| | Current Music: | Bloc Party - This Modern Love | | Current Location: | at home | | Subject: | Travel list | | Time: | 01:37 pm |
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| LAST UPDATED: June 17, 2008
I'll try to make a list of all countries I'm visiting each year. This can be fun to have, seeing as I'll probably forget this all too soon. It's good to have it written down. And lists are always lovely.
Foreign countries visited by year
Rules: I have to spend one night in the country to have been there.
Order: in order of... er... appearance.
1986:
Germany
1987:
Germany
Spain
1988:
USA
Germany
Switzerland
1989:
Denmark
The Netherlands
Germany
1998:
UK, Germany
1999:
The Netherlands
Sweden
Germany
2000:
Germany
Denmark
USA
2001:
Sweden
Germany
Italy
Germany
USA
2002:
Germany
The Netherlands
USA
2003:
Germany
France
Germany
2004:
Germany
Italy
Germany
USA
UK
2005:
Japan
Germany
Italy
Germany
USA
Germany
Sweden
2006:
Germany
Belgium
Denmark
Italy
Germany
USA
Japan
2007
Japan
UK
Denmark
Germany
Italy
Germany
USA (Hawaii)
Japan
2008
Japan
Germany
Japan
USA
Denmark
Sweden
2009
Japan
UK
Germany
Germany
Denmark
Germany
Belgium
Italy
Germany
USA
Mexico
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| Ååå, jeg gleder meg til sånn til Where The Wild Things Are! (før noen klager over at jeg er Apple-hore, jeg vet ingen andre sider enn apple.com og Youtube som har trailere, og Apples trailer-side er penere 8D)
For det første er det en film basert på en billedbok som jeg lånte på biblioteket i Saarbrücken i Tyskland da jeg var liten (6-7 år?) og elsket, og for det andre er den regissert av Spike Jonze, som regisserte Being John Malkovich og Adapted, to fantastiske filmer jeg elsker, og for det tredje er filmens soundtrack laget av Karen O fra Yeah Yeah Yeahs, en musiker som jeg elsker! :D (Her er det altså snakk om mye elsk!) Har hørt på soundtracket i en måneds tid nå, og det er digg. De er nesten som et nytt Yeah Yeah Yeahs-album, siden de andre to bandmedlemmene også bidrar, men det er også et stort barnekor med, så det hele høres en god del mer barnefilm ut.
(For mer informasjon om filmen, anbefaler jeg denne artikkelen som jeg fant gjennom en fantastisk norsk filmnettside jeg fikk anbefalt gjennom Medievitenskap-studiene mine. Har aldri hørt om Montages fra noen andre, noen flere her som visste siden eksisterte?)
Siden jeg er en grusom kriminell, gir jeg herved min LJ-friendslist dette soundtracket, pluss et annet soundtrack jeg er meget glad i:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JRX0PXAG
Det andre soundtracket er Airs soundtrack til The Virgin Suicides. Filmen er en utrolig merkelig film. Jeg eier den på DVD, men vet ikke helt om jeg egentlig liker den så mye. Jeg kjøpte DVD-en Virgin Suicides hovedsaklig av to grunner: 1) at jeg elsker Lost In Translation, som også er regissert av Sophia Coppola 2) Jeg elsker Air. Det jeg liker best ved filmen var musikken - den likte jeg så godt at det gikk greit at historien var veldig sær og ikke helt tilfredsstillende til slutt. På lørdag skal jeg se Air live for første gang, med ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) lionhead i Oslo. Det blir veldig bra, tror jeg! :D | | comments: 10 comments or Leave a comment |
| | Current Music: | DJ Hell | | Subject: | University | | Time: | 01:44 am |
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| My subjects this semester:
- EAST4505 - East Asia: Security and International Relations
- EAST4503 - The Making of East Asian Modernities
- STV1201 - The EU as a political system
I love all of my courses and text books this semester! Last semester, I took one course of Media Studies, one course of Japanese and one of East Asian Labour History. This semester, the three courses I'm taking actually have something big in common: They're all about relations between different countries. I've never really taken any proper political science courses before, or gotten into international relations, but now that I finally have, I find it SO interesting :D
STV1201 is just a course I picked randomly - from a small selection of leftovers courses with free capacity - back in August when I found out it was looking like I was going to produce only 20 credits this semester. Now, I'm so glad I went for that particular course.
I'm basically studying relationships between the East Asian countries - China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea - and the ideologies and recent histories of these nations. And last, but not least: these countries' relationships to the USA. At the same time, l'm also - by coincidence, really - studying relationship between the EU countries, i.e. political science on European Union theory and the EU's (recent) history. This just happened to be an excellent combination!
The subject of regionalization and integration is very central in the temporary debate of both East Asia and Europe. Both regions are seeing their countries work closer and closer together, though it's not exactly going as smooth in East Asia as in Europe, to put it mildly. It's also been fun learning how to read about foreign relations between two countries - reading about their trade and security relations - and put it straight to use in articles about both the EU and East Asia. I'm using the same new methods and encountering the same new vocabulary in the East Asia articles and EU articles.
I also love that I'm studying East Asia and the EU exactly this fall, when both of them are facing historic turning points and are heavily featured in all the newspapers because of that :D This makes my studies feel so relevant, and makes me very motivated.
Last month, Japan had a historic election that (potentially) will change everything. The Liberal Democratic Party, which had been ruling Japan since 1955 (with only a 11-month break in the nineties), finally lost its power. The winning Democratic Party is set to turn Japan more towards Asia again, and away from US dependency. This is going to change the political climate of the whole region of East Asia completely. Also, this month, the population of Ireland finally voted yes to the Treaty of Lisbon, which means the EU is going to completely change soon. Thanks to this treaty, which was signed two years ago but all the time hasn't been able to go into effect (since not all countries approved), the EU will have a much more meaningful and effective parliament now, and also a post that will basically be "The President of the EU" to the outside world will be created for the union.
Exciting times!
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| | Current Music: | Grizzly Bear | | Subject: | In other news | | Time: | 02:58 pm | | Current Mood: | ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/mely/lemonfaces/vampire.gif) hungry |
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| In other news, I'm going to Hong Kong from October 23 to October 27! :D I got plane tickets for just 2400 kroner, which I'm quite satisfied with. I'll probably be crossing the river and explore main land China for a day too. It will be good to finally see some other Asian country after all these trips to Japan!
Also, I just finished my ambitious "top ten favorite albums of the first half of 2009" project at Esoteric Mumblings, the music blog I occasionally write for. I don't really know how one is supposed to write about music, but I sure have a lot of fun doing it, and it's fun to share mp3s. :)) My top ten list was posted two months too late, and it includes a lot of random rambling, but check out the mp3s, maybe you'll find something you like. | | comments: 4 comments or Leave a comment |
| http://speedtest.10-fast-fingers.com/
This speed typing test was pretty fun. Although I have the crazy habit of using only two of my fingers to type on keyboards (index fingers only), I managed to get okay results! :D
The test comes in lots of different languages, here are my results for the four languages I speak:
Japanese: 276 characters per minute, 27 correct words
Norwegian: 335 characters per minute, 69 correct words
German: 353 characters per minute, 54 correct words
English: 411 characters per minute, 70 correct words
I'm surprised about how I'm the fastest at my third language - English. But then again, about 3/4 of everything I write on keyboards every day is English, with the rest being evenly split between Norwegian and Japanese. I'm surprised I wrote more characters in German than in Norwegian, too. Interesting. | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
| Det er så mye bra som spiller på Roskilde i år! Alle som ikke drar er jo gale i hodet. Her er hva jeg har lyst til å dra på hver dag:
Torsdag 2/7
23.00:MEW
00.30: TRENTEMØLLER - DJ Set with Live Guests
Fredag 3/7
15.00:MONO
15.00:FLEET FOXES
16.00:ISIS
19.30:SHUGO TOKUMARU
21.00:THE MARS VOLTA
22.30:2MANYDJS
22.30:OASIS
01.00:NINE INCH NAILS
02.00:RÖYKSOPP
Lørdag 4/7
14.30: …AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD
19.00: THE DODOS
23.00: THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART
01.00: PET SHOP BOYS
02.00: DEADMAU5
Søndag 5/7
18.30: M. WARD
18.30: THE WHITEST BOY ALIVE
20.45: YEAH YEAH YEAHS
22.00: COLDPLAY
HER ER SPILLEPLANEN, ER DET NOE ANNET JEG BØR FÅ MED MEG?
Og her er litt gratis musikk, eller bare anbefalinger, til noen av bandene:
Mew: helt ny sang
Shugo Tokumaru
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The Whitest Boy Alive, Röyksopp
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: last ned albumene Fever to Tell og It's Blitz.
Fleet Foxes: Last ned det herlige debutalbumet og få med deg sangen White Winter Hymnal
Mono: Genial eksperimentell instrumental rock / postrock fra Japan. Last ned albumet Under The Pipal Tree, for eksempel.
2MANYDJS: Last ned det legendariske mashup-albumet As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt. 2 | | comments: 15 comments or Leave a comment |
| Alle bør bli med og se Bergensbandet The New Wine på Bylarm den 19. februar! De lager dansbar synthrock i samme stil som f.eks. tidlig Phoenix, eller deres venner Whitest Boy Alive og Datarock. De er også Nintendo-geeker som spiller konserter ikledd Zelda-tskjorter og erklærer Koji Kondo som en av sine musikalske inspirasjonskilder. ♥ Tellé-style Bergensrock + Nintendo = jeg er 100 % solgt
Døm for deg selv ved å laste ned to sanger fra deres Urørt-side.
My annet bra som spiller på Bylarm også, så det er verdt det å løpe litt rundt å prøve å komme seg inn her og der, tror jeg. :) | | comments: 9 comments or Leave a comment |
| I've almost exclusively used Apple computers (and various forms of Mac OS) ever since I was born (or since a few days after I was born, maybe, I can't recall). I've had to use Windows in several situations through the years, but it's always been a confusing and painful experience.
This time is no different. Can anyone help me, please? :( My girlfriend is having computer problems. When she runs Illustrator/Photoshop on her Windows computer, and starts a big operation, the software complains that her hard drive is almost full, and the software won't go through with the operation. Turns out her C drive is almost full.
Her D drive has 30 GB remaining space (out of a total 55.8). Yet, since her C drive is almost full - 12 GB in use and just 1 GB remaining (it used to be like 150 MB remaining, but I cleaned it up a bit), she can't use her software. I mean, wtf. She has 30 GB empty disk space and has disk space problems. :/
Being a Mac user, I'm not quite used to the whole "split up your hard drive into two partitions and use one for the system and one for your personal shit" business. What I first thought of doing, was to just increase the size of her C partition and decrease the D partition. But it seems like I need some funky software like Partition Magic to do that. :( Then, my next plan was to just deinstall anything not Windows System-related from her C drive, and move all applications to a new Program Files folder on her D drive.
I deinstalled Firefox, Skype, MSN Messenger, you name it. I deinstalled it all. And now I downloaded Firefox again, and tried installing it on D, but guess what? It refuses to be installed anywhere but on C:/Program Files. Why??? >__< Please tell me how these Windows computers work. This is killing me right now.
>EDIT 1: Ooh, VLC and last.fm agreed to install on her D drive. But Firefox doesn't let me change the target location for the download.
>EDIT 2: Ok, I figured out how to install Firefox on D: by selecting "custom install". :\ Still, if anyone has any more advice on how to fix my girlfriend's computer problems, please let me know. I am not confident (at all) that I'm doing this the right way. | | comments: 19 comments or Leave a comment |
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Copenhagen Business School
Originally uploaded by tegogogo
This weekend, I took the plane to Denmark and took the Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 2. I think I failed the test. It's amazing how furiously angry and full of hate and frustration the Japanese language can make me feel. I had almost forgot! :) Copenhagen was nice though, so the trip was totally worth it. And no matter how I look at it, I'm glad I decided to go, because this test motivated me to study at least a little bit of Japanese this semester.
In three months (yes, in March), after Japanese bureaucracy is finished processing my test's vocabulary part, kanji part, listening comprehension part, reading comprehension part and grammar part, I'll finally get to know my result.
Strøget, Copenhagen
Originally uploaded by tegogogo
We tried to do some shopping at Strøget on both Saturday and Sunday, but it wasn't easy, since 95 % of all shops in Copenhagen close at 5 PM in the weekend. Aw well, at least I got to take some photos and experience Copenhagen's December atmosphere, complete with tiny Christmas market and "brendte mandler" stalls. :3 | | comments: 6 comments or Leave a comment |
| Min gode, gamle internettvenn Christoffer fra Västerås i Sverige skal flytte til Oslo med sin kjæreste! Noen av dere vil kanskje huske ham som SauroN. Christoffer var internettbestevenn med tesp og meg under hele ungdomsskolen, og en gang kom han og bodde hjemme hos meg i en uke (eller mer?) og ble med på skolen og greier. :D
Dro også med ham til Göteborg og Amsterdam da jeg var henholdsvis 14 og 15. Good times!
Nå trenger han og hans kjæreste et sted å bo, mens de jobber og studerer i Oslo (UiO ^^). Er det noen her som vet om noe sted der det er ledig rom fra første eller andre uken i januar? Alle tips mottas med takk! Har fått én mulighet så langt, men den ser usikker ut. Lisa, søsteren til changeskat, skal til USA og det blir ett ledig rom i hennes kollektiv. Men hun kunne ikke love noe, forståelig nok, for her er det snakk om to personer. | | comments: 3 comments or Leave a comment |
| Studieprogram・・・・・Kull・・・・・・Status・・・・・・Studierettsperiode
Masteremner ved HF・・・2009 vår・・・・Aktiv student・・01-jan-2009 -
Yes! Master program, master degree. Grad school. At last. Or should I say "already"? Not sure. Time flies etc. | | comments: 4 comments or Leave a comment |
| Har noen lyst på en TV? Den er ikke en flatskjerm-tv, men fungerer fint. :)
Du får også med et TV-møbel på kjøpet. | | comments: 9 comments or Leave a comment |
| The concert scene in Oslo is actually looking really promising. :o
Why didn't anybody tell me that Boys Noize is playing in Oslo September 17, Bon Iver September 21, and Okkervil River October 31?! Wow.
I also see that Coldplay are playing September 19 and The Wombas October 7th. Both seem fun, but I've seen the Wombats before, and Coldplay has become slightly "meh" to me. Still, I've never seen them live. Hm. (I've also seen Okkervil River before, but I saw them without having listened to their music properly beforehand, and have since then listened to them a lot)
All of this is of course sold out now, though. I wish I remembered to turn my location from "Osaka" to "Oslo" on last.fm a bit earlier that TODAY. D: Aw well, I've got my plane tickets to Berlin and my show tickets for OF MONTREAL now, and am looking very much forward to going there with gotheri, kaisama and spug! :D | | comments: 13 comments or Leave a comment |
| | Current Music: | Time Flies - Lykke Li | | Subject: | ØÖØÖØÖYAAAAAA | | Time: | 11:49 pm | | Current Mood: | ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/mely/lemonfaces/bigeye.gif) excited |
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| Tomorrow the Öya festival kicks off in Oslo! I'm going to see so many bands, I need to write down some sort of schedule. Also, I need to know who on my friend list is seeing what. :) Please fill me in if you're going to any of the following shows and want to hang out (I've filled in the names of some people I've heard are going to certain shows, and people who've told me in person they're going):
(Og jeg har ingen verdens anelse hvorfor jeg skrev dette på norsk. Fra nå av blir det litt norsk og engelsk. Nei, engelsk og norsk i vill blanding)
Onsdag 6. august
15:20 MOGWAI med teh_king, changeskat +?
17:30 TRULS & THE TREES med teh_king +?
18:55 LYKKE LI med changeskat +?
19:40 IRON & WINE med changeskat +?
20:50 GIRL TALK med ?
Torsdag 7. august
14:30 LUKESTAR med snusk, teh_king +?
15:15 GRAND ISLAND med snusk +?
16:35 OKKERVIL RIVER med teh_king, katharinamarie, ichigo_kawaii, faren min +?
17:50 THE NATIONAL med moorwen, faren min +?
19:40 SONIC YOUTH med changeskat, katharinamarie, ichigo_kawaii, faren min
21:40 SIGUR ROS med teh_king, changeskat, katharinamarie, ichigo_kawaii, faren min, ++?
00:00 THE PRESETS og LA RIOTS med knekten, changeskat, +?
Fredag 8. august
16:15 DIRTY PRETTY THINGS (not sure on this one, but I should go, just so I can say I've seen part of the Libertines live, right?) med ???
21:45 MY BLOODY VALENTINE (FUCK YEAH!!!) med ???
00:00 WHITEST BOY ALIVE (endelig igjen!! :D) med lionhead, changeskat, +?
Lørdag 9. august
18:50 NO AGE (I've never heard any of their music, but all I've read about them sounds promising) med ???
19:40 ISIS med changeskat, +?
21:10 CUTCOPY med changeskat, +?
00:00 KITSUNÉ med knekten, nerdesque, leka_moya, sommerfinger +? | | comments: 14 comments or Leave a comment |
| Are you size 9 1/2 in shoes, and do you like these?
I'm cleaning out my apartment in Nishinomiya, Japan, now and I have to get rid of this pair of shoes. They've only been worn for about 5-7 days!
I bought them in april, and wore them for a bit, but they were just a tiny bit too small for me, and my feet wouldn't stop aching. :P If you'd like these shoes, all you need is to reimburse me for the shipping cost to Norway/the US/wherever you live. (And a few extra pennies if you'd like to, that'd be nice. But this is OPTIONAL :P) | | comments: 7 comments or Leave a comment |
| | Current Music: | Unmade Bed - Sonic Youth | | Subject: | ØYA!
| | Time: | 11:33 pm | | Current Mood: | excited |
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| ØYA!
So many awesome artists are coming. Here's what I want to see - be inspired, then inspire me with your own recommendations!
Øyanatt:
KITSUNE MAISON NIGHT FEAT. DAVID E. SUGAR (live) + JERRY BOUTHIER DJ SET+ LUCA C (CAZALS) DJ SET
The Kitsune label and its awesome compilation albums are essentially what got me back into electronica last fall after having been out of the loop for a while. Any Kitsune-affliated DJ whose set I've been to in Japan has been _awesome_, and I'm sure this night will be too
Bands:
Mogwai (UK)
Beautiful and hypnotizing post-rock. I'm glad to finally get the opportunity to see them live!
Iron & Wine (US)
Their newest album, The Shepherd's Dog, is a soothing chill-out record that I love to listen to while eating or sitting outside in the sun
Sonic Youth (US)
Their show at Øya 2005 was one of the best and most energetic shows I've ever seen. And that was before I started listening properly to them. 3 years and much more listening down the line, it will be great to see them again!
Grand Island
Enthusiastic, crazy and danceable Norwegian rock band with banjos
Sigur Rós (IS)
Some of the most beautiful music ever made, and their shows are near-religious and flabbergasting experiences. Indescribable.
The National (US)
Dark-voiced and powerful US "indie" (I don't know why this band is labeled indie. I have no idea. Anyone care to explain?) band that I've been listening to a bit lately.
Okkervil River (US)
A band with nice and cozy melodies, that kind of remind me of early Coldplay
My Bloody Valentine (IE/UK)
Creators of the 1992 masterpiece Loveless, one of the most unique and stunning albums in my record collection. I feel so lucky to be able to see them live, they just suddenly reformed after I bought Loveless in a used record store in London last summer.
Cut Copy (AU)
Hip and danceable electro-ish band. Extremely addictive.
oh, and:
Kaizers Orchestra
will be fun, they're fun live, but everyone who's actually going to Øya already knows them, right? | | comments: 13 comments or Leave a comment |
| Jeg vil så gjerne være en av disse flinke studentene som studerer i mange år og tar master og alt mulig. Og jeg er jo egentlig en flink student, jeg har jo i det siste nesten bare fått A-er. MEN: Jeg begynner å innse at jeg hater forsking og skriving av oppgaver alt for mye til å nøn gang kunne ha nøn fremtid i "akademika", og kanskje til og med for mye til å kunne ta master.
Jeg hater å lete etter kilder på biblioteket, jeg hater å skrive grå, kjedelige oppgaver lagt frem på riktig måte, jeg hater den omstendelige og stive introduksjonen med defineringen av begreper og uttrykk, jeg hater den politisk korrekte fremleggingen av meningen min der jeg hele tiden må minne leseren på at det også finnes andre meninger, og at det er interessant å sammenlikne min med en annens.
Jeg hater - ja, jeg AVSKYR - å skrive en tekst der jeg har NULL frihet til hvordan jeg skal skrive den, og bare skal putte inn små biter informasjon her og der som et fyll i et ferdigbygget intrikat skjelett.
Det gjør meg gal. Det er overhodet ikke noe gøy eller interessant på nøn måte, om jeg skal være helt ærlig. Kanskje problemet også ligger i at jeg nå holder på å lære meg denne fremgangsmåten på japansk. Det er så sykt frustrerende å lese i min "Academic Japanese"-bok og få inn med teskje - på supervanskelig japansk - akkuratt hvordan en god oppgave skal skrives på universitetet.
Frem til nå har jeg sittet i 3 timer i strekk foran en PC på biblioteket og prøvd å lære meg hvordan jeg skal legge frem "definisjoner og klassifiseringer" i min oppgave, som visstnok er del nummer 2 av 4 i en god oppgave, og kommer rett etter introduksjon (som er del 1). Her er hvordan boka mi sier jeg skal gjøre det:
Fremgangsmåte 8 (det er visstnok den jeg skal velge)
分類 －＞ 定義 －＞ 分類 －＞ 選択
Klassifisering/inndeling －＞ Definisjon (av begreper) －＞ Klassifisering -> Valg (av hvilken definisjon man skal bruke)
På 3 timer har jeg klart å oversette sidene som forklarer meg hva jeg skal gjøre, og skrevet en øvingsoppagave på hele 2 linjer. Resten av tiden har jeg sittet og refreshet diskusjoner på forum jeg egentlig ikke var interessert i å lese, og lese comments på tegosaka om og om igjen uten grunn. Academic Japanese er så drepende kjedelig at jeg får lyst til å reise meg opp fra stolen jeg sitter på her, blant alle flinkisjapanerne som flittig skriver sine oppgaver, skrike høyt, kaste boken opp i været og løpe skrikende rundt og rundt og rundt i biblioteket til jeg får blodsmak i munnen og hold.
aaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrgh.
Jeg sitter her som en frustrert ADHD-barneskoleelev. Blikket mitt flakker vekk fra boka, jeg har lopper i blodet, min attention span er på cirka 2 minutter før jeg drives vekk fra det jeg holder på med og roter på internett i 10-15 minutter, for så å prøve å ta opp tråden igjen.
Det hjelper ikke at jeg ikke får til øvingsoppgaven heller. Jeg tror jeg som innlevering til i morgen isteden bare skal skrive en side til læreren som handler om at jeg er frustrert over faget. Virker ikke som så mange andre liker det heller, da. Bortsett fra de som er virkelige flinkisstudenter, men det er ikke jeg. Og de som satser på å en gang utveksle på flinkisuniversitet i Japan og drive forskning og skrive seriøse statsstipendierte oppgaver på akademikerjapansk, men jeg tror jeg heller vil bli påkjørt av en buss enn å gjøre det.
Det som er så synd er at jeg faktisk kunne fått til dette om jeg ville. Om jeg var en ambisiøs og engasjert student kunne jeg sikkert fått til utrolige ting med japanskem min på det nivået den er på nå, og sikkert kunne drevet forskning og det hele hvis jeg bare videreutviklet den litt videre, men det er rett og slett overhodet ikke gøy. Jeg lurer på om jeg virkelig må være ærlig med meg selv og begynne å peile meg inn på å komme meg inn i arbeidslivet/næringslivet fortset mulig. Men jeg liker jo studenttilværelsen, det er gøy å være student. :(
Kanskje jeg burde jobbe med noe ekstremt kjipt noe en stund, blant ekstremt strebete og ekle materialistiske mennesker uten spor av sjel og interessante tanker, i en helt jævlig bedrift, til jeg ikke er lei universiteter lenger og kommer løpende tilbake til biblioteker og definisjoner og oppgavestrukturer og kildehenvisninger og analyser. | | comments: 27 comments or Leave a comment |
| | Current Music: | Hot Chip - Hold On | | Subject: | Music meme | | Time: | 05:18 pm |
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| 40 questions about your Top 50 artists on last.fm
1. How did you get into 31? The Flaming Lips
My dad listened to them, and I got addicted to Are You A Hypnotist?? from Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots and decided to give the whole album a try.
2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? Camera Obscura
Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken
3. What's your favourite lyric by 29? Wilco
Late Greats
The greatest lost track of all time:
The Late Greats' "Turpentine"
You can't hear it on the radio
You can't hear it anywhere you go
The best band will never get signed
[...]
The best song will never get sung
The best life never leaves your lungs
So good, you won't ever know
I never hear it on the radio
Can't hear it on the radio
:D Ingenious and hilarious.
4. What is your favourite album by 49? Beck
Probably Sea Change.
5. How many albums by 13 do you own? Coldplay
I only own one of their albums, and it happens to be the only one of their albums I don't like! :/
6. What is your favourite song by 50? Klaxons
- Gravity's Rainbow (Van She Remix) and Golden Skans
7. Is there a song by 4 that makes you sad? Death Cab for Cutie
-Haha, if there wasn't, I'd be a heartless bastard. Poor Gibbard spills out all his saddest memories and tries his best to be as melancholic as possible, so of course I have to become sad, anything else would be an insult to his efforts. Title and Registration, Brothers On A Hotel Bed ++
8. What is your favourite song by 15? Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
- My all-time favorite is Over And Over Again (Lost And Found). Recent favorites are Some Loud Thunder and The Sword Song.
9. What is your favourite song by 5? Muse
- Hysteria
10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? Kings of Convenience
- I'd Rather Dance With You
11. What is your favourite album by 40? Franz Ferdinand
-Um, the first one.
12. What is your favourite song by 10? The Pillows
- Advice
13. What is a good memory you have involving 33? Nine Inch Nails
-Haha, I don't think I have any good memories connected to NIN.
14. What is your favourite song by 37? The Postal Service
- Such Great Heights
15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy? Broken Social Scene
- If there wasn't, I'd be a sick person. 7/4 (Shoreline) and Swimmers.
16. How many times have you seen 24 live? Björk
Yup, twice. Once in Denmark, once in Japan.
17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23? Moby
- Probably Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?, buy I might have heard Go when I was a kid.
18. What is your favourite album by 11? The Strokes
- IS THIS IT? IS THIS IIIIT?
19. Who is a favourite member of 1?
- Haha, that'd be E!
20. Have you ever seen 14 live? Radiohead
- No. :(
21. What is a good memory involving 45? Dntel
- Going to Amoeba Music in Hollywood with Spug in August 2006.
22. What is your favourite song by 16? of Montreal
- A Sentence Of Sorts In Kongsvinger and The Past Is A Grotesque Animal
23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47? Minus the Bear
- Probably "Drilling".
24. What is your favourite album by 21? Sigur Rós
- Defintely Ágætis Byrjun
25. What is your favourite song by 18? Badly Drawn Boy
- Once around the block
26. What is the first song you ever heard by 38? Mando Diao
- I have no idea.
27. What is your favourite lyric by 3? Placebo
- Plasticine
Beauty lies inside the eye of another youthful dream
That doesn't sell it's soul for self-esteem
That's not plasticine
[...]
Don't forget to be the way you are [x4]
28. What is you favourite song by 2? Mew
- Am I Wry? No
29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32? Modest Mouse
- Float On
30. What is you favourite song by 8? The Shins
- Sleeping Lessons
31. How many times have you seen 17 live? The Smashing Pumpkins
- None.
32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy? Erlend Øye
- Not really, his songs are mostly melancholic
33. What is you favourite album by 12? The White Stripes
- Elephant
34. What is the worst song by 46? My Bloody Valentine
- I guess it has to be Touched, because it's not a real song.
35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34? Feist
- Probably Intuition
36. What is you favourite album by 42? The Whitest Boy Alive
- Their only one
37. How many times have you seen 39 live? Sonic Youth
- Once.
38. What is your favourite album by 36? Phoenix
- If I Ever Feel Better
39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28? Wilco
- I don't remember :/
40. What is you favourite album by 7? Pinback
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| Men i helvete da. Bokseåpnere. Jeg forstår ikke hvordan de fungerer!
Jeg må aldri få lyst på hermetisert fersken midt på natta igjen. Nå må jeg bare sove. Og fra i morgen av skal jeg jakte etter en butikk der de selger hermetisert fersken på sånn boks man åpner med hendene (litt som brus- og ølbokser), ikke sånn dritt man må åpne med bokseåpner. Jeg hater bokseåpnere.
Hvis noen har en bra guide til hvordan man bruker bokseåpnere, si fra | | comments: 10 comments or Leave a comment |
| Arabisk, kinesisk og japansk er blitt så populært at Universitetet i Oslo har innført adgangsbegrensning.
Wow, UiO. Jeg er imponert. Det tok dere noen år, men dere har skjønt at man ikke kan slippe inn alle studenter som vil. :o
Administrasjonen på UiO er så utrolig uprofesjonell, og det er helt forkastelig at de ikke har gjort noe med situasjonen før nå. Helt absurd at intill forrige kull alle som ville studere japansk, fikk lov. Lærere ble utbrent, forelesningssaler stappfulle, og det ble sluppet inn altfor mange som ikke var seriøse med språkstudiet sitt, og ikke innså at det innebar å ofre en svært bit av livet sitt.
Jaja, bedre sent enn aldri. Men jeg blir fortsatt kvalm/deprimert av hvor mange som vil studere japansk. Urk. | | comments: 20 comments or Leave a comment |
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