Here’s a summary of the first half of my 2010!

January:

In January this photo was chosen for a book…

And I was overly excited about my new pulse watch.

February:

In February I went wedding dress shopping with miss Maren..

And we moved into a new apartment.

March:

In March my little sister came to visit..

And I bought nerdy glasses, among other things.

April:

And April there was more buying (and trying on!) of Maren’s weddings gowns..

Easter came and went..

And there was still snow.

May:

In May I bought a metal heart..

Spring came..

Shorts were worn..

I went to a dog show and photographed poodles..

And caught a crow on camera.

June:

In June I saw my family again..

Summer came..

I re-discovered nail polish..

I missed my grandmother..

And enjoyed the sunshine.

Phew! That was the short version of my life for the last 6 months. I also ate and worked and slept and worked out a bit, but that’s not very exciting now is it? Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got a sun bed with my name on it!

Yeah, I’m just going to stay here till tomorrow morning, really ;)

Busy day today. Worked overtime, then went straight to the movie theatre to watch Inception. Go see it! The mindfuck alone is worth every penny. This is why we sit through hour upon hour of boring old Hollywood triteness – sometimes you come across a gem like this one. The 9.3 score on IMDB is well deserved. Go go go!

About the photo – I just realized that I’ve only got tomorrow night left to pack for my holiday. I still need after sun lotion! And a floppy sun hat! So much to do, so little time. And speaking of little time, it is now time for bed!

Today was rough. Work has been stressful to the point where I think my shoulders might be permanently attached to my ears, and I caught myself  vigorously massaging my temples several times during the course of the day – this is how you know I’m dealing with a truly special breed of person. On my way home I could think of one thing and one thing only, and that is how gloriously wonderful it would be to get greasy greasy takeout and play World of Warcraft.

So we did.

Word of Warcarft truly is my poison of choice – I’ve been playing since the closed beta testing and have loved every minute of it. I’ve experienced nerd-rage, gamer’s wrists, loss of social life, spent weeks hunting particularly pretty collections of pixels, and of course, made plenty of gorgeous friends along the way. As every other WoW-player I have thrown hissy hits, uninstalled the game and not touched it for months, only to come lurching back quietly like the weaklings that we truly are. “I’ve had it, I quit!” is a yearly sentence uttered amongst my WoW-playing friends. “Have fun, see you again in a few months!” is the standard reply. It rarely fails.

Now, I’m not going to elaborate further on my in-game escapades, seeing as I know who reads my blog and I know that most of you are probably not understanding this at all, but this is my blog darn it, and tonight I’m being a nerd. So there!

(Obligatory bucket list of characters that I have played or am still playing)

I have discovered a curious side-effect after I made a fan-page for this blog on facebook – I’ve become really self-conscious! I’ve never really been self-conscious when it comes to blogging before, so this sort of hit me by surprise. Now, I’ve been doing some self-analysation here, so bear with me for a second: I’ve got a live feed of my blog in LinkedIn. No problem here, as this is for former, current and future employers. The blog might get me a job some day, who knows, so this is fine. I also have a live feed from my blog on Twitter, no problem here either. My twitter followers are usually interesting strangers – perfectly fine, I don’t care if a stranger reads my blog the wrong way, after all! So, summary: LinkedIn fine, Twitter fine. So why is facebook scary? My friends already read the blog, my family already reads it, so who’s the scary last group? Colleagues. People who sort-of kind-of know who you are, but don’t really know you. Oh yes, I have crystallized the one sentence that is making me anxious over this whole fan-group business: “You know, that girl up on 5th, the one who made a fan-group for herself and posts photos of herself online all the time”

Oh yeah, that’s the one. I’m being ridiculous, I know I am! Everyone I work with are perfectly nice! Pah, let’s just face it, I’m one paranoid puppy. The facebook fanpage stays.

In other news, I’ve got candy-colored nails and there are four days left until I leave Norway behind. I want a fast-forward button, dammit!

(“Oh yeah, you know, that girl who posts photos of her nails.” Oh shush, I know it’s all in my head ;) )

…Food blogging?!

Don’t worry, I won’t make a habit of it. To be perfectly honest, I have been out and about today, but I forgot to bring my camera. We went to see “Knight and day” at the movies (I haven’t made up my mind about it yet, partly because it had Tom Cruise in it, partly because the first half pretty much consisted of Cameron Diaz being dragged and thrown around like a confused and screeching rag doll) and we ate ice cream and walked around town and enjoyed the sunshine. It’s supposed to rain for ten days straight now, but it was good while it lasted.

There’s five days left now until my holiday starts, six days until I go to Crete. I’ve tried my hardest not to go and get my suit case and start packing, but I think this might be the evening where I cave in and bring it downstairs. Crete!

Oh and the salad is chicken and couscous, in case anyone were wondering. I’ll photograph something less lame tomorrow, I promise!

It’s been pouring down all day. We woke up to the music of street musicians outside, in particular this one trumpet player whom I think might have woken us up most Saturdays since we moved to this apartment. I love it, and it makes such a nice change from waking up to the alarm on my phone. I haven’t done anything exciting, really – we’ve tidied the place up, I’ve hung up curtains in the bedroom (we haven’t had any until now, because the windows slant upwards – the only ones who can see us are pigeons), and I’ve finally got blinds in my office/closet so that the neighbors can’t sit by their window and stare at me while I work. It’s just as distracting as it sounds, can you imagine?

I did have to venture outside at one point though, seeing as I’m Maren and Kenneth’s apartment-sitter this summer, and I got to snap a few shots of these dewy roses. I’m not really a huge fan of flower photography, but I couldn’t resist. They made me want to go out and buy a fresh bouquet, or even just grab one of these and run away with them, but I don’t think Maren’s neighbors would have been too pleased if I stole their roses ;)

Happy Friday-day everyone! This day could really not crawl by fast enough, but work ended eventually and I got to plant by butt firmly in the sofa corner with a bottle of nail polish. Hey now, don’t judge, we all have our vices – I hardly ever go out, so I get polishes instead. My vanity AND my liver thanks me for than one! Marius and I are going to spend the night stuffing our faces and watching a movie, as soon as we can decide on which one to pick. We’re stuck between Watchmen and Star Trek right now, but who knows where we’ll end up. Marius hung up two brand new shelves from Ikea above his desk the other day, and I asked him if they’d become our new DVD shelves. “No”, he replied. “Those are for the Blurays only”. See what I’ve got to deal with? I’m not allowed to bring home DVDs anymore! And the DVDs we already own are banished to the book shelf.  I think I might smuggle them over to the Bluray-shelves when he looks the other way.

Ok, polish time! The one I got yesterday was IsaDora’s #700 “Bel Air Blue”, and I’ve got all kinds of love for it, although it’s a bit too goopy for my taste. I need to get myself some nail polish thinner.

Ok, the boyfriend is showing signs of movie-readiness now, so I have to press publish. Enjoy your Friday! :)

P.S: I made a fan page on facebook! Clicky if you want to spread the love!

Five ingredients to make a day better. Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate, chocolate, and, well.. Chocolate! Photo 15 out of 365.  A sort of wonky attempt at short depth-of-field there – you see, our apartment is getting dark and I was too busy lusting after the chocolate to get my tripod!

It’s amazing how 5 little pieces of quality chocolate beats giant bars of milk chocolate each and every time. Less chocolate, but the same level of satisfaction. Ah, sweet sugary goodness.

Stores in Bergen are open until 1am today, with sales everywhere, and I didn’t manage to stay away even a little bit. 50% of on lamb wool sweaters at Benetton, can you blame me? I would have walked out of there with three, but they didn’t have  my favorite color in my size. These were also really cute though, and I’m sure they’ll see a lot of wear once summer is over. I also got nail polish (big shock there) and “Ponyo” on Bluray, I re-stocked my favorite MAC foundation.. And bought a pen. Don’t laugh, I am really picky about my writing instruments!

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to sit down, pretend I’m a grown-up, and pay all my bills ;)

Sometimes, your apartment will look like a computer exploded in it. Or three computers. It happens. Just go with it.

Today has been one of those hum-drum, everyday kind of days – I was too lazy to cook so we bought Chinese, the apartment looks like a bomb went off, and we watched an episode of Bones before realizing halfway into it that we had already seen it before. Mediocrity at it’s finest, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. It’s almost weekend, my last weekend before my holiday starts, and I just want the days to fly by, quickly, so that I can go to Crete already. For the last few days I’ve been dreaming of beaches and sand and the sea.  I’ve started working on my fake tan, and I feel all kinds of ridiculous as I leave my usual shade of pale-as-a-ghost. But hey, if I’m going to be seen in public in a bikini in little more than a week, I’m going to be prepared!

I can’t wait. Norway hasn’t given us much of a summer so far, but really, who are we kidding. Winter is what we do best. This is why we have travel agents.