Another eurosong final approaces..

Tomorrow it all starts off. One year ago from about now, Norway was extatic, because we had finally won. It had happened only 2 times before. Actually, we're more used to getting the infamous NIL points than winning.

The consequences were of course, that this year the final is in Oslo. This has caused some controversy, because the money to pay the party has to come from somewhere. My boyfriend is especially annoyed, because NRK sold the rights to the FIFA world cup to afford Eurosong hehe. I'm not that bothered, it's not like we can't see fotball on any other channel if neccessary.

Just about every newspaper, online and the street editions, tv and got knows what has Eurosong material more than just a bit.

What makes me laugh, is the recaps of horrible songs through the years. Like this one..


One of the 5 songs voted MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENTS by an expert commentator on an online newspaper.

Some "experts" goes a bit overboard too.. Some aren't afraid to use themselves in the promotion for sure!!

So tomorrow it all kicks off, the first semi final, then the next one on thursday, and the big final on saturday. Will try to watch it all, although the quality of the songs are absolutely varying hehe. There's a chance I might do a follow up blog later this week, if I feel up for it, to recap the semi finals. Don't have much else planned so.. Enjoy! Here's Norway's entry. Not a big fan, but it's ok to not win again hehe.

Lisa does things you never thought she would

Everybody who knows me, knows that kitchen is not my area. Sure, I have my safe things I can produce, just because I have to eat. But I'm hardly ever doing anything from scratch.

But for quite some time now, I've been thinking of making this cake. I got the recipe of a friend of mine over a year ago, and not being a top chef, it's been sitting on my fridge for ages.


But finally I got around to testing it. Originally it was meant for a family gathering on friday, but that fell through, so instead I made it for yesterday, our national holiday, 17.mai.


Here's the picture story of how Lisa tried to make something out of something else hehe.





First I purchased a bunch of various ingredients, this is for sure no cheap cake. Think I paid about 300 NOK for the ingredients, or about $50 and then some.
There's creme cheese, 700 cc's of it actually. Organic sugar, eggs, vanilla sticks, cinnamon, vanilla sugar, butter and digestive crackers. That's what I remember.

The first thing I had to do, was to crush 15 crackers. I don't own a food processor, so went to my folks to borrow some of their utensils.
It was easier said than done.




Then I mixed in some melted butter, and spread the dough on the platter. In the oven it went, and after 15 minutes it looked like this



Time for the creme cheese. I poured it all in a big bowl, put in the vanilla sugar, the seeds of a vanilla stick and sugar. Found my old hand mixer, and started blending it all together. Then eggs went in, one by one.









Poured it on top of the baked cracker bottom, and into the oven it went again.







I'm not very tidy, so stuff filled up on my bench while I was doing my "magic" hehe.



When the cake was in the oven for the 2nd time, I realized that I only had bought half the amount needed for the topping. Thankfully the stores were still open, and the cake had to bake for at least 1 hour. So I went on a storm spree.
I came back, still had 15 minutes to wait, and then the cake looked like this.


By the looks of it, I'd went a bit overboard with the butter haha.

Then it was time for the sourcream/sugar/vanilla mix






5 more minutes of baking, and here's the result of the ready baked cake.




So now, just dig into it, you say? Oh no!!
Now it had to cool down, then spend 3 days in the fridge to set. And to wait for may 17th to arrive. I spent the days sneaking on it, trying to remove what's around it, with the result that I kind of wrecked the cake.

I bought some physalis decorative berries, and was finally ready for the big day.

Took the cake with my down to my brother, had a nice barbecue, and then it was time for THE cake.









I made strawberry coulis too, so we could have with the cake, to bring a bit of sourness into the sweet that's in the cake.

Looking nice, doesn't it?

Good times

Another nightshift upon me, this time last out of 3. Seems that's I only blog on night shifts.. Guess I'm more creative at 4:45 in the morning than any other time of the day.

I was watching the Sectional episode of Glee yesterday before I went to work, and this song at the end stuck in my head. Then I realized I actually have heard it before.. (not only the first time I watched the episode, 6 months ago..)

Because in the video beneath I was in the audience! And we heard the songs numerous times throug the day, as we were hanging out when they rehearsed.. think I actually have it on my mobile cam as well. but that was before my iphone, and whatever is stuck on my old mobile probably will stay in silence there forever hehe.

So the song of the night I first of all dedicate to my travel partner Beate.
but also to someone who means a great deal to me, and who I never see often enough. And he knows who he is :) xxxxx (know it's not your kind of music, but I don't care ;) )

The night is young..

And I feel old. Head is aching, body is numb.

This could have been the beginning of an awesome poem, but it's just the way I feel right now.
Because I'm working night shifts. One of my least favorite activities ever.. Only beat by shovelling snow, doing dishes and cleaning the house.
Domestic goddess, me? I think not.

My lack of blogging is a symptom of my life, because there's really not much going on there that I feel comfortable sharing with the world.

The days come and go, and I guess these are the days of our lives. Only problem is, it feels like what I do with my life is wait for the weekends. For obvious reasons.

I should make it my task to turn every day into a weekend, so that I'd enjoy it more. But that's not possible.

I hate being negative, but sometimes I can't help myself.

There's is one thing that cheers me up though, and that's looking at utterly weird things on youtube. So tonight I bring you this clip, someone playing the most peculiar instrument I've ever seen or heard of... The theremin. Shaped as a russian wooden doll...

Enjoy. Heheh. Or have nightmares. Your choice!

Perspective

These days of the olypmics, the press seems to be extremely into every kind of winter sports. Of course, the odd crime gets its share of attention. But they're creating a public storm over the lack of Gold Medals for Norway.

Personally, I don't really care that much. And even less now. Medals are nothing compared to the big things in life.. Like living or dying. Yeah, I'm deep, but this video made me emotional, if anything ever did. Please watch, share with friends, and get the message through to as many as possible.

And, last but not least, remember to live life to the fullest, cherish every hug, every smile, every beam of sunshine into your life. Cause you never know what tomorrow will bring.

How do you rate the morning sun?

Soon there'll be another single out from mr Robbie Williams. March 15th to be precise. This one is my personal favorite from his album Reality killed the Video Star. It's called Morning sun, and has been selected the official Sports Relief single of 2010. Good choice!

the video seems to be derived from the quote of the song "it doesn't take an astronaut to float into space, it's just a thought". It seems very tranquil and with loads of great shots.

Tell me what you think of it.. Here it is, enjoy!

Merry christmas!!

Hope all my readers and passing-by-ers have a lovely holiday season, and enjoy it all with the ones you love.

Don't burst on food, but do indulge on loving and caring!!

Until we meet again, take care!


xxxxx
Lisa