A little here and a little there

Just returned to Stockholm this very November day at 1 pm courtesy of the Swedish Rail System(Note to self always buy tickets in advance so I don't have to pay for first class). The next step will be to visit the Modern Art Museum. So where was I? I was in Copenhagen and Lund. Besides drinking Carlsberg eating pastries, I was checking out Lund University for a possible masters program. I met with some of the co-ordinaters and have come to the conclusion that I really like Lund University(LUMES).

I have also put the bridge between Copenhagen and Malmo to the test and it passed with flying colors. Anyone who hasn't been to Copenhagen but is considering it, well I have to say it comes highly recommended on this end. Prices are a bit steep but thats life. I did the usual, went to see the little Mermaid, the palaces, the Opera, the city library, etc. Then we also went and had tea with the hippy commune in Christiania. While there I had the best Falafel in my life and witnessed the coppers trying to bust up the dope dealers who are everywhere. It will be a sad day for Denmark when they shut that place down. Pictures to follow.

Oh the things to do....

I went out late afternoon yesterday to take some photos. The best ones are Here.

I got my Sufjan Stevens ticket yesterday and then also found out that beginning on the 16th of November and continuing till the 26th, Stockholm is host to the 17th International Film Festival. That means I have to go to at least two movies. I am going to see Days of Glory which is supposed to be amazing. Ok so maybe more than two.

What else, what else, what else? Ice Skating is available in various places around the city. I found a new pub to frequent as well as some nice cafe's in the Slussen area around Götagatan(Medborgarplatsen).

Capitalistic Complications

I've been reading Orientalism by E. Said and while what I am about to talk about doesn't deal with that book directly I am going to recommend it to anyone who ever wants to debate the Middle East(Whatever that label actually means anyway.) I've been thinking about Capitalism(a.k.a greed.) Humans are most amusing and foolish when they express what they believe in. 'I believe in Capitalism' is the best example of that. Why would anyone want to or even be proud to believe in greed? Why would anyone stand behind and even claim a nation so proud of its greed as the US. This is not to argue that this isn't a problem anywhere else, but why defend it?

On a similar issue, is it moral to export such things as Coke and McDonalds around the world? Does anyone really need either of these two products? Take both of them away and they would be forgotten in the blink of an eye. Is it moral to ruin someone else's livelihood? I find no justification for selling meat to third world country cheaper then they can produce themselves and thereby killing the local market. I find no right to consume(this word is the equivalent of freedom in the US i.e. they can be used interchangeably) at the rate of the Western world(whatever that means.)

Thoughts?

Hammarby IF

Last night was evolving into nothing around 4:30 pm.

Then the phone call at 5 pm. VIP tickets to watch the last football match of the season. Hammarby IF vs. Gefle IK. This included free food and beer before the match, nice seats, and coffee and pastries at halftime. Hammarby pulled it off in the 80th minute when the Brazilian player on the squad put it in the back of the net. 1-0 was the final score of a really cold game.
Globen Arenas is a really nice area to have any team play I must confess and that makes it the third time I've been in those stadiums in the last week.

Absolut Football.