No, it’s not a woman. By now you should know I ehm… nevermind. I want to tell you about a new passion I have, which in reality is an extention of one of my already biggest passions, photography and photo editing. I’m talking about video production and special effects.
I had nightmares again. I didn’t feel safe in the dark, but didn’t want to get out of bed so I looked at the time, 6:30 and leaned over to the window and pulled the curtain to the side exposing the dark blue sky. I lied there watching it change into the light deep blue sky I’m so in love with. Condensed air on the window formed scattered patterns of water drops in random formations, barely visible against the sky with the exception of those small cotton ball clouds that slowly passed my panoramic window.
Funny story. I was in the kitchen having breakfast and as I was finished and walked into my bedroom, two cars honked at the same time as they passed by my house. It created a beautiful harmony and for some reason I was so inspired by this that I found the two notes on my keyboard and turned it into a song. Strange huh? Well, considering that most of my ideas come to me when I’m in the toilet or showering, this isn’t all that strange.
The first thing that struck me when I woke up this morning of my 30th birthday was that life is long. Everyone keeps saying that life is short but when I think back at all the things I’ve done, places I’ve seen and people I’ve met I’m nothing but overwhelmed by the feeling of how long I’ve actually been living. I’ve flead a war struck country. I’ve moved 5 times before I even moved out of my parent’s house. Since then I’ve moved a total of 7 times, the last move taking me all the way to Malta.
I’ve had three long time relationships spanning between 2-4 years. I’ve had more than a dozen different jobs. I’ve released 3 CD’s (recorded forth which was never released)and more than 50 songs and remixes. I’ve performed on legendary stages in New York and Chicago and had tiny shows in libraries in suburbs of Stockholm. I’ve done TV, Radio, Theatre, written articles and done photography jobs for newspapers and magazines.
I’ve cheated on a girlfriend and suffered the consequence. I’ve been cheated on, lied to, deceived and hurt. I’ve laughed, cried and had shivers running up and down my spine in good and bad ways. I’ve done things I regret and regretted things I never did. All of this and a lot more in only 30 years.
January 8th, my day. Well, actually my birthday is shared with Stephen Hawking, David Bowie and Elvis Presley. It’s a day just like any day of the year but it’s still out of a symbolic perspective one of the most important days for me. But let’s not just focus on me. For instance on this day the following things happened.
1642 – Astronomer Galileo Galilei died in Arcetri, Italy.
1790 – In the United States, George Washington delivered the first State of the Union address.
1992 – U.S. President George Bush collapsed during a state dinner in Tokyo and vomited all over the poor fellow sitting next to him.
1998 – Scientists announced that they had discovered that galaxies were accelerating and moving apart and at faster speeds.
Yes my friends, January 8th is an important day. I’m sitting on a high wall in Valletta, Malta wearing only a t-shirt and squinting at the sun which right now is heating me up really nicely. I’ve always dreamt about having my birthday on a warm day. My wish finally came true, after 30 years. Happy Birthday Me!
It was five minutes to midnight when my brother came into my room and said “it’s time”. I was laying in bed under the covers, fully clothed, a warm water bottle on my stomach, hugging it from the excruciating pain I was feeling from the virus infection I had been suffering from the past three days. I hadn’t eaten properly in two days except the occasional soup which took me four hours to finish. My first new years eve in Malta and my whole family visiting, in my new life and I spent it popping pills, pooping water and screaming out from pain in my stomach, back, neck and anywhere else this damn virus seemed to have decided to have a week long party.
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