A Franzén

Man, Valentines day and everything and I still didn't get to delightfully surprise anyone with my boxers with dancing hotdogs print!

Having a bit of an 80's post punk binge tonight. Right now is this excellent Swedish album. Also a bit topical, since translated the title is "Blue sky blues". Not strictly confined to that genre though, but good shit nevertheless!

New vinyl day! God damn I love Peter Gabriels music. Digging in the dirt is a fixed point on my karaoke list!

I would not be the man I am without people complaining about the kind of man I am.

Word of the Day: MUMPSIMUS – someone who obstinately sticks to their old ideas in spite of evidence that they are wrong.

Got lost in the dustier corners of my own mind for a while, and kinda forgot about this place.

Mmmagic! Sorcery!

Oh yeah!? You dare disagree with me? Well let's duke it out over a cup of hot beverage and some constructive dialogue! I fucking dare you to be friendly and nice!

The power of Halloween compels you!

Had a long break from "social" media, but I am still around. Also: Rest in peace, Dave Ball!

We should be able to put our current status after our names at anytime anyplace. Meeting new people? "A Franzen (confused and insecure)". Or meeting up with long time friends? "A Franzen (happy to be a part of this)".

My old buddy passed away, 21 years old. Prowl the eternal hunting grounds, furball!

Caveman: "Me invent new house. Me call it hut!" Other caveman: "Woke!"

Just gonna have a divorce with the ol' ego. We had good times together, but now we're holding each other back!

So many bumblebees!

I could really go for a slice of solidarity right now... With a pint of empathy...

Barbie called it.

Ask not what you can do for your country, ask what your country did to you! (Listening to some KMFDM)

Oh yes, booked a ticket for KMFDM next year!

FASCISM IS FOR SMALL EQUIPPED PEOPLE (LIKE TINYHANDS TRUMP)! PEOPLE ARE SAYING HE IS THE WEAKEST PRESIDENT EVER, AND HIS ADULT DIAPERS STINK! AND HE RAPES CHILDREN! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER! (Trying out the Gavin Newsom thing for fun)

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My stupid middle-age friends are having stupid teenage drama, and I want no part of it!

Letting all the worst people run our countries... We're kinda fucked, aren't we?

She Who Intoxicates pen and ink on Yupo 9 x 13 Medb (pronounced MAVE) is a queen in Irish Mythology. Sometimes known as "She Who Intoxicates", Medb is an archetypal warrior queen - strong-willed, ambitious, cunning. Get the art: www.lolajovan.com/store/p769/s... #art #fantasyart Story-ALTtext⬇️

Lost my aunt two days ago. One of the kindest people I've known. Getting older sucks, because everyone else is also getting older.

Donold claims his administration is the "most transparent in history." He's right, everyone can see right through his lies.

We made a comic about a mayfly.

So many classic albums out there. What's new out there for a middle aged dude listening to 80's electronic stuff like Front 242 and also 70's prog stuff like Genesis?

Holy crap, I might have a date on Saturday! What happens?

NOW it's a northern Sweden summer. Keeping my balcony door open to fight the heat and now I have about a million mosquitos inside!

At last the sun is going down for a few moments. Out on the balcony, offering my pale hairy torso to the mosquitos just for a chance to cool down.

Boldly growing where no spore has grown before.

As a guy, I'm so grateful about my one guy friend that I can actually talk about absolutely anything with. Feelings, spirituality, music, deep shit AND stupid shit... If not a soulmate then a soul...friend? Buddy?

Poor sentient blob of infernal flesh...

I grew a scraggly beard during my vacation, and now some people think I should keep it.

Cool wine in an Iitala Kekkerit glass to fight the heat

To quote Karlach: "Gods, it's hot in here" I'm not built for heat, no matter how much I might bitch about winter...

Why do all my sit-at-home-with-some-beer-and-listen-to-music-evenings end up with Jean-Michel Jarre?

Word of the Day: GLÉO-DREÁM (Old English) - the joy brought by listening to music.

Not that it seems as common here, but still good to remind folks that 'lmao' or '🤣🤣🤣🤣' does in no way make your argument more valid. lmao

Modor oil on canvas 26 x 32 To join the company of women, to be adults, we go through a period of proudly boasting of having survived our own mother's indifference… - Louise Erdrich, The Painted Drum Get it here: www.lolajovan.com/store/p497/m... #art #fantasyart #painting Story-ALTtext⬇️

I'm alive, just on vacation right now. youtu.be/ZIPqwjFqzeQ?...

Me: "Goddamn, I'm pleased with what I accomplished" Rest of the world: "...MEH..."

Still can't process it. Nitzer Ebb's "Showtime" was the first album I bought with my own money. And just a couple of years I saw them on stage, with Douglas McCarthy. And now a huge part of my youth is gone.

youtube.com/watch?v=HkV-... Rest in peace Douglas McCarthy!

I never feared spiders though...

Might be putting the finishing touches on a heavily 80's influenced rock track tomorrow. Me and a my good buddy have a side project going, and its shaping up to be fukken niiice!

The world is going to hell, but I just had a nice evening with my work colleagues. Never forget the small stuff, and the chance to say to the powers that be: Fuck you, I'm still feeling good!

Listening to a bunch of old albums. How does Saga sound more 80's than anything else from the 80's?