what if?

I was looking for trailers for "The Bucketlist" (which I recommend if you haven't seen it, Jack Nicholson is marvelous!), and came across this video. It is not so much the pictures as the words. The song is What if? by Nichole Nordeman.

Just a thought for you.




What if you’re right?
And he was just another nice guy
What if you’re right?
What if it’s true?
They say the cross will only make a fool of you
And what if it’s true?

But what if you’re wrong?
What if there’s more?
What if there’s hope you never dreamed of hoping for?
What if you jump?
And just close your eyes?
What if the arms that catch you, catch you by surprise?
What if He’s more than enough?
What if it’s love?

quotes of the day

"Real tragedy is not thwarted ambition,
but the failure to develop ambition"

"Failure is so unpleasant that we would rather not try,
because by refusing to make the attempt,
we avoid confronting the experience of failure."

Terri Apter

teaching career, ready set go

Last night I had my very first "Communicate in Swedish" lesson. I was terribly nervous before, and pretty stressed out about whether I had prepared enough or maybe too much for the two hours that I was to spend with my 8 students.
Only 6 of them showed up, but it was a really good group. Mainly 25-30 years old. WHich is lucky, since apparently in Britain there was no requirement for a 2nd language for a while, so everyone 30+ doesn't know anything about, pronouns, verbs, adverbs etc...

I'm really excited about this course, although it is rather stressful, since I already have my job in the cafeteria (4 hours/day all week). But I think I'm going to give some of my shifts away to Angie.

(She lives in my corridor, and she's a blast)


It is weird to teach your own language. And it's really hard to decide what to start with. Find out what would be a good base.
Unfortunately, there are hardly any good textbooks for Swedish for beginners, most of them are rather old, looking more like the 70's. So I am going to have to do ALOT of work on my own. I've been copying from French and English books that I've found in the library and used them as inspiration and sometimes just translated directly so that I have something more up to date to give to my students.

I just got out of a cold, but I haven't been sleeping properly (because the 'cold relieg' pills apparently had caffeine in them, GREAT!) So I'm going to take a nap now.

Tonight the brotherhood has arranged for a costume party, or Fancy dres party as it apparently is called in England. I have class until 9 so I'm going to be late, and don't have time to dress up, but I gave Johanna P the amazing idea to be a mirror. She can use an old picture frame and imitate people, annoying AND creative. hehe

BTW: Check facebook for pictures from the Cornwall trip. This was my very first time. It's terrible that I've missed 3 of them. But apparently it was raining the past years.
We had amazing weather, and the group this year of students are just great. They're just alot of fun! SO It was a great trip (Except for my cold + soar throat).

bangs/fringe?

I cut my hair today. Not all of it, just the front part of it. I am confused. I guess it's the joy of being part of the international community that Newbold is famous for being. I don't know what it is called. Fringe? Bangs? But I'm sure you know what I mean.

It came to happen as it normally does when I cut my hair; impulsivity, impatience, and boredom. It went alright, as it normally does. Since I don't have straight hair small mistakes are hardly noticeable.

I realised that it has been more than 3½ year since my last visit with a hairdresser. Not that I haven't cut my hair. I've had excellent hairdressers such as; mum, Anita, Taylor, and even Andreas. And it hasn't changed much, except from growing longer. I want to get really long hair again. Like when I was a kid. I had "angle hair" according to the old lady on the third bench from the front on the right. Then I braided it went to a hairdresser for the first time, and came home with my braid in a box and a page. It's still in a box somewhere, unless someone found it and threw it away. My point is, I want long hair again. I’m assuming that it will be helpful on the wedding day as well… Bangs/fringe or no bangs/fringe.


before


during


after

wedding site

Well now we're about 99% sure about the date for our wedding: 2 August 2009.
If you want to follow some of the planning and get information about the wedding you can check our wedding website andreasmarianne.blogspot.com

See you there :)

quote of the day

"The knowledge of man's course of life, from the remote past to the present,will not only help us to forecast the future, but may guide us in our duty of leaving the world better than we found it."

E. B. Tylor

over and over and over and over

How to Live a Longer Life

http://www.nationalgeographic.dk/Shared/bildbank/flash/2005_13/multimedia/nov_05.swf

A slideshow from National Geographic based on a documentary they did on lifestyle and how it affects the length of your life.

Interesting how the one thing that seems to affect the decrease of the lifespan of people, who previously were the longest living, seems to be Americanfood chains;).

quote of the day

"You can make more friends in two months by becoming
interested in other people
than you can in two years by trying to get other people
interested in you."

- Dale Carnegie