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Tuesday, March 24th, 2009: Recycling (and my strange building) in Malmö
2009-03-24 20:59:00
What I think:Since I moved to Sweden, I've felt that recycling is a pretty thorough thing here. I even wrote about how it works in Helsingborg a couple of years ago (here). But it appears that recycling is not quite as thorough in Malmö as it is in Helsingborg.Having just moved into our new place in Malmö, we naturally had a fair amount of rubbish (US/CAN: garbage) to dispose of, so off we went on our first visit to the rubbish room. It's actually in the basement, and along a long-ish corridor. What we discovered was that, while there are the usual bins for paper, cardboard, clear and coloured (US/CAN: colored) glass, hard plastic, and general household waste, there are none for soft plastic or organic waste (left-overs, peels/skins, bones, rude cashiers, landlords, etc.). So all plastic carrier-bags/wrappers and people you don't like (including rappers) have to go in with the general household waste.Now, I'm just wondering whether this is an all-of-Malmö thing, whether it's ju...
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Wednesday, March 18th, 2009: So long Helsingborg, Hello Malmö
2009-03-18 17:09:00
What I think:It's the end of an era.Last Saturday, my girlfriend and I moved from Helsingborg to Malmö.It was a pretty smooth move, although Lucy Fur (the cat) was none too pleased about sitting in a little cat-box for the two hours it took us to get there, only to be locked in the bathroom while the guys moved our stuff in. But she's settled in now - although she has suddenly developed this odd desire to crawl under the duvet to sleep during the day. Spot the bump.When I mentioned the move to my friends (all two of them), some of them (Johnny) asked, "But what will happen to Helsingblog?" Well, here you are - the blog is now Helsingbloggin' - Malmö.I will still be commuting to Helsingborg a couple of times a week, for band rehearsals and the occasional meeting (I used to travel for the same length of time (about an hour) every morning and evening when I lived in London, so this is really no big deal); in fact, I'm sitting in the basement of the Telegrafen pub in Helsingborg as ...
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Monday, December 29th, 2008: Aweigh with the ferries of Helsingborg
2008-12-29 13:50:00
What I think:After yet another successful gig at Trappa Upp in Höganäs (more on that later), we in the blues/rock cover band CSI: Helsingborg decided to have a Pissed Rehearsal tonight.A Pissed Rehearsal is a rehearsal to which we bring loads of beer, and get drunk while playing. The logic behind this is that we will always have a good few beers before (and during) performing live, so we might as well get used to playing drunk. Having said this, I always drink beer at rehearsals anyway. But the others don't usually drink much. Except for CSI: Nils; we usually meet at Charles Dickens before rehearsals and down a couple there.We also usually invite friends to our Pissed Rehearsals, and end up having quite a little party. You'd like these things, I'm sure.In any case (of beer), I needed to pick up a case (of beer) for the Pissed Rehearsal. Rather than go to the state-owned, over-priced, horrible alcohol monopoly Systembolaget, we in Helsingborg have a great little perk: the ferry.I ...
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Monday, December 29th, 2008: Aweigh with the ferries of Helsingborg
2008-12-29 13:50:00
What I think:After yet another successful gig at Trappa Upp in Höganäs (more on that later), we in the blues/rock cover band CSI: Helsingborg decided to have a Pissed Rehearsal tonight.A Pissed Rehearsal is a rehearsal to which we bring loads of beer, and get drunk while playing. The logic behind this is that we will always have a good few beers before (and during) performing live, so we might as well get used to playing drunk. Having said this, I always drink beer at rehearsals anyway. But the others don't usually drink much. Except for CSI: Nils; we usually meet at Charles Dickens before rehearsals and down a couple there.We also usually invite friends to our Pissed Rehearsals, and end up having quite a little party. You'd like these things, I'm sure.In any case (of beer), I needed to pick up a case (of beer) for the Pissed Rehearsal. Rather than go to the state-owned, over-priced, horrible alcohol monopoly Systembolaget, we in Helsingborg have a great little perk: the ferry.I ...
More About: Ferries , Monday , December , 2008

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008: CSI: Helsingborg to play at Trappa Upp in Hög
2008-12-16 15:35:00
What I think:We found out last Friday that the good people at the Trappa Upp bar/music venue in the small town of Höganäs enjoyed our show so much that they want us to play again this coming Friday. Short notice, but yay.I went up there a couple of nights ago with our bass player, CSI: Per, to drop off some posters for the owner (at the pizza place; he owns both places). It's not the best resolution here, but this is what the latest poster looks like: I thought that this would be a great opportunity to make use of some of our new crime scene tape, so we set about "cordoning off" random things in the central area of Höganäs.We started off at the bike stand shelter (yes, there's a shelter for the bicycles) right next to the town hall, where we put tape on the sides...Then we did a few bits of some random fences around there, as well as some bins. Here's one with CSI: Per's official CSI: Helsingborg cap on top. He thought it would be very artistic. Per is Swedish.There seems to be ...
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Tuesday, December 16th, 2008: CSI: Helsingborg to play at Trappa Upp in Hög
2008-12-16 15:35:00
What I think:We found out last Friday that the good people at the Trappa Upp bar/music venue in the small town of Höganäs enjoyed our show so much that they want us to play again this coming Friday. Short notice, but yay.I went up there a couple of nights ago with our bass player, CSI: Per, to drop off some posters for the owner (at the pizza place; he owns both places). It's not the best resolution here, but this is what the latest poster looks like: I thought that this would be a great opportunity to make use of some of our new crime scene tape, so we set about "cordoning off" random things in the central area of Höganäs.We started off at the bike stand shelter (yes, there's a shelter for the bicycles) right next to the town hall, where we put tape on the sides...Then we did a few bits of some random fences around there, as well as some bins. Here's one with CSI: Per's official CSI: Helsingborg cap on top. He thought it would be very artistic. Per is Swedish.There seems to be ...
More About: Play , Tuesday , December , December 16th , 2008

Friday, December 12th, 2008: The second snowfall and buying silly things in
2008-12-12 15:31:00
What I think:The second snowfall, errm, fell on Helsingborg. You may remember my post about the first one of this season. Some mystery joker, who probably lives in the building opposite ours, "wrote" in the snow.It appears that this may now be a regular occurrence, as I just looked out the window a few minutes ago and saw this:Yes, it's the word SEN upside-down. This is a bit more cryptic than the "STFU OMFG" we saw last time. Sen is Swedish for "late", but it's also commonly used as a shortened version of senare, which means later. (Here's a little Swedish lesson for you: sen, senare, senast mean "late", "later", "latest", respectively. Educational blog, or what!?)While I did indeed wonder why someone would want to write "STFU" and "OMFG" in the snow, I could almost see the point. I took as a kind of a "No way! It can't be snowing, get outta here!" type of thing. But this one's got me baffled.Is it some kind of message to one of my neighbours (US/CAN: neighbors) across the way...
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Friday, December 12th, 2008: The second snowfall and buying silly things in
2008-12-12 15:31:00
What I think:The second snowfall, errm, fell on Helsingborg. You may remember my post about the first one of this season. Some mystery joker, who probably lives in the building opposite ours, "wrote" in the snow.It appears that this may now be a regular occurrence, as I just looked out the window a few minutes ago and saw this:Yes, it's the word SEN upside-down. This is a bit more cryptic than the "STFU OMFG" we saw last time. Sen is Swedish for "late", but it's also commonly used as a shortened version of senare, which means later. (Here's a little Swedish lesson for you: sen, senare, senast mean "late", "later", "latest", respectively. Educational blog, or what!?)While I did indeed wonder why someone would want to write "STFU" and "OMFG" in the snow, I could almost see the point. I took as a kind of a "No way! It can't be snowing, get outta here!" type of thing. But this one's got me baffled.Is it some kind of message to one of my neighbours (US/CAN: neighbors) across the way...
More About: Buying , Friday , Things , Silly , December

Monday, December 8th, 2008: Music and mayhem in Helsingborg
2008-12-08 17:21:00
What I think:Well, it happened again today. Somebody came up to me, asked if I was Mark Base, and mentioned that she reads this blog. While this most often happens at PL13, this time it was at a bus stop in the south of the city. I had just finished rehearsing with a Christmas Choir (my former workplace has a few people who sing some songs at Christmas and Midsummer, and I agreed to continue playing guitar for them), and I was waiting for a bus to go home.Meeting this girl made me realise that I haven't written anything for a while, so I thought I'd take this opportunity to bring you up to speed with things over here in the south of Sweden. Oh, by the way, "Hello girl from the bus stop!" (I do remember your name, but I'm not sure of how to spell it). Plus I'm not sure if you'd want to see it published here, even if I happened to get the spelling right.Work-wise, I'm still mainly getting jobs from the company I used to work for, but I've had a couple of other things as well; m...
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Monday, December 8th, 2008: Music and mayhem in Helsingborg
2008-12-08 17:21:00
What I think:Well, it happened again today. Somebody came up to me, asked if I was Mark Base, and mentioned that she reads this blog. While this most often happens at PL13, this time it was at a bus stop in the south of the city. I had just finished rehearsing with a Christmas Choir (my former workplace has a few people who sing some songs at Christmas and Midsummer, and I agreed to continue playing guitar for them), and I was waiting for a bus to go home.Meeting this girl made me realise that I haven't written anything for a while, so I thought I'd take this opportunity to bring you up to speed with things over here in the south of Sweden. Oh, by the way, "Hello girl from the bus stop!" (I do remember your name, but I'm not sure of how to spell it). Plus I'm not sure if you'd want to see it published here, even if I happened to get the spelling right.Work-wise, I'm still mainly getting jobs from the company I used to work for, but I've had a couple of other things as well; m...
More About: Music , Monday , Mayhem , December , 2008

Friday, November 21st, 2008: The first snowfall of 2008 - no snowmen in Hel
2008-11-21 15:31:00
What I think:Well, it finally happened. It snowed today. Winter is well and truly here in Helsingborg.It was odd though, because it was actually a sunny day when it started snowing. I took a few photos from our balcony to show you the progress over about a relatively short period of time (although I can't exactly say what it's relative to). Here's the first one:See? Sunny!But not for long.You can see the ground really starting to get covered here...And then it turned into a little blizzard. Try this at home: go to a mirror and say the word "blizzard" over and over again for five minutes and forty-three seconds. An amazing thing will happen. (Not really, you'll just look and sound like a total lunatic.)Finally, it stopped, leaving a nice white layer. Even without the sun, it feels slightly brighter when there's a bit of snow on the ground, don't you think?But when I looked out a while later, I discovered that we have a comedian in the area:Yes, someone had taken the liberty of ...
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Friday, November 21st, 2008: The first snowfall of 2008 - no snowmen in Hel
2008-11-21 15:31:00
What I think:Well, it finally happened. It snowed today. Winter is well and truly here in Helsingborg.It was odd though, because it was actually a sunny day when it started snowing. I took a few photos from our balcony to show you the progress over about a relatively short period of time (although I can't exactly say what it's relative to). Here's the first one:See? Sunny!But not for long.You can see the ground really starting to get covered here...And then it turned into a little blizzard. Try this at home: go to a mirror and say the word "blizzard" over and over again for five minutes and forty-three seconds. An amazing thing will happen. (Not really, you'll just look and sound like a total lunatic.)Finally, it stopped, leaving a nice white layer. Even without the sun, it feels slightly brighter when there's a bit of snow on the ground, don't you think?But when I looked out a while later, I discovered that we have a comedian in the area:Yes, someone had taken the liberty of ...
More About: Friday , November , 2008

Friday, November 21st, 2008: The first snowfall of 2008 - no snowmen in Hel
2008-11-21 15:31:00
What I think:Well, it finally happened. It snowed today. Winter is well and truly here in Helsingborg.It was odd though, because it was actually a sunny day when it started snowing. I took a few photos from our balcony to show you the progress over about a relatively short period of time (although I can't exactly say what it's relative to). Here's the first one:See? Sunny!But not for long.You can see the ground really starting to get covered here...And then it turned into a little blizzard. Try this at home: go to a mirror and say the word "blizzard" over and over again for five minutes and forty-three seconds. An amazing thing will happen. (Not really, you'll just look and sound like a total lunatic.)Finally, it stopped, leaving a nice white layer. Even without the sun, it feels slightly brighter when there's a bit of snow on the ground, don't you think?But when I looked out a while later, I discovered that we have a comedian in the area:Yes, someone had taken the liberty of ...
More About: Friday , November , 2008

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008: Back in time in Helsingborg
2008-10-28 10:27:00
What I think,The clocks went back this weekend. Yes, I suddenly decided I didn't like our clocks, so we brought them back to the Clock Shop.But when we got our fancy new ones home, we found that they were all exactly one hour slow. Modern technology, eh?Being the hyper-intelligent, mega-brainy guy that I am, I decided to just live with the erroneous time shown on my clocks, and turn up for my various appointments an hour earlier than agreed, as per my clocks' time. Smart, eh? Being the mega-intelligent, hyper-brainy guy that I am, I have many large, complex, and difficult books (with lots of big words in them) to read anyway, so I don't mind waiting; in fact, I enjoy waiting sometimes. Because I like to read books with many big words in them. Because I'm intelligent, brainy, and mega-hyper.And because I usually like to turn up about ten minutes before any appointed time, I was actually an hour and ten minutes early for my first meeting. But within ten minutes, when I was just...
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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008: Back in time in Helsingborg
2008-10-28 10:27:00
What I think,The clocks went back this weekend. Yes, I suddenly decided I didn't like our clocks, so we brought them back to the Clock Shop.But when we got our fancy new ones home, we found that they were all exactly one hour slow. Modern technology, eh?Being the hyper-intelligent, mega-brainy guy that I am, I decided to just live with the erroneous time shown on my clocks, and turn up for my various appointments an hour earlier than agreed, as per my clocks' time. Smart, eh? Being the mega-intelligent, hyper-brainy guy that I am, I have many large, complex, and difficult books (with lots of big words in them) to read anyway, so I don't mind waiting; in fact, I enjoy waiting sometimes. Because I like to read books with many big words in them. Because I'm intelligent, brainy, and mega-hyper.And because I usually like to turn up about ten minutes before any appointed time, I was actually an hour and ten minutes early for my first meeting. But within ten minutes, when I was just fi...
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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008: Back in time in Helsingborg
2008-10-28 10:27:00
What I think,The clocks went back this weekend. Yes, I suddenly decided I didn't like our clocks, so we brought them back to the Clock Shop.But when we got our fancy new ones home, we found that they were all exactly one hour slow. Modern technology, eh?Being the hyper-intelligent, mega-brainy guy that I am, I decided to just live with the erroneous time shown on my clocks, and turn up for my various appointments an hour earlier than agreed, as per my clocks' time. Smart, eh? Being the mega-intelligent, hyper-brainy guy that I am, I have many large, complex, and difficult books (with lots of big words in them) to read anyway, so I don't mind waiting; in fact, I enjoy waiting sometimes. Because I like to read books with many big words in them. Because I'm intelligent, brainy, and mega-hyper.And because I usually like to turn up about ten minutes before any appointed time, I was actually an hour and ten minutes early for my first meeting. But within ten minutes, when I was just fi...
More About: Time , Back , Tuesday , October , 2008

Sunday, October 19th, 2008: Blogging about bloggers in Helsingborg
2008-10-19 15:06:00
What I think:The darkness came early this year. And I don't mean that a British glam rock band popped up to Helsingborg and ejaculated prematurely; it's almost pitch-black by 7 p.m. these days, and we haven't even put the clocks back yet. Bummer.I was at PL13 last night (which remains the coolest little bar in Helsingborg), and this British guy came up to me and told me that he had read this blog before moving here a couple of years ago. I always seem to meet people at PL13 who've read my blog. It's obviously where all the grooviest people go in this city.Then I went outside for a smoke, and met an Irish girl who lives in Copenhagen. We were chatting a bit, and I told her about that guy inside, and she told me that she's read my blog as well. Wow.I've come to realise that quite a few people actually read this blog to get insider information about what it's like to live in Helsingborg. So it's "mission accomplished" for me.But there's still so much to write about. Do you ev...
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Sunday, October 19th, 2008: Blogging about bloggers in Helsingborg
2008-10-19 15:06:00
What I think:The darkness came early this year. And I don't mean that a British glam rock band popped up to Helsingborg and ejaculated prematurely; it's almost pitch-black by 7 p.m. these days, and we haven't even put the clocks back yet. Bummer.I was at PL13 last night (which remains the coolest little bar in Helsingborg), and this British guy came up to me and told me that he had read this blog before moving here a couple of years ago. I always seem to meet people at PL13 who've read my blog. It's obviously where all the grooviest people go in this city.Then I went outside for a smoke, and met an Irish girl who lives in Copenhagen. We were chatting a bit, and I told her about that guy inside, and she told me that she's read my blog as well. Wow.I've come to realise that quite a few people actually read this blog to get insider information about what it's like to live in Helsingborg. So it's "mission accomplished" for me.But there's still so much to write about. Do you ev...
More About: Blogging , Sunday , Bloggers , October , 2008

Sunday, October 19th, 2008: Blogging about bloggers in Helsingborg
2008-10-19 15:06:00
What I think:The darkness came early this year. And I don't mean that a British glam rock band popped up to Helsingborg and ejaculated prematurely; it's almost pitch-black by 7 p.m. these days, and we haven't even put the clocks back yet. Bummer.I was at PL13 last night (which remains the coolest little bar in Helsingborg), and this British guy came up to me and told me that he had read this blog before moving here a couple of years ago. I always seem to meet people at PL13 who've read my blog. It's obviously where all the grooviest people go in this city.Then I went outside for a smoke, and met an Irish girl who lives in Copenhagen. We were chatting a bit, and I told her about that guy inside, and she told me that she's read my blog as well. Wow.I've come to realise that quite a few people actually read this blog to get insider information about what it's like to live in Helsingborg. So it's "mission accomplished" for me.But there's still so much to write about. Do you ev...
More About: Blogging , Sunday , Bloggers , October , 2008

Saturday, September 6th, 2008: Eventful gigs in Helsingborg and Bjuv
2008-09-06 12:03:00
What I think:After coming back from holiday (US/CAN: vacation), I had a few gigs lined up, so I was kept busy with rehearsals. I was to play at an IKEA party in Helsingborg with Suckerbucket on the Thursday, September 28th (with a guest appearance for a couple of duets with Twisted Systems - the other IKEA band here in Helsingborg). I also had a couple of gigs with CSI: Helsingborg in the tiny town of Bjuv; one as part of the festival, and one at a restaurant/bar which is located right in the middle of where the festival was taking place.On the Thursday eveningTwisted Systems were first to take to the stage, and they did a great job. They're all good musicians, and are pretty tight.Here's a photo (Left to right: Boy, Boy, Girl, Boy, Girl):I think they're actually the better band, but they had to go on first, as Sven (our lead guitarist) was just coming back from a business trip in Stockholm (doesn't sound very Rock 'n Roll, does it?), and couldn't make it early enough for us t...
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Saturday, September 6th, 2008: Eventful gigs in Helsingborg and Bjuv
2008-09-06 12:03:00
What I think:After coming back from holiday (US/CAN: vacation), I had a few gigs lined up, so I was kept busy with rehearsals. I was to play at an IKEA party in Helsingborg with Suckerbucket on the Thursday, September 28th (with a guest appearance for a couple of duets with Twisted Systems - the other IKEA band here in Helsingborg). I also had a couple of gigs with CSI: Helsingborg in the tiny town of Bjuv; one as part of the festival, and one at a restaurant/bar which is located right in the middle of where the festival was taking place.On the Thursday eveningTwisted Systems were first to take to the stage, and they did a great job. They're all good musicians, and are pretty tight.Here's a photo (Left to right: Boy, Boy, Girl, Boy, Girl):I think they're actually the better band, but they had to go on first, as Sven (our lead guitarist) was just coming back from a business trip in Stockholm (doesn't sound very Rock 'n Roll, does it?), and couldn't make it early enough for us t...
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Saturday, September 6th, 2008: Eventful gigs in Helsingborg and Bjuv
2008-09-06 12:03:00
What I think:After coming back from holiday (US/CAN: vacation), I had a few gigs lined up, so I was kept busy with rehearsals. I was to play at an IKEA party in Helsingborg with Suckerbucket on the Thursday, September 28th (with a guest appearance for a couple of duets with Twisted Systems - the other IKEA band here in Helsingborg). I also had a couple of gigs with CSI: Helsingborg in the tiny town of Bjuv; one as part of the festival, and one at a restaurant/bar which is located right in the middle of where the festival was taking place.On the Thursday eveningTwisted Systems were first to take to the stage, and they did a great job. They're all good musicians, and are pretty tight.Here's a photo (Left to right: Boy, Boy, Girl, Boy, Girl):I think they're actually the better band, but they had to go on first, as Sven (our lead guitarist) was just coming back from a business trip in Stockholm (doesn't sound very Rock 'n Roll, does it?), and couldn't make it early enough for us t...
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Monday, August 25th, 2008: Helsingborg to Glasgow to Montreal to London
2008-08-25 09:13:00
What I think:I just got back last Thursday night after a two-week trip. The main purpose of the journey was to attend a 26th-year high school reunion in Montreal , but I had been incessantly nagged by a friend to visit her in Glasgow for the past few years so, since I had to fly via London anyway (no direct flights to Montreal from Copenhagen), I thought I'd take the opportunity to make a detour up to Glasgow, as I had never been, and was pretty much passing by, and boy-oh-boy this was a long sentence (*stops for breath*).My girlfriend and I got on the ferry from Helsingborg to Helsingör (that's Elsinore, home of Hamlet's castle, for all you Shakespeare buffs) with our backpacks, went up to the sun deck, sat down and started eating the sandwiches we'd bought. So far so good. Then there was this bloody wasp buzzing around. I waited for it to land on the table and swatted it with a napkin. Got him. Or did I? Nope. There was a bit of a gap between my fingers, and the little bugger c...
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Monday, August 25th, 2008: Helsingborg to Glasgow to Montreal to London
2008-08-25 09:13:00
What I think:I just got back last Thursday night after a two-week trip. The main purpose of the journey was to attend a 26th-year high school reunion in Montreal , but I had been incessantly nagged by a friend to visit her in Glasgow for the past few years so, since I had to fly via London anyway (no direct flights to Montreal from Copenhagen), I thought I'd take the opportunity to make a detour up to Glasgow, as I had never been, and was pretty much passing by, and boy-oh-boy this was a long sentence (*stops for breath*).My girlfriend and I got on the ferry from Helsingborg to Helsingör (that's Elsinore, home of Hamlet's castle, for all you Shakespeare buffs) with our backpacks, went up to the sun deck, sat down and started eating the sandwiches we'd bought. So far so good. Then there was this bloody wasp buzzing around. I waited for it to land on the table and swatted it with a napkin. Got him. Or did I? Nope. There was a bit of a gap between my fingers, and the little bugger c...
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Monday, August 25th, 2008: Helsingborg to Glasgow to Montreal to London
2008-08-25 09:13:00
What I think:I just got back last Thursday night after a two-week trip. The main purpose of the journey was to attend a 26th-year high school reunion in Montreal , but I had been incessantly nagged by a friend to visit her in Glasgow for the past few years so, since I had to fly via London anyway (no direct flights to Montreal from Copenhagen), I thought I'd take the opportunity to make a detour up to Glasgow, as I had never been, and was pretty much passing by, and boy-oh-boy this was a long sentence (*stops for breath*).My girlfriend and I got on the ferry from Helsingborg to Helsingör (that's Elsinore, home of Hamlet's castle, for all you Shakespeare buffs) with our backpacks, went up to the sun deck, sat down and started eating the sandwiches we'd bought. So far so good. Then there was this bloody wasp buzzing around. I waited for it to land on the table and swatted it with a napkin. Got him. Or did I? Nope. There was a bit of a gap between my fingers, and the little bugger c...
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008: Doggy do's and don't's in Helsingborg
2008-08-03 16:19:00
What I think:Well, it's been two whole years since I've written about dog poop in Helsingborg. It's time for an update.I was walking to the Charles Dickens pub before a band rehearsal the other day, and saw this amazing thing on the pavement (US/CAN: sidewalk):Glömt nåt? is Swedish for "Forgotten something?" I thought that this was very well done, but I would have preferred to get a photo of a dog pooping on the representation of poop. Now that would have been classy.That's what I think. 
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008: Doggy do's and don't's in Helsingborg
2008-08-03 16:19:00
What I think:Well, it's been two whole years since I've written about dog poop in Helsingborg. It's time for an update.I was walking to the Charles Dickens pub before a band rehearsal the other day, and saw this amazing thing on the pavement (US/CAN: sidewalk):Glömt nåt? is Swedish for "Forgotten something?" I thought that this was very well done, but I would have preferred to get a photo of a dog pooping on the representation of poop. Now that would have been classy.That's what I think. 
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008: Doggy do's and don't's in Helsingborg
2008-08-03 16:19:00
What I think:Well, it's been two whole years since I've written about dog poop in Helsingborg. It's time for an update.I was walking to the Charles Dickens pub before a band rehearsal the other day, and saw this amazing thing on the pavement (US/CAN: sidewalk):Glömt nåt? is Swedish for "Forgotten something?" I thought that this was very well done, but I would have preferred to get a photo of a dog pooping on the representation of poop. Now that would have been classy.That's what I think. 
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Friday July 25th, 2008: Letting it all hang out at Helsingborg's Festival,
2008-07-25 17:10:00
What I think:Just about every medium-to-"large" town and city in Sweden has a festival at some point during the summer months. Helsingborgsfestivalen started last night, so the girlfriend and I went to check it out. During the festival, many streets are closed off, and there are several stages dotted across the city, with all sorts of different music - something for everyone. They're not all brilliant, but depending on what you're into, many are worth checking out. It's really the only time that Helsingborg really comes alive, and has a good sparkly atmosphere. People are relaxed and chilled out; they just let it all hang out.There were a few bands/artists that my girlfriend specifically wanted to see last night, so off we went. It was a great evening for it; pleasantly warm, and not a nasty cloud in the sky (just a few of those nice white fluffy ones).The first gig we were to see was Mikael Wiehe and Ebba Forsberg. They're kind of folky. My girlfriend's parents also wanted to ...
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Friday July 25th, 2008: Letting it all hang out at Helsingborg's Festival,
2008-07-25 17:10:00
What I think:Just about every medium-to-"large" town and city in Sweden has a festival at some point during the summer months. Helsingborgsfestivalen started last night, so the girlfriend and I went to check it out. During the festival, many streets are closed off, and there are several stages dotted across the city, with all sorts of different music - something for everyone. They're not all brilliant, but depending on what you're into, many are worth checking out. It's really the only time that Helsingborg really comes alive, and has a good sparkly atmosphere. People are relaxed and chilled out; they just let it all hang out.There were a few bands/artists that my girlfriend specifically wanted to see last night, so off we went. It was a great evening for it; pleasantly warm, and not a nasty cloud in the sky (just a few of those nice white fluffy ones).The first gig we were to see was Mikael Wiehe and Ebba Forsberg. They're kind of folky. My girlfriend's parents also wanted to ...
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