few thoughts 121608

1. I just saw following...Andy Warhol, Nam-Jun Paik, Robert Rauschenberg (r.i.p.), Barbara Kruger (motherf'in'!!!!!!!!!!!), De Kooning, Munch, Matisse, Man Ray, Walker Evans, Andrea Zittel, Thomas Ruff, Duchamp, Louise Bourgeois, Cartier-Bresson (chuuch!!!!!!!), Nigel Cooke, On Kawara, Dennis Hopper, Max Ernst (holla!!!!!), Doug Wheeler, Wallace Berman, Tom Sach and Julian Opie in one day!!!!!!!! Don't ask me how because I can't even describe it. I haven't even mentioned my reunion with Nikki de Saint Phalle. Plus, some awesome, awesome Swedish artists. I sniffed on some art coke up in my nose and it's bleeding profusely right now.
2. Today was accidently a museum\gallery day for me. I was planning to go to Nobel Museum, which I did go but found out the museum is free starting 5 pm so that plan was hold off until...well...5 pm so I was wondering around the city and decided to go to Modern Art Museum which was like 10 minutes away from Nobel Museum. It was 9 Kronors (that's a Swedish currency for ya) worth of pure art ecstacy. It was an art cocaine from start to finish. Then I stumbled into galleries where I saw some of the coolest contemporary art in Stockholm. That modern art museum, however, was something else. It was everything I asked for then some. Entire lobby and some of hallways were designed by none other than my one of my divine Barbara Kruger (other one is...Cindy Sherman, obviously) and from that moment on, my heart just stopped and my jaw just dropped. I was in heaven and it only took about 11 dollars. Aiyyo!!!!!!!
   
3. Nobel museum was awe inspiring. First of all, I did not know Alfred Nobel was Swedish. I knew he invented lot of things including dynamite and he was cakin' big time back in his prime then went on to spread his wealth for good will. Now, the museum was just so inspiring in many level. I got to watch videos of some of recipients from past like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Dalai Lama, Aung San Suu Ky, Flemmings. I also got a chance to listen to Toni Morrison's acceptance speech which gave me chills to my spine. She was so graceful with her words as she always has been and her speech was more like of spoken words. I had to listen to it twice to just to feel the awe from her. They also had a speech of MLK Jr, which was another awe inspiring speech from the man who knew no fear at all. They also had interviews from Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner. I gotta say as great writer as they are, I had to laugh a little when I heard them speak because Faulkner sounded like he has some lingo in his dialect and Hemingway seriously sounded like a robot. I am not kidding you with that!
4. My first day, I asked a receptionist at my hostel about where to get postage stamps and such and her response was "go around and you will eventually find it" and I thought, 'oh, you are not friendly' (she's adorable and very friendly, I'll get to that later). I did manage to find my stamps that day alright and today, I totally understood what she meant. It is impossible to get lost in this city. I am telling you! City is so small and it's surrounded by water so you are basically going around and around. In other words, you will actually find a place of your desire if you do go around, eventually. It is impossible to get lost in this city.
   
5. Another impossible thing to do in Stockholm, getting Swedish people pissed at you. Seriously, you are officially the biggest jackass if you pissed one of these people off. These people are the most friendly and peaceful people you will ever meet in the world. Not to mention, crazy stylish and hot whether you are a man or a woman. These people know how to dress and all of them look just crazy fantastic. Don't get mad at Swedes, they are very nice...inside and out.
   
6. One small thing that bothered me...so Sweden has 7-eleven but they close at 11 o'clock. What the...that's not 7-eleven...that's more like...6-nine...or 9-five or something...not 7-eleven. What kind of 7-eleven do you close at 11 o'clock???????!!!!! That's totally unprofessional, you know.
7. Stockholm has three (yes, three!!!!!) professional soccer team. I think London might have more teams than Stockholm does (they have 4). Anyway, that put me little problem early today when I went out to shop some soccer scarf. I bought this green scarf that was for team call Hammarby FC, why? That's the only team in Stockholm that is being sponsored by Nike, other two are sponsored by Adidas. Oh well...you know how I feel about that...you should.
   
8. öyvind fahlström...look it up, he's awesome.