Severance på Apple tv+ är bästa serien just nu, skriver Nicholas Wennö i tidningen jag jobbar på. Jag har tittat på de två avsnitt som ligger ute (Apple envisas med ofoget att släppa ett i veckan) och jag gillar. Tonen påminner om den i Devs och plotten kretsar kring ett stort tech-bolag som erbjuder, eller snarare kräver, av vissa anställda med säkerhetsklassade arbetsuppgifter, att operera in ett chip i hjärnan som gör att minnena av deras privata jag försvinner varje gång de går in på jobbet. Och när de stämplar ut igen vid klockan 17 och passerar ”delningsgränsen” så förlorar de minnet av jobbjaget. Det lanseras som det perfekta upplägget för att hitta balans mellan arbete och fritid. Men vem vill självmant glömma en del av sig själv åtta timmar per dygn? Och vad är det egentligen för arbetsuppgifter som utförs inne på det stora företaget Lumon industries?
Upplägget har koppling till det verkliga livet. Det är många som ser sitt jobbjag och sitt privata jag som delvis olika saker. Jag har haft perioder när det varit i stort samma sak och blandats ihop hej vilt, men också varit med om det andra, när det finns ett visst mått av att spela teater på jobbet. Om du inte är glad och peppad på dagens uppgifter: tvinga dig att le. Det behöver ju bara hålla i en sisådär åtta timmar.
Fake it til you make it, som det heter.
I Severance krävs det visserligen ett oåterkalleligt kirurgiskt ingrepp, men efter det är det slut på allt fejkande. Det går automatiskt att ta av och på arbetsmasken.
Jag tror att ovanligt många kan relatera till den här historien. I synnerhet just nu när alla är på väg tillbaka till kontorslandskapen och börjar ifrågasätta livspusslet, säger seriens regissör Ben Stiller i en intervju i DN.
Have you read Karl-Ove Knausgård? He is the Norwegian author behind the series My struggle📕 in six parts. I am now on part five and I love every piece of it. He’s writing autobiographical about his own life from young boy to a grown man. It’s honest and utterly personal.
Like a personal blog you may think.
Well, when he does it it’s literature.
I wish I could write like that.
The latest two days has been an exposé over February as it's worst. Damp, cold and colorless.
The snow can come back. It can make a comeback as late as in March/April but I prefer snow now. In January and February my mind is set to winter. In March and April all senses are longing for the spring, when the grass, the leaves and the flowers are coming back to life and give us all joy with their scent and colors.
Writing this I'm at home in my little office corner in the bedroom. I have an online course to take, it's more like a conference actually, and therefore I skipped coming in to the office at work. Wish you a pleasant Tuesday.
Life’s returning, coming back to normal. I’ve been working at the office all week and yesterday the most of my team was in too. Our office is undergoing a remake. As so many employers and companies are doing right now, desks are being taken away giving room for other kinds of work spaces.
A new thing in our office. Silent hubs for two people.
After work yesterday me and my wife went to a restaurant. We didn’t have a reservation (hate that you need to make reservations for almost everything) but we were out early and got lucky. We went to Urban Deli and had good beer but not that good food. They’ve changed their deal and are now doing that small dishes concept were you have to order four or five different ones to get satisfied. I like tapas. This I didn’t like. But the place is nice.
We had our table for just one hour so we went to another place after that. My wife took me to a new restaurant built in an old library. The book shelves were still there. We had a negroni and had a good time. Back home our kids were watching movies and hanging around with a friend.
Late February Swedish school children have a week off. It’s called sportlov, sports holiday, and was established in the 40’s as a way of saving heating oil in schools. That purpose was combined with different kinds of outdoor activities.
Sportlov today is not a week when most kids play outside. On the contrary, it’s a week when many kids stay inside hanging around with phones. I wish I could take a week off and go to a ski resort in the north. But doing that during the sportlov is not cheap. I also have to work. My wife also. So what is the kids supposed to do? Well, trying to figure that out is a tradition as mush as sportlov itself.
It’s been some weeks now working from home. Today is back at office day. It felt a bit unusual to get on my bike and go to work this morning. But the ride itself was pleasant. The sun was shining and the air crispy fresh. Down at Tantobadet I saw one of my “everyday guys”, one of those people you tend to see at the same place at the same time day after day. He was biking all, he always does, with his long hair fluttering. I don’t know if he recognises me, but his glance at me make me think so.
Today is the big opening in Sweden. All restrictions are cancelled from now on and things can go back to normal. I hope there won’t be a backlash.
Went to Romme Alpin together with my daughter and her friend this weekend. We had a blast in the slopes. Got up early and went snowboarding all day. The sun was shining on us from the morning to the evening and all I could think of was being in the present.
A new thing in our office. Silent hubs for two people.