lördag 31 oktober 2009

Riot

Watching the Police Academy film, nr 1 and even though it's very amusing, I have a hard time to figure out why the people rioted in the end. Maybe I'm just naive and completely formed by the society I live in, but I have a hard time understanding the need for rioting or to destroy property just for kicks. Of course we have riots here as well, mostly political demonstrations that gets out of hands, most infamously the 2001 Gothemburg Riots. There is recently some social unrest riots in different parts of Sweden, but some of them is instigated by political minority groups of bored rich kids who doesn't have anything else to do. Yes, I despise those people as much as those they are fighting against.

Of course it's not only in these situations I have a hard time to understand why people goes that far. During the beginning of the financial crisis there was some French labor unions that locked in the small CEO:s of the local factories and demanded the HQ to not stop production. I might not be the sharpest economies in the world, but I don't think that's how it works. And don't get me started on the "French farmers" phenomena lately when the farmers demonstrates with blocking roads and dumping all there goods in the street. Me and my friends have a huge dislike for this behavior. We DON'T get it! Once when we discussed global warming and mentioned that Sweden would be very favorable as the farming and forest growth would rise compared to everything southern of Sweden as that would whiter and die in the heat one of my friend uttered that "we then at least got rid of the French farmers" (I humbly apologize to any French farmer reading this, but then we would at least not need to spend money on the subsidiaries on farming).

Also it's the spookiest time of the year which we imported from the Catholics first and then on top of that an American custom that they imported from the Irish Celts. Back home we used to watch the Bugs Bunny special on VHS. Or some thriller/horror movie just to get in the mood (and then a couple of years my sister had a Halloween party for her classmates). But the best Halloween themed film/series/episode to see is the Charlie Brown episode. The idea of the Great pumpkin and lines like "I got a rock" are forever memorable. Unfortunately there is not much to see on the TV at the moment with only one channel sending a horror movie (which I believe was reviewed somewhere and mocked rather hard), and getting to classics after midnight with movies like Omen (I hope it's that one and not the other)but I'm not a fan of being up that late. Otherwise it's just comedies. Which means that I have to get my kicks on my own by taking a trip to the dark side.

fredag 30 oktober 2009

Mother Gaia

Today has been kinda funny, if you don't count the fact that I spent most of the day in the library studying for the damn statistic test next week. Besides that, I had a funny experience while bored watching out of the windows. I got hungry so I thought what sort of food I would serve myself during the weekend. Tacos sounded nice I thought, but I thought on cutting down on the cola as you can't eat tacos without cola so pushed the decision on to the future and decided to go and eat at the cafeteria. And what do they serve today? Tacos. The probability for that can't be that high. So that solved my problem, except that I need to think of something else to fix together. And I really need to cut the chocolate.

Apparently someone has chartered the candy consumption in Sweden and declared that we eat roughly 17 kilos compared to the European average of 7 kilos. Thanks a lot for giving all the Swedes bad feelings for tomorrow when it's Halloween. Of course there is always them who either say that statistics can't be trusted as the Norwegians have a tendencies to cross the border for some cheap candy (I don't now about this, I'm just paraphrasing) and then those who claim that we shall put candy under monopoly. Even I who support most of the current monopolies don't think that's a very good idea.

Oh, and I remember the thing I forget last time. I did a "home-run" on my Ipod! What do you mean I wasted your time for two days? That doesn't happen that often, not with almost 4000 songs on them, in short consisting of 13 days of non-stop music. Usually I just have to reload the Ipod after 1600 songs and then the count is broken and I have to restart, but now I skipped most of the songs and reached the end and began a new cycle. Yes, I could have used the time the library to study instead of shuffle through my Ipod, why do you ask?

And lastly, I watched the news on SVT1 when they talked about Global Warming and that Russia is 15 years behind us in the discussion or something like that, and then they mention Siberia. Apparently there are huge areas of gas frozen under the permafrost there and as the Russian scientist said is a ticking bomb if it gets warmer. Is that not coincidental with today marking the anniversary of the Tsar Bomba test? The Russians sure must show that they have the biggest guns after US testing the biggest conventional bomb in history, but do they stop there? No, the Russians take it up to 11 by getting the largest "natural" bomb ever created without the help of human (some would probably say we indirectly did it). Nature hate us so much.

onsdag 28 oktober 2009

Memory

There something I forgot yesterday to write down and now it's gone from my mind. No, it wasn't about chocolate. Hmm...anyway the test is now over and it feels good. 100 % sure that I don't have to redo this, but a bit unsure about the fact if it is G or VG. It will be stumbling on the VG line and that will be the only interesting thing for a while now. Except the statistic test next week, boy I hate that. Let us pray for a better result this time.

Was it about politics? No, can't remember. And what happens around the political arena? Nothing. Same boring parties without any vision more then jobs. Seriously, we need a vision to go for. The vision justifies the means or something like that. Other things is that the youth (which I probably belong to, I'm not entirely sure) wants more influence and the old ones is hogging it up and look down on "the 80's generation" and say that we are lazy and self-absorbed and such. Excuse me for asking but how can they already define us as a group when people like me haven't even proven themself for being locked in the educational system? How can they judge us like that? Of course, even I have those stereotypes on some of the 80's but still. Haven't I talked about this before? Memories getting short it seems.

tisdag 27 oktober 2009

Megalomania

Test tomorrow, and hopefully it goes better then the statistic course that happens to have a test next week. Yeah, how fun. What have I gotten myself into. It's so much more fun dealing with political science. Speaking of which, a political scientist (in this article referred to as a historian for some reason) has proposed the idea that the 5 Nordic Countries should join together as a federation/confederation to be a heavier voice in the world. It somehow sound familiar, I can't put my finger on it...oh, now I remember. I wrote about it some time ago. Of course mine was a bit more undemocratic and meant something like the total subjugation of the Nordic Countries and it's neighbors with the capital being Stockholm. Just for fun of course, I'm to nice to actually be a dictator/emperor/king and rule over some people (some would say to weak, but I like to see it positively). Then on the other hand, power corrupts.

What would I do with such powers? I don't know? Which country is the best chocolate producers? Belgium, Switzerland and France? Alright then, we invade them and get a steady supply of chocolate, a healthy economy based on war industries and no unemployment. And the best part is that I get all chocolate. Mmm...Marabou. I guess that company would be my crown-jewel and be the only one to produce its products. Of course I probably would end up like Charles X Gustaf in size and most likely die by the same age of 37. It's not a very glorious end, and there will probably not be a lot of imperial regalia left like the Romanov eggs and such. Mine would be of chocolate and melt away. As you see, I would be passed into the history books as one of the weirdest rulers in the history of mankind, probably dubbed the chocolate king. And I would probably smile in my grave for that, or make that a tomb so I fit in a sarcophagus.

måndag 26 oktober 2009

Do You Know

So it's one more day before the test in project management. All well so far. The old tests feels not impossible and I might as well make it pretty good. Of course I have said it before like in the statistic course (bloody *******). On the other hand I think I know what the problem might be, I don't describe enough why I use the calculation that answers the question. Of course this is a constant problem seen in other tests as well where I might be satisfied with 1 sentence as an answer to a question. It's enough but I surely miss out on those small details that awards you with extra point. I guess it's from the fact that I prefer large brushes of information that small nitpicking touches on a painting. The advantage is that I have a vast knowledge about many things and can use it in association with other areas.

Of course it's deeply flawed in a debate with someone that really knows his/her stuff around this, but seen by the latest "wikipedia knowledge" around todays people I think I might go far. And you can always fake a higher degree of knowing. Yes, I can do that sometimes, until someone challenges me. Then I get really confused and don't know in our out and then the illusion falls and the magician is brought out into the light to be judged. And usually I'm at fault here. Somehow I once got confused over who was who in Led Zeppelin. And that's Led Zeppelin with just 4-5 members, compared to Black Sabbath with 25. Hope that doesn' affect my ability to write the test on Wednesday.

No, I'm not high on chocolate while writing this, why do you ask? Actually that's a funny story as last Friday we had a discussion if it was called a chocolate or an chocolate (in Swedish of course meaning if it was "ett choklad eller en choklad"). What do you mean I could have spent my time better in the library then discussing chocolate for 2 hours? Don't say it like that! I need some chocolate and...they close at 9 p.m and it's 10 p.m now? Damn you. I just have to start with coffee again.

lördag 24 oktober 2009

Culture Killed The Native

Funny thing when I went to the store, they had redecorated it. It shocked me a bit actually and...why do you want to know what I bought there? That's none of your business! Alright, alright, I bought some chocolate, are you happy now? I know I'm weak, okey *sob*. I have a hard time with all the tests and whatnot, and it's f***ing dark here and overall depressing. *Sob*

Ahem, we move on. The last couple of days have seemed to stir a hornets nest with the Sd article I mentioned last time. Red shirts from their party seems to have overrun the news sites and commenting on all articles with any hint to further there goals. Those often proves there lack of knowledge in many fields. There was some debate about foreign aid and the usual Sd supporters show up claiming that Sweden made it from a poor back-ward economy in the 1870 to one of the top 10 richest in 1970 (before the oil-crisis I believe) without a single cent/pence/öre from anyone. No matter that the early 1900-centuary meant food-relief aid from Argentina and that we were participant in the marshall aid from the US after WW2 without being directly involved in the war. Now I get a smug face on me for more or less trashing that argument (yeah, I can be quite a jerk in these kind of situations). Would our politicians be able to answer that in a live discussion? I hope so, otherwise I will be very freightened.

Coincidence of the day is that I stumbled upon a debate about owning guns and now they are showing a film about a case against guns or whatever. Of course I'm very biased in this question for being European and Swede foremost. I don't see the need for owning a gun or weapon of any kind (unless for sport and hunting as I can accept). Some would probably call me naive as people can't always be trusted. And I swallow the argument that if you restrict the amount and availability of guns you decline the violence in society. Now for the most theoretical and philosophical answer to way this is. The need for owning a gun only exist if you feel unsafe. In the old contracts theories only one force in society was allowed to own weapons, the state so it could protect it's citizens from themselves and other states, particular in Hobbes ideas of the state, kinda fascist but some of them makes sense. Being a follower of more democratic ideas that have been inspired by Hobbes like Locke, I prefer that guns only lies in the hand of the state.

Of course no American can believe this, but that's because we have different cultures. As described to me the Americans have built there whole country on the idea that governments can't be trusted by experience of the colonial rule of England and that most settlers fled from oppressing regimes back in Europe, therefore the 2nd amendment to own guns so that they could defend themselves once again. In Sweden we trust our government out of experience of the King in the old days ruling with the support of the farmers and the low-aristocracy against the high-aristocracy, saving them from serfdom and from enemies like catholics, Polish, Danish and Russians (supported by the fact that the "evil" aristocracy was kinda idiotic and sellouts for money) and then during our democratic state it took care of us in the welfare systems and kept us out of wars in almost 200 years. That trust is diminishing now to some healthy level of questioning if there is no other way than the way of the state, but we are far from the open distrust shown in the American society.

Of course there are nut cases here as well like some conspiracy theorist that believe the Swedish government is out to get us, you know like in the American movies where the state kill anyone against it (*irony on* I blame the American culture for spreading state distrust out in the world *irony off*). Especially in these flu times, where we are gonna be injected with mercury that kill us, which is equal to the amount we get from a portion of fish from the Baltic. Have I taken it? No, I wait until I'm being summoned...when it finally gets here, in this pace the flu will be over until we get the damn vaccine over here.

onsdag 21 oktober 2009

Starbucks Is Coming To Town

In the age of wonder it finally happens. Starbucks is on its way to Sweden! It's time for a cafe mocha with whipped-cream and some nice bakery and/or breakfast. I haven't had a Starbucks coffee since last year and I really misses it. I had some complaining about it not being in Sweden (the link is written in Swedish) when I was in Washington. More specifically Sweden, Norway and Finland, the heaviest coffee drinker nations don't have Starbucks. Russia and Romania has it, but not most of the Nordic countries (Denmark doesn't cont). Of course the victory is a small one as it is limited to the largest Swedish Airport in Stockholm, Arlanda, which is 30 European miles from Stockholm, so I will probably not spend most of my time there. Maybe I shall move to Stockholm after graduating like everyone else around me?

Oh, you want to know the political landscape in Sweden at the moment? I didn't think so, but you get it anyway. The small extreme right-wing party has published an article claiming that Muslims is the greatest threat since the 2nd WW (and I guess he means from Sweden's point of view). Yeah, the war which we stayed out with by selling ore to Germany and creating a political government consisting of all political parties except the communist (the left party, for being to close to the Soviets) and more or less caving in to the demands from the different sides depending on how the war went. Good analogy there. Especially since that what we are doing now according to him Yeah, great knowledge there. And I don't want any Sd supporters spaming me now since I frankly don't care what you think. Especially since none of you has proven to stand on equal grounds with education. In particular that person who first says "I'm an Sd supporter, but I'm not a racist" and then says that they are supporting a culture exchange and gives the example of "what Sweden has contributed to the world" (or something like that).

*Sarcasm mode on* Really good example, very good. Culture imperialism from Sweden. Great. *Sarcasm mode of*. As most people can see, I don't fancy these people. Mostly because they don't fulfill my standard of a minimum education and once again I say any person with some standard education should be able to debate with them and sink them to the floor. And as usual the politicians lay down flat before them giving walk-over. Why don't I take the fight you might ask? I'm a notorious coward and have some compulsion disorder of some kind and prefer to surf thru life. And I'm proud of it! I need a Starbucks coffee.

måndag 19 oktober 2009

Bad Moon Rising

I got out the statistics test and what do you know, I got a + on one question. So that means I'm quite good with binomial statistic. I think I got the + due to me spending 15 minutes calculating 23 numbers and summarize them instead of using some formula I never understood. Unfortunately it didn't help me much as I now have to do 2 more test (at least) and the first one is the day after SVIK:s "Tacksittning". Bad timing indeed. Either I keep myself away from the alcohol and try to have so much fun as possible and go to bed early so I can do the test or I play along as long I can take and do the test not so sober. Negative side is that I will probably take longer time to make it (if I even can get out of bed) and there really is no positive unless that it might help me understand the questions (in the political science courses they even suggest that if you don't understand take a glass of wine, preferably red). Then again there is always a redo for the test, but only one unique party. Choices, choices, what to do, what to do. Looks like troubles is on the way.

fredag 16 oktober 2009

Astronomy

Sometimes it's funny to read the horoscopes of the day, especially those that are written so that everyone in Sweden shall feel like it means especially them. And most of us know that it is completely humbug. And still we read them. It gets even better. Todays horoscope for the Capricorn in the Swedish Metro is:

One or more things might not go your way and your mode might not be the best!

In the morning that is completely preposterous, me who is always glad with a smile on my face. What could go wrong? Lunch and my phone rings. I didn't get to work with the job fair. Almost expected. So I thought it was kinda funny with the horoscope and such so I more or less forgot about it. Got home and after a couple of hours I watch if the results of the Statistic test had been posted. It had. 35 points! One (1) point better then last time. I don't know if I'm gonna laugh or cry. And to be truthful, if I had been around people at this moment I would probably not be a nice person to be with. I think I shall play some Metal Gear Solid 4. Just to use up some adrenaline.

So there you have it. A very accurate horoscope of my day today. So this weekend will be used to take appropriate action and think of some strategies to mash this information into my brain and at the same time handle a project management test in 2 weeks and a Spanish test in December. Seems like my planed half-time studies in November has to be canceled. At least the problem with being bored is solved.

torsdag 15 oktober 2009

King Of The Hill

Been a while again since last time. Can't help it, been a bit busy with the project management course which we have soon completed. It's just gluethe whole thing together and send it in before Tuesday. No problem at all. Been very fun actually. I actually realised I still remember what I've learnet in excel some 5 years ago in high school. Very fun to make diagrams and whatnot, when it works that is. It gets kinda annoying when it doesn't work the way you want.

Speaking of annoying we had to sit next-door to some really annoying girls that apparently had super-hearing. 2 times 1 of them came over to us and complained that we were a bit loud. Of course she didn't have the decency to knock before entering and kinda rudely tell us to be a bit quieter. Now I might sound a bit arrogant, but it was the 4th floor which means that it isn't a silent floor. That's what floor 1 and the special rooms at floor 2-3 are for. These rooms we sat in was for group studies. And what did they do in their? Sat and read a book, completely silent. Give me a break. Read the f***ing description besides the door for the location of the silent rooms please. Those rooms are to take the discussions away from the others out in the library. And be more polite next time. I swear every time we saw them from then on we just wanted to puke. Arrogant little... How good ears did they have? Normal discusions are not hear over and a little higher gives a mumble thru the wall (at least that's what we heard from the room on the other side, need to check the isolation). Maybe if they had used it for discussion you wouldn't have heard it. Yes, I'm a bit annoyed.

Actually I think this is one reason why our group probably didn't fall into a chaotic argument. We have done this very quickly and allways stood on good terms with each others, but we have worked maybe 4 hours a week on this project beside the lessons. Not enough time to build up tension which have keept us on track. And now we spent some 6 hour constant together. Maybe we now projected all this hidden tension upon these annoying persons none of us knew. It's an interesting idea to think about. Oh, and the best part of today beside my very beautiful diagram and Gantt-scheme was that the freshman came to me for some answers. God it feels good to be king of the hill. Unfourtunatly I couldn't answer so I had to wikipedia the asnwer. Damn, I don't like it when I don't know things. I like to know everything (with some exceptions, something you don't want to know).

måndag 12 oktober 2009

Be Quick Or Be Dead

Another week and I'm still surprised by the end of the Thundersub series. They killed of the bad guy OF SCREEN! What were they thinking? Why not make an English version of it? Completely insane. It was not even a spectacular death to begin with, but it did at least tie all the loose ends. Actually, the whole evil alien race is kinda fantastic. Ruled by a military scientist that promised to save their culture from a black hole and assumed a dictatorship position to finish a giant satellite they would use to travel the universe. There whole culture is amazing. Purple and black structures with colorful blinking something. There military forces consists mostly with air/space ships in green or red together with fast-speeding ships in water. There Earth-Governor palace has the shape of some gigantic bug (guessing a mantis) and other technology feats they have excelled in, especially in warfare. The only thing I don't understand is why they changed ships from the green, (in my opinion) much cooler ships that seemed to be much more agile and be able to land everywhere (with both bombing and direct attack capabilities) compared to the much more slower red ships. And the green ones just disappeared after the first episode without a single notice even though it was does ships that conquered the whole solar system within an hour (and now we are talking fast, but I'm guessing that's some sort of misunderstanding from the translators).

Other things that happens is that it is a little more than 2 weeks left to the test in project management. I need to start studying for real on that. I have soon finished reading all the books once but I guess more needs to be done. It would be good to excel in some other subjects then Economics (that isn't even my major). And then it's the Spanish. Not impossible, but I like to focus on one thing at the time (things really have changed since high school when you could had all subjects at once) and sadly it's neglected as the test for that isn't until December. And that leaves me somewhere around 1 ½ month to focus on just that (if nothing else comes in the way of course, but that would probably not be a problem).

söndag 11 oktober 2009

On A Storyteller's Night

Wow, the week just ended. Where did it go. Here it was Wednesday and I had finished a set of laundry and decided to see the Thundersub dvd's even though I had set myself to wait for Friday. And it was amazing but at the same time I understand why no-one have tried to redistribute this series. It has a couple of flaws. Sometimes the character just "warps" from one point to another, the dialog could have been a bit better and the story didn't have time to fully grow. This is actually the biggest flaw. I don't know if my reading of the TV Tropes website has ruined my life but most of the plotpoints I could see miles ahead (maybe I snapped it up reading some site as well, but it was pretty obvious sometimes) and some where just thrown in wothout thought (combined with the foreshadowing). You can usually go after the death in the limelight phenomena. The worst point was when one of the ace-pilots got to meet his parents, he is then asigned to an operation that doesn't go with the main cast. The main cast saves the day and when they get back they here this conversation:

HQ: Congratulations! You have saved the world.
Everyone: Yeah.
HQ: Unfortunately, your friend was killed of screen.

Then we see a flashback with someone retelling what happens. I guess they would have made that one episode in itself if they had time. Other things they do is showing someone in a dangerous situation, cut, "S/he is dead?" conversation beginning and someone explains how they died. Needed definitely more time. Also they didn't record the 23ed (of 24) episode in English which gives some loose ends if you don't watch that episode. Especially since they kill of the series big bad in it. At least that's everything I can make out just watching the episode couse I don't understand a single word of Japanese.

That lasted until yesterday when I began playing Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots. Another cinematic experience. Hideo Kojima is famous for his long, dramatic cut scenes that compose most of the game. It's more like a 10 hour spy-movie with sci-fi elements and conspiracy theories over the top. Very good story, great voice-actors and I like the throw-backs to the rest of the series. Also the fourth-wall breaking is greatly humorous at points. When the director himself puts himself in the credits as the "voice of God" you can't do anything else then laugh. But to be clear, I would prefer to put it under the category "interactive movie" as that's what it is.

måndag 5 oktober 2009

Where Eagles Dare

It's here, it's finally here. In my hand lays a childhood memory and at the same time a new experience that I never seen before. My friends, it's:

Thundersub

The first part of the series (the 2-hour pilot episode) I've already seen and I can finally see the whole show. Unfortunately it's Monday so I thought I maybe can see the first DVD but no. My sister calls me and have a 2 hour call that she has to move up the date she was supposed to pay a visit. That and a lot more you can tell by the long talk. The worst thing is that my parents apparently gave her some movies like Where Eagles Dare and Kelly's Heroes, movies that I highly enjoy without my parents even tell me. She didn't even like Where Eagles Dare. Highly unfair I must say. Maybe I can see the series tomorrow? No, Spanish until 21:00. Al right, fair, Wednesday then? Need to do the laundry. Dammit, how about Thursday? Need to clean the apartment. Son of a ...!

So I probably have to wait until Friday before I can watch it, unless something unexpectedly happens. So I probably need to prepare the coming weekend. Some chips and dip, coca-cola, some food that are good and easy to cook (at the moment I'm thinking of hamburgers). Anyway, it will just be me, my TV and PS3 enjoying those DVD's. And chocolate, can't forget the chocolate. Mmm...Marabou. Good thing about that is that I have the whole weekend to watch it and then gloat when my parents call me at Sunday so I can get some answers to way in hell my sisters get parts of the Clint Eastwood collection. She doesn't even appreciate them the way I do. Of course she said I could get Where Eagles Dare but they didn't even ask me. I bet this is a revenge plan from her side when I was able to snatch my sunglasses right in front of her all those years ago. Finders keepers you know.

söndag 4 oktober 2009

Money And Fame

Those people at the CSN can really scare you out of your mind. Here I am minding my own businesses and suddenly I get a note that they have made a decision. A decision in the middle of the semester? Now what can that be? Of course my mind goes high wire and begin to conjure up the most horrible scenario that can happened. Need to payback for some reason, the funding stops for another and so on. So what is it? The CSN has recalculated the amount of money I'm entitle to after the government has decided to heighten the student support. That is for the 1 month in January they pay out. They could probably have handled it a little more subtle.

So what have I done this weekend? I could have studied or done something useful but what happened? I stumbled upon this website. Yes, I've been reading comics all weekend. Especially the Don Rosa comics with Scrooge McDuck. Mostly because I've read them when I was little, but only now understood the whole picture of. They are actually much funnier in English (or maybe they are equal but it was such a long time ago I read some of them and at that time I didn't understood all the subtle hints all over the stories). Of course, you could always claim I've learned something from them. They are filled with mythological myths, historical sites and historical events, all to enchant my mind and leave me floating in a ecstasy of childhood. Tales of Southern American Indians, The Knights Templar and some of the saddest moments in such a colorful world. The Scandinavian countries overall are huge fans of Donald Duck Cartoons and especially the Finnish like the Don Rosa comics so that he even made a comic set in Finland.

To turn this to my actual subject in school, political scientist, there actually exist a Donald Duck Party in Sweden. And who said politics was boring?

fredag 2 oktober 2009

Losing My Insanity

What a day, what a day. Woke up very early to fix myself up for an interview. That's right, I had an interview for some work. In this case the group that arranges the job-fair this spring. So up early to fix the damn hair of my. And it' didn't turn out good. Not in a long shot. It took me 12 hours o get it "good". And the interview was 5 hours earlier. Of course that happened after I got home. Hopefully it went well and I got a part of it. Would be nice to test ones new found knowledge from the project management course on a real thing. Of course if I don't get it I could always go over to plan B or C. Get a drivers license or maybe join some political party. It's not easy to plan for 3 months without any courses. Or I could just study spanish and hopefully become fluent in it, but that would probably drive me insane before Christmas.

Talking about going insane, I almost had a nervous breakdown waiting for the interview. Being in school since 8:00 and waiting until 13:00. What was I supposed to do? I brought my Spanish literature and thought that I should study that, but instead I began to plan my interview. With that I meant possible questions and deciding possible ways to put forward my usefulness for the position. And thinking upon my hair. Bad hair day indeed. Anyway, I can't get back to the Spanish books so I just go thru the damn interview over and over again. And then it takes 10 minutes with the interviewers and then its over. I have felt nauseated for several hours and it's over in 10 minutes? And was I prepared for the questions? Hell no, first question is tell us about yourself. Blank. Nothing. After 5 seconds I can only spew out my University education and place of birth. That's who I am. I still can't think of any better answer for that question. Well, 2 weeks until it's announced if I will be in our not, or at maximum 2 weeks.