Irina Bernebring Journiette

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Category: Allmänt

111229 – Och online-dejting.

Jag och Emma dricker vin och har blivit medlem på online-dejtingsidan HappyPancake. Det går så där hittintills. Emma matchas bara med skalliga killar, när hennes enda krav var att mannen hade hår. Den enda med hår skrev att han sökte en tjej som ville ta den i tvåan. Vårt första intryck blev alltså lite off. Själv matchades jag med någon som skrev att han gillade sex. “Dumma mongo,” utbröt Emma och jag vek mig dubbel av skratt. Just nu känns det som att vi kanske är för krävande ändå. Jag vill inte ha en man som fotograferar sig själv med bar överkropp i badrumsspegeln eller har mössa på sig inomhus.

Förövrigt funderade vi över vilka napp vi hade fått med följande “smeknamn:”
-GinFizz
-FizzLady88
-GizzFizz
-PinkLady82

111217–“Because the night belongs to lovers”

Yesterday was epic. Had a couple of my closest girlfriends over for a post-birthday-bash. The memories will be cherished for ever. Fragments in random order: Kelly falls on her butt at BK, screams at random guy: “Why did you trip me.” Gin and tonic. Me and Elvina refuses to pay to check our coats. Tequila. Jack requests and Ambulance so I send him home to my place alone in a taxi with my only house-key. Dance. We accidentally flush my toothpaste down the toilet. Wine. A guard guards the door as me an Kelly uses the mens-room at a club that for the sake of our dignity will be left unnamed. More tequila. Elvina does some soul-searching with the help of Emily=revelations. “Don’t give me words, give me an emotion.” About 200 pictures, a mysterious bump in Elvinas forehead, and a group sleepover later it ended with Brunch.

I’m lucky to have such wonderful people to call my friends.

11-12-13–Apeirophobia?

When sometimes the “unboundedness” and the indefinable space of everything becomes to much to bear.

111209 – Nya äventyr?

Jag ligger under ett duntäcke och lyssnar på regnet som smattrar mot rutan. Jag finner mig ännu än gång på gränsen till ett nytt äventyr. Beslut som ska fattas, som är, fattade. Det är dags att ge sig av. Visst kommer Malmö vara saknat. Mer människorna än staden. Jag vet att jag är välkommen tillbaka. Vera har fått detta att kännas som mitt hem. Nattliga promenader och filosofiska reflektioner. Regnet bidrar som vanligt till den poetiska, dystra men uppfriskande stämningen. Så? Vart bär det av då? Allt är fortfarande nytt och försiktigt. Vill inte avslöja för mycket innan saker och ting är officiella. Dokument är inte ifyllda. Biljetter är ännu inte bokade. Snart.

111207 — Home

I’m back from Oman. Catching up with reality. Unpacked yesterday. Sleeping in today. Doing homework tomorrow.

111127 — Goodmorning Dubai!

So. This is were I woke up this morning.

Yup. I’m in Dubai. Pretty awesome actually. My mother managed to make it a secret until we were in the air. (I looked like a freak at the airport constantly covering my ears, singing and only faceing the ground. At one point security actually even approached mom and asked her if “I had a problem” or if there was “something wrong with me.” She did her best to explain but he just shook his head in disbelief and settled with me just being crazy and not a security risk. The entire thing–travelling without knowing where you are going is quite epic and highly confusing. When I saw the aircraft, we were flying Swiss, and it was a jumbojet (I later learned that it was heading to Zurich eventually) I thought that mom had gone mental and that we were heading to Colombo or some other quite distant place. But no, up in the air we got complimentary birthday champagne and the destination was revealed. About 40 min later we touched ground. Spent an hour or two working our way through the rigorous airport controls, hailed a lady cab and headed over towards our hotel (which also remained a secret until we landed) the Atlantis Palm Beach.

It’s the one in the middle, right by the beach. Oh yeah. Here’s a water park and an aquarium. And they have tame sharks to swim with. Life’s pretty awesome at the moment.

111126 — “Ohh man, we’re in Oman”

Tomorrow is my birthday and me and my beautiful mom are sitting at our B&B by the beach in Muscat, Oman. The surprise-trip I got as my present. So far this trip has been nothing but relaxing. We’ve hung out at the beach, snuk into the luxury hotel next to us, indulged in arabian food, strolled around in the old souks. But. Today, all of that is going to change. Today the adventure part of this trip begins. One part of the trip, the four day tour starting Thursday, that we have hired a 4×4 and driver for, that goes into the desert and up into the mountains, camping beneth the stars and exploring the old Oman, I was a part in planning.

The other part on the other hand that apperantly starts in about nine hours I did not have a clue about until this morning when my mom accidentally slipped before biting down on her lip: “I don’t know if I will need to check this bag,” she said before turning and looking at me, joyful panic in her eyes. Did I hear that? Yes. What does that mean? No idea. Well. Now I needed to pack too I guessed. She lauged. “Well, that you needed to know eventually,” she said. “Your passport,” she added. Sure. I already got it. Then, from her side, another slip. “I hope we can re-enter with the same Visa.” She bit down again. Did I hear that? I pretented not to. We are going on a plane apperantly. Where? No idea. Somewhere outside Oman. She’s still keeping the secret. And here I thought the surprise was the trip to Oman. No, now there is a surprise in the surprise. My mom is going Inception on me. I can’t wait to see where I wake up tomorrow.

111118 — Kiss Kiss Bang Bang?

I know it’s been all over the Internet already but I absolutely love United Colors of Benetton’s new “un-hate” ad.

Above is the Pope kissing Ahmed Mohamed el-Tayeb. Tha Vatican has called it “totally unacceptable.”

Below Palestian leader Mahmoud Abbas is locking lips with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The ad also features North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and Lee Myung-bak, President of South Korea…

…Angela Merkel in a clinch with French president Nicolas Sarkozy…

and Barack Obama doing the deed with both Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez…

and China’s leader Hu Jintao!

Let’s keep spreading the love!

111117 — “Now you are just somebody I used to know”

111117 — California Dinner

Helena and Emily stopped by for some pasta, pesto and wine yesterday for a Californian-reunion in Malmö. Since my birthday is coming up Helena brought with her an amazing present–an photo album containing all the crazy images we managed to take during our year in Cali. Whilst flipping through the pages I felt so nostalgic. For so many different reasons the time I spent in Cali was amazing. The picture below is taken during one of the epics nights I shared with my “fam,” Cameron, Helena, Sif, me and Antoine. It started out in a villa in Beverly Hills and ended in a pizza shack on Hollywood Boulevard. My memory consists of fragments, but I know that during the night we snuck Jacqueline into a club. Antoine was kicked out of the same club twice. Me and Jacqueline befriended the DJ and danced in the DJ booth. Helena fell drunkenly in love with a break-dancer. I protected Sif from a creep by politely telling him to leave. Cameron got everybody home safely even though I yelled at him to go away whilst taking awkward pictures next to Bob Hope’s star on the walk of fame. Oh. LA-life.