Another Odd Dream

I had an odd dream last night. All the places had melted together.. I was in Bjorn's and Hannah's apartments.. they were right next to each other, and there was no wall between them.. but they were still different appartments.. It was still school term, but it was ok, because London was just outside even though we were in Trollhattan. I was resting on Hannah's sofa while both Bjorn and Hannah were playing World of Warcraft. I felt a little left outside and wanted to try and play.. There seemed to be a computer free with WoW installed on it, but I didn't know how to play. Luckily, Boris offered to teach me, since Hannah had tought him everything about WoW. For some reason a cat teaching me to play WoW seemed more amazing than the fact that I could talk to cats.
What does this mean?
Oh well. meow.

More Russia pics!
Buncha' commies makin' some sorta' fuzz 'bout summin'
This is a wall.. in a Moscow Subway station. whoa.

Sorry.. more pics next time, now I have to run to school.

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Week by week

It has been a week like most weeks. Now I am waiting to show a piece and then to rehearse Shoko's wonderful fairytale in which I play.. well.. me really.. almost... rowr...
By the way, Conny, as response to your... blog... I'd like to say.. Of course that was me in your dream! Who else! Just out of curiousity.. What did I do in your dream.. and what did I look like? Big, powerful, with a mighty mane?

I'm thinking it is almost time for another contest.. This time I'm going to take suggestions. A contest contest! Everyone suggests what they want to do for a context, and I pick one, and remodel it to fit my theme. There will be no points for the contest contest, but the winner will have an advantage over the others since he/she was the one to pick it.

I also would like to send out a hug and a nuzzle to Hannah, who has just been on a funeral. We all love you, Hannah. I'm certain the others will back that up.

I still have some more Russia pictures to hand out. Here you go. Today I will show you some of the people I was travelling with.


Yes I did travel with more people than this, but I can't show you everything in one go now can I?

Just because I am so nice I'll show you one more.
Doesn't Kyle have some scary similarities with Stalin? They must be related somehow.. or.. is he Stalin reborn?

Tell me what kind of contests you like

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Murrowwrrr...

What is this!? Another entry the very day after my last one? Oh gosh! Just like the good old days. As I have stated before, I will update this place every time I A: Have the time and B: have something to say. Now that we got that cleared up I have got something to say.
In this school that I go to we learn to act. It is a very sophisticated technique that we learn. It is believed that in order to do the best acting we can, we must make our brains work just like the character's brain. In other words, not think about acting, not think about lines, but think about what the character thinks, both consiously and subconsiously. Every character has an impression of his life until now, along with all the sense data and purposes. We teach our brains to be able to live another person's life in our heads and recieve all the senses the character did when going from birth until now. It is quite an amazing thing.
When the preparations are done, the character's life needs to be kept fresh. This can be easilly done by just spending 3 minutes living the life in one's head.

Can you imagine how wonderfully cozy and beautiful it is to do this when playing a lion? When doing the 3 minute thing I found myself after 5 minutes to still be 2 months old all snuggled up with mommy. Having the feelings, the senses and emotions in that moment of that life is so... awwww! NICE! I just wanted to keep doing it.

Ahhh.

Oh well, you want to see more Russia pictures? Okie dokie. You can still click the images for larger versions.

These are a bunch of acting students and one teacher sitting in the hotel.

Here is what the hotel had to offer in ways of recreation. Maybe it's just me, but I thought it was funny. Apart from this the lobby had a prostitute corner.

The rich Russian countryside. This was near Chekhov house.

Here is a little buddy of mine I met at the Moscow Circus. Ain't he just adorable! He really liked me! He tried to squirm away from most people who came up but the keepers could hardly get him away from me (and it wasn't just me holding on either).

More to come!

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Asian gifts.

Japanese people.. Don't get me wrong, I like them.. but they can be confusing.. Not just because of how they talk but their ways of life are a mystery. A couple of days ago Kayoko came in to my room around midninght. She asked me

"Peetah.. Havea yuo seenu tha furidge?"
(Peter, have you seen the fridge?)

"Uhh.. no..."

"Yuo can look on the Peetah sheluf in tha furidge."
(You can look at Peter's shelf in the fridge)

"Uhhh.. ok.."

"I put appul there. You like? I givea yuo."
(I put an apple there. Do you like it? I will give you.)

"... ok.. Thanks."

I went to look at the Peetah sheluf and yes. There was an apple on a small saucer.. There was a smiley face carved into the apple.. Nice.. fun gesture.. I wonder what kind of japanese symbolism she might be using... Two days later I find a pear, also with a carved smiley face on the Peetah sheluf. This one also had eyebrows by the way..
Oh well.


We had an accent class today.. One excersice included the class being divided into pairs.. and one would mimic the other in a sentance.
Agnes was supposed to say my line
"I have three rehearsals tonight" In my accent.
She did. The teacher asked everyone to give feedback.
Adrian raised his hand and said "Agnes sounded a little too much like a man."

o.O

"HEY!" I said.

As I have promised.. I will now show you pictures of my trip to Mother Russia (Not MY mother.. but still Russia.)
I shall start with some generic pictures. in this entry. You can click on these images for larger versions.

This is me at Red Square, with bags, cameras and hats hanging all over me.
(Notice the square is not as red as one might assume)

This is the cathedral on Red Square. The Tsar hired the two best architects in the world to build it. When they were done he poked out their eyes. Nice guy.

And this is James by the Moscow City Library.

These are a bunch of birds by the Moscow City Library.

More to come in the next exciting episode of The Journal of NorthLion!
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Hear me Roar!

I am Peter, hear me roar!
I have stated before that I am letting myself be overworked again this term, perhaps even more so than last. But you know what? It's ok. I'm getting experience.
Shoko asked me if I could be in her fairy tale.. This is what happened. (Shoko is a japanese girl)

"Peetah.. Will yuo bee in my faryutale?"
"You know.. I'm sorry, I am completely full up, I don't think I can..."
"You be playing lion."
"... ... Acctually I think I might have a few openings. I'll do it!"

So yupp.. I'll be playing a lion and I get to eat the main character. It was kinda fun when she was giving me the character-line and mindprint. She was sitting there telling me fact about lions. Me! The NorthLion. She had no facts that I did not already know. She told me about the first documented case of white lions born in Timbavati and I told her their names, the names of their parents, and their uncle. It's the part I was born to play, baby!

Sorry no new pictures today. I'll give you the Christmas Card I promised of the littleoak AKA Neko, AKA Joanna. And in the near future I'll shower you with pictures from my russia trip!

Merry belated Christmas. Or early Merry Christmas 2006!

Just to be fair, I'll give her bro some time in the spotlight. Here is big oak AKA C-Rate AKA Jocke.

Don't forget to Save the Cats everybody!

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New year, new me.

Well.. Everyone is a "new them" most of the time. The changes might be slight, but changes is what life is all about. The more the change, the more life. Just make sure changes you go through are for the better. Some things you don't want to change and fair enough, why fix what isn't borken? But never stop walking forward. You can take certain things with you, but never stop walking.
Wow, what an intro. Anyway, since my last entry I have been back to Sweden after having had a christmas party with people at the school. It was interesting having a big party on a stage with all actors. Everyone pretended to be eachother at times.

Flying back was a bit of a hassle since the plane couldn't land on the intended airport. We had to go on to another airport and the bastards didn't tell the people waiting for the passangers on the ground. What did I do in Sweden you ask?
Well for one, I worked. Gotta earn some dough, right? I hung out with the oaks, we played some video games, had some fun, me and Joanna played 'hunting' where I was the predator and she was the prey. She kept lying, claiming she wasn't in on the game, but she was playing! She acted just like prey when I was going for her! Ran away and hid and stuff.

I met some oldies, Kaj, Erik, Thomas and Thomas' brother Kim. That was a pleasant reminder of the times that were.

The Christmas holidays were spent enjoying some time with various relatives. Me and my two sisters went to see Narnia, which, despite some problems certain people love to whine about, was very enjoyable. It's Aslan, people! Aslan!
After the X-Mas days I went to the T-Hat and grooved with some of the old gang. Hannah, Patrik, Bjorn, Malin (not originally part of the old gang but certainly assimilated into it), Nefus, Niklas and even Neil made his way to the T-Hat for the holidays! We had a nice time, and promised to have one again soon (Sooner than one whole year anyway).
Hannah has just suffered a great personal tragedy and I made myself ready to be all the support she needed but she amazed me quite a bit with her strength regarding the whole thing She was definetly on top of things during the times we spent together. I just hope she doesn't bottle it all up and save it for when she is alone. Don't worry about exposing us to it, Hannah, we want to be part of it, because we are your friends and we want to be part of all aspects of your life, to enjoy the nice bits with you and help share the bad bits.
But I do understand. I realize I probably do the same thing. I most definetly do, I even remember a time when Hannah was trying to help me through a rough situation and even if it wasn't as rough as this one, I placed my bad emotions far away from everyone I knew and cared about. Now I realize that deception isn't what true friends want. They want you. All of you.
So Hannah, I will do my best to open up in the future. And please continue to be strong, but if you need to speak to someone I will make myself availbale (ok my ear might not be the most convienient one to contact at the moment but I will make myself available if you ask)
Next holiday we shall have fun!

These hawt eyes belong to Hannah. But what is she doing? Guess and you will see in my next entry (this isn't acctually a contest as Hannah can't compete. But the the first to get it right wille arn the respect of many)

New years was spent in Gotene with my sister's family and much snow fighting was involved. I flew back to England, came back to school and here I am. Back on track. Just to think.. next holiday I will be halfway through.
Oh by the way, we are doing some Kung-Fu in school. That is awsome! Also, I am working on version 16 of the horror script. I know I should have had it done sooner, but christmas was a very busy time, and applying the latest feedback took more work than I though. Rest assured that it is coming tough, and it is shaping up to be pretty great.
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(I was gonna have a pic of the oaks here but they are back on my laptop. You'll see them in the next entry, I swear)

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Svea Rike

That is where I'll be in three days from now. I will try out my new laptop. WOHOO!
Anyway, What have I been up to? Well, on the tuesday I went to the ballet to see Edward Scissorhands. It was really really nice I must say, I never thought I would enjoy the ballet. It is running to sometime mid-February, so if youhave a chance, see it. Matthew Bourne, who directed it got a great deal of publicity for his production of Swan Lake - with an all men cast. So anoyone who wants to combat my masculinity for seing a ballet, think about this. At least I didn't go to see that ballet. The next day we had a Street Dance class with the UK champion, who eill be competing against the US champion tomorrow, sunday. That's pretty cool. He was impressed by how quickly we picked the moves up. His name is Marlon and he dances in a group called Flawless.
I also have a small part in Claire's graduation production, which I will go do right now in fact. Tomorrow I am going to a christmas party with people from school, and then I'll go to Sweden. See you guys!
This here is the event in which MY teacher will be competing tomorrow.

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And we're back...

Sorry about yesterday, I had to finish the entry quickly due to being kicked out of the internet cafe. How can they have the nerve to close at 11pm when I still have work to do! Grr.
Oh well, I told you about the wedding, but what happaned after? Well, I went back to England where I suddenly transformed into an adult or something. I turned 25. Nah... I seriously doubt that adult thing. Anyway, My parents and my grandparents on my father's side came over to London to see me. That was very nice, we went out to eat, we saw the tower of London, where Marianne, my grandmother had a very interesting conversation with a raven, and they joined me at my house and celebrated my transition into.. twentyfiveness.

Left to right, my grandfather Karl-Erik and my grandmother, trying out a new hat in the tower of London.

This one suits her quite well I think.

My father at Tower Bridge

My mother in... some place we ended up when we got lost

Me in the same place

After they went home, did I get to rest? Not really. School got totally busy close to the exam. All the directors needed to show their pieces before the last week so rehearsals went on way past midnight. After that week, did it get easier? No way, the preparations for the exam kept us all in school past 01:00 every night. On the thursday I got home past 04:00! Buy you know what? I liked it. Even now I don't have a lot of time to relax as I am in Claire's final Production, and two more pieces due last week of term. But you know what... It's all great! It's ok to be worked like an animal if you do it for something you enjoy. And I sort of like the animal analogy. Anyway, there was a picture contest due ages ago. Sorry about that but it appears that I was not the only one being busy. There was only one entry, which will then automatically be crowned winner. Congratulations Marcus Hammar. 10 points.

I will not show the new high score here as this contest got a little.. well it wasn't really a contest with only one contestant. Here is the picture though.

This is a picture of.. snowmen... inspired by me and the creator, Marcus. The one on the left is me, as I am holding my trusty machete and the one on the right is, well...

That's more or less it for the big update, double entry. I will have another contest like this one so that more people have time to join.
Here is what I want most for christmas.
A snow leopard! The other species will do too, but mostly I want a snowkitty. I've been a really good boy this tear and I have worked hard!

Anyway there is a PS. In the tower of London I saw someone who reminded me of mr Neil Martin. Check it out!

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I live again!

That's right. I am back.
I have been absent from this journal(not blog) for quite a while, but believe me, I had my reasons. The important thing is; here I am and I have a big update for you.
I went to the wedding of my big sister Linda and her, now husband, Lars Gunnarsson. I must say this wedding was somethign special and I'm not just saying this because she is my sister, it really was great. I sang in it you see XD
No really, the whole thing was fantastic. Big family get together, a ceremony in a very old little church, older acctually, than Sweden itself. The party afterwards really cool, many friends and relatives showed up and the mood was just great. I also held a little speach, which I was quite proud of.
Check it out!
The beautiful copuple, dancing on the wedding night.
This here is my sister. But of course you knew that.
These are both my sisters. Karin held a speach too, by the way. I don't think I have ever seen anyone that nervous before in my life!

The bride and her bridesmaids. Left to right, cousin, friend, bride, friend, sister.

Rebecka, Linda's daughter, also did some entertaining.

Saga also helped. (message to the world: People, turn DATES on your camera OFF!)

This is me, looking like a dork. The man in the corner is my dad.A kiss

That was the wedding sorry no time left internet cafe closing, I will have to continue this update tomorrow, by the way save the cats, see ya!