Erika's World

Last week in Spain I burned my skin in the sun. I think that it was that because what else would it be. I got tiny little bumps on my skin. I googled it and said it was something else but I think that it could have been because of the sun since I didn't put on enough lotion. Okay I didn't start this post to tell you all about me being irresponsible and not putting on enough sun lotion (maybe a little). This post is for us all to get a little more educated about the importance of using sun lotion.  The more times you get burned the more likely you are to get skin cancer when you're older. When you buy sun lotion there are three things that you need to make sure of: It has to protect against both UVA and UVB sun rays. It HAS to be water resistent. (Okay well it doesn't have to be but then you need to put on lotion after every time you have been in contact with water.) You have to make sure that it has immediate effect. You know that you have to put on sun loti...

Hello! Happy Wednesday! I woke up to a nightmare this morning. A freaking nightmare - it was snowing! Like no? Like Why? I don't get it. I don't like snow. I really do question why I live in this country. But it is really good to be Swedish. There are so many great things about Sweden. The only thing is that there is one bad thing that over weighs all of the good ones. The weather! I don't like winter weather. I want Cali weather! Well well, I am not moving anywhere anytime soon I guess that I have to try and cope with it. YESTERDAY TODAY I have been in a really good mood the past few days. I feel like I am starting to understand some things and just letting go of what I can't do. It's not really that I am letting go because I don't think that I'll ever will but I am moving forward. It feels so healthy. Plus I also have a couple of things in the works for the blog. Maybe not exactly for the blog but in general. Something that I have been wanti...

Hi guys! So it's back to work tomorrow after having two days off. Well well. I actually like my job. It has taught me a lot, which I am very thankful. I haven't done much these two days off. I hung out with my friend Patricia yesterday. She doesn't like when I call her Patricia, but I think her name is beautiful. We had a fika and walked around this beautiful city that we live in. Stockholm is really amazingly beautiful. I took advantage of the weather today and tanned on my balcony. I need some color, I want a tan! LOL. Summer is almost over and I now kind of am realising this. Idk, I just think that I look pale even though I work outside and stand in the sun all day long. I mean you would think that would be more tanned. Maybe I should stop using sun protection. Idk but I don't dare to do that. I don't want cancer, it is not worth it. your writer, Erika

Hi! Another super quick post. An even quicker one the yesterday. LOL. I am not like the look of the sky so far this morning. It's just grey and boring. Mhmmmm. Okay I don't want fucking 27°C outdoors because that is too hot when I have to work outside all day long. But like maybe 20°C and some sunshine. A little sunshine never hurt nobody. Well, except for those who are allergic to the UV/UB sun rays. I am so glad that I am not. OMG! So the weather app promised rain all day yesterday. When I came to work it was kind of sunny and kind of nice. I felt so stupid that I forgot my sunscreen at home. I didn't forget it. I just thought that it would be unnecessary to bring it since it was going to rain, but it didn't. Well it did until later. But when it was raining I was at the teacups and helping out and teaching a girl how it works over there. Ahhhh, I have to say bye now because I have to get ready to leave so that I won't miss my train! your writer, Erika

Hi guys! How are you? I am good. I should be doing homework but instead I am sitting here watching True Detective and writing a lil some for you. Plus I have lit two scented candles so it's all cozy up in here. LOL. It's all good here. Especially when all the light that I have is from the candles and from my computer and the TV plus my phone every time I get a notification (which is a few times every minute). It's real cosy and real nice in this hizz hazz. You know what... I want spring like NOW! I want to wear cute outfits. I mean yeah I can still wear cute outfits now but like it's cold outside and I will freeze if I for example wear a dress without leggings. So no. I miss Cali. I miss the Cali weather. I could wear summer clothes all of the time when I lived there. But I started missing wearing jeans. But it would have ha been too freaking out to wear them. LOL. Never pleased I guess. But you can really tell that spring is coming and the summer is approaching (sl...

OMG Sweden why do have to be so cold! Gosh! I feel like I have a topic tonight. Something that has become a common theme in my life lately but I don't want to blog about it because. Just because. So how is everyone else tonight? I am actually really good. I booked two things for next week within like the span of five minutes so that is pretty bad ass. Plus like they seemed to really want me for one of the things since the guy kept calling me. But I couldn't answer because I was busy and then my phone died because I had no batteries left. When I turned on my phone again I got like a million texts from different people and several missed calls. So I called everyone back and I booked two things. Well three kind of. So all in all, I guess it's been a good day. your writer, Erika

Hi guys! How are you this lovely Sunday evening? Are you alright? I am okay I guess. I mean I am okay. I am fine. So this weekend I have met two people who have lived in Santa Barbara! What's with that city and Swedes?! Hahahaha. I mean I know. California sunshine. I mean - personally - I am sick and tired of this weather that we have in this country. I am seriously craving warmer weather and sunshine. Please, is that too much to ask for. But still, there is LA and a bunch of there cities in southern California. And warmer states for that matter! Why Santa Barbara? I mean it wasn't even my first choice, it's what I had to settle with. I ended up liking it, but that's not the answer to my question. your writer, Erika

Hi guys! How are you? It's really starting to get cold here. Yuck. Okay it's not super cold but its too cold for me to take notice at the weather change and to complain about. NO. I want Cali weather. I want Cali period. Hmm, maybe in a few years. Idk, what I am talking about but still who knows. I want warmer weather lets just leave it at that. Hahaha. LOL, my feet are always super cold and like the Cali weather didn't really change that. I mean my feet still got cold at night so I wore these Ugg like slippers. LOL. I need to learn how to do a good wing with my eyeliner. But I have a pen, is it better to use liquid eyeliner when you're doing a wing. I saw a few picture of Keri Hilson on her instagram and she had a really good wing. I think that it can be kind of hard to make them match. I mean like exactly. Plus it never turn out the way imagined it. I really want to learn how to do a good wing. I feel like I am going to use up my whole pen when I practice (hahahaha)...

Hola mi amigos. Yo, what up homies? Hahaha. How are you all this fine Friday evening? I am good. I haven't really done much except watching this interview that I have been wanting to watch for a while and yeah, another episode of House of Cards . LOL. Mmmm. The first season was better than the first one. Just my opinion. Well, I mean the first season and the first half of the second season. Maybe I am speaking too soon because I have not yet finished the second season but so far that is my opinion. So what is everyone doing this weekend? I am not super busy, but I have a few things on my schedule. What is with that? I mean I am glad to be doing stuff but lately I have been busy during the weekends. I mean, maybe it can turn around so that I am more busy during the week and free during the weekends. LOL. I have scheduled these thing myself. It's not like any one has forced me to do any thing. LOL. Silly little Erika. Nah. Tomorrow I am going to be an extra in a new Swedish TV-...

Hi guys! You know what I am actually really proud of myself. I stated yesterday that I was for real going to try and learn a British accent. I also said that it was really hard. I have practiced some today because I am serious about it this time. I really want to learn a British accent, I NEED to learn it. Anyway, I can say (after one day) I have managed to master saying one sentence in a British accent. Woop woop! Who's the queen?! Yup that is me. Hahahaha. It's a three word sentence. I can't even. LOL. That's what I can say "I can't even." I mean, I am a fangirl so what do you expect. LOL. I am going to continue and practice ever day. I wore jeans today! Holy YES! I am so happy. Might seem crazy that I am so excited about wearing jeans but, it has been so hot outside lately that (okay let's just say that it's been really hot outside lately). And like today it was cold enough so that I could wear jeans with out sweating. Okay, it was 22°C so it ...

Hi guys! How are y'all today? I am good. Just that It has been freaking hot today. Kind of almost too hot. Hahaha, thought it has been like 31°C today. Yeah it's really hot but it's not too bad. I you stand in direct sunlight it feels like you're gonna pass out. It really does. Just because it has been really hot doesn't mean that I have been sitting inside watching TV like some, like someone who doesn't have a life (though the doesn't have a life part seem to fit my description at times). My mom and I went to the Golf club near where we live and had some fika/ lunch there. It was really nice as a change of place. I have never eaten there before. Not that I remember anyway. Oh yeah before I leave you guys for the night I just want say something. Hahaha. LOL, that monologue that I have been saying that I am going to post, I am not going to it because, of reason. I have to much on my mind to focus on it. Sorry. your writer, Erika

Hi guys. I am a little bit tired. A little sleepy. But today has been good though. Even considering the weather that we had. Hahaha. No but I had a good day today. This morning I went blueberry picking with my mom. We wanted to do that so that we could make a blueberry pie. It's a little bit more fun picking them yourself then just buying them at the store plus they taste way better than the ones you get at the store (sprayed with you know what chemicals - No thank you!). While we were picking our blueberries I could hear the thunder and when it started dripping rain we decided to go home, we had enough blueberries anyway. And the pie was delicious. I am glad that we decided to go home when we did because not short after we got home the thunder got even worse and the rain, OMG. That, idek, but dayum, and lightning. It was really bad. Dayum. I filmed some of it. It was CRAZY! It really was. Robin Stjernberg, a swedish singer, was going to perform at Skansen today but since the wea...

Hi guys! Today has been a hot day. A very hot day in Stockholm. Almost too hot. Yeah. It's been like 31°C. How has the weather been wherever you live in this big world that we live in. Iy has really been to hot to do anything. I have been home all day with the dog while my mom was helping out at some dog show (it was too hot to bring the dogs, that's why I got to spend the day with them but it was all my pleasure). I did practice my monologue to so that will be up tomorrow (I hope that I didn't say that I would post it today)! Tomorrow, yeah finally. I also baked some bread today and put away some old clothes that I have in my closet. I mean like I barely never use them and, like I don't ned them anymore. Yeah I like them but I don't use them so I am going to give them away to charity. It's supposedly doing to be cloudy with some thunder tomorrow. According to the weather app anyway. That's how I interpret the little cloud with a lightning flash in it. But...

Hi. Hola mi amigos. ¿Como estas? Is that correct Spanish? Anyway I feel like a boss because I just figured out how to do a up and down question mark. Hollar at ya girl! Hahaha. Nah, but I thought that I would do a fashion inspiration, fashion icon (or whatever you like to call it) post today. I am a really big fan of Rachel Bilson fashion style. I mean she always look amazing. What kind of inspired me to do this was because right before Hart of Dixie  tonight the presenter said that Rachel has a very good fashion sense and likes to call herself a fashion junkie and could probably spend hours at Gekås. That, in my opinion was an insult to fashion. Gekås is a department store where everything is super cheap and there is a reality show about that Gekås called Ullared . I mean the presenter only said that to mention that Ullared is on Kanal9 (a sister channel to Kanal5, which Hart of Dixie air on in Sweden), but still that was a very big insult to fashion. No, jut uh oh no. I mean it w...

Hi guys! What's hatnin'? I am good. I have been working today. It was alright but it's like school. I mean you know at the end of the day when you during you last class all you do is look at the watch because you're getting impatient because you want to go home because have been in school all day. It was like that today, towards the end of the day I kept staring at my watch and just getting impatient with every little thing. Plus todays shoot went overtime, surprise surprise. I mean when it comes to TV and film never count on anything to run according to the schedule. When I got out of the shower this morning and saw all of the snow, I just screamed and my mom was like "What is it now?" And I warned her not to look outside, but she did and she was like "I am going back to bed now." Hahahaha. I didn't have to work today I would have stayed home all day and watched movies. OMG, it was like the perfect day for that today. A friend at work told me ...

This week is this week. Hahahaha, whatever I mean with that? I don't even know what I mean. Yesterday I was on an extra on Partaj , today kinda had nothing special planned and tomorrow I am going shopping with Linda. I am in bad need of some new make up. You know what I want? A faux fur hat. You know a faux fur hat that looks like a bear a some kind of animal. I think that would be really cute! Don't you think? I saw one at Accessorize yesterday but it was a children's size so it was a little samll for my head. I mean I can wear it but it gets really cold, I will get super duper cold. Hahaha. We all know how cold a Swedish winter can be and how chaotic it can be. Gosh, I don't want snow. OMG, talking about snow a girl in SWD posted today that it was snowing in her hometown, she lives in Kiruna which is in northern part of Sweden. Okay I get it Kiruna but still no! It's September, we are supposed to enjoy the color of the leaves changing and not snow. Leave the sno...

OMG! Today has been along and hot day. Reminder to self: not to wear as warm clothes tomorrow. I didn't wear warm clothes, okay maybe my black leggings (okay maybe I should have worn shirts instead). Plus, I just check the weather prognosis for tomorrow and it's going to rain, why does that matter? Huh, I am going to be inside all day so maybe I can wear shorts anyway. Hmm. Eh, I'll just wait until tomorrow to see what the weather is like then. I am glad the weather is good! I just wish I was in Cali instead, I mean is much more fun to got to the beach there compared to here. I remember the first time I went ti the beach in SB. I took off my shoes (because I was on the, that makes sense right?) but I had to put them back on because the sand was burning my feet! Seriously, I don't understand how the people playing volleyball didn't get burn injuries on their feet?! That, yeah that surprises me! It really does, cause I tried to fight it but I was too weak. LOL. I ...

I am so glad I work long days but today I don't think that my feet agree, maybe I shouldn't have worn heels. LOL. Yeah, you learn from you mistakes I guess. Tomorrow it's a dress and ballerina slippers. I wanted to wear the dress today but for some reason I decided that "No, I want to wear pants and a shirt." Cute outfit though but I was unsure what the weather was going to be like but seriously why does that matter? The weather I mean, 'cause I am inside all day. Hmm, a dress it is. It's going to be 18 degrees celsius and cloudy tomorrow. Between 9 and 18 degrees. But yeah, the weather isn't always that predictable. We'll see, we'll see. It's too late to do laundry anyway. In one way in can't wait to go to work tomorrow in another not so much. But I am earning some cash and that's always good. So I guess I'll have to suck it up. It's not that bad, it's just that I am not used to having a job. I mean in the US I wasn...

It rained today incase you wanted a weather report. I don't know the lines for any of the plays I have to learn study lines for, which means a lot of studying this weekend. Film paper and three fucking scripts to study. Okay that fucking might sound like I am nagging like it's a bad thing. I mean yeah, of course I am complaining I have alot of schoolwork to do and not knowing any of the lines is going to show the most. If I don't know the answer to a question on one of my finals okay it's just one question, it's going to hurt me more if I don't know any of my lines. My professor for my Beginning Acting class told me that on Monday he will take note of who can and who doesn't know their lines. Ooops! Fortunately, I don't have that many lines for that play. I am in one scene. We are doing the first two acts of Our Town  by Thornton Wilder and I am Mrs Gibbs. For my Intermediate Acting A I have lines to half a scene to learn. The second half of the first sc...

Yo, peeps! I thought it was time for one of my daily blogs again! Mohahaha - hysterical, I know. Like in a good way I meant. Today the weather has been totally schizophrenic, I don't know what up with it. One minute it's sunny and an okay temperature (not too warm, not too cold) and five minutes later it's rain, lightning, thunder, great clouds (?!). Five minutes later the sky is clear again - I mean come on, decide for f*** sakes! Personally I recommend the warm and sunny weather. It's summer so you kind of want to enjoy the free time that you have but yeah I guess it's up too (since you don't listen to me when I am screaming at you to shut the f*** up because it's 4 AM and I want to sleep). On the other hand you kind of seem to need the help to choose since you can't decide what you want. Today's weather has really been an example of that. Yeah, so just give me a call so that we can discuss this whole weather situation. E-mail is okay too or a co...