NEW BIKE

I've bought a bike. And guess what? For £47! I so need a bike, so fed up walking everywhere when I need to go from A to B, + I save money by not taking the bus. Found it on eBay yesterday and win the auction and went to Cardiff today to pick it up. Took for a ride in Cardiff before catching the train back to Swansea. Really happy with it, also gonna use it for bike trips and so. I saw this sign on my way back from the trainstation.

I just okeeeeeeyyy, doubt that a bit, but to be fair I haven't been in Paris so I couldn't REALLY say... 

On the train back I got the idea of making some videoblogs, maybe I'll do that tomorrow? Stay tuned :D

I'm really sorry I don't have any weekly playlist this week. I simply haven't listened to music so much this week and if I have, it's been previous playlists.

Today's song: Katy Perry - Teenage Dream

FOTOGRAFIA

Last night I suddenly decided that I wanted to take some photos and this is some of the result:

 

I basically set the shutterspeed to 25 sec and used the flashlight on my Desire phone and started drawing, what would I do without yah... <3. Took some more, all are my Flickr Photostream, so have a look (it also an app on top on the right + a icon)

Today me and Edd decided to head down to the beach with our cameras. I'd been stuck inside trying to work on my essay, but no luck. You have to admit it's pretty hard to focus when your desk is by the window overlooking the sunny beach and 10 degrees.... Got some okay pictures I guess, so check out my Photostream :D

Edd trying to climb the crossing-bridge down on the beach.

Tomorrow I'm going to Cardiff, for the first time actually. Not gonna tell you why, but it's something really great and something I've been looking forward to, so pop by tomorrow to read it :D

This is the brand video for Ke$ha's song Blow. Not so sure what I think... It's not on the same level as Who we are, but think I'm gonna like the remix a bit better than the original.

Q: What do you think?

Today's song: Ke$ha - Blow

NACKERED

They'd coloured the water in the fountain red! AWESOME! Probably because of the rugby game and
because  it's Saint David's day on the 1st of March. Saint David's day = Wales national day

Went down to the beach to go for a run today... OMG, I'm practically dead... 1,5 hours and 12 km/7,45 miles. I pushed it way to hard this time, think it's a sign you should stop when you can feel the blisters coming xD Have to have my shoes looked at. I just want to go to bed and stay there, but I can't.

On my way back home I walked through town square, where the Wales vs. Italy game was shown on the big screen. They had loads of different types of food/snacks and I spotted the one that sold Welsh cakes. Nothing like a couple of freshly made Welsh cakes, one with fruit and one plain. They were still warm and so lush <3 Lorna is gonna show me how to make Welsh cakes on day! I'm really looking forward to St. Patrick's day on the 17th of March (Ireland's national day). We're going on the green town carnage :D

The rest of this Saturday is gonna be Calzone, film and popcorn :D Enjoy Saturday peeps!

Inspiration from Vimeo: The Maestro

Love this version with Busta Rhymes! Awesome mooves and rhythm :D

Today's song: Tiësto vs. Diplo ft. Busta Rhymes - C'mon (Catch 'Em By Surprise)

OSCAR

My plan this weekend is to watch all the big Oscar nominations before the 83rd Academy Awards on Sunday at 00 o'clock :D

- 127 Hours

- Black Swan

- The Fighter

- Inception

- The Kids Are All Right

- The King's Speech

- The Social Network

- Toy Story 3

- True Grit

- Winter's Bone

I'm ashamed, being a filmstudent and all, that I've only seen The Fighter and Inception. Shame on me! Both of them were amazing films. I've seen Inception three times and saw The Fighter last week. At the end when Micky beats the living daylights out of the other guy, I was about to get up and cheer! I really got in the boxing mood. They had used the ordinary cameras and crew that they use when the film boxing for TV.

You can watch the Oscar awards online at oscar.com. You may have to go through a proxy site if you live outside the US.

So that is my plan for the weekend, but first have to acquire the film in a legal way...

Today's song: Panic at the Disco - The Ballad of Mona Lisa

MY DREAM FILM

We set a record today, weekly shopping in Tesco £30 each and only two bags! PROUD 


Today we had a guest lecturer that works as a filmmaker, mainly shortfilms. He had made some very good and funny shortfilms on 16 mm film, I laughed so much. His feature film, which had spent five years of his life on, was not very good. Yes I know it's a low budget film, £15,000 which is nothing when it comes to feature films. Some of the jokes were funny, but if that was shown in the cinema I would have gone straight to the ticket office and demanded my money back... Like I told him, I found his film boring and it had few good parts, but that I might have liked the story better if he had made 20 min sitcom episodes instead of a full feature film. But his shortfilms gave some insperation.

This is a indiSLIDER mini. It gives you those lovely tracking shot that you can see in the film below. It's only $99/£61/550 kr so I'm so gonna buy that as soon as I've got the camera, hopefully :D
Source: indisystem.com

Found this film on Vimeo today. It's a documentary about two brothers that go on a trip in Alaska. Great shots and good voice over. It's stuff like this that inspires me to work with film. I love it when you combine beautiful landscape shots and timelapse shots <3 And you mix all this together as documentary... OOO! I love documentaries like this and I sometimes find documentary films or "art" films much more fun to make than fictional film



When I'm going around Europe, hopefully next summer so cross your fingers, I'm gonna film everything and make a film. I hope that withing the next six months I managed to buy a new DSLR that can film. Like these guys used, my dream is a Canon 5D Mark II, but it costs at least £2,300, but I'm thinking of buying a Canon 60D that only costs around £920 :D I can then use it for uni projects and for private projects, because I'd choose DSLR over videocameras any day. Hehe!

Today's song: Scouting For Girls - She's So Lovely

NOTHING IN LIFE IS FREE

Think I'm starting to get sick... Woke up at 11 o' clock today and felt wrecked without having done anything xD Went straight to climbing and when we got to Dynamic Rock (climbing center) it was packed with kids, totally forgot it's half term (vinterferie). But it was okay, the kids decreased in numbers after a while.

Now a days I'm working on my new film and the essay. Need to have all them filming and rough editing done by March, since I'm going home to Norway in April. Just looking forward to go skiing and see friends/family again :D

Went over my finances today from now until the summer... it's gonna go, but it's going to be tight, very tight! Hoping by easter I've an reply if I got one the jobs I've applied for for the summer. Need as much money as possible, so my summer is gonna be all about work + some holidays :D Need money if I'm gonna realize my dream of traveling Europe next summer + I want a DSLR that can shoot video. Still looking for more jobs, so counting writing more applications in the next few days.

Love Coldplay and love this song :D
Today's song: Coldplay - Viva La Vida

CIRCUS

Source: This Just In

Just come home from Child Protection Training and the circus project at Dylan Thomas School. The purpose of Child Protection Training is to make the volunteers aware of signs of for example abuse (physical and verbally), neglect or bullying and how to handle a situation like that. I've just volunteer for a circus project on Tuesdays, which basically is circus for children. Some of them may have some disabilities or learning problems. Even mastering the smallest thing last a balancing boards, can give you more confidence in yourself. I'm rubbish at some activities, like spinning-the-"plates"-on-a-stick-trick, so tried to improve a bit on that today. People have asked why do you do this and I say it's good to have the experience, maybe later in life I'll work with children? Children's TV maybe?

Went to the boys toilet at Dylan Thomas School and saw this... I burst out in laughter! For those of you that can't see, that toilet paper dipped in water and tossed at the wall. But to be serious, I feel really sorry for those kids that actually have to use that toilet on a daily basis, it smelled like hell!

Have a great evening peeps :D

Today's song: Plastiscines - Bitch

CHAV

Been to the gym today, Monday dance and abs training, so lush :D Good workout! I feel that i are getting better at it. 

On my way back, I walked past Mc Donalds aka Swansea teen chav-central... Is it possible to find a more dismal look than chavs? Those hanging outside Mc Donalds are teenagers who's got nowhere to go. Why would hang outside Mc for several hours??? Is it not anywhere else for you to go? I understand that may have troubles at home and wish to spend as little time there as possible, but the others, COME ON! Go home, play Xbox or watch a film/TV with your mates or just DO something. Or start training? Why do you think teenagers have a bad reputation amongst SOME adults or elders? Because they only see the half-dressed, screaming and lazy teenagers outside there "local" Mc Donalds.

I also think that the council should take resposebility and do something for teenagers. Youthclub, after-school activities or similar. Most of them are just bored to death and result in hanging out in the streets.

In the picture you see Vicky, a character from the series "Little Britain". 
She pretty much sums up what a chav is...

But I guess when you see the "adult chavs" in town, you understand where it all comes from. Outside Quadrant I've often seen women standing with kids in their trolleys. Trainers, butt ugly trousers, a t-shirt that hardly could fit a 9 year old or a jumper that is so washed out it's hard to tell if it's grey or blue.... And in their hand they have a cigarette. By the looks of it (you can tell by their grey wrinkly faces and black teeth) they smoke 40 a day...  I HATE parents that smoke right infront of kids. You can smoke all you want for all I care, but do your kid have stock up on the cancer too???

Sorry, I don't have a Anti-Bullying picture today, didn't have the time. 

I love Green Day <3 One of my favorite bands, GREAT songs and great videos. This video is the full version of the song Wake Me Up When September Ends. 

Today's song: Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends (long version)

R.I.P. PERRY MORE + WEEK 7

R.I.P. Perry Moore

I found out yesterday that Perry Moore, the Narnia trilogy producer, had been found dead in his apartment due to what looked like an overdose. Especially a great loss for all Narnia fans all over the world. He worked on the three films The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian and The Voyager of the Dawn Treader. He also secured the funding for making a film of the first book, The Magicians Nephew, so looking forward to this film. I'm a Narnia fan BIG TIME, hence the tattoo on my left leg. 

- Source: NYDaily News

It's Sunday and you know what that means? Time for the weekly Spotify playlist.

Open Spotify - Week 7

Today Anti-bullying picture:

A nice and lazy song for a lazy Sunday :D Enjoy today peeps

Today's song: Andrew Allen - Loving You Tonight

GO ON DISCOVERY

GOOD MORNING I just say... xD That part of
 my hair wouldn't lay down :'(

Got up today at 11:30 and the first thing I hear is the monthly "bell-concert" from the church.... Praise the Lord.... They kept on ringing for an hour at least. Yes we know you have new shiny bells, but do you have to show them of for so long? xD

Went to the gym for a small excersise before starting my volounteering for Discovery Charity. This weekend we were taking the kids to Lazerzone up by the Castle. For those of you that don't know, in Lazerzone you run around with a laser gun and shoot people (doesn't hurt a bit). If you're shot, your "dead" for 5 seconds. The goal is to shoot as many as possible and avoid being shot. Was only 6 kids today, but they all enjoyed it. We're just there to make sure that they have fun and enjoy themselves and get a break (and that we have a bit fun to). Next time we were thinking of bringing them to bowling or go climbing.

One of the kids, a 10 year old boy, caught my eye. Can't remember his name, think it was Welsh and my Welsh is far from great. But he stood there in the corner, waiting to start the game, drawing a snowman on his phone. I asked if he liked drawing, and he showed loads of drawings on the phone and said he loved to take pictures and film also. Awesome kid :D Looking forward to next time.

Today's dinner: Homemade Ratatouille with
 fried egg and ciabatta (and a glass of wine) YUMMY!

Today's Anti-bullying picture:

Really like this lady and the song. So true, the message.

Today's song: Jessie J ft. B.o.B. - Pricetag

ONCE UPON A TIME...

Been working today, and finally finished the storyboard for my new film :D If all goes right, I might be able to shoot it within a fortnight, but first I need to get my actor sorted.

Yes I know, I'm a terrible artist (if you even can call me that).... but stickmen are so easy. Besides, if I try to draw a proper human, it would look less like a human then a stickman. Ooo, also have to find a calm song to go with it. Piano maybe?

Today's Anti-bullying picture:

We were on our way down to Tesco, when I said to Johan "Sit!". Shot with my lovely HTC Desire <3 I don't how I survived with out that phone before xD It's a curse to, always connected to Facebook/Twitter... NO I'm not addicted....

Love this video and song, so beautiful shots and great editing <3

Today's song: The Killers - Human

MAD MAD COW

After a crappy night sleep, thank you so much Johan for waking me up at 5 o'clock in the morning because you and Chris decided to have a apparently very interesting talk about life... I was SOOO happy... Idiot! It's called show others respect and use your heads...!

After a breakfast and I had blown out some steam, we went down to town to look for sleepingbags, no luck, so just gonna buy on eBay. Johan is gonna make lush homemade burgers today, looking forward to it :D :D But on our way back we stopped by The Mad Cow and bought milkshakes. Swansea's best milkshake if you ask me!

Today's Anti-Bullying picture:

Today's song: Cee Lo Green - FUCK YOU

MASQUERADE

Been to a meeting at the Discovery charity at Swansea Uni today, getting some info about the project I'm volunteering for, Kids away. Kids away is a project were we take children to do activities, bowling, lazerzone, climbing etc. Some of these kids come from troubled homes, in the Child Protective Services or just looking for some fun.

Tonight it's Rebecca's birthday and we're having a masquerade party and are heading out in an hour or so. Gonna upload some lovely pictures/videos tomorrow, but now you'll just get a picture of pretty me and my mask. Yes I know, shitty picture xD

Today's anti-bullying picture:

Today's song: Eric Saade - Masquerade

LAZY DAYS

Didn't sleep very well yesterday, because it was so windy outside.... zZz... Very sleepy, so I don't have the energy to blog so much today.

Today's anti-bullying picture:

Today's song: MIKA - Relax, take it easy

MY FUTURE: A4 OR EXPLORING?

Wrote all this yesterday evening, so much, but had to wait with posting it because of the picture.
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In the past 6 months, if people asked me "What do want to work as when you finish university?", I always answered "Work as a cameraoperator for NRK or TV2 and maybe advance to producer" (Norway's version of BBC and ITV) A person asked me two weeks ago and I gave that answer... Suddenly just now, and I don't know why, I just freaked out, what am I doing??? Have I abandon my idea about traveling? I swore I wouldn't end up with a "A4 life" and be an average Joe....

"A4 life":

- Finish university

- Get a job, one you can advance in

- Find the love of your life and marry

- Live in a white house with 2,1 cm long perfect grass and white fences + drive a Volvo

- Have kids

- Go to work at 8 o'clock and come home at 17 o'clock

- Retire

- Die

Which might work for some and I respect those that do, I really do, but I can't do it ! Part of me want a life like that, but the other half is screaming NOOOOOO xD hehe I'm very glad I left Norway after college (videregående) and moved away, one thing I've wished for for some years :D

I've already applied for several summer internships at big TV channels and newspapers in Norway for this summer. I know I need money and that a job as a cameraman looks good on your CV and the more experience you can get during university, the better. I want to learn too and do jobs like that cause you can learn a lot, but I also have other dreams. My dream is to go on Interrail for 6-7 weeks in summer through Europe, maybe alone or most likely with a friend(s), visiting all of the countries and experience different cultures and ways of life. Think of all the footage I could get for my film projects and all the great pictures I could take.

Walk around in Colosseum and imagine the blood fight of the gladiators and the crowd cheering loud. Getting high in Amsterdam on freshly baked hash-brownies or eating a French baguette under the Eiffel Tower. After seeing the film Eurotrip when I was 13-14 (and about 30 times since, saw it yesterday too), my mind was set, I want to travel or have a job where I could travel the world. That was my dream, to capture the world with my camera (photo&video) and show others. I used to want to, and still do, to work as a cameraman/photographer for Travel Channel or maybe for National Geographic (which has THE best animal pictures in the world).

(Yesterday: About here I had to much to think about, my head was full of thoughts, so I went for a 60 min jogging, 4,3 miles/6,9 km, to clear my head. Now I'm back)

After a nice long jog, I think I might found a solution: Work in a media company this summer and Easter 2012, save up all the money and go on Interrail part of summer 2012 (of course I'm gonna work the rest of it, cause I enjoy working). I don't need any fancy hotels or anything, we're talking backpacking through Europe and connect to people through Couch Surfing, which I have mentioned earlier, free <3. You can't experience a country's culture from a hotel room, unless the receptionist is very talkable...

Today's anti-bullying picture:

Photo: Tom-Daniel Laugerud  -  Thank you Johan for modeling

I really couldn't choose between the two, the both fit so well with this post, and yes I know that I used "Who says" two days ago xD

Today's songs: 
  

WEEKLY PLAYLIST - WEEK 6

Today we have done NOTHING in halls, I've eating breakfast and worked on some work, now I'm waiting for dinner. That's it.... xD

It's time for this week's Spotify playlist.

Open Spotify - Week 6

I just heard, on BBC Radio 1 on The Official Chart with Reggie Yates, the UK-radio-approved version of Rihanna's song "S&M" or "Come on" as it's now know as... I can understand that some can find the musicvideo a bit to much for kids and I agree to a certain degree. But come on! I'm used to listening to radio edits where words like "fuck", "shit", "cock" etc. is cut out, but this radio edit left practically nothing of the song besides beep and beep. I just laughed xD

Sorry, I don't have a anti-bullying picture today, my camera battery was empty, but I promise I'll give one tomorrow.

Today's song: Madonna ft. David Guetta - Revolver

MY PERFECT SATURDAY :D

Hi people :D So far this has been the best day this week. The sun shining, the sky is blue and it's 10 degrees outside. You know what that means, over one hour jogging down on the beach! One of my friends in Norway was furious at the snow and cold today in her Facebook status, I just had to rub it in xD

Had to stop to enjoy the scenery, sorry about the shit filming... Out of breath and windy xD

Ingeborg , today's training partner

Ingeborg is a bloody machine! She just had a big tattoo done (two days ago) on the side, on top of the ribs... and she stills go running. GO GIRL!

Today's campaign picture: As part of the "Anti-bullying" campaign I'm going to try to post one picture per day with something related to the bullying or similar.

During my jog, I saw something that inspired me to stop and write <3

Enjoy the rest of your Saturday people :D It's a great day! Sit back and listen to John Mayer, love that guy. It's songs like this one that inspires me to wanna work with film, lyrics and picture is a perfect match. And it inspires me in my life too.

Today's song: John Mayer - Who Says

MOBBING / BULLYING

A Norwegian national newspaper, VG, started a campaign to get people aware of bullying and the effects of it. People don't always think so much about what their actions can do to others. Even the smallest action from other people can tear down one persons world. Some people that have come forth in the articles, have had their whole life ruined, but some also made it. I think it's great that bulling is put on the agenda and people start to talk about it.

This is my story:

As a child I was also bullied a lot and this had a huge impact on me. I was only 9 1/2 years (4th grade) when the bullying started. For almost 1 1/2 year I was bullied almost every single day. You always think: "Why me? Is there something wrong with me? Am I ugly or what?" As a child I had what we Norwegians call "puppy-fat", I was a bit chubby. This added to my belief that my size was the reason. When I look back at it now I don't know what I was on about, but as a 9 year old child you don't think that way. You feel ashamed and down. I didn't wanna tell my mom because I was afraid to tell on other kids. I was terrified of going to school, I dreaded it. I remember trying to come up with an excuse to stay inside when it was recess. I'd say I had a headache or stomach ache, anything to avoid the schoolyard. I felt sick just by thinking of school sometimes. It was never anything physical, just verbally, but that was enough. I hid it well from my mom, so she wouldn't see it, but deep down I hoped she would. I could be lying in my bed, crying and feeling sad, hoping she would come in. A few times she, but I always hid it or came up with an excuse.

After some time I was so nervous that sometimes after breakfast or lunch I would throw up my food. I couldn't simply hold it down, I was so scared. And for a split second the pain went away. I was so far down, no confidence what so ever. It took me some time to realize that this could not continue. I managed to gather enough courage to tell my mom. I knew that if just tell my mom, she would make it all better. Remember having a meeting with one of the teachers, my mom and the bully. He said he was sorry, but my mind was almost blacked out because of happiness. A gigantic weight was lifted of my shoulders. I realized that I should have done this ages ago. What had I been afraid of all this time? I was very low on confidence, for many years to come, but I slowly started to heal.

Thank you mom for always being there for me, always!

Children that are bullied don't always see the light in the end of the tunnel, they just feel trapped. Then it's important that other people to help. Now I feel stronger than ever and I feel I've learned from it it. I feel the urge to help others. Like my mom always have told me: "Never keep problems inside of you, or they might eat you up. Tell and share them with others" I was very lucky to have a great support system around me, but not everyone does. The Red Balloon Centers are doing an amazing job in UK, getting children back onto their feet.

I saw a documentary on BBC a few months ago, "Can't bully me", about the Red Balloon centers. The children here was so heavily bullied, that they didn't know how to live their lives, they were broken. Some were afraid of being in the same room as other children others hadn't set foot inside a ordinary school building in years. This documentary touched my heart so much and makes me both angry and inspired in the same time. I get so furious about what people do to each other, bullying, teasing, physically attacking etc. The horror that some kids, as well as adults, have to endure every day... 

The society needs to open their eyes, not just about bullying, but of all violence, specially against children. If you see a sign of something, REPORT IT! Don't think it's probably nothing, if it's nothing you might have "wasted" five minutes calling child protective services, but imagine if the small thing you saw was part of something bigger? Five minutes could change that child life. The world will never be perfect, but it's possible to make it better.

So go on to VG - bry deg or Red Balloon Learner. Maybe you could sign up as a support contact or volunteer for a cause/charity?

It is all this that has inspired me in my new project; Personal narrative. I'm making a documentary about a teenager that have problems with eating disorders and bulling. So hopefully in May you'll be able to see the result.

Today's song: Christina Aguilera - Beautiful

UV PAINT PARTY - CAN YOU FIND YOURSELF?

Yesterday I was at the UV Paint party in Walkabout. One of the best nights out in Swansea in a LOOOONNGG time! As some of you know, I'm a filmstudent and even when I'm tipsy, I use the camera on my phone and so I did yesterday.

20 minutes of footage of lovely and beautiful people covered in paint and halfnaked xD I really enjoyed editing this together this morning, the stuff people, including myself, do.... BTW, to the girl that was pole dancing and dry humping on the green pole, I left that out since I remember you asked me to, but I so wanted to use it, you were amazing xD

Let's see if you can find yourself or your mates. So let the games begin. "Where is Wally/Waldo?"

Today's song: UV Paint Party - S&M | Rihanna [Dark Intensity Remix]

A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE

I just popped by the Oxfam (Fretex) shop in Castle Street today to see if they had any film/photo books for my course. Sadly they didn't, BUT they definitely had something. In the bottom shelf in the childrens section the Beatrix Potter books screamed at me. I just: NO WAY! They had 17 of the 23 books about Peter the Rabbit. I asked the lady behind the counter how much they cost, 99 pence! BARGIN, so I bought them all :D

I loved these stories as a child :D Remember my great-grandmother read them to me and later I could read them myself. And I remember the TV series that was on when I was little, how fascinated I was, and the Miss Potter (2006) film with Renèe Zellweger.

I found 2 of the last 6 books I'm missing on eBay for 99p, so hoping I get them. The Tale of Peter Rabbit is a part of my childhood, along with noumourious other stories and series.

Q: Did/do you have any favorite series or books as a child?

Just heard yesterday from one of my mates that The White Stripes are splitting up :'( So in their honour, here is today's song.

Today's song: The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army

HIV/AIDS

"Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This condition progressively reduces the effectiveness of the immune system and leaves individuals susceptible to opportunistic infections and tumors. HIV is transmitted through direct contact of a mucous membrane or the bloodstream with a bodily fluid containing HIV, such as blood, semen, vaginal fluid, preseminal fluid, and breast milk." - Wikipedia.com

AIDS affects many people around the world. In 2009 it was estimated that 33,3 million people were living with HIV/AIDS. And it isn't only African countries that have this syndrome as many people think, USA is also heavily affected. In the UK they estimate it's about 50,000 - 100,000 people with HIV/AIDS. Some people tend to think that it's only Africans or gays that can get HIV/AIDS, that is not true. You could have gotten infected through breast milk, who's to say your mother haven't had the HIV gen dormant in her body. Or if you have had a one night stand after town. I'm not saying that if you've hooked up, that your are infected, you most likely aren't (at least with HIV/AIDS), but the chances are there. Or I've come in contact with a HIV persons blood. But the thing is that you never know. Free tests are available several places in most countries, all it's takes is simple blood test. I took one last week myself (no, I don't have any symptoms, but my GP asked if I wanted a free test, so I said yes) maybe you should to?

Q: Do you know anyone with HIV/AIDS?

As a film student I look for inspiration all the time. I first saw this video on Russel Howards Good news show.  The tell the recovery process in a different way that catches people attention. They show us the whole process, backwards. The woman, Selinah, is today cured thanks to the Topsy foundation.

DANCE AND FITNESS + WEEKLY PLAYLIST

Illustration. Source: Westinmalta.com

I'm on a fitness kick now, so lush! My day now starts with ‎80 sit ups, 40 sit ups with legs in the air and 40 leg lifts, then straight into the shower.  I go to the gym three times a week and today is Monday, so that means dance and weights. Started at 18:30 with one hour hip hop dance jam. Today was a new choreography, cause last week was week number two. She always uses some of the same moves as last choreography, so remembered some. Hopefully within a few weeks, it go even better :D After dance it was a one hour class of Peak Physique, which is weights and muscles. Same instructor as in the dance class. That girl is a bloody machine! OMG, she does three classes straight and can still up straight... Amazing and she's so positive :D No mom, I'm not killing my body. I take protein shakes every time after the gym + I eat and drink :)

Week 5 - Open Spotify

Haha! Had to have this video today because that a few of those moves is in our choreography xD We're SOOO hot! 

Today's song: Eric Prydz - Call on me

TRAVELING NEW YORK AND THE WORLD

One of the bloggers I follow, Kenneth Olsen, has left for New York. I'm so jealous! To wander through Central Park or stand on the top of Empire State building. Imagine the photos/videos I could take <3 Just need my new camera first, which I hopefully will get within 6 months. I'm not a huge USA fan, dislike their politics, but still, to walk on Upper East side or go to art galleries in Brooklyn would be amazing. But it's costs a lot to stay there. The plain tickets are about £300 (2780 kr) from London to New York, which isn't bad considering you're traveling half the globe, but still it's way to much for a student...

Places I want to visit in the near future:

- Portland            (going there next weekend with the climbing club)

- Oxford              (next month?)

- Brighton            (September?)

- Rome                (hoping to go here in some holiday)

- Paris                 (going to France on the summer)

- Barcelona         (hopefully withing a year or two?)

- Sydney             (when Santa starts giving money as presents...)

- New York        (same...)

Not everything have to cost a fortune. Travel on odd times to save money on plains/trains and stay in small hotels or maybe a nice hostel? A organisation I've been a part of for a couple of years, but never used is CouchSurfing. It's what the word implies, surfing on people's couches. Free and simple. That is how I plan on going around in Europe :D You often can't get the proper culture without being with native people.

Like a very smart man, my grandfather, said to me yesterday: "You're young, you can go exploring" and that's exactly what I'm hoping to do.

Q: Where do you want to go?

Today's song: Jay-Z | Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind

SPRING DESIGN

I'm not gonna say I'm a HTML superman and have coded  the new design. Have to admit I mostly use the blog layout editor, but the "Follow me" html I did myself :D Very happy with my new header, thank you Elise Årdal for the lovely picture. We took the picture when we had our Photoshoot on the 18th, going to upload the rest of the pictures some day very soon.

Yes it's so out of focus, but cellphone wouldn't cooperate...

The flowers are blooming in February! So lush to be able to go outside without putting on wool tights and socks. It was around 10 degrees ish today. I'm just looking forward to the summer, imagine those beaches when it's hot and sunny. Been to the gym today to work on my six pack before the bikini season starts :D

Ricky Martin's new song, pretty cool. Also check out the rest of his new album Música + Alma + Sexo. Why is it that everything that's in Spanish sound lovely? Even if you say something random like; "Turn left after next roundabout, then cross the bridge" it will sound dirty or romantic xD

Today's song: Ricky Martin - The Best Thing About Me Is You

SIX NATIONS

Like I've mentioned earlier, after I moved to Wales, I got interested in rugby. Much more action and fun than football (my opinion).

Photo: Elise Årdal

Yes I know I look mental in that picture xD We're gonna see the game in Walkabout bar. See yah later!

Maybe this can give you some party feeling :D

Today's song: Chris Brown  Yeah 3x

SADOMASOCHISM

Just came from a great stand up show with comedian Steve Williams, great guy :D Laughed my head off. He took the piss out of everyone and noticed us Norwegians or vikings as he called us. According to him Norwegians are vikings that rape with consent and kill dolphins. No we don't kill dolphins, we kill whales. Mmmm whalesteak...

Some of you might have wondered about the title SADOMASOCHISM. No I'm not gonna admit my secret fetish of dressing up in leather and whipping people... WOOPS.... I'm of course talking about Rihanna's new musicvideo S&M. Love it!  Why is it only the kids that are allowed to play? Rihanna have already got a load of critisism from several places, found this as a comment on a online article; "Sex is something pure given to man by God and must be taken serious" I have no experience with S&M and it doesn't appeal to ME, but who am I to judge what other people like?

Q: Do you like Rihanna?

Today's song: Rihanna - S&M

WANNA PLAY DOCTOR?

House - Love the character. A doctor with a opinion :D Source: FOX

OMG sat at the GP's office (fastlege) for 2 hours today waiting.... zZz... one of those drop in places. Well, after 10 minutes, I was bored, so I asked the lady in the reception if I had to wait here or if I could come back later. She said you could either come back later or book an appointment. I asked when was the first available appointment, 7th March... I just said I'll take today, so next station was Starbucks.

I got back 30 min before it was my turn. My name was called and I went in. A nurse came into the office and said, in the most everyday calm voice: "The doctor won't be long now dear, someone just fainted, they sometimes do that." I was so tempted to laugh! Haha xD The doctor didn't tell me anything new, so guess you could say that all was well. (edit: well is a word that can mean many things and have several definitions. I would place myself just above not good, but recovering)

Almost finished with the production part of my secret project, just have two locations left. Then it's the tedious process of editing, so reckon I'm done by the end of February. So then you have something to look forward too, hehe!

Today's song: Tinchy Stryder- Let It Rain (feat. Melanie Fiona)

NO BRUNO

My rhythm of sleep got a real kick in the ass today... SO tired when I woke up zZz I know it's because I've had to weeks off, but it felt good to be back in the game again. Just sat in the classroom yesterday when our film theory teacher give us the new project brief for the next essay :'( One out four tasks appealed a tiny bit

The famous shower scene from Hitchcock's film "Psycho"

Select ONE of the following films and analyse to what extent its form and themes are consistent with other work by director Alfred Hitchcock. Film: "Psycho", "The Birds", "Rear Window" or "Vertigo".

It's time for another Spotify list, week 4. Just to let you know, you wil NOT find Bruno Mars - Grenade on my list! It's all over, the gym, the store, radio/TV and I even heard a phone call out "I'd catch a grenade for yah...." when someone got a call in the library the other day... That song reminded me of Eurovision songcontest winner Alexander Rybaks song Fairytale (he's Norwegian). EVERYWHERE in Norway you could hear his voice. We're even talking elevator music, you know to monotone tunes that's played in the background... OMG You could hardly walk a meter before heard the tune in some form or another xD

Open Spotify - Week 4

Today's song: Taio Cruz - Higher ft. Kylie Minogue