To make a difference.

Not a lot of people truly impress me, but this week I have found a new hero. There is a man who thinks that one man can make a difference. A man who thinks that you have to shoot for the moon to reach for the stars. A man who accepts being considered a pain in the ass if that leads to vital change. A man who cares, not just about the mission of the bigger picture, but about the people.

This man is a chef. And he has taken all his talent and fame from that and put to use things that he truly believes in. He has made changes in the food habits in British Schools and in Huntington, Virginia in America. He has through his restaurant program Fifteen given kids that are about to fall out of society's normal realm a chance of getting a profession and life to be proud of.

This impresses me. That way of thinking, that nothing is impossible - and if it would be impossible then only admitting that after trying hundred times to find a way to make it work, that impresses me. The way of getting the best out of the knowledge that you have, and turning yourself into a force of good. That impresses me, and inspires me.

Let's take the inspiration and look at ourselves and what we can do. It doesn't have to do with food, or being famous. We can all work in our own ways to change our world to a better place.

To see my source of inspiration, check out Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution on a tv near you...

or check it out online here

A cup of tea.

Dricka te i stora koppar. Ingen mjölk. Inget socker. Bara teets färg som djupnar i koppens avlägsna botten. Den stora koppen fylld med den varma drycken.

Problemet som uppstår är att hinna dricka upp innan teet kallnat.

Te ska njutas långsamt. Den stora koppen ståendes på fönsterkarmen mellan klunkarna. Pauser då sida läggs till sida i romanen i mitt knä. Eller så vilar koppen i mina händer medan min blick söker sig bort. En kopp te kan inte stressas.

Men sitter man ju där med en kall slatt.

Den stora koppens botten täcks av kallt te som ger en bitter chock till den intet ont anande munnen då en ny klunk intas. Vad är då lösningen på detta? Att byta till en mindre kopp? En kopp som inte alls ger samma känsla som en stor, men som är mer praktisk. Eller leva med den stora koppen och då låta obehaget av det kallnade teet i munnen bli den avslutande uppleveslen på tedrickandet?

Jag dricker alltid mitt te i en stor kopp om det är möjligt. Möjligheten att teet håller sig varmt alldeles perfekt länge och jag hinner njuta hela mina stora kopp te finns ju också.

Let's Get Retarded. Let's Get The Party Started.

Weekend is coming up so here's one of my absolute favourite getting in party mood songs to get you all in the right mood!

Progress.

Today I made the first of my goals when it come to my running. I managed to run through my whole program, no walking! I got inspiration from my music and pushed through the pain, and the feeling of making it is great.

Psych returns.

Today I would like to share some very important information. Tomorrow one of the best comedy series ever returns, the fifth season of Psych starts! Don't miss it. And if you don't know what I am talking about, then you have some great catching up to do.

Hotel showers.

I have a complaint. I know that this complaint is anti environmental friendly, but I don't care. I do think that it is good that all of us are trying to make changes to make sure that our earth will stay alive and kicking. And I do think that it is really good that also big companies are making these changes, because just private individuals will not be enough. But all these efforts has lead to that it is almost impossible for me to have clean hair if I am staying at a hotel. The showers are insanely weak, and with my long and thick hair it takes forever to rinse both shampoo and conditioner (which in the long run can't be good for mother nature either). After that I will need to dry my hair, and does that work? No not really. In one hotel the hair dryer worked for about 2 minutes on high effect before it turned it self off. And it took 5 minutes until it worked at all again! Now I am bringing my own hair dryer to at least have that problem solved. And mainly I am trying to have clean hair before I depart for a night away. But it is a frustration problem, that I also realise is a very luxury problem to have.

Running update.

Earlier this summer I wrote about my running aspirations and I was thinking it is time for an update. Some parts of the running has been going very well.

The method of focusing my running program around the music has been very good. I have realised that I very much prefer running a specific time instead of running a specific distance. If I know that I have to run just two more songs it is motivating me. The music that I chose was also very good, I have now made a few changes, mainly in the warm up part, to make it even better.

When it comes to the actual running it has been though but not horrible as I have felt before. I have been able to push myself a bit every time and the feeling of being able to do a little bit more every time is such a great feeling. I have managed to get my running step back ( is it even called like that in English?) and it does even at some times feels really nice to run, so that's quite amazing.

The problem has been to get out and actually doing it. When I have started it has been okay, but then I have had periods where I have been travelling or had visitors and then I get out of the rhythm of working out and then a lot of time passes between the occasions I run. So it hasn't been that many times that I have been out yet. But I'm gonna keep on working on it. It is a good way to work out, and it is practical because you can do it everywhere as long as you bring some clothes and shoes.

My running songs:
Warm-up:
Prayer for the weekend - The Ark
Fame - Naturi Naughton
Fairytale gone bad - Sunrise Avenue
Strech:
You are beautiful - James Blunt
Main work-out:
Walking on sunshine - Katarina and the Waves
Womanizer - Britney Spears
Anxiety - Black Eyed Peas
Big City Nights - Scorpions
Goodbye - Christina Debarge
Overload - Voodoo & Serano
Strech:
Like the sun - RyanDan
This is my life - Anna Bergendal
Thank you - Dido