you bend over, relax your head, let your tongue hang out, shake your head back and forth and make this noise (insert funky noise with tongue)

So this is what PhD.'s do in their sessions. And I thought they were all smart and stuff. :)

so, sunday we had a fabulous outing! First we ate lunch by a church dedicated to Saint Bridgette, which was by an amazing lake! Next, we rode the bus to the monastery that saint bridgette had started, which is now ruins and totally awesome. We had also been hearing about Queen Omma all day, and we went to "mount" omma (though I wouldn't call it a mount). Queen Omma is a mythical figure in Swedish history who is half owl, half human. Supposedly, she was immortal, but really the legend is that maidens were captured to replace a dying omma. Omma "lost" her immortality when a maiden was kidnapped and her father (or lover in some versions) went up to the castle to take revenge on the old omma, but ended up killing the daughter/lover instead. Anyway, Omma supposedly reigned over the mountain, keeping the animals and people safe. Finally, we went to the home of Ellen Keys, a famous Swedish author who wrote around the turn of the twentieth century. Her house was built on a lake and was amazing! Whew! It was the whirlwind tour of famous women in this part of Sweden.

yesterday, I played fun games with the Swedish medical system. Basically, I was trying to find a doctor to get medicine for my hands. First, I called the number my director gave me which everybody has to call to get a local doctor. After attempting to navigate the Swedish recording, I finally got a person to give me a number. When I called that number, I got another Swedish recording. Finally, the receptionist downstairs at our hostel told me to go to the hospital. So I walked there, but they couldn't help me because it wasn't an emergency. They sent me to Vard Central, which I rode the bus to. They couldn't help me either, so they sent me to the pharmacy who sent me to Vakar Huset, which ended up only being up from 5pm-7pm. By then, I had missed the main part of the school day (with Iveta's permission), so I just waited around until it opened. I have an appointment for Thursday!

Today was a typical workday. The first lecture was on how media and movies and such reproduce the structures of heteronomativity in relation to technology (since men are more likely to be associated with technology, lesbians are as well since they are supposedly "masculine"), which I thought was a very interesting. The second lecture was about how science culture and popular culture have begun to merge.

Anway, that's all for now. Love ya!

Jennifer