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Tuesday, 29 December 2009

Rest In Peace

Just returned home after a final journey to the vet with our 14 1/2 years old cat. She sung her last final lament throughout Christmas after having most probably (according to the vet) been poisoned by licking something outdoors. Despite injection from the vet and a special diet, the poison (+ possibly old age) did her in, in the end.

R.I.P. puss.

Tuesday, 15 December 2009

A small before-christmas-update

Ahh. Short hair feels good. A relief, quite literally. No more long hairs in the soup. Or, on the brown-cheese sandwich, rather.

After having walked around as a long-haired troll all summer I've finally come to my senses and managed to drag myself to a hairdresser. Now that the snow is starting to fall and it's getting cold it's time to remove some dead growths (hair) up top so one can really feel the refreshing winter air on one's body (head, and ears). Maybe a bit backwards compared to how I should have done it, but who cares? It's only Christmas once (continuously from October to January) once a year (?).

Found a real cozy hair salon not far from the apartment. It was called "Salong Lady & Lord", and has been run by the same man for 38 years! Hair salon for both women and men, as the name implies, with separate sections for each. Arrived there at 8:00am yesterday (yep, they open at 8), but it was already fully booked the entire day. So I booked an appointment for today, and during the span of half an hour just before closing time I received a quick, precise and well done haircut, without it costing the entire world! I definitely approve.

What else? I am of course preparing mentally for "Førjulsturneringa" (Note: pre-christmas football tournament). This year we'll maybe possibly most certainly win (right)! Should perhaps get some new shoes, but we'll see what happens - it's not the shoes that make the football player, but commitment and waffles! Must start packing soon as well, I suppose - Friday (possibly Thursday) I'll take the night bus to the northwest of Norway and the pearl of the coast; Alnes. Will arrive at Moa around half an hour before our first match in the Godøy-hall Saturday morning. Plenty of time to spare, in other words.

Finally, here's a "before and after haircut"-photo for those who are particularly interested:

Thursday, 16 July 2009

Literary horizons

In an attempt to broaden my literary horizons, I have ordered and eventually also received a couple of books (from bokkilden.no, if anyone was wondering).

First book on my plate was Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, publicized in 1861. Better than I thought it would be, and I can understand why it's being seen as a classic. The next one I'm starting on is Siddharta (1922), by Hermann Hesse, before I finish up (so far) with Candide (1759), by Voltaire.

Along with the above mentioned, I also ordered Catcher in the Rye (1951), byJ. D. Salinger, but apparently they didn't have that in stock or something, and thus wasn't sent along with the other books.

After I've read all these books, I plan to acquire more of similar caliber. Maybe All Quiet on the Western Front, Nineteen Eighty-Four or To Kill a Mockingbird? We'll see.

Friday, 29 May 2009

Vinter > Sommer

Sommeren er nå rett rundt hjørnet (eller har vært her i 3 uker allerede, om du som f.eks. kineserene mener at sommeren begynner 6. mai), men det er heldigvis ikke så veldig lenge før høsten og vinteren er her atter en gang.

Vekk med dere, vår og sommer. Kom, og bli, høst og vinter.

Saturday, 2 May 2009

Mmm - Pannekaker

Jeg deaktiverte Facebook-kontoen min i dag. Jeg har aldri vært en særlig aktiv bruker på nettstedet, og jeg kan sannsynligvis telle på én hånd antallet personer som i det hele tatt kommer til å merke at jeg er borte derifra. Det eneste jeg har fått ut av kontoen min der er en litt bedre oversikt over bursdagene til folk, men jeg har en ekte kalender liggende et sted hvor bursdagene til alle som betyr noe i livet mitt er merket av, så det blir ikke noe stort savn (såfremt jeg faktisk klarer å finne igjen kalenderen, har ikke sett den på et halvt år).

Ellers? Hm, la meg se. Tidligere i kveld lagde jeg pannekaker, som overraskende nok smakte helt ok. Kanskje jeg gjør det igjen, en dag. Fikk iallefall brukt opp en pose med ferdiglaget "pannekakepulver" som jeg har hatt stående i over ett år. Mens jeg er inne på tidsperioden "ett år"; jeg har nå vært ansatt i samme bedrift i ett år og en måned, er nå på en såkalt "permanent" kontrakt (jeg var originalt ansatt i en 12-måneders periode) og forhåpentligvis vil jeg forbli ansatt der i uoverskuelig fremtid.

Jaja. Da var halvårs-oppdateringen min unnagjort for denne gang. Jeg kommer sikkert med en ny oppdatering til høsten, en gang. Kanskje.