they came out. Misty and mystical.
So here we go, but first you have to say hello to my cow friends.
Hello.
Okay, here they are:
It was almost like the fog greeted us. Welcome, it said. If you dare.
I could stare at these for hours, dreaming myself back to that exact spot. Can't wait to return in a few weeks!
It's a fairytale forest!
Found an open meadow. Danced around for a while.
Found a stick. Became a druid.
After some time we headed back over the misty hills again.
And was met by some nice sheep.
It really is hard to understand sometimes that Österlen is a part of Sweden. It looks so different from other places in this country. I love that I'm able to go there any season of the year and absorb the beauty of the environment.
It's my haven.
It really is hard to understand sometimes that Österlen is a part of Sweden. It looks so different from other places in this country. I love that I'm able to go there any season of the year and absorb the beauty of the environment.
It's my haven.
It all looks so beautiful! Very idyllic. I hope to visit Sweden one day.
Inte är Davids ögon det minsta "fierce" på fotot. Långt därifrån. Han är ju mild som en Gouda-ost.
Inge: You should! I would love to show you around! :-)
Far: Hahah! Det ska jag börja säga till David. "Du är mild som en gouda-ost".
Kanske är det så att bara jag tycker hans blick är fierce eftersom den tittar rakt på mig. Liksom kärlek och sånt trams.