Gooood morning, Norway! At least that's what my inner clock is telling me, but then again it's set to American time so there's a slight difference between the actual time and the time I'm feeling it is. Say, about six hours. Which just resulted in me sleeping oh about eight hours when I laid down to have a nap the first day. Not sleeping for twelve hours can do that to a person.

( Recap of trip )

TL;DR: All in all, it's been great. I was actually annoyed at myself (and I still am, a bit) for choosing to go Torquay instead of NY, but I think I'll survive. There's always a time after this, too.

Also, comment with something you want me to say. Aight?

I'm safe and still alive, despite the fact that I've been in the US for 10 days now. Goodness gracious, like.

American portions are too big, the chips are too tasty (I get why people are overweight here), they've always got a vegetarian option but it's not always tasty, Universal and Disney World was marvelous, there's too much water in the toilets, I've gotten a hint of a tan, I've read three books in my ico and I'm currently reading two, I think I might have gotten the AC-flu, I've been watching too much Disney Channel someone shoot me, Facebook isn't willing to cooperate with the hotel's internet connection, I've spent far too many hours in our rented Cadillac, did I mention Universal is the greatest thing ever? AND I HAVE PICTURES OF THE TO-BE HARRY POTTER PART OF THE PARK I GLEE'D and the premiere is coming up whee!, it's really, really hot outside, and I'm hooked on Starbucks.

Back in Miami and will be here for the next seven days, before we're returning to NYC for three days, and then I'm home. I'm actually looking forward to it, although this place is pretty darn awesome.

xo f-list.

P.S.: Happy belated 4th of July and birthdays to kinnoryuu82 and partyvif!

Okay, so there has been a lot of negative posts lately. Sorry guys.

Happy happy happy:

Tuesday June 16th: Class going to grandma's place and partying will commence.
Friday June 19th: Last day of school!
Saturday June 20th to June 26th: Hovefestivalen, omgomgomg.
Wednesday July 1st to July 20th:
USA; New York -> Miami -> Orlando (and Disneyland) -> Miami -> New York
Thursday August 13th: Öyafestivalen, maybe also the 15th

Plus any extra vacation my mom might suddenly find out we're going on because that's the way she is.

Random:

Happy martyric, commercial BUY-SHIT-OR-YOU-DON'T-LOVE-YOUR-LOVED-ONES day.

♥

Going over to Tiril's place to finally see her little sister and do stuff (help her paint or clean, perhaps?). Couldn't have asked for a better way to spend Valentine's, honestly. Takes almost an hour to get there though, so I guess I should be leaving soon.

Oh, and, you know the plane crash in Buffalo? I've been sitting with my heart in my throath since yesterday, and I actually yelped today when a CNN newscaster said that there were two musicians on board the plane. Wasn't anyone related to the Dolls or them themselves, thank God. I wish I could say I feel sorry for the families of the deceased but I don't feel anything than remote condolance, as I don't know any of them and it's kind of very far away from here.

I'm glad it's vacation now, I need the rest. Otherwise, I'm surprisingly content.

Um, hi guys. I've been slacking on the posting front lately but that's because I feel like I don't really have anything to say. Today's the last day of my Christmas holidays, though, so I feel like I need to make a small update at least, before all the "omg I don't have time for anything!" begins again. Don't get me wrong, I still think my school's awesome, I'm just not looking very much forward to working again. Slacking has been very nice — I haven't worn proper clothes in three days — and there's some time before the next opportunity to properly relax.

Well, yes. Noticable haul from Christmas/my birthday:

• Bass guitar omgz


• Trip to New York as soon as possible omgz


• Watchmen


• Step machine


• Books (H.P. Lovecraft, Victor Hugo, Beedle the Bard +)


• Movies (Batman Begins, TDK, It, Eddie Izzard's Circle +)


• New desk


• Monayyy

Bass! Jesus Christ it's so coooool. Like, 134 times more so than guitar. I really really want to start taking lessons. I should probably be more psyched about the trip to NY, mom even said we just might stop by Buffalo (lol I am so weird for wanting to visit that place) since it's just next to Niagara Falls, but it doesn't seem real, somehow. I'll be more excited when I'm on the plane, probably. The only bad thing about the trip is that I might be taken out of school and I'm really not keen on catching up with what my classmates might have learnt in that period. Oh well, sacrifices need to be made.

Also, download this CD. It's by a Norwegian band named Major Parkinson, and holee sheet is that CD great. Bought it two days ago, and they're within my 50 most listened to artists on last.fm already. What it sounds like? It sounds like Tim Burton collaborating with Tom Waits and System Of A Down on a rock album, that's what it sounds like. Yes. So. DOWNLOAD IT.

Last little thing is that I've changed some of my icons, am changing even more quite possibly, and I'm also looking for a new layout that can have a header. M-hm.

See you on the flip side of relaxation.

[edit] By the way, this is entry 197, which coincidentally is the first song I heard by Major Parkinson. Hah, funny little world.

Day 6: Gathering for class at classmate's place
She has the same name as me, and I found out in the 5th week or something that we had met before, haha. Anyway. The gathering was nice UNTIL the end, when there was few people left. I suck at geography, we played a geography game, I said something not too dumb (just a little bit), and then a girl I consider a friend teamed up with another girl and started being all giggle-y giggles look-at-her towards me. Wasn't particularily nice nor comfortable, and it left me feeling to some extent worthless and in the way. Maybe I'm just oversensitive, but hey - I like to be appreciated. If people don't confirm that I matter to them, I most likely will feel that I don't.

Day 7: seeing Howl's Moving Castle at friend's place
I was originally going around with the Christmas presents to those of my closest friends (they conveniently enough live within 2 minutes of each other) who hadn't received their presents yet. Friend had several of our mutual friends over plus two from her school, so I stayed there and watched ze movie. It sounded awesome in French, almost more so than in Japanese. Damn, I regret not taking Japanese classes this year. Next year, next year..

I'm sick :/ I woke up with what felt like five wet cats dancing in my throat and a headache. I was sort of icky two days ago but I almost never get sick like this, so I didn't really think too much about it. I've been sitting on the computer all day, being profoundly bored. I am willing to bet that hasn't helped the headache along at all, nosir. I think I should go to bed now/soon just need to check on some 'net sites, like Facebook.

Tomorrow is Little Christmas Eve, omg. I'm going to go eat porridge and make cakes and ginger snaps at my granddad's place, and then I have no idea but probably something nice involving my family. Christmas traditions ftw. They come at the right time too; I'm not really feeling the Christmas spirit quite yet and it sucks. I think what's missing is the snow. Snow's pretty essential for me if I'm going to get jolly with the misteltoe and holly. And winter, in general. Snooow, where arth thou?

Last: I've been thinking about getting some default icon that is different. I was thinking something like these because they are gorgeous. Thoughts? PS I still fucking love the Goo Goo Dolls, I just want change. I would of course get another GGD icon, hee :D

Paul Westerberg of the Replacements, Bob Bryar of My Chemical Romance, Scott Ian of Anthrax and Henri Matisse are those I've cared to commit to memory (more) . Capricorns, represent!

Day 2: I don't think that anything is good about Tuesdays anymore

Day 3: Being done with all tests for this term
Another thing that was funny was that I was picked as a volunteer by this English street magician, and he asked me whether I was English when he talked to me. That was nice.

Day 4: Recieving a compliment
I was talking with a guy in my class I don't really talk a lot with. We were talking about our siblings, and he wondered if my sister was a bit of a stupid teenager. I said yes, usually, and we discussed why, cause and result and stuff like that. Part of it went like this:
Me: I was never very popular, I was kinda very fat when I was little. And until quite recently, too.
Him: You were? Wow, I have to say you've come a long way, then.

That was seriously one of the nicest anyone has ever said to me.

I am done with all tests, I have no homework and I only have this silly little English hand-in for tomorrow, which I bascially am done with. I feels so incredibly great not having to stress about the fact that I am procrastinating and have stuff to do. I mean, I have stuff to do, like finishing my Christmas shopping, but I'm nearly done with that, so I don't really consider that a stress-factor. The main problem is actually that I've finally realised how fucking exhausted I am. It's hard to notice when you're going at your fastest pace all the time, y'know.

I'm nuts excited about being able to take two weeks off and relax. I love school but the schoolwork is really taking its toll. I'm doing reasonably well in most subjects, though (save Maths, which really can go die; I thought we'd overcome our differences but I guess I still hate numbers just as much as before). Getting my report card tomorrow, eek. I know I'm getting a 6 in English, though; my teacher told me so :D Hee hee hee.

Music day! I think we should have a day where you celebrate music of all genres. It means a lot to a lot of people, obviously, and I think that a lot of people would love such a day. That, or a Goo Goo Dolls day, heh xD

Anyway, random meme I found at juliedoc through a comm.

( A meme about words )

Going home on Saturday (for me it's Friday now, 00:57). Am in Majorca. Have been reading books and trying to upgrade my tan from white to pale. Seems to be working. Met a girl from my class here. The world is small.

Hay guys and gals! We just arrived here in Beatles-land Liverpool like an hour ago, perhaps less. It's raining. I'm currently at the SAS Radisson, annoyed by the English keyboard where all the stuff is at other places that what I'm used to. Also annoyed because the internet is weird and doesn't let me log in to check school admissions, which is scary. Norwegian friends, you might just find yourself getting an SMS from me to fix that stuff if I'm not home by the 20th. Arrival at home is yet to be determined.

Anyway, funny story - when we arrived at the Midlands Airport mom talked to this Swedish guy who had a bit of knowledge as to what was smart and not that smart regarding taxis and taxi fares and all that. We ended up taking the taxi with him, and thus splitting the bill. Drove around a while, trying to find the place where he was supposed to be dropped off at (the taxi driver actually didn't know where it was, but we had a fixed price deal sort of thing, so it wasn't a problem) before we started on our way to the centre of Nottingham. This meeting with the Swedish dude was probably one of the best things ever to happen to me, so I'll thank him buttloads if I ever meet him again. Hell, I'll kiss his feet.

I was really kind of bored and looked out of the window, where I see a hat which looks terribly much like Robby Takac (bass player) of the Goo Goo Dolls' hat. Turns out that him and Mike Malinin (drummer) as well as an undisclosed female whose face I know I have seen before and their touring guitarist/keyboardist/saxophonist (is that a word?) Korel are strolling down the street, checking out the sights. I'm later told that I screamed "Oh my fucking god!" very loud, though I cannot remember this myself. The cab driver pulled off to the side of the road and I ran after them. I cannot possibly explain the feeling of actually seeing them in real life and so close. It's like meeting your adopted child.

They were SO nice. I was blabbering stuff like "Oh wow oh this is not real gosh wow" and they were asking me how I was and asked whether I was a listener and I told them that I was hardcore and that girl said she liked my hair and wow :D They didn't seem put off by the way I approached them either, probably because they didn't see me running like a madman down the street and over the road to catch up with them. I told them that I'd see them in Liverpool and that I had a Meet & Greet, and then I let them walk on because I really think that they (and celebrities in general) should be left alone.

Was floating on cloud of happiness rest of that day, until around 9 PM, when I started crying outta happiness because I saw them play. You see, we checked whether there were any tickets left to the gig in Nottingham earlier that day, there was, and I somehow got my mum to buy us three for that one too. I will probably do a better review of that when I come home, but let me say this; Robby did recognize me from the stage. He touched his hair as in a gesture of "Ey, blue hair!" and smiled this huuuge smile at me. Was totally awesome.

Also, the band has never ever made more sense to me than that night. There has been a general disliking towards their 2006 album, Let Love In, because it has a very different sound than any of the other albums they've made. I have never been one to hate it, but I'm more partial to some of their older songs. Anyway, John held this speech about that life gives you shit and that he was happy that the band could help those who had had a rough time or multiple rough times, and then they started to play the song Better Days, a song I've never really liked that much, and I started crying. It made so much sense suddenly, and what he had said was so true for my case. I have never been happier than before I started to listen to those guys; I owe them so much.
It actually made so much sense that I cried through four songs they played straight after each other (those songs also happened to be some of their most soppy ballads).
Their performance was so intense and just amazing and it was a very very small venue. I didn't think I'd ever experience that.

All in all, this just happened in ONE day. ONE. I can't wait to see what happens next, y'know. And I'm madly exited about Friday :D

And I'm terribly sorry for making such a long post. Man. Hope you're all good, and I'll try and drop by to comment etc. soon.