It's All Gone Pete Tong

Saturday night. EdTV is on one of the channels and it pretty much sums up what's all happening today. Cameras following some average Joe around even when he's taking a crap.
These days you really don't have to do or accomplish anything to get famous, you can get famous for...eh...being famous. Here, in this little pond called Sweden, we have a handful "celebreties" that are on every tv show there is. Whether it's a dancing elimination contest or a quiz show, they're all there and the next day we can all read about it in the tabloids - who did what and to who when the cameras weren't running. It's Big News here if somebody makes out with somebody or if somebody twists his or her ancle while dancing. I don't know how, but apparently they can sell a lot of papers with headlines like that. Another popular show is the one where lonely farmers are searching for love. "Farmer Seeks Wife" is the name of the show.
It's just so stupid. Stupid and a bit sad, because it kind of diminishes us all into beings more stupid than we really are. I for one don't need to read about these things and I'm pretty sure most of us aren't if we think about it. Are there not more interesting and important things to see and learn and talk about? What is it that makes gossip so valuable?

There was a big demonstration today here in Malmö, against Israels war on the Gaza strip. Everybody is against Israel here and - hey - I'm not one who support a strong nation killing innocent people, but it seems a bit strange to totally neglect the fact that "good old Hamas" are firing missiles into Israel totally randomly, trying to kill as many as they can. I don't get it.
There's an old saying in Swedish that goes (if just translated as it is): "they are both equally good cabbage drinkers". It's a very strange saying even in Swedish, but what it means is something like "Let he who is without sin throw the first stone". What I mean is that none of the sides seem to be the better part in this - it's all gone Pete Tong.

Well, I'll hang up the laundry to dry now and then I'll enjoy a glass of white organic wine.
Cheers!

A boring blog

Uuhhrg...I'm in a downfall with practice again. I had such great energy after I took that Jason Winn seminar in november, I started blogging and practicing more. I had fun in class even if it was a good one or a really tough one. I even thought of making it to teacher training this spring. But now...it's no fun, no energy and I have to face reality - there's no way in hell I could afford going to teacher training. So what to do? Right now it feels like I only practice because I have to, since I help out cleaning the studio four times a week for free practice.
I'm going to Stockholm for a week soon and when I'm there I thought I'd practice and see if it puts the fun back in bikram.
I guess I'm just fed up with working and nothing more...I feel bored and uninspired right now. And I never have any money so I can never just decide to do something or go somewhere, because I can't pay ffor anything else than bills and rent and food.

Hot Humid Hell!!

I had a hell today. It was just soo hot and humid, I thought I was going to pass out. I'm not proud to say that I walked out of the room during class, but I did. Twice.
Now, I've been down with a cold for about a week and I haven't been able to practice since the studio has been closed a lot during the holidays, so as I stepped out of the room for the second time tonight I thought it had to do with my cold. I was a bit bummed out for being such a wuz, walking out of the room like that, but I didn't think about it all that much. I went back in and I finished the class. I even did two camels that I thought were pretty ok.
After class I found out that the fresh air system had died in the middle of the class and the humidifier had gone berzerk, cranking the humidity up to a nice 75%! No fucking wonder it was tough in there, no wonder half the students were lying on their mats and walking in and out of the room. It was a sweet (sweat) relief to know it wasn't just all in my mind - I actually did pretty well concidering what was going on in there!
Hmm...maybe practice again tomorrow...?

I finished writing a new song today after I got home from work. Sara - my wife - said she saw me drumming on one occation in class today...oops! I didn't even think about it, but it's always hard to completely let go of a song when I have been working on it just moments before.
I wrote the song after I had read "the Memory of Running"by Ron Mac Larty. The first 50 pages or so, I thought the book was just "ok", but as I kept reading it really grew on me and now - 4 - 5 days after I finished it, it is stuck in my head. I really liked it a lot, and I wanted to write something about it so I came up with a song. I think I'll call it " You'll Wake Up In America".
I guess all of us has some waking up to do in one way or the other...