mandag 20. april 2009
søndag 8. mars 2009
mandag 2. februar 2009
This is about as nerdy as you can get.
When you're surfing the internet to find pictures of Chewbacca to show your boyfriend, and telling him that if you weren't marrying him you'd want to marry Chewbacca.
When you come across an internet site that's actually called "Wookieepedia".
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Wookieepedia
And when you're writing about it in your blog.
Guess I should go to bed.
May the Force be with you!
When you come across an internet site that's actually called "Wookieepedia".
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Wookieepedia
And when you're writing about it in your blog.
Guess I should go to bed.
May the Force be with you!
Conversation with Elif 21
It just hit me while I was telling someone about what I'd done after graduating at an age of 21. If only there had been someone to tell me the things I know now, how much simpler life would be. So I've made an imaginary dialogue with myself, Elif 31 meeting Elif 21, in an imaginary cafe where the service is fast and the music is chill.
Elif 31: (Drinking a cortado with one sugar)Thank you for meeting me, I know this must seem awkward.
Elif 21: (Drinking coke with ice) Well, yeah. But you said you wanted to talk to me about something. Anyway, I don't mind, I had nothing else to do anyway.
Elif 31: Great! Ok, here's the thing. I know you've just moved back to Oslo and you're feeling a bit lonely, having left your friends and boyfriend behind.
Elif 21: Yeah, I just don't know what to do. I've started studying at the University of Oslo, but it seems like everyone knows each other from high school.
Elif 31: Norway is like that. I'm sorry to say, but you will be feeling this for the next ten years. Even if you're in a place where you know everyone you will still feel awkward and left out. And different.
Elif 21: I don't believe that. There has to come a time where I'll feel part of the crowd.
Elif 31: Well, it's not happening in the next ten years.
Elif 21: (Taking a sip of coke) You're just bitter
Elif 31: I guess I am. And you will be too. Especially if you let those guys you meet get you down. Don't take them seriously. At least not all of them. Most of them are really not worth the time, let alone the tears!
Elif 21: Will there be many heartbreaks? Or maybe I don't want to know.
Elif 31: There will be. But you will cause some too. But that will hurt you even more.
Elif 21: (Laughing) I don't mind being a maneater.
Elif 31: Well maybe not, but it's not who you are. You will be striving to find love, to be loved. And in that search you will do things that will mess you up. But don't worry, they're not going to kill you, and you will become a wiser person.
Elif 21: Will I get married before 25? I want to be married and settled down by the age of 25 and have a decent career.
Elif 31: You will be disappointed.
Elif 21: I don't believe you.
Elif 31: Then don't. You will be disappointed and at some point you will want to give up. But you never do.
Elif 21: But exactly what did you want to talk to me about? I don't care about you and your life.
Elif 31: You're right, you deserve to know why. I'm telling you this, so that you don't have to worry for the next ten years.
Elif 21: What is it?
Elif 31: You will not find the man in your life until you're 31. You will not be rich, and you will still be living with your parents.
Elif 21: Noooo way! Why do I still live with my parents? Is there something wrong with me?
Elif 31: No, it's just the way things are at that time. But you do have your own apartment, so it's not at bad as it sounds.
Elif 21: Hmmm....
Elif 31: Hmm?
Elif 21: What can I do to prevent this?
Elif 31: Nothing I guess. But maybe you should start working out, cause those cellulites will be coming soon!
Elif 31: (Drinking a cortado with one sugar)Thank you for meeting me, I know this must seem awkward.
Elif 21: (Drinking coke with ice) Well, yeah. But you said you wanted to talk to me about something. Anyway, I don't mind, I had nothing else to do anyway.
Elif 31: Great! Ok, here's the thing. I know you've just moved back to Oslo and you're feeling a bit lonely, having left your friends and boyfriend behind.
Elif 21: Yeah, I just don't know what to do. I've started studying at the University of Oslo, but it seems like everyone knows each other from high school.
Elif 31: Norway is like that. I'm sorry to say, but you will be feeling this for the next ten years. Even if you're in a place where you know everyone you will still feel awkward and left out. And different.
Elif 21: I don't believe that. There has to come a time where I'll feel part of the crowd.
Elif 31: Well, it's not happening in the next ten years.
Elif 21: (Taking a sip of coke) You're just bitter
Elif 31: I guess I am. And you will be too. Especially if you let those guys you meet get you down. Don't take them seriously. At least not all of them. Most of them are really not worth the time, let alone the tears!
Elif 21: Will there be many heartbreaks? Or maybe I don't want to know.
Elif 31: There will be. But you will cause some too. But that will hurt you even more.
Elif 21: (Laughing) I don't mind being a maneater.
Elif 31: Well maybe not, but it's not who you are. You will be striving to find love, to be loved. And in that search you will do things that will mess you up. But don't worry, they're not going to kill you, and you will become a wiser person.
Elif 21: Will I get married before 25? I want to be married and settled down by the age of 25 and have a decent career.
Elif 31: You will be disappointed.
Elif 21: I don't believe you.
Elif 31: Then don't. You will be disappointed and at some point you will want to give up. But you never do.
Elif 21: But exactly what did you want to talk to me about? I don't care about you and your life.
Elif 31: You're right, you deserve to know why. I'm telling you this, so that you don't have to worry for the next ten years.
Elif 21: What is it?
Elif 31: You will not find the man in your life until you're 31. You will not be rich, and you will still be living with your parents.
Elif 21: Noooo way! Why do I still live with my parents? Is there something wrong with me?
Elif 31: No, it's just the way things are at that time. But you do have your own apartment, so it's not at bad as it sounds.
Elif 21: Hmmm....
Elif 31: Hmm?
Elif 21: What can I do to prevent this?
Elif 31: Nothing I guess. But maybe you should start working out, cause those cellulites will be coming soon!
søndag 1. februar 2009
Wedding Invitation
Finally tying the knot in July.
Things can't go wrong with the right wedding invitation!
Photo by Mark Edwards
Hard Rain Exhibition
Teknisk Museum
søndag 25. januar 2009
Orange Line
15 minutes for the next metro. I'm standing outside on the platform and the ground is full of snow. There's no one else there, just me in my big black wellington boots and tons of clothes to keep out the January cold.
Wait wait wait...
10 minutes left.
I decide to walk to one end of the platform, just to kill some time. I'm all alone so why should it matter.
Walk walk walk...
8 minutes left.
There is an orange line to prevent people from standing too close when the metro arrives. I decide to walk on it until the other end of the platform. I walk, strutting my stuff, feeling confident and pretending I'm on a catwalk. What do these models complain about anyway? Look ahead, keep the balance and poise.
Walk walk walk...
I've come to the other end. I look back and see my footprints on the orange line. Suddenly it hits me. People will eventually come and see my footprints and wonder what kind of a person did this. I start laughing, loudly, and feel happy. I feel happy because I'm thinking that the worst thing people will think is that a child did it. I wear size 36. Or that I'm crazy. And maybe that's not so bad.
I start thinking about Arne Næss, who talked about the fact that people should play more. He was right. He also talked about that it was fun to be a respected professor, since he could tell his students all kinds of stupid things and they would take it seriously. What freedom! I also remember Finn Erik Vinje, the linguist who criticised Ari Behn and Märtha Louise for their choice of names for their children. He said he was relieved to be retired and be able to write in his blogg as he pleased, since he no longer had any career to consider anymore(I tried finding the right article to quote but couldn't find it).
Must be great.
"Overvåkningskamera" - surveillance cameras.
And here I've been walking back and forth killing time, with a camera capturing my every move.
I can't find anything else to do but smile :-)
Wait wait wait...
10 minutes left.
I decide to walk to one end of the platform, just to kill some time. I'm all alone so why should it matter.
Walk walk walk...
8 minutes left.
There is an orange line to prevent people from standing too close when the metro arrives. I decide to walk on it until the other end of the platform. I walk, strutting my stuff, feeling confident and pretending I'm on a catwalk. What do these models complain about anyway? Look ahead, keep the balance and poise.
Walk walk walk...
I've come to the other end. I look back and see my footprints on the orange line. Suddenly it hits me. People will eventually come and see my footprints and wonder what kind of a person did this. I start laughing, loudly, and feel happy. I feel happy because I'm thinking that the worst thing people will think is that a child did it. I wear size 36. Or that I'm crazy. And maybe that's not so bad.
I start thinking about Arne Næss, who talked about the fact that people should play more. He was right. He also talked about that it was fun to be a respected professor, since he could tell his students all kinds of stupid things and they would take it seriously. What freedom! I also remember Finn Erik Vinje, the linguist who criticised Ari Behn and Märtha Louise for their choice of names for their children. He said he was relieved to be retired and be able to write in his blogg as he pleased, since he no longer had any career to consider anymore(I tried finding the right article to quote but couldn't find it).
Must be great.
"Overvåkningskamera" - surveillance cameras.
And here I've been walking back and forth killing time, with a camera capturing my every move.
I can't find anything else to do but smile :-)
tirsdag 13. januar 2009
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