The end is just the beginning

I've forgotten how hard it is to clean a flat for a move. Even if it is the shoe-box one. Takes forever to get through it all. Been spending hours and hours the last few weeks but now it's moving towards the end at least. Have tomorrow also and then the check on Friday.

Friday is my last day at /// too. Had the last week in Kista last week and it felt rather hard to say goodbye to some people. Will be the same this one in Borås.

But it will be nice to live in the Void Mansion every day. Have tons of things to do on my list and I'm looking forward to it.
I also was asked to help out with some promotional work for Nordic Noise Festival and that I accepted. Never done anything like it before but I have been thinking about it. An opportunity severed and I couldn't turn it down then, could I!

The coming weekend there will be another trip to High Voltage to see Treat. Looking forward to that one. Was September 1988 I last saw a Headline show with Treat. I have seen them after but only short sets on Festival-type stages. Thinking about it, when they played the Sweden Rock Cruise perhaps they had a full time slot? Never shot them though so with that it's even more exciting.
Saturday it is Doom Over Scania which also will be awesome, Crimson Dawn, Doomocracy, Hands of Orlac, Memory Garden and one more... Super!

I think I deserve a glass of wine now...

Cheers
E

Tarot Woman

Well, I would be rather surprised if Joe Lynn Turner is playing that one tonight but damn it would be cool to hear it live.

I decided to take the bus in to Gothenburg today also, deviate from my mission to not drink beer at local shows but it's sunny, it's the last one before I become a SKÅNING full time... And frankly, I'm checking out from Ericsson more and more each day. The only downside is that I have a meeting at 8:30 tomorrow so I have to take it a bit easy...  And I of course need to catch the bus back home.

I'm really looking forward to the show tonight. Even if I doubt there will be any real surprises in the set... I do hope for some solo songs though and what Joe did as originals with the bands he was in and not other bands classics. Fantastic songs of course but I don't want them from Joe.

Anyway. He really amazed me when I saw him last,  his voice is outstanding still and it was a fun and cozy event. I hope it will be just as cool tonight!

Cheers
E

And the bands played on...

So, with this I have three more weeks to work at Ericsson. It feels strange and I guess it will be very weird when I'm home. And it will be rather sad to leave, it's been a good time and I have really enjoyed what I've been doing.

The past week was really good though! Took the opportunity to work from home, catch up with some documentation and so. And combine that with some concerts. 2 times Anthrax, Turbocharged & Wasted, Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons, Marco Mendoza and yesterday S.O.T.O. A lot of good music and I really enjoyed the shows. But I must admit that the S.O.T.O show really stood out. Fantastic band and Jeff is amazing, it was great fun!

And now there are three Joe Lynn Turner shows coming up. That will be great too but I'm a little afraid I've pushed my expectations a little too high. I don't doubt the band and Joe will sound great but when it comes to the setlist... We'll see. Supercharged!

Cheers
E

Survival of the fittest

When I bought my flat at Kaplansgatan in Gävle I got moving in gifts from my parents, cousins, aunt & uncle and so on... For some reason they all got me plants, flowers to keep in my windows.

I DEFINITELY don't have green fingers and most of them died rather quickly. A few survivors was eaten by my pet rats when I forgot the plants in the kitchen when releaseing them to roam free.

And now these 4, that was three from the start but one got so big I had to split it. And it survived that too. This year they turn 20 and even if they look s**t I can't throw them away as long as they're alive...

They won't be for long though! As you can have cats OR plants, not both. And they for sure has taken beatings already. I brought them from the shoe-box flat last weekend. One of the bigger is reduced to less than half now as Tipton made a run, jumped over the back of the couch and landed directly on it. At least the two in the livingroom window matches in size now...

And it's damn fun to dig in the dort too and then run around swiping the shoveled dirt all over the floor!

Lucky for the cats they are cute...

So nope, cats and plants is definitely not a match. I doubt these ones will reach the age of 21...

Cheers