Psychocandy

Today I did my first day as a research assistant at the department of Psychology. It is a part time position, which  is perfect since I work full-time at my "real" job - hawking booze to anyone who wants it. It is also a great opportunity to stay a jour with the lovable world of academic psychological studies, and lets not forget that I am actually getting paid to sit at home and enter data and listen The Jesus and Mary Chain.

Little Julius

Today there was a halloween party at Sean's day care. I think he had the, by far, coolest outfit!

 

Toga!

 

Mountaineering

Sean doing some rock climbing while partaking in a family outing to watch some dog sleddding.

 

Funny random stuff

Interesting crisps label:

 

Halloween time!

The other night... 

This...

 

 

...Turned into this!

Game night

The wife finally got her way the other night and was given the privilege to lose a game of Parcheesi. At the same time I had the pleasure of enjoying some fine beer and cheese.

 

 

Vikings

This is how one enjoys oneself while on holiday in Sigtuna.

Dragons and ducks!

 

Hide-and-seek!

Junior Baker

Sean helping with the bread baking!

 

 

Bubbles!

Sean and I being a pair of bubble-popping goofy goobers.

 

Coming up with a game plan

"Gotta catch 'em all"

It's awesome being four!

To Booze-land and beyond!

Tonight's musical choice falls on Depeche Mode's Music for the Masses. I am in the study going through the last year in pictures trying to figure out what to make for the lad for his fourth birthday next week.
Also - today I met quite a character from the old childhood. Kapten Zoom (or rather the guy playing him in the old kids show) decided to go on a bender and chose my till in the store to purchase all the wine and spirits that would last a normal man six months, but I'm sure the formidable old captain will see it gone by weeks end.

There are nomal winos - and then there is Kapten Zoom.

Fascination Street

Right now I am sitting in my study listening to The Cure's masterpiece Disintegration, waiting for a show on Twin Peaks to start on the telly. More updates on this raveling situation will surely follow later. For now - here is a picture of a raccoon wearing a suit.

Into the wild!

Also, here the two of us are on a walk in the woods. We found some wild strawberries, but as Sean was convinced they were unripe strawbwerries I got to eat them all.

Watching the river flow.

Picking berries...

and leaves.

Relaxing after a long walk.

Sean Sjöfarare!

As it is I am trying to find some time to get back to the old blog. In that spirit, here are some pictures of Sean and I enjoying a day out - viking style!



Out looking for trouble.

Found an old ship of our forefathers.

Dragons are always cool!

As are wooden rune stones. 

Happy Independence Day!

Stay brave, America!

"Just like Donald Duck"

Yesterday I took Sean ice-skating for the first time in his life. He proclaimed it to be "very slippery and hard", but gave it his best. On the way home we also found a hill to ride down. That was fun until the sledge flipped over and Sean went head first into the snow...
For some reason it is impossible to upload pictures right now, but I will try again later.

Auld Reekie

Last week The wife and I spent a day in Edinburgh, here are some pictures to prove it:

We saw a construction site!

Visited The University of Edinburgh

Campus...

The most wicked awesome lecture hall ever!

Birthday pint in the company of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

New Pictures

Sitting on the old Vasa throne
 

Out for a walk

Posing for a picture in the woods

Thespian With Wicked Stats

While presenting my report of a fictitious project at an examination seminar in statistics today, the professor thought it necessary to stop me and ask if I had actually performed the project for real. The project was me investigating the correlation between the number of work hours and psychological resilience amongst the population of Buffalo, NY.

All work and no play...

Last night I woke up, got out of bed, went upstairs, and was just about to get in the shower when I realised that it was 1.30 A.M. Needless to say, I could return to bed and keep being Luke Skywalker for a few more hours.

Mozz and I

After calling the two existing bookstores in Kalmar to see what they are planning for the release of Morrissey's Autobiography, I am at the moment a bit disillusioned.

After I had to spell the name to the book attendants and inform them who Morrissey is, and that he is in fact releasing, probably the most anticipated book of the year this week - it stood clear that Kalmar couldn't care less. After the news broke the other day that Mozz might appear in Gothenburg on Friday to sign his book, I, of course, got really excited and have for days been trying to justify a late week outing to the West Coast to the wife. But considering people will officially start queuing outside the book store today, Wednesday, I feel my chance of having a chat the rock legend is diminishing. So what's left is to buy  the book online only to have no-one to talk to about it, since apparently kids today couldn't care less about real Rock n' Roll.

Morrissey has a lot on his mind.