Goodbye Isa!

So now you're actually leaving...


You're going off to France, to follow your dream and to come home in three years time speaking french fluently.
You selfish girl!


Did it never occur to that you're leaving the rest of us behind?
There won't be any more sleep overs where you and I stay up until four o'clock having intense conversations.
Who will I go to now that you're gone and there's no one left to listen patiently to my opinions on the Who, the world and other things that engage me?



That's your thing Isa, you don't judge people for who they are, but you have strong opinions about everything, and I hope you'll never change that.


I know I haven't been the best to keep contact the last year, and I regret that I haven't taken my chance to hang out with you more often.
So there's goodbye to ten years of memories, both sad and happy and some even hystercally funny. I hope you get a lovely stay in France, and that you find lots of new friends!
An good luck with you-know-what;)
Love you loads and can't wait to see you again this Christmas!

Love Sunniva<3


Hope it's alright that I borrowed your pictures:D

the Positives!

After Magnus' endless nagging(which included sending me threatening emails every second hour for a week) I finally decided to write a post about his super band the Positives!

Let's just start of with a little bio:

The Positives is a Bergen-based rock n' roll group, put together by four boys.

Magnus(who is one of my best friends, and the best guitarist I know) plays the guitar as you may have figured, and sings backing vocals.

Although Magnus might tell you something else on Myspace, he was born and raised in Bergen(with exeptions of a few years in Oslo) and still lives with his parents and his hot little brother Åsmund.

I don't know much about the other four members, but I'll tell you that Anders sings lead vocal and plays the guitar,

Torgrim plays the drums and

Jens plays the bass.

Anders is really cool, and likes almost every band I like, including the Monkees(respect!)!

The Positives have only posted one song on their myspace page so far, but they're going to start recording in not long, as they won a competition.(can't be bothered to explain it...)

The one song they have on MySpace is a very catchy tune called "Downtown".

I think it's a killer song, although the text is a bit weird:p (lines like: "I ain't puttin' on a dressing gown")

Anyways, other than the fact that they should change their name(there are like a duzzen other bands with that name on MySpace, some are even touring) the Positives is a great band, who plays music the way music(in my opinion) should be played: by four young boys!

Wish you all luck with your upcoming recording session, and hope I get to see you live sometime!!

Sun loves you!

Monday,Monday...

Today was my first taste of Nissen's boring side...

We started the day of with English(not really, but I can't be bothered to talk about our first lesson...) and I actually managed to continuously yawn for an hour and a half, although Christine, Anje and me and a couple of other girls were sent out in the hallway to read on our own.

Then we had our lunch break, and I met up with Oda.

Oda stayed at my place for a sleep over on Saturday, and on Sunday we went down to take some wicked photos in a photo booth... very brat-like, yes.

we also hung out at Blå with Maddie and Anje:)

*Deadend street, deadend street....*

Anyways, today she saw my school for the first time, but to her great disappointment, missed the Hungarian band that was supposed to play.

We agreed to meet after school, so he could come window shopping with me.

Then she had dinner at our place and now she's on her way home I guess...

And so that was my day, and I think I'll be off to write a song about annoying over-the-top-alternative girls...If you catch my drift Anje...

Who Ruined Hip Hop?

I've been watching Mtv today(and yesterday) and they've got this anniversary going.

I think it's 20 years since the first "Yo! Mtv Raps" aired or something.

Anyway, as many other classic rock fans(somehow I feel that's making me sound dull and nerdy...shame!) I was a little sceptical towards the whole HipHop scene, which isn't really that weird when you look at the talentless shit going on these days...

But now I've really grown to respect the HipHop industry a lot! I mean the kind of music they were making back in those days really ment something, and people put more soul into it.

Just look at world famous artists like Rihanna, Timbaland etc.! They make music that most people attract towards (unfortunately) but there is NO soul or heart put into it!

Rihanna doesn't make her own material, and all Timbaland does is add some "boom-thicka-click-thicka-click-click" and that's about it, all his songs sound the same!

But then we have really talented artists who have been at it for a while, like Outkast.... I admire Outkast more than anyone in the HipHop industry.

And there's also Salt n' Pepa! My parents used to play me "Shoop" in the car when I was four, and I still remember it!

All in all, the whole Rap-scene seemed a lot more soulfull and real ten years ago. I hate saying it, 'cause that seemes to be my opinion on a lot of things, but there was juist this original style, where they wore the wackiest outfits, weird hats, and rapped about things that mattered to them.

They didn't stand there like idiots moaning other people's words.

Women earned themselves respect, and didn't let men treat them like bitches and whores, and Queen Latifa proves my point very well there.

I just wish I was back in the time when Rap was new, underground and exiting, and really meant something. HipHop has become too mainstream, and I think that's going to kill it in the end, 'cause they let their artists become braindead manequins, and with lack of talent comes the day people are going to get sick of the same kind of beats played in different songs over and over again...

Long live Old School HipHop!

I've just come home from a stroll around Grünerløkka where I popped by the hairdressers and got this Debbie Harry/mod bob style. I'll get Anje to take a picture soon. I've also taken some more car-pictures, as there was some sort of a Rock n' Roll mini festival going on there...

think I'm going to start collecting model cars...there's a great shop for it just around the corner from where I live!

I've been thinking, although I love Grünerløkka, it's starting to become a little overrated...
I mean, it's great that there's a place for so-called "hip" people to hang out and be "themselves", but it's not really the original underground-ish place it used to be.

It's just getting over crowded, and people come from all over town just to walk in "different" clothes and dig the Kooks or etc.

Hanging out on Grünerløkka has become some sort of a glorified cult-thing.

It was hip a couple of years ago, but in my opinion it's going to fade in a couple of years, 'cause then it's not really special anymore.

You can't be cool and different when everyone looks excactly the same.

At least the hippies and Mods were aware about that.

It's just a bit too much when everyone tries to be what they call a hundred % "themselves".

And I'm not saying I'm any better, it's just that I'm content with where I am right now, and yes, I do change according to who I'm with, but I think that's just showing respect to those around you.

Anyways, I'm about to order a Kinks t-shirt online, so I'll leave it at that;)

Toodles!

Practical Fashion

I've just been through four days back at school, and I've tried to somehow keep the style I had through summer(in clothes that is), but it's easier said than done. first of all, my nicer clothes from this summer are all in the dirty laundry, so I've worn whatever I have left in my closet and it's really hard keeping a somewhat alternate style without looking like a leftie or something:p.

Second of all, It's just not very practical wearing shorts and skirts and all the other clothing items that make it really difficult to sit with your legs crossed on the floor without keeping an arm between your legs.

So, I've tried to find some more practical styles that attract me on the internet or in InSide magazine(A very good norwegian magazine), but I would either look like an idiot myself, or I don't own the item in my closet, and to be wuite frank, I'm broke now, so there's no going out to buy it...

But I'm going to stick to my slight Mod-style this autumn, and I can't wait for it to get colder (and I can't believe I just said that!).

Anyway, I'll try and play down my style a little for school, cause I need it to be practical and not too outstanding, but at the same time not like everyone else.

First of all it's the jeans:

I found these "Mod striped Super Skinny Fit Jeans" on http://fashion-zealot.blogspot.com/2008/01/hot-new-shapes.html

I've got a pair almost like these, that I bought at a great shop called Tillsammans in Bergen

http://www.northernsoul.no/

And I've bought quite a lot of cool stuff there.

I also found a site that supports my opinion of the coming autumn

http://www.shopaholicsdaily.com/2008/02/21/fall-2008-its-all-things-mod/

I'm thinking of using a lot of knitted jackets this year. To tell you the truth, I usually do every year... But it still looks cool, 'cause Anje (Who's always devestatingly honest) hasn't said anything yet...

Anyway, here is a very bad picture of my new knitted sweater!

I'll be wearing this all winter...

I'm thinking of moving in to it...

Stella McCartney had a great line of knitted sweaters, which I loved, but I can't find them right now...I'll get back to it I think...

That's all I can come up with today, I'm going to joing my mum and watch some good ol' British Krim.

'Till next time!

Rain...

It's been reaining all day! It's alright, though, 'cause summer's over anyway, and I'm in the classroom all day.

I've developed this obsession with old cars(masculine, huh?) which seems to be quite common these days, as everyone in Grüneløkka has one.

I've walked past this pink Cadillac a couple of times at Kampen(where my father lives), and I finally took a picture of it. I wouldn't really drive around in a car like that, but I still think it's a beautiful one.

Other than that, I've been to school,which has been fun... Well, it's really nice meeting people and stuff, but it can get booring at times. But I'm not complaining! I'm really happy that I got into Nissen, and that I get the chance to do what I like best for the next three years(if my grades do...).

I'm also very excited about the revue! There's going to be a meeting this tuesday, and I've GOT to get some part of it, not necessarily on stage, but anything that will let me go on those revue trips!

But,we'll have to wait and see...

Anyways... got to go now!

First entry is always the lamest...

So, I hate writing the first entry, 'cause you never really know what to write about, but this is just so that I have a first entry:P I'll write some more later;)

Tar-dar!