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2011-05-10T16:03:00.004+02:00

I no longer use this blog. If you want to read more, go to my new blog, blogg.silver-speak.org.

Hope to see you there :)

Elise

I hoist my sail though there's no wind in sight

2010-03-22T09:44:00.004+01:00

As you probably understood, the postal service have NOT found the package with my charger. But I e-mailed net on net to ask them if they would send me a new charger. The "nice" man answered me saying

"Hei!

Vi har nå bestillt ny lader til deg. Vi sender den så fort vi mottat den hos oss.

Ha en fin dag!"

(It means that they've ordered a new charger for me and that they will send it to me as soon as they receive it.)

This was last tuesday. I have not heard anything else since he sent me that message. I really don't know who I hate the most, net on net or the stupid postal service. So now it's been more than two months since I sent my charger to net on net, and basically i haven't had my computer since christmas, except from when i used to borrow my roomie's charger. i want mine back. now!!!

and this week is crap. because i don't really have class but i still have so much school work to do. I have to write two assignments that I have to pass in order to take my examns. wouldn't it be nice if easter break started today? then i could just sit in my bed and read all day long, like i've done this weekend. i love books! <3

but now i'm going back to working on my assignment... hopefully i can get the first one done today, or tomorrow.

it's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife

2010-03-12T10:31:00.005+01:00

Do you want to hear some good news?

...the postal service lost my package with my charger. It shouldn't be possible!! I've waited for it for SO long and now they can't find the package. My parents have been there several times to ask for it, but now, a week after they got the note saying that the package arrived, I still have no charger. So today I'm going to go down to the post office. HOPEFULLY they will have found the package, but honestly I don't really expect them to. So if they haven't I will start yelling and being mad at them, and if that doesn't help, I'll go sit down on their desk and tell them that I'm staying there until I'm holding the package in my hands. Maybe that'll help? I think so.

But before all of this, I'm going to the dentist. Someone save me... I'm not really that scared of the dentist, but I do definitely not enjoy it either. But I have to go.. Something is wrong with my teeth, because I had such an awful toothache last Saturday, and it's not the first time. (Even though it was the worst it's ever been) I'm going down there in 20 minutes. o_O But right now I don't even really care, I don't see how anything she'll do to me today can be any worse than the pain I was in on Saturday, and if it is, at least she can give me anesthetic or something.. >_> Wish me luck!!

(Picture taken from google.. It was on lots of different pages, without credit, so I don't know who took it.)

i'm told the river went dry

2010-03-08T11:00:00.003+01:00

YAY. This weekend I was in Trysil with my friends. It was so nice. Except from when my teeth started hurting so much I just wanted to cry.

But on saturday my mum sent me a message saying that at home there's a package for me from net on net! FINALLY!! So now I'll get my charger back whenever I go home or my dad come to Oslo. HAPPYFACE.

And when I checked my mailbox yesterday I saw that I had got a note from the postal service saying that i've got a package here too.. from Borås, Sweden.. My shoes! I'm almost too scared to go pick them up. What if I don't like them? Or they don't fit? Shopping on the internet is scary. o_O

so that's my plans for the day. I'm going to write this thing I have to hand in in my spanish litterature class, and then I'm going to code my layout for my domain (YAY) so that hopefully I can open it really really soon. I'm excited. Then I'm going to go and pick up my package from the post office and theeeen I'm going to go spinning. I have to even though I don't want to. I've been too lazy lately. Or not really, but I feel like I have.

OK, enough with the rambling already. I'll write my Spanish thingy now, so that I can start coding the layout :D I just wanted to tell you all the good news. :P

(and in case you never noticed I love the word YAY XD )

embrace reaction

2010-03-01T10:01:00.003+01:00

What's up with me only bloging when I should be at school, you might ask.. I know, I fail. I'm trying to do work, but it's spanish from Argentina and it's song lyrics so basically I don't understand anything. YAY, fun.

I have been working a little at my neeew blog though, lately, which is why I haven't been updating this one.. I'm hoping to get a lot done tonight, too. :) YAY.

And it's going to be in Norwegian. I'm sorry Risa. :P But you know, you can always use google translate. it doesn't translate perfectly, but you would probably usually at least get the main idea of it. :)

I still haven't got my power chord back, OR heard anything. I hate NetOnNet more and more every day. It REALLY shouldn't take this long! I sent it in the mail the 20th of January! It's been way more than a month! :@ I even sent an e-mail to complain that it took so long. The answer I got was "It shouldn't take that long, I'm sorry, I will check it out and see what takes so long.." And that was on wednesday. I haven't heard anything since then.

So I just want to say this again;

DON'T EVER BUY ANYTHING FROM NETONNET, BECAUSE THEIR COSTUMER SERVICE SUCKS. It might be a little cheaper there, but that's just because they save so much money on their so-called "costumer service"..

(Yes, I'm bitter, haha. I want my power chord back!)

please take me far away from here

2010-02-22T10:35:00.004+01:00

I'm still not at school. YAY. I'm sitting at home instead, doing nothing.

It feels great.

Yesterday I bought a domain, but you'll never guess what. I ended up getting something completely different from what I was planning on getting.

So I downloaded FileZilla. And made an index page. Now it's uglyy :D

I have to go to school soon. But I'm not going to prepare for class today, and blame the subway for making me too sad to do my homework.

I have to walk to school. Which will be really cold, and that's why I'm still at home. I don't like being cold.

AND I'm going spinning today.

I feel like being random todaaaay. So I'm bloging a lot even though it's not interesting. YAY for me. I'm guessing nobody finds this interesting. But oh well. I'm going to kill this blog soon anyways so I don't care :D

And I'm thinking about having my new blog in Norwegian. I don't really think anyone cares, doesn't seem like my English-speaking friends read my blog anywayyss. (So if you do, and want me to continue writing in English, this is when you speak up.)

i want to skip class

2010-02-22T09:07:00.005+01:00

YES YOU DO!

I took the bus to the subway today just to find out that it's not going because they ALWAYS have problems lately. So I walked home. (I know I could have just taken a taxi to school and then the subway company would have to pay it for me, but it takes months until you get the money back and taxis are so expensive here and I don't want to spend the money even if I do get it back.)'
And I don't want to walk to school AGAIN and it's so freaking cold outside.

I hate the stupid freaking subway.

secrets from the winds

2010-02-21T17:19:00.001+01:00

This video is really cute. And really weird. But I like weird, so I think it's great. ^^ You should watch it!

the blizzard is still on

2010-02-19T08:35:00.003+01:00

There's been a blizzard all night so this morning, of course, the whole public transportation network in Oslo was down.. I saw some buses passing, but mine never came, so I ended up walking and coming to school half an hour later than I planned.. ¡Que crap!

Snowy streets..

A cold and not very happy Elise walking.. And walking.. And walking..

The plan for today is to write my presentation and look through it with the guy I'm having the presentation with.. I hope I'll be done early, that would be nice.

this could be anywhere in the world

2010-02-18T22:50:00.006+01:00

Today I went to a student recruitment fair in Oslo Spektrum with Renate. (Well, to be honest I have no idea if this is even the right word for it, but I found it somewhere online :'D haha)

The purpose of this was, of course, to find out what I'm doing with my life. Result:

To be quite honest, I'm not sure how that is helpful in any way... I just get so overwhelmed by all the information and all the options. I hate making decisions!

And on tuesday I have to speak Spanish in front of like 30 students for five minutes.. At least one guy has Spanish as his first language, and several others speak Spanish fluently (not to say perfectly). Can't say I'm looking forward to it. :(

picture perfect smiles

2010-02-16T23:18:00.004+01:00

Yesterday I FINALLY changed the piercing I got in my ear in August. When I tried to get it out during Christmas I realized that it was stuck, so yesterday I went to a piercing place and the girl there took it out for me. I love the new one, it's the ring with the little pearl on that you can see on the picture. ^^

I had finally decided that I wanted to buy picture-perfect.net, but after looking at it I realized that I would probably have to pay $300 for it, and that's way too much for me. So I've given up on that, which means that now I have to either have a new brilliant idea, or I'll go with sivoya. I haven't decided yet, but I'm thinking. I'll probably end up with sivoya I guess, because I can get it cheap from one.com and it's different so I guess it might be easier to remember? Or harder, I don't know. :P

Today I've spent the day at school and at home editing these photos. I've spent so many hours editing. (FAIL, I know :P) And I've fallen in love with this song (I know I'm ages behind everyone else, but hey, there's nothing new under the sun, right? :P)

where the sun never dies

2010-02-12T15:36:00.011+01:00

The sky looks like this today:

(the picture was taken two years ago, but it looks exactly the same today anyways. And I just noticed that the border that gimp put on the picture for me looks lame, haha :D)

And I look like this today:

As you can see, I am very happy. I still haven't heard from NetOnNet, but there's more to life than computers and their problems.

But today is just awesome. Because it's sunny outside, and it has been for the last couple of days. And when you're in the sun you can really feel the sun warming your skin. (=Sweater/jacket) Today I'm going to Skeikampen with my family (the only sad part is that my dad's back has started hurting again so he's not coming :( ), and tomorrow I'm going SNOWBOARDING for the first time this year. YAY!

So what I really want to do is something like this:

Not to mention, MUSE are coming to the Hove festival this summer. And lots of my friends are going this year so I won't be going alone like I did last year. Which is awesome!

So today's a happy-day. I'm listening to music that reminds me of spring and I'm walking outside in the sun and I'm going snowboarding tomorrow.

I hope your day is as great as mine :D

never terrified enough to run

2010-02-11T19:48:00.003+01:00

IT'S BEEN 21 DAYS. And they told me I would get an answer about my power chord after 15 days. LAST TIME I CHECKED 21 WAS STILL MORE THAN 15.

Please give it back, NOW. I hate NetOnNet.

This is what I've learned from this:

1. Don't ever buy a HP computer
2. Don't ever buy anything from NetOnNet.

Can somebody please call them for me and tell them to hurry up?

And I'm sorry that all of my blog posts are boring lately, I'm just not that into it when all I want to do is buy a domain and start there instead. I already started making the layout. I just need to code it, which I can't do before I buy the domain. But I still can't decide on a name.. XD so help me, and vote in my awesome poll 8)

hate to love and love to hate

2010-02-10T15:25:00.002+01:00

Why do I like this song when I actually consider it crap music?

The video is so retarded that it's funny and the song is just too catchy, so of course watching this video makes me really happy. Hello, Fascination!

enchant me with the courage to be free

2010-02-08T22:10:00.007+01:00

Last night I woke
Lost, scared and soaked in sweat
I lay in bed
Still falling from a rooftop

Twilight descends
Into a dark velvet painting of my life
Although there’s light
Redemption seems so distant

I’m still trying to get
Closer to who I am

Enchant me with the courage to believe
Won't you grant me all the wisdom that I need
And enchant me with the courage to be free
To be free

I've decided that I'm going to learn how to play this song on the piano by only reading the chords. I've wanted to learn how to do this for so long that now I've decided that I'm just going to sit down by my little keyboard until I can do it. I'm going for the trial-and-error method. So wish me luck, with my (lack of) patience I sure am going to need it! :P

look up and you'll see; heaven is smiling at you

2010-02-05T14:52:00.005+01:00

I'm not ready for a new week. Crap, I wish I had a couple more days of weekend. Right now I don't want to see another Spanish word in my life. I need to go to bed early and just chill for a couple of days.

Plus, Confide released their UK/Europe tour dates yesterday or something. But since I've been away for the weekend I saw them today. It made me sad. They're going to Germany, France, and of course England; yes, even Italy. But was Norway on the list? No. Norway's never on the list. :( SO SAD. So now my only way to see them would be going to London again, on the 20th of May. And since my three exams are between the 28th of May and 7th of June, that won't happen. So I guess that means no Confide show for me. :( SAD DAY.

Also, I need your help! Because, for a while now I've been thinking about buying a domain. I'm so tired of using blogspot, mainly because of the fact that coding layouts here is impossible. It takes so much time and even when I spend hours on coding I can't always get my layouts to look the way I want them to. I have pretty much decided that I will be buying a domain some time really soon, and now all I have to do is to decide what domain name I want. Which is the hard part, seeing as I can never decide on anything in life. I just keep thinking "what if I like this name for a month and then starts regretting my choice? So please, give me some input! The only names I've been thinking about that I kind of like are sivoya and picture perfect, with either .net or .org.. Sivoya is just a random name I made up and started to use as my name on random webpages some time ago, and picture perfect is just a little phrase i really like.. What do you think? Should I use one of these names, or do you have any better suggestions for me? :D

Because I don't want to go to bed just yet, I even made a poll so that you can vote. AND I don't want any votes saying "something else" without the same amount of comments saying what I should have instead, haha. 8) THANKS.

I was at Filadelfia today, listening to Egil Svartdal. He's such an amazing person. What a gift he has for talking to people! It's just amazing. So that's where I got the picture and idea for the title from. ^^ I just loved this picture, it makes me so happy :D And since I don't feel ready for a new week, I've decided that instead of thinking about that, this is the thought I'm starting next week with. Heaven's smiling at you!

every word, every thought, every sound

2010-02-04T18:33:00.007+01:00

My favourite photo from the Biffy Clyro show. I actually took this without flash or anything, the lights were perfect. :D

Well, so it's been a couple of days. It feels like forever, haha. And since last time I've gotten so many nice comments. Thank you so much all of you, it makes me so happy. ^^

This week has been really intense. Every day I've been at school from 8am to 4pm except from today, because I was way too tired to get up after only four hours of sleep today. :P And then every evening I've had plans: Biffy Clyro at John Dee on Monday, spinning on Tuesday, and then dancing and Billy Talent gig at Sentrum Scene yesterday. Of course I never go to bed before 12 (and usually a while after) and I have been getting up at 6:30 every day this week. So right now, my energy level equals zero. I am so tired and I feel kind of sorry for everyone who's been around me today because when I get this tired I also get really easily annoyed with people. :P

But tonight I'm just going to chillax. I was supposed to go to Kongsberg tonight with Elmira and go snowboarding there tomorrow, but her dad's car broke down so we're not going after all. :( Which was sad but still really nice, since I'm dead tired. So now I actually have NO plans for the evening and I'm just going to watch Heartland and sit on my computer all night. Awesome..!! :D Tomorrow's my grandpa's 95th birthday so I'm going to Larvik to celebrate it on Saturday. ^^ It's going to be nice, also because I get to hang out with my cousins and my second cousin :)

I kind of wanted to write about the concerts I went to but I'm not bothered to right now. Maybe I'll add more movies and pictures later, and I might write some more about it then. Right now I'll just say that both shows were really awesome, but so different. And I really hope Norway wins the upcoming hockey match against Canada so Billy Talent have to come here and play a free show for us. :P

Here's my videos from the Biffy Clyro show:
Who's Got a Match?

A Whole Child Ago

Machines

And here's the worst part about not having time online for so many days: more than 50 new blogposts on bloglovin... hahaha XD It took me a while to get through all of that. o_O

well, what do i know?

2010-01-31T02:05:00.002+01:00

did you see it coming?

2010-01-29T22:53:00.006+01:00

My desktop with my new wallpaper! :D I made it yesterday, or late last night. I love the colors and especially the black background because it makes it look like the whole top of my laptop is a screen. If you were wondering about the weird random letters and guy it's JOEL PIPER and Avery Pkwy is his solo project. Now he plays drums and sings in Confide which is a really awesome band too. I love love love their song I Never Saw It Coming. And they've just finished writing a new album. I can't wait to hear it. There's so many exciting new albums coming out this spring. I predict that this is going to be a good year for music :D

While making this I was talking to Karoline on MSN. We had a lot of fun. Here's one part of our conversation (sorry if you don't know Norwegian):

(02:43) Elise: dialekt hahaa
XD
HOOOOOOOOOOO
HO DER BORTE
ER FIN
:D:D:D
(02:44) Elise: :) :) :) creepy smiley attack1!
(02:44) *unicef Karoline: hahahhaha jeg leeeeeeeeeeeeeeer
pedosmiley
(02:44) Elise: japp
rawr
(fa)
(02:44) *unicef Karoline: HOOOOHOOOOHOOOO
(02:44) Elise: (fa):):):)(fa)
(02:44) *unicef Karoline: døø, ikke noe rawr
det er
RAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWRRRRRRRRRR
(02:44) Elise: RAWER
RAWWEEEEERR
(02:44) Elise: RAWRE??
(02:45) *unicef Karoline: *jafs*
(02:45) Elise: RAWRRRZZZ
RAWERZ?
(02:45) Elise: hahaha
(02:45) *unicef Karoline: THEY WILL SEE US WAVING FROM SRRRRRRAWRRRRSDDSUHDIUSRAWWWRRRR

Yea, that's us at 2:45am. The best part is that she is pretty much my neighbor but still we're always talking on MSN instead of hanging out. Hahaha, We're such nerds! I love her. <3 I guess if you don't know Norwegian most of that didn't make sense but at least you might notice Karoline's version of Such Great Heights at the end there? haha. It's my personal favorite :D

Oh, and if anyone want to use the wallpaper I made, just comment or send me an e-mail or something, and I'll send you the size you need :)

you are creating all the bubbles at night

2010-01-28T08:54:00.004+01:00

When I was in London in November I found out that they released a new CD in , and I decided buying their shirt with the album art on. (I love the album art for that CD, it's so awesome. I started listening to the album and immediately loved Bubbles and Born On A Horse.

Then Rockefeller's newsletter tells me that they are playing at John Dee the first of February! Of course I really wanted to go, and Karoline also wanted, so we bought tickets right away. Since then we've just been waiting.. And now, next Monday is the day!! I can't wait. It's going to be so different from The Devil Wears Prada, but I really think it will still be way awesome. I'm going to jump and dance and sing!

If you live indie rock, you should check out Biffy Clyro. Here are some of their best songs (in my opinion) with Spotify links:
Who's Got A Match?
Living Is A Problem Because Everything Dies
Bubbles
Born On A Horse (I love the lyrics in the start, about pronouncing Aluminium! It remind me of the first time I heard the Americans say Aluminum Foil and not Aluminium Foil. These lyrics always make me laugh inside :D)

And just to honor the title of this blog post, here's a picture of me blowing bubbles. Back in the day when my hair was red.. -ish. :D (This is like three years ago I think? And Loup, I won't dye it back to red even though I loved it. It's too much work! :P)

and die as we may your love always remains

2010-01-26T22:33:00.005+01:00

On Saturday I had too much spare time, so I ended up writing on my walls...

Not really. But the first part is true. I did have too much spare time. So I took two of these (three) pictures. Then I put them together. (Insert awestruck facial expression here) I don't really like it, though. I usually don't like the stuff I make. But it's still fun to try (especially the few times I actually make something I like), so I keep trying. That's how you learn, right? Another thing I learned by making this is that I should straighten up. I look like I've lived for a century and am too tired of life to stand upright. Not good.

But sometimes I like to tell myself that maybe it's not so bad for everyone else. Maybe it just obvious that it's manipulated to me because I've been going through the whole process. So I don't know. Do you think it looks manipulated? Do you have any tips for me, how I can do it better or what I should think about when I do stuff like this? 'Cause I would love to get better at it..

we cannot afford to be afraid anymore

2010-01-24T20:05:00.002+01:00

I went cross-country skiing today. With Ingrid and Erlend. There's a small chapel (Nordmarkskapellet) where KRIK had a service today at 12. So since my dad gave me ski wax for my birthday, we had to test it and see if it was any good, haha.

The ski tracks are really close to the city. They start maybe half an hours bus or subway ride from downtown Oslo, so (especially on Sundays, because they are the official "let's enjoy the nature"-days in Norway) they're a bit crowded. That's a little annoying at times, but hey, if I can go skiing that close to the city I'm not complaining!

And the scenery was so beautiful, just amazing. The trees were heavy with snow, it wasn't too cold, and the conditions were perfect. What a nice trip. And it was only at the end that it got too crowded. It was really nice <3

(By the way, this is how a typical Norwegian used to dress when going skiing, especially in the mountains: Red jacket, blue (or green) pants, and knee-highs. My sister was definately rocking the style!! :P)

this is who we are

2010-01-23T13:08:00.003+01:00

Thursday was my birthday. No one on my blog remembered. :( Haha, doesn't matter. Guess most people didn't even know? Now I'm 21. I feel old!

I didn't go to school on my birthday because I didn't have any classes and.. Well, it was my birthday! I went to town with my mum and we also met up with my sister, and had lunch together on a café. I had the best quiche ever.

So yesterday I was at school, working, from 8 to 4. I'm proud of myself, since I only had classes for two hours (but I left after only one hour). It was Pragmatics (in Spanish of course, like everything else I take), and I decided I'm certainly not taking that subject. I signed up for one more subject than I really need, so I'm not going to waste my time on something I don't like and rather concentrate on the subjects I like.

Today my friend Halvor comes to visit me. Yay, I haven't seen him in a while! We're going to have a Eurovision party because the Norwegian Eurovision is on TV tonight. Haha! It's going to be the lamest party ever, but that's how we like it!

Ooold photo. From sprig 2008, in our last months of high school.. I laugh every time I see this picture, it's so typical us. In his boat, with a guitar and the most stupid smiles ever. Ohyea!!

And you need to check this video out, it's the music video to Paramore's That's What You Get. It's kind of feel-good. And Hayley is so pretty. I love her hair like this, if I was going to dye my hair red again I would go for a color similar to this, for sure!! :)

Sorry that this is the most random blog post ever. I just felt like sharing boring facts about my last couple of days. 8D

i am no one's hero

2010-01-19T19:29:00.005+01:00

Here's something you don't see everyday; Me wearing something besides jeans, a t-shirt and a hoodie! (Though I am wearing jeans..) That's pretty rare. My style is really boring, haha 8) But today I wanted to dress up. So I'm not going to convert to a blogging about fashion and my outfits or anything, (would be so interesting, wouldn't it? In one week, you would have seen my whole closet. But hey, at least I could have posted a picture every time I bought a new t-shirt? Next time would probably be some time fall 2010, so just hang in there, and you'll be amazed!!) I just wanted to share this special day with you.

fight life with life

2010-01-18T10:53:00.004+01:00

I had such a nice weekend ^^ When we arrived on Friday we walked over the ice (this is the ocean, so the ice is really different from the ice on lakes.) The ice was really smooth and we used a kicksled and walked on our feet. It was fun, but a little scary, too. My sister and I wore life jackets in case we went through the ice. o_O But we didn't. (Luckily)

We did all the things I mentioned in my last post:
1. Fishing and ice-skating on the ice!

How to get through the ice? You poke a hole with this thing!

Fishing...

Can you see the water? The dark part in the distance, right in front of the little hill (/island?).. Still, where we were the ice was like 20cm thick!

"That's a weird animal..."

Linnéa, Ingrid and Erlend's niece. She's three years old and the cutest thing ever! (A little snotty though, but that's what happens with kids outside, right? XD)

Linnéa and Erlend's cousin. ^^

2. We bathed in the outside tub. We also went out of the tub (in our swimsuits) and rolled around in the snow. It was cold, and I scraped my knee.

It was a good and relaxing weekend. I also tried Band Hero, and Øyvind (Erlend's younger brother) had drums too! I've never tried playing drums on Guitar Hero before and it was really hard but really fun. I kept hitting the drums I wasn't supposed to hit. Haha. I got my Metallica Guitar Hero back from my sister, too, so now Elmira and I won't be bored..! :P

Today school starts again. It's a little scary, because I'm having new classes and teachers. Today I'm having a subject where I'm afraid I might have to talk. Spanish. In class. That's always scary. >_< Wish me luck!

looking down at butterflies

2010-01-14T22:56:00.004+01:00

Today I went swimming. For the first time since August I think! That's crazy, I love to swim and be in the water, I almost can't believe I haven't gone swimming before. (Not that I didn't want to, though..) But today my sister and I went swimming in the fitness center we go to. It was so nice. I want to do it once a week. I don't know if I will though, I have so many things I want to do, I don't think there's enough time to do it all. :P But there's one thing I've been talking about doing for ages, that I'm finally doing this semester; I'm taking dancing classes. They're at the same place where I go swimming, and it's street jazz. I'm going with Elmira. I can't wait. I'm going to suck, haha XD

After we went swimming we went to my sister's apartment and made homemade pizza for dinner. Then I helped her paint for a while, because they're redecorating their apartment. :) Then my sister invited me to come with her and her husband to where he's from tomorrow, so I'll be gone for the weekend. I'm excited, it's going to be nice. He lives on a pretty small island with about 300 inhabitants. I've been there before, a couple of times, but never in the winter. It will be interesting to see how life on an island is in the winter. In the summer it's probably easy (as long as you have a couple of boats! :P), but in the winter it has got to be a little hard. Especially when there's ice on the water and the only way to get off the island is to go on the ferry.. But when my sister was trying to persuade me into going, she started listing up all the fun things we could do: sit in their outside tub, go fishing on the ice, go ice-skating on the ocean.. It sounds like so much fun! So I'm really excited to go, it's going to be an awesome weekend. ^^

And here's a song you need to hear. It's beautiful and I actually really like her voice and the way she sings.. (I usually don't really like female vocalists, I don't really know why) I love the video, too. It's cute and the dancing at the end cracked me up. I love the sweater with the hoodie she wears at the end, too. <3

story of a dying computer

2010-01-12T21:21:00.001+01:00

YES, my power chord died. What's wrong with me that makes all technology hate me?? Good thing Elmira also have a newer HP computer so I can use her power chord when I need to, AND that it's only the chord and not the computer that is being stupid. But because I bought my computer online I have to send in the power chord (hopefully they won't make me send in the whole computer), and wait for them to send me a new one. Blæ.

(AND I KNOW MY DRAWING SKILLZ ROCK)

oh, really?

2010-01-11T17:31:00.002+01:00

I've been writing letters these last few days.. And because of that I've been looking through some letters I have received this fall, and I found something that I'm pretty sure I did not notice when I got it:

It made me so happy. I'm going to bring it back to my apartment tomorrow and put it on my wall. ^^

Yea so tomorrow I'm going back to Oslo. School doesn't start in yet another week but tomorrow and Wednesday I have a workshop and meeting in the group that's working with Filadelfia's new website. And then on Friday I'm going snowboarding with Elmira! I can't wait, it will be my first time this season..! :D But now I have to go eat dinner, we're having turkey :D

you were made to dance in white dresses

2010-01-09T19:09:00.006+01:00

We often ask God to show up. We pray prayers of rescue. Perhaps God would ask us to be that rescue; to be His body, to move for things that matter. He is not invisible when we come alive. I might be simple, but more and more, I believe God works in love, speaks in love, is revealed in our love.

Take a broken girl, treat her like a famous princess, give her the best seats in the house; buy her coffee and magazines for the coming down, books and bathroom things for the days ahead; tell her something true, when all she's known are lies; tell her God loves her. Tell her about forgiveness, the possibility of freedom; tell her she was made to dance in white dresses. All these things are true.

Quote from To Write Love On Her Arms, twloha.com I would recommend everyone to go to their website, click "Vision" and read it. All of it. It's an amazing, touching story.
Picture from Ssabina on Deviantart

and for a moment it was all like it used to be

2010-01-08T00:19:00.004+01:00

I went back to my apartment in Oslo on Tuesday because Irene were coming to visit Elmira (my roomie). Since she's going back to Brighton in just a couple of days I was excited to get to see her before she left. Marte also came (although I think that might just have been because she was hungry). It's still between -8 and -15 degrees (Celsius ofc) outside every day, so our apartment was really cold. We turned on all of the heaters, but it didn't really help at all, especially since the electricity kept going out. (It started doing that right before Christmas. ALL THE FREAKING TIME. It's really annoying, especially when it's freezing outside (and inside) and you're trying your best not to die of hypothermia in your own home) But finally we closed all the doors to the kitchen(/living room) and decided that we would at least survive in there. We also lighted all the candles we could find to try to produce some extra heat, and then we ate homemade lasagna and sang/played(?) SingStar. It was just like old times. <3

if i had a million dollars

2010-01-04T11:46:00.005+01:00

this is what I would buy:

(Pictures from google)

(And all of these things are just examples. Like, I have no idea what camera that is and I have never played on a Schecter Tempest. If I thought I was ever going to buy any of these things I would have to dig into it to find out what camera would be best for me or which guitar I like the best, you know. But as long as I'm not going to buy any of these things, I'm not spending time trying to find out which one I would buy..)

Oh, but there is a couple exceptions from this "rule". I do really need snowboarding clothes and goggles so if I find that cheap I will buy it. (I'm actually going to go look for snowboarding clothes today)

Other than that, please feel free to buy any of these items for my birthday that is in exactly 2 weeks and three days. :D

happy new year

2010-01-01T21:08:00.004+01:00

So now I've upgraded my computer. No more Vista, finally! It's awesome. Win7 is so much faster. And it seems like my computer isn't working as hard as it did with Vista because the fan isn't making as much noise as it (constantly) was before.. So I'm happy!

My Christmas was amazing. I was at my aunt's house from Christmas Eve until the 27th of December. I had a really good time; I got to see my cousin Knut again who's living in Mali for a year, and hear about everything he's been experiencing there. And seeing all the rest of my family was fun, too. While I was there it started snowing, and during one night we had almost 40cm of snow. I was so happy when I woke up that morning, and it was really pretty. Of course I had to go outside to take photos (and help shoveling snow), so here are some of them.

My cousin's house

Look at all the snow on the tree!

..just to show you how much snow came during that one night :P

I was there!! (Talking to my cousin I think)

My cousin Knut at the left and my friend Eirik at the right. He and my cousin are very good friends too so he came to visit them while we were there.

On New Year's Eve Eirik came to visit me. (We live in the same town) We spent the night eating, watching movies and playing playstation. It was fun :D

We were watching fireworks!

Be careful, this is what a night of Playstation and movies can do to you..

Now I'm going cross-country skiing. I was out yesterday and on monday too, but it's so nice, the conditions are very good right now (it's usually nearly impossible to go cross-country skiing where I live because the snow starts melting the day after it comes) and it's such great exercise, so I'm going out today too. And today it's sunny so it's going to be really pretty. Then tonight my sister and her husband comes to visit, and I'm going to have a chat with Lauren. <3 What a good day!

it all comes down to this

2009-12-29T11:48:00.003+01:00

I'm sorry that I haven't updated much lately, and actually I'm just writing right now to tell you that I probably won't update in a couple of days (and to let you know that I'm still alive). I'm trying to update my computer from Windows Vista to Windows 7, which is a pain and takes a lot of time. I am also working and it's my holiday so I'm spending time with my family. But I think I'll be back right after new year's if my computer is ready by then. Have a great holiday still!

there's so much to be thankful for

2009-12-22T19:31:00.007+01:00

Today I was writing Christmas cards and eating Christmas cookies. :) It was nice. Then I went to work at 2, but there was hardly anything to do, so they sent us home at 6. That does not give me a lot of money, but it's nice to come back home several hours early. After all, this is my christmas break..

And today I was thinking about how crazy it is that I'm working in this huge meat factory, where we send out about 70 tons of meat every day, while in other parts of the world people die every day because they're starving. When I work I don't really have to think much (it's easy and mostly rutine), so I usually walk around thinking about everything and nothing. Today I started to think about how life could have been, if I wasn't born in Norway in 1989. What if I was forty years old with a family, and that there was not enough food, so that my children were starving? If I was working where I'm working now then, would I ever steal food? If I was really desperate? The way my life is now I can never imagine that I would ever steal anything. At least not as long as I have other options. And luckily, as I'm living in Norway, I will always have another option. But what if? I honestly don't know. I would love to think that I still wouldn't steal. But I don't think you can know. Not before you're in that situation..

It's sad that people have to live like this, while I have everything I need. Christmas here in Norway is very focused on giving and receiving presents, but I think it's just as important to use this time to be thankful. This year I'm especially thankful about the fact that I never have to worry about having enough food.

So today I just want to encourage you to think about what you are thankful for and why. And I would love to hear about it, so it would be awesome if you wanted post a comment and tell me what you are thankful for. (As always, I don't care whether you comment in English or Norwegian, I (and most of my readers) understand both..! :P)

as i watch the rising sun

2009-12-21T10:43:00.003+01:00

Long time no see! (Not really, but it feels like it's been a long time since I last posted here XD) I've been at my house for a couple of days now, it's nice. One of my grandparents is here (my dad's dad), and during the weekend my cousins stayed here too, because on saturday my other granddad (my mum's dad) celebrated his 90th birthday! He had a big party with more than 30 guests. I think it's impressive that he wants to celebrate like that when he's ninety. And my dad's dad who comes all the way here (well, my dad did give him a lift, but still..) is 95 in february, so it's really nice that he still wants to come here. (I would add some pictures from the party, but I won't because they all look pretty awful (sorry dad, but it's true :P) ).

Yesterday evening I went to a concert that my friend (Ariane), her boyfriend (Christer) and her friend(Martine) and her brother (I think he was callded Marius?) had. They've been holding a Christmas concert once a year for four years now and this was the first time I got to see it. It was so awesome, and I'm sad I forgot my camera. They were all singing, and Martine and Ariane plays the piano, Christer plays the guitar and Marius played the drums. So they had this little concert in Martine and Marius' living room. I went there with my best friend Renate, and it was fun to be there with her too. :) It's been a really busy but nice weekend. Now I'm going to work today, tuesday and wednesday, and then on thursday (christmas eve) I'm going to my cousins house and we're celebrating Christmas there. I'm excited, it's going to be fun. :)

it's not getting easier

2009-12-17T22:14:00.005+01:00

Finally..! Christmas break! I had my exam today. It was awful. We only have 3 hours and we had three pages of questions about grammar. Analyse this, fill in the correct form of the verb here, comment the use of that. I wrote 9 pages. In three hours. All about grammar!! It shouldn't be possible. And I was stressed out like a crazy person. No breaks, no eating, I didn't do anything except write, write, write. (And think.) I don't like these exams. They would be alright if we just had another hour but we don't. So I don't have enough time, it's just all stressful and I'm pretty sure I could have answered at least a couple of questions a lot better if I had more time. But it doesn't matter, it's over and there's nothing I can do about it now. So now I'm just going to enjoy christmas break and the fact that when I'm working I don't have to think about ANY work related stuff when I walk out the door at the end of my work shift. Nice.

(Photo from weheartit.com)
It's cold here now. It's almost ten below zero. And windy, which makes it even colder. But at least it feels like winter. <3

Lost like tears in rain

2009-12-15T07:50:00.003+01:00

(I've probably used this picture before. Sorry if anyone remembers xD haha)
I really needed a good nights sleep. But no. I went to bed at a little after twelve (which was a little later (like an hour) than I wanted to, but no surprise there), and I actually fell asleep pretty fast. But then I woke up.. Around five times between 12 and 2! I feel so exhausted. And sick. I'm getting sick, crap. I don't think that it's swineflu, thoguh, because if it is, it's really overrated. It's just like a head cold, so I think it's just my normal "i'm running on the lowest gear and really need a break"-head cold that I often have right before Christmas breaks or at other times where I'm really tired. It's weird how that breaks down your immune system.

And then over to the picture and headline. Fightstar! I'm pretty sure they would be no good if they had a different singer, sorry to say. Maybe.. But I just love his voice. I've been listening to one of their songs a lot lately, The English Way. And it's such a great song. How he sings at the refrain..! On days like these, when I wake up and feel like crap, I'm so glad there's music. I just need to listen to a good song and my mood lifts a little at once. So here's this amazing song (w/ music video):

(Funny fact: after reading comments to this video, I realized that the singer was actually in the band Busted!? Haha, that's so funny, I used to be a huge fan back in the day... XD)

So now I'm off (walking, buu) to school. I'm not excited, I don't want to go. But only today, tomorrow and then my exam on thursday, then I'm finally done.

And I have some good news! I get to work for 7 days during Christmas break! YAY! That means I can concentrate on school next semester, and I don't have to work then. Buuut it also means I have to start paying taxes for the first time in my life. (In Norway you can earn a certain amount of money every year before you start paying taxes, and I did that this summer. Oh well, guess it's time for me to contribute too.) And then the only sad part about working during Christmas break: I'm starting at 6:00am on friday. (I will be dead.)

hold on for your life because only the strong survive

2009-12-14T19:44:00.004+01:00

I'm tired. And so ready for Christmas break. I was at school for 7 hours today and I have NOT slept enough lately. So I'm just really really tired. I AM going to bed early today. At 11 or something. Hopefully I will fall asleep fast, lately I've been having some trouble falling asleep.

So just because I need to think about something positive; here's a couple of things I'm looking forward to at the moment:
- CHRISTMAS BREAK:
-> My friend and her family are having a small Christmas concert
-> Celebrating Christmas with my aunt, uncle and cousins.
-> Coming home to my room there, my huge bed and amazing sheets (haha)
-> Spending Christmas break with my parents
-> Going for walks with my mum
-> Having time for reading and playing guitar and the piano

- Going to Skeikampen in February with my family, and going snowboarding there, YAY!

Only two more days of reading, and then my LAST exam this semester is on thursday.. Can't wait to be done!

the place where i belong

2009-12-12T22:38:00.006+01:00

I love traveling. And usually when I go places, I'm pretty proud to be able to tell people that I'm Norwegian. I am a real patriot and I love Norway. Of course Norway isn't perfect (except for maybe the nature, haha!), and it has it faults like every other country, but all in all I have to say that I consider myself pretty freaking lucky to have grown up in this amazing country.

So what makes Norway so great?
- Like I already mentioned, I love the nature
- The seasons. How they are so different, but still all really nice
- The educational system. That the state gives us loans so that everyone has the opportunity to go to university, no matter how much money you have (AND universitys owned by the state don't really cost anything..)

One thing I think is very interesting is trying to find out what other people think about Norway and Norwegians. The other day I was at my cousin's place(she made us Christmas dinner, it was very nice), and we talked a little bit about this. One of my other relatives who were there has a Swedish boyfriend and she was talking about how they see Norwegians. That roused my curiosity, so since I didn't have much else to do tonight I decided to use one of my favourite webpages (called google) to try to find out what other people think about Norwegians. Here's some of what I found out!

http://lowrylore.wordpress.com/
This is the blog of an American couple that was living in Norway for a year. Their most recents posts are not about this, but on the right side menu you can click a link called "Life In Norway" and read their blogs from this time. I thought it was really interesting because they see our culture from an outside perspective but still seem to have understood a lot about it. (After all they only lived here for a year!) Make sure you read this post with fun facts about Norway!

Global etiquette -Norway profile
This was mostly funny. They actually have one quote in Norwegian, and this is wrong! They wrote "Takk for matten" and said it's supposed tp mean "thank you for the food", but in fact it does not. It means "thank you for the mat" or "thank you for the math". The real expression is "Takk for maten" with only one t, which in Norwegian is pronounced quite differently. Way to go, teaching business men to say the wrong thing! :P

Funny facts about Norway
So this was actually written by a Norwegian, but it's still great reading just because it's so true. For instance, at the bottom he(/she?) writes this:

"Strangers.

Most Norwegians think it is odd when someone start talking or smiling to them on the bus."

I don't know, but that might sound familiar to those of you who have read my blog for a little while... Reading that totally cracked me up! (HINT) (I have to add that some of the things written there are very clearly influenced by his(/her?) views on things..)

I hope someone enjoyed this, even though I suspect that this might be more fun for me than everyone else, since I am Norwegian myself and can relate to so many of the things written about "my" country.. I hope that some of my American/Canadian/latin friends are reading this. You should come visit me one day, then you can see for yourself if (/that) all of this is true!

don't let the color of my eyes fade

2009-12-11T20:47:00.006+01:00

Isn't it amazing, the favors a good photo editing program will do for you?

I do personally not have a lot of money to spend on expensive photo editing programs like photoshop, but a while ago I found out that there is actually an alternative. It's 100% free (oh how the student in me likes the sound of that word!) and it's called GIMP. In my opinion, it works just as well as Photoshop. In fact, I still haven't found anything that you can do in Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro that you can't do in GIMP. I have used GIMP to edit the photo in this post, and to make my current layout. The only problem is that sometimes (especially if you try to follow a photoshop tutorial or you're used to another program) you might have some trouble finding stuff because they're obviously not in the same places. But hey, that's what google is for, right?

So if you don't have photoshop or any other expensive photo editing program, but want to start editing your photos in something other than Windows Paint, my advice is that you try GIMP for free!

highway of endless dreams

2009-12-07T23:07:00.007+01:00

Dreams. Hopes for the future. I think it's really important to have dreams and goals in life. To know what you want to acheive. Some people will reach their goals and live their dreams, while others won't. But it's still important to dream. Because I think that when we have goals and we try to reach for tehm, we push ourselves. A little dancer dances for another half and hour even though she's tired, a piano player plays another scale even though dinner was ten minutes ago, a photographer takes another picture even when everyone tells him that he has taken enough pictures for one day and that they're tired of being his models.

Why do we do all of this? Because of that one dream. And I think that we should keep dreaming and believe in ourselves. Maybe one day we will live to see our dreams come true, or maybe we won't. The most important thing is that we try to push the limits of what we think we can do and grab all the opportunities that we can get to see new places, try new things and meet people. I think that just as important as the dream actually coming true is all the things you will experience on your way if you always do your best and try to do a little more than you thought you could.

Live life to the fullest (Ernest Hemingway)

this time i won't ignore, not hesitate; just adore

2009-12-06T21:14:00.008+01:00

I'm trying to learn Life Is Beautiful by Sixx: A.M. But I'm not very patient so sometimes I goof off and start jamming by myself. This is the result, what I ended up with today. How very exciting!!

(And today, after trying for quite some time to figure out how to seperate the sound from this video, hoping that I might be able to add only the sound of me playing and not a video of it, I suddenly realized that I can just record it with the recording tool thingy that's on my computer instead of my webcam. M brain workds so slowly sometimes...)

drink and binge the waters of the sea

2009-12-03T11:14:00.006+01:00

I almost forgot about the rest of the pictures from our trip! So here are finally the pictures from Brighton. <3

We went down to the beach to take pictures ^^ And a lady took a pictures of all three of us. It's not very good, but it's the best with all of us in it. ;)

.......LOL

I took this picture of Elmira. I love it, she looks so pretty and the color of her eyes is perfect!

Elmira and Irene <3

Charlie's Angels? (We were having fun)

Sorry, but I'm not really sure what this is. :P It looks cool though! I think it used to be like a summer house for the royal family or something like that?

Irene and me <3 I have missed her so much! It was so good to be with her again ^^ Here we are on the bus on our way to her house.

In the movie theatre! We were going to see the premiere of New Moon. There were so many fangirls there, they were screaming even before the movie started. o_O

AND WE WENT TO STARBUCKS!!! IT WAS SO AWESOME AND I REALLY WISH WE HAD STARBUCKS IN NORWAY!!!!!!! Not. I don't like coffee and their hot chocolate is just way too sugary. I think Irene and Elmira enjoyed it though, haha! I don't know what's up with the puppy eyes here, maybe we ran out of cashew nuts? :O

I like this picture. It's somewhere in this shopping area called Lanes, where there's lots of small shops, and old pubs and restaurants. (And, even though it doesn't really look like it in this picture, it was raining, so there's a reason why we have umbrellas xD)

sometimes you need some realness in your life

2009-12-02T00:33:00.008+01:00

I thought this was hilarious :D (Still do, actually.) It's even funnier IRL though, 'cause usually you can't see that it says BOSS below the note. I'm thinking maybe I should just cut out the piece of the paper that says BOSS, and then see if anyone gets the joke.. Anyways, you have to actually know what kind of pedal it is to think it's funny. Which means that I'm really the only one who's ever in my room who actually gets it. Except from Elmira because I showed her and she said I was stupid. Oh well, at least I can laugh and think about how much I love dry jokes, every time I play my guitar! :D

So my life is not very exciting lately. I had my exam on Monday. I think it went pretty well. Who knows, I'll have to wait until the 17th of December before they'll tell me. So, two exams down, only one to go! And it's not until the 17th of December. (I know, I'm sooo lucky, I get to know the results for one exam just as I'm done with another!!)

Today is the first of December. I should have been opening the first door in my advent calendar, but I don't have a calendar this year. I don't think I did last year either, but it still makes me a little sad. I was thinking about buying a chocolate one, but they're pretty expensive so I didn't bother. And the chocolate in there is not any good anyways. So why pay for everyday dissappointment? :P

And then, before I go to bed, I'm going to get to the point of my headline here. Because this is probably the best news I've heard in a while; FAMILY FORCE 5 ARE GOING TO MAKE REALLY REAL SHOWS AGAIN!! Sometimes you do need some realness in your life :P Those shows are going to make the next two weeks before my last exam so much better. :D Here's one of their old shows, I think it's really funny (but I guess you should probably know how these people are to actually understand their humor :P)

remember what it means to feel alive

2009-11-29T00:32:00.007+01:00

Don't give up, it takes a while
I have seen this look before
And it's alright
You're not alone
If you don't love this anymore

I hear that you've slipped again
I'm here 'cause I know you'll need a friend

And you know that accidents can happen
And it's okay,
We all fall off the wagon sometimes
It's not your whole life
It's only one day
You haven't thrown everything away.

Take some time and learn to breathe
And remember what it means
To feel alive
And to believe
Something more than what you see
I know there's a price for this
But some things in life you must resist

So don't give up
It takes a while

Seeing as this was written by a man who used to be a drug addict (but is now clean and sober), about his struggle to stop using drugs, I think it's really weird that I can relate to this so well. But I can, so easily. And it's a beautiful song. The lyrics are really good (as you already know if you read what I posted above), and the lead singer of Sixx: A.M., James Michael, is awesome. You can listen to the song here if you want to:

(And if you want to hear James Michael sing live (and you should :P), you can see a live video of their song "Life Is Beautiful" from Cruefest here.)

no more the fools in the photographs

2009-11-26T21:23:00.007+01:00

Yay, the pictures are finally here! There are a lot so I didn't bother fixing them all now (after a while it's not that much fun anymore..) But here are the ones from London, for a start. ^^

Christmas decorations. (I think? :P Some kind of decorations anywas)

We both went to the hair dresser! Elmira got highlights ^^ (I just trimmed my hair)

We went to Buckingham Palace to see the guards change (but failed). Well, at least we got pictures in front of the gate!! 8D

Because I'm weird I thought this looked cool. They're all umbrellas!! :'D

We had a belgian waffle!! (Yes we just split one, like the old married couple we are)

Elmira's hair :D (Fixed by the hairdresser.)

My hair (at least the back of my head). "My" hairdresser (who was actually from Iran and Elmira and her were talking in Persian. o_O It was really weird and cool) really wanted to curl it :P

Oh, and aren't these the Canadian candy bars that I heard so much about while I was in Costa Rica? I guess they have them in England too, so at least you Canadians don't have to be afraid to move there; you'll still find your favourite chocolate. :)

come to a rest that flows from a spring unseen

2009-11-25T11:50:00.004+01:00

(Another photo from Irene's facebook.. Elmira took it. It's really good, I like it!!)

I'm sorry I haven't added any of my pictures from England yet. I will, I just haven't had the time yet. I've been at the university from 8 in the morning to 4-5 in the afternoon, studying. I have my exam in linguistics (actually, it's what we in norwegian call "ExFac" or "Examen Facultatum", but mine is about linguistics) on Monday and I have hardly been reading the whole semester, I've just been concentrating on the Spanish. So now I have to pull myself together and sit and work for hours every day.

But today I decided that I wouldn't. I woke up today feeling cold and tired and my throat was hurting. Then when I was sitting in class I felt sick to my stomack. I am usually a morning person, and when my alarm goes off I'll just jump out of bed and start making breakfast or whatever. But this week I have almost not been able to get out of bed at all, which is really not how I usually am. So I decided that I'm not going to sit st school and read today. In stead I went home and now I'm going to try to get some sleep instead. I have not been resting much (at least not enough) after all of the traveling last weekend, and now my body is saying stop. So I'm just going to finish my book and then lay in bed and listen to some Sixx: A.M. and Alter Bridge, so hopefully after a little while I can fall asleep. (Sleeping during the day is another thing I can usually NOT do.)

coming home

2009-11-22T19:07:00.006+01:00

Picture stolen from Irene Kjekshus' facebook because I haven't edited or uploaded any of my own pictures yet. (I will do it later.)

Earlier today I came back from my weekend trip to England! My roomie (Elmira) and I went to Brighton to visit our friend Irene who's studying there for a year. But we left on wednesday so that we would have two days in London first. We did lots of shopping, and we randomly walked around for the longest time (I don't even know where, but it was somewhere around Victoria station) just looking at everything we found along our way. It was nice. ^^

Then we went to Brighton to hang out with Irene on Friday and Saturday. It was so good seeing her again, and it was fun meeting her "family" and seeing where she lives. And finally, it was REALLY nice getting away from school work for a little while now right before the exams start, so now I'm all set for long days in the university's library for a couple of weeks!

SNOW = FUN

2009-11-17T20:18:00.003+01:00

On Sunday I was sitting at home, and I was a little bored. (I didn't want to do school work even though of course that's what I should have been doing..) And on Friday it was snowing, which made me really want to go snowboarding. So I started to look through some winter memories, and realized that I have a lot of pictures and videos from playing in the snow and snowboarding and stuff like that. So I decided that I would make a video. After hours of editing and looking through clips, I added it to Youtube so that you can see it too. It really makes me excited for winter, so I hope it will make you excited too!

So tell me what you think ^^ I'm sorry it's not very professional, it's called Windows Movie Maker.. Haha!

Tomorrow I'm going to London and then to Brighton on Friday. My friend Irene lives there this semester so Elmira and I decided to go visit her. I'm so excited!! :D So have a nice week and weekend everyone, I'll be back on sunday. :)

what would i do, lonely as you?

2009-11-15T23:53:00.004+01:00

Today a complete stranger started talking to me. I was walking across the street from the subway to get to my bus, and because my stop is the last/first stop, the bus was there even though it was five minutes until it was leaving. I walked over, hoping that the bus driver would open the door so I didn't have to wait outside in the cold. But she didn't open, and that was when this guy opened his mouth.

First he was talking about the bus, that it was leaving in five minutes. I'm not used to strangers talking to me like that, so I just half mumbled an answer. I was a little creeped out, so I decided to take my iPod out. But he just kept talking while I was taking it out. Saying that listening to music with headphones isn't good for you. I was starting to realize that this guy was going to have a conversation with me whether I wanted to or not, so I couldn't resist answering him. So we started talking, and he was talking to me the whole time we were waiting for the bus and until he was getting off the bus. About the movie 2012, if the world is going to end, and how he wanted to go to the moon.

This was a very strange experience for me. People just don't usually talk to me like that! It's just not really normal, you know, that people talk to you on the street in a big city! But I have to admit it made me curious. Why did he talk to me? He looked pretty normal, and the things he said weren't crazy, so I guess I have to admit he seemed pretty normal too. So then why was he talking to a stranger on the bus? I guess he might have been lonely. If that's the case, I feel really sorry for him. Loneliness is one of the saddest feelings I know.

I think it's weird how lonely you can get in a city like this. Everywhere you go you just see so many people having a good time. Everywhere you go it seems like everyone knows each other. I usually go to church here with a friend of mine from high school, but a couple of weeks ago she was going home, but I decided I'd go without her. I don't really know a lot of people there, so I was just sitting there alone, and no one ever came over to talk to me. It's not a nice feeling when you're sitting there and everyone else has got someone to talk to. And to be honest, I think it's really sad that someone can come to church like that without anyone talking to them. To me it's okay because I usually have someone to go there with. But if I was someone who was just curious I sure wouldn't have felt very welcome or ever wanted to come back. Having that experience really made me think. How is that showing God's love to anyone?

searching for security in tragedy

2009-11-13T22:47:00.012+01:00

Okay, the time is here for video and pictures from the The Devil Wears Prada concert! It was awesome, me and my friend were standing in front, by the barrier, right in front of Jeremy. The band did a really good show and were really energetic at stage. They played all of their good songs, the only one I missed was Still Fly. Karoline and I had been asking them everywhere if they would play it, but they didn't. :( I guess we were doing it a little late, or they just didn't want to. I don't know. I was just really happy that they played Big Wiggly Style, Hey John What's Your Name Again?, Dogs Can Grow Beards All Over and Dez Moines. I liked the setlist. :)

The crowd was good, there were not too many people there (like I expected seeing as they're not that big in Norway and I guess they probably have many fans that aren't 18 yet. Not that they checked my ID anyways!!). But the people who were there were crazy! People kept climbing onto the stage and were stage diving into the crowd and crowd surfing on this really small crowd, it was awesome. And as you can hear on my videos people were singing along..! Haha, you can't even hear Jeremy in most of them!

To me, the only sad part was that I the volume on the microphones were too low. You could barely hear their singing which obviously is an important part..

After the show Karoline and I were just hanging out in there. We didn't want to go home because that kind of meant the night was over, which made us sad, plus it was really early (only like 11) so we had time. And then right after we bought hoodies suddenly James (who plays the keyboard) was standing there right next to us! So we talked to him for a while and took a picture with him ^^ And then we went to get some water and he actually walked over to us later to say bye before he left. I didn't expect that, it was nice. Afterwards we also talked a little bit to Jeremy. They were both nice and really down to earth :)

So that was the concert, it was a really really great concert, definately one of the best ones I've been to.. (and I've been to quite a few by now..!)

And then the pictures, first the picture of Karoline, James and me :D

And I got a really funny picture of Mike. He looks crazy with those eyes and his missig tooth!! XD haha

Danger: Wildman

2009-11-12T08:35:00.004+01:00

The concert yesterday was awesome, I had a great time. But I can't write about it right now, because I'm at school and I have to write a paper that's due at 12 today. (I'm almost done so I just have to type it on my computer and check all the answers)
So this is me right now. On the library in my new The Devil Wears Prada hoodie! I actually really wanted a shirt, but because Oslo was the last show on their tour they were pretty much sold out. :( But I love the hoodie anyways! And I'll write about the show and post pictures and video later ;)

(Gotta love webcam quality pictures!!!)

All stars could be brighter

2009-11-09T00:21:00.005+01:00

The Devil Wears Prada. In the last 6 months I have listened to 600 songs by this band (according to my last.fm profile, which means you could probably add a couple houndred more to get the real number, because last.fm refuses to scrobble my ipod >_<). The last week I have listened to them 107 times, which means 15 songs every day.

I guess most people would say that The Devil Wears Prada plays metalcore. They have one guy, Mike Hrancia, who does lead vocals (screaming) and Jeremy Depoyster who plays the guitar and does clean vocals (what most people would call normal singing). But on their newest CD (With Roots Above And Branches Below), Jeremy has got a song all for himself. That is the song I posted above, it is a slower song (not metalcore). You should listen to it, it's a really good song..!

And in only three days (on Wednesday) these guys are playing at John Dee here in Oslo. I'm going there with Karoline, and I'm so excited, I can't wait!! They have such good music and lyrics, and some of the best breakdowns I think I've ever heard. They are a Christian metalcore band, and they are awesome! I actually kind of love them the same way I love Blindside. And there's not many bands I would say that about! Songs like Big Wiggly Style and Hey John, What's Your Name Again just makes me want to jump around like a crazy person. I love it! I've been counting down the days until Wednesday for a long time now, it's going to be perfect!

I will just add parts of some of my favorite lyrics by The Devil Wears Prada, so maybe you can understand a little more why I love them.

What should we ask for?
Who should we run to, if all we know is burning bridges?
Don't speak to me like I'm a stranger
Turn your thoughts to the roots
As we've all been caught up in the branches

Don't run if you don't know your walk

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Gasp for the truth you once lived
Beyond this world is what is always breathing
Beyond this world is worth dying for
I remember what you used to claim
You can't bury conviction with anything

Our message will grow,
no matter the mistakes made within construction!

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Keep this on your mind,
keep it within your eyelids.
Don't climb for a lifetime only to fall short of infinity
Everything is left!

My day

2009-11-07T22:41:00.002+01:00

I don't know how many hours I have played my guitar today. It's fun! So I can't say I'm complaining :)

Passion

2009-11-06T22:03:00.001+01:00

"Life can be so easy to live without passion, and its value is squandered when your mind and heart are not stretched and tried. There is truth to be sought and inspiration to be found when you shut your eyes on the bleak picture the world has painted and told you to accept. Think deeply about what you believe and why. Don't be afraid of failure, act creatively and strive for depth of character. I am resolved in my heart to rise above mediocrity."
-Joel Piper

Improv Everywhere!

2009-11-06T00:27:00.003+01:00

This totally just made my day. Wouldn't it be beyond awesome to do something like this?? :D

(If you want to see more videos like this one (they are all really cool, I promise you. After seeing one I couldn't stop watching more and more untill almost an hour later!), you can see Improv Everywhere's channel here.)

The best mum in the world

2009-11-03T21:05:00.007+01:00

So this post is dedicated to my mum. I love her and she's the best mum in the world. I actually wish that I was at my house and that I could go for a walk in the "lysløypa" with you tomorrow. But the 1 1/2 hour long train ride didn't really tempt me today, so I'm staying here by myself instead. :(

(The picture is of me and my mum from my high school graduation day. I love this picture with the background and everything. ^^)

And you asked me if I would post some Bob Marley songs for you, so here are some of the ones I like the best.

Click the links and they'll take you to youtube where you can hear the songs over and over again :)
Buffalo Soldier
Is This Love
Three Little Birds
No Woman No Cry
One Love

And here are some from one of the most beautiful countries in the world; COSTA RICA, so that you can watch while listening to the songs and thinking back to our vacation there in january. Weird how it feels like it was so long ago, when it's not even been a year..!

And I'm sorry if you've seen all of these pictures before, I took all of them from my photobucket (too lazy to resize and upload new ones), which means they've probably been on here before.. :P And all pictures are taken by me. (Except the one with my mum and me, obviously)

Things I don't like

2009-11-01T04:55:00.004+01:00

#1: Neigbours in the apartment above me, who wake me up at four o'clock in the morning with loud music and bass that makes my head hurt.

Especially when, an hour later, the party's still on.

(Photo)

the world you painted was new

2009-10-30T15:39:00.003+01:00

So here it is! The hoodie I made, it's finally 100% done. I love it! ^^ I had fun making it, and it worked out really well, the edges are almost perfect. Yay!

What's delicate is lost

2009-10-29T10:29:00.002+01:00

So, I've finally made a new layout! Yay! It was about time, I didn't really ever like the last one, so I've been wanting to change it for a while now. So two days ago I started editing these three pictures (from tdwp.net) of Jeremy Depoyster from The Devil Wears Prada. After hours of editing and then even more hours of trying to code this with blogger, it's finally done. :) It took a while because blogger makes everything so much harder than it really has to be. Some things I just couldn't figure out how to change so I gave up. Oh well.. It was just some details, I'm such a perfectionist that I want everything to be perfect. :P Tell me what you think about it! ^-^

So I hope you guys like it. I actually do like it, and it's been a while since I made anything that I like. I'm starting to learn more about using GIMP too, and that's awesome. It's weird to find out that things that annoyed me in there can be solved so easily, and I like it when I can learn more about how to use the program because suddenly I can see so many new possibilities.

But I think I have to go to school now, I haven't been doing ANY school work at all the last couple of days because of my hoodie project and this layout. My hoodie is done too btw, so tonight I'm going to see how it turned out. If it's okay I'll post pictures tomorrow or saturday! :)

And last but not least, I have bloglovin' now, so please follow my blog by clicking this button!

AWWW.

2009-10-23T01:20:00.004+02:00

I used to love this show so much, and then today while I was eating my lunch I turned on the TV, and they showed this on NRK3. There was no question as to what I was going to watch while I was eating..!

The song is actually on spotify, so if you want to hear it you can click here.
http://open.spotify.com/track/5DpPGQAD2C918lf1vUaBra

Watching this and hearing the song brings back such great memories of one of the best TV shows ever. I loved "Mummidalen" as it's called in Norwegian.

And another show I used to love is Mumfie. The little elephant with his friends scarecrow and pinky, the little flying pig. Espescially the long episode (or would you call it a movie, I don't even know..), the one that's most famous. "The Magic Adventure of Mumfie". You can find parts of it on youtube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TozPA9FomfU. But I've got to say that the song really is a lot better in norwegian.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVjUH0GQSYc)

So what were your favourite TV shows when you were a kid?

Instrumentals

2009-10-20T17:20:00.003+02:00

Am I the only person who loves instrumentals? I always listen to music when I'm going to sleep so I often listen to instrumentals then. And I love them. Both instrumentals with only guitar or piano, or with cello or a complete orchestra.

And today I found the prettiest instrumental I've heard in a long time. It's written by the guys from the metal band Becoming The Archetype, but this is a song that is completely different from the rest of their music. It's called St. Anne's Lullaby.

I love it when metal bands write songs like these. It just proves to everyone who thinks metal is not good music that it actually is, if you'll just give it a chance. Maybe people prefer other types of music, but metal really is awesome no matter what people say. So just listen to the song, and tell me what you think. I promise you there's no screaming or distorted guitars, haha.

And then I will give you a short list to some of my favourite instrumentals, so if you like this one then maybe you'll like some of these too.

Bach's cello suite prelude no. 1 (yes, i prefer it on the guitar even though i love cello. this song is just better on the guitar)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ONdm4sW47c
Yanni; Adagio In C Minor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3QDOLw8BgE
Yiruma; When The Love Falls (pretty much every song by yiruma)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6kROr0DwWs
Enya; Watermark
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1E5roiyYF8

Enjoy! And I would love to hear about other good instrumentals if you know any. :)

Black rose

2009-10-19T11:33:00.006+02:00

I'm making my own hoodie! I have almost everything ready, I just need to figure out how I'm going to make my stencil, what material I'm going to use. This far I'm thinking freezer paper or contact paper because I want to be able to stick it to the fabric. Then I just have to wash the hoodie I'm using and cut the stencil and I'm ready to paint! I really hope it works out okay, later today I'm going to try it on an old piece of fabric I have here. It's going to be fun :D

And here's the design. Yes it's a Blindside hoodie and I've just used their designs, with stencils from the Blindside Union webpage. The hoodie template is made by Jake Burke. This is what the finished hoodie (hopefully) will look like :D

here it goes again

2009-10-17T20:42:00.003+02:00

So this is what we did when we were bored at school last year.. Michelle, Janna, Jacob and me started making our own version of Ok Go's video for here it goes again!

You've Got Mail!

2009-10-14T10:24:00.011+02:00

My package arrived in the mail yesterday :D YAY. I bought these CDs because they're awesome and they're not that well known so I wanted to support the bands. (Even though I know that it's more like supporting their record labels, that's okay since it's an indie label and not one of the stupid major labels..) Anyways. It's some really good music, and without doubt worth my money. Check it out if you want to. It's Sleeping Giant - Sons Of Thunder and Corpus Christi - The Darker Shades of White.

By the way, I bought these at www.nordicmission.net. It's a great store where they have Christian rock and metal, and there are lots of good bands on there. I heard about them when I was at Skjærgårds Music & Mission this summer, I started talking to a guy from there and he recommended me two CDs (The Devil Wears Prada; With Roots Above And Branches Below and Social Suicide's EP), which were both really great CDs. I like that there are websites like this that makes it so easy for me to find and buy CDs you can't find in the "Platekompaniet" stores. (The biggest Norwegian music stores)

Seven Pounds

2009-10-12T11:06:00.009+02:00

Have anyone seen this movie? Elmira (my roomy) and me watched it yesterday. Seven Pounds. It's really good . I was sitting there with my eyes glued to the screen for the whole movie. I loved it! And it actually made me cry. I hardly ever cry, but yesterday, at the end of this movie, I did. If you want to see a good movie, you should watch this!

Blindside.

2009-10-11T00:23:00.005+02:00

She said what I was supposed to think
Thank God for freedom
Thank God for liberation
Now we are allowed to think
Now we are allowed to feel
lust without cute boring love

But don't you ever just like me
Long for purity?
And don't you ever
Get so sick of our territories?

What are you so scared of sister
What made you so afraid to feel, to feel
To choose, to choose this stone cold liberation
The one thing I hate most about me
Is the one thing you want to make your trademark
To feel lust without cute boring love

But don't you ever just like me
Long for purity
And don't you ever
Get so sick of territories
And don't you ever feel like glass
Fragile, hurting, letting it pass
And don't ever, don´t you think it's time to trespass

But when the fire is gone
Who are you?
Who are you now?
Who are you?
What are you so scared of?
But I´m just as scared
What are you so scared of (as you)
What are you so scared of?
What are you so scared of sister?
What are you so scared of?

Don't you ever just like me
Long for purity
And don't you ever
Get so sick of territories
And don't you ever feel like glass?
Fragile, hurting, letting it pass
And don't ever, don´t you think it's time?
And don't you ever feel like glass
Fragile, hurting, letting it pass
And don't ever, don´t you think it's time to trespass?

Hair

2009-10-09T17:25:00.005+02:00

Okaaaay, so I really want to cut my bangs! But I can't decide. I'm so stupid, I can never make ANY decisions at all. So I'm hoping that maybe you want to help me!

Okey, so first a picture of me with bangs:

And this is what my hair looks like right now when I don't do anything to fix it. I don't like it so usually I always straighten it.

Okei, so now, please help me! Should I cut my bangs again or should I just let them grow?

What am I going to do with my life?

2009-10-05T10:47:00.004+02:00

I am seriously starting to get worried. I've been thinking about my future and what I'm going to do a lot lately. Without going anywhere. I don't know what I want to do. I can't find anything that I really want to do, and the few couple of things I think would have been interesting and fun are things where you have to be creative, and I think that it's soon about time i realize that I'm just not that creative.

In case some of you didn't know, right now I'm taking Spanish at the university in Oslo. It's really a bachelor in languages, and in the bachelor you have 60 points of subjects in one language, 40 in another language, and then 40 which you can choose whatever you want to. I chose Spanish for the 60-group, and that's all I've chosen this far.

I took this for mainly 3 reasons:
1. I was thinking that I learned Spanish when I went to Costa Rica and then I could get an examn to prove that I know spanish now. (I can't say I learnt as much Spanish as I wanted to, but I guess I still learnt a lot..)
2. I think learning Spanish is fun. I love learning new languages.
3. I needed something to do and this was the best thing I could think of.

I chose the bachelor (3 years) instead of just taking one year of spanish because I wanted to be able to take some of the time in another country if I wanted to.. But now I don't know what to do! I don't want to study forever even though I like life as a student. My loan will just be way to big, and I need to get on with my life too..

So what I've been thinking is that I could take a year in a different country. The dream would be taking one semester in a spanish-speaking country so that I could really learn Spanish (I would want to live with a family so I had to speak Spanish), and then one semester in the States or Canada so that I could be closer to all of my friends there for a while.. But that wuold mean taking at least two years of the bachelor. And if I do, I might as well just take another year and then actually have a degree.. The only problem with coompleting this bachelor is that there are really only two jobs you get once you're done, teacher and translator. And I really don't want to be any of those things. So am I going to take three years' education that won't get me anywhere?

So what do I do? Do I just try something else, something random? Do I try something I want to, but I'm afraid won't work or won't give me a job when I'm done? Do I just start working so that I can have some time to think without having school and loans to worry about at the same time? Or do I just complete what I've started and then start on another bachelor/master after already having spent three years on a bachelor that's good for nothing?

I hate not having a plan, and not knowing where I'm going or what I'm doing. I just wish I knew what I wanted. I feel like I used to know everything I wanted. I used to know what I liked to do, what I wanted to be, but lately everything's just confusing. I feel that when people ask me what I like, the answers I give are the answers I gave in middle school. And that it's not necessarily because I still like the same things, more because I don't know what I like anymore. And I thought it was supposed to be the other way around.. Confused as a teenager, but then when you're growing up you suddenly know everything. I guess I just fail at life.

Realplayer

2009-10-03T12:11:00.010+02:00

Okei, so I guess that a lot of you people, just like me, are huge fans of youtube? Did you ever find a video that you love so much that you want to download it to your computer? Or if you are also a music g33k (like me), you have probably found songs on youtube that you just can't seem to find anywhere else. It's not on spotify, but you REALLY want that song in your playlist. So what do you do?

Yes, you can use stupid webpages like mediaconverter.org to try and download the song from there. But most people who have tried any of these things, know that they hardly ever work.

So what do you do to get that one song you really wanted? You download REALPLAYER for free. Then you download the video using realplayer, and then you convert it to mp3 using the very same program. Tadam, you have your mp3 ready!

And it's SO easy. When you're on youtube you just hold your mouse over the video and this little thing pops up in the top right corner of the video:

When you click it, the download starts automatically. If you just want the video, there you are. If you want to convert it to mp3, you click "Convert all" down where there are several small buttons. (In case you didn't automatically understand that, this means that you can also download ten songs if you want to and then convert all of them with just one click. Genious!)

Then this window pops up, you chose mp3 format (there are lots of different formats to chose from..!), and then you click the big, green button that says "start".

I'm pretty sure there is no way it could be easier. This thing is my new best friend!

I guess I should add that this is also actually a media player that you can use to play music and videos, and I'm pretty sure you can also use it to add music to your iPod or other mp3 player. But I've got other programs for all of that, so I never tried out those things.

(If you have any questions about how to use this or anything like that, just comment or send me an e-mail or whatever you want to.) Hope this is useful! :)

Number three, never forget

2009-10-01T15:05:00.002+02:00

Replace Me

2009-09-29T23:05:00.003+02:00

My Batteries died sometime ago
Got a heart shaped box where they must go
Corrosion's building every day
My flesh is leading me astray
that's why I started to decay
and I will slowly rot away but I can't feel that anyway

This heart it wants to beat
These lungs they want to breathe
These eyes they wants to see
Got a mouth that wants to sing

Desperation, needing you
Every last breath
I scream for you
Shatter me into a million pieces
Make me new

Crush me, tear me, break me, mold me
Make me what you want me to be
I am yours for you to use
Take and replace me with you

I need more than just a jump start to get me through
My disconnection is now the issue

I miss my first love bad and its driving me mad
Just like a mixed up crazy person out of his head
Its been a long long time I've been on the decline
I do an a-bout face so I can be replaced. 180!

This heart it wants to beat
These lungs they want to breathe
These eyes they wants to see
Got a mouth that wants to sing

Desperation, needing you
Every last breath
I scream for you
Shatter me into a million pieces
Make me new

Crush me, tear me, break me, mold me
Make me what you want me to be
I am yours for you to use
Take and replace me with you

Metal Zone

2009-09-26T17:18:00.003+02:00

So guess what came in the mail the other day? This little thing. Boss Metal Zone (MT-2). I was so excited! I bought it used from finn.no, so i got it pretty cheep. But one of the reasons why it was so cheap was that it can't run on batteries, so I had to wait a couple of more days before I could try it, untill the AC adapter I bought from an online guitar store came in the mail. The adapter came today, so FINALLY I got to try it. YAY! And it was awesome. I know a lot of people don't like these pedals because they don't like the sound. But I love it. (And the guy I bought it from had changed some components to make the sound better, I don't really know what he did, and I'm not sure I would understand even if someone told me. :P )However, it's ten thousand times better than my old amp. And obviously, having better sound will make it a lot more fun to play. So now I am so excited to play. That's fun! :D

And I'm trying to learn where all the notes are on the fretboard. Currently working on the C's. I'm taking one note every week, so it'll take me some time, but I think it will be worth it. I'm trying to apply what I already understand on the piano to the guitar (imo it's a lot harder to understand the guitar). So I found out that the day of the The Devil Wears Prada show, I will be done. (If I can keep it up, that is. Hopefully I will!) Wish me luck..! :P

Things I like

2009-09-23T22:11:00.004+02:00

#1: Going to the park when the weather is nice!

Guitar Hero?

2009-09-21T21:46:00.002+02:00

(I wish!! Haha)

I guess many of you know that I play the guitar. I'm not very good, but I have fun doing it, so that's enough for me. I also like to record it when I'm playing, so that I can see my progress. Like today, I was watching a video only a couple of weeks old, that I took right after learning the guitar solo from Warmness On The Soul (The solo starts at around 1:50). It was fun watching, and thinking about how I can play that A LOT better now. It feels good to know for sure that I'm actually learning.

I did not really plan on it, but the other day I actually took a video where I didn't make too many mistakes. So I thought I'd upload it to youtube, so that you guys can hear. It's not really the kind of song I usually play, but I still love it. It's an awesome song written by John Petrucci (guitar player known from the band Dream Theater), with only guitar. (well, and drums and stuff, but no vocals!) You can hear the whole song here if you want to.

Okay, so don't kill me because I'm not a pro. XD I've got to admit, this is freaking scary. I hope you enjoy it!

The Crow, The Fox and The Cookie

2009-09-17T20:19:00.004+02:00

Because it makes me laugh ^-^

behind silence and solitude

2009-09-15T13:13:00.004+02:00

Last Sunday my sister, her husband and I went out into the forest to look for mushrooms and to just get away from the city. It was a really nice trip; it was a warm and sunny day but you could still feel the fresh fall air. It was the perfect day to be outside!

Since I've finally got my camera back, I brought it with me and I took TONS of pictures. I thought I'd show you some of them :)

"Hmm, what kind of mushroom do you think this is?"
"Dunno... LET'S CHECK THE BOOK!"

Pretty :)

WE FOUND MUSHROOMS :D This is a mushroom that tasts really good. (The only sad part is that it will kill you)

This is how hot we look when we're out in the wild!

I like how the straws reach higher than them.

The view from our lunch spot :)

After we came home, we went to a store and I FOUND PLATANOS :D I actually still have it in my fridge, but I was thinking maybe I'll cook it tonight ^^

We also saw lots of animals.. I guess they too wanted to enjoy the nice day.

Lizard! It was so awesome seing this little fellow, you hardly ever see lizards in Norway. He was tiny, only a few centimeters long..

Little frogs :)

My favorite: the ladybug ^^ And right when I was taking this picture, the little fly came and wanted to be in the picture too..

Huggorm! The one poisonous snake we have in Norway. It was laying and tanning on the track in front of us :P

And where we stopped to eat lunch there were ducks. :)

My Life Is Average

2009-09-12T17:16:00.008+02:00

There should be more average people in the world.

Creativity=0

2009-09-11T00:53:00.003+02:00

I made a new avatar the other day. I like it. But it's so freaking boring. I wish I was creative. I used to at least be able to make simple things but now everything I make is boring. Can someone tell me how to get creative again?

Btw, I have one version with writing on it too. It says love addict. But I don't really like it, I don't think love addict goes with the picture. I was thinking about "scream your heart out" if there's enough space. But IDK. I kind of like it simple like this too. Any thoughts? :)

I'm moving in!

2009-09-01T12:26:00.003+02:00

Today, after living in my sister's apartment for three weeks while going to school, I'm can finally move in to my own apartment! Tonight I'm going to sleep in my own apartment. I'm so excited. :D

But we don't have internet there yet and I don't know when we will so you might not hear from me in a couple of days. Then I'll show you pictures from my new room! :D

I got my camera back!

2009-08-30T12:19:00.004+02:00

Yes, FINALLY. It came in the mail yesterday. So now I can start taking pictures again. Yay :)

So I don't know if any of you remember how I was cleaning and refurnishing my room in january? (You can see the post here if you want to)I showed pictures after I had cleaned it, but not after I refurnished I think? I've got to say that I really like how it ended up. Now I have a twinbed in here. I removed the big blue table and I now have a chair instead.. It's awesome, especially the twin bed. It's huge. :D

Now the doors on my closet are completely covered :)

This is at the same place it used to be, on the opposite wall from the bed.

BED!!! :D

Dance on cardboard!

2009-08-28T22:06:00.004+02:00

So, yesterday I watched NINETEEN episodes of The Really Real show. It's so entertaining, I love it. The Really Real Show is Family Force 5 on the road. And they are so funny, they do the weirdest things ever just because it's their idea of having fun. I'm constantly laughing when I'm watching their show, it's awesome.

Like when they're going on a TV show and even though they want to, the TV people won't allow them to play live. "Family Force 5 doesn't like to play over a track. If they're gonna tell us to do this, we're gonna do it our way." -Soul Glow Activator. So Crouton uses a miniature drumset, while Nadaddy, Phatty and Chap Stique plays with the huge boxing glove things Soul Glow usually uses. And in one part of the video Chap Stique is playing with his draygon in his picking hand. Haha. Gotta love them :')(See the episode here.)

So it's Family Force 5. If you don't know them you should definetely check them out. They're old music were really really good, I love it. Unfortunately I'm not a big fan of their newer stuff, it's okay, but it's not really anything special anymore. But the old songs like Master Of Disguise, Numb, and Supersonic are worth checking out.

Aw, this makes me miss my old layout. I kind of want to make a new FF5 layout. I don't really like these "selfish" (lol) layouts that have been the trend lately. I'll see what I can do when I finally get settled in my apartment ^^

Anywayzz. I guess I'm going back to watching the really real show wonderfulness. I know the humor is really weird, but when you get used to it, it's just really funny. These guys are so awesome. :) I know what I'm going to do next time I'm sad, I'll just watch the really real show and I'll cheer up again for sure!

And just because I don't really have much else to do I made a miniature ff5 playlist for you. I'm sorry that it's so huge, i could only find the songs i wanted in videos. :(

Wizards?

2009-08-25T17:44:00.009+02:00

[HP7 SPOILER] (I guess everyone who ever wanted to has already read it, but still. XD)

Today I finished reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I just have to say that as I have not read any of the Harry Potter books in some years (I've read books 1-6 SO many times I don't really want to read them again), I had totally forgotten how good they are. J. K. Rowling's writing is awesome, and these last couple of days since I started reading the book I have hardly done anything except burying my nose in it. I also think I enjoyed it that much because the only thing I remembered was something about a Patronous doe and that Snape was really good in the end. :P

This made me think that I really want J.K. Rowling to write more books. Not about Harry Potter, that would be retarded. But I've always been thinking that when a writer makes up a world like that, I don't think they can not create another world that is as good as the first one. I mean, how much fantasy can one person have?

And the best thing is, that right after I finished the book, when I was walking to the store to buy dinner, I saw this weird-looking guy. Dressed in a black cloak. And for a moment I was almost convinced that wizards really exist.

Memories

2009-08-23T22:17:00.002+02:00

So I was thinking about Port and missing people so I thought I would see if I found anything fun from Port on youtube. Well, I did. This is from La Cumbre, a camp we went to, where we had this competition and every family group had to make a cheer. We had so much fun making and performing this, it brings back so many good memories. I loved my family group (Jorge's)so much.

Sometimes all I need..

2009-08-19T21:51:00.007+02:00

..is some good music and a good book.

The University of Oslo

2009-08-11T15:04:00.004+02:00

(I did not take this photo, I kind of just used google so I don't know who took it.)

Now I'm officialy a student at norway's oldest university. Today we had this ceremony for all the new students. It wasn't too exciting, just really really hot for those of us who looked out the window this morning and decided it wouldn't be too hot today (and were very mistaken).

Yesterday was my first day, but we didn't really do anything. It was still really, really scary. I hated it. Today it's all about getting to know each other and that's nice. We are in these small buddy groups, so we have a group of about 20 people that we get to know. Today we were just talking and not doing too much, and tonight there is this party that everyone's going too. As most of you probably know, I don't really party that much, but I think I'll go there and then just stay as long as I want to. Hopefully there will be some people I know there so that I'm not very lonely. Wish me luck! XD

I'm a nerd

2009-08-06T23:18:00.005+02:00

I guess you all knew that already. But here's one thing I guess most of you didn't know: I collect coins. Big ones, small ones. Or I guess i should say money, not coins, because i think bills are cool too, with their pictures and colors. But collecting bills would get expensive, so I think I'll just keep collecting coins.

I would probably not pass as a real collector though. I never buy old coins or anything, I don't know anything about which coins are rare and actually worth something, and I keep my money in this cute little box with angels on it, and there is no.. system. But whenever I find old coins that we don't use anymore, or I go to a different country and have money left when I come home, I put the coins in this little box.

To me,the most interesting ones are the ones that are not in use anymore. I have French Franc, Italian Lire, and German Mark. I hate the fact that all of those aren't in use anymore because they all have the same currency. That is so boring! I hope Norway never ever start using stupid Euros! Having its own currency is part of what makes each country different to me, and I don't like the fact that the European Union wants to take that away from their members.

I have lots of Scandinavian coins. Instead of writing a lot about them, I'll just give you some random facts:

-I have two coins from Iceland (10 Krónur), and I have no idea where I got them from :D
-I have more Swedish coins than Norwegian ones (Not counting the ones in my wallet).
-..But more Norwegian ones than Danish ones.
-I really like the Danish ones because they are cute. They have little hearts on them and the font is cute.
-Both Norway and Denmark has got coins with holes in them.
-The oldest one I have is one from Norway, it's "50 øre" and from 1948.
-I also have 2 "1 øre" coins from 1966!
-I guess Norwegians like animals... The "1 øre" has a squirrel holding a nut on it, On the "10 øre"-coin from 1972 you can find a wasp, and "5 øre" from 1965 has a moose on it (We should start making coins with a picture of a moose on it again, I bet the german tourists would love that!)

Sorry about the image quality, blame crappy webcam quality. Or even better, blame the stupid postal service for not giving me my camera back yet!

I'm in!

2009-07-23T21:09:00.001+02:00

A couple of days ago I got the letter I've been waiting for most summer.. I got in to the school I wanted to! I'm so happy!

But at the same time I'm not excited to start at all. I don't look forward to going there not knowing what to expect, I don't want to start over getting new friends, I don't want to walk around there and feel self-conscious and stupid all the time. I hate feeling like that.

Am I weird if starting school here this fall scares me so much more than going to Costa Rica for a year all alone did?

Work

2009-07-18T19:12:00.002+02:00

I am working a lot this summer. And what is even better, I have really started liking my job. What I do? I work in a shop that sells everything for your garden (Et såkalt hagesenter på godt norsk!). (And a lot for your house too) We have furniture(for your garden), flowers, hedges and trees. We also sell and make boquets.

This has been the third summer I've been working here. At first I relly just wanted the job because it was so close to my cabin that I could ride my bike there. And two first years I didn't really enjoy it that much. I liked working with the flowers and beeing surrounded by all these beautiful flowers every day, but I it was really hard for me to help customers. There is so much you need to know to work there!

But this year I had to work a lot with the customers. This means that I have learnt so much about most things we have in the store. There is still many things I don't know, but now I know enough to answer the most frequently asked questions. And I have learnt a lot about how to make boquets and decorations with flowers. (Like the one in the picture. That is one I made two years ago, though, when I had no idea what I was doing. I just walked around my school and used whatever I found..! XD) But this is what I like the best. When I make a boquet and I actually think it looks good.

But now I only have 7 days left at work this summer. Even though I like work a lot better this summer, I'm starting to look forward to having some days off too. I will actually have almost a week where I can just relax at my cabin. I really hope the weather will be nice! :)

About a burning fire

2009-07-12T12:27:00.015+02:00

(This is a really really long one. xD I hope someone bothers to read it all, but I totally understand it if you don't. It's a lot. Haha)

One word:

BLINDSIDE.

Skjærgårds Music and Mission. Saturday 4th of July 2009. My best friend Renate, her boyfriend Chris and I saw Blindside live. This was the third time Renate and I saw them together. The first time was at Subscene in Oslo in 2006. The second time was at John Dee in Oslo in 2007. And now we got to see them for the third time, this summer. After seeing Metallica and other well-known artists on huge and impressive stages "all summer", Blindside is pretty close to delivering the best show of all of them. Of course they can't compete with Metallica's 10 000 fans, huge stage, and impressive light and pyro show, but that's such a different world that you almost can't compare.

They were just four guys on this really small club stage. But they were on fire! They totally reminded me why I love them so much. Christian Lindskog (the singer) runs around, sings his heart out, stands on the fence (right in front of me I might add), climbs into the audience (it was fun watching the stressed out faces of the guards..), dances and does an awesome show. It's fun to watch and his energy spreads to the audience and gives us energy too. We sang along, shouted, screamed, danced, headbanged and jumped. At the end of the show I was.. gross That's the only word I can think of. It was so hot in there, but it was so much fun.

Unfortunately Simon Grenehed, the guitar player, had some problems with the sound at the beginning. After one song they started playing Sleepwalking, but had to stop to fix it. It took some time, but when they fixed it, it stayed good for the rest of the show.

We went to watch the band that plawed before Blindside to make sure we got good spots for the Blindside gig, but they cleared the place between each show. At first I thought "that sucks", but then we decided to be the last people out (because then you would obviously be the first ones in). It worked perfectly, and I was seriously the first or second person through that door when they let us in, which means I got a perfect spot by the fence right in front of Christian. Throughout the show, he was standing at the fence right in front of me with both feet, holding on to my hand for support, and most of the concert he was standing right in front of me singing. Because the stage was pretty small I was so close to the other ones too, and because I was in the first row I could see everything. It was an amazing show. Blindside reminded me why I used to love them so much and why their music meant so much to me.

At the end of the show I asked one of the security guys to give me the setlist, so here it is. First what the setlist says and then the real name of the song. :P

1. Eye (of the Storm)
2. Sleepwalking
3. When I Remember
4. My Heart (I don’t remember what he called it, it was the new one)
5. Caught (a Glimpse)
6. Follow (You Down)
7. My Alibi
8. TWYD (The Way You Dance)
9. Fell In Love (With the Game)
10. Cute (Boring Love)
11. Pitiful
12. AABF (About a Burning Fire)

I think the one that I was most happy about hearing was Cute Boring Love and When I remember. (“I feel sunshine in the rain” is from When I remember for those of you that have heard about that) But My Alibi is always really good live, and I really liked the new song too. ^^ I’m glad I recorded it, so that now I can listen to it! :D

Then some pictures. I didn’t bring my camera to the Hove festival because I still haven’t fixed it, but Blindside is a different story and I have been so sad that I didn’t bring my camera the last time (What if it had been my last Blindside show ever!!), so I borrowed my dad’s camera this time. I have three videos and some pictures for you. :) I did not edit any of the pictures because I didn’t want to spend time on it. Maybe one day I will :P

Renate and me.. I really don’t know why we are so happy in there. Haha xD (And as you can see I was of course wearing my Blindside shirt!)

Renate and Chris.

Norway at 10:26 pm.

Christian Lindskog…. (On this last one he is standing in the crowd so I had to turn around to take the picture :P)

Tomas

Simon

So blurry, but it’s still one of my favourite pictures from that night. ^^

They sat down talking while waiting for Simon to fix the sound. :P

So the movies. The first one is Sleepwalking, then the new song, and then at last I added a movie from when they played my alibi, where Simon goes crazy. It’s fun to watch XD

I just can't wait for their next album to come out. I hope it's a new full-length and not another EP. I hope that their music is still just as good as it always has been. I hope they're still experimenting and renewing their music.
Bnd most of all, I hope their lyrics are just as good, deep and meaningful as they have always been. They have meant so much for me through several years. I can't even explain it. So I'll just end this post saying that everyone who hasn't heard about Blindside, or don't listen to them, that I feel sorry for you that you have missed out; that you don't care or understand.

I hoist my sail
Through there is no wind in sight
And i close my eyes to feel the fresh breeze
Paint the inside of my eyelids bright
Fill the sky with your breath
Cause you know im out of mine
Let the sky burn and i will inhale
Without a fight
I hoist my sail
And i'll just wait for you tonight

Nothing Else Matters

2009-06-18T22:08:00.012+02:00

Yesterday I saw Metallica live! It was in Oslo, the capital of Norway, and it was so awesome. They were really, really good. The stage was set up in a way I've never seen before, where they had the stage in the middle of the arena. People were standing on all sides of the stage, and then behind there again people were sitting. I was standing there on one side, almost on the front row! Most of the time I only had one guy in front of me, so I was really close and I saw a lot. It was really cool.

They had a pretty good show and they played many good songs. They played most of my favorites from the new CD, but I kind of wished they had played some of the old, good stuff too. (I still haven't heard Fade To Black live, que triste..) But they played both The Day That Never Comes and All Nightmare Long, which made me happy. I think The Day That Never Comes and Seek And Destroy were my highlights of the night. I love hearing the songs I know how to play on the guitar live. I respect those guys so much, they can play the guitar SO well! I'm kind of sad that I'm at home now without a guitar, so I can't play. But that's okay.

Oh, and if someone can't see what's in the pictures, it's first the ticket for the show, and then a pick. At the end of the show, they threw out the rest of the picks they didn't use, and I got one! It's a bass pick, as you can see, and I don't play bass, but it was still really cool. Kirk Hammet stood there throwing them, and I got it thanks to my friend Halvor that I went there with and this other awesome guy who stood and kept all the other people away while I bent down to pick it up from the ground.. So now I have a Jimmy Eat World pick from their show last spring, and a Metallica pick from the show yesterday, both bass picks! :P

And now I have guitar hero on my cabin, which is also awesome. My sister bought GH Metallica for me the other day, so tuesday (at like one in the morning when they came to our cabin with it) and wednesday morning I played it a lot. Fun!

So now I'm at home only for a couple of days, before I go to The Hove Festival. I will work there for two days and go to shows for two days. It will be awesome, I hope. (and think.. So many good bands :D) For the rest of the summer I don't really have many plans, but I'm going to work for a while and then in august I will have some vacation. It will be good :)

Videos for you guys, from the concert yesterday :) I officially love youtube! (Don't know if anyone's interested, but I was sitting here watching them anyways, so I thought I might just as well link them 8D)

Kirk's solo and the start of Nothing Else Matters. (I was standing to the right of where Kirk sits down at 2:00!)

Pyro show and the start of One. This was so awesome, I could feel the heat of the flames on my face! It had to be so hot for them who were on the stage..

The Day That Never Comes! SO FREAKING GOOD!

New layout up!

2009-06-05T01:43:00.004+02:00

Since I am safely back at home, I'm starting to write in English again. Just so all you Port people can read.. If you ever decide you want to. :)

I have made a new layout! I don't really like it. Or, I like the picture even though I was planning to do more than just that one, but I decided that it was better to actually get something up that to wait untill I could make it fancier and then not have a layout untill after summer. What I don't really like is the css. I don't know, it doesn't look any good. But I don't have the time to change it now anyways, so this is how it's gonna be.

Tomorrow I'm going to my cabin, because I start working on Saturday. That means I'm going to live at my cabin for the rest of the summer. Which again basically means no internet untill the end of the summer. My dad can use the cell phone network for his computer, but it is pretty expensive, so we usually don't use that for any more than checking mail. So if you don't hear from me a lot, now you know why..!

But I was hoping that maybe I could still keep this blog to keep you updated. I'm going to try to update here maybe once a week, so you don't have to forget about me completely.

Oh, and I finally got the haircut that I've wanted for a month or three. And my mum and I went shopping today, in Sweden. It was awesome, I found so many things I like! That's a little different than my shopping in Costa Rica. I even got new running shoes..! Haha :) It's been a nice day.

My new haircut: (sorry about the weirdness of the picture. Hah!)

Hjemme!

2009-06-03T22:55:00.002+02:00

Ja, da er jeg tilbake i Norge. Det er deilig, men trist..

Jeg skal fortsette å blogge her om alt mulig rart, så bare følg med. :) Først skal jeg bare lage ferdig en layout jeg har jobba litt med og bytte layout, siden den gamle på en måte ikke funker lenger. Teite start.no som la ned home.no.net. Jeg skal prøve å bli ferdig før helga! :)

1 uke igjen

2009-05-25T06:49:00.002+02:00

Jaja. Nå er snart tida mi her over. Om en uke fra i morra snur jeg nesa hjemover. Det blir utrolig deilig, jeg gleder meg noe helt sykt.

Men samtidig blir det selvsagt kjempetrist. Jeg har allerede hatt en gråteøkt, på onsdag. Det var worship night og alle sammen satt og bad sammen, for hverandre, og for det som skjer når vi drar fra hverandre. Og så begynner en og snufse, og så begynner en til å snufse, og så sitter hele gjengen der og snufser. Jeg tror jeg gråt i en halvtime. Haha. Uff, det er kjipt. Og neste helg blir hvertfall tungt. >_< Da drar de, en etter en. Og jeg kommer til å bli med til flyplassen flere ganger for å si hadet til folk. Hvertfall når Drew drar på lørdag. Det kommer til å være trist. :/

Men nå i helga var vi på stranda. Carillo, samme sted som vi var den siste helga forrige semester. Det var en fin helg. Koselig. :) På fredag kveld gikk vi ned til stranda om natta, og vi så det sykeste lynet jeg noen gang har sett. Det gikk på en måte i sirkel oppe i lufta. Det slo ikke ned, men begynte horisontalt, gikk så ned mot skogen i bakgrunnen, og så bort og tilbake opp. Det var stilig. :) og så lå vi og sola oss, og jeg og Lauren gikk en tur og fant et kjempesøtt lite sted med mindre bølger enn der vi var først. Vi lå bare og duppa ute i vannet og snakka lenge. Koselig minne ^^

På onsdag er det talent night. Siden så mange har masa, skal jeg spille gitar. ÆÆÆH. (også litt fordi jeg vet at det er god trening for meg å spille for folk, og jeg vet jo at folk her ikke bryr seg så mye om jeg gjør feil.) Det eneste kjipe er at det ikke er noe trommesett her, og ingen som spiller bass og el-gitar, andre enn meg. Så det blir bare meg, noe som betyr at jeg kan spille til dataen. Mongo! haha. Men det blir sikkert gøy uansett håper jeg. Jeg prøver å spille soloen, og jeg klarer den sakte, men jeg tviiiler på at jeg har tid til å trene opp fart nok i tide. Jeg begynte forrige onsdag, og nå kan jeg hele greia pluss at jeg kan spille den på 75% tempo i guitar pro. Men det er fra 75% til 100% som er vanskelig. så vi får se hva det blir til. det er gøy å prøve uansett! :D så ønsk meg lykke til, jeg kommer til å drite meg ut. haha. :P

Jaja, hvis noen vil høre sangennnn. Så fant jeg en video av ei jente som spiller den på youtube. 8D selv om noe av det er litt feil og jeg andre stedet spiller den andre gitarens stemme, men det er ikke så nøye. dere hører jo sangen uansett. :)

Melodi Grand Prix og 17. mai

2009-05-18T05:49:00.006+02:00

JA, jeg vet jeg er en dag etter alle andre. Men sånn går det når man for det første er på den andre siden av jorda, og for det andre er på stranda hvor det ikke finnes TV-kanaler som viser Eurovision. Det eneste som gjorde at jeg visste at vi vant var en litt småkryptisk melding fra min far (som jeg forsåvidt så mange timer etter at den var sendt :P), som sa at vi var i ferd med å vinne. Ikke visste jeg hvordan jeg skulle tolke det, men etter å ha sett på grand prix på nrk nett-tv nå (et genialt opplegg for oss som ikke bor i Norge, det må jeg få sagt!!) så skjønner jeg at det var en ganske klar seier tidlig i stemminga. Det var kult!

Og siden jeg ikke har vært så flink til å følge med på Grand Prix, jeg er ærlig talt en av de som ser Grand Prix som billig underholdning på grunn av alle de rare innslaga, så var første gang jeg hørte denne sangen når Renate og Elmira kom hit for noen uker siden. Men jeg liker sangen, den er fengende. Og jeg liker jo folk-inspirert musikk.

Så selv om jeg tidligere har ledd av mgp, så er det fremdeles kult å vinne. Særlig siden for meg betydde det at jeg kunne sitte og lese "La Nación" (Costa Ricas største avis) til morran i dag, og for første gang se en liten notis med "Noruega" i overskriften. Gjett om jeg var gira. Haha :D Jeg synes særlig at det er kult siden det er 17. mai i dag, så vi har dobbel feiring i dag ^^ Og det skal bli gøy å se på showet til neste år, se åssen vi markedsfører Norge. Konge! :)

Så, nok om det. Jeg var jo på stranda i helga. Jeg, Lauren, Jacob, Lyndsey og ei venninne av ho som er på besøk, drog til Puerto Viejo på den karibiske kysten. Det var herlig! Det har regna masse der forrige uke, og vi var kjemperedde for regn, men fikk ingenting. Bare sol og litt overskya. Så nå har jeg tidenes vondeste, solbrente rygg. TYPISK! Jeg lå og sola magen, så da så jeg ikke poenget med å plage noen med å smøre meg på ryggen. Men det skulle jeg visst ha gjort, for når vi plutselig bestemte oss for å leie boogie-board, så glemte jeg selvsagt alt om solkrem, og straffen for det kjenner jeg nå. Tropisk sol på en rygg som har vært i vannet mesteparten av dagen er ikke å anbefale..!

I går møtte jeg to norske jenter. De var kjempekoselige! Ho ene hadde gått på skole i den dominikanske republikk i tre måneder, mens ho andre var på jordomseiling. (Bare uten båt. Det hørtes bare så fint ut 8] ) Vi snakka ganske lenge om masse forskjellig, hva vi gjorde her, hvor vi var fra, grovbrød, 17. mai. (de inviterte meg til å gå i tog med de i dag, men det var etter at jeg drog tilbake til San José. TRIST!) Og gjett hva ho ene til slutt spørte meg om? Om jeg visste om det var noen muligheter for kiting i nærheten eller Costa Rica generelt. Jeg ble helt satt ut! Ho hadde begynt å kite der ho var på skole, og hadde kjøpt seg to kiter, så nå ville ho prøve i Costa Rica. Gjett om Elise var overraska! Det er ikke så vanlig å møte folk som kiter, hverken her eller i Norge, så å møte ei norsk jente som kiter, det var gøy! Så siden ho var fra Kongsberg, så anbefalte jeg ho å komme til Hvittensand i sommer og prøve der. Så når vi måtte gå (pizza venta på meg i naborestauranten), så avslutta vi like gjerne "Ses på Hvittensand i sommer!"

I morra er det bare to uker til jeg snur nesa hjemover. Det blir rart, deilig og veldig veldig trist. Jeg gleder meg ærlig talt noe helt vilt til å komme hjem til norsk mat, familie, venner, og å komme vekk fra internat og å dele rom med 6 jenter. Men jeg kommer til å savne folk her noe fryktelig. Det kommer nok til å bli felt mange tårer de neste par ukene. Så nå har vi to siste uker med klasser (avslutning av Johannes Åpenbaring og Dommerne, pluss 1. eller 2. eller begge (jeg husker ikke hvilke(n)) Samuelsbok den siste uka. Neste helg er det camping på Playa Carillo igjen også. Dissa to ukene kommer til å gå fort, men jeg skal nyte hvert sekund av det.

Mission Trip!

2009-05-11T22:18:00.003+02:00

Beklager at jeg er litt seint ute, men jeg har ikke vært så gira på å skrive blog i det siste. (Det må da vel være lov iblant!!)

Så på lørdag kom vi hjem fra turen vår. Tusen takk for alle som støtta med penger og bønn, det var en veldig fin tur! Vi hjalp til med byggingen av noen klasserom, og hadde fire grupper som hjalp til med forskjellige ting. Min gruppe skulle bygge en septiktank. Det vil si at vi først gravde et 1.80m dypt og 2 meter bredt kvadratisk hull, la betong i bunnen, og så bygde vi vegger av "cinder blocks" (jeg vet ikke hva man kaller det på norsk, google det hvis du er nysjerrig :P). Vi rakk ikke å bli helt ferdig, for det tok tid. Det er greit å grave på starten, når du bare kan hive jorda rett oppi trillebåra. det er værre når man først må løfte trillebåra ned i hullet, fylle den, løfte den opp igjen, og så tømme den. Eller når det er så dypt at ikke engang dette funker, men man må fylle opp bøtter nede i hullet som man så sender opp, tømmer i trillebåra og sender ned igjen. Da blir det mye jobb og litt lite effektivt!

Men jeg hadde det konge. I det minste hadde vi noe å gjøre hele tida. Noen av de andre gruppene hadde ikke nok å gjøre så de gikk rundt og kjeda seg. Den er kjip! Da vil jeg mye heller jobbe! På mandagen stod vi opp ca. 7 for å jobbe, men siden regntida har begynt igjen og det begynner å regne rundt 12-1 så ble det en kort dag. Derfor ble det bestemt at resten av uka (med unntak av onsdag) skulle vi stå opp halv seks og jobbe fra seks til halv ti før vi spiste frokost. Det var en rar følelse, for frokost klokka halv ti føltes som lunsj, og det føltes som om klokka burde være rundt ett! Men det var deilig. Jeg må si jeg virkelig liker å stå opp tidlig. ^^

Og endelig virker det som om all sykdommen min er over. Det var på tide! Nå er jeg helt frisk, og jeg har trena både i dag og i går.. Det er herlig! Jeg hadde faktisk savna å trene regelmessig den siste tida mens jeg har vært så mye syk! Men jeg finner ikke joggeskoa mine. Når vi skulle hjem fra turen var det noen som foreslo at vi kunne putte alle skoa våres i en plastikkpose og ta de med sammen, så jeg la skoa mine i posen. Men de har visst ikke fulgt opp godt nok, så jeg er ganske sikker på at skoa mine fremdeles er i Fraijanes. Det suger! Men heldigvis hadde jeg tenkt til å forlate de i Costa Rica før jeg drog hjem uansett, så det er ikke såå big deal. For treninga trenger jeg bare sko på mandag og fredag, og jeg kan alltids bruke conversa mine, for de har jeg også tenkt til å forlate her. :P

Jeg har ikke så masse bilder denna gangen, for kameraet mitt ble ødelagt på turen! Det var noe dritt. Jeg skjønner ikke hvorfor engang, for det ene øyeblikket virka det kjempefint, og så snudde jeg meg og tok bilde av noen andre folk, og det nekta å fokusere. Når jeg prøvde å skru det av og på igjen, ville det ikke skru seg på igjen. Så jeg skal bare vente til jeg kommer hjem med å fikse det. Jeg skal heller prøve å få bilder fra andre/facebook resten av tida her!

Så her er noen bilder fra facebook:

Mesteparten av gruppa mi i hullet vårt. Her er det kanskje en meter dypt.

Man må også ha rør til et hull. Her skal røret og drenering nedi.

Random bilde av Drew og meg. <3

Og så avslutter jeg med et bilde av baksida av årets mission trip shirt.

Hest og strikk

2009-04-30T16:28:00.005+02:00

Tirsdag hoppa jeg i strikk! Et 65 meters fall fra en 80 meter høy bru ned i skog og en veldig grunn elv. Det var gøy og skummelt! Jeg var ikke egentlig så veldig redd på forhånd, men når man hopper rett ut fra en bro og det er 80m rett ned får man en heftig kribling i magen på vei ned. Mange rare tanker fløy gjennom hodet mitt, og jeg lurte på hvorfor i alle dager jeg gjorde det, samtidig som at det var heftig adrenalinkick! Det værste med det var å henge opp ned så lenge og få masse blod i hodet. Jeg begynte å se prikker og sånn. Haha. Men det gikk fint. Det var gøy!

Og i helga fikk endelig jeg og Michelle dratt på tur til Monteverde! Det var kjempegøy :D Vi drog tidlig lørdag morra (bussen gikk klokka 6:30, så vi drog fra skolen klokka 5), og tilbake søndag ettermiddag. Lørdag satt vi stort sett på hotellet hele dagen, leste, spilte kort og sov litt. Det var en kjempe avslappende dag, noe vi begge følte at vi trengte! Vi rakk også litt sightseeing i Monteverde (som egentlig er en stor vits, for det er bare en liten gate med kanskje 10 souvernirbutikker, 2 matbutikker, og et par spisesteder..), og på kvelden drog vi en stund på et møte som var i en gymsal rett bak hostelet vi sov på. Der møtte vi amerikanere som gikk på DTS i Costa Rica, og til og med ei som kjente en som gikk her forrige semester! Verden er mindre enn man skulle tro.

Søndag drog vi på ridetur. 4 timers tur etter å ikke ha ridd på en stund kjennes godt i bein, rygg og skuldrer skal jeg si deg! Turen vi tok var konge. Utsikten fra Monteverde er kjempefin, og vi så helt fra der vi var og ut til Nicoya-gulfen. Nydelig. Vi fikk også et lite stopp langs veien for å se en foss. Vi fikk bade i en liten kulp over fossen. Vi var ikke forberedt på dette og hadde ikke med oss badetøy, så vi hoppa like gjerne uti med sportsbh og jeans. Du kan tro det var deilig å ri i to timer etterpå i våte jeans :D hahaha. men det gikk fint. :P

I går hadde vi en litt anderledes "Worship Night". Vi drog til et sted like ved barnesykehuset hvor noen Cristy kjente gir mat til hjemløse hver onsdag. Jeg var litt redd på forhånd, for å være ærlig. Totalt utafor min "comfort sone". Jeg er ikke flink til å snakke med fremmede, og jeg kan ikke se for meg hva jeg muligens kan snakke med disse menneskene om, siden de lever et liv jeg ikke engang kan se for meg. I tillegg vet man jo selvsagt at mange av disse har problemer med rus og alkohol, noe som skremmer meg. Men det var en veldig god opplevelse! Lauren drog meg med bort til noen tilfeldige menn som satt der (etter at de hadde spist), og vi satte oss ned og snakka med de. Spansken gikk overraskende bra, og jeg merka at hvis jeg faktisk får satt meg ned og snakka med noen i et rolig miljø så går det ganske greit. Jeg skjønte stort sett alt han sa og når det var noe jeg ikke skjønte var han veldig flink til å forklare. Det var veldig trist å høre om livene deres. Begge de jeg snakka med var fra Nicaragua, og hadde kommet hit for å jobbe. De hadde familie i Nicaragua som de hadde pleid å sende penger til, men nå som økonomien er såpass dårlig så var det dårlig med jobber, så de endte opp på gata. Han ene snakka om hvordan han så gjerne ville hjem til familien sin, men fordi han ikke hadde penger var det umulig. Det var veldig trist å se hvordan disse menneskene lever, og føle seg så hjelpeløs siden man ikke kan hjelpe dem. Det gjorde meg også utrolig takknemlig for livet jeg lever, og hvor heldig jeg er som helt ærlig talt aldri har opplevd noe vanskelig i mitt liv når jeg ser på deres liv..

I morra drar vi til Fraijanes, på missions trip. Tusen takk alle som har sendt inn penger, det hjelper masse. Jeg er litt spent, som alltid før en sånn tur. Hva skal man forvente? Hvordan kommer jobbinga til å gå? Hvordan skal 23 jenter overleve med en dusj i 9 dager? Og så er jeg nervøs for de tinga jeg har vært med på å planlegge, og for å danse foran masse mennesker.. Men det går sikkert bra, håper jeg..!

Til slutt en nydelig sang fra et fantastisk band, som kommer til Hove. jeg vil så utrolig gjerne se de <3

Besøk (lagt til bilder)

2009-04-22T15:03:00.009+02:00

Ja, da har jeg hatt besøk i en uke, og de drog nettopp. Det var veldig trist å si hadet, og jeg kan ikke nekte for at jeg felte et par tårer når jeg kom tilbake til skolen og fikk være alene. Men men! Det er jo ikke så veldig lenge til jeg får se dem igjen!

Det var herlig å ha de her. Gøy å vise de alt det jeg opplever og tinga som nå er en del av min hverdag, og så var det veldig koselig å se de igjen. De klarte fint å underholde seg selv når jeg hadde ting jeg måtte gjøre også, sånn at jeg slapp å bekymre meg for at de kjeda seg. Perfekt besøk!

Mens de var her i uka hadde jeg mye program som alltid, men vi fikk tid til et par turer til San José med det åpne markedet og litt shopping. Jeg kjøpte meg forresten skyhøye (hvertfall i mine øyne :P) pumps til graduation, som jeg ikke er overbevist om at jeg klarer å gå på. Men det er jo bare trening, sant? Så da må man jo bare begynne et sted.. Jentene fikk spist sitt første Taco Bell måltid på den samme Taco Bell'en jeg hadde mitt på. Ikke dårlig! I helga drog vi til Jacó. Det er den nærmeste stranda til San José, under 3 timer unna. Jeg hadde aldri vært der før, bortsett fra at vi stoppa der på veien hjem fra Cuidad Nelly for å kjøpe is. Men jeg har hørt at den skal være ganske skitten og ikke så veldig fin. Og så visste jeg selvsagt at det er veldig mye turister der og at den er veldig utbygd, så ikke veldig naturlig lenger. Folk sier også at det er den skitneste stranda i Costa Rica.

Så hvorfor dra dit? Ett ord: surf. Til tross for alt dette, er det en av Costa Ricas beste strender for surfing, og Tom (rektoren her, som er fra the O.C., California og har surfa mye) anbefalte oss å dra dit. Pluss at for å være ærlig var jeg selvsagt veldig nysjerrig på denna mye omtalte stranda. Så vi drog dit. Og jeg ble positivt overraska. Selv om flere av strendene på den karibiske siden er penere, renere og har mye mindre turister og er mine favoritter hittil, likte jeg Jacó. Det er til tider litt gøy å dra et sted hvor det er litt mer turister og litt mer utbygging. Heldigvis er det ikke helt høysesong, siden det er uka etter påske, så det var ikke så altfor mye turister der.

Fredag tok vi det chill og lå på stranda og slappa av, siden det var på ettermiddagen og vi hadde sitti på bussen hele dagen. Men på lørdag prøvde jeg og Elmira å surfe mens Renate lå og slikka sol. For å få mest mulig ut av det bestemte vi oss for å få litt undervisning, så vi spurte de på hotellet, som ringte en dude for oss. En time etter henta han oss på hotellet, og det viste seg at vi hadde sett han før, selv om ikke vi kjente han igjen; han hadde nemlig tilbudt oss surfetimer på fredagen (ropt etter oss riktignok, etter at vi hadde gått forbi der han var), og vi overså han. Og han kjente oss igjen. Vi fikk høre det flere ganger at "I like teaching arrogant people".

Men både han og en annen som hjalp oss etter pause (vi hadde to timer med en pause mellom) var ganske flinke lærere, og både jeg og Elmira stod mer enn vi tryna. Gøy :) Det var morsomt å prøve, og selv om det var litt vanskelig til tider, var det morsomt. Jeg vil gjerne prøve igjen! ^^

OPPDATERT! Bilder:

Elmira og Elise mens vi venter på bussen til San José.

woot, kjole? Haha ja. Jeg lånte en kjole av Elmira. Den var skikkelig god, og jeg syntes den var fin. Gøy å kunne låne hennes siden jeg har lett etter det en stund, for jeg finner aldri noen fine noen..

Solnedgang over Playa Jacó, Costa Rica. Nydelig <3

Renate og Elmira nyter Häagen-Dazs og solnedgang!

Surf babes! Haha

Ehm, ja. Jeg ser virkelig proff ut. :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

En solbrent Elise etter en stund i vannet :P

Påskehelga

2009-04-13T01:44:00.003+02:00

Så på grunn av dårlig informasjon om bussruter ble det ikke noen tur til Monteverde for meg og Michelle. Det var veldig trist, men samtidig litt digg siden vi begge har vært sjuke i sånn ca. en uke. Heldigvis er jeg bra igjen nå, bare for å oppdage i ettermiddag at jeg har begynt å bli forkjøla. Typisk! Jeg begynner å få nok sjukdom for en livstid nå..

Så hvordan har påskehelga mi vært? For en gangs skyld i det siste har jeg vært flink til å ta bilder, så jeg skal la bildene fortelle.

Fredag:
Piknik. Vi bestemte oss for å ha piknik i stedet for å spise lunsj på skolen. Nesten alle som var her var med. Det var koselig :) Maten bestod av vannmelon, annanas som kokken Kevin var så snill å donere fra kjøkkenet, bananer, og "pb&g sandwiches" som Det vil si sandwich med peanøttsmør og gelé. (altså syltetøy-gelé og ikke freia gelé..!) Det var noe nytt for meg, men det var ganske godt. Jeg begynner å like peanøttsmør. XD haha.

Julia og Jessica.

Pb&g!

På kvelden drog en gjeng på kino og så The Boy in Striped Pyjamas. Den var trist, men veldig bra.

Lørdag:
Slip n' slide!! (/Zalosklie) Det var gøy, men jeg kjenner jeg er litt forslått i dag. haha. Vi hadde to presenninger, en vannslange og masse såpe. Mer skal det ikke til for å underholde gjengen her i en time eller to. :P

Jacob

Alanna

Søndag:
Badebasseng. I dag stod jeg opp kvart over sju for å dra til et svømmebasseng som ligger en halvtime unna skolen. Fordi det er påske og fridag visste vi (kremt, Salsa) at det ville være veldig fullt, så vi drog så vi var der når det åpna klokka 8. Vi var der nesten til klokka 12, og hadde det kjempegøy! Hele detta semesteret har jeg prøvd å finne et svømmebasseng med stupetårn, og etter en bomtur tidligere var jeg veldig gira på å faktisk finne stupetårn. Og jommen sa jeg smør :D De hadde 3m og 5m. (Gjetter jeg.. Jeg så selvsagt aldri hvor høyt det faktisk var.) Det var gøy å endelig få hoppe og stupe litt igjen! Jeg stupte faktisk til og med fra 5m! Det var dødsskummelt. haha. men det gjorde faktisk ikke vondt i det hele tatt. Det var gøy, men sykt irriterende med alle de creepy tico guttene og mennene som alltid snakker om oss og tror vi ikke skjønner hva de sier. (F.eks. her om dagen skulle jeg til butikken og en sikkert seksti år gammel mann sier rett opp i trynet på meg "Quiero casarme con una gringa" som betyr at han vil gifte seg med en gringa=hvit person. EWWWWWW.) Men det er vel sånn det er å være blond i Latin-Amerika! Hvertfall her.

Stupetårn. (Og ganske masse mennesker..!)

Michelle. Haha!

Til slutt, jeg har faktisk handla litt i det siste. Jeg kjøpte det øverste armbåndet og lommeboka i Panama (den gamle røyk for noen uker siden :/), og det nederste armbåndet her i Costa Rica. :)

I overimorra kommer Elmira og Renate! Det føles helt uvirkelig, jeg kan ikke tro at de kommer hit og skal være her en hel uke. I can't wait :D

Panama

2009-04-09T15:51:00.008+02:00

Fra lørdag til onsdag drog skolen til Panama, for å fornye visum. Når vi kommer til Costa Rica får vi nemlig et 90 dagers visum, men siden semesteret varer lenger enn 90 dager, må vi ut av landet i 24 timer for å fornye visumet. Dette semesteret drog vi til Panama, til Bocas del Toro i den nordligste delen av Panama, ved det karibiske havet. På vei dit kjørte vi gjennom Limòn, som er den sørligste provinsen ved den karibiske kysten i Costa Rica. Jeg innså på nytt at dette er min favorittdel av Costa Rica. Manzanillo, Punta Uva, Puerto Viejo.. Hvis jeg skal ta en tur til hvor jeg kan gå akkurat hvor jeg vil i Costa Rica er dette stedet! Spesielt Manzanillo. Jeg tror det er det vakreste stedet jeg noen sinne har vært. :)

Etter en del timers busstur kom vi til slutt til grensa. Det gikk overrraskende greit, og litt fortere enn jeg hadde forventa. Og takket være mitt magiske norske pass slapp jeg å betale for å komme inn i Panama, noe som betyr at jeg slapp unna med en kø mindre enn mine nord-amerikanske venner, så jeg kunne bare spasere rett over den falleferdige, rustne broa over elva Sixaola som markerte grensa mellom Costa Rica og Panama.

Når vi så var kommet vel til Panama så jeg at dette var litt anderledes enn Costa Rica. Fattigere, det var helt sikkert. Og gjett hvordan valuta de bruker? Amerikanske dollar. Ikke at man kan bruke det, men at det er den valutaen de har i landet. De lager til og med sine egne små mynter som det står Panama på, men som fremdeles er amerikanske dollar! det er litt rart for meg. Desverre fikk jeg aldri noen forklaring på hvorfor det var sånn, men jeg ville gjette at deres egen valuta var blitt så lite verdt at de endte opp med å bruke dollar. men jeg vet som sagt ikke.

Så var vi i Panama. Der ble dagene tilbragt på hotellet og på stranda. Jeg var som vanlig i det siste litt for lat med å ta bilder, så jeg endte opp med bilder bare fra den ene dagen, søndag, hvor vi drog for å se på ville delfiner, snorkla en stund, og så var vi på stranda en stund. Men her er de beste av bildene jeg har. :)

Best of dolphin tour. Det var ikke så lett å få gode bilder av dem. :P

i underkant av 30 elever fylte to av disse båtene. Sjåføren var sønnen på hotellet vi bodde hos, mens sjåføren min var far i huset.

Etter delfinturen hadde vi en kort dopause på denne restauranten, hvor de mata fiskene. Så her krydde det, som du kanskje kan se!

Samma sted. Et par mennesker hadde bestemt seg for å spenne på seg dykkermaska og snorkle litt her.

Jeg tror jeg kaller dette bildet "Unødvendig".

Paradis..

Raquel

Raquel og meg. ^^

Så seinere i dag drar jeg og Michelle til Monteverde, hvor vi skal ha en 100 prosent avslappa dag i morra før vi skal ut på en fire timers ridetur i kaffeplantasjer og tåkeregnskog på lørdag. Og så er det under en uke til Renate og Elmira kommer, nærmere sagt 5 dager!! :D

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