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Hello there, I decided to write another random observation from the
always-as-interesting everyday life of Fredrika ;b Hope you can relate!

So, is it only me or do you also sometimes find it a little funny when in a supermarket you put up all you're buying on the counter and think about what it might look like to others?

Here's what I mean:

Try to find some kind of cohesiveness, or connection, between the different things, even if the things you're buying have got nothing to do with each other. It might end up seeming just slightly weird.

example:  You buy a box of ice cream, cookies, and some ketchup. Doesn't it seem like you're planning to put ketchup on the ice cream? Weird, huh?

... or how about eggs, flour, tomatoes, steak, jam, cheese, sushi... and a BLENDER!
Another odd combination. You probably weren't going to blend all those things together, but it certainly will seem like it.

... or, if someone buys condoms, no matter what else you buy with them, will most definitely seem as if you're planning to use in some kind of screwed up sex-game...

Can anyone think of another funny example...? :)

So, yeah it might (most probably actually) only be like this for me, but tell me if you've ever thought this way before ;b

Fredrika

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Hi!
I really felt like writing a blogpost now, but I don't have a lot of time to write it, nor is the subject of this very important, just something insignificant i thought of that 'caught my attention'...

Anyways.
Remember me writing about how the main characters in movies always know that they are special and will be allright, and how unrealistic that sometimes is?

There are loads of unrealistic things like that in films.
(and by unrealistic i don't mean as in Harry Potter or Narnia or whatever)
Well, in this case I am actually talking about supernatural things, but the unrealistic part about this that caught my eye is how people in these films always find the surreal elements so natural!

I'll explain what I mean.
I thought of this while reading what a new film 'Jennifer's body' is about.
It included a girl's body being possessed by a demon, and then it said that her friend figured out what was going on and tried to stop it. Or something a little like that.

In real life, if your friend started acting in a weird way:
would you jump to the conclusion that her body is posessed by a demon?
Seriously, would you?

Probably not.
Or maybe people do have this good imagination in real life.
I know I would probably try to think of a logical solution.

(I know I'm probably completely wrong about this particular film, since i haven't seen it, but it just made me think of this, which occurs in many other movies, so I hope it makes sense. Hope you somehow get the main point :b)

And think about how quickly they accept the situation in films. I mean movies where 'normal' people are introduced to surreal worlds.
If it had been me I'd been shocked throughout the entire movie and not been able to believe my eyes every time I saw a new magical creature or whatever.
I would also have questioned my own mental health and if I was actually awake.
Because in real life. no matter how badly we might want some mystery and magic, we always search for every possible logical explanation first.

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Yeah, as I said this wasn't anything very interesting or even well-written due to lack of time xD And I don't even really want to post this anymore, but I will do it anyway, because I haven't written anything here in such a long time!
I WILL write another blogpost in November, I swear.

Sorry if this was disappointing and boring,
and if anyone actually bothered to read this far,
I'M SORRY, AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT THROUGH! :)

/Fredrika

 

 

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Hello!
New blog post coming up, hopefully I'll have time to write it tomorrow, but I won't promise anything cause I tend to break those kinds of promises too often...

Just a quick, pointless, update to let you know, I'm still alive haha x)

I've started adding a couple of new things to my snowfish page.

• I tried adding my own background, so when I have time I'll make a better one.
• I added favorite media, to show the awesome stuff there is on snowfish. Photos, music, and videos. I'll have to search through snowfish later to find more music and videos, since I don't have many of those yet.
• But tell me if you know of anything you think is great and worth seeing/ listening to! :D thanks
• I also added a cell where I'm gonna put things I like, outside of snowfish. (no offense here, to the snowfish crew! :b) I'll keep adding things there: youtube videos. Links to pages. Photos. And tips or something.... we'll see ;)

Thanks to everyone who's added, or accepted me as a friend, since I just reached the three digit numbers. Thanks if you follow me. Thanks to everyone who reads my blogs even when they don't make sense, and comments/rates photos...
Don't know why I felt I had to add this last part here, but well. I mean it! :)

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Hi!
I was watching tv the other day when a programme I hadn't seen before started. It was about a man who helps dog owners whose dogs have some sort of problem, like being too aggressive etc. In every case in the episode I saw, it was the owners' behaviour that was wrong, and that needed correction. It was never the dog's fault. And in every case the owners were just as surprised to hear that it was them who needed to change.

This is because people don't easily realise when they're behaving wrongly.

Whenever you think that something in your life isn't right, something missing or something wrong, you are most likely causing it. Or at least it is your fault that it stays that way.

If you feel like other people don't treat you the way you want to be treated, remember that it's your attitude towards other people that determines how other people will treat you.
If you feel like you don't get enough respect from others, it's because you need to behave in a way where you demand the respect from them. You have to earn their respect. If you think you're not getting the attention you'd want. Don't hide. People don't focus their attention on someone they don't even notice. Demand the attention. Don't wait for it. It won't come to you.

No, don't wait. Don't wait for the change - because the only thing that needs to change is you, and because of that, YOU are in charge of making things happen.
If you think your life is a bit boring. Find something new to do, a new passion, hobby, friends... If you think it's too stressful. Don't take too much upon yourself. Give yourself time to relax too. If you wish you were talented at something, don't just spend time being upset that you can't. Instead -learn! Everything is possible.

The most important thing isn't usually what you do or don't do. It's your attitude. A negative view on life will make your life worse, and an optimistic will make it better. Confidence, and believeing that you'll succeed, will help you succeed.

Whenever you think something is wrong in your life, it is up to you to change it. Don't be upset that it is like it is. Do something about it instead. Your life will only be as good as you make it. Not better, not worse.

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Sorry for this being such a long and confusing text. I can't get it to make sense, no matter how I write it. I feel like I'm losing the main point all the time. But everyone should interpret it as they want.
Anyhow, I haven't really written anything in a while...
But it doesn't matter that this one sucks. Maybe the next one is better (and shorter! X) )

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Step 1) Imagine a country that would need a little bit more money to build new schools, improve health care, roads, research, buildings, water, homes etc... Well actually, most countries could use more money.
Step 2) Imagine loud, annoying noises... a few colors, some light, some patterns... as well as a lot of accidents and fires. Even deaths. And animals being scared to death.
Step 3) Now imagine this country using millions on these loud noises instead of all the other things it needed.
Sounds stupid? Well it is. Definitely. But it is happening every year in pretty much all countries.

I'm talking about fireworks, of course.
Only in the past couple of weeks, I've seen fireworks 3 times. (national day, ending of NatWest Island Games, ending of concerts)
I HATE fireworks. There's nothing fun about them. There isn't a possible way to enjoy looking up the sky at money being blown up in some stupid, pretty colors. I just see what the money could have been used for instead. If I won a couple of millions I would not spend a cent on fireworks. It is a total waste of money, according to me.
I know lots of people like fireworks, but really -what's good about them?
Do you like lights? Get yourself a flashlight!
Do you like loud noises? Listen to music!
Do you like looking at the sky? Look at the clouds or stars then :)
Do you like colors and patterns? Everything has colors! Look at something else instead. Go to an art exhibition or something.
If you've seen fireworks once, you don't have to see them again. They look EXACTLY the same every time.
Seriously.. I'm sure there are more fun things to do. Fireworks are BORING.

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You know when you stop liking something just because you associate it with something you don't like... That's really annoying!
For example if you love a song and listen to it a lot during a period of time... then when you hear that song afterwards you will automatically start thinking of what you were doing/feeling at that time. And if it makes you think of something sad, annoying, strange... it means that a perfectly good song is RUINED. You won't want to listen to it again, even if it's good.
Another thing is when you hear/see/experience something gross in connection with food. Then every time you eat that food in the future you'll feel the same disgusted feeling, no matter how delicious it used to be.
Clothes are easily associated with unpleasant events. 'I remember wearing this shirt when that happened... oh, I don't want to wear it now!'
There are lots of more examples.
This really annoys me sometimes. Why shouldn't I be able to wear that shirt? It's a nice shirt. It's so unfair!
You know what I mean, right? ;)
So what do we do about this? Stay away from everything we like when we're in a situation we won't want to remember? Well that seems... strange. And slightly impossible. I guess there isn't much we can do about it. It happens, get over it! ;D


Hmm, so I just wanted to ask.. does anyone read my "blog entries"?
If you do, comment! Tell me what you think.. Do you agree/disagree?
Or don't you have a clue of what I'm talking about... (then just ask!)
See you :)

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Have you ever noticed how the main characters in films are always so special?
I know that, obviously, there must be something special about them because otherwise the film wouldn't be made. But they shouldn't be aware of this fact!
For example, imagine this film scene:
A building will explode any second. A child is stuck somewhere inside it. No one is allowed to go inside because there's no chance of saving it. People obey, except from the main character.
"No sir! You can't go in there! You won't find him..."
"Please, let me try! I KNOW I can do it. I know it! Just let me in, I swear I will find him. Trust me..."
And then he goes inside and obviously saves the child and himself just in time.
How does he know he will be able to save the child? How does he know that he is special? He doesn't know he is the main character of a film... it's real life for him. Are there really people this self-confident in real life?
I mean, if that happened to me I wouldn't think there'd be the slightest chance of me managing to rescue the child.
(By the way I didn't actually see this film scene, I just made it up as an example...)
So, are real people this sure of themselves? And if they are, is it a good or a bad thing?
It could be a good thing because if that scene with the exploding building happened in real life, the child wouldn't be completely without hope. And miracles happen, not only in films.
But it could also be a bad thing. When the person who believes he/she is "the chosen one" realises he/she is just any person, it might be devastating to find out the truth.

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Reach for the stars - or you'll fall to the ground.
Have you ever had this dream, something you wanted to achieve in life, that you gave up before you even tried just because you were so sure to fail?
Yes probably. You might have thought it would be too good to be true, that you couldn't possible be that successful or lucky. I know the feeling, that's more or less how I think of most things in life. But really, we shouldn't think this way!
"Losers are people who are so afraid of not winning,
they don't even try."
Quote from the film Little Miss Sunshine which got me thinking about this in the first place.
It is so very true. How could you ever achieve anything in your life, if you're so afraid of failing that you don't even try? And really, what are you afraid of? What do you think is going to happen? I don't think it could be that bad...
You can't give up all your dreams before you give them a try. We need dreams. We need goals in life that we can struggle to achieve. We need dreams so that we have something to look forward to, a reason to keep going. And if you feel like you wouldn't succeed anyway, that the dreams are only going to make you sad when you don't get them -so you just try not to hope for anything..
Wrong. Doing THAT is what makes you not succeed. You need to try. Even when it seems too impossible to be possible. You have to reach for the stars. I promise you can get there. At least you'll get closer than if you don't try. Cause then you'll stay on the ground your whole life. Safe from failure, perhaps. But what's the point in life then?

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I'm constantly attacked by inspiraton. How do I get away?
Often, and easily, I'm inspired by something and get a new passion and meaning of life. Anything can affect me that way. One night I watch for example Americas Next Top Model on TV and realise how much fun it would be to be a model. Instantly I decide that's what I'm going to do! The next day they show Project Runway and I discover my passion for fashion design. But before I have the time to start making any clothes, I'm inspired by a painting and decide to become an artist instead. After that I watch an interview with an actor and understand that what I really want to do is act. Later I hear a great song on the radio and decide to become a singer. There are many more things that can inspire me but you should get the point by now.

If you're one of those who haven't got a clue what you want in life, you probably think I'm just lucky to have it like this. But I disagree! If my passion for something fades away after a day or two, how will I ever have the time to fulfill any of my dreams? Or if they don't disappear, how am I going to be able to chose between 100 different things that I love?
I'm surrounded by things that inspire me: Films, books, friends, articles in magazines, commercials on TV, etc. Anything can influence me.

Am I the only one that feels like this? In that case, how do you get away from the inspiration? How do you do it when it's everywhere? Some people even claim they feel like they haven't got a single idea of what they would like to do. I don't understand those people, but I'm more than willing to give away some of my inspiration to them!

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For a while I've been slightly fascinated with the art of photography. I like taking pictures, as well as looking at the amazing photos of other photographers.
But how come I've never appreciated the real thing? How can I think a photo of for example a tree is beautiful when I never think trees in real life are that special?
As I thought of this, I was in a car, and began looking out through the window. It felt as if I'd been stuck behind a camera my whole life, and saw the real world fot the first time. Because it is beautiful, the world. I just have to see it in the same way I look at photography. Suddenly I saw hundreds, thousands, millions, of astonishing pictures everywhere.
After all, the motif on every single photo is something from the real world. Why don't I ever appreciate looking at the world around me? In fact, the real thing is much better. Some things in life are far too amazing to ever have their beauty fully captured on a photograph.
Why haven't I noticed the world? I guess since the pretty things in nature have always been around me, I've been taking them for granted. That is something I won't do again.

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At the moment we are renovating some rooms in our house and it's at the stage when I begin to feel that "soon it's finished!".
But really, will it ever be finished?
After these rooms are ready we'll just start with another room, and then maybe the garden, and then something in another room and so on...

It is like this with a lot of things. For example Luxembourg is constantly covered with construction sites for building new roads or buildings. The purpose is to improve Luxembourg. Roads being blocked or ugly construction sites aren't exactly nice to have there all the time but it feels okay because, after its done, it will be beautiful. But will it ever be finished? Will we ever be able to just drive around in Luxembourg feeling happy with the finished result?
No.
Somehow, at least for me, that takes away a lot of the reason for changing something in the first place. If I change something it is because I want to make the finished product better. And I want to finish it so I'm able to feel pleased that I've completed it the way I wanted to.
If you instead of enjoying the result, just start finding more things to improve after you've finished one project.. you are stuck in a never-ending circle and will never be happy.

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Hello!
I went to the hairdresser today and noticed something:
I was the only one there not talking to the person cutting my hair.
Everyone else were going on non-stop about things in their lives: parties, friends, problems etc...
And I was, as always, completely silent as soon as I'd told her how I wanted my hair to be cut.
Have I misunderstood something?
What am I supposed to talk about then? What could I say to the hairdresser who is a total stranger to me...
Maybe everytime I get my hair cut, by cooincidence everyone else there are friends with the hairdressers from before. That seems unlikely...
So. Am I the only one who doesn't talk to the hairdresser?

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I, like many other people, don't entirely like being called my real name.
Instead I prefer my nickname Freb, or Fred (even though it's a guy's name!).

Actually I don't have anything against the name Fredrika; I just don't feel like it's me.
Fredrika is the name I was given. Decided by my parents, just because babies must be given names. It's just a word on a paper, a formality.

My nicknames on the other hand, are names that I've decided by myself, or have been decided by others, but only after they've gotten to know me. They are names that represent me, define me, ARE me.

I've had a couple of different nicknames in my life so far, and after a while every name gets boring. It stops feeling like me. That is because I change with time.
The person I am right now, is Fred, or Freb. It is my personality at the moment.
Later on, I will change my personality. I will grow as a person, learn new things, etc. And I will also have a name that feels like the person I am then.

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So this is not a blog, even though the title is BLOG
I won't tell you what I do every day because, honestly, no one would really care about that. I don't live the most interesting life, just a normal one, and I enjoy it, but I won't make anyone hear all the boring details ;)

I will write about some things i think about, ideas, things i like or don't like.. etc.
You might agree, or not.. we'll see!

Probably I will forget to update this most of the time, but I'll try not to!

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