As stated earlier I’m good with jobs and yesterday I got me a brand spanking new one. September 1st I start me new caréer selling books. Might get silent here for a while. Going to dalarna, summer house and dublin in that order. And then introduction days at le new job and such. Good bye.

I read Eating Animals the other day. My purpose for reading it was, as stated earlier, to kick the ambivalence regarding dairy and fish consumption out of myself. It worked. At least I won’t eat fish again.

If you have read any of Foer’s earlier novels take note that this is nothing like the quirky stories he usually tells. This is the (mostly american) meat industry so I guess It’s obvious it’s totally depressing.

Im not gonna dig deeper into my thoughts on this since I know I’m not capable of writing about books without confusing everyone by totally contradicting myself over and over again. To me, books are usually not good or bad, they’re usually both. But if you’re an ambivalent vegetarian/vegan or aspiring to be one but lacks motivation you should read it, you won’t be wasting your time.

What I love about it though is that it seems to convert many of those who read it to vegetarianism (and in some cases veganism) which is amazing. Also I guess it’s kind of brave to, as a successful author, write and publish such a harsh book and critizising some of the leading companies in the industry of factory farmed meat in the US.

Please do read Anna Dorfman’s enthusiastic post on the subject, as it was my inspiration for reading it to begin with.

Got these the other day. Have been curious about Bolaño for ages so I thought it was about time. Being a huge Freddie Wadling fan I couldn’t not getting Freak either.

A is out roadtrippin with some buds and I’m alone for the first time in what feels like ages. I love him to death and all but I do miss my quality me-time.

Just went out for a walk to escape the overheated flat and got amazed by how beautiful this town is. Three story pastel-coloured mid-century apartmentbuildings and a lot of vegetation everywhere, a scenery that makes me feel very at home, probably because I grew here. Funny how my view of things has changed over the last year or so. Love it though, couldn’t be happier.

Now I’m gonna decide if I wanna watch a movie on the balcony or start reading a new book. Im 108 pages into Kunzelmann & Kunzelmann and even if it’s good I don’t feel inspired to continue reading it right now. I really can’t relax until I’ve eliminated the last stress factor currently in my life and when I can’t relax I cant read, so.. a horrorflick perhaps?

Hopefully next week I’ll be able to dedicate to the reading again. Fingers crossed.

29. Francoise Sagan – Bonjour tristesse
30. Amanda Svensson – Hey Dolly
31. Ernest Hemingway – The old man and the sea
32. Boris Vian – I spit on your graves
33. Chuck Pahalaniuk – Fight Club
34. Haruki Murakami – What I talk about when I talk about running
35. Jonathan Safran Foer – Eating Animals
36. William Gibson – Neuromancer

On the note of running:

Running is private, not something you do with an audience.

We are all unlucky in love sometimes, when i am i go running.

The body loses water when you run, so you have none left for tears.

1. Space.

Our new flat is twice as big as the old one. I might miss that flat sometimes as it was almost perfect, in a great area in a house built 1902. I do miss having coffée at Louie Louie, reading books in Vitabergsparken and seeing friends by Nytorget. But you know. All and all, what I have now is way better. Light, balcony, bathtub, bedroom, king size bed, walk in closet, sofa to doze off on. All very nice things to have.

2. Social life here does not center around alcohol, clubs & social elites.

I have missed the unpretentious skanky bars of Uppsala that’s for sure. And I have missed watching films with friends. And sitting at the docks talking about the difference bethween a burrito and a taco. And being able to ride my bike anywhere. And Uppsala city library which is incredible and hold every book I ever wanted to read.

3. Running.

It’s my goal to run at the very least four times a week from now on. We were out yesterday and it was awsome! There are a lot of great places for running nearby where we live so we have a few rounds to choose from and the sceneries are nice, a lot of nature and water and ancient grave sites. Also doing some yoga, stretching and exercises to improve my back, reduce headaches and naturally I need some six pack abs! No point in working out if you can’t show it off right? But seriously, running is great, makes me feel invincible and such.

5. Foodwise.

We live very near a grocery store that focus on offering a wide range fresh veggies! And they’re building a new, much bigger store right now, don’t know when it’ll be finished but I’m looking forward to it a lot. Not eating as much dairy products anymore either. I’m not by any means vegan (yet) but I have started feeling slightly anxious about dairy and hence started to do some research on the subject.

6. Books.

Since I’m not working that much right now, and no longer are very stressed out about the moving and not liking my job-parts of my life my reading flow have improved a lot. My old problems with focusing are gone and nowadays I can even watch a film without falling asleep which I haven’t been able to for three years or so until now. Im way ahead of the one book a week goal so far. I really hope I can keep this reading pace up, like.. forever.

7. Writing.

In periods, writing have been really really important to me. The last year before moving though I couldn’t do it but now I’ts like the words have returned. Hey words, I love you, don’t go away again, I would miss you terribly. My boyfriends always like me better when I’m writing, you know, my inner peace increase heavily by the amount of letters I squeeze out in my muji journals.

8. Summer house.

We got the house in september or october last year, don’t remember, but it was fall. I love that bloody house to bits. All our friends do too after spending midsummer there, they couldn’t stop stating that us getting the house is the best thing ever. And it really is. To have somewhere to go, where there’s no internet or other distractions is amazing. Reading books on the kitchen sofa, painting windows, gardening, showering outside, going for bike rides exploring the surrounding areas, getting second hand furniture almost for free and not having to think about going to the bank or getting a job is good for your well-being that’s for sure.

9. Simplicity.

I have always been the restless kind. Moving to Stockholm I thought would solve that issue, because there’s more to do there, more people to meet, I had (and still have) the majority of my friends there but as it turned out it only made me even more restless as I grew more and more uninterested in going out. And if you quit going out you find yourself a lot more isolated in a big city than in a much smaller one where people still see each other spontaniously, without having to spend hours in the never-working underground trains.

10. Consumption.

I don’t need nor want anything other than what I already have, which feels great. Not until winter at least, then I could use some kind of warm parka but right here, right now, there’s nothing in the world I feel would be worth the while trying to get. Instead I continue getting rid of excess clothes and trying my best to not hate our bedroom walls and floor (would need to buy wallpaper and carpets to make it nice but as i said, not worth it). Which is kind of hard but probably good for me in the end. I do hate the nuance of café latte though but who the fuck cares anyways. A little bit of uglyness can’t hurt anyone.

Basically the only negative aspect I can think of is my social life is kind of limited, but every week I meet someone new so soon enough it’ll all be perfect. Also I need a job. Working on that aswell and knowing me it can’t be very far away. I’ve always had a good flow when it comes to jobs.

Images via bookshelfporn and unknown.

/This week will be spent in our house where we’ll dedicate to some hard core gardening, painting and fixing up in general. When we need a pause we’ll go fishing or read a book. Looking forward to making vegan sill for the midsumer celebrations. Goodbye.

/ notebooks www.canoeonline.net, it’s friday night and I’m watching bonnie & clyde, quote from www.eskapi.com, the rest unknown

/Knicked these Vian library check out cards that I’m going to laminate and use as bookmarks.