…while waiting for the next half-hour to pass: Change a plug. I will show you the reason in a post or two.
Not that there’s any reason to wish for time to pass faster at this point. The half-hours seem to fly by. I’m sure it won’t feel like that tomorrow morning, though…
The boyfriend is making pizza. Pizza good. On the other hand, having someone reading over your shoulder as you blog is actually somewhat unnerving. Might have to ask him to refrain from that or these entries are going to be uniformly short.
One thing is clear already, I’m going to ingest a lot of coffee and a lot of water by the time three o’clock comes round tomorrow. So, nothing new there, then. I seem to live on coffee and water most of the time anyway.
Norwegian strawberries are the best in the world. No, really, they are. If you don’t believe me you’ll have to come here in the strawberry-season (which is at it’s tail end, now, so plan for next year, ok?) and try them for yourself. In a bowl with cream is recommended, but really, whichever way you like them.
Mmm. Speaking of which, I think I have some (some? I have three baskets) in the fridge….
Aargh. Another post already! And I was so well into my php-fixing on nmwl.no. Well, you know, gotta do something in between posts.
So: poof. Will be back in half an hour after some more php…
You can drink the tapwater in Norway. Not in the sense “you can drink it and not get ill”, that goes for a lot of countries, but in the sense: “It actually tastes allright”, which doesn’t. When eating out over here, I actully prefer tapwater to the bottled kind.
Which doesn’t stop me buying water, but that’s because I like it sparkling if I’m not having it with food. Hm. I wonder if one of those old soda machines could be used to carbonate the tapwater? Would that work? (Watch my eyes fill with dollarsigns as I contemplate the money I’d be saving.)
I’ve decided on doing every other post to theme (alternating on the two blogs, so this one will have theme post on the half hour) and every other simply rambling. Rambling good.
Well, this is it. It’s here.
As you will notice, there is nothing about Life in Norway in this post. This is just the starter gun. Watch this space.
By the way – I’m yawning already. I think it’s probably just the thought of the next 24 hours making me yawn, but it’s hardly a good sign, is it?
It’s here. The day of the Blogathon is here. I tried staying up late last night and sleeping in, but wasn’t exactly successful. I went to sleep at around 1 AM and woke up, wide awake, at nine. Eight hours is normally enough, of course, which is why I was wide awake, but it means instead of 24 hours I’ll be doing 30ish. Damn those time zones.
Never mind, I’ve had a good crack at sorting out nmwl.no (nothing to see there yet, though, so don’t bother, I’ll link properly when it’s ready). The major job still left before there’s any point in letting the rest of the board have a look is the style sheet. Running on defaults now, and let me tell you: It does not look pretty.
First, though, I need to pop into town and pick up some slide films (2, they’ve been in the shop for ages), hand in the ones from the holiday (6, I did get around to using the camera a bit, obviously) for development and go to the post office to get my ‘nephew’s’ birthday present sent off. His birthday was last Saturday, so I’m running late, but I’m pretty sure he won’t mind – not quite old enough to grasp the concept of late presents just yet, I suspect. Though in all other respects he’s a prodigy, of course ;)
And I need an extension lead.
Voice in my head: Alanis Morissette – Precious Illusions
A tricky Friday Five this week.
1. If your life were a movie, what would the title be?
Something to do with laughter. Not having any flashes of inspiration right now. Though I suppose “Something to Do with Laughter” could actually be a good title for a film. Nicely cryptic.
2. What songs would be on the soundtrack?
The best thing to do here is see the 100 songs list…
3. Would it be a live-action film or animated? Why?
Oooh. Animated. Just because it’s cool.
4. Casting: who would play you, members of your family, friends, etc?
Well, with animation we’ll have to go for voices, won’t we? Dustin Hoffman could do my grandfather quite well, I think. Other than that, hm… Well, I’d like Meg Ryan for me, but I’m not sure it would be such a brilliant piece of casting. My ex thought my father looked like Dr. Spock, but that would be somewhat irrelevant in an animation.
5. Describe the movie preview/trailer.
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Ok, maybe not…
An article in an American newspaper on the Blogathon.