2009's first blog-entry

First off, let me explain why this is in English. It has nothing to do with the fact that I'm trying to impress everyone and will try a different language each week, oh no, not at all... In fact, I'm not intentionally trying to impress anyone, it's just that some friend of mine updated my firefox on my extremely cute and nice Eee-laptop and accidentally changed my keyboard from Norwegian to English. Therefore, I don't have the last three letters of the Norwegian alphabet available anymore... even though they still are clearly printed on my keyboard and the configuration of the machine still thinks I have a Norwegian keyboard. "Oh well," thought I. "I might as well make the best of it and write in English, if not for anything else than the practice it gives me."

So, to bring you all up to date: I'm writing this on my Eee and I'm currently visiting my other friend, Anderz, 's cabin close to the border of Sweden. And yes: we have been over the border to buy ehm... soda! and *cough* potato chips. Yes, potato chips. Yep. And we have internet.

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is the first blog of the New Year. YEAY!

So, to start off I'll just mention that I've had an extremely good start in the new year and am very, VERY, exited to continue my study to be a music teacher. I think I have the best class everr, they're so cool and funny and social! And this week we have been practicing and perfoming a self-composed skit - all thoroughly without the interruptions of teachers :-)

We have been playing a mixture between Swedish Danceband and Reggae, and it works! It works so well, it's scary - really scary. I've been struggling to fall asleep lately because when all is silent except the wall-mounted clock's tick-tack, tick-tack, the songs haunt me and I start signing inside my head. And then I start giggling. And then I remember the character Olle-Bosse's struggle to impress the "lead-singer" Kikki-Lotta as she falls helplessly in love with Jamaican Bobb. And then the laughing fit is a fact, and I can't stop laughing. And when I do, the music creeps back in my head and I'm back to where I started. DAMN YOU CATCHY SONG!!!

Oh, and I have been skiing this weekend: in Are (pronounced ore-eh) in Sweden, also known as the Swedish Alps. And that was really sweet, not just because we eventually had a cloud-free day, but also because we went swimming afterwards. AND had some ice cream. AND hot chocolate. And when we got back at the cabin, we saw the coolest film I've seen this year: "Deathproof" - directed by Quentin Tarantino. And that name should ring a bell. If it doesn't, please find Thomas DJ and ask him to hit you. In other words: a really great day!

Still not laughing? Try this link, it might help.