California Part 2 of 3.

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California Part 1 of 3.

So, here are some pictures from my California adventure. This included partying, stalking people at the thrift store, going on an excursion with Marlowe, almost swimming in Max's pool, almost swimming in the ocean, among other things. Thanks to everyone for showing me around and housing me. Part 2 will probably be posted tomorrow. Until then, I hope you'll enjoy part 1:

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Stevie Nicks

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This little track was recommended to me and I really like it. Since my friend spilled beer on my keyboard, I now have the letter "a" binded to apple+C, meaning every single time I want to write "a", I have to go apple+C. You might have guessed this already, but it's making me nuts. Oh, and I apologise for not updating more frequently, but I took a break from my computer over in California. I took a lot of pictures, so you can expect them to start showing up by tomorrow or the day after, probably. Here's the great song:

Stevie Nicks - Stand Back(Eli Escobar Remix)

My friend. On Youtube.

I don't know if you guys heard of this, but Cannes Film Festival has announced an advert competition. Basically, anyone in the world had 48 hours to make a commercial, focusing on the international environment meeting happening in Copenhagen soon. The length-limit was one minute. Now, there are two categories of winners. 1. Most views on Youtube. 2. A panel votes for the one with the best message. My friend here in San Francisco, Martin, made a great one minute commercial with his friends, and you guys should watch it. On Youtube.

watching porn when you have a girlfriend.

I was discussing this topic with Max the other day and we concluded that watching porn when you have a girlfriend is kind of like taking the bus when you have a nice car at home. Most people would say watching porn while having a girlfriend is stupid, but if you think about it, taking the bus can actually be really nice sometimes. It's way less stressful and it can be nice to just get on, pay your fare, relax and let someone else drive for a while. Sure, it might be less exciting and sometimes more time-consuming taking the bus, but in the end, you'll still get to the place where you want to be. Plus, if you're just dating someone, after having paid all the fees that come with having a car, the bus will probably be cheaper. Besides, public transport is better for the environment.

we can sit around and watch neeetfliiix

This post will be dedicated to two things. First things first, Netflix might be the lamest company ever. Netflix is the nemesis, the Lex Luthor and complete fucking polar opposite of Google. Google inspires people to take initiative(ie find shit out for themselves), like "Which is the 'any' key"? Netflix just encourages people to start an intimate and utterly pathetic relationship with their TV/computer. In fact, I have never ever met anyone who actually got cooler after getting Netflix. I'd say, the only significant difference is that with Netflix, people pretend to do their homework more often. Weak.

The second part of this post is, to everyone's great surprise, a list. This time it is a list of things that simply are not okay anymore:

-Drinking Bacardi Breezers: You can disregard this one if you are A.) Mormon B.) Allergic to everything else in the entire world C.) Eight years old.
-Twitter: I doubt that was every okay.
-Updating your Facebook status more than once a day: We can all tell you just gave up Twitter, and appreciate that, but still.
-Having hairless cats: I honestly don't understand why some people feel the need to spend large sums of money on something that looks like a cross breed between a turtle, a rat, and beef jerky.
-Having hairless dogs: "I was on the waiting list for 3 years, but I finally own a living thing that looks like it miraculously managed to turn itself inside out."
-Moving to Paris: That city has been cool now for like 800 years. Is the rest of the world really that lame? I doubt it.
-Obama T-shirts: Period.
-Quoting Zoolander and Borat: It was funny for about fifteen minutes. Face the facts, you missed your window. Move on.
-Owning an SLR-camera: It's the fannypack of the 21st century, I kid you not. Carrying one around is critically uncool.
-Owning the Garden State Official Soundtrack: Judging by demographic standards, you probably don't even have a job, but you thought that terrible compilation was worth 20 dollars? For shame.
-The movie "Angels & Demons": It's not okay anymore, and I don't even think it's out yet.
-Tyra Banks: Enough is enough. God, that woman is obnoxious.

The past couple of days...

Amusing things that happened to me in the past couple of days:

-I gave my seat on the subway to a pregnant lady, only to discover that she wasn't actually pregnant. She was just from the United States of America.
-I got arrested. It would have been amusing, if it wasn't for the fact that it sucked balls.
-My roommate spilled beer on my computer, and now I have to change the language whenever I want to write the letters "W' and "A", since they are currently located on keys that don't work. That part would also be amusing if it wasn't for the fact that it sucked equally much.
-I found out that people here call the Eurostar, the "Chunnel". Simply because Channel+Tunnel=Chunnel. The country of Brangelinas and TomKats have never ceases to amaze, huh? . Anyways, I do not wish to be any worse than these litterary masterminds. Hence, here's a list of suggested words that need be added to this list of absolutely idiotic alpha-math:

-Frodo+Gandalf=Frondalf
-Meredith+Anna=Mannadith
-Rhinocerus+Boomerang=Rhinoomerang
-Minister+Tango=Mango
-Alchoholic+Frolic=Alchoholic
-Jingle Bells+Balls=Jingle Balls

Feel free to come up with suggestions. It really isn't that hard.

Pics from a great New York-week.

I guess the title is pretty revealing, huh? In short, these are some pictures from what might have been one of the more fun weeks all year. Due to all the random occurrences, I dare say it was epic. And I don't use that word a lot. Except that I do. Good word.

ps I should probably give photo credit where credit is due; Corey, Nik, Mike, and Holly took some of these pictures. Clearly, it's not all me.

More resizing.

Once again, I dedicated a stupid amount of time resizing the fashion series on my website. And once again, you better have a look. Please. Now, I'm going to cook and watch 2001: A Space Odyssey. Oh, and the link can be found below.

www.robinjonsson.com

Another cut-out from London story

Here's another one that didn't make it into the actual story. I still like it, though. In about a week, I'll be in sunny California. I can't wait.

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A third world mentality.

I just wanted to take this opportunity so say something to all you people out there that own lottery companies. Fuck you, okay? What you do, is one of the things I hate most in the entire world. You pray on semi-poor people's inability to believe that hard work actually leads somewhere.

I'm currently staying in Bed-Stuy, which is not exactly a posh area of Brooklyn(even though it's heading in that direction). Every time I go to the deli on the corner, someone walks in with a few lucky numbers, thinking "well, you can't win if you don't play". That's sentence is accurate, but only if you remove "if you don't play". I bet if you did a study on this, you'd find that the ratio of lottery ticket buyers is way higher in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, in relation to Manhattan purchasers.

I always feel sorry for ticket purchasers, since they are clearly being duped, and are also a part of the generation that have worked hard for 50 years, and still haven't gotten ahead in life. And so, since hard work hasn't ever paid off, they have no option but to put their trust in luck. People who own lotteries know this very well. That's why they are absolutely terrible people, and should go to hell.

Another detail that makes the whole scenario even more fucked up, is that most states have made gambling illegal. In fact, the only states where you are allowed to gamble, are Nevada and New Jersey. Otherwise, you have to own a patch of native-american land, or own a riverboat to start a casino. You tell me, what's the difference between gambling and playing the lottery? I'll tell you what the difference is: The state owns the lottery, and therefore have a monopoly on all gambling that goes on within the state. Now, isn't that something a socialist, or even communist, country would do? It certainly doesn't feel very "USA-ALL THE WAY".

Max once told me that playing the lottery is simply a third world mentality. I mean, I've been lucky. Whenever I've worked, it's always lead somewhere. I've always felt that I gained something. Hence, I'm a still a firm believer in myself, and therefore feel no need to waste my money on something that is not very likely happen. In fact, there's probably a bigger chance of you being offered an immensely good blow-job from a virgin unicorn outside the deli, than you winning the lottery. Most of these people probably spend about 2-5 dollars a day on tickets. Multiply that by 365, and you know what will happen? Your kids will get better christmas presents.

So let me tell you this, for the first and very last time: You are not going to fucking win. Stop wasting your money. But then again, that's easy for me to say. My dreams are still pretty much intact.

Veni Vidi Vicious

Sometimes, people tend to forget how fucking awesome The Hives' first album, Veni Vidi Vicious is. Your loss.