Planes, trains and automobiles…

It finally seems as if my nearest future is settled. On august 26 I will take a plane to Boston, MA and then catch a bus or something and meet up with the Brewsters! Not only are they good friends – they are also distant family and they buy some local brew at some place and it’s one of the best beers I’ve had!

After 3-4 days in Boston I will be heading up to this dude in Nashua, NH called Greg Girardin. We’ve been talking about recording some music together. It’ll be fun to see if things work out. After that I guess I have to catch a train to Chicago, IL. That will probably be a nice 20-hours-or-so-trip. I figure the battery in my iPod lasts for 16 hours so I guess I’ll have to sleep for maybe 4 hours.

Chicago is where I’ll be staying for the better part of the fall. There’s this place where I’m gonna work as a volunteer with the homeless. I think it will be exciting and I’m pretty sure it’ll be good for me. I’ll be there for 2,5 moths before I leave for Sweden in the middle of November. Sometime during this period I’m heading up to good old Phil “Sknowbird” Harwood in Mailwaukee, WI.

You better have the beer on ice… bird!

How european of you…

Today same-sex marriage was approved by Canada’s House of Commons. They told me on the radio. I guess that this is just like Hockey or Arnold Schwarzenegger – we had it first here in Europe you know. First came The Netherlands and Belgium soon followed.

In october last year me and dad took a trip to the US. It was one of those excellent and practical see-it-all-in-just-ten-days trips (patented by one Tomas Ström). We spent one whole day in Washington DC. I got to see the

Lincoln Memorial site and the White House and the Capitolium and Arlington Memorial and you name it. This was just a week before the election. But the lasting impression wasn’t the historical sites and buildings. Just a stone’s throw from the White House some democtratic fellers had a gathering demanding equal marriage for same-sex couples.

I like these pictures very much. It was a nice day and even though Kerry/Edwards got the finger a week or two later, on this day – these good people plain knew that they would succeed. And they did…

Six months later in the wrong country.