Anledning 7 / Reason 7

Pariserhjulet - The Pariswheel

Det talar för sig självt mina vänner.
*It speaks for itself my friends.

There is always one woman to save you from another, and as that woman saves you, she makes ready to destroy

"There is always one woman to save you from another, and as that woman saves you, she makes ready to destroy" Charle Bukowski

 I'm working on my short-movie that I'm directing for an exercise in school on monday. I'm looking for extras. girls in particular. Help. You who follow me, if it sounds like something you could do on monday or tuesday morning please and if you live in Paris e-mail me on isabellindstromalvarez@gmail.com  swedish or french, brunett or blond, I need girls!

I beg your pardon

Jag har haft en liten stressig, tid i ett par veckor. Gått på castings, planerat kortfilm som jag spelar in nästa vecka. Har ju börjat tränat också sen i julas, så det tar upp en del av min tid. Pjaah. Åker till Sverige om ett par veckor iallafall. Såg precis att jag missar David La Chapelles utställning på fotografiska med TRE dagar! Snyft.

Lately.

Svenne-middag hemma hos mig i lördags. Vi var hela svenska maffian, åt tacos och kladdkaka. Fina grejer.

Gick på Paris Opera Garnier för en kompis mamma sjöng i en uppsättning. Himla fina grejer.

Det här var i hennes loge innan, eh den var typ lika stor om inte större än min lägenhet. Mffr.

Födelsedagsmiddag hos Claire för ett par veckor sedan. Mini-hotdogs.

Åkte till Svenska Affären i Pigalle och köpte bl.a. vispgrädde til vår våffelbrunch som vi skulle ha dagen efter,  plus att jag köpte hur mycket godis och annat jox som helst. Det bästa var dock kaviaren. Trots att den kostade nästan 6€.

Jag pluggade 7 dagar non-stop på bl. a. det här biblioteket: Francois Truffaut i Les Halles.

Sverige kom och besökte Frankrike för en natt.

 
Och alla blev ju förstås glada och spralliga över detta, så även vi så vi beslutade oss en fredagskväll för att korka upp och fira vintern.

Sen har jag ju förstås hittat på andra grejer. Jag har börjat repa inför vår premiär och 12 (!) datum på en teater i Montmartre i vår. Har odlat och skaffat nya kontakter, börjat träna på riktigt 3 ggr/vecka, igår var jag och lunchade på Colette's Waterbar för första gången. Har varit en del på bios, sett bl.a. Django. Har varit en massa på teater och pjaa, det var nog allt för den här gången. Ha en fin dag! 

Anledning 6 / Reason 6

 

Att man kan få kebab+pommes frites+ sallad+dryck för endast 5,50€ på diverse restauranger. 

*That you can get kebab+fries+salad+beverage for only 5,50€.

När Vinterisen ligger kal så finns du kvar

Hej och godmorgon! Och ursäkta för tystnaden. Jag har lidit av post-tentasyndrom och gjort alla saker och träffat alla jag inte hunnit med att träffa eller göra under ett par veckors tid. Här är mina nya kort som jag tog igår, jag presenterar ze bitch. Ja, man fick ju varken le eller blunda så jag gjorde något mellanting och fick som resultat en riktig salope-min. Men nu kommer jag få franskt security number iaf, det var på tiden!

How to be swedish - A guide for southern Europeans

 

Good morning friends!I found this picture on facebook this morning and I thought it was so funny so I had to share it with you. Later on I googled "How to be a swede" and I found this.
Here is a few drafts that Christina Lörnemark has written on swedish people, please let me know what you think about it?! 

"The Swedish mentality!

Ake Daun, a professor of ethnology at Stockholm University have written a book; Swedish mentality (1989) which is a gold mine for someone interesting in this issue. He has examined how the Swedes are perceived by other nationalities and come up with the following:

Swedes are perceived as chilly and distancing. Many of those who responded to the survey say that they have great difficulties to understand the Swedish temperament. The Swedes are also perceived as “socially closed” and “spiritually empty”. And because they are often quiet they are also perceived as smug!

Show feelings

I am afraid that there is the same here. The Swedes do not show their feelings in front of strangers if it can be avoided! If we for some reason don’t like a person, we show our dislike by simply avoiding that person. We show our dislike by not saying "Hi", we will look down or if possible, just avoid meeting that person. But being the other person you will never know why, because there isn’t going to be an explanation or a confrontation. That is, unless you have really made the Swede angry!

To show aggression in a Swedish group is such a taboo. Getting really angry in public will lead to many puzzled and a little condescending glances. You must know how to behave and restrain yourself or you will be regarded as a man/woman without self control.

We usually do not cry in public, or if we do we try to stop crying, or hide that we are crying. Crying is mostly seen as a sign of weakness or lack of self-control. Laughing in public is OK though, and it is very common. I can’t really tell if we laugh more or less than other nationalities. We are not so good at showing warm feelings to people who we don’t know so well. To show feelings complies mostly with relationships among friends and family.

We have no problem to talk about feelings or sex

The Swedes have no problem with public discussions about feelings or sex, in those cases we are very open minded and it takes a lot to make a Swede embarrassed.

We believe that the society should provide safety for us

This can be seen as a dependent for the government and that we blindly obey the government. But I see it more as we have confidence in something that actually work, our respect for the authorities will not be a fear of someone who decides above our heads, but more a feeling rooted in an experience that we made a collective agreement with the community! Democracy is very important and deeply rooted in Sweden.

Sporadic contact with relatives

Compared to other nations, we have a more sporadic contact with parents which are something that many immigrants interpret as callousness.

Feminism and equality

Feminism is strong in Sweden and equality has come a long way. Some argue that gender equality has gone a little bit too far, and if man and women become too alike it will kill the eroticism between the genders.

The Jante Law or the Law of Jante!

And one can’t forget to mention the Law of Jante or as we say the Jante Law! Jante Law is actually a fictional law and has had a great impact in Sweden. The writer Aksel Sandemose lived in Denmark but wrote the book in which Jantelaw is described in Norwegian. Jante formulated in words the unwritten law that says you should not be different or think that you are better than anyone else in any way. Jantelaw was of greater importance in the past when most people lived in rural areas compared to today when the Law of Jante has lost its importance increasingly. Some say it is the downfall of Sweden and instead of the Law of Jante we will have a mentality that says, look out for yourself only and don’t care about others which is the opposite of Jante. But the law has also been very negative and sort of pressed people down by making them think that they are not good at anything. Anyway, Jante Law may be on its way out and be very weak now, but it has yet influenced the Swedish style of today and is the bases for the Swede’s restraint."

What do you think? Is this your idea of a swede/yourself? Would love to hear what you think!

Anledning 5/ Reason 5

 

Åka moped i Paris. För att moppeturer i Paris inte liknar någon annan moppetur i någon annan stad. För att blicka ut över ett soldränkt Paris (eller bara dränkt om det vill sig illa) bak på en moped som sicksackar mellan bilarna i milslånga köer och sen köra över någon bro -vilken som helst- och se Eiffeltornet borta i fjärran och träden som precis slagit ut sina knoppar i den tidiga våren finns det inte mycket som slår kan jag lova er. Testa när ni kommer för att bo i Paris, jag vet att ni är många som vill (men använd hjälm och åk med någon ni känner förstås).

*Sitting back on a vespa or a motorcycle in a sunny Paris- that's the shit. Just sayin'. 

Le week-end sous la neige

Model Joanna Shimkus photographed by Alex Chatelain for Vogue Paris, 1970

Godmorgon! I Paris öste det ned snö igår hela kvällen och natten, och det bästa är att det LIGGER KVAR! Nu hörrni ska jag gå ut och kasta några snöbollar och bli nostalgisk. Shüssi. 

*Snow in Paris! It's been fallin all night long! I'm going to go out and play some- just right after I've had my morningcoffee! ;) And yes, I would love to look like the irl on the photo when I'm doing it. Shüssi.

Anledning 4 / Reason 4

För att ljuset en krispigt kall höstdag när löven är bruna och man anar vinterns analkande är så himla vackert. Parfait. Finns inte många saker som är så vackra.*The light on one of the autumn's first days. There's nothing as beautiful as a fall day in Paris.