HELLO THERE FOLKS

Wonder what I can tell you about today. Hege came for a visit today, and we ate pizza and it was mucho nice! Tomorrow we're going to the tv-show Senkveld, and I am hoping for fun fun guests. *crosses fingers*

Soon just a week left until I go to Egypt, insane! Just wish some animal could come and suck out the fat in my ass first. BUT WHO IS THAT LUCKY HUH. I'm hoping it will be lots warmer than here (ahahhaah) and lots of sun and awesomeness.

I have two (three if you count the one that I am handing in on friday) papers to finish before that time, so these next few days will be ful of writing and reading and writing and reading and writing and reading and writing and reading and..

CHEERIO FELLOWS.

Sun = Joy

Today I have started project "Renate get some fucking color on your white flesh before Egypt". Walked around for over an hour today looking for a suntanning place before I remembered that we have one here on the property. It's apparantly well used though! Wasn't free until 10.30. 10 minutes of skin-frying, nice! Other than that I don't really have too much to tell. Susanne is visiting this week which is cool, and I just finished one of the three papers I am currently working on. Unfortunately I'll soon get a couple more, yikes.

SO. SAYONARA.

Kanskje hvis æ skriv her, så får æ faktisk kontakt me folk?

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Hahah sorry - I just love this one and have to do it on a regular occasion, like NAO

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question even if it doesn't make sense. NO CHEATING!


HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Tender - Blur

WHAT'S YOUR OUTLOOK ON LIFE?
No Heart, No Soul - The Subways

WHAT DOES YOUR FAMILY THINK OF YOU?
The Sound of Settling - Death Cab for Cutie

WHAT DO STRANGERS THINK OF YOU?
You're a God - Vertical Horizon (AHAHAHHAHAHAHA)

WHAT DOES YOUR EX THINK OF YOU?
Im Coming Out - Amerie

HOW IS YOUR LOVE LIFE?
Runaway Train - Soul Asylum (ahah wtf)

HOW WILL YOUR LOVE LIFE BE IN THE FUTURE?
Two Trains - Little Feat (AHAHHA what's up with the trains? :P)

WILL YOU HAVE KIDS?
Staring at the Sun - TV on the Radio (Very telling answer indeed)

ARE YOU GOOD AT SCHOOL?
Mushaboom (K-Os Mix) - Feist (Is that a yes or no?)

WILL YOU BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE?
All my Friends - Our Lady Peace (Well at least my friends will :shady: )

WHAT SONG SHOULD THEY PLAY ON YOUR BIRTHDAY?
The Jungle Line - Joni Mitchell (uuuuuuuuuh)

WHAT SONG SHOULD THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
49 Percent - Röyksopp

THE SOUNDTRACK OF YOUR LIFE ?
Nu Flow - Big Brovaz (YOU NEED TO LISTEN UP AND FEEL THIS SHIIIIIT)

YOU AND YOUR BEST FRIENDS ARE?
I Hate You - The Exploited (w.t... depressive shit >()

HAPPY TIME:
Are You Happy Now - Vanessa Carlton (;_;)

SAD TIMES:
Satellite - Santana feat. Jorge Moreno

EVERY DAY:
When Green Eyes Turn Blue - Elvis Costello (happens every day, yes)

FOR TOMORROW:
New Slang - The Shins (I like this)

FOR YOU:
Jogging Gorgeous Summer - Islands (I need to jog in the summer?)

WHAT DOES NEXT YEAR HAVE IN STORE FOR ME?
Summer Girls - LFO (I like all this summer talk :P)

WHAT DO I SAY WHEN LIFE GETS TOO HARD?
Okoloa River Boat Band - Bobby Gentry (Yes.. ahahha exatly what I say..)

WHAT SONG WILL I DANCE TO AT MY WEDDING?
Seven Seconds - Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry (It takes me that short to step on someones feet)

WHAT DO YOU WANT AS A CAREER?
Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Tom Waits (So I should take up flying? Or become an astronaut?)

YOUR FAVOURITE SAYING?
Telescope Eyes - Eisley

HOW WILL I DIE?
Vacation - Guttermouth (... ok that is scary ;_; )

Endings - huh?

So, finally I am done with all three of my exams. They all went horribly, but that is ok. I just need to pass to be alright. Not personally of course because my soul hurts if the grades are bad, but yeah. *cries*

I've been stressed out as fuck lately over that stuff, but fun stuffs have also happened. Went to a christmas market at Ekenäs castle (the one in the pic) when I was in Sweden last weekend (supercosy), and "flying" too. xD

Soon it will be christmas for real, and for the first time ever I am done with all my christmaspresents BEFORE december even begins. Superstrange.

Tomorrow I am supposed to meet with a person who is bying a painting from me. Imagine that - my first painting ever sold xD I just need to paint superlots more and perhaps people will buy more. Excellent way of getting an income anyway. :)

I need to start packing now, not sure what to bring though, ughie. AND I found a supercute jacket at BikBok I want to buy (that place of all places), but it is like 700 NOK and that is way too much. Stupid world. I also need to get a refil on a vaccine so money is draining from all directions.

GET ME A JOB PLZ.

Well how-dee thar

HELOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

A new entry from me doesnt exactly happen every day, now does it?

Just figured I should pop in and say hi to all of you non-existing people who read this blog.

Since last time I spent a very successfull semester in Athens and Rome, and have travelled to Venice, Stockholm (billions of times <3), Venezuela, Napoli, Florence, Pisa, Madeira and London. Just to mention some. :shady:

My summer was awesome, I got a new apartment in Oslo, and right now I am finishing up my 3rd and last (?) year at university for now.

WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HAVE IN STORE FOR ME? Lord knows.

Omg, a new update in this blog isn't something you see every day, eeek.

So. Here I am again.

I had a fucked up dream that caused me to wake up many times last night, and when I woke up and got up, I noticed that the kindergarden had called me like two times. Fuckshit. That means that if I had noticed it I could've gone to work and earned more money that I desperately need. Oh well, maybe they'll call tomorrow too. Unless they hate me now because I didn't pick up...

It looks like we ain't gonna get a white christmas here. It has been raining pretty much straight since I came back home, and it doesn't look like it's going to change. Right now it's not raining but the clouds are hanging low and the temperature is around 9-10 celcius. It other words, pretty much what we call summer up here. x_X

I looked at my grades this morning for this fall, and was pleasantly surprised. Something that REALLY cannot be said for those I got this spring, and which really ruined my mood. Crappyhellfuck. I didn't flunk, but I definitely do not want to hang on to those grades and I'll have to take at least one of them over again.

It's funny that I almost always rant every time I write a new blog entry, but YOU JUST GOTTA LIVE WITH IT PEOPLE. :P

I miss Oliver so much that it hurts. I go around thinking about him every day and how nice it will be to see him again, even though we aren't 100% sure when that will be. I am hoping as soon as possible. Being away takes its tear.

Kari is away too, in Thailand, that lucky motherfucker. Wish I could go there, I really really do. I also wish it was less expensive, but I guess you have to be prepared to pay tons of bucks if you want to go to paradise.

Ugh ugh ugh.

There are lots of other things I want to say as well, but I don't want to bring them up here. Guess I'll try figuring out something else to do. Perhaps like watch a 3 hour long movie on the TV just because I can..

x_X

Crappy fucking shit crap

God, I want to scream and cry really loud and then throw a mirror into the wall so it gets crushed and then I want to jump on the table so it breakes, and THEN I want to throw myself off a chair and land on the broken table.

My packing is going to hell (I will btw prove this in my picture journal later sometime), I had NO IDEA I had THIS fucking much stuff. My closet is completely empty now and ready for my roommate but she is slow and hasnt done a thing, so the entire bedroom and living room is full of bags and stuff that are going into the storage closet she usually keeps her clothes.

I tried vaccumepacking, but that almost ended in tears and a deathwish. I think the vacuumer felt the same, it started smelling really bad and getting superwarm - all ready to explode.

I've almost got 6 full pages on my exam paper, which is good since the minimum lenght is 7 pages. Although the packing is frustrating me so much that I can't focus.

Mum told me to sent stuff in boxes home, but the thing is that I dont have any fucking boxes, nor time to get any! I have one, but that one can fit like one shoe, so I think that might be problematic. If my suitcase is over 20 kg and they force me to pay, I'm gonna start talking arabic and make them deport me... hopefully to Bodø even though that would still be in Norway. THEY CAN DEPORT ME TO ARVIDSJAUR SO MAYBE MY DAD CAN DRIVE AND PICK ME UP. Mwah. Hm, if so, I wonder if they'll carry my bags?

On a better note, I've finally sent an e-mail to the scholarship folks to see if I get more money when I go abroad. And also wrote an application for a room at the norwegian institute in Rome.

UGH UGH UGH

I finally found out what to buy my grandparents for christmas too!

... And the shoes I bought yesterday kind of make me happy too. :shady:

It snowed here today! AND the snow is still on the ground! Craziness o_O

Oh.. And there was a fire at the centralstation which means that NO trains have been running ALL day. That like.. almost never happens. Which means that I might have to take the evil bus tomorrow. Those damn fires, they are crappy. I found out that Augustus hired firemen btw, to take care of Rome, which is pretty cool. But some of them were stupid and didn't do their jobs so the fires still raged. O.O

Perhaps I should go and try to pack more or something. Or possibly write more, which is the most important right now. Ugghie.

UGH UGH UGH.

I feel like a caveman.

God, I feel like I am in way over my head

Sup doods.

Lots of things are currently happening in my life and right now I feel that it is hard to hang on and keep up with it all.

I got accepted into the Rome/Athens classes this spring, which means that I have to give up my apartment now, pack all my stuff, and get the hell out (that sounded rather dramatic btw). But right now, I am working on my third exam and my brain is running at a very low gear. Everytime I look up from the screen I see a new thing that has to be packed, and it is plain impossible that I will be able to bring it all this time. My roommate seems hesitant but she has to let me keep some of my stuff here until March when my parents wanted to drive down and get all of it. EVEN THE FREAKIN' TV IS MINE, MAN! I own this whole apartment it seems, it will look very empty once I am gone. All my roommate own is all the trash that keeps cluttering it.

I have three bags, in addition to my suitcase, and two boxes, so I should be able to fit all the small stuff. Shelves and the stuff hanging on the wall should be able to stay there until March, I hope.

I AM CURRENTLY WRITING ABOUT AUGUSTUS, AND IT'S INTERESTING AND ALL, BUT MY MIND IS EVERYWHERE ELSE.

I should also notify my boss that I am coming home, and buy christmas gifts, and talk to someone about housing in Rome, and find an apartment for next year, and start planning this christmas/new years and order tickets for Athens and whatnot.

HECTIC, SHIT.

I am rather looking forward to thursday though. <3 And it will be supernice to see my family and Fox and friends next week. :)

WHY IS THERE SO LITTLE TIME IN THE WORLD? I THINK I NEED A PRESCRIPTION FOR MORE.

Oh well, bye for now my lovlies.

Your Joy is My Low

I should write more, I haven't written in ages and ages.

It's not that I don't have anything to write about, it's just that it takes a lot of effort from me to sit down and start pouring my heart and mind out on a very regular basis. :shady:

Christmas is approaching and it would be supernice if all of you sent me a detailed wishlist!

IF YOU WANT ANY CHRISTMAS PRESENTS THAT IS, BECAUSE YOU REALLY SHOULD!

I should go to the store now.

I kind of feel like prawn crackers. :shady:

Bye bye lovlies.

Music is the bomb.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question even if it doesn't make sense. NO CHEATING!


HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Welcome to the jungle (Guns'n'Roses)

WHAT'S YOUR OUTLOOK ON LIFE?
Let it take you (Goldfrapp)

WHAT DOES YOUR FAMILY THINK OF YOU?
The real thing (Sarah Overall)

WHAT DO STRANGERS THINK OF YOU?
Icicle (Tori Amos) AHAHHHAH >_<

WHAT DOES YOUR EX THINK OF YOU?
Littlest things (Lily Allen)

HOW IS YOUR LOVE LIFE?
You and me and the moon (The Magnetic Fields)

HOW WILL YOUR LOVE LIFE BE IN THE FUTURE?
If everybody looked the same (Groove Armada) wtf

WILL YOU HAVE KIDS?
Be the girl (Aslyn)

ARE YOU GOOD AT SCHOOL?
Elevator music (Beck)

WILL YOU BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE?
My baby love (The Supremes)

WHAT SONG SHOULD THEY PLAY ON YOUR BIRTHDAY?
99 (red) luft balloons (Nena)

WHAT SONG SHOULD THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
I'm still in love with you (Sean Paul) AHHAHAHA

THE SOUNDTRACK OF YOUR LIFE ?
Complicated (Avril Lavigne) Oh holy shit

YOU AND YOUR BEST FRIEND ARE?
Maniac (Michael Sembrello) NAIS.

HAPPY TIME:
California Dreamin' (Mamas and the papas)

SAD TIMES:
Valerie (Amy Winehouse)

EVERY DAY:
Abracadabra (Steve Miller Band)

FOR TOMORROW:
The Vanishing (Stars)

FOR YOU:
Scratch to void (People In Planes) o_O

WHAT DOES NEXT YEAR HAVE IN STORE FOR ME?
Relax [take it easy] (Mika)

WHAT DO I SAY WHEN LIFE GETS TOO HARD?
Why (Elefant)

WHAT SONG WILL I DANCE TO AT MY WEDDING?
Stalker (Vent) AHAAHHAH!

WHAT DO YOU WANT AS A CAREER?
Empathy (Sneaker Pimps) Oh no.

YOUR FAVOURITE SAYING?
Keep it loose, keep it tight (Amos Lee)

HOW WILL I DIE?
Don't you evah (Spoon)

AHAHHAHAHA NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIS.

Now YOU do it. ;)

WHY DOES EVERYTHING HAVE TO BE SO HARD?

Getting through a normal day is pretty hard for someone as bad as me when it comes to making decisions, so when you're faced with a huge dilemma that will end up hurting people you love whatever you choose - yes, then life gets a little bit harder.

CRAP, CRAP, CRAP, DOUBLE-CRAP.

What's up, Doc?

So, I haven't updated in quite a while, now have I. I guess that is something that should change. After all, what's the point of even having a blog if you never use it?

The timing isn't exactly the best though, I don't really have all that much to write about right now. And to be honest, I should really spend my time on other stuff, like my Latin assignment that I am seriously struggeling with at the moment. It just got really hard all of the sudden, and it's due tomorrow and I am pretty much freaking out here - for more reasons than one. First of all, I decided to skip Latin on monday because I wanted to catch up on some of the stuff myself. I didn't go to school today either because my tummy hurts, I feel like crap and a certain monthly event has "blessed" me with its appearance. So yeah, it means that I've missed a lot of stuff and that only makes me freak out even more.

Tomorrow this really famous archaeologist from Stanford University is having a guest lecture that all our archaeology teachers really wanted us to go (and which we WANT to go to) at the exact same time as my Latin class. Tomorrow's Latin class is pretty important because it's the day we hand in/recieve our new assignments and I should really be there. But what about the other guest lecture then - the opportunity one only gets once..

I AM CONFUSED AND FUCK.

When I'm in class I usually have a good time and feel that what I'm learning is interesting and exciting, but once I go home, I don't have any happy feelings about the classes at all. >_< I feel like it's all thrown at me and I have no chance of catching up before it's too late. But yes, I'm probably just freaking out like I always do, but I can't help it, it feels awful. A thousand things are rushing through my head about stuff I need to do EVERY SECOND, but once I start doing them, I can't keep myself motivated and start doing something else instead. I really do have troubles motivating myself now, for some reason.

I'm even thinking about quitting Latin this semester and rather take it up again next fall (or this spring if I don't get into the Rome/Athens program) and focus on my other classes instead. I'm taking 20 points more than I have to, so quitting Latin wont damage my points what-so-ever. But I still feel like that would be a very stupid thing to do, especially now that I have started it. I don't like quitting things like that. I just hope it will get easier.

Back to more happier things. I just had the most amazing summer of my life. The USA trip was beyond incredible, and so was the time I spent with my friends and Oliver too. Simply amazing.

I'm learning what it feels like to be crazy in love with an unbelievable guy every day, and when other things seem dark and hard to handle, those feelings - and him of course - is what keeps me going, and helps me push through it.

I guess that's all I needed to get off my chest for this time.

I think I better call my mum today, I haven't talked to her since friday, that must be a new record of her not calling, or something. o_O

Walk in peace, friends.

Good Times Gonna Come

Looks like I got myself my own cellphone blog.

http://worldofrenate.blogspot.com/

I'll be posting in it from my cellphone during my upcoming trip to the States, so check it out if you want to stay updated. :shady:

<3

Oh I spent my only study break of the day in an extremely good way :]

Hahhaha.

I managed to get myself into the Top 10 all time best Bubble Shooter high score list. :shady: I am on 7th place. xD

Name	Points
Marit	931440
Anonimus	925500
ks og sg	854840
jurga	761220
Orpheus	667480
elaines	592940
Renate S	478280
david u tina	477260
Hege I	436200
.rfl	413360

Oh man I am such a dork. :P

Must.Think.Happy.Thoughts.

Well, well, well.

I am trying here.

I AM PROUD OF MYSELF FOR TRYING.

Errr. :P

I am so tired. I would go to sleep if it wasn't for the spider in our bedroom. :shady:

I really hope she's going to take it out of there, considering that I spent half an hour earlier putting up another bug net in front of the window. AND another half hour or so doing the dishes.

Wait.. this is turning into another rant. "stops"

We live in a wonderful world where cute little penguins walk around the flakes of ice down at the southern most place of our earth. I suppose that's a nice thing. :]

LET'S COLOR THE WORLD WITH A BUNCH OF LOVELY COLORS AND PRETTY THINGS SO THAT WE'D ALL BE HAPPY ALL THE TIME AND SING IN THE SHOWER AND DANCE AND SWIM DURING THE WINTER AND STUFF. NOT TO MENTION EATING A LOT OF APPLES.

HOLY CRAP, YES THIS IS ANOTHER RANT

I removed this content, for good reason. :]

The 17th of May - Our National Day.

I must be honest and say that it was one of my best in a long, long time. Really awesome having the opportunity to spend it in the capital and see what it's like celebrating it here. And I must say.. it was crowded. o_o

Hahaha. I've been to a soccer game where a hundred thousand people were gathered at once, but I must say, crowd-wise this was far far bigger. Never seen so many dressed up people together in once place at the same time - ever.

My roommate and I spent the night before the 17th at her sisters place. And we were supposed to go with them that morning, in order to get good places for the parade and everything, but because of my roommate's habit of spending 84982903 hours in the bathroom every morning in order to get ready, they had to go without us. So we got ready and took the bus and tube into town (both btw was PACKED). It was hard to move around because of all the people, but we managed to drag ourselves all the way up to the castle. We bought ice cream and I took a billion pics. It was fun seeing the whole royal family standing up there, waving to the whole city. I wonder what the view from up there looked like. I bet it was like one giant carpet of people in red, white and blue.

We were pretty lucky with the weather too. Sunny, bright, warm and nice. Although there was a somewhat chilly breeze that paid us a visit every now and then.

After we grew tired of watching the parade, we headed down towards the harbor after a stop at a very crowded Deli de Luca where we bought ourselves a piece of cake. Aker Brygge was so crowded that we stood still for ten minutes before taking our next step, but because of this amazing guy called Oliver I knew of a "secret" spot down on the edge of the pier next to all the boats. So we walked down there and enjoyed ourselves with the cakes, the slight tanning and all the people in their boats driving by smiling at us. But god knows I wish I was there with a certain other individual.. Dude, there are more nordlandsbunader in Oslo than in the whole Nordland county combined, I am SURE. O_O

Around 2 PM-ish, we took the bus back to her sisters place and I collapsed in bed. I was totally exhausted. About two hours later I got woken up because the rest of the family needed help setting up the tables and chairs and everything outside. We had a giant outdoor barbeque party thingie with some of the other neighbors and it was so cosy it's insane. Amazing food, cakes, strawberries, wine and God knows what else.

After that I collapsed in bed for the second time that day.

The next morning we went back home.

(more stuff about that to follow...)

Things are coming along .

I got my roommate to read through my exam essay, and I feel a lot better about it now. I also reread all my pensum litterature for that assignment, and all I really have left now is to finish the conclusion and I can say that I am done. Fuck, if I don't get a decent grade after all the issues I've had with that thing now, I'll drown myself in the sink. ;_;

Also ordered the greyhound bus trip from Jacksonville to New Orleans now, so absolutely everything about the US trip is finally under control. Not that long left now, it's crazy. o.o; Don't really think it has hit me that I'm going back there. xD

Tomorrow I'm gonna go to school, print out my exam and the rest of the plane tickets/hotel reservations and those vouchers for the Bahamas cruise, hand in the paper, die of happiness, buy some stuff and then hopefully go out on the town with mah mates or head out to some park and do some serious bbq'ing, haha. We're spending the night at my roommates sister since she lives in town.

And then it's the 17th of May. O_O Crazy crazy. Still not sure what I'll wear, always an issue when you don't have your bunad. ;_; OH WELL, I'LL STOP TALKING SHALLOW TALK, NOW YES.