About Me

Ok well I know I said this wasn't about Vanity, but I lied (at least for one page).

Hi. My name is Annette Kent. I'm 23 years old and as of April 16th I'll be living in Uppsala, Sweden for 4 months playing soccer for a professional soccer club.

Welcome to my personal page. Here's all you need to know about me and my political views, etc.. . .

1. I'm a genious

2. I hate Ketchup

3. I have multiple personalities

4. Illinois should have never lost the NCAA Championship

5. I have no concept of what it means to be an adult

6. I don't do paperwork, 9-5 office jobs (smothered in a cubicle), math or long conversations saturated in small talk.

7. Don't do Horror movies either

8. I don't go anywhere without my IPod (however I am not as obsessed as my brother )

9. I could be catergorized as "technologically lazy", meaning my attention span is extremely short when it comes to reading directions and fiddling with software, manuals or malfunctioning equipment. (and yes my cell phone is still in the throws of a massive technological seizure because I refuse to battle with the soulless monsters at Cingular.

Any more information about me and I might have to kill you.

Well not really, I just figure 9 things is plently. . .you probably won't read this far anyway.

Me, My Brother Courtney and My Cousin

What's on the ipod this week:

Petter . . .Ey Yo, Vill Ha (Swedish hip hop)

Nelly . . .N'dey Say

Bloc Party . . .Pioneers

Morrissey

The Smiths

Destinys Child . . .Cater to You

Kanye West. . .Sierra Leone Diamonds

Gentleman. . . .Intoxication, Dem gone

Common. . .Go

Black Eye peas. . .Don't Lie

Christina Milian. . .Believer

Looptroop. . .Fort Europa (european hip hop)

Aisha (a swedish song I rather like by Outlandish)

Aicha (the orignial to the song above sung by some African man named Khaled)

Timbuktu (also swedish)

Christopher Cross. . . Sailing

John Secada . . .Too Soon Too Late (Fanta got me hooked on this one)

Slim Thug. . .Like a Boss

Classical/latin

Tahiti 80. . . Changes

Robyn. . .Be Mine

Natasha Beddingfield. . .I bruise easily
Thicke. . .Stupid things

Goapele. . .Closer

Nas. . . We Will Survive

Phil Collins. . .Seperate Lives, Take a Look at me Now

Fugees. . .Ready or Not

Sting. . .Englishman in New York (A FOREIGNER'S ANTHEM)

Tracy Chapman

Ani Difranco

Van Hunt. . .Dust, To be in Hell with you

Mariah Carey. . We Belong together and Your Girl

Seal. . .Loves Divide

Joni Mitchell. . .Both Sides Now

Digable Planets. . .Jettin'

Things I miss. . .(these are not complaints; just vague reminders of what used to be)

1. Not having to take my shoes off every time I enter a household

2. The English Language

3. MTV (the American version)

4. Movies/Television. I was so desperate to see a movie the other day that I was almost moved to watch Inspector Gadget. Help me, I can see my soul fading. . .

5. Eggos

6. A dryer to dry my clothes. You have to hang your clothes here and I'm telling you I have just now figured out the literal meaning of fabric softener.

7. Trashy gossip magazines like US (they exist here, but we can't read them nor do we know who's on the cover)

8. My Car (only sometimes)

9. Silence

10. And oh yeah, My friends and family. . . Love ya

Things I like

1. The nights. At 10 pm it's still light out. It's rediculous.

2. The crazy music videos that come on Swedish music channels.

3. The simplicity of taking the bus everywhere.

4. Not having a typical 9-5 job. Actually that should be No. 1

5. Not having a cell phone. Technically this is a lie, since I do have a cell phone. However, it's never on and therefore doesn't exist.

6. A store called Stadium. It's the equivalent of Urban Outfitters and Sportmart mixed together. The only problem is it's crazy expensive.

7. Having soccer as my only real job.

8. To be continued. . . .

Football Diaries: A Journey Through Sweden