Sun's Blog

I hate my english teacher!

2009-01-27T23:42:00.000-08:00

So I was five minutes late for class, and they hadn't even started the lesson yet, but still my stupid english teacher told me I had to wait outside for 20 minutes!!
It' this idiotic rule they've made (which actually turned out to be illegal because it takes time out of our lesson) that you have to wait outside for 20 minutes if you're less than 20 minutes late.

Well, now that she's sent me out, I'm going to spend those 20 minutes talking shit about her on my blog, and nerd around on Facebook, so joke's on her!

Back 2 School

2009-01-09T09:01:00.000-08:00

Gosh, haven't written for ages...
Haven't really been in the mood, or had the time.
Lot's of things have happened this Christmas, some good, some bad and some just average:p
Can't be bothered to write a summary.

What I can write though:
-Went to Bergen(yeayh!)
-"worked" in the cafeteria at Bydelsrock (a concert for young artists in Bergen)
-Went home(um..yey?)
-Celebrated Chritmas with my mum's lot, my grandparents and my lovely cousin Joanna.
-Went back to Bergen(:D:D:D)
-Saw Blow Up(hmh..)
-Celebrated New Years Eve with Steph and her lot!!(:D:D)
-Went to the movies to see Max Manus (ONE fucking great norwegian movie! pardon my french)
-Came home again(...)
-Started School again on January the 5th, which was great!!

So that's about all I did (a couple of things left out, like a lovely trip to Frognerseteren with Anje and Maddie) this Christmas, and now I can't wait for spring to start.

I have quite a lot of plans for this spring, one of them is to celebrate my 17thbirthday with Amanda, which is going to be killer, killer, killer:D:D

Tonight I'm going to watch Nissen's review, but that's not until nine... 'till then...Scrubs is on...

bye!

I'm back home!

2008-12-15T14:14:00.000-08:00

Ah, finnaly.... at "home" in Bergen!
I've gotten off that stupid noisy and claustrophobic train and am now sitting in my grandparent's with the laptop (which my English teacher claims I have an alarming addictive relationship with...) on my lap, haha.
I've been reading Nick Hornby's High Fidelity on my way over here (that's six hours) and I found it surprisingly depressive, even though I have read it before, and then I actually enjoyed it a lot!
Maybe I'm just in a gloomy mood these days... It's all the darkness! The sun's only around for about six hours a day, which is very frustrating if you don't wake up until elleven, and then don't get out of the house until one.

But I'll keep only happy thoughts as I'm here, 'cause I am after all going to hang with my very best mates, Steph, Marianne and Magnus:)

In the afternoons that is, until then I'll be hanging with farmor(father's mother) and helping her out with her shopping and other important chores.

Positive and soothing thoughts from Sun (who is seriously concidering a trip to the solarium one of these days)

Scary Who-cd's

2008-12-12T13:33:00.000-08:00

I've been reading my last blogpost over and over the last days, and I now realize that it made me sound very conservative and I didn't mean for that at all! I've found out recently that I can concider myself a socialist:p

Anyway, as I keep saying, this blog isn't for discussing politics and booring things like that...

What I originaly wanted to tell you about was a very scary thing that just happened to me.

I'll have to tell you about an incident from this spring first though, 'cause one day I'd been out with Maria and bought Quadrophenia on dvd and the Who Sell Out on cd. I was listening through the cd, which by the way didn't give a very good first impression, when suddenly it started to skip the songs! I got really mad and put it in a different player, but still it kept skipping, and stopping and then went on playing... And this never happened at my dad's place...(duhluh-duhluh...)

And today, while I was copying music over to my computer, I'd put in another Who-cd, and left the room, well knowing that the sound was turned off. Then when I came back, the sound was on and the cd was playing!

Ok, this has happened to other cds, but no more than once per cd.
Haha, I guess I'm a bit paranoid and superstitious:p
And I've never really experienced any other super natural things in this house...
But a girl can dream that she might just have a ghost in her room who also happens to enjoy the Who...

Sun

Provocative art?

2008-12-02T12:31:00.000-08:00

I watched a tv show last week called "Safari" which is about culture stuff and art and so on.

That nights show was about feminist artists, and abortion and other issues that women can relate to.

They had this thing about this Swedish feminist artist, who had decided to make a sort of exhibition called something like "Birthday Party For Happy Aborted Children".

She had made all these cakes shaped as small foeteses and said that her intention with this little birthday party, was to provoke and remove the taboo around abortion, which so many women will have to go through. I have to say, before I continue that this "artist" once masturbated in front of her cat, and recorded it on tape and called it art so...

Anyways, she had this exhibition in Bergen, one of the cities in Norway that contains most free and freaky people, so I'm not exactly impressed.

I mean, what is she trying to get at? She's in Norway, whith total freedom of speach, where there are no demonstrators standing outside the locals waiting to stone her or disfigure her face because of the exhibition.

I would respect her so much more if she was actually at the risk of being arrested.

If she went down to, say, an Amish village, or maybe Iran and did this, I would probably see the point, but she isn't risking anything.

This week there will be a thing about this other artist who takes pictures of naked people in the middle of New York, and gets arressted almost every time.

Somehow I feel that that is a little more impressive, because he is actually provoking someone, whilst this swedish lady is doing nothing like that. All she is accomplishing is to annoy a couple of women, and maybe a couple of men, but there is no "revolution".

That's my thought for the day... tudluh!

Old rockers

2008-11-28T14:36:00.000-08:00

I'm desperately into music, all kinds of music really, but the genre that stands above all genres for me is Rock.

Well, classic brit-rock as I like to call it. I'm not really a fan of the expression "Rock" anyway, 'cause I think it has been ruined by hardcore fans with nails and black leather clothes and black make up.

As you might have figured, I'm into bands like the Who, the Kinks, Stones and let's not forget the Monkees, but also newer bands like the Kooks, Arctic Monkeys and so on.

Lately I've gotten this obsession for more glammed up seventies bands. It started with my intrest in the Who and the Kinks, 'cause as opposed to the Monkees and the Beatles, they continued in to the seventies and let their music get even better. This led to me liking things like Roxy Music, Steve Harley and the Cockney Rebel, etc. etc. and it also brought back my interest in David Bowie, Lou Reed, T-Rex and other bands and artists that dad used to play for me when I was younger.
Roxy Music

David Bowie

Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel

This is all very well, 'cause it seems to give me some respect, although this would be amongst my dad's friends and my friend's parents, but still, I'm proud of my music taste.

It's just that, I find it a little disturbing that this is what appeals to me.

Music which is about 30 years old, is what makes me feel at home.

Why am I instantly drawn to this music?

It wouldn't be so odd if I lived at the same time as this music, but I mean, I feel I can relate to the lyrics of two generations before my own.

It seems I'm only drawn towards the works of men in their sixties?

I've got to admit though, I really do enjoy all the great music we are getting nowadays.

But I can't remember last time a modern song moved me by either it's lyrics or it's melody.

It might be that I'm glorifying the aeras in which the songs were written, and that I would feel different if I actually lived in the sixties or seventies, but unlike other "bitter" classic rock-fans, I am open to anything that turns me on. I even enjoy me some Britney when I feel like it.

It could also be the innocent rebeliousnes about these songs. How they would use referrences to sex, masturbation, drugs or even just plain swear words, and afterwards have to insist that they meant something else.

Also, I don't think anyone has managed to write as beautifully about depression or teenage angst as these bands.

Some would probably say Nirvana, but then I feel Nirvana is a bit of an overkill really.

There's something about not having such a dark and gloomy attitude, and being able to see this depressive world from a happier angle which makes me feel that it's ok to feel down, but you can't let it ruin you.

I know that with the amount of drugs theses people took, they probably wouldn't be the best preachers, but then that's a different matter again, and I could waste another blog post just writing about that.

Bottom line is:

I do have a taste of music which is very unusual for teenage girls, and yes, I do think people like Mick Jagger and Roger Daltrey are dead sexy, even in their older days(I know, a bit weird, yes...) but that's just the way my taste is, I can't really help it.

And maybe it's all just good for me? Being into older music has given me quite a lot of knowledge about it and things to talk about when in company.

I've had many discussions with Magnus over the last three years...

Anyway, will be going now. It's pouring with rain outside, but I still feel like going to a café or something:)

tudluh!

www.bbc.co.uk/music/sevenages/artists/

Rebels: boys vs. girls

2008-11-26T10:27:00.000-08:00

I don't really fancy myself a feminist, 'cause I don't usually question things in society, like the coca cola zero commercials. (Quote: "Why not bras with zero fumbling" or "Why not girlfriends with zero headaches") or other so-called sexist commercials or statements from the media.
I think, that in our part of the world, it's more a question about equality. Like why, in 2008 men are better paid than women and so on.
But although things like these don't usually apeal to me, I've been thinking about the difference between people's view of rebellious girls and rebellious boys.
Take Amy Winehouse, or Kate Moss.

They've both been busted for drugs, Wineouse quite a lot of times, and whenever an incident like that has occured, the media has made them look like tragic addicted women who can't take care of themselves. Whilst whenever something like that happens to a male celebrity, they're concidered wild and exiting and quite a rebel. I'm not saying it's like this in every case, 'cause I don't think many people digged Pete Doherty's falling out.

But still, men get more respect than the women when they go "crazy" like that.

Like Keith Moon. He's worshiped by who-fans all over the world as the loonie, druggie, alcoholic god of the drums, while Lindsay Lohan, who shows quite a similar behaviour is referred to as an unstabile, slutty and tragic person.

I know Moon might have been a tad more tallented and experienced than Lohan, but still...

Then again, I don't know how people talked about Moon in the late seventies, and maybe Lohan will have to die before people start treating her as an icon.

What triggered me to write this is actually a headline on the front of a magazine saying that some norwegian b-celebrity was a "Recless Sex-Symbol".

It's just that a boy can shag whoever he wants, drink as much as he likes and get drug-busted a kazzillion times, and still be a "Recless Sex-Symbol".

If a girl shagged thirty different people, got drunk every night and someone found 10 grams of marihuana in her matress, she wouldn't exactly be reffered to as a sex-symbol. More like "Problematic crack-whore"

I don't know if it's really a big deal, I just came to think about it.

Sunniva

www.earcandymag.com/rrcase-4.htm
http://www.celebritiesuncovered.co.uk/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/

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Mermaids

2008-11-16T12:34:00.000-08:00

Wow, I just watched Mermaids, which I haven't watched for a real long time!

I'd forgotten how great this movie was! I can't be bothered to write a rewiev or anything now, 'cause I'm supposed to do my homework, but why don't you enjoy these pictures while you find out about it it yourself?

http://www.moviegoods.com/

Drugs in Disney movies?

2008-11-13T09:56:00.001-08:00

I was just watching the Simpsons episode called "D'oh-ing in the wind", where Homer discovers his mother's hippie past, and there were lot's of references to all these drug related things... and shoot, I can't remeber what put the idea in my head, but I just came to think about that scary scene in Dumbo, with the pink elephants...
Dumbo and Timothy Mouse accidentaly get drunk and start to hallucinate, and this is where the scene, commonly known as the Pink Elephants On Parade sequence.
I watched it again on YouTube, and I must say, it frightened me more now, than it ever did when I was a kid, and I used to watch Dumbo a lot!
Well, my old beloved Wikipedia has this to say about it:
[Quote]The song along with the segment itself has been ingrained in pop culture as an infamous allusion to intoxication. The scene is also notorious as being quite scary for some children and one of the classic "scary scenes" in Disney films most adults still remember from their childhood. For this reason it has been included at Number 90 in retrocrush's "100 Scariest Movie Scenes" in 2004[2] and in a list compiled by filmsite [3]. It is indeed quite understandable that the surreal, nightmarish choreography of the scene, along with the high-pitched music and hypnotic motions and colors, would produce anxiety among children, reminding them of their bad dreams or even febrile delirium. It has also been said that most children who see the film don't understand that Dumbo is drunk and therefore are confused by the hallucination. [end quote]

Kind of disturbing eh? And this film came out in 1941! I mean, this is before the sixties, where people used drug references all the time!

Another drug-sequence I thought about, when I heard the song "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplaine, isn't exactly a hallusination, but it's the one with the catterpillar in Alice in wonderland.
I mean, the caterpillar is sitting on a mushroom(which makes you tall og small if you eat it) while smoking something that clearely is making him intoxicated and annoying. Alle the colourful words and letters coming out with the smoke and the way he is totally laidback and indulged in his own world, would remind you of a stoner, wouldn't it?

And this movie came out in '51 I think, also before the sixties' big drug craze.
I must say, Disney were a lot more daring before, and they probably took advantage of the fact that if anyone questioned their acid-trip like scenes, they could say it was only innocent children's entertainment.

But who knows, maybe I'm just beeing speculative....

Revue parties...

2008-11-11T01:58:00.000-08:00

Wow, I had the best time last night! Definitely!

In Norway we have this tradition in putting up great big school revues in colleges(high schools) all over the country, and the newspapers write reviews on them and lots of people come to watch etc.

Anyway, they also throw these big parties to, well, I guess celebrate.

And so I went to one of these yesterday, held by Elvebakken and Oslo By Steinerskole(Oslo's steiner school).

It was so much fun!!! It was a dress-up party, and you had to go as you favourite movie character.

Yes, I did go as Rollergirl again:D

I got lot's of attention for my skates, and I danced lot's and met so many new lovely people! Too bad it was a school night, 'cause when I got home, I was so full of energy that I couldn't make myself go to sleep!! And now I've got the worst headache ever...

But it's ok, I had(as I said) the best time ever! First I went to Maddie and dressed up, put on make up etc. and met Laura, who was gorgeous! And so after curlig Laura's hair and making seventies flip on my own hair, we went of to Irfan for a little before party. But Laura went somewhere else though:p Irfan's was really nice, and I'd forgotten how much I miss him... I almost made his microwave explode(again). I was only going to reheat a frozen roll, and I put the timer on five mins. and when I came back the whole oven was full of smoke...
So I screamed, like the helpless non-inderpendent girl I am... haha

Afterwards we went to the party which was at a place called Fabrikken(the factory) and I danced and danced and danced and chatted with lots of killer, awesome, wicked people and skated around 'till my feet were sore.
Then the band got on stage(the band was great, really great!) and so I took my skates of... although, Rollergirl never takes her skates of...
So I'll be going to bed now.... I'm exhausted, have been babysitting like hell for the last six hours so...
Night!

As if there weren't enought blogs about the election...

2008-11-07T14:06:00.000-08:00

There has been a lot of Obama-talk the last week, obviously, and in Norway we've been discussing the fact that it's history and how far America has come now etc.
But what annoys me, is that they keep comparing USA with Norway, saying that an event like this could never happen here. I don't think that's fair at all!
USA has had people immigrating for about 250 years(even longer if you count with the slavery), while in Norway, they only started coming here about thirty years ago, and so the immigrants in USA are far more intergrated in their culture than what the immigrants in Norway are. How can you expect someone who can hardly speak norwegian to be elected as prime minister? I think we'll have to wait at least another twenty years for that.
Ok, I'm being a bit generalizing, 'cause we already have immigrants with profiled positions in Norwegian politics, but my point is that little Norway, who until not too long ago was concidered quite a primitive country by other parts of the world(and definitely by Monty Python), shouldn't be compared to bigger, older and far more experienced America.
Although I think there are some things USA could learn from us;D

Congratulations America!

2008-11-04T23:49:00.000-08:00

I've never really been the biggest USA-fan, and I haven't been that into the election before, but this time it's an historical event.

Congrats USA! You definetely made the right choice:p

I am so happy that Obama won!!

It's so hard to believe that the same country who voted George W. Bush, not only once, but twice for president, has elected a black, laidback and different man to lead their country. It seems USA has finally learned from previous mistakes, and that the country is ready for "a change".

So, once again, congratulations! Hope this is the start of something good, and I hope Obama will manage to follow through his promises.

Yes!

2008-11-04T06:16:00.000-08:00

I found pictures from Halloween:D
Anje was so kind as to let me publish them, and you should know, she has taken all of them;)
Me and Mathias, drummer of the Young Brother Boys<3Maren, Nissa(vocals and bass btw.) and Mathias

Who said Rollergirl had to be photogenic?

Two hottest pirates aboard!

Nissa came as a sailor:p God knows why, haha

Forgive Me, For I have sinned:o

2008-11-03T06:42:00.000-08:00

Ever since I started getting in to football, I've been a fan of Vålerenga, which is Oslo East's main team, but my father is a big Brann-supporter, since he's from Bergen.

Now my best friend, who is the daughter of my father's best friend(:p) supports Brann as well, and since Brann and Vålerenga are what you could call enemies, I've had to put up with a lot of shit whenever we're on holidays together and the two are playing against one another.

Once I went to a Brann-Vålerega match with my mum, who's a Vålerenga supporter, and we sat amongst all the other Vålerenga supporters, while dad sat with the Brann supporters. The thought that both my parents, representing each their team, were on the same football match and the fact that no matter who won, I would never hear the end of it, was too much for me. The whole match ended in me going to the bathroom to vommit. I don't even remember the final score!

Anyway, I have been to a great deal of Brann games, 'cause I enjoy watching football and my father always invites me along.

And yesterday Brann and Vålerenga were playing against each other in the last match in the series.

I found myself on the Brann-side with my father and a whole bunch of other Brann-supporters.

I couldn't help it, but I kept doing Brann-supportive things all the time, like clapping whenever they did something good, singing along to their songs and even jumping to my feet when they scored their first(and only) goal. I remembered who I wass and quickly restrained myself though.

But I must say, I got feelings I couldn't really understand towards this other team yesterday...

Like I said to dad: I felt like I was the Pope's son, and I was just getting feeling towards another boy!

Well, Brann won, leaving me with mixed feelings and confusion:S

!!!

2008-11-02T05:14:00.000-08:00

What's up with Norwegians and that sickening urge to go for walks all the time??
I've just had what parents(and Anje) usually reffer to as a discussion with my dad and my stepmother.
It's Sunday afternoon, it's really, really cold, and I'm in a good mood for relaxing and snugling up in one corner of the sofa with a cup of chai tea, and maybe dr.Phil on the telly, but the two outdoor terrorists had decided they wanted to take my two little brothers and me out for a walk. And it would be alright if their definition of walk was the same as me and my friends' definition, but in their norwegian world, a walk means out in the woods for five hours, freezing your better parts off and then beeing stuck on the tube for another hour because of all the other thoroughbred norwegian familys who have decided to go for a torturing walk.
I'm not beeing lazy and non-sporty, it's just that sundays are for relaxing!!
Come on! They were at a wedding 'till five o'clock last night, and they want to go for a bloody walk!!
I feel like norwegian familys have this cramp-like urge to go for walks and walks and walks, just so they can maintain their reputation for being such sporty outdoor enthusiasts...
Well, I'm beeing very brutal towards norwegians, I'm aware of that, they just get on my nerves sometimes...
But I mustn't forget, that I was born here, and I am afterall half a norwegian;) I just missed out on the half that loves long walks in the forest, along with two whiny and snotty kids...
ahwell, I ended up staying at home, and I'm guessing I'm in for a real akward and bitter atmosphere when they get home.. Which is so unlike them...

I do hate sundays!

John Entwistle(the Ox) (1944-2002)

2008-10-30T14:12:00.000-07:00

Oh for god's sake! I am the worst Who fan ever!
I totally forgot to write a little note about John Entwistle's birthday on October 9th!

John Entwistle was the Who's bassist from the very start 'till his death in 2002. In my opinion he is one of the best and most innovative bass players in the history of rock. ONE of the best, that is, 'cause there is this other guy who was really good, but I can't remember his name now:p

But back to the topic.

Entwistle was born in Chiswick in 1944, and played instruments such as the french horn(which I think he played in Pictures Of Lily), the trumpet and piano.

John Entwistle also stands for one of the first(maybe even the first) recorded bass solos on a rock album. This Solo is the well known solo in My Generation:D I love it when I'm dancing and that solo comes!
Anyway, I can't say much more about the great Entwistle other than that he's another of the many men on this planet of whom I deeply admire for his skills and accomplishments. Here are some pictures of ol' Thunderfingers:

Entwistle with Jimi Hendrix backstage at Monterey

In 1969

Performing My Generation with The Who in 1967

Entwistle playing along seemingly unaffected by the explosion going on behind him

With Pete Townsend in 1996(I think)

On the back cover of the Who Sell Out

Snow, snow gone, halloween party, freezing cold and bruised knees

2008-10-30T12:48:00.000-07:00

I haven't been able to write for a couple of days now, 'cause I've sort of been busy... or... whatever...

The day before yesterday our school threw a halloween party, which was to be held at Roxy.

So Amanda, Maren and I got ready at my place before we went(shit, I wish we took some pictures! We looked bloody delicious!)

I went as... you'll never guess.... Rollergirl!! while Maren and Amanda both went as pirates:D

We arrived at the "vorspiel"(like the party before the actual party...) at seven, but had to leave again to meet Aslak and Ola who came as a two headed troll:p After skating around waiting for about half an hour, freezing our arses of we went back to the party and had ourselves a ball(still no effin' pictures!!!) and a certain someone had too much of a good time, so right before we were leaving to go to Roxy, this certain someone sat outside throwing up with sweet Anje supporting her, holding her hair back and doing what friends should do when someone has had one too many.

Well, the whole rest of the evening was cold, a wee bit stressful and we ended up not going to Roxy after all(well most of us).

Early next morning I woke up feeling like shait, but was pleasantly surprised when I saw the lovely snow that had fallen during the night(no wonder we were freezing).

But I had a nice time, although I blew my money off:p

But I want to go to bed now, I've just watched the season finale of Skins,which I found a bit disturbing, but also very sweet:)

So I'll be off, right after I've added Regine's blog(in norwegian) to my blogroll!

Nighty-night!

I've got a brand new(vintage) pair of rollerskates:D

2008-10-27T09:59:00.000-07:00

hahaaa! My grandad is the best of the best!!
I had been going on about a couple of really cool vintage rollerskates I found on eBay, which I really wanted to bid on, but the seller had put on a "UK bids only" note. So I asked my grandad(who is a very experienced eBay-er) if he could maybe sort it out for me.
So he wrote a note to the seller, trying to persuade him to accept outside-of-UK bids as well. But the seller wouldn't, and so I didn't get to buy the skates:(
Anyhow, my grandad went up to a local market yeasterday, full of vintage stuff, spesifically to look for vintage rollerskates, and guess what! He found some alright!! AND he bought them for me:D:D
So I went to get them today, and I'm going to wear them tomorrow at my school's Halloween party!!
So I've been skating around since I got home, although I fell right on my arse in the livingroom(which made my dad and stepmom burst in to vicious laughter...)
And now I'm up in my room playing Melanie Safka's Brand New Key(the rollerskate song):D

2008-10-20T01:30:00.000-07:00

Ok, my original plan for this post was to complain about the Norwegian autumn, but since I decided not to be negative anymore, I'll have to do it with a twist.

It goes like this:
I simply LOVE Norway in the autumn! The grey dark sky covering the city, is firmly colouring our trees and houses and clothes in this wonderfully depressing shade.
Everywhere the leaves are moulding together with dog shit, cigarette butts and dead birds, covering the pavements and making an exciting obstacle trail to entertain me on my way to school!
Also, it's so uplifting when I remind myself that it's going to get even darker and colder!
I'm not looking forward to my London trip at all! When I go to London it will be springtime, and warmer and obviously I don't care much for sun and bird's singing.

Aw-well... I'll have to focus on the English presentation going on in front of me.... it's about the American warzzz..zzz...zzz...

No, I want to play SuperMario:D

Roller Girl!

2008-10-14T06:20:00.000-07:00

If I was ever to be a pornstar, I would definetely bee like rollergirl:D

Rollergirl is Heather Graham's character in the 1997 movie Boogie Nights.

Rollergirl never takes her skates off!

Well, at least I know what I'm going as for Halloween:D

Life's a piece of Shit...

2008-10-13T09:52:00.001-07:00

I find myself being really Norwegian these days and constantly complaining about things!
Whether it's my lack of sleep and the early mornings, or that one of my parents is acting like a complete idiot. There are a lot of things about both Norway and my parents that could've been better, but it's not killing me is it?

I've just read this book about a girl who's been sexually abused by her father and other members of her family plus some of his friends her whole life. The book made quite an impact on me, and it made me think how great my life really is.
At least my future relationships won't be messed up because I don't know how to behave with men without beeing sexual.
I know I'm not the first one with these thoughts, but I'm just in the middle of realising what a hypocrite I'm becoming, along with a great deal of the Norwegian society.
And this isn't only the upper-class, posh rich-bitches who don't give a shit about stuff like the enviroment or the less fortunate.
The same thing goes for the radical kids who call themselves communists, and feminists and stuff like that, and who do things like pour pig blood all over another party's headquarters just 'cause they thinks they're too americanized.
Give me a break! Norway is both the richest and the best country to live in in the whole world, and these kids just don't know how bloody lucky they are to have been born with such privileges!
We can do almost whatever we want with our lives, and still have a safe ground and a chance to earn some money.
If only these people would stop complaining about everything, just to have something to camplain about.
Just so they could say: "Yeah, I had a hard time growing up... I went to a lot of demonstrations, and I was real rebellious...yeah"
Why don't we all wake the fuck up and see what it is we have the ability to do here!
Why don't we try and work on problems that don't necessarily affect ourselves, but that we still can do something about?

Just needed to get it out:p It's been a looong day... But at least I'm not complaining:D

Death of A Clown

2008-10-12T12:41:00.000-07:00

"My makeup is dry and it clags on my chin
Im drowning my sorrows in whisky and gin
The lion tamers whip doesnt crack anymore
The lions they wont fight and the tigers wont roar"

What a wonderfully weird song this is...
There is absolutely no information about it on the internet, and I'm aware that I probably would have to spend money on something to get any facts at all, all I know is that Dave Davies(of the Kinks) wrote this as a peak at his solo career, but eventually it was realeased on a Kinks album.

"The old fortune teller lies dead on the floor
Nobody needs fortunes told anymore
The trainer of insects is crouched on his knees
And frantically looking for runaway fleas"

Davies says:
(quote)"With Death of A Clown I did feel like I was getting a bit fed up... And it was about... just about the way I was feeling."(end quote)

The song is wonderfully written, and weird and it has this sad but beautiful atmosphere.

It came out in 1967, and if Dave Davies was fed up then it's a bloody wonder that he managed to get himself through another 30 years with the Kinks.I'm glad he did though, 'cause a lot of good stuff has come from the Kinks after that.

I would really like to know more about this song, 'cause I really really love it!!

Someday when I get the time, I'll also post someting on Dave Davies:D

And so the days keep going....

2008-10-09T11:18:00.000-07:00

Well, I'm afraid I don't have too many exciting things to talk about today...
We've just been to visit Oslo's second drama school, Bjørnholt(Well, it's not a drama school, they teach a lot of other things there as well, I just can't be bothered to explain the Norwegian school system to you:p) which was fun, exept we most definetely confirmed any myth or prejudices they might have about drama students. We performed some weird mix of mask dance and exercises that must have been thought up in the sixties during some crazy LSD trip.
We also had gymnastics yeasterday, only, we don't call it that, we call it fucking motion or movement if you like:p
Sometimes I think our motion teacher is taking the piss... She usually makes us stand in a circle and do weird things like shake our whole body until, what she calls, our natural sounds come out. And by that, of course, I don't meen farting:p just "shaking" sounds through our voice.
Yesterday we had to pretend to go through different elements in nature and gradually become each element, like water and earth and wind...etc....

I love going to Nissen, and I love taking drama, and I'm ever so thrilled to have gotten in to this school, it's just... sometimes, I can't take it all to serious when I find myself in the middle of a ring acting out what must be Timothy Leary's first acid trip. With my body....

Bergen!

2008-10-05T06:47:00.001-07:00

I've just come home from Bergen now.

Gosh,It's so quiet! After spending the last four days surrounded by three other girls, I'm dizzy from lack of sleep and noticing a slight sence of depression.

We've had a great time in Bergen! We arrived thursday evening and went straight to my grandparent's appartement in Nygårdshøyden. Anje was thrilled to be there, and very exited about their home, which is so unlike her:p At the appartement we meet Oda, who took us to her dad's place for dinner. I had a real pain in my ear, so I didn't eat much, but it was very nice to be there.

When we got home, the boys, being Magnus,Anders and Torgrim, came over over to welcome us.

Next morning we went down into town to do some shopping and sightseeing. I only bought a t-shirt, but I think Maddie and Oda got some other things.

We hung out with Marianne, and caught a glimpse of a certain person, but I won't go further in on that. Those involved know what I mean. Well, all but one that is:p

Later on we went over to Marianne and...watched a movie.

At Marianne's place was Magnus, Anders, Torgrim, Sigbjørn us and some boy in Anders' class.

We had so much fun!

Maddie getting ready for bed

So the next day started out really nice, with great weatherEarly in the morning...Maddie's struggling to get into her new body.

But by the time we had been in town for a while, it was pouring with rain. We took Fløy-banen,which is a cableway up to Fløyen.

It was really nice, 'cause you can see all of Bergen from up there, and Anje was of course killing herself with excitement.

We took a couple of pictures and decided to walk all the way down again.

The rest of the day was kind of depressing, although Anders and magnus decided to give us a little farewell visit. We started watching Almodovar's "All About My Mother", but ended up playing Beat for Beat(A kind of music quiz, where you get a certain number of words that make a sentence in a song, and you have to guess your way to the song.) and I was a brilliant judge, of course!

So Magnus and Anders left, and we went to bed and today we took the train all the way home.

Eight hours that is. But the trip seemed really short this time:p

From Oslo City to Karl Johan

2008-09-29T14:16:00.000-07:00

So instead of getting the tube out to the woods outside Oslo, to take some lovely pictures, I ended up meeting Maddie and Fay and later on Klara just so we could spend an hour and a half at Oslo Shitty(City).
I brought my dad's camera anyway and we ended up taking over a hundred pictures all the way from Oslo City to Karl Johan:D
I'm sorry if they come in a weird order, and fill the whole page, but I can't be bothered to fix it. I've been at it all morning:p

Porn... the funny way

2008-09-28T09:38:00.000-07:00

I have no idea what this is, but it seems to be a very funny and quite on the edge Diesel commercial!
And please, try and ignore the other porn videos that appear after the clip;)

I dig the mustage on the guy in the end:p haha

Lazy morning

2008-09-27T01:02:00.000-07:00

Gosh, this is such a great day full of progress and newfound knowledge!

Today I woke up and watched me some discovery channel(I thiiink) and they had this ultra-exiting programme about dreams and stuff that happens in our dreams while we sleep etc.

So I learnt lots of new things about sleeping today, which I would share with you, but the problem is I can't really remember them:p

After showering, and spending an hour in the bathroom fixing my hair for fun, I decided to come up with a new title for my blog:p I love those books!

But this exiting day doesn't end there! I just put on one of my dad's "old" Kinks records "Give The People What They Want", which is a really wicked record!!

Of course, since it came out in 1981, you can hear that they have been influenced by the music of those days.

You'll find tracks that resemble the Specials, and other ska bands and some tracks even sound a lot like XTC.

Wow....I love the Kinks! Not that many bands from the British Invasion managed to sound so youthful and raw in the eighties!

Awwell, guess all I can do is wait for a reunion(Come on!!!)

But I'll be leaving to meet my Maddie in a minute now:p

Sun is so sick of fashion!

2008-09-25T08:10:00.001-07:00

I thought I'd update my blog with a facebook-style title;)
Anyways...
As much as I love reading fashion magazines and reading other blogs and getting inspiration from icons etc. I find myself getting shit bored with all this fashion talk all the time.
It seems like all you need to do to get people to dig your blog is to throw in a couple of pictures taken from any designer's runway and add a comment like: "Yeah, this is totally cool and innovative!".
My father keeps telling me to stop being such a critic, but I can't help it!!
Why don't people write about what they'll actually be wearing? And maybe a little more about their interests...
Oh great, I'm sounding like my bloody english teacher now... sorry.
Ahwell, people should write about what they want to;) Just my Jerkyll and Hyde personality kicking in:p

Another thing that annoys me in my carefree spoilt life is the New Facebook!!! GOD! I even tried to download all this rubbish to make it come back, and it worked for like five seconds, but once I tried to visit my friends profile it blocked me so...
I think I'll start using MySpace or something instead...

I'm going out now, to go elvelangs...like, along the river:p
Sometimes I love Oslo East and all it's events:D

British x-rated Movie

2008-09-21T09:40:00.000-07:00

From the 60's that is, so don't get exited.

But it's really funny! About two years ago I saw a movie called The Best House In London on TCM. It's this (according to the standards of 1969) on the edge sexually centered movie about:(I can't be bothered to write a summary, so I'll let New York Times do their thing)

"In this British farce, the British Home Secretary satisfies the men of London by sanctioning a government-run brothel. This comedy chronicles what happens when secretary John Bird appoints Sir Francis Leybourne to run the place. Bird then has his lovely girlfriend Babbette act as the Madame. Sir Leybourne owns an opium plantation in India and one day goes there to see it. Unfortunately, he gets killed in an uprising, leaving his prim niece Josephine Pacefoot in charge of the cathouse. A staunch believer in social reform, she is quite sure what to do with the disreputable business. Leybourne's son has plenty of ideas too and wants the fortune and the bordello for himself. " Sir Leybourne's son and a woman I'm guessing is Babbette (those of you who have seen Blow Up, might recognise David Hemmings there;))

Sir Leybourne's son's unknown son(David Hemmings again!) at the headquarters of Josephine's feminist gang

Some parade against something...

I think this is at the brothel

Sir Leybourne's son and some girl(or maybe it's Josephine?)

All pictures are taken from http://www.moviegoods.com/movie_poster/best_house_in_london_1969.htm

Green Onions

2008-09-21T08:51:00.000-07:00

I just watched Quadrophenia again for the... seventh time, and during one of those night club scenes, they play Booker T. & the MGS' Green Onions.

It's such a cool song, and it's been in so many movies such as Blues Brothers 2000, Get Shorty and American Graffiti.

The song was originally released in August 1962, and entered the Billboard Hot 100 in September, where it stayed for 16 weeks at number three.

The song is almost a legend, as it has been used in commercials in radio, Tv and film.

Here's a performance from 1966. Notice how the dancers aren't really keeping up with each other;) haha!

What a drag it is gettin' (the c)ooold!

2008-09-19T11:54:00.000-07:00

For god's sake! I think I'm going to go mad any minute now!
All my friends are out partying, while I'm stuck here with a pizza, a stupid comedy show and mum on the other side of the sofa, 'cause she decided I was too sick to have any social life at all tonight.
And I've been inside since wednesday afternoon!
Did I mention I'm loosing it?
And now they're talking about the financial crisis on telly, and I really don't want to hear about it, 'cause it worries me. Not because I'm worried we'll be robbed of our rich, luxury lifes, up north, but because some people say "it's the end of the world as we know it".
But I don't want to worry! I want to be able to not give shit about it, and enjoy what I've got right here and now!
I worried during the terrorist attacks in London 2005, I worried when the Bird Flu was predicted to kill millions of people, I worried when I first understood what the global warming was all about, I worried when the war broke out in Georgia, and I stupidly worried when the Monday papers said the world might end on Wednesday because they were trying to recreate Big Bang(how did that experiment go anyway?).
All in all, there are so many things to worry about in the world, and usually they turn out fine... But not always.
Am I the only teenager who worries that much? Or do the other just hide it really well?
Who knows, maybe I'm hiding it very well too...
Anyways, my words for the day, highly affected by the fact that I haven't seen my friends for aaages....
'Till next time: Here's my favourite Monty Python skit!

Turdeluh!

Keith Moon(1946-1978)

2008-09-18T05:03:00.002-07:00

I can't believe I missed this!

I have to post a little tribute to Keith Moon, the Who's first and best drummer!

7th of September this year marks the 30th anniversary of his death.

Keith Moon is considered one of the (quote) "greatest and most distinctive rock drummers of all time"(end quote).

Keith Moon was born in Webley, and lived there as a boy.

He was said to be very restless and hyperactive.

(Later in life, he would be known all over the world for his habit of trashing hotelrooms)

He had a hard time concentrating at school, and it seemed music was the only thing that could hold his attention.

Wikipedia has a very funny note no Moon's behaviour at school(quote): "his art teacher commented: 'Retarded artistically. Idiotic in other respects.'[2] Teacher Aaron Sofocleous praised his music skills and encouraged his chaotic style, even if one school report noted "He has great ability, but must guard against a tendency to show off."(end quote)

There are a lot of myths around Keith Moon. One of the most famous ones is the story about his 21 birthday, which was celebrated at The Holiday Inn(Flint, Michigan), where he allegedly drove a Cadillac into the Hotel's pool. This, and a lot of other incidents at Moon's birthday party, led to the group being banned both from The Holliday Inn and Flint for life.

Moon definetely set the standard for Sex and drugs And Rock n'Roll...

Well, you can read all about Keith Moon on Wikipedia, so I'll just post some pictures.

Keith Moon at 15

Some years later, after joining the Who

Keith in the(dare I say late) seventies.

The years in the Who changed Moon's appearance quite a lot from 1964 until his death in 1978.

But I don't think the picture at the right is as late as '78 though.

Keith was very fond of dressing up, however, I don't think he was into cross-dressing fo any kind. These pictures are funny anyway:)

So, that's my little tribute to my favourite drummer of all time!

I still haven't figured out if I would've liked to meet him or not though....

Fucking Maths!

2008-09-11T09:32:00.000-07:00

I don't believe it!

We've just had our first maths lesson with mixed classes, and I definitely ended up in the lowest of the lowest!

Not to diss anyone, but I must have done a real lowsy job on that test we did to see what level we were on, and my class is...well, as I said, not the best one....

The teacher is just hopeless for one thing, she gave us these really easy tasks and I spent the whole hour n' a half playing games on my mobile.

On Monday I went out with Maddie, to discover how bad my phone camera works in the dark.

Maddie and Sun go Old School!

These Killer shoes look like a colder version of mine! I want!

Roiworld

2008-09-08T08:34:00.000-07:00

I can't believe I didn't write about this earlier, but I've found this fantastic website with all these killer dress up games!
on http://www.roiworld.com/fashion/f_game/dress/ you'll find a wardrobe for any taste, and you can mix and match with lots of really cool clothes!
Ok I know I sound like a barbie commersial, but it's true! It's really wicked!
Here are some things I made:

You must remeber that these have been made over a long period of time, so I do have a life!

Cowboy Kate & other stories...

2008-09-04T07:54:00.000-07:00

I went to visit my grandparents house today,where I ate a lovely lunch and had a nice cup of tea.
My grandmother knows how to spoil you...
anyway, my grandfather(Ken) has a large selection of books, and every single time I come to their place he has this one line he always says: "You know, I have so many books, and you can come over any time you like and have a look at them."
I noticed he had a book on Ken Russel,so I went over to look at it since Russel was the director of "Tommy".
I asked my grandfather if he happened to have any books on David Bailey.
He started looking through his books and said he knew he had one somewhere, but wondered why I wanted a book about David Bailey, and I told him that I'm really into the sixties, and that I like his photographs.
"The sixties!? You're really into the sixties!? We'll I have LOTS of books on the sixties!" He said and went in to another room full of books.
He pulled out a huge book called: "Cowboy Kate and Other Stories" by Sam Haskins.

So that was an unnecessarily long story about how I borrowed this killer book from him so I could make some scans of it, 'cause the pictures are really cool, and sooo 60's!
I've still got it, but I can't be bothered to scan them, so I looked them up on the internet.

Anyway, here's a little excerpt from the book, you'll find the rest on http://www.haskins.com/CbyKate/Kate_p01.html

I was hoping they would be a little bigger, but as I said, you can visit the website and get the whole story;)

More cars and a bike...

2008-09-03T05:38:00.000-07:00

I know it's kind of masculine(or just plain weird) to keep publishing pictures of cars all the time, but I just keep seeing really nice cars everywhere, and I want to share my love for them.

This first red one, all my friends hated, but I thought it was really sweet! I'd love to drive around in one of those!!

Here's a white..um...bubble? That's what we call it in norwegian anyway... f.l Maren, Amanda and Anje:-)

This is Nissa on his way from our school trip today. He's a grumpy sod....:-p

Goodbye Isa!

2008-08-29T14:06:00.000-07:00

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!

2008-08-28T12:21:00.000-07:00

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...

2008-08-25T11:49:00.000-07:00

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?

2008-08-24T09:20:00.000-07:00

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!

2008-08-23T07:46:00.000-07:00

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

2008-08-21T09:27:00.000-07:00

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...

2008-08-20T10:01:00.000-07:00

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...

2008-08-19T09:43:00.000-07:00

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!