In Flames we Trust!

More and more songs are being leaked on youtube from In Flames new album ”Sounds of a Playground Fading” 😀 So far it’s very good, ”Deliver us” still being the best single yet. The title song ”Sounds of a Playground Fading” is very good too, the intro is epicness soundified ❤ A new dawn is pretty good too, nothing fantastic about it, but shows some new interesting musical elements we haven’t heard from In Flames until now.

I also adore the album art, I’m seriously considering tattooing the bird some time.

Anyway, cannot wait for the release, I MUST have the album NOW! NOW DAMMIT! O.o

People can’t drive…

I hate slow drivers, I hate stupid drivers, I hate drivers who can’t choose which lane to drive in, so they bounce around, indecisive, and messes up the flow. I guess this is not a huge problem in a town with 80k people, but it’s still annoying. And then we have drivers who feel they just have to overtake everyone, and then decides NOT to step on the gas, so it takes fucking forever for them to get past. Don’t overtake if you have a slow car or can’t find the throttle! (it’s the one to the right).
Or even worse, and far more common, is the driver who takes 3-5 fucking seconds to find that same pedal when the traffic lights turn green! I want to make it before that fucking light turns red again, Thank you!

And what is up with these so called Crash driving courses? They honestly believe a person can learn to drive properly and safely after ONE WEEK of exercise?! I’m sorry, but I just don’t buy that. Would you let a surgeon operate on you after one week of medical school? No, of course you wouldn’t. Or hire a carpenter with one week worth of experience to build your house? No.
So WHY do they let people with only one week of training out on the public roads? Why? It’s very dangerous for everyone. I can safely promise you that no normal person with no previous training will be experienced enough to drive in everyday traffic after one week behind the wheel.

In conclusion I guess what I want to say is, the worst and most dangerous thing about traffic are the drivers…

11/1-2011

Second day of the week, went for biceps/shoulders at home today, got weight plates for christmas, so now I can excercise at home any time 😀

Dumbbell curls, around 10-11kg each hand, some sets, some reps, till failure 😛

Military press, some weight, four sets, till failure

Barbell curls, 4-5 sets, till failure

Barbell upright row, 4 sets, till failure

Variation of the front raise, lift a dumbbell or weight plate over your head in a circular motion, and also to the sides. Alternate front and sides. 7,5kg, 4 sets, till failure

Concentrated dumbbell curls, 2 sets, till failure.

10/1-2011

Gonna get in shape for summer now, have to work hard for 6 months.

Went for chest/triceps today =)

Some pushups and light dumbbell press for starters.

Bench press 38kg, 5-6 sets á 5-6 reps

Cable crossover, 10kg each hand, 5-6 sets, some reps, didn’t count 😛

Incline benchpress machine, 10kg each hand, 3 sets, till failure

Cable tricep extension, 32kg, 7-8 sets, till failure/aching muscles

This got me tired good, felt nice throughout. No new excercises this time, maybe next week ^^

Thoughts on the book ”World of Warcraft: Cycle of hatred”

This book is one of many set in the world of Warcraft, and tells a story about humans’ and orcs’ hatred against each other. The only thing holding the races from plunging into war is their respective leaders, Lady Jaina Proudmoore, mayor of the human settlement Theramore, and Thrall, Warchief of the Horde. And they respect and trust one another with their life. This is pretty much what our own world could need, strong, witty, independent leaders to hold their people back. In a world where prejudice and hatred rule there can never be peace. This is obviously fiction though, no leader has ever been as respected by everyone as Jaina and Thrall, but still, this is not a totally unrealistic situation. Of course, power corrupts, but in this book, the leaders rely heavily on their second in commands and they both have trusted advicors to lean on.

In Sweden, we have no real need for this kind of leadership, here it works quite well. But in the middle east, and dare I say it, the US, it would be cool to see a righteous leader with the balls to tell his or her people when enough is enough. This is ofcourse wishful thinking, but it still makes you wonder, why do people hate each other so much? And why are the righteous people always so oppressed or weak minded that they let themselves be pushed aside?

Please comment with your own thoughts, as I’m tired of writing now 😛

For the Horde!

Peace 😀

Blog Assignment 2

Thoughts on the video hosted at http://www.storyofstuff.com

Some of this stuff I already knew, but that it was this bad, I didn’t know. Of course the problem is worst in America, but the thing is that many countries actually want to be like America for some strange reason. It can’t be this bad in Sweden, no one I know is wasteful, mainly because it is actually an expensive lifestyle. I go by the philosophy to buy high quality stuff when I can afford them, if not, I just wait until I can. The reason, of course, is that high quality things do not break as easily, and do not have to be replaced as often as cheap junk. The main parts of my computer is four or five years now, and they still work like a charm.

I do think that all the groups working on fixing this problem will eventually turn the tide somewhat. In many places, not least here in Sweden, corporations are planting one or even several new trees for every tree they chop down, and hydrogen will soon take over the energy industry to power cars, houses and really anything.

People just have to buy less shit all the time. And maybe buy some of the stuff from sources like fair trade and the like, many drops make a river.

What I do know is that planet earth have survived far worse disasters than we humans can possibly create. Like comet crashes and floods and volcanic eruptions, covering the whole planet in toxic gases.

So yeah, it is all a bit hyped. I mean it is a problem, sure, but when we are all dead and gone, the planet will heal itself sooner or later. Not that we will know, but still. =P

Peace!

12/10-10 Biceps & Shoulders

Today, I will post the first exercise-post on my blog.

First gym day of the week, went for biceps & shoulders today. Felt good, could have kept going for a couple more exercises, but my friend was finished so… Tried one new exercise for the shoulders, I will list the ones I did today below.

Biceps:

Normal dumbbell curls, warm up, 10kg each.

Bar curls, 5 sets, about 20kg I think.

Shoulders: Military press, roundabout 20+kg, 4 or 5 sets.

Dumbbell side shoulder raise, 7kg, 4 sets

Cable side shoulder raise, 5kg, 4 sets. This was the new one I tried, and it was great =D

Biceps & Shoulders:

Cable upright rows, 4 sets, about 30kg.

Some chin-ups ^_^

exercise

In this category, obviously, I’ll keep track of training days, results, and also tips about weightlifting for anyone who’s new to this type of training. I will post my favorite exercises for the entire body, both for beginners and intermediate weightlifters.

The logging will start next week, as it is already Wednesday night. Each training day I will post exercises I used, and hopefully try some new ones every week. The goal is to keep four-day weeks, hope I can keep that up, we’ll see.

Anyway, hope it’s gonna be fun reading for anyone strolling by this tiny blog in the big blog sea.

Peace =D

Thoughts about the article ”Snooping Bosses”.

Here is the article in question: ”Snooping Bosses”. It was quite interesting, but still unnerving. I think it’s fascinating how far people will go to control others around them. Normally I despise all attempts made at controlling other humans, it’s just not anyones right to do that. Privacy is a human right, and a damn important one at that.

However, if you do decide to post things that might prove harmful to your company without reason, then why do you even work there? Then, it might be legit to scold you, or even fire you, if it happens to be THAT harmful.

But then again, when employers start monitoring your private life, at home, it’s really gone overboard. Badly. Sure, you’re not supposed to surf for porn at work, and sure, an employer has to have some intel about what you’re doing, in any case, the job has to be done. But if a lowly peon can’t check his mail or call home, then why should the workmaster have the right to snoop around at your house?

It all boils down to power. Why shouldn’t you have the right to make a joke about your boss, or about his/her spouse? What’s the big deal? Come on, we’re all adults, not ten year olds playing  on the schoolground, a bit of slack would be nice with that burger, thank you.

And other types of surveillance is even more f*cked up, like in public, what if I’m under legal protection, and doesn’t want to get filmed? And why in the first place, there are two reasonable reasons. One: Power over People. And two: Paranoia. Or maybe a combination of both, I don’t know, but it’s stupid anyway. Just because it’s cheaper than hiring watchmen to patrol or something like that. Greedy bastards.

Well, that’s all for today, I’ve grown tired of this article now, thank you very much.

Peace

Blogging… Yeah…

So here I am, appearantly, blogging like every f*****G one else. Don’t be fooled though, it’s only because it’s a part of an English course at school to blog about articles and stuff. But hey, since I’m already here, why not put some time aside to sit down and complain about things. That’s right, this is a blog for complaining. Mainly about bloggers who are actually serious about it, but I’ll also throw in a couple of posts about the stupidity of man, mainly but not restricted to Americans, religion, views on life, politics and other things noone seems able to do right.

My biggest inspiration is a ”Vlogger” on youtube named ”The Amazing Atheist”, be sure to check him out, really funny guy.

Anyway, I’m off to the gym now, to silently laugh at people that think they can get in shape only by sitting in silly machines, while too lazy to take a nice walk outside once in a while.

Peace