A mystery is afoot. No, I didn’t lose my keys (again), get lost in the woods and find myself halfway to Alvesta (it’s happened before), or require a recipe for ermine stew (if you’re reading this, Furry Weasel Who Must Not Be Named, let this be a warning).
This mystery also has nothing to do with mathematics (took one math class my first year at university, got a C-, and am damn proud of it), unsolved murders (sorry, but I’m no Mikael Blomkvist), or the meaning of life (I’m not Monty Python, either).
The mystery is this: why do you read this column?
Seriously, why do you? 110% Lagom has better pictures. Julie’s Nordic Island is more insightful. Snuggling with the Enemy is more entertaining. And Julie’s Melodifestivalen blog is written by, well, an actual Swede.
So why do you read this? Don’t you have better things to do? Like, I don’t know – go fishing, spend time with your family, or buy something online that you really don’t need and costs way more than it’s worth?
This column isn’t funny. It isn’t insightful. Heck, it’s not even well-written. In the pantheon of great writing, it’s the equivalent of the guy who couldn’t even get hired as the night janitor at the nearby Burger King.
But you’re still reading it. I mean, do you actually enjoy hearing about the misadventures of some poor chap with about as much common sense as an ostrich and who frequently finds himself more out of his element than Steve Buscemi in “The Big Lebowski?”
Hey, buddy: you’re still reading this. Haven’t I made myself clear? This column is about nothing, nothing, and more nothing – with some more nothing added in for good measure.
It’s pointless. It’s rude. It’s downright crass. But if you’ve gotten this far, you’re downright hooked.
Sure, you’ll comment on how terrible this is, how I’m a disgrace to the journalistic profession, and how it should be illegal for me ever to type anything ever again. But just remember this: you chose to read this. Since I doubt the CIA, FSB, or the AIK front line forced you to look at this as part of some elaborate and unquestionably bizarre torture method, you have only yourself to blame, bucko.
Not my fault you’ve lost 90 seconds of your life you’ll never get back.
Tags: AIK, Ben Mack, blogs, ermine, Linnaeus University, study abroad, Sweden, Swedes, The Local, Växjö
Because it’s always good to see things/Life afresh, through eyes that are too young to be as cycnical as mine! Your optimism and good nature shine through.
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We all sit together when this come outs and read it sentence by sentence and laugh.
It brings us great joy to laugh at you and the fact you are blogging about Sweden when you are back in the States.
You do realise you can get a .blog.com site for yourself where followers will follow?
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this is sweden, we are bored and will read any shit,
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what jane said.
but really, even though I read these blogs and think, wow, people would surely read MY blog about heading for Sweden and finding my relatives, if they read this –what I like is hearing your “Everyguy” take on things. it’s nice to be fore-warned about the seamy underside of foreign travel: all the mis-haps that CAN HAPpen.
so keep it up with the details!
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Because there’s nothing to do at five in the morning in the Village at BSU.
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Ah the memories Jeff. BSU graduate, with fond memories of the Village, now living in Sweden here.
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“I was very satisfied with most of Season 1. Season 2 started off well, some episodes being hilarious. The highlight of this episode was the trouble that Marcus and Moseby went through to try and get their simple job done.
Many people now say, “”Disney’s for babies!!!”" and so on. But, shows like SLOD prove that even adults can watch Disney. This episode was Moseby’s highlight.
The new character Marcus finally got a better chance to prove his best in SLOD, and he did so. These two had the most memorable scenes from this episode. The episode was directed quite well. I loved it, and I believe that you will too. Go try it out!!”
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Sweden is beautiful country we love peace and I have lived around the world top cities and found stockholm is best place to say in.
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Awesome post. I loved all outfit. And I love the looks your wore yourself. You should do more posts about your own asian outfits. Also, the makeup is great.
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