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Sweden. Weird place. Hot Women. Weird place.
I arrived in Sweden seriously strapped for cash. One night I spent sleeping on a bench in outside of a trainstation in Denmark. By the time Robbie picked me up from the train station in Boras he was looking at me like a was a refugee or something. It was a little funny. I hadnt seen Robby since our school days in Hawaii, even though he lives only 2 hours away in San Diego we didnt meet again until we were on the other side of the world. Life.
Sweden was a boring place. There is tons of hot women. So many blondes. One problem that makes it a boring place is that everyone is so damn quite. Inside the mall there is hardly any noise compared to us in the states. The Swedes make Germans look like frat boys. Its also annoying to see so many people that look the same. Not so much looks wise but as far as dress and fashion. There is one look and everyone conforms to this. Conformity is actually ingrained in Swedish culture. I forget the word for it I think its Logum it is a standard of living that Swedes attain to. Its sort of a middle class position in society. Its really hard to be rich or poor in Sweden since the country is the model for Socialism. Worlds second highest standard of living. Free healthcare, Free schooling, free everything. Taxes are a b**** though.
This idea of everyone in society being the same definetely curtails individualism. At times I felt as though I was in a real life version of "Brave New World".
We took a train to the South of Sweden to meet up with some girls at thier summer home on the Baltic sea. During the train ride Robby, Paul and Jonathan were the loudest people in the whole country. This guy Jonathan was a cross between Steven A. Smith and Motor mouth Mabel. Paul and Jonathan were working off of each other the whole weekend. It was annoying as hell. When we got to the cabin these guys started drinking and didnt stop until all the alcohol was gone. There was no conversation with the two. From the time they got up until they passed out they were yelling and screaming the same phrases and lines over and over.
Jonathan: AGGRESSIVELY AMERICAN!!!
Paul: I suck at life MAN!!!
Jonathan: Dude were AMERICAN! Im so good looking.
Paul: Dude!!! I suck at life... I made a Swedish girl cry though
Jonathan: Dude you dont suck at life. DAMN, DO YOU SERIOUSLY SEE HOW GOOD LOOKING AND AGGRESSIVELY AMERICAN I AM?
Paul: Dude, you are so good lucking.... AND I SUCK AT LIFE MAN!!!!
There was a point when Robby and I both just left the house and walked to the beach. We enjoyed the silence. It was so good. When we walked back to the cabin we could hear the voices before we even saw the cabin.
The girls we nice though. They seemed to like the loud Americans. Swedish men are so quiet the girls told me that women are the ones that make the first moves in Sweden. Small wonder the women like Foreign guys so much.
Shortly thereafter I got deported from London back to Sweden. Wont even go into that since it was such a waste of time. The rest of my stay in Sweden from that point on I didnt do much of anything just sat around trying to stay out of the cold weather and waited for my departure date to the states. I would have liked to go out with a bang but Instead I went out with a whimper. By the time the plane landed in LAX I was broke as a joke. How broke you ask?
Charity Guy: Excuse me young brother, anyway you can spare some money for the children of """"""" Church?
Me: Ummmm Ill just give you everything I have.
Charity Guy: Great!!!
Me: Its only 10 pence from England, thats like 2 dimes in American money.
Charity Guy: OH! Well thats alright, God Bless you.
So in the end all I came home with was 2 dimes. Thats the way a trip is suppossed to be.
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