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16 October 2010

#290 Cheer at a pee wee team

The greenish white squad on the field unfortunately lost, but won Best squad Photo: Tim Gremalm.

The greenish white squad on the field unfortunately lost, but won Best squad Photo: Tim Gremalm.

Today’s guest blogger is Jens Henda, who loves football. He is 19 and one of the people involved with Flash Mob Göteborg, so doing unexpected things is something he likes even more than football. He gives us a little football fever before the dissolution of the men's Championship with this text.

I have always loved football, and been a frequent spectator at stands, but not everyone likes to watch sports. And of course, if you don’t like it then you don’t like it. But if you’ve never been part of a cheering crowd you’re missing out. The feeling is really lovely.

What do you do if you are not interested in football but still want to experience that feeling? Well then, cheer for a team that doesn’t normally have an audience. Gather enough people, at least somewhere around 30-50 in each crowd. Then pick out a good Little League game to watch, but don’t reveal which game you’re going to in advance so that the teams in question find out. If you have time and energy, design small flags, scarves and banners.

On match day you will meet somewhere in the vicinity of the field and split up so that you’re the same amount of people in each. Then it's just to march away. If you can, try to get there just when the match begins, the young children might be too scared to start the match otherwise. When the match is under way, they’ll just think it's fun with a big crowd cheering and screaming and applauding. After the match, it is fun to storm the field and cheer for the team as if they’ve just won a national championship, if they won or lost doesn’t matter. If you have any scarves or banners, you can leave them as souvenirs to the team, as a tribute to them. Then you leave the field, and probably leave them with a smile.

Last time I did this was last Thursday. F98 Härryda IF played against BK Azalea and I was the cheerleader for Härryda. I went all-in so we had banners, flags and confetti-cannons. Unfortunately HIF lost by 1-0, but we didn’t care. And I don’t think the girls cared if they won or lost, they were happy anyway!

Required time: 
1 day or less
Cost: 
Over €10
Cons: 
Children may get nervous from the big crowd.
Pros: 
Often children become very excited to have such a great cheerleaders, and you'll get to scream a bit.
Taggar: standing, knattelag, jens hender, headlines, Härryda f, football, cheerleaders, azaleas bk
21 September 2010

#265 Have coffee with someone you do not know

It could be the person who does a completely different job to yours that has the most interesting stories during the coffee brea

It could be the person who does a completely different job to yours that has the most interesting stories during the coffee brea

We work eight hours a day, five days a week. It is important that our job feels okay and not just something you do to get cash. To get you psyched no matter what job you’re doing, 365 presents "Seven things you can do at your workplace".

Most workplaces are like schools. Nerds sit with nerds, the cool kids with the cool kids and the sports fans play football outside. You stick to your group, or department.

Make the decision as soon as you leave the house:

- Today I'm having a coffee with someone I don’t know.

One of the most interesting people from my former workplace was one of the cleaners. A tall man with dark hair and twisted teeth. The world's biggest smile and a wave that greeted me every time I passed him in the corridor. The first time I got a coffee with him was on the patio and he told anecdote after anecdote of old television and radio heroes. I sat with him for so long that my colleagues started calling after me. I put my phone on silent, I filled my cup and continued to listen to his stories. How he talked about his children. About a party where he was dressed as a cross dresser. About everything under the sun.

It’s not that we humans are stupid, evil or lazy. We are creatures of habit and fascists of convenience. A coffee with someone we do not know or whose behavior or humor we can’t predict is like jumping from a cliff without a parachute. But once you're sitting there with a coffee in your hand, laughing, you think of your fears and remember them as unwarranted and silly.

Text: Navid Modiri

Required time: 
1 hour or less
Cost: 
Less than €10
Cons: 
The people in your department might wonder why you’re not sitting with them like you normally do. Invite them to coffee and to meet the new person.
Pros: 
You get to know new people, you learn that it isn’t dangerous to venture and that people have more things in common than you’d think.
Taggar: tough gang, new friends, football, coffee with someone you do not know, coffee, cleaners, 365 things you can do
14 September 2010

#258 Get others to understand how good you are

Johan Nerman has an internship at a place where he would like to work. Therefore, he has started a campaign to get them to hire him when internship is over. He has made a film, a Facebook group, and sends mail to people he likes to write about him (Such as 365). It seems to work well so far. Not everyone wants to engage in commercial self-promotion or to ask for a job like this. But everyone should stand up and show the world what they are good at.

Sing your favorite song next time you're at a party. Don’t be ashamed about having practiced in the shower. Don’t apologize for knowing exactly how Mariah Carey wails and that you also happen to have the same vibrations in your vocal cords. Never mind that everyone is jealous of your artistic charisma. Unleash your talent.

Ask that smart question next time you’re in. Don’t be ashamed that you have thought about the world’s problems. Don’t apologize for having come up with a solution. Never mind that everyone is jealous of your intelligence and ability to think critically. Unleash your thoughts.

Go for it next time you’re playing that game. The shot from the half-field or rush, although the goal is far off. Don’t be ashamed that you’ve been to the gym to be able to be this good. Don’t apologize for being the quickest one on the field. Never mind that people think you're geeky for investing that much time in to a friendly game of soccer. Unleash the power of your body.

Too often people talk about how bad they are at stuff instead of saying how good they are and nurturing those sides of them. Too often, people are afraid of jealous people.

Text: Hanna Nyberg

Required time: 
1 day or less
Cost: 
Free
Cons: 
People can, as I've said, become jealous and laugh at you.
Pros: 
You give your talent a work-out and become even better. You may give the death blow to the Law of Jante.
Taggar: world problems, wail, SO-class, Mariah Carey, Johan Nerman, force, football, campaign, 365 things you can do
14 August 2010

#227 Festival Theme: Exercise spontaneous sports

Summer is almost over and some think that the festival season is too. But that’s not true. Here you will find tips of other, different festivals to check out in autumn. Right now, three of the big ones are taking place, Way Out West in Gothenburg, Göteborg Culture Festival and the Malmö Festival. We at the 365 office thought we’d share some of our summer experiences and give you a more fun and creative festival experience. Here are seven things you can do at a festival.

Every surface in the city can be used for some kind of sport. You can do parkour at the train station, skateboard downhill, play football in empty parking lots, or throw frisbee in the woods.

Or set a world record in yoga at Götaplatsen in Gothenburg, which happened at the Culture Festival on Thursday.

Sports aren’t only to be exercised in arenas or square fields. You are the sport. You are the team and all it takes is a little energy, a ball or anything else you can throw. Then it's just to go.

1. Bring a backpack with balls, frisbees, skates and other things you're willing to use.

2. Look for sites that are suitable for spontaneous sports. Do not be afraid to use places where there are other people. Invite. Get into teams.

3. Exercise spontaneous sports.

Required time: 
1 hour or less.
Cost: 
Free.
Cons: 
People walking by might get a ball in the head. First apologize and then ask if the person wants to be in your team as compensation.
Pros: 
You exercise, have fun and are outdoors at the same time. And you don’t have to pay anything for it.
Taggar: yoga, wrestling, Way Out West, spontaneous porta, Göteborg Culture Festival, football, festival, 365 things you can do