Erika Nilsson

Physician, heal thyself

by Erika on Tuesday 9 December 2008, 17:23 | Comments

Martin Sturrock desperately needs a psychiatrist. The problem? He is one.
Back cover of “All In The Mind” by Alistair Campbell.

I am partly having to force myself to write. While half of me claims, quite convincingly, that this is pointless (How many people read this anyway? What difference does it make in the grand scheme of things? What peace of mind will it give me?) and that I should just not give a damn, the other half is itching to put thoughts in writing.

The irony is that is wasn’t even “All In The Mind” that made me walk up to one of the five or something WH Smiths at the Edinburgh airport. I was very close to not buying it at all. The book that caught my eye was “Outliers - The Story of Success”, and the decision to buy “All In The Mind” was very much due to the quotes from Stephen Fry on the cover, saying that the book is out of the ordinary and that it describes extremely well “the agonies and insecurities of mental trauma”.

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The 25th

by Erika on Wednesday 26 November 2008, 18:22 | Comments

”Tomorrow, I will not work unless I feel like it, and I will not feel guilty about the above or anything else that I might do.” That’s what I said to myself when I went to bed Monday (probably the earliest night in half a year by the way). One does what one can to celebrate one’s birthday when people around aren’t likely to.

Not working wasn’t difficult; the other bit took some determination. All in all, a guilt-free day is something I ought to do more often, although not too often of course; that would take too much time away from actual work. (It’s almost sad that one of the best birthdays I’ve ever had was one when I got no presents and the only thing out of the ordinary was I took away the guilt. I said almost sad, because it’s really everything but. :) )

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Moderskeppet?

by Erika on Monday 17 November 2008, 00:49 | Comments

Mitt i röran av random insikter och den första totalkörda tentan någonsin, har jag skrivit något nytt (startades midnattrakten den femte, färdigställdes någonstans sådär i måndags).

Bonuspoäng till den som snappar den oavsiktliga svengelska ordhumorn.

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Weekends are not(?) my happy days

by Erika on Monday 22 September 2008, 10:35 | Comments

Well they aren’t necessarily. This weekend I hid in my tiny room like something disgusting underneath a stone and refused to show my pale face to the world other than for going to the kitchen to stick something tasteless and plasticky in the microwave (which by the way is an old piece of crap, but at least it heats stuff up which is after all its main job). I spent eight or so happy hours watching Hellsing, a few more hours watching Stargate and Sweeney Todd and then, wonder of wonders, I Was Creative.

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/start rant

by Erika on Monday 11 August 2008, 16:29 | Comments

Friday, 10.42 pm.

I just saw a new film called “Make It Happen”. Let’s be honest about it, it sucks. The (excuse for a) plot is, and this is obvious from the first minute, one long, straight (one way) road leading up to a monumental Don’t Sell Out On Your Dreams. A very nice moral which has of course been used, worn out, washed, tumble-dried and recycled about 250.000 times already. I mean, I could have figured that one out from reading the title of the film, duh.

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4 x action

by Erika on Monday 4 August 2008, 14:33 | Comments

I have Internet again, at the library. They’ve removed my favourite second floor table by the window (sob) but put sockets (”laptop recharging points”) on the big tables. Good stuff. They’re also turning the newspaper reading room into a staff room, because the place that the staff has previously occupied is up for demolition, apparently.

As you will know, I have been away for a month. More on that later. I returned on the 31st, moved into the new flat on the 1st and spent the rest of the Friday in the cinema. Here’s the story: I wanted to see “Batman — The Dark Knight”.

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