Ninth New Years post

This is the ninth New Years post.

THE 40 QUESTIONS:

Just like I did the other years, I’ve answered 40 questions that I found on a page that doesn't exist anymore so I don't know who to give credit to for them. Unlike the other years I didn't have time to write this around new years... so here it comes a couple of months later! Here are the questions:

1. What did you do in 2017 that you’d never done before?

I don't really know. I presented the nominations for UNF as part of the election committee. I finished a bunch of my non-profit organisation assignments.

2. Did you keep your New Year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

Easy to keep a promise you never make :)

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

Yes, my classmate that I also wrote my like... graduation thesis with during the last part of the year.

4. Did anyone close to you die?

No.

5. What countries did you visit?

I stayed in Sweden.

6. What would you like to have in 2018 that you lacked in 2017?

I would like to get rid of the constant stress that flows through my body. And I would like to have more of a social life

7. What date from 2017 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

I don't know really. UNF's congress? Because I got to hang out with many great people that I like and also got to be mad at some of the decisions made.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

Looking back at it, my biggest achievement must've been my biggest failure too:

9. What was your biggest failure?

I actually managed to do everything I was supposed to do. But in hindsight it feels like it put a great toll on my health and happiness. I hope taking it easy now will help with that.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

Not really that I can remember.

11. What was the best thing you bought?

Some books for myself I think. Even though I really haven't read them yet.

12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?

My classmate, we went through a lot of hard times and still managed to write our graduation thesis.

13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?

A certain orange president I think.

14. Where did most of your money go?

School-travel.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?

HN I think. I don't really know.

16. What song will always remind you of 2016?

Snart kommer det en båt by Anders Wendin.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:

I. happier or sadder?

Maybe a bit sadder actually. Even though my life is probably a bit better. I think it gives me perspective and time to really look at what my life has become.

II. thinner or fatter?

A bit fatter.

III. richer or poorer?

Neither.

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?

Taking it easy and having fun. I think I'm pretty bad at that by now.

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?

Stressful things.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?

I don't really remember but I think we celebrated at home and then with a christmas present-game with my friends.

21. How will you be spending New Year’s Eve?

I ran and competed in the tournament called HN (Honor of the Nerds).

22. Did you fall in love in 2017?

No.

23. How many one-night stands?

0

24. What was your favorite TV program?

Well I think I should count Netflix-series by this point and I just kind of enjoyed Så mycket bättre... so I think it's gotta be Marvel's The Punisher.

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?

Nah.

26. What was the best book you read?

I don't think I had that much time to read. Maybe I read some more chapters in Bruce.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?

Moneybrothers music in swedish under his name Anders Wendin, escpecially Snart kommer det en båt.

28. What did you want and got?

I'm sure there are things... but I don't really know

29. What did you want and not get?

I don't think I really knew or know what I want right now.

30. What was your favorite film of this year?

Oooh, hard one! I really think that this was the best year for comic book movies like ever. If I had to choose I think Thor: Ragnarok hit a chord with me personally and beat out Guardians 2, Spider-Man Homecoming, Wonder Woman and Logan.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

I'm not really sure at all what I did. Did I do anything? Probably. Oh! Now I remember! I invited a bunch of different people and some unexpected people actually showed up, I especially remember a friend from UNF that came over from another city just to hang out a couple of hours in the early afternoon.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

More closeness I think.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2017?

Well I don't know if I have words for it but I actually started to buy some clothes from a second hand shop... I think I went with some colors... but like one-colored clothing items. So big spaces of red for example. I really found some gems that I loved wearing!

34. What kept you sane?

Talking through things with my classmate I think. Or was I really kept sane in the grand scheme of things haha?

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

Eh, I don't really know Gal Gadot was awesome so maybe her? Or Tessa Thompson maybe!

36. What political issue stirred you the most?

I don't really know, I was probably irritated with all the racist and fascistic tendencies in the world and here at home.

37. Who did you miss?

Yeah, I think same as last year, my friends.

38. Who was the best new person you met?

Trying to remember if I met all that many new people... I mean I met some awesome people involved in UNF at the congress I think so maybe one of them.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2017:

I don't really know if I have anything like that but maybe try to take things at your own pace.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:

Like earlier years I will try to use ”only” 5 songs.

Festen har tatt slut baby för längesen
Den ena sidan strand, den andra himmelen
Alla kläder på
Men ingenstans att gå
Syns ljuset genom dimman
Hör du ljudet än
Det var dig jag ville ha
Men det var han som jag behövde
Vila mot min arm, sova får du sen

Snart kommer det en båt
Kaptenen är min vän
Och han ska ta mig hem

Jag står på Taffelberget älskling och jag tittar ner
Jag har alltid varit rädd men jag är inte rädd nå mer
Vila mot min arm, vågor rullar in...
Så kom natten och vi dansade mot mitt hotell
Sen ljög jag om mitt namn och det blev våran sista kväll
Så minns jag dig
och tack för dina ord

Snart kommer det en båt
Kaptenen är min vän
Och han ska ta mig hem

Lillasyster hitta ro och pappa släpp ditt glas
Låt dom gamla fint förenas
Låt dom unga leva kvar
Vid min horisont, ser jag vita segel nu
Hade du svårt och hitta mening
Och vad kändes bra?
Med blicken fäst i fjärran var du likadan som jag
Vid min horisont, kommer vita segel in

Där kommer det en båt

Kaptenen är min vän

Och han ska ta mig hem

Snart kommer det en båt

Kaptenen är min vän

Och han ska ta mig hem

Snart kommer det en båt by Anders Wendin

When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful
A miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical
And all the birds in the trees, well they'd be singing so happily
Joyfully, playfully watching me
But then they send me away to teach me how to be sensible
Logical, responsible, practical
And they showed me a world where I could be so dependable
Clinical, intellectual, cynical

There are times when all the world's asleep
The questions run too deep
For such a simple man
Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned
I know it sounds absurd
But please tell me who I am

Now watch what you say or they'll be calling you a radical
Liberal, fanatical, criminal
Won't you sign up your name, we'd like to feel you're
Acceptable, respectable, presentable, a vegetable
Oh, take, take, take it yeah

At night, when all the world's asleep
The questions run so deep
For such a simple man
Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned
I know it sounds absurd
But please tell me who I am, who I am, who I am, who I am

'Cause I'm feeling so logical
D-d-digital
Yeah, one, two, three, five
Oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah
Ooh it's getting unbelievable

The logical song by Supertramp (I do listen a lot to Hanna Turi's version though)

I Hold
Hold on
Hold on to me
'Cause I'm a little unsteady
A little unsteady

Hold
Hold on
Hold on to me
'Cause I'm a little unsteady
A little unsteady

Mama, come here
Approach, appear
Daddy, I'm alone
'Cause this house don't feel like home

If you love me, don't let go
If you love me, don't let go

Hold
Hold on
Hold on to me
'Cause I'm a little unsteady
A little unsteady

Hold
Hold on
Hold on to me
'Cause I'm a little unsteady
A little unsteady

Mother, I know
That you're tired of being alone
Dad, I know you're trying
To fight when you feel like flying

If you love me, don't let go
If you love me, don't let go

Hold
Hold on
Hold on to me
'Cause I'm a little unsteady
A little unsteady

Hold
Hold on
Hold on to me
'Cause I'm a little unsteady
A little unsteady

Hold
Hold on
Hold on to me
'Cause I'm a little unsteady
A little unsteady

Unsteady by X Ambassadors

Take my mind
And take my pain
Like an empty bottle takes the rain
And heal, heal, heal, heal

And take my past
And take my sense
Like an empty sail takes the wind
And heal, heal, heal, heal

And tell me somethings last
And tell me somethings last

Take a heart
And take a hand
Like an ocean takes the dirty sand
And heal, heal, hell, heal

Take my mind
And take my pain
Like an empty bottle takes the rain
And heal, heal, hell, heal

And tell me somethings last

Heal by Tom Odell



Well, I love the rain the most when it stops
We can see the big white houses, yeah, and the docks
And we can jump in the river, don't know if the water or sky is clearer
But I know that I love the rain the most when it stops
Yeah, when it stops
No more grey today, we gonna celebrate
You know Miss Sunshine, she starts to paint a perfect picture of this river parade
And I know that I love the rain the most when it stops
Yeah, when it stops
Well, the dark waves, they start singing together
I can't believe this change in the weather
I start to hum a child's rhyme
And all these boats, they start rocking in time
And I love the rain the most when it stops
Yes, we love the rain the most when it stops
Yeah when it stops
The summer is coming to an end
We ain't gonna let that slow us down one bit
Til that sunset will start to fade
They're gonna drag us screaming from these old riverbanks
We love the rain the most when it stops
We love the rain the most when it stops
Yeah, when it stops
Yeah, when it stops
Yeah, when it stops
When it stops, when it stops, when it stops
Yeah, when it stops
I think you've had a little too much too drink
Let me help with that
Don't forget to tie the boat up
Not that way, no it's a figure eight, yeah
Yeah when it stops
The rain, when it stops
I love the rain the most by Joe Purdy

END-18 THE ONES LAST YEAR AWARDS!

I'm doing these awards again this year, yes. I'll be telling you my favourite in several different categories and a runner up.. in other words 2 titles/people/whatever wins in each category! There's not really any order to the two in each category so both win equally.

BEST ALBUM 2017

”Däggdjur” by Säkert!

Fantastic! I wish I got to hear Annika Norlin sing herself more... but who can complain when what we get is still like as good! Fantastic lyrics as always. I really liked Snooza too.

”Tiden före mig” by Jens Hult

I love this! Mälaren manages to be both solemn and energetic. I love the words and how they are sung.

BEST GAME 2017

The end is nigh

I can't get enough of Edmund McMillens games. A fun platformer that is as hard as you can expect!

Legend of Zelda: Breath of the wild

I only played it the weekend the Switch released with my friend but that was enough, this game is fantastic and gives me some of the feelings I get from my favorite Zelda; the first one for NES.

BEST ANIME 2017

Boku no Hero Academia season 2

This anime just keeps growing on me and Stain was an awesome character, generally I think the characters got a lot of needed development and I'm growing attached to them!

Dragon Ball Super

I admit the series does have a lot of problems but those hype moments that makes me care for and like the characters that I've grown up with or the ones they face... they're really precious!

BEST MOVIE 2017

Thor: Ragnarok

I already mentioned it, but yeah, fighting through the stigma I feel surrounds liking comedy movies this much I finally reached the conclusion that it was my favorite MCU-movie during 2017.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

This was really hard... I could've just as easily put four other comic book movies here too that I liked a lot. But in the end, I really enjoyed The Last Jedi. All the decisions made throughout the movie felt great even the first time I saw it. But it took a while for all the parts to work as a whole for me. The second time I saw it my doubts vanished though. Of course I still question parts of it but the things they got right the got sooo right!

Awards taken out from last year:

None, these are the ones that feel relevant for now.

If you happen to have any award that you feel I should’ve given out, tell me! If anybody suggests something in the comments I could give out more awards next year.

That was another year, and now I give you; the song of today:

The song of today:
Snart kommer det en båt by Anders Wendin

I've played this song so much during the last half of the year. It is really sad and kind of depressing, but it feels like the most hopeful companion you can have when you are in that state of mind where you don't know why you should do anything or keep on going. It's a beautiful piece!

See you next year, probably a little bit sooner than usual because this post was so late!