Had to shop something

Do you remember that I talked about having a stereo broken by my pet? Well, I have now bought a new stereo. It is not a CD-exchanger with casette-tapes and radio, like the old one, since they are not really not possible to buy other than used. I have another casette player, so I do not mind. Well, this one plays USB-sticks, radio och CD’s in different formats. It is a awsome small stereo, very different looking. I had to buy it from another EU country. I paid in advance over the banking system… so it was a wild thing to order something from abroud that way. Would I get any equipment? Well, of course I did. And the crown is valued high so with shipping it wasn’t expensive at all. It was rather cheap. And I am guessing noone else in Sweden has a similar stereo, the design is just so wonderful. Suiting for an artist like me. So now I finally can play my music without using the TV or computer. Sometimes I do have to shop electronics, even though I do not want to shop. But if something is broken I do shop, if I need the product. 

The car is also fixed. It cost me 6000 sek from my savings, but the three errors in the car are fixed. All other things are just cosmetics. Hoping the insurance company fixes the buckle on behalf of the old women that made it. That is the only fair thing to do. 

I also have a service coming up on the car…. that costs a lot… oh mine… money is pooring like rain. My pockets are getting drained. I am glad I have saved for these rainy days whilst I did work full-time. 

I have cleaned a little today, things that seldome get cleaned. I have cleaned the windows in front of the house, so that my view overlooking the world is clean so to speak. 

Well. I am satisfied with my contribution to the world today. I have now created even more paintings. I am thinking that I perhaps could even fill up the portfolio. Who knows? Well, I have at least reached my goal and added some, so there are no musts anymore. 

I just need to dare to seek someone up to ask then to exhibit them? Who knows… I must dare and sometimes I am shy. So weather or not if I’ll do it I do not know. Strange. I can talk to anyone that doesn’t know my name. But when putting myself out there… then I need to get more curage. 

 

 

Companies are not a person – new suggested law tries to forbid freedom of expression of companies

Svenskt näringsliv are according to DN.se trying to forbid people to use freedom of the written word against companies. I think that is a really dangerous path to walk. How is the customer going to get their voice across if they won’t be allowed to tell the Internet what has happened to them? I think this is the risk if companies are going to be protected from slander on the Internet. I think that is censoring, after all a company is not a person. Their actions should anyone, not just the press, be able to talk about. This way companies must stay on the correct path.

If a company does wrong, then they should risk getting it public. Just saying. There is a danger on the path of what is rumor and what is not. If it is lies, then the company should be able to remove the information. Also if the person’s information is out, the person should be able to get the information removed. However putting people in jail just because sounds horrible. I think private persons should have freedom of the written word for companies that do wrong. They should be exposed.

Source 20120225:

http://www.dn.se/ekonomi/nathatet–drabbar-naringslivet

Professor in sustainable development has written about the world economy

I actually think that the Professor in sustainable development has some very good points in his analysis of the world economy in a debate article in todays SVD.se. By just calling something “green economy” doesn’t make it green. I happen to agree.
I also happen to agree that it is the states that must drive the sustainable development of mother Earth’s resources.

Adapting to a new way of life must start now. The state must drive that development with legislations and such. It is very simple and easy to legislate. Companies wanting to stay in the race must comply.

It is not sustainable to keep on consuming non renewable energy sources and materials. It is a fact. Non renewable sources for energy and materials would take millions of years to form and they will run out long before that. So that we could all agree upon. It is just stating the facts.

So instead of focus on consuming and developing bad things for us, all companies should drive the world to sustainable way of life. Just saying. Do it. It isn’t enough to talk. You need a plan.

I found another article on Sveriges Radio about the fact that we are consuming the planets resources to the extent that we would need more planets in order to sustain life. This is indeed a scary thought.

Sources 20130216:

http://www.bth.se/info/pressreleaser.nsf/sidor/46436a092becb604c1257854003a9e5d?OpenDocument

http://www.svd.se/opinion/brannpunkt/flummigt-att-hanvisa-till-gron-ekonomi_7917056.svd

http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=105&artikel=3950306

You are one person who can make a difference

I like the words: “One small step for mankind”. Well this video is a inspirational video from YouTube for you. A video of motivation, hope and visualization how you can make a difference. You are special. You can accomplish and make a difference. Who is to say what matters or not? Enjoy!

Source: youtu.be/8I7Wk14VWK4

The big corporations rule the world

How are the big corporations any better than the old empires, kings, queens, popes or any other person that ruled the world before? They enslaved the population, so do the big corporation. Is part of the human race ment to be slaves to the rich? I am just wondering. I do not really enjoy this world of ours. There are not equal opportunities for men and women, class, ethnic background and such. Not as long as we continue differentiating people by gender, by age, by looks, by ethnic inheritance, by social class, by richness and so on. All those things actually show us that we are not equal. A cleaner is payed 12000 SEK per month for a full-time job in Sweden. Some might even get less. Some do not even get full-time jobs. A mall 1 room apartment can kost 5000 SEK. 12000 SEK is what the cleaner has before taxes. So you can figure out the numbers your self. Tax is dependent on the area where you live. The better the neighbourhood the lower the tax is almost always true (those that are rich enough get additional taxes). As a cleaner you probably need to live in a bad neighbourhood… otherwise you probably can’t afford it. So you get higher tax. This is Sweden’s tax system.

Well, anyway, the cleaner has a low status job, but is very important. Due to the cleaner the company or organisation can have healthier staff that get sick less. With that said, not everyone can do cleaning, some are allergic, others have problems in limbs and some do not have the eye for cleaning. So when someone says anyone can do that job – they are wrong. There are good and bad cleaners out there.

Well, companies that have a lot of cleaners have managers on the top. Some are really big corporations. They earn money on each one of these cleaners, otherwise they wouldn’t be in business, would they? Well, anyway, the owners are rich on the top of the food chain. They can live in luxury and have big boats and awesome homes. Some can afford to be eco-friendly and build giant eco-friendly houses for themselves. They can have enormous estates and get richer and richer each day. Until the day they feel bad and start doing charity. Instead of higher salary to the workers they make foundations. From those people have to apply for money. The founder of the foundations can pick and choose to their liking.

There is no foundation for paying off student loans for us workers. So even if you been to the university and done your homework some of these people still end up cleaning your shit up at your company. Some have higher education than you. Some are treated good, but some are treated bad. Some people behave like the cleaners are not worth the same. Others behave like the cleaners are the same as they. There are people for everything.

Well. Anyway. You buy stuff. You might also be short on money. Since the cleaner in Sweden doesn’t earn that much as another person might do, the cleaner must buy cheap. This means someone in the world needs to be even lower paid, so that the cleaner can afford the stuff. Somewhere else in the world that is. So in Asian countries some work for a couple of crowns per day. In Sweden you would get some shewing gum or candy for that money each day. Who can live on that? The person would definitely be poor and have no house. Probably the person wouldn’t even be able to afford a tent. It would have to rely on you or me giving a tent to them. This is reality. Today. NOW! And you and I are part of this system. Want to change it? Enlight people. Chat. Talk. Write. Blog. Recommend sites, films people have made and so on.

So with this to think about I give you this film, from YouTube. Enjoy!

Source: youtu.be/pfrL2DUtmXY

A music tune

It´s a song or should I say talk about angels, death and another world. Pretty dark so to speak. It´s demonic. The song is old, by The Doors. It´s named “The Severed Garden”.

Source: http://www.youtube.com

White whale can copy human sounds

Surf into the link below and listen to the talking whale on webb TV at Aftonbladet.se.

Source 20121024:

http://www.aftonbladet.se/webbtv/nyheter/djurnatur/article15663922.ab

Or just listen to the sound and see a still image hear:

Source: http://www.youtube.com

Or here:

Source: http://www.youtube.com

Beeing restrictive with new acquaints

Talking to people can be great fun.  You can really talk about anything to anyone, as long as you don´t reveal things about yourself too much. You can say what you think about things and such, but then you can keep some things to yourself. What those things are is up to you. For instance you could choose to never tell where you work, your last name or any core things about your family life, unless they have a real relationship or friendship to you. If you don´t give out to much personal stuff, like email, home address and such to strangers you can keep a distance. If you wanna see if they could become friends with you, you could use a “nameless” email that you do not use in your everyday life.  This way you can start to learn to know others and still keep a distance. That way the new relationshsips can easily be ended if needed. Be sure you don´t give your mobile number to people if you mustn´t.

It´s good to keep the core information secret as much as possible, this way the info cannot be misusaged at any point.Use several emailadresses for different purposes.

Try to be aware that everything you say or do. Remember that everything you say can be used against you at some point. Every action has a consecvense. You should act naturally and make all these things become a part of you. To let yourself get to know strangers is to know how to keep a guard up, just in case. This way you are not risking anything by talking to strangers. Talk in public places, where you are safer than usual. You should be familiar, but not “close”. Don´t be distanced, even if you shall not give away any “real” info (it´s real, but not from the real core parts, the important parts of life). Define what is your core info. Keep that to yourself. Make the “firewall” part of you. This way people never get to know the real you. This way you can allways “dump” people if you feel they are to strange. Sounds probably strange, but I am trying to say that in all your relationships you should try keeping your integrity, even though saying a lot. One can say a lot and still keep once integrity. On social forums it is especially important that you keep an distance. You must talk to people in order to get to know them. But before you do, which you can never do online, you must have met them in real life too. Instead of learning to know people online, talk about the weather at a bus stop and practice. When you master the conversation of weather you can go on to happenings in the news and so on. This way you will start to feel it feels normal to talk to strangers. Suddenly you might start to talk about events in your neighbourhood that you want to change… or something else that you find interesting. By beeing familiar people open up. You don´t even have to know their names, but still you get to know their thoughts and such. This way you get to know people, the essence of them so to speak. This is how I do it, all natural of course. I dont´t think it just comes like that, I have trained for a long time. For me it comes natural to talk to strangers. I find it real easy. One person said I “do magic”. I don´t I am just a skilled listener and explainer (whilst talking that is, not on paper).

Many people make the mistakes of giving away to much. Listening also reveals a lot. That is also a way to understand people.

I.e. I was on the subway, listening in to conversations. It was interesting to hear. I could really picture the two women talking and what their lives where like. Just by hearing their talk and arguements with each other I could understand their personalities. By listening you can have an understanding and you can make a profiling of people this way. As long as you listen you can analyze. Conversations can reveal a lot about people.

Beeing a analyst and observer doesn´t make you socially skilled, at least I happen to think so. But having conversations with strangers helps you at everyday impressions. However keeping a relationship is much harder than making a first impression. All these things I have talked about are good to get away from your fears talking to anyone about anything.

I find a lot of strange things on the Internet

This is a pep talk! There are a lot of scams, criminal activity and conspiracy theories on the Internet. I think that alot of it is junk. Some hoax are very well done. Some make even fictional films and they are “leaked” to sites over the Internet. Why? Scare the public, create hysteria? You have free will and you can choose your own life path. You do not need to walk other peoples arrends if you are just working enough for your own dreams. I strongly believe you have the key to a life you wanna live. I hope nobody believes the hoaxes available online. Don´t let anyone sit on you, if they do – rise up again. Brush them off and continue your quest.
You are no worse than another. You are not less valueable. You are just equal to everyone else and a welcome member on earth. Don´t let anyone else think you are their slave. Use your freedom and voice. Do what you think is right for you!