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"Say cheese!"

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:33:04 GMT

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Don’t change your clothes, don't fix your hair
Just take the picture
Post the picture with no editing
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"Working hard or hardly working?"

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:45:17 GMT

Hardly working? Pft, I wish... Trust me, working at a factory makes you treasure the weekends like never before. Anyway, first week of work is over, and I will begin the second week this afternoon. I'm working in Nid9, where such yummy treats as bamsemums, festkarameller and toffee sfinx is made ^^ The first two weeks are 2shift weeks (which is rather meh, because the dayshifts start so early and the eveningshifts end so late that I can't rely on the bus, meaning I have to drive >.< ), but starting from weeks 34 we'll be switching over to 3shift weeks; one week with nigtshifts, one week with eveningshifts and one week with dayshifts. And these shifts thankfully start and end early and late enough for the bus to be an alternative.

In other news, I snagged this meme from gin_siren;
Go over to Wikipedia and enter your birth date and then pick 3 events, 2 births, 2 deaths and 1 holiday that occurred on the day of your birthday.

2nd of April

Events:
1755 - Commodore William James captures the pirate fortress of Suvarnadurg on the west coast of India.
1902 - "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California.
1992 - In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.

Births:
1725 - Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer and writer (d. 1798)
1805 - Hans Christian Andersen, Danish writer (d. 1875)

Deaths:
1817 - Johann Heinrich Jung, German author (b. 1740)
1882 - Jesse James, American outlaw, shot in the back of the head by Robert Ford (b. 1847)

Holiday:
International Children's Book Day

"Now, Günther, I vantz you to svallov diz golfball..."

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:14:27 GMT

Well, this is interesting... I am, at the moment, a guiniea pig, putting my sense of smell on the line for the sake of SCIENCE! for roughly two hours, in return for a CD with pictures of my brain and two scratching tickets. In theory, at least. The people here are having difficulties getting the MR-machine-thingy to work, so we went ahead and did some smelling tests that were supposed to be done after the MR-run, and now that we're done with those I was given access to internet while we're waiting for the bloody thing to work as it should. Apparently, this is the first test scheduled since a lot of cables were replaced after a system crash or failure or something :/
I might have to come back at a later time, if the guy they just called can't fix the problem.

Anyway, other news. I has a job! Only until roughly mid february, though, if I do well. Still, that's potentially six and a half months of working experience, a chance of getting a reference from someone I'm not related to, and most importantly, well paid. After calculating a bit, I've come to the conclusion that I will most likely earn more than NOK 20.000 each month! And all it will cost me is any appreciation I might ever have for marzipan ever again. I have been hired to help out Nidar with their Christmas and Easter production, primarily the marzipan division. I will be working in shifts, though, which means that my rp-attendance will become rather reduced. In any case, rp'ing into the wee hours of the night will be out of the question, sadly. Oh well...

EDIT: Meh, the thingie refused to be cooperative (until about 30 minutes after I had left, I have been notified by mail), so a new date was agreed upon before I was sent home. Going back on 11th of july to try again. On my way home I stopped by the store and got foodstuffs for bbqing tonight, as well as a klippekort so I don't have to pay quite that much for riding the bus.

O.o

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:29:41 GMT

... I got a B on the home exam as well...

"C'est shagnefique!"

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:39:54 GMT

Wow... Ok, imagine this; after spending three weeks working yourself to the bone with a home exam, you get the impressive amount of two hours of sleep/rest before attending a four hour long english exam. You forgot your dictionary, you're feeling a bit light-headed, and sitting still soon becomes uncomfortable. All that considered, you hand in something you figure is worth a C, but taking into consideration that your judgment might not be at its best at the moment, you decide to tell yourself it will be a D and maybe get pleasantly surprised to get a C. The grades from this exam was posted on Studentweb this morning. I got a B. Needless to say, I was in a very good mood as I walked down to the dentist today, and was actually still in a good mood when I was done ^_^

I spent the monday with my mom, after first dropping by the doctor to have some of my blood squeezed out of me for testing. The day included going to a foot-care clinic, having me feet pampered with for the first time, and being told that my feet are very nicely shaped and that I was right to walk around barefoot as much as I did. Then later we picked up my little brother and set off to see Anne Beate, a friend of my mom's that we pay under the table to cut our hair. My mom is in the habit of dying her hair to cover her grey hairs, and sent me into the store to get Nutrisse number 10 (light blond), because we knew from experience that they didn't sell number 9, which is the one she usually use. Only, as I got back into the car and we drove away from the store, we noticed that it didn't cover grey hairs, which was why she used number 9 in the first place. So, we had to take a small detour to a store that actually sold number 9, and on the way she somehow managed to talk me into using the number 10 we had already bought. (The 100 nok she gave me as a bribe helped, of course, as did the fact that she decided me little brother should dye his hair too. He refused to go blond or red, though, so he ended up with black.) So yes, my hair is now several shades lighter than it normally is.

Another fun thing that happened on monday was that as I looked through the DVD-section in a Norli on Heimdal, I suddenly found myself facing the complete first season of Shagma, that french animated series from the 1980's. It was so unexpected and left me so stunned with nostalgia that I just stood and stared at the box until my mom came to see what took me so long. She immediately went "Aww, Shagma! I remember that show!", and I ended up buying it. I've seen through the first DVD so far.

Let's see, other news... I has a Folklore! The PS3 game, that is, and it is teh awesome despite the abuse of exclamation marks and the word "aieee" in the story sequences, and the almost anime "donning the magical cloak" sequence. I have so far managed to get to chapter five with both of the playable characters (the haunted young Ellen and the occult magazine reporter Keats). Oh, and did I mention that the characters speaks with Irish accents in the movie sequences? *squee!!*

As for the rest of the week, it looks like it will be busy enough. Tomorrow there will be Marvel for the first time in a looong time, on friday I have the whole job interview thing at Nidar, and I have to find something to occupy myself with in the afternoon because my little brother has asked to get the house to himself that evening so he can celebrate his birthday in advance with his friends, on saturday I have been invited to wistomaniac's birthday party, and come sunday there will be Mage.

But now, I think, it is time for bed. G'night.

"Eeeeep!"

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:28:43 GMT

Oh, sweet lord! I just got a mail from Nidar asking me to drop by on friday june 20th for an interview! This will be my first proper job interview! *tries not to hyperventilate*

Ack, the world is scary... >.<'

The big and scary search for a job...

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:33:38 GMT

My to do-list for today:

~ Somehow get my ass out of the house and down to Outland
~ Not hyperventilate as I do my best to build up the courage to ask whether they will be hireing someone for the summer, or even better, on a long-term basis.
~ If yes; give them my CV and wing it from there. If no; give them my CV anyway and ask them to keep me in mind when they one day do need a new employee.
~ If I'm not a complete wreck after this; go to Brunhjørnet and repeat the previous two steps.
~ Go home, breathe, and calm down with a cup of tea
~ Start applying for the jobs I've found online that looks like something I have a chance to get hired for

EDIT: The best laid plans of mice and men, and so forth... As I completely and utterly failed to carry out step one, this to do-list has now been postponed with one day.

03.06.08: Oh, for the love of... Ok, the to do-list is postponed to wednesday. If I still fail to carry out step one then, someone come and give me a solid kick in the arse.

"I cast Finder on my hair."

Sun, 04 May 2008 23:33:16 GMT

I liked today... Seriously, today was awesome. Not "wow, blew my mind away"-awesome, but still awesome as in "crammed full of little ups"-awesome, beginning with some tidying up in my room which led to finding a bag with some jewelry I hadn't seen since last year's HP thing and that I thought I'd left behind on Tjøme or something. Then there was bacon-lunch, and because the bus only goes once an hour on sundays my dad offered to drive me to Paul's place, where there was Mage ^_^ And then, when eldir left for family dinner thing, I got to play Wii for the first time ever, which was freakishly much fun. When I got hungry, I went down to Sesam and bought a burger there for the first time ever, and the guys behind the counter were in such good moods and checked with me a couple of times that they remembered what I'd ordered correctly so that I wouldn't get any nasty surprises (like mayo, tomato or cucumber). I ended up leaving 5nok in the tip jar. Then eldir came back from the family dinner thing, and we carried on with Mage. Honestly, who knew infiltrating an old folks home could be so fun?

Speaking of Mage, I think I have a suggestion for a possible theme; band. You know, you have the lead singer, backup singers, first guitar, second guitar, drummer, bass, keyboard, manager... bagpipes... Whatever floats your boat, basically. I think that if Skadi's boyfriend Awakens and joins the cabal, he'll suggest that theme.

Did I mention that I'm tired and a bit random at the moment?

Oh well, tomorrow I will get my ALTI2203 home exam, which means that the next three weeks will be increasingly ...interesting... as the deadline for handing it in approaches.

"Then one day, their Pretender ran away..."

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:56:10 GMT

Meh... Skipped today's lectures due to waking up late with the remains of a headache I got during yesterday's mage-session. Still, yesterday was great ^^ My little norwegian mage became a real member of the Mysterium, possibly embraced the role universe has given her as a tool of destiny by maybe being the reason why the Condiments disappeared in a flash of silvery light 70 years ago, and (semi-oficcially) became the scribe of the cabal, which has finally decided on a name (the Eye of the Storm) and a sigil (feathered snake coiled around a lightningstruck sycamore tree). Yeah, anyway, have now bought the first dot of mystery initiation and the second dot of mentor (because Ahura Mazda must have gone "*smirk* That's my apprentice..." at some point of the initiation).

Other randomness; I've started watching the Pretender again, and boy, is it a blast from the past! I had totally forgotten how cute Michael Weiss is, especially when he smiles, and how kickass awesome Andrea Parker is.

"Once upon a time..."

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:36:09 GMT

Just another quick update, 'cause if I don't take a small break from assignment-writing I'll go stir crazy -.-' Fairly confident that I'll manage to finish it in time, though. The end product might even actually be good.

In other news, today it is 24 years since I finally could be bothered to leave the comfort of my mother's womb. Even with the assignment looming over me (and even though I had to wake up at 6:30 am so that we could do the whole wake-up-with-birthday-song-and-goodies-and-presents-thing before my brother and my dad had to run to catch the bus), today has been a good day. My brother, being ever the darling, got me the PSP-version of Final Fantasy I ^_^ And my parents gave me a BEAUTIFUL blue glass vase, a gift certificate for one hour of having my feet pampered at Flatåsen Fotklinikk, a bottle of bubbly pear cider, 20(!) 0,7l bottles of Bon Aqua Silver with lemon flavor and 24(!) kinder eggs (my mother has a very strange sense of humor sometimes). In addition came the standard NOK200 from grandparents and uncles Totto and Bernt, and the additions to my collection of silver wear from Gran and aunt Eli w/ boyfriend Carl. I have also gotten several sms with congratulations, but as most of these came while I was at a lecture (that was very good and that I enjoyed immensely, btw), I only answered the one that asked me a concrete question about the location of the birthday party. For that I appologize, at least to the ones among you that actually read my LJ.

Oh well, back to fairy tale and folklore elements in Jane Eyre and Silas Marner...

"It's a piece of cake."

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:28:30 GMT

Just a quick update, because I feel like it and it's been a while.

Easter has come and gone, and just like last year, time that was supposed to be used on school assignments ended up being used on statting up rpg characters. A backup concept for mage this time, based on Sarah from Labyrinth. We had accidentally brought the movie with us, so I ended up with watching it one evening with my parents after Gran had gone to bed. Due to the fact that I'd brought mage-books to read up on stuff my mage-character should know a thing or two about, I ended up seeing the movie as a shadowplay of an Acanthus-awakening. Speaking of Labyrinth, lookie at my new userpic! ^_^ *luvs it very much*

Currently I'm working on the ENG2303-assignment, which is due 4th of April. 4th of April is also the date for my appointment with the doctor. And it's the date on which I have planned to host a birthday party for myself and balroggie, something I'm lagging a bit behind on in regards to invites and such. Which means it will be the busy end of a busy week, as I will have extra lectures in ENG2303 to attend that week. Which again means that I might have to skip out on roleplaying if I'm going to make any progress with the assignment. And I'm feeling a bit guilty, because I'm still not done with the sewing job I'm supposed to do for Marianne, and the way things are now I severely doubt I'll be so before we're well into April. Not to mention that I'm feeling a bit anxious, because I today suddenly started thinking about ALIT2203 and how there has been no mention on It's learning about the deadline for handing in curriculum lists for approval. Since I missed the last lecture before the easter vacation, I'm worried that something might have been said then and that I've missed both that and the deadline. Meh...

In other news, I'll be going to a small reunion party tomorrow, and I'm really looking foreward to it ^^ I'll be cathing up with the people I shared class with for 9 years, and that I haven't seen in 8 years. I'm just so curious about how they've all turned out so far.

"Har du något at fortulla?"

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:36:29 GMT

My health is really getting on my nerves now. For the last couple of weeks, how I feel has been fluctuating wildly, ranging from a little yucky but otherwise just peachy to knocked out on the sofa with fever/nausea/aching limbs/sore throat/headache/combination of two or more. It would be nice if my immune system could make up its fucking mind about whether or not I'm sick.
The result; this is the second friday in a row where I've had to skip the lecture. Yesterday, on the other hand, when I had nothing to do but stay home and chill, I was just fine. *sigh*

Adding to the crankiness is the fact that I seem to be having a problem with customs over a package I've ordered from the UK. It is the first time ever I've encountered such a hitch when ordering stuff from abroad, but then again, this is the most expensive suff I've ordered from abroad...

"I WILL DEVOUR YOUR SOUL! ...That said, I'd go with the tomatoes."

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:06:06 GMT

Hehehe... I just watched Calls for C'thulu on Youtube, and it was fun ^^

I am up surprisingly early considering it's a sunday morning. Normally I'd probably start stirring right about now, but today I'm now awake, dressed and half-way done with my breakfast.

Yesterday was great ^_^ I had eldir, nedyfay and balroggie w/ boyfriend over for dinner (lasagne and chili-chicken-salad), followed by dessert (butterfly cakes) and movie night (X-men and half of X-men 2).

I've been thinking alot about my WoD-character lately, the norwegian exchange student Andrea Holm. More precisely, I've been thinking about in character reasons for certain of her attributes to be increased with xp. The attributes in question are Intelligence(from 2 to 3), Resolve(from 3 to 4), Stamina(2 to 3), Manipulation(2 to 3) and ~~Composure(2 to 3)~~(on second thought, having her lose her temper is too much fun). Especially Resolve is something I want to increase before she Awakens, and if I get 4xp from todays session, I will have enough to do so. I even have in character explanations for why; already before getting mixed up with the group she was resolved, but then to learn about the supernal to prevent it from pouncing her without warning. ("Warning! Warning! You're about to be abducted by aliens!" ^^) Then she got tangled up with some of the stuff that happened in San Francisco, and now her boyfriend is missing in action, leaving her so resolved to get him back that she, against her very principles, is willing to entertain the idea of making a deal with Mr. Stabby. And then there was Florence. I feel that what Andrea saw and heard under that conversation has subtly changed her, making her resolved not only to get her boyfriend back, but to even after that keep delving into whatever is going on. She feels she has more or less been chosen, or at least that everything that now happens to her in some way is the result of her unwillingness as a child to leave behind the silver key after using it to get home. And she'd be damned if she didn't take the responsibility of her own actions! (Norwegian Fortitude/Pride Combo ftw!) And this newfound resolve to stand tall and proud in the face of the consequenses of her past choices is what I intend to use as the reason for why she's now willing to sit down with Mr. Stabby and try to make a deal that will get him out of her hair and still let her keep the key. Responsible as it may be for her current annoyances, she's been holding on to it for too long to just give it up now that the going has gotten tough.

EDIT: Awake I may be, but I still missed the 12.14 buss...

"Reparere, reversere, redusere, reflektere..."

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:38:04 GMT

It's 8:30 and I'm awake, waiting for a repairman to come and look at our washing machine. He could be coming anytime between now and 12:00.

My in theory last semestre starts next week, and so far I have signed up for ENG2303 and ENG2403 on monday, and (purely for social reasons) HFEL0004 on friday. And I'm in a bit of a pickle, because all these subjects are 7.5-subjects, which is acceptable enough considering I only really need two subjects this semestre to reach the 180sp-goal. The pickle is in the fact that reaching 180 isn't enough; I need 22.5sp worth of english subjects to qualify for the bachelor in english, 15 of which I will get from the monday lectures. Which means I'm going to need one more ENG2-subject. But because NTNU prioritize the science-hill, the only one still left this semestre is ENG2153 (unless the ENG3-subjects(which kinda scare me anyway seeing as they're friggin' master-subjects!!)count). And I would honestly not even have looked twice at it if not for the fact that it's either that, or add one more semestre to my education. Decisions, decisions...

~~And I still don't know what I got on ENG2302... Stupid Studweb...~~ I got a C, as I expected ^_^

... Ok, so there are things that make being awake this early bearable for someone who doesn't drink coffee, the sunrise being one of them. Pretty colours...

Let's see, what else haven't I talked about for a while... Oh, of course, christmas! It was awesome, and I have a box full of awesome l3wt to show for it ^_^ I'll consider making a brag-list later.

My RPG-characters. (yes, I am trying to make time pass by listing all sorts of random things)
Horror - We had the first session of the year last tuesday, and it was also the first session in a while that I actually managed to show up to. It was immensly fun, rping her speaking bad sylvan and taking on a side-quest that involved being praised as a goddess by a tribe of spiders... I am really happy with my little half-vampire ^_^
Eberron - Wanna play... Tam is getting sick of hiding in her room and feeling sorry for herself for being poisoned...
Changeling - Wanna play... I have so much planned for my little brit that require xp...
Marvel - Wanna play... I have a huge costume-change planned for my little mutant, and she's getting kinda sick of being stuck on that spirit world path...
San Francisco - I'm sure you get it by now :p Anyway, my little norwegian wants her boyfriend back. And I've gotten kinda worked up on what kind of mage she'll Awaken as, as it is a path that I probably wouldn't even have bothered to read up on if eldir hadn't advised me to.

I'll stop now. Maybe go eat some breakfast.

"Let me tell you a story..."

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 22:47:12 GMT

Snagged this from vinterheim

Leave me a comment and I will....
01. Tell you why I friended you.
02. Associate you with something - a song, a colour, a photo, a word etc.
03. Tell you something I like about you.
04. Tell you a memory I have of you.
05. Ask something I've always wanted to know about you.
06. Tell you my favorite user pic of yours.
07. In return, you must post this in your LJ.

"Du vil legge ut på en lang reise..."

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 04:11:18 GMT

I feel... cautiously optimistic at the moment, something that my brother will testify is quite a miracle considering how horrible this day started. Really, you guys should feel sorry for him and salute him as the über-patient and understanding little brother he has been this last week. The poor thing is actually the only person I've had proper contact with since my aunt visited last sunday, and has thus gotten the entire load of "GAH, SO MUCH HATE OVER THIS EXAM, STRESS IS ME, I'LL NEVER BE DONE IN TIME!!" ... Yeah, poor thing. I'll make it up to him by buying awesome christmas gifts for him.

But speaking of the home exam, I have finished it, and will hand it in tomorrow. If the printer will cooperate and just spit out the 3rd exemplar without skimping out on the ink already. And if I get up at all. Seriously, look at the time this is posted. I've been going to bed at hours like this for the last three or four days, and it has wrecked havoc on my brain. It was pretty much fragile mush from I got out of bed this morning to roughly around 5 hours ago. It was horrible, sitting in front of my laptop for almost 10 hours, barely being able to think or write and knowing I had to get it done before going to bed.

Also, I am just so fucking tired of school now. I don't really care about grades and York anymore, I just wanna pass and finish my bloody bachelor and get it friggin' over with. The fact that I've been working on one assignment or another, with the home exam being the crown of it all, more or less nonstop for the last two month has certainly contributed to this conclusion.

This has also lead to that I am so far behind on christmas presents that it's not even funny. I'm going out on a shopping round after I've handed in the exam tomorrow, and I have to call my aunt to check if she's bought the items I asked her to buy for me if she was shopping at that store anyway. As for the the hand-made things I had planned to give to some of the people on my gift-list, I might have to consider giving them "I.O.U."-notes.

Sleep now. Then shower.

"You feel sleeepyy.... sleeeepyyyyy..."

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 01:49:57 GMT

Little brother had friends over for a movie-night tonight. They only just left. Gonna have a hard time getting up tomorrow. Considering not showing up for WoD-session before 15:00, if at all. Too tired to really care about role-playing at the moment.

First week of home-exam-period is almost over, and I'm still on page one. I should have a minimum of 10 pages by the 3rd of december. Should feel guilty and panicky about that. Too tired to care about school at the moment, though.

We have PS3. We have Assassin's Creed. The main character Altair rocks so hard that Chuck Norris can just go join Sirius Black behind the veil. But at the moment I'm too tired to put more enthusiasm in praising the total awesomeness that is Assassin's Creed.

"Alright, behold the power of the 'T'"

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 00:39:10 GMT

Two updates relatively shortly after one another? Le gasp! Anyway, snagged this little thing from ladyfaithie

Comment and I'll give you a letter. You have to list 10 things you love that begin with that letter. After, post this in your journal, and give out some letters of your own.

I got the letter "T", so here goes...

1. Tea - the drink of champions.
2. Tigers - such majestic and beautiful felines... Who doesn't love them?
3. Tattoos - gotta get one some day...
4. Towers - there's just something about towers that makes the silly romantic in me go "Wheeeeee!"
5. Trondheim - home, sweet home town ^^
6. Tai-ji - otherwise known as 'yin and yang'. Balance- and harmony-symbology in general tend to be on my yay-list, as the idea of universal balance and existence through contrasts is something that really appeals to me and that I find it easy to believe in.
7. Textiles - Ah, fabrics... So many colours, so many patterns, so much smoothness/softness/whateveryouwant-ness...
8. Tussekongen! - hehe... managed to squeeze in his goblin highness Jareth ^_^ And yes, Goblin King was actually translated to Norwegian as Tussekongen
9. Treasures - of all shapes and sizes; an old arabian perfume bottle, a beautiful porcelain doll, a blue night lamp shaped like a ghost, a mask with lace veil, a drawing made by a friend, a deck of tarot cards...
10. Tellus/Terra - this planet has chocolate and Johnny Depp. 'nuff said.

"Thanks for helping me not kill anybody."

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 18:34:54 GMT

Hm... Home alone ^^ Well, almost, my little brother is also home, but he's glued to his computer, so he hardly counts... My mom is currently in Røros (and will be there for some time), and my dad decided to visit her and spend the night there. So I can just chill, drink coca cola and feel a wee bit guilty over all the things I haven't done yet. Like catching up with my reading in, well, all my courses, decide on subject and start writing a plan for my ENG2302-assignment (due next friday), get started on my 4/5 page-long assignment for ALIT2202 (due 24th of October), get a hold of those last curriculum-texts for that course, compose an e-mail I can send to the Norwegian Study Centre in York ~~(or not. I've actually started questioning myself on whether I really want to)~~...

nedyfay visited today, so that I could start on her costume for Hexcon. I'm actually almost done with the hood and cape, and I was absolutely amazed to discover that my theoretical plan for how to make it quick and easy worked like a charm. I also had a chance to give nedyfay her birthday gift. Two months early, but eh.

EDIT: Correction; I am done with the hood. Even managed to make my little brother play model so I could make sure the clasp was attached somewhat correctly.
EDIT2: Also done with a matching pouch, as well as the jewelry I'll be wearing as a part of my own costume. Let's just say that I'll have a hard time sneaking up on people on this con...

As for my own costume, I've decided to forget about making a green crochet-skirt for it. I'll just settle with making a huldra-tail with fancy bells instead. As for the rest of the costume, the only things I'm certain about so far is bare feet and bushy hair, and that I want to wear a combination of top, pants(in the american meaning) and a skirt. The trouble is making that combination without ending up as an emo-hulder/goth-hulder. Wearing only black, that is. Although, that could be an interesting concept...

"Just fear me, love me, do as I say, and I will be your slave."

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:25:09 GMT

Ack, such long silence...

The semester has started, and while I so far do like the courses I have signed up on, I do wish certain teachers would have thought a bit further ahead in regards to curriculum and how the students are supposed to get all the text-snippets they need without spending a fortune... Also, I wish that someone had actually formulated the obligatory assignments, as I'm hopeless at deciding on a subject on my own -.-

Besides finding the correct email-adress, I have done nothing in regards to making my coveted semester in York possible.

I'm dreadfully behind on my sewing-projects. Of the two corsets I'm supposed to make for Outland-Linn, one would be finished if I only had the stays, and the other I have the stays for, but cannot make up my mind in regards to fabric because I feel the would-be owner should have a say. Also, I wish I had some instructions along with the pattern nedyfay got me. In addition, Hexcon is not that far away now, and I have not even begun on the hood and skirt that I'm supposed to make for nedyfay , nor on the skirt I had planned to crochet for my own costume.

eldir has skillfully slipped me a borrowed Myst-game (the second one, Riven), but I do not dare to even open it. I am, after all, still struggling with making time for myself to finish playing Final Fantasy X-2 admist the things I must read and the things I must see.

So, what have I done, since I feel so busy even though I have much spare time? Well, I've been working with RPG-stuff. The new Changeling game mostly in the last few days. I have even begun writing on an account of how my character, a victorian lady carried away by the Goblin King, came to be where she is when the group starts playing tonight.

Part 2
In which frustration leads to misfortune, as the unlikely friend shows his true colours and offers a gift
(still working on the first half of this part...)
Abigail opened her eyes and found herself looking up at the night sky. She blinked and looked to the side, realising that she was lying on her back inside the maze. Had she fallen asleep? Yes, she must have. And she’d had such a peculiar dream, of an owl turning into a man, and... And then what? She could not remember. What she did remember was storming off from the house because of a silly argument with her parents. What had it been about again? Oh, yes, they did not think it proper for a young lady of her age to go on a fox hunt, even though her brothers had been invited and uncle Edward had said that she should come too. Come to think of it, they had not actually denied her to go, just stated that they did not think such activities proper. Abigail sighed and got up on her feet. She should probably hurry back and make peace with them, lest they really would forbid her from going. They were probably worried as well, for the sun had after all had time to set during her slumber.

And so, she made her way out from the maze and began the walk back up to the mansion. Once she was back, her mother would cry with joy, for she had been so worried when the servants had not found any trace of her anywhere on the grounds. But how could they have failed to find her? She had only been asleep inside the maze, after all. Surely, they could not have looked for her as thoroughly as they claimed. Her father would rather grudgingly admit that he too had been worried, and that his disapproval of her going foxhunting might have sounded a bit more harsh than he had intended. She would be allowed to go to the fox hunt, and there she would get to know the young and charming Joshua Bloom. They would marry two years later, and be very happy even though they seemed unable to have children. They would try for ten years, then finally give up and decide to adopt instead. And as they adopted their first son and stopped trying so hard, they would be pleasantly surprised to discover that Abigail indeed finally had become pregnant. In total, they would have four children, two sons and two daughters. And as the world and its affairs would go on, and bring with them what will be known as the second world war, Abigail would see her sons leave to fight for their country, but only one would return. She would see her youngest daughter fall madly in love with an American soldier, and leave her native England to marry him and have a family of her own. And as the war ends, she would see her other daughter realise that she is unable to have children, and instead honour her deceased older brother’s memory by founding an orphanage in London. She would see her remaining son leave for San Francisco to visit his sister, and he would find the city so agreeable that he would decide to settle down there. She would know joy, as she received news of grandchildren and even great grandchildren. And she would know sorrow, as her beloved Joshua would finally give in to the cruelty of disease, only five years before the birth of their first great grandchild. And she would know peace, as she would die in her sleep 93 years old.

But Abigail, as she walked up towards the mansion, was not clairvoyant and therefore knew nothing of this, nor of the certain circumstances that would make her three successful pregnancies quite extraordinary: She was not Abigail Dashwood.

Part 3
In which there is a daring escape, and a new friend is made
Her Peachness ran. This was, of course, not her real name, nor her official title. It was just something the goblins had started to call her due to the Master always referring to her as His Precious Peach. But I digress, what the goblins call her is not important to this story. What is important is that she was the Goblin King’s favourite consort and most beloved possession. And she was running away.

"Connecting people"

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:42:54 GMT

Home again, after having spent a week in Oslo and areas a few hours south of said capital. It has been a week of ups and downs, one of the biggest ups being the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows-queue with linnpuzzle, eldir and siblings, as well as new friend lionhead ^_^
The biggest down, on the other hand, was losing my cellphone on the first day, while having fun in Tusenfryd. It's amazing how much I rely on the little thing for such things as time, date and remembering other people's phone numbers, and I spent much of the week feeling clueless because I couldn't just reach into my pocket to check up on stuff anymore. But that isn't the main reason for why losing my phone sucks so hard, seeing as how a stop by Elkjøp and some rummaging around the home to find the spare phone my parents bought earlier this year was all it took to have me re-connected to the world with the same number as always. The main reason why losing my phone still bothers the hell out of me is that it was unique. It was mine. It wasn't too fancy and modern, you could ring and send messages and take pictures, and that was about it. But is was a Nokia 3200, the model that you could make your own covers to, and I had done that. It was blue, it was shiny and pretty, it had a snow-motif going on, and it had shiny stuff attached to it that made a little noise every time I used it. It had a ring-tone I was happy with, and it made that rubbit-sound every time I got a sms. And now it's gone, and I got a Nokia 5200 that I've discovered came in both blue and red, but I'm stuck with the red one -.-*

*sigh*

Anyway, I loved the last Harry Potter-book. I cried my eyes out, but I was so happy with the ending. Reading it just filled me with such a feeling of being content that all deaths were forgiven. I still have questions, though, but only "silly romantic"-ones that I won't post here so that the ending won't be spoiled for anyone who hasn't read the book yet.

"Now I vill not just keel hyu - now I keel efferyvun!"

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:56:29 GMT

Sometimes I scare myself.

Perhaps due to realizing that 1st of July was little more than 24 hours away, I just decided on which subjects to take next semester*, signed up for the courses, entered the payment-information for the semester-fee on MyBank or whatever it's called, applied for loan and participated in a contest for curriculum-money. In less than one hour.

Huh. Turns out I can be effective. How about that. Now, if only I could be that effective when looking for a job...

Oh, and I'm leaving for Møre tomorrow. I might be able to get back for tuesday's Horror-session (depends on how hard I work), but if not, I probably won't be back until late next weekend.

*ENG2302, ALIT2202 and ALIT2201. After reading through the course-description for NORD2202 a couple of more times, I realized that a certain degree of pre-knowledge(?) was recommended, and I was also slightly put off by the fact that one of the obligatory excersices seemed to be a field report. Not something I really want to get tangled into without having someone I know with me, so I've decided to just buy the rune-dictionary that's mentioned on the curriculum and be self-taught.

"..."

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:28:50 GMT

Hm... I'm actually considering taking advantage of the permanent account-sale going on... I'm actually considering spending roughly 930,- or so NOK on something I already get to use for free, solely for the chance to get more user-pics. And make my own mood-theme. And maybe get one of those cool, paid-accounts-only layouts...

"Pedicabo ego uos et irrumbao,"

Fri, 08 Jun 2007 20:06:35 GMT

Meh... I should be in a good mood, seeing as how I have the house to myself, have seen a kickass season finale of Supernatural (and been reassured that TvN will show the next season), am having progress with Outland-Linn's corset, as well as my Eberron character, and have a glass of coca cola in my hand. And while I chose not to attend due to short notice and the awesomeness of having the house to myself, I recieved an invitation to a spontaneus bbq-party, so I know I'm loved and thought of.

Sure, my parents are being annoyingly unclear about how the month of july will be spent in regard to vacation and visiting relatives, but that's something I easily manage to take my mind off 'til mom calls my grandparents on Tjøme and asks them what their summer plans are. Life should still be good tonight.

But no, I had to be curious about my grades and check Studentweb to see if the grades from NORD2220 had been posted...
I mean, COME ON! That I got a D on ALIT1103 didn't surprise me a bit as I'd pretty much winged it on each of the three poetry-questions. That's what happens when the poetry-part is the only part of the curriculum you don't reread through due to poor handling of time. But an E on NORD2220?! Seriously, what's up with that?!
God, the text I handed in at the 4h written exam must have been even worse than I thought. I can understand if I got an E on that, 'cause gawd, such a cheesy conclusion... But the other two texts in the folder I handed in were good! At least I thought they were... I mean, to pass the course you have to pass both the exam and have the folder approved, and I passed, so I can't possibly have flunked the exam. But both parts should be of equal importance, so the only way I could have ended up with an E overall would be if I got an E on the exam, and an E or a weak D on the folder... Am I really such a crappy writer?
I guess I'll find out after I've mailed the "Krav om Begrunnelse"-form...

Meh... I should've gone to the spontaneus bbqparty, then maybe I would have been blissfully ignorant until tomorrow...

EDIT: I just realised that there's a disturbing pattern in my grades... The only subjects I've gotten Es in are subjects that doesn't begin with ENG, EX or ALIT... Maybe it's a sign that I shouldn't take Runologi next semester... -.-'

"Nobody move! I dropped my brain!"

Sun, 27 May 2007 22:05:47 GMT

Ah, summer vacation... How very good it feels to finally have you here ^^

After delivering the NORD2220 folder on thursday (fingers crossed for that the censors doesn't think that the front page was the only delightful thing about it), I rewarded myself by taking advantage of Outland's "10 books for 699,-!"-offer ^^ Still slightly amazed I actually managed to find 10 books that I wanted;

~A State - You will never forget The City. But The City will forget you. While I might find it disturbing that I manage to write a short story in dark future-settings, I do enjoy playing and reading stuff that takes place in such settings.
~Cyberpunk v3.0 w/compendium Gang Book: Groups & affiliations of the night city megaplex - Same story as above.
~Asylum - Insanety can be strangely liberating. The United States has been reduced to a collection of walled Wards, built from former cities and surrounded by desolate wasteland. Everyone has gone mad. Everyone!
~Fireborn - You are a legendary dragon of a lost mythic age, reborn in modern times in human form. ...'nuff said.
~Tales Of Gaea - Good old-fashioned Fantasy RPG. I like the name. And it has a pretty dragon on the cover ^_^
~Dawnfire: A world where Magic permeates all; from the smallest child to the strongest warrior; from common animals to the grandest dragons; and from a single blade of grass to the greatest mountains. I like magic ^^
~Blood & Silk - A Sourcebook for Kindred of the East and Vampire: The Dark Ages. I find the Orient immensly fascinating, and while I've never played Vampire in my life, I still wanted this book. Besides, the text on the back suggests that it can be used with most of WoD...
~Tibet - Magic, Mysticism and War on the Roof of the World. Much love for the warning on the first page ^^ ("Not recomended for people with poor critical thinking skills, This book has been voluntarily rated: BURN IMMEDIATELY")
~...and a 10-Foot Pole - An equipment sourcebook for all eras, Stone Age to Modern. I just fell in love with the title. And it seems very useful. "Everything you need and more!"

In other news, I saw Pirates of the Caribbean 3 on friday, and the movie rocked ^^

Other than that, I've begun thinking about which subjects to take next semester. So far I got seven candidates (would have been eight if ALIT2203 didn't crash with ENG2302, which I've promised nedyfay that I'll take). That's before reading the course descriptions, mind you. I'll wait with that 'til tomorrow. Not wise to scare the jeheebies out of myself this close to bedtime...
So, anyway, of the current candidates there are 4 ENG-courses, two ALIT-courses and one NORD-course. The NORD-course, Runologi, is the only one that has nothing to do with the bachelor degrees I'm trying to take, but come on, runes! How can I not put it on my list?
I just hope I manage to make up my mind before 1st of july, so I can participate in Lånekassen's competition for everyone that sends in online applications before said date. Winning some extra money for buying curriculum literature sure sounds nice...

EDIT 28.05.07 - Ok, after having looked at course descriptions and stuff, I will most likely end up with one of the following four combinations:
~ENG2302, ALIT2202 and NORD2202
~ENG2302, ALIT2202 and ALIT2201
~ENG2302, ALIT2201, NORD2202 and ENG2501
~ENG2302, ALIT2201, NORD2202 and ENG1001