This is the first time I have blogged since 20th of June 2011 on http://theswenglishfamily.blogspot.se/ Both me and the wife have no idea how to log into that account as I think it must be with an email address I no longer use. You can still go back and read about our early experiences with moving to sweden in your intrested. Mostly its pictures of Robin but now we have a Toby too so if you don't like pictures of kids then this isn't the blog for you.
I am currently at work at the cinema, sitting in the projection room while Transformers 4 bangs and crashes behind me. I dont think I could keep interested, watching the whole 2 hours 45 minuite robot orgy but I do like to put the 3D glasses on now and then and go downstairs for a look. The 3D seems to actualy work in this film, although it's still a pointless gimmick. 5 Minuites of 3D at a time can be fun but watching a whole film like that gives me a headache.
Next week I'm going to be showing Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. I keep getting the title mixed up with Rise of the Planet of the Apes (from 2011). I guess one problem with these films is that the story hasn't really moved forward much. Dawn or Rise, Rise or Dawn. Maybe the next film will be "Beginning" of the Planet of the Apes follwed by "Birth". I actualy really like "Rise" loads of great action and a fantastic story. Not often you get a smart film with great FX. Apparently "Dawn" is even better (according to early reviews) Can't wait.
I think I'm pretty lucky to have this job as I have always loved watching films. Watching film's rarely takes any mental effort, other people do all the thinking for you and you get to just sit back and watch the story unfold. Yeah I'm quite lazy. I'm only working about 20 hours a month, doing this job while I am on parental leave from the graveyard job which starts again in September and finishes 2 months later for the winter season. I'm really not looking forward to being unemployed next winter but I may end up getting a job at my wife's place as a homecarer for the elderly. It depends really on how good my swedish is (it comes and goes).
Since moving to Sweden I have managed to run two 10k city races and 2 half marathons. I suppose that isn't a great deal in 3 and a half years but it's difficult to find time to train with 2 kids, working part time and the other half working full time. Since moving to our new house I havnt done any training at all. I was going to take part in a triathlon at the end of June but I'm glad I didn't now as I probably would have been the laughing stock of the whole town. Anyone that knows me is probably wondering why that would be a problem as getting laughed at doesn't usualy prevent me from doing really dumb things but I guess thats all a part of getting older.
Haven't had a chance to read any good books latlely, I think the last book I read was Irvine Welsh's Skagboys, which is a prequel to Trainspotting. I'd completely forgotten how compelling his books are. He knows how to draw you in to the story so you believe in the characters and the situations they get into, although he does push the boundries of grimness at times (the bit where a guy tries to rescue a puppy from a rubbish chute) other parts had me laughing hard (like when Mark Renton's brother comes home early and catches him in a compromising situation).
When I get back to work in the graveyard I can continue listening to my audio books. One I'm in the middle of is called The Etymologicon by Mark Forsyth. It's an amusing look at the history of words where the author tells a story about how a word originated and within that story he finds the next word to examine and it carries on from there. Here's a quote:
“If Jupiter was in the ascendant when you were born, you are of a jovial
disposition; and if you're not jovial but miserable and saturnine
that's a disaster, because a disaster is a dis-astro, or misplaced
planet. Disaster is Latin for ill-starred.
The fault, as Shakespeare put it, is not in our stars; but the language is.”
―
Mark Forsyth,
The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
You can probaly tell I copied that from a website of quotes, most of the book is actualy about rude words and is quite funny. I still have a ways to go on it yet though.
The big dumb film behind me is about to end so I better get ready to turn the lights on.
Laters
James
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