Category Journal

18+ years of writings from Markus Nylund’s life. Real, raw, unfiltered. Thoughts, fragments, truths. The logbook of a working artist building from scratch and overcoming perfectionism, self-sabotage and sharing what it takes to rise back up again and again.

May 18, 2009

Today I started a gluten free diet. For the last month I have already withdrawn from eating any dairy products or any other animal products besides fish. I’ve been eating mostly vegetables, fruit, nuts, seeds and drinking water or fresh…

May 17, 2009

I am Hunter Omega. I am a citizen of the planet called Earth. My current form is that of a human being which I have been for 26 years. I am writing from a small town in eastern Finland. The…

May 10, 2009

I learned a very important lesson last night when I went to bed. I was in a negative state of mind which is rare these days. I let myself purposely indulge in the negative thoughts because I hadn’t done that…

Dec 8, 2008

Upcoming Shows in Dublin • Sunday, Dec.14th 6:00 PM Live radio show on 106.4 fm (Ireland channel) or you can listen to it online at www.rnl106.com (you should choose the english option) • Monday, Dec 15th 10:00 PM The International…

Dec 7, 2008

here are my 10 favorite movies ever in the history of mankind and my movie watching life okay shut up Markus and just tell us the movies so yeah here they are: – into the wild – philadelphia – taxi…

Dec 4, 2008

I haven’t eaten meat for 6 months now. I am kind of trying the vegetarian thing. At first I just wanted to try it as an experiment and I had always been putting it off and saying yeah yeah i’ll…

Dec 3, 2008

(sorry for the lack of capitals. nothing to do with low self-esteem as in little ‘i’ instea of big ‘I’. just lazy.) gotta stop feeding my negative side. or embracing my mental problems. that is destructive. i don’t know why…

Dec 1, 2008

Staring at flames can be so calming. They are so hypnotic and violent. Warm and kind. Sitting in my living room. This is not living. It is survival. Staying warm. Fed. Clean. Nothing more. There is no time, energy or…

Nov 29, 2008

Forget about who you are. Forget about where you are from. Forget about what you want. Forget about what you know. Forget about what you think. Forget about how you feel. Forget about what makes you happy. Forget about what…

Nov 28, 2008

What is the point of one person’s review of something? These big fancy magazines dedicate a full article written by one person on an album or movie or book or whatever. So is his opinion somehow supposed to resemble everybody’s…