What's in a name?

This info is basically the same as it was when I wrote it a few years ago. Some of it is just over a year old though. But overall it has only been partly updated and has basically remained unchanged. The reason for this is that I pretty much left GSB not long after Mibba was created. I kept my account though since I’m here every once in a while. And I let the info remain the same simply because I think it’s fun to look back at it.

The only new addition is that it used to feature two of the three stories I had when I started out on Mibba but now it just says that I have a Mibba account.

Also, the part about Shine For Us is completely new.

Other than that, it’s the info about the 17-18 year old me.



Salve!
Adequate information about me, hm. Tough one. I’m born and raised in Sweden which is a Scandinavian country in the northern of Europe. Here we speak Swedish, so my “horrible” English is pardoned . Everyone learn English in school though and everyone also (try to) learn a third language, Spanish for example. As for me, I’ve tried to learn Spanish, German, Japanese and Latin (apart from English that is). Sounds cool but to tell you the truth I only know the basics and am forgetting more and more.


When I’m not wasting my time in front of the computer I like to read and play instruments. J.R.R Tolkien’s books rock. I like the Harry Potter books too though, but David Eddings and Robert Jordan pwns J.K Rowling anyday. My room is literally cluttered with these (and all kinds of) books, and instruments too for that matter. Here I have drums, two electric guitars, two bass guitars and one acoustic guitar. Sounds like I have a one man band. But no, my two younger brothers play too.

I love listening to music as well . My preferences are punk and punk rock but I also listen to rock, hard rock, some metal and screamo, and occasionally classical music.
I guess my favorite band is, and always will be, Green Day, but the first band I ever cared for back in 2000, Rancid, always has a special place in my heart.


Gotta love this picture

And I loved The Distillers.

Or, the concept of The Distillers since the band changed so significantly over the years. Anyway, Brody Dalle kicks ass…

I like a lot of other bands too, such as Millencolin, Bad Religion, Neverstore, Billy Talent, The Bouncing Souls, Aiden, Flogging Molly, The Offspring, Bullet For My Valentine, Operation Ivy, The Clash, Disturbed, Linkin Park, KoRn, Ramones, Papa Roach, Sex Pistols, Pinhead Gunpowder, The Unseen, Sum 41 and Stone Sour.

But I don't love any band like Iove The Matches. <3

And while on the topics of bands I like, I gotta admit… I have a lovehate relationship to these guys:

Can’t decide whether I like My Chemical Romance or not
What I do know however is that I respect them and what they’re doing and who they are.
Don’t you think Mikey and Gerard look dangerous in that pic? I know I do. Maybe it’s just me then…

I seriously love The Matches (what do you mean ‘repeating myself’?) and I love the song “Chain Me Free”. And the music video for that song is (in my opinion) on of the best music videos ever made.


One of my favourite things to do is watching movies. I have a weird taste in films though, or at least that’s what I’m told. Recently it struck me that I seem to love movies that others think are mediocre or even bad (or just plain odd). For example I really like Don Juan de Marco while everyone else that I know of, that’s seen it of course, think it sucks. Oh, well…

My favourite movies:
The Lord of the Ring trilogy
Nightmare before Christmas
Secret Window
Constantine
Minority Report
Pirates of the Caribbean
Little Nicky
The Sixth Sense


I’m obsessed with Heroes. No, not because of the guy who plays Peter. Intriguing character though…anyway, where was I? Oh yeah! I talk about Heroes so much that everyone around me almost want to kill themselves…or me. Ok, so I’m exaggerating, but I can get reeeeally annoying . Maybe it’s not that good and perhaps there are flaws here and there. Personally, I don’t see them but hey! I just wish I thought of it first and could be part of creating it because to me it’s awesome and I’m simply jealous. Is “I” overused in this part by the way?

I’m also obsessing over Keanu right now. No, I don’t drool all over him. He’s like 40something, geeze. I just think he’s an awesome actor.



I talk way to much about myself, don't I?

Oh! And I love to write by the way. I’ve written quite a few stories, some standalones and a lot of poems. You’ll find my made up stories on my Mibba account. I've got a few stories I’ve been working on up and running and more are to come. But surely my laziness combined with all my homework will keep me from updating very often I’m afraid. But fear not! I’ll do my best

This is my kinda humour by the way. Stephen Lynch


Eddie Izzard


And the Umbilical Brothers


What more…



I like plate spotting (pm me if you wanna know more )

I’ve only skipped school three or four times in my entire life.

And I think my GSB friends rock.

"How to Take Criticism"

That’s all I guess.

Vale!

Oh yeah, and I actually like doing these About things. So sue me…

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Over at Mibba a friend and I have started a little project called "Shine For Us". It’s going to be a collection of one-shots written by several authors and this collection will eventually become a book.

It will be written by fans for The Matches. It’s going to be handed to them once it’s considered finished.

The reason is that she and I (and others) feel that The Matches may need a little encouragement and also that they should know how appreciated they are.

Anyone can contribute and if you don’t have a Mibba account it’s real easy to create one. Besides, it’s free and the site is real nice to hang out on.

But if you really don’t want to create an account and really want to contribute a last resort would be to pm me about wanting to have your one-shot added, then pm the actual story to me. And then I’ll add it for you. But that’s an absolute last resort, okay? Thanks.

You’ll find a bit more info on the message board. And here’s the collection itself in case you wanna have a look.