7. Sep 08
It's been the longest and shortest summer so far. Autumn was here before I had spent enough Sundays on the balcony, but I don't want to go back to those long, lonely summer nights either. Not sure where I will be going next. Come what may, isn't that what they're singing? It's difficult to feel so out of control, but I guess that's exactly where the challenge lies for me, and I guess 2008 was going to be a year of challenge. Only a few hours left before my alarm goes off, signalling the start of another week. I don't know where happiness waits for me, but I will have to keep on searching, and you know, believe that it will happen.
Tomorrow I'll go searching for Spore. Maybe some temp happiness to be found there!
Listening to: Coldplay - Viva la Vida
21. Jun 08
It's Saturday night (well, technically already Sunday..), and I'm sleeping on the sofa at my parents' place, since the house was already full of people when I arrived late this evening. It's a quite nice sofa though, and this end of the house is all quiet so I'm sure I'll sleep well.
Went to the movies and saw The Incredible Hulk. It wasn't too bad, but never been a big Liv Taylor fan, and never read the comics either, so I guess it could only be so good in my book. But I have become a big fan of Friday Night Lights though, something I never thought would happen after watching the trailer for the show. But now I've come to love and hate the people of Dillon. I'm so glad they decided to make a third season, cause I don't want to leave these kids yet. =) Other than that, I'm watching mostly Eurocup football these days. A bit sad that both the teams I've been cheering for are out already, but there are interesting games to come too, like Spain-Italy tomorrow - that one should be fun!
Listening to: KT Tunstall - Funnyman
14. Jun 08
After two weeks of (un)real summer, the Funcom Summerparty happened to be on Friday 13th, and that of course meant more appropriate Norwegian summer weather bringing nice amounts of lightning, cats and dogs, cutis anserina and sneezing co-workers. It was fun for a while, but being out in the cold wasn't the right thing for me, and I went home rather early for a change.
Leaving for Dublin in the morning with Mr Morrison, going back to the town I fell in love with five years ago, the town he left ten years before that, and I wonder how it will greet us. My "shopping and champagne"-card is ready for some abuse, the camera is charging, and hopefully it will be like three old friends reunited. (sweet!)
27. Apr 08
My newly found minimalistic lifestyle is teaching me a thing or two about myself. I've discovered what a few pretty things can do to change a blue day into a bright yellow one: how music changes the atmosphere of the room (and that again changing my mood), how nice it is to rest your eyes on a picture you like, a painting in the right colours, orchids in bloom, the warm flickering of a candle in the window... you know. stuff. I guess what I discovered was that it doesn't take many things to make me smile, just the right things. It was a good thing to discover. It made my day.
And although I might be in need of a little luck, please - no more spiders!
Been watching Starter for 10 today, and so of course the music for the day had to be: The Cure
12. Mar 08
It's as if winter just can't let go. The winter that never was quite what winters are supposed to be. We all long for spring, for sunshine to find its way into our hearts, to warm our bodies and make us want to go for bicycle rides, letting our hair hang loose, freed from the wool hat tyranny.
Listening to: Moby - Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad
29. Feb 08
It's the weird day today. The day that isn't. The day in between winter and spring. It was a day filled with mystery, with hidden agendas and the tree of life. It was a very good Friday.
Listening to: Bat for Lashes - What's a Girl to Do?
15. Jan 08
I wonder at what time you stop saying Happy New Year to people you haven't seen since last year. At some point the new year is old news, and you stop, but when? Do we have unwritten rules that we all follow? Have I ever been greeted with HNY, and thought it was an odd thing to say? Can't remember. So maybe we have a rule, and without thinking about it, we all just stop saying it at about the same time?
Celebrated my dad's birthday this weekend, which means that mine is coming up soon. I do look forward to my birthday, but I still have a slight problem with the getting old feeling. But as Mr Pratchett has stated: "Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened."
Listening to: Nina Simone - Mr. Bojangles
4. Jan 08
I find it a bit worrying that when I type my name in a text box using Firefox, the dictionary suggests that I rather want to type: Evildoing, Evildoings, Evildoers or Deviling. Yngvild or deviling, does it really matter? I guess not.
Listening to: Oh Laura - Raining in New York
Oh, and Happy New Year!
29. Dec 07
Nearing the end of 2007, and as always as a year comes to an end, it's time to be in that reflective mood. It's been a good year, and apart from the small irrational fear of ageing now that I'm gonna get even closer to 30, I have positive thoughts for 2008. The holiday has been lasting for what seems forever now. Not that I don't appreciate spending time with family and having time off work, it's just that I didn't really get the me-time that I was hoping for, and there's so much fun going on at work that I can't wait to get back.
The pretty winter landscape is gone, and now it looks like windy spring outside. Not that I'm planning to go outside anyway. I have books, films and knitting to do.
Listening to: Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly
18. Dec 07
Og så var det bare 6 dager igjen til jul.
15. Dec 07
Watching Bad Santa on TV, strange (but good) mix of Christmas and humour and it's not really replacing watching Home Alone to get that right kind of Christmas mood, so I think I'll have to watch that sometime in the near future too.
Writing Christmas letters, trying to sum up the year 2007. It's strange how a year of your life can be melted down to just a couple of lines. A page or two. (I'm saving the juicy stories for the book of course.)
Listening to: Home Alone 2 OST
11. Dec 07
I love the cold days of December. I love the snow, the lights that people put up everywhere, the smells of gingerbread, gløgg (Glühwein), clementines, and cinnamon, the expectations, the preparations, the count down, the traditions.
So what if we're forgetting the reason(s) why we're celebrating, so what if some people are more stressed than ever trying to find the perfect gift for the perfect people that don't really need anything anyway. I'm not gonna let the negative thinking ruin my December.
The Golden Compass will have to wait till this weekend, seems like we'll be a whole bunch of people going too. I don't know why, but it's always comforting to know that you're not completely surrounded by strangers in the darkness.
I also got hold of Portal (finally), and hope to have some time to test it soon. It sounds like a game for me. Not too long, and challenging enough for the time it lasts.
Listening to: Kent - Generation ex
(og nå er det bare 13 dager igjen til jul)
25. Nov 07
A pretty uneventful weekend, apart from having fun at a friend's birthday party on Friday, I've spent these nice and quiet days in front of the fireplace making Christmas decorations. The cat sulks a bit because of the snow outside, but is great company when K is busy with work. Haven't read as much lately as I've been wanting too, busy playing Zelda on the DS on the tube and trying my best to be a good assassin at home in the evenings. I'm terrible with the xbox controls, but Assassin's Creed is pretty forgiving, so I haven't given up yet, which is quite unusual for me and console games.
Listening to: A weird, but good mix of Christmas songs and Bajofondo.
30. Oct 07
As much as I think the winter in Norway is long, cold and dark, just like the rest of the people living here, I still find these first evenings of proper darkness to be somewhat relieving. There's something about the comfort you find after you've hurried home, when you've lit some candles, and positioned yourself in the sofa with a woollen blanket and a book. I'm currently reading some Stephen King books, which fits perfectly with the kind of stormy autumn weather we've had these last few days.
My mother called last night asking what I wanted for Christmas. Christmas, it's that time again isn't it? All through the year there are so many things I think about that would be good to get for Christmas, but when I was asked like that, I couldn't think of anything. I had to sit down and try to think of things that would be nice to get. I'm so lucky. I can sit in my home with all the things I love around me. The cat purring in the chair next to me, and well, can life really become any better than this? At least it seems unfair to go about wanting more all the time. When do you look around and just enjoy? It's so easy to get stuck in the everyday little-things. And if you look for them, problems can be found everywhere, but I like to think I can just look up at the dark silhouettes of trees against the evening sky, and remember how easy it is to be me and wear a smile as I go.
Listening to: Bo Kaspers Orkester - En Man Du Tyckte Om
27. Oct 07
So tonight the daylight saving time ends in this part of the world. And after we discussed yesterday what the story behind it might be, I had to go and look it up (as I tend to do, I mean, I like mysteries, but I like mysteries to which I can't find the answers. Ignorance is not a mystery). And what did I learn? That it was Benjamin Franklin who suggested this modern version of time adjustment in 1784, and that Norway first started doing this in 1916. The reason? It had already been a heated argument for many years in Britain, but nothing happened until they saw it as a way to reduce the amount of coal used during wartimes. And as Germany led the way, most of Europe followed closely.
Went to the VNV concert last night. Strange how familiar faces are so far between at these events nowadays. They put on a great show, Ronan ran around like crazy as always. I think I like it better with just the two of them on stage, and ending it with Electronaut was simply the perfect end to a good concert! Have never before seen such a combination of people at a synth concert.
Waiting for: The Absolute Sandman, Vol. 2 to arrive.
Listening to: Bajofondo
11. Oct 07
Last night I sat at the dining table preparing some greeting cards, when K turned the TV off, and lit up the fireplace. I switched on the radio, and after a bit of searching, found a station playing some nice music. It turned out to be the last two thirds of an opera, Les Pêcheurs de perles by Georges Bizet. It was one of those moments that just somehow turns into a night to remember, just because of the right combination of little things. I love those moments.
Trying to get all the things I need to bring with me into my rather small suitcase. I guess it will be alright. Usually I end up bringing too much stuff no matter what, just because of the typical fear of not having what you need when you need it.
Listening to: Nils Petter Molvær - Only These Things Count
9. Oct 07
Why is it that the best time for writing is between midnight and 4 am? It is very impractical when you have to get up at 7 in the morning to go to work.
8. Oct 07
I have the most beautiful sunset outside my windows at the moment, and because of this stupid cold I can't get outside and fully enjoy it. At least I have nice big windows. =)
Listening to: Minor Majority - Don't Say You Love Me
3. Oct 07
September came and went.
Had a nice weekend in Lillehammer with the girls, and allthough it's easy to sense the change in hormones in pregnant women, it was fun to see the baby bumps and listen to how our conversations change.
My mother turned 50 and we had a big party with a mix of family and friends of my parents. And even though the hope was for it to be less formal, there were more speeches than I've heard in any of the weddings I've been to. The kids weren't the only ones that were bored at that point...
Then Pablo Francisco visited Oslo, and even though I found Flip Schultz to be much more fun, the beer helped, and I continued to laugh all through the show. As often happens it didn't stop with those beers, and I think we had a fun rest of the night!
Since then I've been enjoying the autumn. Lovely colours and perfect temperatures. There is so much music that fits perfectly with a walk in the park, smile on my face. And even better, time to use the fireplace again, dark enough to light candles around the house, and lots of good books to be read, and movies to be seen.
And Stardust, even if I found it quite different from the novel, was brilliant. I am sure the changes made it a better movie, and now I have yet a good reason to dig out the lovely illustrated version I've got in my bookshelf.
Listening to: KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See
20. Aug 07
The days just disappear in front of me. I've got plans for every weekend until October. And then it will be christmas, winter and spring again. Maybe next year we'll have some summer too?
Left work early on Friday to go to Fredrikstad with people to see Apop and A-ha. It turned out to be some stress to get there, finding the hotel in time, and to get food before the concert and to even just find the place. And then when we finally got there, Apop just didn't deliver. Maybe it was because I was completely sober for the first time listening to them, the daylight and terrible sound sure didn't help, and maybe the crowd waiting for a-ha was not the right audience. I don't know. But it certainly didn't help that they were told to leave the stage 15 minutes before they were supposed to, before they had the chance to play some of their biggest hits. Needless to say, we were more than disappointed at this point. 600 kr for the tickets + train and hotel...Nothing left to do but hope for the beer to make the rest of the night somewhat fun.
But then A-ha came on stage, and blew us away. We were singing, dancing, jumping and screaming. And when we left the arena, thousands of people were still singing "the living daylights".
The highlighs of the evening? The guy in the apop t-shirt that refused to dance with me, because he had lots of beer left in his glass...The guy in the orange t-shirt, the blondes and their extreme make-up, a plastic chair that Kaja and I carried around for hours. (Not sure where we picked it up, or where we left it. We hope you are in a better place now!) Oh, and the baked potatoes that someone was kind enough to pay for.
But I fell in love with the old town of Fredrikstad on Saturday morning. It was sunny, it was filled with nice stores selling all kinds of things of the kind I appreciate. I found the coolest chair ever (Not so sure Himself approved of it). People were nice, we got good food, and we found a place to lie down and get some rest in the sun while we waited for the train home. I'll absolutely come back, but next time without the hangover.
Listening to: A-Ha - Stay on these roads
31. Jul 07
I've been magically transferring all my old CDs to my ipod. It feels weird listening to the songs I used to play loudly until my father would shout at me (it would take quite a lot to make him shout - you would know if you ever met him). Many of the CDs are completely broken. The computer won't read them, and makes complaining songs when I try to force it. Himself got me a MyBook, so now I can store all my pictures and music somewhere and not have to worry about running out of diskspace on the laptop.
The library room is all white now, and all that remains for me to do is to get all the furniture in place, find a sofabed of some kind for the corner, and should be all set for a nice autumn with beautiful colors to look at from my desk by the window.
Listening to: Bo Kaspers
29. Jul 07
The Sunday feeling has lasted for two weeks now. Not the worst feeling one can have. Reading my brother's travel blog from Route 66 I get so jealous. It seems like they're having lots of fun, and it still amazes me that he was able to go at all.
I'm almost done painting the library room. The room is completely different now that it isn't pink anymore, and I like it better every day. Lots of work painting the windows, but seeing the result, I'm sure it was the right thing to do.
Listening to: Nick Cave - The Ship Song
24. Jul 07
Back in Oslo again. Finding it hard to get back on track with the work that has to be done at home. Starting with some of the simpler stuff that I know how to do, like painting. Seems like we have to get permission to change anything outside, and I'm a bit worried that it means I can't get what I want. We'll see.
21. Jul 07
Spent Thursday by the sea. I can sit and look at the sea for hours. I can never get really tired of it. It's not like TV.
Since then I've had lazy days in Tønsberg. As always the house is full of people, and it's hard to find a quiet moment. Not that I mind. I love listening to the voices as they share memories, telling stories.
The music. Someone at the piano, someone playing violin. Laughter. In the evening more laughter as the bottles of wine are emptied, the voices I used to hear from my bedroom as a child, the laughing choir that I may join now that I'm grown. Family. Friends of the family. People you have known forever. There's something so very comfortable about it.
Listening to: Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat
14. Jul 07
Started on the room that will become my library/writing room today. Apart from it still being pink, which it won't be much longer, it's starting to look really nice up there.
Listening to: Björk - I miss you
8. Jul 07
The first quiet weekend in a long time. No big plans, no appointments and absolutely no stress. Even if my vacation is coming up soon, it felt good to have a couple of days like these, knowing that there will be more of them.
Listening to: Lou Reed - This Magic Moment
1. Jul 07
Went downtown with Mr. Morrison today. Started walking down Grønland, up to Tøyen, and back down to Friday's at Karl Johan for some food. At Grønland the Somali population of Oslo were celebrating their Independence day, and then we had a walk through the botanic gardens, listening to a teenager from Bergen yelling her lungs out as she refused to walk any further until she got any food. I'm not sure if they fed her in the end or what, but at least they managed to make her shut up. (And no, I don't think they hated you dear!)
I showed Craig Kampen Park, just as Enno had showed it to me last week, and today there were even some children running around in the water, which didn't look very tempting not even for a sunny day as today. Quite dirty water up there, I guess it's just another part of Oslo that we don't maintain as we should. A quick stop at the Munch Museum shop, I decided a want a few of the posters for the new walls I hope to get during this summer. I still haven't been to the museum itself, but it will have to wait till out of tourist season, just too many people there at the moment. Friday's was good as always, and I really have to get me that lens for my camera. Hopefully tomorrow.
Listening to: Morcheeba.
28. Jun 07
Nothing much going on. Saw Transformers, and it was way better than I expected. I actually laughed a lot, and discovered that I remember a lot more of the Transformers than I thought I did. But in my childhood memories, the Decepticons were much nicer. Probably because my brother forced me to be on their side, while he won the battles with his Optimus Prime copy.
Song of the day: Transformers Theme
27. Jun 07
Summer came back this week, but with the ever-present threat of rain, it's hard to really appreciate the sun. Spent the evening at Espen&Anne's and had a good time. Ended up discussing computer games as a field of study for psychology students. I still think it is an interesting topic that has been overlooked for too long. The psychology-guy at the party said that a friend of his failed to pass on one of the papers he'd written, because they didn't find the topic to be relevant to psychology. And yet they seem to blame computer games as soon as any kid is a little triggerhappy. Well, I'm not an expert in the field of psychology, but I do think there is something here that might be worth looking into. Not necessarily because I mean games are the reasons kids get violent, but because I think there must be plenty of good psychology material in the online communities.
Anyways - had a nice walk in the park on my way to the party, there was this weird group of people moving around under some trees, and I had to get pretty close until I realised that they were probably trying to learn how to dance salsa. (or something similar).
Just one song in my head today: Tori Amos - Bouncing Off Clouds
23. Jun 07
I love the fact that it is pouring down outside, that I can be inside listening to music and finally have both time and energy to do stuff at home. Soon heading down to Tønsberg to celebrate midsummer with friends, and it's the perfect opportunity to wear my new Ilse Jacobsen rubber boots that I bought and thought I would have to wait till autumn to wear.
Listening to: Oh Laura - Release me
17. Jun 07
Watching my cat sleep. Only looking at me now and then, wondering if maybe there's a chance that I might reach out and cuddle some, before he drifts back into dreamland. Hard to resist those looks. Eager to please. Love less complicated.
Listening to: Leonard Cohen - Take this waltz
21. May 07
Now this is the gear I need to play my Zelda game!
20. May 07
Back from my weekend escape. Some shopping done, (although not near as much as I was hoping for, I guess I should have done better research and found a different destination for such) and the appropriate amount of touristy stuff so that you can leave the place and feel good about it. It was windy, rainy and everything common sense should have told me that the guidebooks prefer to mention only in small print.
Back home the cat keep visiting our new neighbours, and after a few calls and visits from the same neighbours, I no longer have to wonder where he spends all his time when we're away. Not feeling good about having to go away yet another weekend, but can't escape family stuff this time.
15. May 07
So, we're finally releasing some info about the game I'm currently working on. It was fun seeing how people were cooperating to solve the puzzles involved. Made me feel proud of what we've done so far, and sure that we're on the right track with this game.
Of other news. After I fell and chipped of a piece of my knee cap, my doctor told me no workout for a year, (a year!!) I thought it would be the end of my bad luck this year, but no, have gotten this terrible cold, with a nice cough that keeps me awake all night. And so the doctor gave me some morphine med that makes it stop long enough to let me sleep for 3-4 hrs at a time. She said not to overuse it... (it's supposedly addictive).
On Thursday me and Himself are going away for a little shopping vacation. Need to make sure to leave space in suitcase...
11. Apr 07
A bit old now, specially in the light of all their moneymaking interviews and such, but Terry Jones knows how to say it! His comment in The Guardian.
09. Apr 07
My 10 day Easter vacation is over, and tomorrow morning I have to get up at 7 again. It's been so nice getting up at 11 and not having to think about getting to bed in the evening, because there's no early hours! Haven't done as much in the house as we were hoping for, but the bedroom is done, and all the furniture from my old apartment has been moved up here, so now all I have to do is some minor painting and cleaning of the old place, and that's it!
Got some lovely sunny mornings here this week, but tonight we've had snow again. Weird how you go from winter coat to t-shirt and back to winter coat again. It does make it pretty and white outside though, and extra super nice to stay inside!
Met Kajja today and went to see the exhibition for young talents 2007 where her design project "eye" was among the chosen products. Cool to see all the different ideas the young and brilliant have, and extra fun to see Kajja's project too of course! Not bad to have a guided tour of the place, and even though the burger place downstairs was filled with ppl and we had to go to Cafe Sara for food, it was good time indeed.
Ended the night with some games at Enno's place. This time I was quick but not smart...or something. At least I won something ;P Oh well. Time to find bed. It's Tuesday already, and I know I'll be paying for these late hours come morning. =)
21. Mar 07
Woke up to a clear blue sky this morning, not having curtains has some advantages, such as weaking up to pretty sunrises and sun pouring into the bedroom through the windows. Was in such a good mood, and found some Morcheeba on my iPod to listen to while walking to the tube.
It's my favourite summer music, and it never fails to combine good music with a sunny day - even if you have to spend it inside the office.
20. Mar 07
Oh! It's a good day, for singin' a song,
An' it's a good day for movin' along,
Yes, it's a good day, how could anything go wrong?
A good day from mornin' 'till night!
08. Mar 07
And so we picked the international women's day to neuter our cat. heh. It wasn't done on purpose - promise! And since K is busy trying to catch some runaway virus, I'll be picking up Muskat at the vet this afternoon. He should be all sleepy and dizzy by then, always fun to see them after narcosis.
Have been superstressed and busy all week preparing the apartment for the photographer, and after that was done another guy came in today to give me an estimated value of the apartment. Haven't heard back from him yet, so not sure what he thought it was worth yet, really excited to find out, but a bit nervous as well.
Found this t-shirt at La Neskerie that I love! Not sure what kind of pet it is supposed to be, might be a spider? I think it looks a lot like the stuff that is hiding under my bed, behind the sofa and in all other places where the vacuumcleaner doesn't reach.
I found out that I had a lot more pets like that than I thought when I moved out all my furniture. Surprisingly many.
06. Mar 07
I came across this very special Art Gallery today, and there are several cool recreations to find there.
04. Mar 07
So the time has come for selling my old apartment. I'm gonna miss it a lot, both location (relatively close to downtown, but no loud partypeople passing outside at night, and with Rema 1000 just a minute away everytime you want something that is not in the fridge) and the apartment itself. I love the layout of it, I remember how I liked it from the minute I walked into it, and I have only positive feelings about it. But, having lived one week at our new place, I must admit it is fantastic to have that much more space (2x as much) and my own office with a view.
22. Feb 07
Now this is a t-shirt I want!
14. Feb 07
Back from Frankfurt, which can best be summed up as Enno so nicely put it: "nasty, smelly, smoker-filled, dirty city with too many people and terrible weather".
It was not as nice as we were hoping, it was terrible for shopping ( we had money to spend but couldn't find anything we wanted to buy!) and the fair was filled with smokers and ugly stuff that we didn't want to sell in a shop. And so we spent the time walking around looking at things we didn't like, eating food we didn't like and sleeping in horrible beds at Hotel Anna.
I don't think it was as bad as my vacation to Cuba, but it feels like a waste of time, and considering the excellent company (my mother and her sister) we could have had a much better time than this, but hey, next time, eh?
29. Jan 07
Spent time planning, shopping and painting house this weekend. Enno and Craig came to visit on Saturday and my parents visited yesterday, so we didn't get as much done as we had hoped for, but that doesn't really matter. We have decided to only finish the bedroom and then do only the small things we feel necessary to live there with the other rooms, and then move in as quickly as possible.
Both to sell my place as soon as possible and to get to live there for a bit before we make any major decisions, such as which walls have to go and how the new bathroom should look and how big it should be etc. It is probably easier to see our needs after having spent some time there and we'll hopefully end up with a much better result. I haven't decided on colors yet either, but I think white for most of it, and 'marrakesh' in the hallway.
I love the place more and more for each minute I spend up there. It's like I don't want to go home to my apartment, even though that is both warmer, brighter and fresher (especially bathroom). Yesterday we could watch the kids out in the snow trying to go down the small hill on their skis and we have so many different birds in the trees outside that I think I have to get a book about them to know what they are. (I guess we'll be really popular with the birdwatching neighbours when we bring in a cat...)
24. Jan 07
It's still cold and white in Oslo, which should mean that I get to have snow on my birthday this year too! Gonna spend the day with my mother shopping for the new place. We should also get the keys, which is a wonderful birthday present. (Does not mean I'm gonna be sorry to receive other gifts as well... I love presents!!)
Enno says there's snow in my Animal Crossing-village as well, but I'm so busy reading "Bag of Bones" (Stephen King) right now that I really don't have time for games on the bus.
23. Jan 07
I just found something funny! If you google for images, and look up Bad Taste Party - what do you get on the first page of hits? ME!! My picture is also used as an example of how to dress if you're going to a bad taste party on a german forum page. That's so cool!!!!
22. Jan 07
On Friday I celebrated the AO expansion, Lost Eden, with the team. We had food and drinks and speeches before we joined the rest of the company for more drinks later on. It was a fun night, and even if I'd planned to go to bed early, I ended up getting a few hours sleep before getting on the train to Lillehammer.
Had a nice day with shopping and lovely food, and presents for me since my birthday is coming up this week. And lots of wine.
On Sunday I tried to keep up with the Birkebeiner-girls in the ski track, and it was a good thing Kjersti had a bit of a cold, so that it was possible for me to get around the 15km track too.
It's been a while since I went skiing like this, if I ever did, something my body feels the consequences of today. But it was fun, and all worth the pain!
17. Jan 07
And just like that, I'm the co-owner of a 2 story terrace house in an area in Oslo I'd never thought I'd live. It is close to a nice green area which hopefully will be white during winter (maybe not so much this one, but I hope this year's an exception!)
It is big (120 square meters) and bright with lovely windows and no opposite neighbours and it's got a fireplace!! Very exciting news, and I hope friends and family have had enough rest from last time to help us move again!
1. Jan 07
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
24. Dec 06
Wii!!!!
Christmas is great! Didn't get that Christmas feeling this year, but what does it matter, now that I can play tennis at home and have fun chasing rabbits!
21. Dec 06
Last day at work before the Christmas holiday. Can't wait to have some time off and luckily we don't have too many plans already. There are probably a few family dinners to attend that we haven't heard of yet, but should be all good to do nothing for a few days. =)
Have found most of the presents I'm giving away this year, and even managed to send the letters and presents up north before it was too late (I hope).
Saturday was the yearly christmas party with the girls, we didn't go and see Penthouse this year, but went to the show "Raske menn" instead. It was a 50% success. ;) Half of us liked it, the rest didn't. We also were bothered with the 'train' in the audience. (the woman behind us had such a laugh.. and they even made fun of it from the stage.. yay) But worst of all was the woman that smelled so badly that we had to change our seating in the break. B came up with an idea that we'd tell them one of us was feeling ill, and that we wanted to be sitting at the end of the row, so that she could rush to the bathroom should it be necessary. So they got our good seats, and we got theirs, but thankfully the smelly lady was then moved further away from us, so that it was possible to breath normally.
The Lost Eden expansion is out, and I've been moved to a new project we're working on. So I had to leave my good old team for a new one. It took some time getting used to the new people, but it is soooo much fun. =) Right now I feel like I have the best job in the world!
11. Dec 06
I've almost updated this for so long now, and suddenly two months went by... oh well.
Of news:
- We got a new cat - Muskat the adorable kitten!
- I've got a cold
- We had a christmas party at work, and in none of the hundreds of pictures will you see me! (getting better at dodging the cameras now!)
- I've put Wii on my wishlist for xmas!
- My mother opened her new store, and maybe because I was a part of picking out the items for sale, I wanted so much of what I could find there that I couldn't pick out a single thing to buy. (Will fill up the car at christmas for sure!)
10. Oct 06
Yesterday I decided to paint the dining table. It's an old oak table that my grandmother bought back in the 70s or something. And it looked like that too. And well, it just wasn't right, but it is a nice table, and I thought I'd give it another chance instead of rushing to IKEA to find something new and shiny that doesn't last for 30 years and lots of family dinners. So I bought some black shiny paint, and well, this is the result after the first coat of paint is done. I think it will be really great when I'm done. I'm already happy with it!
today's outfit: (yeah, I know my mirror needs to be cleaned! hihi)
Oh, and finally some proper autumn weather! Got lovely fog on my way to the bus this morning!
29. Sep 06
The Free Hug man, Juan Mann (pronounced one man) cheered us up in the office yesterday, and Nina and I got so inspired that we offered free hugs to the people in the office, but well, only one person (sitting next to us) signed up for a hug, and I'm not sure we can call our experiment a success.
28. Sep 06
It's all still a bit empty at home, but at least it feels good to fill up the place with sounds of laughter and have a good time with friends again. It will not ever be the same at home, but it is not as bad as it was, and I know that with time I can look back and remember the days when I had my cat and all the good times we had.
It's impossible to try to explain what he meant to me, because to everyone else he will be someone else's pet. But this is probably the most dramatic change in my life so far, and that has made me realize in all of this how lucky I've really been to still have close family and friends alive and healthy.
Life is precious, and I'm glad I also know that I did appreciate every moment I had with Mozart, and that I could almost every day talk to Himself about how lucky I was, how lucky we were to have these moments, and how they would be something to cherish the rest of our lives. And now we know that it is really true.
10. Sep 06
Mozart is gone forever. It is not fair and it is not right. Everything seems wrong now. The apartment is empty and silent. My heart is broken and I'm waiting for time to come and heal it.
7. Sep 06
Came home to the worst news. Mozart has been gone since Sunday, and still is.
Himself has been out looking for him, we've been out looking for him, we've put up posters, we've cried. We've answered phonecalls, and no sign of him. Today we got a call from someone who'd seen a black cat dead by the main road a bit away from here, but someone has been there after she saw it and cleaned the area, so we've got no way to tell if it was our cat or another one. It's a good chance it was Mozart though.
The worst is just not knowing. Being a zombie these days, missing him like crazy, and hoping that at any moment now he'll be in here playful and happy as always. My heart is broken. Please come back!
4. Sep 06
Last night here in Atlanta. Dragon*Con has been a blast! Put up a few pictures on the 1up blog, but unfortunately most of my pictures were quite crappy blurry, so I'm waiting to get hold of pictures from the other people there. Next time I'll bring the other camera, or buy myself another small camera a bit more up to date. I've never seen or talked to so many weird people before in my life, and so many cool costumes, and so many people that should never wear any of them, but it's still cool that they do!
Atlanta in itself doesn't seem to be such a cool place, and first thing to happen to me was that I got my creditcards and cash stolen from my wallet in my bag in my hotel room while I was in the pool early in the morning. I was away for 20 minutes, and in that time someone locked themselves into the room and took it out of there. Oh what fun! Got some strange charges to my credit card too, but I hope to get that money back, since I reported it to the police and VISA like 2 hrs after it happened. Still quite sad, and creepy that someone had been in my room stealing from me. Didn't expect that at a hotel like this (Hilton), but I guess the people working here still earns close to nothing, and takes their chances. The security dude at the hotel told me they could log what hotel cards had been used where and when, but that doesn't really help me!
The other guys were nice though and I've borrowed money from them to get through the con. I think I've been shopping for close to 500 USD alltogether. And I could have easily spent a lot more if I had more to shop for, and a bigger suitcase with me. I'm so gonna save up money for my next visit, because I'm going back.
I'll work really hard and hope they'll send me to Dragon*Con next year too, it is such a cool place and so many nice people. (not only weird ones)
Oh, and I got another country to put in my map! So now I've visited a nice 11%.
13. Aug 06
On Friday the team spent the day at Tusenfryd, the amusement park just outside Oslo.
Been a couple of years since last time, and it was so much fun trying the rollercoasters. Both the new one and the older wooden one were so much fun, and I was sorry to leave the park, allthough my body felt pretty beaten up after all that stress it had been put through throughout the day.
Played TS at Ørjan's place, and started a new adventure, this time in Madrid, before I went back to work to drink some with the rest of the guys. Several hours and drinks later, I managed to get home at the same time as other people were heading for work again. Got only a couple of hours of sleep before we headed for a visit to my parents. Turned out it was their anniversary, and I'd completely forgotten about it. But well, good thing they never cared much for presents and such I guess.
Played some Chez Geek with my brother and friends, and ended up talking for some hours until I couldn't concentrate on the conversations anymore. Just way too tired. Didn't get to meet friends who were also staying in Tønsberg this weekend, but had already made arrangements with family, and so it wasn't so easy to just get away in time. Gonna see most of them next weekend for Kjersti's wedding though.
Been a weird weekend. Didn't find any interesting places to go have a look at either, so we're still searching for the perfect house. Getting a bit impatient, and we've only been looking for two months, but then again, I've never been very good at being patient, so this might be as good a test as any.
07. Aug 06
And so this morning we were discussing why it is that when you say you quit smoking, everyone take you seriously and will ask for progress reports on a regular basis. Did you manage to stay away from cigarettes on Saturday, did you get through the vacation all fine, and how many weeks or months now since you gave up? But when you, usually on a Sunday, declare that you'll never drink again, nobody seems to take notice of it, and they rarely ask you how you're doing, how many hours and days you've managed, and they don't look after you the following weekend to make sure you don't have a beer with that cigarette or anything.
In fact, they might even laugh at you when you tell them that you'll never have another beer.
Well, I'm anyways glad to see friends giving up smoking, as long as they keep on with their drinking I mean!
Of other news. It is Monday - there is work, and I have received reports that the beaches in Tønsberg are fine this time of year. sigh.
20.Jul 06
Spent the day at the Oscarsborg fortress, which turned out to be quite an interesting visit. Going around the islands where flowers grow on top of old artillery chambers, and where it's like going back in time. The museum was interesting, the view beautiful, the history it tells crucial to the time when Norway entered WWII, those horrible hours in the early morning of 9th of April 1940. The restoration is done very nicely, and it is good to see that they keep it very much as a fort opened up to the public should be. We enjoyed the day out here, and even though there were plenty of places to sit down and relax, we just didn't find the time with so many places to explore and learn about. A reason to come back though, just to lie down on the grass reading a book.
We did miss out on an interesting day in Tour de France, with Landis being back on track. It's funny how I'd always thought my parents were crazy to be interested in Tour de France, but well, here I am, suddenly really interested in the tour, and I can't really explain what exactly it is, maybe it was a good year to start watching, now that all is so open, and all the younger guys have a chance.
It's a nice time to have my vacation in and around the city too. Lazy days indeed.
30.Jun 06
Was a good girl and remembered both my grandfathers' birthdays this year! Not bad considering I didn't have any helpful calendars to remind me!
Today we celebrate with cake(!) that it's 5 years since AO went live, (actual date was 27th of June) but Friday is a much nicer day for celebrating stuff.
Think I'll be going out to watch the games tonight too, weather seems to be good, and Germany-Argentina has to be good entertainment!
Spent Midsummer Eve in Sweden with the girls, as this was our hen-party weekend with Kjersti, the bride to be. More than 50 mosquito bites made sure this weekend would not be a weekend easily forgotten, even though we tried our best to erase possible memories with alcohol.
20.Jun 06
What a day! I found the perfect shoes, (okay, maybe not perfect, but pretty nice!) and I was so happy I just wanted to dance through the streets of Oslo. Of course - I didn't do this, but instead I went to Dubliner's to watch the Sweden-England game, and had a great time (shoes safely in bag). Finally the two teams managed to play a pretty decent game and it was very entertaining to watch the british guys from the office as they were shouting at the screen.
Got home a bit late, and then we found out we really had to take the time to book our hotels in Italy, since it's like 2 weeks away now, so we spent a couple of hours before we just booked something and sent our prayers wherever prayers for nice hotels go.
Not long now and I can sleep as much as I like and do stuff I haven't had time to do in ages. Like just sit in a park (daytime) and watch people and write stories about them. You know - the stories you make up when you see someone about who they are and what they do for a living, and why they are there and such.
Oh, and my geocache is active again, since it turned out it was still at the hiding place, just not exactly where it was supposed to be. I guess that's how it goes when so many different people put it back over time. I hope to see some action there this summer, and in the meantime I'm still planning to place out another cache or two!
14.Jun 06
Picked up the latest Marian Keyes paperback yesterday - perfect summer literature! Had to read a little this morning, but saving it for a day outside, and played Lumines on the bus instead. Haven't logged into Animal Crossing for some weeks now, guess all my plants are dead and neighbors gone, but well, don't really miss it - and I can't play on the bus either cause there's no way I can see the screen with all the sunshine outside.
13.Jun 06
Took one of the city bikes from the centre to Skøyen this morning, and of course there was no empty space for me to park it here, so I had to bring it into the office and return it some hours later. Luckily there was an available spot then, so I didn't have to go all the way to 'Kongen' or Majorstua. There should be more of those down here - the bike racks are always full in the morning and empty in the evening, so most days I don't risk biking in here.
Phew - another warm day, but managed to go to the cycling session at Elixia anyway. Got home just in time for the Brazil-game. I really don't get why Ronaldo gets to play - when they have so many other good alternatives. But all in all a very good game, finally some action in the WC!
FC Summer party on Friday at Norwegian Wood - and Turbonegro are playing instead of Korn, but haven't seen any complaints yet, actually people seem to appreciate the change. I'm happy as long as the sun keeps shining and the beer is cold!
Doing lots of story changes in AO these days, very happy to see people being so active! More to come - I promise!
12.Jun 06
Warm days in the office, almost 30 degrees outside, and approx. the same indoors as well. Lots of football on tv, and lazy days. My body managed to get through the weekend without permanent damage (I think), but I was unsure Saturday night if I was going to make it. BBQ with the team on Friday lasted till 8AM, and then there was England-Paraguay at Dubliner's at 1500, before the 70's party at Helene's place in the evening. Not much sleep, and too much alcohol, but I had so much fun. I really didn't know how much cool music they had in the 70's, and the clothes! Oh my - I live at the wrong time! (and I used to think I should have lived in the middle ages, but now I'm not so sure anymore) Anyway - thanks to Helene and Morten for a great party!
Himself sold his apartment today. He didn't get as much as we were hoping for it, but now we're finally done and no more evenings spent painting there. Gonna miss the quiet area and the nice balcony though.
02.Jun 06
Finished Anansi Boys tonight. It had all kinds of small details that I like in a book, but it was only reading the last third of the book that I really started liking the story itself. I want to return to the story later, for now it remains in my mind like a boat at sea. Still looking for a safe harbour. Tried writing some myself, but I ended up staring at the wall. Not that my wall isn't nice, I mean, I picked the color and all, but it's just not that interesting after some time. And specially when you really feel there's something in your mind that should be typed down, but there's just no way to get there. Maybe tomorrow.
29.May 06
Listening to Tori Amos - From The Choirgirl Hotel today. It's really my favorite autumn album, but on a cold summer day such as this, what better than to think about nice autumn evenings, yellow leaves covering the city and a little bit of pretty rain. Who needs summer then? =)
I like the view from my office window. 50% green stuff (bushes and small trees) and 50% sky. Very relaxing, and not too interesting so that my curiosity keeps me from working.
26.May 06
So tired now. So very tired.
Just a few more days and the apartment should be done. I hope it is all worth it in the end.
25.May 06
Wednesday was spent with co-workers and huge amounts of alcohol. Drinking for 14 hours usually hurts a bit the next day, but I did get through Thursday without too much trouble, even though I wasn't much of a help at His place. I had a really good night out though - and the highlight must have been mr. map reader, our very own entertaining rally guy, that compared a good car to sex, and bragged about having had a hard-on for 3 days after driving some special subaru, and when we laughed at him, he thought it was because he was a funny guy, he just didn't understand in exactly what way we found him funny. You should have been there I guess...
21.May 06
I'm going to Dragoncon! The whole idea of going to the US, is not exactly something I would otherwise do, leaving my DNA and all that, but well, I still would like to go and meet all these crazy AO-players and well, see what it's all about over there! So, when they asked me if I wanted to go, of course I said yes!
Enjoyed the Da Vinci Code on Friday. I haven't read the book, since everyone else seemed to read it, and I'm glad I waited for the movie. I liked it, it was simple entertainment, and I don't really understand how it has gotten such bad reviews and the laughter in Cannes etc.
I think this is how the book should have been in the first place - much clearer that this is a fictional thing rather than another truth, and I also think they're treating Opus Dei a lot nicer in the movie, and it was just like any other fictional movie, it was interesting, it had a nerve (although I wouldn't call it a thriller) and well, I felt I got value for my money in the end. The others liked it too, so it was a good choice Christer!
15.May.06
Spent most of the weekend in Tønsberg visiting my parents. Did some proper BBQing, for some reason the selection of food was a lot better at their local store than what I find in any big store in Oslo, with better variety and different marinades, filled steaks etc. We didn't buy the chicken hot dogs, the stupid commercial on TV where they pretend to be talking my dialect doesn't really do it for me. I think the person who thought that women with fake dialects talking about "their town" would sell more hot dogs perhaps should consider a new job!
Brought back more flowers as always, and now my balcony is starting to look like something again. Weather reports promise rain and lower temperatures the next few days, so I'm hoping they'll survive the cold.
Getting a lot of exercise in the office these days, as the printer and coffee machine are on the 5th floor and I don't have the patience to wait for the elevator everytime I need to get something. Ever noticed how going down stairs too fast can make you a bit dizzy? reminds me I have to organize for us to go to Tusenfryd and try the new roller coaster one of these days. I'm sooo looking forward to that one!
11.May.06
Listening to the soundtrack for Kingdom of Heaven again. And even though my hair is shorter than ever now, I still dream about that hair (Sibylla's). I love the soundtrack though. Very dreamy. Perfect for a day like this, daydreaming away.
I really miss having a bike. So today I ordered a card for Oslo Bysykkel. Discovered that the bikes are worth 3250 kr, so I guess this very cheap solution could turn out to be an expensive one if I'm out of luck. However, it will be nice to just pick up a bike now and then on my way somewhere!
Oh, and Josh Parpan, I'm now officially a fan!
09.May.06
Oslo is at its best these days. The sudden change from cold winter weather till summer heat has made us all go into the holiday slumber mode. The parks are crowded with winterpale bodies that have been waiting to come out in the sun for months now, and at the cafés people are having beer and wine with their lunch, in no rush to get back to the office.
We all know it won't last long, and so there's a common understanding to make the most of it while we can.
It makes me less sad I'm not at E3 this year either. Lots of new game videos to watch though, but not so many that seems to be interesting. I'm hoping Bang!Howdy will get done soon, or at least open their beta. It looks very promising, specially since I loved puzzle pirates. Casual enough for me, and played well on my laptop, unlike other stupid games (like Oblivion that refuses to accept my graphics card).
28.Apr.06
For some reason my nice picture script has stopped working with the Opera 9 Beta version, and since I don't know how to fix it right now, it will just have to look a bit bad for now.
Been rather busy lately, redecorating His apartment in addition to the normal stuff - not really able to find a good habit of how to do everyday things- I guess once the apartment is done there will be one less thing to worry about for some time.
Yesterday was spent at the Dreamfall release party at Månefisken. I understand their concept of old industry building being a cool party place - but I don't understand how they can't make the bathrooms a little bit nicer....
The party was nice though, lots of people I didn't know that I was told was a mix of press, investors and the Norwegian voice actors. I didn't recognize anyone, and none of them wanted to talk to me - but I did get to exchange a few words with Magnet, who was entertaining us with a live performance. If I find his tracks on iTunes, I might even buy some songs, but I get the limited edition version of the Dreamfall box hopefully any day now, and the Magnet EP is included in it as far as I understood it, which is a nice treat! Getting home after the news paper has been delivered at my door is always a sign it was a great party!
24.Feb.06
Had a great start on the day this morning, got enough sleep, and Himself had to go to Skøyen to work, so I didn't have to take the bus.
Read a very interesting article in Dagbladet about the Danish author that started this winter's big issue with the Muhammed drawings and the confrontations that they caused all over the world. He's in many ways doing admirable things - like living in the area with most immigrants in Denmark with his family because he wants to live the way he preaches, unlike most of the other humanists, that write their stories from a "safe distance" to where it actually happens, allowing 90% of the population in one area to be immigrants, while on the other hand talking about how important integration is. The difference is important. You can't only point at the problem, you have to actually step forward and do your part in the process of changing it should there ever be changes.
Enno sent me a link to an anagram map over the tube stations in Oslo. Excellent entertainment on a Friday morning.
(except we found that Sinsen was misspelled, and the anagram wasn't even fun. If they'd put in both n's - you'd have Nissen as an anagram - much more fun!)
23.Feb.06
I'm not very good at handling money, never been. I wonder if it's a missing cluster of brain cells or something like that. As many times as I try to improve drastically, I only get a little better, and even then I still fall back into the same traps as before. It worries me a little, specially when there's just so many more things I would like to have...
And then last week, Enno asks me if I could have done this thing - 2nd hand lifestyle. Not buying anything new in 2006, except for food, health and safety items and underwear, trying to get off what they call "the first-market consumerism grid". I thought about it, and well, decided that I would be able to do it if I had a group of people with me for support, that also decided to live by those rules. But, after spending a week looking at what I actually go out and buy, and how it's nice coming home with something new, I'm not so sure anymore. Maybe if the range of 2nd hand items made it feel like you got something new even though it was used.. but we don't have a big enough consumer group in norway to have a functional auction place, and I also think my taste would not be very happy about not getting the curtains I want, the new skirt or the fancy but oh so cheap earrings from H&M.
I feel a bit ashamed, but I guess I'm just another consumer, too settled in this society to actually want to take the step back and look at what we're actually doing to our planet, and then try to change myself.
9.Feb.06
My birthday came and went, and the snow came and decided to stay this year. We have plenty of it now, it's white and beautiful just like I remember it in the good old days. Cut my hair today. The new look feels good. Shorter, different, but nice! Got my own blog now at 1up.com.
Will be interesting to see what kind of feedback I get! - of other news, I tried skiing from work and home yesterday, but the German n00b and I decided that enough was enough when we got to Majorstua ;P Hopefully I'll get to enjoy the snow some more before it disappears.
13.Jan.06
Friday the 13th. And only ten minutes left of the day, so it seems I'll miss out on the bad luck this time. Joined Kjersti who was looking at a wedding dress. It looked really good on her, but well, as most of them go, really expensive. Six feet under is back on tv, been missing that show a bunch! Other than that, I've had a rather uneventful evening. The bottle of red wine that I opened wasn't really that good either, not for just drinking, and absolutely not combined with cheese. Need to test it with dinner tomorrow, but considering we have 4 more bottles of it, I hope it will be good with something. Continuing my work on the new SL areas tonight, trying to come up with more evuhl ideas to throw at the players. I mean, they're asking for it!
Finished "A prayer for Owen Meany" on the way to work this morning. I had to fight back the tears as I sat on the bus, but I was crying as I walked to the office. It is one of very few books that has made such an impression on me. It's like I can't stop thinking about it, and I really just want to experience it again, and get all the details. The best way I can describe it is beautiful.
And with such happy thoughts, what better than to find bed and dream happy dreams! ;)
09.Jan.06
Got the pictures from xmas. We weren't able to walk around the tree this year either, even though we were 5 less ppl than usual.
The most popular gift was absolutely the Dance Dance Revolution game. I had a good time watching, until my cousin said: "Mom, do you think Yngvild can dance with me?" and she answered, "Of course she will, dear!". Who can resist those puppy eyes....
Next time I might even win, huh? ;)
I got so many good books for xmas though, so now I have a pile of them waiting to be read. Not sure which one to start when I'm done reading "A prayer for Owen Meany", getting close to finishing that one now, finally. Took a lot longer since I had a break reading A Storm of Swords, but I like it a lot, and will put it on my list of favorites.
07.Jan.06
So, returning to the land of the living, I find that nothing has changed. I guess a little disappointed, but well, not sure what I expected, haven't been at home that long anyway. Can't wait to get fully recovered so that I can go out and take some pretty pictures with the SLR-camera I got for xmas. We finally have some real snow now, and I just hope it stays a little longer, the dark winter is just so much brighter and nicer with the snow covering the ground.
Need to sleep now. Don't want to, but logic tells me I should. Listening to Ane Brun's 'Lift Me'. It makes me long for a magic moment.
30.Nov.05
Walked through Frognerparken this morning on my way to work. It was -4 C, clear and sunrise, and very beautiful in the park with the snow and all. Walked past this water slide, didn't look too tempting this time of year.
Took a few pictures on the way, but my camera isn't very good in such bad light, and it is hard to get a picture without movement in it. Listened to Death Cab For Cutie - Soul meets Body. Never seem to get tired of that song these days.
Fountain of life looks a lot different now without the water and with snow on than in the summer. But it still looks nice. I like this park a lot. But more in the morning when there's just a few people walking through it, than summer evenings when it's filled with bbq'ing people. Although that is nice too.
Only 4 more weeks now, and the days will start to get longer again. More light is never a bad thing.
28.Nov.05
And so it was that I woke up and the world outside was cold and white - again. Not expecting it to last long this time either, but it was a nice walk through the park on the way to the bus this morning.
Was happy to start working again, it's a lot more fun now that I just learned something new. Was so happy working that I almost forgot about my appointment at the dentist, but well, unfortunately I remembered. 2 hrs later, and I had 3 cavaties and 2k less to worry about. 2000!!! &%"%€%"#€ - and now just before xmas as well. Good thing she said it's a year until I need to go back.
27.Nov.05
Had a bad day at work in the garden center today. An extreme headache that even 2 painkillers didn't kill. Lots of customers wanting flower arrangements, and the day just never seemed to end. Got home and after half an hour of rest on the sofa, I was ready to make my own advent wreath. Had a lot of green moss, full of small sticks, pine needles and insects that I had to remove before I could use it. I didn't have any candles that fitted, but managed to find 4 gold ones in one of my drawers of holding. A bit big, but they'll do until I get to a shop to buy new ones. =) The result so far
The headache didn't stop though, so I watched the Norwegian Extreme Makeover (home edition) and opened the box with xmas cookies that I got from my mother, and headed to bed early. I keep wondering what the neighbors must think if they pass our bedroom window at night, as we play around with Mozart in the bed, saying stuff like you normally say to a cat, but that might sound a bit weird coming from a bedroom window when they don't necessarily know it's the cat that is being talked to. We laughed a bit from that last night, and then I disappeared to the land of dreams.
26.Nov.05
Spent the evening visiting Christer, Ane and Kit. Had forgotten how small kittens are, and well, tried to forget how cute. Very tempting to get another cat, but well, one is just enough I think. Only three more weekends to work at the garden center, can't wait till the last day there, knowing that I'll never have to come back! I'm really tired of working 7 days a week, and working so many of my weekends. I miss the lazy Sundays in the sofa in front of the tv all day, or just the energy to go out and do some geocaching or fix the stuff left to be done at home.
Of other news, Kjersti and Rolf have decided to get married, which made me really happy to hear! I will be helping out as a wedding planner, and hopefully when I get some more details, I can start working on the plans! I have a lot of different ideas, but hard to know what they want, they haven't really had much time to think about that yet.
25.Nov.05
This has been such a great day! First I had luck with the rush-hour bus for once, and there was snow in the air as I walked the last bit to work. The problem I didn't solve thursday hadn't magically solved itself during night, but Hugo helped me understand both the problem, and some tricks to use in the future. And then Thor spent his lunch hour improving the speed of my tool, so my work is a lot faster suddenly. All this in one day! Good thing I saved the dentist appointment for Monday and kept the nice feeling all through the evening.
18.Nov.05
Finally the day arrived that I've been waiting for for so long (at least almost a month!) PAY DAY!
Closing in on the final stage of the current project at work, and it feels good to finally be able to test it and see the results. I hope it will work out well, and that there won't be too many mistakes to fix. =)
It's getting close to christmas, and while the preparation for that has started at both places I work, I haven't really felt like xmas gift shopping yet. It's as if I don't realize it is little time left until it's actually December. And then I get a little panic, every year. At least I've found something I want to give to my mother this year. Just need to go and get it and pray it only costs a small fortune. ;P
31.Oct.05
It's Halloween. It's a rainy, boring day too. I was supposed to be at the Coldplay concert. But, I sold my tickets so that I wouldn't be broke the rest of the month, and try not to think about it. They were interviewing Coldplay and showing the rehearsal on tv though, so it was as if they all wanted me to remember I wasn't there. I feel fine about it now. I don't know what I missed, right? =)
Been working again this weekend. I plan to quit after xmas, I'm not sure how I'll manage with less money again, but I am tired of getting up early 7 days a week, and never have a full relaxing day, or not being able to visit Kjersti or just go outside. I may have less money to have fun with, but I aim for more fun with less money! It's been done before, although maybe not by me ;P
21.Oct.05
Finally!!! The latest George R.R. Martin book is out, and I have it at home! Only problem now is that I can't remember how the third book ended. All my good intentions of finishing the first three books before the fourth was out didn't quite go as planned, and I*m only halfway through book 3. I tried starting the 4th book, maybe I remembered more than I did. But first chapter, and I was like "dude! is he (one of the main characters) dead?" yeah. so now I need to let it rest on my bedside table for a bit until I quickly browse through the 3rd book to find out what happened to all the people.
Apart from that, mozart was in a fight again, and this time he must have lost it. Keeping him inside is not fun. He's such an attention craving little thing. And cute. That's an evuhl combination. What else is going on? Lots of birthdays, it's like someone figured that october was a nice month to have kids, and specially in year 1975, cause they are all 30, old and grumpy.
My first cache will be released this weekend. It's gonna be a B-day cache for Enno. =)
29.Sept.05
The last few days I've been completely lost in a book called "the closed book". Not sure it has been translated to English yet though, it's rather new, from a Danish writer. I just love the book and it's as if my mood changes with the main character and considering she changes a lot, I'm in some sort of emotional rollercoaster, adding a little bit of autumn leaves and rain and James Blunt on my iShuffle, you should get the picture. Himself made me porridge last night. The type I used to get as a child, but haven't really had since. It was exactly as it should be!
22.Sept.05
Several weeks and caches later, I'm still very enthusiastic about geocaching, and recommend it to everyone with a little bit of a gps-geek inside them.
We released the 16.0 patch yesterday, and so it's a little bit hectic at work, but not so bad considering the size of the patch, I celebrated it by cutting most of my hair off. (meaning I cut more than half of it, but still got plenty left!) I had some vague plans to maybe go for the blonde thing, as I've never tried that before, but decided to wait till spring so I wouldn't look like a ghost all through winter.
11.August.05
Have found 3 caches so far, and visited 3 more that I didn't find (2 are most likely MIA). Looking so much forward to getting hold of a GPS, as it's rather hard to find the exact place without one. Searched through some boxes at home for stuff to leave in the caches, and found that I had some Cuban coins and some other items that I could probably use for trading. (One 5-cent is already put in the cache I found today). Hope to go hiking this weekend, but today it's all about culture and stuff, as I'm visiting the 'Kiss the Frog'-exhibition at Tullinløkka. Looking forward to seeing the inside of the big frog. =)
08.August.05
And so I have finally gotten around to look closer at geocaching.
I have already gotten my first travel bug from Frank, and now I will aquire a nice box and a log book and go out to find a place for it. It wants to go to San Fransisco, so I think I will place it somewhere close to where tourists go when they visit, as there might be a better chance for it to travel some then. Ok - and I need that GPS, but Himself is supposed to buy one one of these days, so that should be solved by the time I have found all the other stuff to put in my cache.
Spent almost 3 hours hiking yesterday - went up to Hammeren (maridalsvannet) and walked from there - very nice even with the rain.
31.July.05
Got back from Malta - to rain and green grass everywhere. Hard to think I actually missed this when I was down there - but it was a bit too dusty and dry to my taste. I guess that is what you get when you have no rain or clouds even for weeks. Nice warm weather and friendly people, but not really too much to do for 2 full weeks. As usual 10 days would be perfect. Picked up Mozart at the cat prison (or so called cat hotel) and he has been extremely happy ever since. It's like he didn't believe he would ever see home again and now that he did, he just can't stop being happy. At least he doesn'st seem to have permanent damage from the 2 weeks in that small cage. (never gonna do that again!). Thomas is in Oslo on vacation from the wow-players and we had a talk over some food at Habibi. That food never disappoints me - garlic and all! Back to work again tomorrow - sob.
07.July.05
The joy of the nice summer weather here in Norway is somewhat overshadowed by the news ticking in from London this morning. It really makes me feel sick. Trying to focus on the design documents I'm currently working on. Just a couple more days and I'll have my vacation. A lot on my mind now, so it will be good to have some time off.
25.Apr.05
Turns out I won the election for the personnel safety representive today. I was aiming for a position in the working environment committee, but well, stranger things have happened.
The weather was excellent this weekend, and I finally got around to get a new pair of sunglasses. Just need to remember to order some more contact lenses, and all should be fine. Played Warhammer the rpg yesterday, didn't finish our one-evening campaign, so going back to finish it off tonight (hopefully!). I like the humor in Warhammer, and it's been some time since I last played. It was fun though!
Kaja posted a link to a webpage calculating how many of the world's countries you have seen.
I had to try it of course, and turns out I made a nice 10% so far. Hope to expand the red part this summer though, but so far no big plans for the vacation.
6.Apr.05
Oh my, where did the rest of March go?
I do remember some sunny days with yellow flowers and decoratives in the apartment, (some I haven't even removed yet! Easter is too short, don't have a chance to properly display the yellow chickens and painted eggs and all those other fancy and not so fancy stuff. Fixed my bike, and for a week I've been biking 16 kms a day. which is pretty much in my eyes, so much that my left knee collapsed on me last night, and now I need to take it calm for a couple of days. Exercise isn't good for you. I knew it! Mozart is enjoying time in the sun, and even after we fixed him he's still a lot outside, but just as cosy as before. I hope the neighbors won't be complaining too much about him at the apartment complex board meeting tonight, or I will be really sad.
13.Mar.05
Thank you Eddie!Thank you for coming to our small town of Oslo, visiting the museums at Bygdøy and sharing the experience of that and a lot of other stuff with us. It was such a good evening, so good that I was almost glad it ended, cause my body was exhausted from laughing for hours. We'll watch the dvds we bought and remember the evening forever and ever! =)
Will Wright, the great guy behind the games I love (sim-games)is making a new game called "Spore". Gamespot has written about it and it seems to be that this will be absolutely fantastic!! Looking forward to seeing/reading more about it =)
09.Mar.05
Read the VG blog this morning, and found the World of Losers contribution by the anonymous 1337. Written in a provocative manner, he's already had more than 550 replies. Interesting to see how people don't understand that you need to provoke people in order to get a reaction, and that was probably the whole purpose of the post. All the fanbois and whiners immediately showed up posting their views. I have to admit, I had to post as well. (#558). Listening to the Phantom of the Opera (2004 movie)soundtrack.
08.Mar.05
Christer, on behalf of Himself and me - We love you! Thanks a million times for accidentally double-booking tickets for the Eddie Izzard (watch out for the sound on that webpage!) show on Sunday. I am just not able to stop smiling. Perma-grin.
I can't believe that I almost didn't get to see his show! It totally made my day. oh. that and the new EQ2 banner... I was shocked to see how desperate they have become trying to grab some of the customers that went to WoW. That is probably one of the worst marketing campaigns I've ever seen in the game industry.
I made a copy of it for those who haven't seen it on the boards. (No, it's not a fake one, it's actually all over the IGN forums and probably other places as well)
07.Mar.05
Now, I've never been to a real garage sale, but if there was one I would like to go to, it would be Tim Burton's. "...props from movie sets and tons more." Need I say more? Well, I don't have money to the plane ticket nor probably could I buy anything of interest at the sale. But a cool thing that the stuff is actually for sale!
Spent the weekend in Hemsedal, with sooo nice weather. Sun was shining, blue cloudless skies and lots of fresh snow. Nobody brought sunscreen, so I ended up being slightly sunburned, but that was nothing compared to the wounds my feet had from the shoes.
02.Mar.05
Ran another 5 km this morning. Feeling really proud of myself! Mozart is going crazy at home, since it's too much snow and too cold for his taste to stay outside, he feels it's his right to scratch the furniture, howl and push things on the floor to get attention. I admit he has a tough case fighting with WoW for my attention, but he's spoiled for attention anyway.
Finished reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman, and he is now my new religion, or drug, or something else.
It's like a new world opened to my eyes, and I got inspiration to write, and to think, and to read more.
And all I want to do is tell the world how great it is, and how much I want for them to experience the same. So yes, it must be some weird religion thing. Gaimanism.
29.Feb.05
The day that doesn't exist. Not this year anyway.
28.Feb.05
Sometimes you have a situation where someone is breaking an unwritten rule of social behavior. This happened to me this morning, as I was in the locker room at the gym. When I entered, it was all empty, and I picked a locker that I stuffed my bag in and started changing into my gym outfit. Then, a woman, around 50 I guess, got in, and decided that of all the available lockers, in the 4 different areas in the locker room, she wanted to have the locker that was right opposite of mine. It's just not what you do. You pick the one that is at least a bit away from the other person. It's just way over that intimate border. I mean, like in the evenings there are lots of people there, and you would maybe not find an available locker anywhere else in the room. But we had the whole place to ourselves, and I don't like having to stare at old ladies' butts in the morning or at any other time for that matter.
25.Feb.05
Went out with people Himself invited to celebrate his birthday on Friday. It was nice, although I think my standards for the level of service you get at restaurants have a tendency to ruin a good meal. I can't understand how hard it is to kinda just do the least minimum. I mean, yes, we got our food, and we got our bill, but that was about it regarding service. Just the guy at the door that (probably didn't speak Norwegian) that didn't respond to any of my small talk, other than with rude gestures and a very angry look. I didn't feel welcome at all. It's like the place we went to at my birthday, where the waitress was busy cleaning other tables and serving others, but didn't pay attention to us at all, so our glasses were empty a lot (You would think they did want to make money on selling lots of beers to beerhungry ppl like us..), we didn't get enough menus for everyone, and after the main course was served, we didn't hear from her again regarding desserts or coffee or anything. So, we were sitting there kinda wanting to be seen, and ended up leaving the place without any of us getting the dessert.
She was nice and sweet and all that, but doesn't help much when you aren't present. That's your job, being present without being in the way all the time, like they do at that chinese place at Majorstuen. Where they are behind you at all times, so that you can't really have a good conversation. The waitress at Terra was pretty good, until we were having dessert. After that she just stood cleaning at the bar with her back against us, and Helene had to walk over to her to ask for the bill. You shouldn't have to do that at a place like that, but apart from that, she was there when she should be, and gone when we wanted to be left alone. And the food.... =)
25.Feb.05
Tried to guess the games yesterday. Ended up knowing 16 of 40, which isn't too good, but not really bad either considering all the weird old games I've never played.
Just got this Game Alphabet Game but that seems to be even harder. Remember some time ago there was the movie alphabet game, but the webpage was taken down, probably due to heavy traffic. I did better at the movie one than this game one. Went to the cinema and saw a Norwegian movie called Vinterkyss (Winter kiss) last night. It was really nice. Touching and funny and nice. Walked out of there with a good feeling. Went home and found that Himself had levelled without me. Bastard! Well, I'm gonna get my revenge. yes. revenge is good. =)
21.Feb.05
Spent the weekend partying, playing WoW and visiting my parents. (WoW was most fun.) Saw this funny comic at Kaja&Kenneth's place that said "what they did before they wrote blogs on internet" and a picture of a small guy on top of a mountain shouting out all kinds of useless observations. Very nice made. It's like what's the point of all the thousands upon thousands of blogs on the net, why do people write daily about small details or their events in life. It is a bit like shouting from that mountain top. There's always a chance someone might hear what you have to say, and that makes it all worth it. Well, at least writing stuff down makes it possible for you to keep track of your thoughts. For good and for bad.
10.Feb.05
The day hasn't really started yet, so not much to tell. Except that we're working on fixing yesterday's patch.
9.Feb.05
And so it is that one of my favorite bands, Apoptygma Berzerk, or at least Stephan Groth, will be working with Jenna Jameson... article in Dagbladet. Now that will surely be uhm... interesting.
Today I sent a complaint email to Oslo Sporveier telling them how much they suck. (I tried to make it sound a bit nicer in the letter though.) Cause this morning, I walked from my house, and for once I didn't have to run to get to the bus in time, I got to the busstop and almost immediately after I arrived, the bus came. I was thinking, what a nice morning, even though it's cold and everything, I didn't have to run, and I didn't have to wait getting cold. How naïve I was...
You see, the bus is one of those long buses with 3 double doors. 1 at the front, 1 at the middle and 1 at the end of the bus. These doors have a button each that you can press and the doors will open even if no one is getting off the bus. And so, I walked to the door at the back of the bus, which was closest to where I was standing at the busstop, and pressed the button. The door didn't open, and I thought, oh well, and headed on to the middle door. Same procedure and result. So I ran up to the front of the bus, in order to get in the door that the driver is opening and closing manually. And what happened? Yes, the driver closed the doors right in front of me, and started driving. And so, he changed my lovely morning till a stressy nightmare where I had to take the tram downtown, run over to another busstop and wait for another bus there. Of course I ended up taking the bus I could have taken had I only waited 8 more minutes at my original busstop, but knowing that bus wouldn't get me to work in time, I tried to find other options, but still ended up being late. So. This is why I sent an angry email to Oslo Sporveier, hoping that they might care, but not really believing that they do. Can't wait till spring when I can start riding my bike to work instead of going on that stupid bus.
2.Feb.05
Finished up an interview for a female gamer site called Killer Betties.
Not sure if and when they will publish it, but managed to write up quite a bit before I sent it over. Walked home from work with Elisabeth again. It feels like a shorter walk everytime. I'm not going all crazy like her starting to walk to work every morning as well, but it's nice to get some fresh air and a good chat on the way home from work instead of tired faces on the bus. Played some Puzzle Pirates when I got home, just a couple of more hours before my new sword is finished. Started watching Lost on TV yesterday (first episode was airing last night), but it didn't really get me interested in watching another episode. A lot of it was just boring, and I soon went back to being a pirate.
1.Feb.05
And here I was thinking that running into ex-boyfriends when you are on your way from the gym, all sweaty and no make-up, was something that only happened in movies. Guess they got the ideas from somewhere, huh?
Ordered Chinese take-away and watched the handball game between Norway and Sweden. Even when we had a 5 goal lead I just couldn't believe we would be winning, and so it stayed a thriller all the way to the end. Will be nice to meet with the cocky swedes at work tomorrow! Finally got my new curtains up, it looks so much better already, now I need to make my plants feel more at home - they're dying on me!
31.Jan.05
Ended up celebrating my birthday more than one day last week. Had a lovely dinner with my mom on the 25th, then we did some shopping on Wednesday, more shopping on Thursday, and on Friday there was a dinner with Himself and some friends. I got a dish washer for my birthday from all of them. So now I can start throwing parties and not think about having to do the dishes the next day!
Didn't do much more this weekend. Did some painting so now my shelves are up on the wall in the right color. Looking for the right cartoon to put up on my wall, so many good ones, but haven't found The Right One yet. Went to the movies and saw Finding Neverland yesterday. It was a very nice movie, that got a bit ruined by the perfume of the woman sitting in front of us. It smelled so bad and so strong that I got an allergic reaction, and it was really hard to concentrate. Funny thing is that I passed a woman on my way to work this morning wearing the exact same perfume. Didn't have to sit in the dark for 2 hours smelling mostly that perfume though. That's something that I'm not gonna forget in a while.
25.Jan.05
In the building next to the bus-stop at Frogner Plass, on the ground floor, lives a guy with a plasma tv at least 40" big, probably closer to 50". He likes to watch the Simpsons while having his dinner, and he is not a curtain guy. I don't think anyone with that kind of tv would have curtains. Anyway - it's my birthday today! Having dinner with my mother tonight, but Himself has made some plans for me for Friday that I'm not informed of yet, and still have to wait till then for my present.. Evil man! Well, I should have wanted patience for my b-day this year!
24.Jan.05
Spent the weekend being part-time ill. Also got time to visit Kjersti & Rolf, which was nice.
Needed to get away from the city for a bit, and what better way than in such good company!
A lot of confusion regarding the celebration of my 25th year, but I guess it finally seems as if I'll be celebrated properly after all.
My mother is visiting the next few days, and we'll be shopping stuff for my apartment and hopefully we'll get those pictures up on the walls!
17.Jan.05
A Norwegian artist I've always loved is Ragnar Almén. He is a friend of my mother, and growing up with pieces of his art on our walls, I've always been a fan I guess.
Anyway, a book was made about him and his work just before xmas, and my mother got me that book including a print of his for xmas.
The front of it is displaying what I think is my favorite picture by him.
I really wanted that oil painting, but could of course not afford it, however, I've got the small sketch he made of it before he started the work on the canvas, it's not the same, but there's a nice story to it.
Another artist I discovered this summer is Kristian Finborud.
I bought this dive picture cause I just couldn't take my eyes of it and figured it fit me both in regards of colors and the title of it.
16.Jan.05
Not sure what woke me up this morning, Mozart or the churchbells... I prefer Mozart though, as a hug from him isn't really bothering me like the sound of those churchbells.
I did have some new weird dreams that I don't think I should be telling anyone unless I think my time has come to pay an institution a visit.
(They were most likely affected by the tsunami stories, because there was a landslip on the beach in Cuba, the rest I will keep from you after seeing His reaction when I told him about it. Mozart seems to like his new cat door, and spent several hours outside today as well. We are considering putting up a webcam so that we can easily check if he's inside or outside when we get home. I'm a bit worried I will update it continously at work just to know where he is and if he's alright.
14.Jan.05
kar·a·o·ke (n) : singing popular songs accompanied by a recording of an orchestra (usually in bars or nightclubs)
Can whoever invented the concept of karaoke-machines at home please stand up? I have a few things I want to tell you - before I kill you. Yes, the guy living in the apartment above mine has figured out he's the NBT, and has invested in something that gives him the opportunity to entertain me at night as he sings heartbreakingly into the microphone. What on earth made ppl believe that singing is for everyone. I mean, I don't mind if he is singing, but not with accompanied music, and not through a mic connected to his stereo at home! What happened to keeping to the nightclubs and bars?
12.Jan.05
Mozart brought his first mouse inside this morning. It was much appreciated that he didn't jump into the bed to show it to me, but arranged it nicely on my bag instead. We took the mouse away from him while he was out, possibly hunting for more, so I gave him some kitty treats and compliments on the catch when he returned, just in time for me to go to work. Life sure is different with a cat in the house.
august 2004
Visited my grandparents at Nordmøre, and learned how to make the best smoked salmon in the world.
My grandfather showed us all the tricks, and we got quite a lot of salmon in the end.
Too bad that the weather was so nice, because the temperature got too high, and so the taste wasn't quite as good as it should have been, but I'll come back next fall and do it over again, and this time we should get the temperature alright too.
Spent time in my grandmother's rose garden as well, trying to catch the colors there, but hard to do with the Ixus camera. (at least that's my excuse).
17.nov.03
Har tilbragt helgen i Tønsberg. Deilig med en helg fullstendig uten program og mas. Så til og med Norge-Spania, selv om jeg ikke egentlig er så glad i fotball, og spesielt ikke norsk landslagsfotball, og selv om kampen absolutt ikke var bra for gryende magesår. Ønsker meg et Biosphere Egg, malesaker og digitalt fotoapparat til jul.
2. januar 2003
Det ble jo et nytt år jo! *poff* så var 2002 borte. Et på mange måter nokså tøft år, men jeg har kanskje aldri hatt det så bra heller. Så nå gleder jeg meg til 2003 kommer skikkelig igang, og snart er det jo også bursdag =)
20. desember 2002
Nå er jeg i Tønsberg, er fortsatt syk, så jeg er hjemme i stedet for å hjelpe mamma på jobbben =(
12. desember 2002
Midtveis i desember. Jeg har fått adventivskalender av K og bare en dag til med jobb nå før 3 hele fridager og litt tid til å samle opp krefter til jule-innspurten.
December 10th 2002
My computer is finally up and running, mostly thanks to Himself.
So, no more excuses for not playing AO these days, or fixing this page.
Glad it was my RAM and not the harddrive that was broken. No data loss.=)
Christmas smells and winter temperatures are sneaking up on me. Guess it is
about time to go xmas shopping too.
December 3rd 2002
I think this must be the first year since I can remember that I didn't get
a christmas calendar. Not even a chocolate one. I'm not sure if I really
miss it, or if it is just another thing missing. There is still snow in Oslo,
which is actually quite tough, as I feel like a mix between grumpy old lady
and Bambi on ice when I'm out walking.
My mood hasn't really improved since last night either. Too much sugar, too
little sugar, too much hormones, too much of the wrong hormones?
December 2nd 2002
This day is one of those angry days. I feel all upset about nothing, and I
am on the very bottom of my world. And I'm even more upset that no one notices.
I'm not the kinda person to throw it in their face either. So I guess I'm
quite feminine at that point, wheehee.
No, not PMS either. just that kind of day.
19. november 2002
Klokken var ett da Marita fortalte meg om nattens under. Ettersom at Øystein skulle kjøre bil opp på sognsvann for å se, fant jeg ut at jeg ville slenge meg på. Så klokken fire sto marita og meg ferdig innpakket og speidet etter "stjerneskudd". Som viste seg å være leonidene med høy aktivitet i Norge for sannsynligvis siste gang på nesten hundre år. Det ble så mange å se etter og på, at vi nå har stive nakkemuskulaturer, slitne øyne og kom så klart helt ute av telling. Minst 100 lysende støvpartikler i bevegelse... på vei tilbake kjørte vi forbi en bil som hadde kræsjet i bompengeringen på Gaustad. Politi og sirener, men det så ut til at det ikke var personskader. Men nå - sove!
November 4th 2002
When relationships die, and friendships turn into something new,
you know you will start seeking a lot of answers. It's maybe the
time of the year, maybe the period of your life, or just an out
of the ordinary Monday thought.
I have only seen a few things so far, and nothing that really answers
the questions that comes to mind. It would be so much easier to be some
kind of artist, with the possibility to express every single thought in my
head. But well, I guess that wouldn't really change anything anyway.
3. nov. 2002
Det har blitt november, og bare to måneder til 2002 også er kun historie. Tiden går fort, og jeg føler så absolutt ikke jeg har tid til å være hjemme å slappe av. Det skjer mye hele tiden, og kveldsjobbing gjør at man må passe på å få mest mulig ut av de kveldene man har fri.
October 29th 2002
I got my own piano! It might not be the prettiest piece of furniture ever
seen, but it is nice and got good sound and best of all, it is mine!
Still feeling a bit sick, and have problems hearing with my left ear still,
but that won't stop me from playing!
October 14th 2002
Listening to the cure. Autumn outside. Inside my little cave, feeling safe and happy. It's like I want to stay here forever. But I guess that would be rather boring. I remember my mother saying that it's ok to be bored sometimes. But that doesn't mean you have to be bored, right?
October 9th 2002
We keep telling ourselves all these small lies. We pretend they are necessary i
n order to survive. to be happy. But is that really how things are? Bad enough
for us to feel the need to cover it up, even if we are the only ones who care.
And we still know the truth. Once you've found it, why not just accept it instead of continuously hiding it?
October 7th 2002
I'm usually short on money, but right now, I really feel poor. Walking home fro
m work in the night because I don't have money to the tram, and eating rice and bread is something I don't want to get used to. I don't feel sorry for myself though, life is just suddenly a lot more complicated than I'm used to this week.
October 5th 2002
When all basic needs are covered, we all long for being needed. Either through
love, friendship or work. Since people in general have trouble admitting that they need someone, for whatever reason, this combination turns out to be quite frustrating some times. At the same time, we aren't really interested in giving
of ourselves to just anybody. That will be my challenge this month. I'm gonna sign up for a program that helps people with different handicaps, and give something without knowing exactly what I'll have back.
October 3rd 2002
I have started on some new homepage content. Hopefully I'll have the inspiration and time now that I'm on my own again =)
18. august 2002
Har jobbet masse i det siste, så det er deilig med en fridag, endelig. I går lo jeg en hel masse av Goldmember på kino, og fikk den gledelige beskjeden om at Kjersti har flyttet til Oslo!
14. august 2002
I dag har jeg fortsatt ikke funnet lommeboken, og jobbet massemasse pga serverproblemer osv. Jeg har begynt på tegneserie på jobb (de har så fint wacom-brett), jeg lover å publisere her når første stripen er ferdig =)
7. august 2002
Det er deilig og varmt, og jeg nyter ettermiddager i solen på verandaen. Har fire dager med fri foran meg som jeg kan bruke til noe lurt, bare vet ikke hva. forslag kan sendes per mail =) Ellers leser jeg Imajica og har endelig kommet meg over midten. Sommer er deilig. ikke noe mer å si om det.
2. august 2002
Det er tropenatt og jeg skal forsøke å sove sånn at jeg kan komme meg på jobb tidlig i morgen. Har ambisjoner om å klare å få meg en ekstrajobb så jeg får økonomien i orden. Vel, i det minste forbedre den litt =) Og så har jeg begynt å løse kryssord. Jeg skal bli en vinner.
30. juli 2002
Er trøtt og sliten, var ute og bladet i to timer i går, skulle ta på meg blades og gå til jobb i dag tidlig, men var litt for øm i ankel-leddet til å ta sjansen. Nå blir det legetur på meg, kanskje jeg er dødens?
27. juli 2002
Lørdag morgen. har sovet leenge, våknet til og med klokka halv seks og følte meg uthvilt. (et sikkert tegn på at noe er galt). Marita bare jobber, noe som er utrolig kjedelig en slik her formiddag. Stikker i allefall inn til sentrum nå for å se på den etter hvert så berømte sommer paraden.
July 24 2002
Rain all over. I've even dreamt that our house was flooded, causing Marita to come up to my room asking for 10 NOK for a bottle of coke. I walked around in the center after work today, enjoying the weather and the tourists with their maps and cameras trying to make even Stortorvet look picturesque in its grey, dull raincoat.
23. juli 2002
Det er tirsdag kveld, jeg har spilt wc3, jogget og sett tv. Helt uspennende, og veldig avslappende deilig. Jeg ommøblerte litt i stua, og er veldig fornøyd med resultatet. Det regner igjen, jeg hører det trommer utenfor, og tenker jeg kommer til å sovne fort og behagelig til den musikken =)
22. juli 2002
Rar dag. Klarte å ha videokonf. med Daniel i US helt alene, selv klokka sju om morgenen, og så har jeg plasket min vei hjem i regnet. Det pøser fortsatt, og jeg blir som vanlig i kjempehumør av det =) Er litt sliten tror jeg, for jeg våknet nettopp og fant ut at jeg hadde duppet av en times tid, og sånt er jo aldri bra når man skal sove til kvelden. VI skal ha rekkehusmøte nå, er spent på hvordan det skal gå, kanskje jeg blir stemt hjem?
17. juli 2002
I dag har jeg sovet meg til en hvit stripe på ryggen, spilt ao og innsett at å dø fra lag er så irriterendes at jeg aldri i verden orker å fortsette etterpå, ellers skal jeg komponere meg et lite mesterverk, og håpe at jeg har nok søvn innabords til å se 24 i natt =)
15. juli 2002
Var oppe tidlig i dag og på jobb klokka sju... med adgangskortet liggende igjen hjemme. Det ble mye styr før jeg endelig var på plass og kunne starte arbeidsdagen. Litt deilig å være tilbake etter en lang ferie, og så kommer varmen endelig hit også =) og nå - ost&kjeks&futurama!
14. juli 2002
En fin dag etter en fin fest i tønsberg i går (til tross for uforsiktige barns lek med ilden). Var i Risør med Mamma og Arune (på besøk fra Litauen) på kunsthåndverksmarked, og så hjem igjen. Fin, lang kveldstur og nå lalle litt før jobb ekstra tidlig i morgen. (skal være der sju!)
4. juli 2002
Da er man paa internet-cafe i litauen. vanskelig tastatur, og ingen som snakker engelsk, men man klarer seg jo! varmt er det og! men 3 kr for en halvliter paa pub er levlig =)
1. juli 2002
I morgen ferie - i dag har det vært søndag. med regn og dårlig mat fra spice, fyllesjuke og ikke klarte jeg komponere verdens beste sang på første forsøk i reason2 heller. Men jeg gir jo ikke opp!
29. juni 2002
Det er sommer, det er sol og det er lørdag. Jeg vet ikke helt hva som skjer, men jeg skal i allefall spille litt mer NWN før jeg gjør noe som helst =)
26. juni 2002
Det har regnet ute, og jeg sitter inne med NWN og forsøker lære meg forskjellige taktikker for å komme forbi en gang leader. Det er ikke lett altså!
25. juni 2002
En trist dag på jobb i går. 6 i support må finne seg ny jobb, og det var mange forandringer. Jeg ble fratatt mine tidligere arbeidsoppgaver med account, og skal nå være GM på heltid i stedet. Håper det blir bra. Var ute og pilset med en del av jobbfolket på formiddagen, og er litt sliten i dag etter 11-timers fyll i går.
23. juni 2002
Det ble et interessant møte med en annen verden på lørdag. Selvfølgelig hadde noen forandret seg masse, både av utseende og personlighet, mens andre var akkurat som man husket dem. Jeg var den eneste med bare hvileår siden vgs. Men alle guttene unntatt en hadde valgt yrkesfag. Jeg ble ikke like full som visse andre, men det var nok greit, for sjekkefaktoren var noe høy hos enkelte. Ellers satte vi avreisedatoen til Litauen til neste søndag, så da er det bare en uke igjen til jeg reiser. Jeg fikk et billass med planter og krukker av mamma, så nå skal hagen vår også bli fin =) og i kveld, hjemmelaget pizza og cola, og kanskje se om vi finner et bål =)
22. juni 2002
Da reiser jeg til Tønsberg for å møte igjen folket fra Sandåsen barneskole! Gleder meg mest til garasje-sladder med Elisabeth og Kjersti etterpå. Hører på Kent og blir ikke lei.
21. juni 2002
Sov lenge i dag også, men når jeg endelig kom meg opp, fikk jeg gjort mye altså! fikk konstatert at jeg ikke skjønte noe av gressklipperen, fikk kjøpt meg to par sko og en genser, samt blomster til Rekkehuset. Hjalp Securitas i forbindelse med en gensertyv i en butikk før jeg dro på jobb. Fikk Neverwinter Nights som jeg forsøker få innstallert nå, og så blir det england-brasil i morgen tidlig =) natta!
sometime in June 2002
I thought watching TV today would make me happy. I guess I was wrong. Nothing bad about being wrong, as long as I don't lose. So I played internet hearts to create the winning feeling.