Monthly Archives: March 2010

‘Rob and Tomas’-time.

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On the 1:st and the 6:th of April Rob and I will be in the studio recording some guitars for my upcoming album. Yes, you heard me… or read me. We’ll be recording! Recording sessions comes few and far between but we’re getting there. The album will get done… this year… I hope. To be honest it hasn’t taken that much time; ‘Rob and Tomas’-time that is. We started recording in October 2009, and I’m pretty sure, although I don’t want to jinx it, that we’ll finish before October this year. And that’s quick! The 1:st record, The Anger, took two and a half years from first recording session to release. I’m also going to try to set up some rehearsal sessions with KG before his recording sessions (he plays classical lead guitar, Eddie van Halen shit). After that there’s only the odd percussion, synth and effect left…

Oh, and all the vocals…

Better start singing into that mic.

Yellow Pea-Soup of I Rule.

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I now Sum up the day while having the new Salem al Fakir album [Spotify Link] in my headphones. (Really good album! Super sounds.) Not much have been going on. The rain hit the bedroom window pretty hard this morning so the planned ‘before breakfast’-walk got cancelled. Spent the first hour of the day in bed instead. Half asleep, half awake. All nice. (Man the harmonies on some of these Salem-tracks are really evil.) So yeah, I’ve started a new life. I’m eating less, healthier, more regularly and exercising. Walks before breakfast. Still, pays off. Lost some weight already. I now have my summer planned. I am going to work out. (As I have no summer job; nor want one. I am going to kick it; getting a head start on next semester’s studies.) In the midst of all this dense text it might be good to get a picture in? Yeah. This is part of Camilla’s and my two course dinner; I give you (in a re-hash from my Twitter-feed.) the Yellow Pea-Soup of I Rule:

(They, whoever ‘they’ are, say one should not play with one’s food. Ok? I’m an adult, I’ll do what I please. Camilla’s sister taught me that.) The second part of the dinner was pancake. A traditional combo here in Sweden, although it’s usually eaten on Thursdays. (Six songs in – Damn this album is good!) So, after I hauled my ass out of bed, had breakfast and took a shower I started to let the day slip away by interchanging between doing nothing and reading up for tomorrows lecture: Truthminimalism and the Austin / Strawson debate. After that I took a dog walk and then down on the sofa for some House. (While The Boo and I had that walk I had a tought on Natural Selection, fat foods and fat and not fat people. I promise to share that one with you one day… trouble is those thoughts; thoughts of that nature, of which I have many, just go on and on and on and on. I’ll be writhing for days. You’ll be reading for days. And we’ll all be none the wiser.) Which all brings me to now. In-front of the computer, listening to music. There you have it folks! My day. How was yours?

About me: Updated!

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Eighth Revision; Gigantic Rock, Göteborg, 2010-03-22

Hi!
My name is Tomas Halberstad.
I am 31 years old. (Hating age…)
I live in Göteborg, Sweden, on the island of The Hisingen.
I live with my girlfriend, Camilla, and our dog, Bosse.
I am a student and a songwriter.
I’m studying towards a Masters Degree in Philosophy and write songs.
I started this blog in order to publish my music. The idea was to write, record and post. (That hasn’t really happened but it might.)
I like my little family, food and The Arsenal, also sneakers and beer.
I dislike a lot of things. So many, in-fact, that listing them would take up too much space.
Should work out more but it seems to be an on and off thing with me, and right now it’s amazingly: on!

Spring is in the air!

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A couple of days ago I saw a few leeks trying to find their way up, and onwards through the layers of soil. Not long ago, maybe a week ago or so, I smelled the first barbeque; someone had lit it up. Today I saw the first Japanese motorcycle going way to fast on the road. Today, this is the view from out balcony:

All the signs are here; spring is in the air. (And it’s about fucking time.)

New Life – Guitar – Recess – TH14.

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I’ve been kicking it today.
It’s been nice.
Just doing nothing,

This ‘new life’-thing, which started on Wednesday, is working nicely. I haven’t made any grand changes to my life but baby steps, baby steps. I’m hoping all will lead to a happier, healthier me. It’s amazing… or; on of two things is amazing: 1. The immense impact my physical state has on my mental ditto; wether it be over-all or pain. 2. The fact that I haven’t realized this earlier (which I probably have but forgotten… so) 2.1. The fact that I have realized this before but forgotten it!

On a musical tip (!), I got a mail from Rob today and were looking to get some recording sessions in these coming weeks. It’s guitar all the way. Let’s hope we can find the time; synch so to speak. For you all, it’s going to be worth the wait; I think the album is going to be really good.

As for school, I’ve taken the last two days off, and plan to continue with that over the weekend.  I really need to get a way from the books and thoughts for a while. Not to mention all the sitting down (since I need to heal my ass).

Then we have the whole Arsenal-Barcelona thing… haven’t made up my mind whether it’s a good or a bad draw.
TH14 is coming home though:

Man oh man…

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…I hope this is the new home kit! I mean, I know that pics like this, pics of mock-ups float around. But, again, man ooh man! This is just so nice, so crisp, so clean! Add to that the mouth-watering prospect of a contrasting away kit; yellow with blue sleeves. If this is the ‘back to tradition’-bit that Ivan Gazidis talked about at one of those club/fans things? (Think it was the one at the end of the 08/09 season, and I think he also was pissed at the state of the home shirt.) I hope so!

If you want to see the pic in a higher res. Head on over to Arseblog, from where I got this pic!

And oh, my ass is a little bit better, thanks for asking!

(If I can get my ass in order…)

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This won’t be a long post.
I’m still somewhat suffering from what I think is an inflammation in the muscles around the tailbone. One can get it from sitting down too much, which I have done, what with all the exams and all.

Just wanted to pop in and tell you that my new life began today. Yet another life. Cat’s ain’t got nothing on me. From now on I am going to be a healthier, happier Tomas. Day by day, step by step (oh baby, gonna get to you girl) I’m climbing up the never-ending ladder of good life.

So. expect more happy thoughts from now on. (If I can get my ass in order…)

Today also saw a victory for reason, but more on that some other time.

Category: Reality.

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It’s been fairly quiet from me, I know.
Seems like I was here just a couple of weeks ago. (Here being apologising for my lack of blogging.)

I’ve really had nothing to say and a lot of things to do.
And I’m not feeling all that well.

I’ll try to get a post in as often as I can though.
Mostly for my own sake. Still, I’m glad you all read it.

Sunday sun.

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Signed, sealed, delivered!
Which in Aristotle and Descartes exam-writing means: Written, saved as .pdf and e-mailed.
So nice. But I’m only half way. Tomorrow: Relativism.

Still, it being Sunday and all. I took a bit of a break from studying this morning. Camilla, The Boo and I took my sisters car (since she was in München – she has returned no – we had the car) to Slottsskogen for a nice walk in the spring (I guess it’s spring) sun. So hot I had to take my beanie off and the gloves stayed in the jacket pockets for the entire time. Nice. It was not only a Sunday walk but also a celebratory walk as it today is Camilla‘s name day!

That’s about it! Until tomorrow… or today… I guess that’s relative!

Camilla, The Boo and someone’s legs in Slottsskogen:

Be careful out there…

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I’ve been busting my nuts these past couple of days.
But busting ones nuts seem to pay of.
Still, I’m only half way.

When studying for the re-exam in Formal Logic, which I must have told you about earlier, I put a lot of other studying off. It paid off; I passed the Formal Logic course, in flying colors I might add, but now I have to play catch up. And, playing catch up is an all day, everyday kind of thing.

I’ve been sitting the past couple of days trying to complete a home exam for a course on Aristotle and Descartes. The official dead-line is on Monday, and I will make it, but that only leaves me with a week to complete the other exam I’ve been pushing forward, the on Relativism.

It’s going to be a hard few days. The Relativism exam is due in on March 16:th.

(All of the above is also the reason for my not blogging so much.)

On another note: I just want to say one final goodby to all my (former) colleagues over att the guard company. Last night we had a big party. The company I worked for lost the contract with the company where we all (and I think there was about a 100 of us) were stationed, so we had a ‘last night with the gang’-type of thing.

I know I quit in January, and haven’t worked much since I went back to school, but yesterday was really it. There’ll be no more.
It’s been 10 years filled with both the fun and the not so fun but the colleagues, the good ones (because I assure you; there was some crap ones aswell), made it worth while (along with a pay check).

So, thank you! Hope you all will be well and Il  see you down the road.
Be careful out there…