I'm just popping in while travelling across Europe, now in Paris France. Tomorrow it's Oslo again, then on sunday Los Angeles!
Todays subject, Robbie Williams. Bodies. Thats the name of his new single, and today it was played for the first time. How does it sound? Slightly average, in my opinion. But not as bad as some crtics claim.
How dare they rate the new ALBUM with a 1 when they only have heard one song??! Give they guy a chance.
Here it is, tell me what you think!!
fredag 4. september 2009
lørdag 29. august 2009
Never look back in anger
So, that's it for Oasis I take it. The brain stem of the band, Noel Gallagher has decided to leave, guess he's had that one last row with baby bro'.
Some of those rows kind of puts the conflicts in Afghanistan or Iraq in the shades. At least when it comes to headlines....
Anyway, I'm glad I got the chance to see them twice before they went into history.
And now, here's a few words from themselves, that actually might be needed from now on and the next few days/weeks/years.
Some of those rows kind of puts the conflicts in Afghanistan or Iraq in the shades. At least when it comes to headlines....
Anyway, I'm glad I got the chance to see them twice before they went into history.
And now, here's a few words from themselves, that actually might be needed from now on and the next few days/weeks/years.
søndag 23. august 2009
The final countdown!
To get us all in the right mood for this blog, click this link and let it play while reading hehe. I was trying to embed it, but it's disabled, so unfortunately it has to be played in a separate window. Spongebob is fun.. And the song is quite appropriate right now.
Because it really IS the final countdown. First of all to my holiday, it's been an extremely long summer this year. Not a fun long summer, a WORKING and tiresome long summer. I'm not complainting, by all means, I love my job. But now the end is nigh, and in just a week I'm finally starting my 4 week long awaited holiday.
And today, it's a mere 14 days until we leave for LA!!
I start my holiday a bit earlier, I'm going on a short week to Paris first, with a very special friend of mine. So for those who happen to stroll by and who know me and didn't already know, well now I've admitted it lol.
I look immensely forward to getting away from here. I look forward to seeing new things, and just enjoy seeing new places. We'll drink mojitos and g/t's if we want to. And I'll generally just live life without thinking about what time I have to get back in my car and jump into my scrubs again.
There will definitely be more updates from my trip, with pics and all. But for now, it's all about dreaming and counting down. The final countdown!!!! :D
Snapshot from last years holiday, this was in Cascais near Lisbon, Portugal
Because it really IS the final countdown. First of all to my holiday, it's been an extremely long summer this year. Not a fun long summer, a WORKING and tiresome long summer. I'm not complainting, by all means, I love my job. But now the end is nigh, and in just a week I'm finally starting my 4 week long awaited holiday.
And today, it's a mere 14 days until we leave for LA!!
I start my holiday a bit earlier, I'm going on a short week to Paris first, with a very special friend of mine. So for those who happen to stroll by and who know me and didn't already know, well now I've admitted it lol.
I look immensely forward to getting away from here. I look forward to seeing new things, and just enjoy seeing new places. We'll drink mojitos and g/t's if we want to. And I'll generally just live life without thinking about what time I have to get back in my car and jump into my scrubs again.
There will definitely be more updates from my trip, with pics and all. But for now, it's all about dreaming and counting down. The final countdown!!!! :D
Snapshot from last years holiday, this was in Cascais near Lisbon, Portugal
søndag 9. august 2009
My Madonna weekend
It's been exactly a week now since I got back home from my holiday leg 1 this year. I've seen my friends, their kids, who keeps growing in a pace that honestly scares me. I'm getting granny old soon!!
Plenty a coffee were drunk, plenty of sushi was ingested. And actually, not even one unit of alcohol. It's not that I'm proud of myself or anything, it just isn't an option most of the time.
Well, the Madonna concert. We had Golden Circle tickets, so we knew that we'd get quite close to the stage no matter how late we were.
I'd been checking up on weather forecasts, and the prognosis were poor for us, i knew that even before I got on the plane down. Thursday night, the concert night, it said heavy rain. And heavy rain were absolutely no exagerration.
Thursday morning came, I'd brought my 2 rainpochos (for the 2 of us, kindly approved by my mum when we first read the forecast. Had a day of windowshopping ahead of me, before I was to meet up with sis in law and head for Valle Hovin, the concert arena. About half an hour before we were to meet, heaven decided to open up, and let all the excess water out in a huge thunderstorm. So when we got up to the Arena, it already looked a bit like a lake. Because there were no drainage whatsoever on the concrete that the rest of the year is a skating arena.
We were a bit far back in line, but somehow managed to get front row places when we came in. Already soaked shoes, I found a place that didn't have 10 cm of water. And stood put. here's what my socks looked like before the concert even started, but after I'd been on a little walk to find a ladies room.
Notice how sis in law was smart enough to wear wellies. I had on leather strollers from Vagabond, not a good choice.
To make a long story short, Madonna was really fit, already about 600 times more fit than me, and when I'll get to 50, she'll probably be 1600 times more fit than me. We were in front of the bass speakers, so it was hard to hear the music itself, just heard booom boom boom and her voice when the base didn't go. Which was most of the time. So I can't say if she sang great or not. But she had a great show, that's for sure. And it was WET. WET as ...a shower, or a steam shower. Or a massage shower, if you want. Especially at times. Here are a few more shots from the nights, some of us, some of Madonna. And i'll try to upload a video too. The sound isn't good at all, because of the proximity to the bassdrums, but the sight was great. So turn OFF your speakers and enjoy! hehe
Happy to be front row, showing off the bar.
Madonna stratting her stuff in front of us, on the bass speaker that stole my sound.
Here's the clip with the best sound, but still, the bass messes it up half way. Sorry.
Plenty a coffee were drunk, plenty of sushi was ingested. And actually, not even one unit of alcohol. It's not that I'm proud of myself or anything, it just isn't an option most of the time.
Well, the Madonna concert. We had Golden Circle tickets, so we knew that we'd get quite close to the stage no matter how late we were.
I'd been checking up on weather forecasts, and the prognosis were poor for us, i knew that even before I got on the plane down. Thursday night, the concert night, it said heavy rain. And heavy rain were absolutely no exagerration.
Thursday morning came, I'd brought my 2 rainpochos (for the 2 of us, kindly approved by my mum when we first read the forecast. Had a day of windowshopping ahead of me, before I was to meet up with sis in law and head for Valle Hovin, the concert arena. About half an hour before we were to meet, heaven decided to open up, and let all the excess water out in a huge thunderstorm. So when we got up to the Arena, it already looked a bit like a lake. Because there were no drainage whatsoever on the concrete that the rest of the year is a skating arena.
We were a bit far back in line, but somehow managed to get front row places when we came in. Already soaked shoes, I found a place that didn't have 10 cm of water. And stood put. here's what my socks looked like before the concert even started, but after I'd been on a little walk to find a ladies room.
Notice how sis in law was smart enough to wear wellies. I had on leather strollers from Vagabond, not a good choice.
To make a long story short, Madonna was really fit, already about 600 times more fit than me, and when I'll get to 50, she'll probably be 1600 times more fit than me. We were in front of the bass speakers, so it was hard to hear the music itself, just heard booom boom boom and her voice when the base didn't go. Which was most of the time. So I can't say if she sang great or not. But she had a great show, that's for sure. And it was WET. WET as ...a shower, or a steam shower. Or a massage shower, if you want. Especially at times. Here are a few more shots from the nights, some of us, some of Madonna. And i'll try to upload a video too. The sound isn't good at all, because of the proximity to the bassdrums, but the sight was great. So turn OFF your speakers and enjoy! hehe
Happy to be front row, showing off the bar.
Madonna stratting her stuff in front of us, on the bass speaker that stole my sound.
Here's the clip with the best sound, but still, the bass messes it up half way. Sorry.
mandag 27. juli 2009
Holiday!!
The title is about 2 things, the first is that it's actually my first week of holiday now. The second thing is, that the time has come for me to pack my things and leave for Oslo. Thursday is the day to see Madonna in concert.
First time ever for me to see her, and first time ever for her in Norway.
I'm looking forward to it, but I look even more forward to hanging out with my friends and family, have all the sushi I want, go to the movies, and do whatever I please, whenever I please.
It's just one week off for now, but I'll try to make the best of it.
The first 3 days off I've tried to lead a better life than before, unfortunately I've been lazy ever since the work project were over.
So to kick myself in the butt, I bought a card that's sold, where you walk on 8 designated tracks, most of them are to various heights around the municipality. So, the last 3 days, I've conquered 3 different heights around the village. Today I brought my mobile to take pics as proof hehe. So here follows the evidence.
Lobster-Lisa on top of a mountain..
The Andøya mountains seen from Øvergårdsfjellet
My dad posing on what seems to be the edge of a cliff, but we walked down from there. Myre is in the background, my home town.
My dad again, relaxing, making some photographic evidence for himself. The background is Staven/Øksnes Vestbygd.
First time ever for me to see her, and first time ever for her in Norway.
I'm looking forward to it, but I look even more forward to hanging out with my friends and family, have all the sushi I want, go to the movies, and do whatever I please, whenever I please.
It's just one week off for now, but I'll try to make the best of it.
The first 3 days off I've tried to lead a better life than before, unfortunately I've been lazy ever since the work project were over.
So to kick myself in the butt, I bought a card that's sold, where you walk on 8 designated tracks, most of them are to various heights around the municipality. So, the last 3 days, I've conquered 3 different heights around the village. Today I brought my mobile to take pics as proof hehe. So here follows the evidence.
Lobster-Lisa on top of a mountain..
The Andøya mountains seen from Øvergårdsfjellet
My dad posing on what seems to be the edge of a cliff, but we walked down from there. Myre is in the background, my home town.
My dad again, relaxing, making some photographic evidence for himself. The background is Staven/Øksnes Vestbygd.
onsdag 1. juli 2009
Exorcism
My newest little niece is a cute little thing.. But she's turned a bit scary lately. Her parents has this proof that we might have to find some holy water in the near future..
lørdag 13. juni 2009
Hearts
As usual I might say, my blog activity is rather low.
Since april 27 our work has been part of a project called "active hospitals" , where the point has been to compete against other units, and find out who's the most active. We got points every day if we worked out, could get rewarded 1 or 2 points depending on the activity. Well, as competitive as I am, I set of to get full score. The project lasted for 6 weeks, and I actually managed to get 2 points every day. So I actually went from a 0 hour a week workout over the last 8 years to half an hour of aerobics or power walk a day. That showed on my measurements, I lost half my bust during the project (and there weren't much to begin with hehe) All in all I actually lost 25 cm's which is quite cool. But now when the project is over I'm lazy again. Will try to stay a bit more active than before though.. It's nice to walk in the forest, and feels great to be able to jog for 300 metres without having to puke afterwards lol.
Other than that last week or so has been incredibly busy. Started with 2 night shifts last wednesday and thursday night, sleeping friday morning, then at night we had a "blue" trip with work.
A Blue Trip is a trip where a committee of 2 or 3 persons decides what to do, and the rest are in "the blue", not knowing anything. Well, we met up at work at 6 pm, got a starter drink from a urine sample cup (of course, we work at a hospital lol) apple juice. Then we got handed an envelope with a riddle, and had to find out where our next destination would be. It was the local airport, so we got a bit apprehensive, wondering if we actually were to fly anywhere. Got there, had to go through the security check, then got seated, and handed another envelope. That one took us to Sortland, where I live, to a co workers new house. So there was no flight for us, just a security check.
At Sortland we found our co workers house, got lovely lime, mellon and cucumber drinks, these with alcohol. Had a chocolate quiz, then got another riddle. That time it was the destination. Which was a sami exhibition/museum place a few kilometres away.
We drove off again, found the last stop. There we were met by the owners of the place, and shown up to our dining area, inside a Lavvu, a sami tent, like a tipi.
She told stories, spoke sapmi, which none of us understood, and sang a joik. That was pretty cool, actually. We got served a festive traditional meal of some kind of casserole, and had a few more quizzes outside the lavvu. We cheated like hell, and won hehe. The prize? A dried, salted reindeer heart!! Apparently it was a normal snack with the sami people, so we were handed the thing, sliced a bit of it, dipped it in coffee and ate it. Not my favorite snack, I must admit that. But now I've tasted that too... Never in a million years thought I'd actually eat a heart.
Anyhoo.. I left early, because next day I was going to Lødingen to attend the annual seafood festival there. My sis in law is from Lødingen, that's why we go there. The name isn't that accurate, the festival involves more beer, and less actual seafood. But it's a nice place to relax, and the people are nice.
On monday I left to Oslo with a co worker, we were going to check out new beds for our delivery rooms. First we visited Ullevål Hospital, the biggest hospital in the country. We have 300 deliveries a year, they have 7000. So there's a difference for sure. We barely got to talk to the person we had appointments with, and found out that their beds were crappy.
Next morning we checked out of our hotel, got picked up by another bed company dude, and was escorted to Drammen to see another bed. That was quite another story.. Totally hi tech, inflatable cushions in seats and lower back, and could easily be turned into a recliner, if wanted. So I'm rooting for that one. Now its up to the hospital management if they want to spend 104.500 NOK on a bed.
Since april 27 our work has been part of a project called "active hospitals" , where the point has been to compete against other units, and find out who's the most active. We got points every day if we worked out, could get rewarded 1 or 2 points depending on the activity. Well, as competitive as I am, I set of to get full score. The project lasted for 6 weeks, and I actually managed to get 2 points every day. So I actually went from a 0 hour a week workout over the last 8 years to half an hour of aerobics or power walk a day. That showed on my measurements, I lost half my bust during the project (and there weren't much to begin with hehe) All in all I actually lost 25 cm's which is quite cool. But now when the project is over I'm lazy again. Will try to stay a bit more active than before though.. It's nice to walk in the forest, and feels great to be able to jog for 300 metres without having to puke afterwards lol.
Other than that last week or so has been incredibly busy. Started with 2 night shifts last wednesday and thursday night, sleeping friday morning, then at night we had a "blue" trip with work.
A Blue Trip is a trip where a committee of 2 or 3 persons decides what to do, and the rest are in "the blue", not knowing anything. Well, we met up at work at 6 pm, got a starter drink from a urine sample cup (of course, we work at a hospital lol) apple juice. Then we got handed an envelope with a riddle, and had to find out where our next destination would be. It was the local airport, so we got a bit apprehensive, wondering if we actually were to fly anywhere. Got there, had to go through the security check, then got seated, and handed another envelope. That one took us to Sortland, where I live, to a co workers new house. So there was no flight for us, just a security check.
At Sortland we found our co workers house, got lovely lime, mellon and cucumber drinks, these with alcohol. Had a chocolate quiz, then got another riddle. That time it was the destination. Which was a sami exhibition/museum place a few kilometres away.
We drove off again, found the last stop. There we were met by the owners of the place, and shown up to our dining area, inside a Lavvu, a sami tent, like a tipi.
She told stories, spoke sapmi, which none of us understood, and sang a joik. That was pretty cool, actually. We got served a festive traditional meal of some kind of casserole, and had a few more quizzes outside the lavvu. We cheated like hell, and won hehe. The prize? A dried, salted reindeer heart!! Apparently it was a normal snack with the sami people, so we were handed the thing, sliced a bit of it, dipped it in coffee and ate it. Not my favorite snack, I must admit that. But now I've tasted that too... Never in a million years thought I'd actually eat a heart.
Anyhoo.. I left early, because next day I was going to Lødingen to attend the annual seafood festival there. My sis in law is from Lødingen, that's why we go there. The name isn't that accurate, the festival involves more beer, and less actual seafood. But it's a nice place to relax, and the people are nice.
On monday I left to Oslo with a co worker, we were going to check out new beds for our delivery rooms. First we visited Ullevål Hospital, the biggest hospital in the country. We have 300 deliveries a year, they have 7000. So there's a difference for sure. We barely got to talk to the person we had appointments with, and found out that their beds were crappy.
Next morning we checked out of our hotel, got picked up by another bed company dude, and was escorted to Drammen to see another bed. That was quite another story.. Totally hi tech, inflatable cushions in seats and lower back, and could easily be turned into a recliner, if wanted. So I'm rooting for that one. Now its up to the hospital management if they want to spend 104.500 NOK on a bed.
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