night boat

night boat, originally uploaded by John Barleycorn.

This wasn't the night boat to Fiskis... I had to take the bus. But it was okay, I managed to get home.

halv trappa

halv trappa, originally uploaded by John Barleycorn.

Rich starts to disappear into the sofa at Halv Trappa... scary...

team oceanic

mona & anna, originally uploaded by John Barleycorn.

This is Mona & Anna. Mona is the owner of Oceanic and my sisters boss the last two years. More heavy drinkin' with Rich... ouch!

redrum

tile art, originally uploaded by John Barleycorn.

I think this little piece of street art is pretty cool. Tiles rock! Redrum....

playground

bridge, originally uploaded by John Barleycorn.

Crawled by the playground on my way home... It was green and weird... Some aliens played in the swings, but I couldn't catch them on film... They disappeared...

anna, andreas & rich

anna, andreas & rich, originally uploaded by John Barleycorn.

Rich came by for a couple of days of R&R in Sweden. There was a whole lot of drinkin' involved, but I hope he had a good time. I'm really tired now. It's much harder to party in Sweden than in Thailand. Why is it like that? Is it the lack of heat? The beer? The lack of cheap huge Margarita pitchers?
I actually don't have a good answer.

ooops, sorry we killed you 2.1

menezes, originally uploaded by John Barleycorn.

The latest victim in the Global War On Terrorism is Jean Charles de Menezes. ABC News reports that:
Witnesses said the Brazilian, described as looking "like a cornered rabbit", fell to the floor in a train carriage before a policeman standing directly above shot him five times in the head.
If that's true, it's totally frackin' horrible. Did they think he had the bomb in his head? There must be other ways to find out if "suspicious looking" people have bombs on them or not. Otherwise we're in big trouble. They can't just say "Ooops, sorry we killed you. But it's the GWOT you know. It's for your own safety." Yeah, this really makes me feel a hell of a lot safer. If we don't get killed by terrorists then the police will get us. Thanks George and Tony. This strategy of yours, waving a stick under the wasp's nest while drinking orange juice, will really show those evil evil doers who's the Boss. Keep up the good work!

Update:
The latest news I've heard is that Jean had been beaten up by two british guys a couple of weeks before his death and therefore could have been running away from the plain clothes police officers in fear of getting beaten up again. This just makes his death even more tragic.
I found this comment on the BBC News talk back. I think it's very good:
"A gang of BNP/National Front men look very similar to young plain clothes police officers dressed in their casual clothes and trainers. In this climate there are attacks going on by violent and misguided British men on 'foreigners'. If I saw a bunch of these 'thuggish' looking guys shouting and running after me, my survival instinct would kick in and I would be off."
I totally agree. I have written before about exactly what I think about plain clothes police officers. I don't like them at all.

Update:
7 bullets in the head and 1 in the shoulder...

thank you for the gwot guys!

trinity, originally uploaded by John Barleycorn.

I must say that this Global War On Terror is a great success! Have you ever felt safer? Almost no terror attacks at all nowadays!
But the GWOT lacks something very important. A really good theme song! I suggest The Isley Brothers and The Housemartins old hit song Caravan of Love - come on now and let us sing:

We’ll be living in a world of peace
In a day when everyone is free
We’ll bring the young and the old
Won’t you let your love flow from your heart

Every woman, every man
Join the caravan of love (Stand up, stand up, stand up)
Everybody take a stand
Join the caravan of love

Why don't take it even further? Why don't George and Tony change the name of GWOT to Caravan of Love? Sounds friendlier and more reassuring.

lobotom

lobotom, originally uploaded by John Barleycorn.

Lobotom roxx - so don't miss this.

anna

anna, originally uploaded by John Barleycorn.

Me and my sister Anna went out and did our best - Indian food and loads of beer... I'm tired now... but my vacation just started so I don't care!

fiskis

fiskis, originally uploaded by John Barleycorn.

What can I say - Fiskis rules...

gray day

rain, originally uploaded by John Barleycorn.

Me and the kids at the summer play centre actually jumped into the water and swam around for half an hour. It was really nice...

rattus norvegicus

rattus norvegicus, originally uploaded by John Barleycorn.

Found this sad and very dead specimen of Rattus Norvegicus under our lunch table at Rålis today. Poor bastard. Probably ate too many picnic hot dogs.

fiskis sunset

fiskis sunset, originally uploaded by John Barleycorn.

Walked down to Holmen yesterday for a cool refreshing evening swim.

friendly neighbourhood svenne

svenne, originally uploaded by John Barleycorn.

This is your friendly neighbourhood Svenne taking a serious look into the future... what does he see? Money? Fame? Ladies? Success? Who knows...

summer in fiskis

summer, originally uploaded by John Barleycorn.

More pics from my lazy summer in Fiskis. As I've said before... life is good... sometimes...

search & destroy

search & destroy, originally uploaded by John Barleycorn.

Some high quality Fiskis destruction outside the school. Maybe the kids drank a bit too much of that cheap wine...

And I’m the world’s forgotten boy
The one who’s searchin’, searchin’ to destroy
And honey I’m the world’s forgotten boy
The one who’s searchin’, searchin’ to destroy

from "Search & Destroy" by Pop/Williamson

fried

me, originally uploaded by John Barleycorn.

I like this summer. Eventhough it often feels like my brain has been fried.

rent-a-latvian 2.0

Latvia, originally uploaded by John Barleycorn.

Have you tried Hyrlett/Rent-a-Latvian" yet? Another triumph for Capitalism! Haven't you heard? There's a huge demand for Latvians nowadays! As their slogan says "Det är lätt med en Lett" - in english that is "It's easy with a Latvian". Rent one and put them to work. They are cheap and they can clean your house, cook or paint and build stuff. You can also just fuck around with them and feel like a boss. No problem. Not as long as you live in a free capitalist country! Don't be a boring old european commie now - rent a Latvian today and put him/her to work! Show some solidarity with them while you kick there tiny ex-communist asses. Go Latvian!

a day at work

adayatwork, originally uploaded by John Barleycorn.

Another hard day at work down at Smedsuddsbadet... life is hard sometimes... all this sunshine and bathing makes me tired...