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Round trip for all

2013 has arrived with all it’s might and glory, so I thought I’d go through 2012 to try to find the highlights and lowdowns. If not for others, at least for myself.

January started good, but turned into the worse when the whole “inappropriate images on facebook” started, and escalated pretty fast. It was a complicated issue, and february didn’t make anything better. The relationship started to decline fast, but I truly believed we got over it. March proved me wrong, and I got single. I took this very hard, as it came so fast and unexpected. April became a unending nightmare, but in May things started to stabilise. Or so I thought. Had a talk with my ex, and I thought we got things sorted out.

To get some fresh air, I went to the village where I grew up to spend a week alone in my mothers house. I still had trouble letting go, and things swandived the day I thought I saw The Evil Incarnate. I evacuated the place within 24 hours, and by pure luck, I got home to Sandnes the next evening.

My friendship with Toddi and Melissa started growing alot around the time of the break-up, it kept growing. There was the baptism of Sunniva, where I met alot of their friends (whom I later sadly got into some thingy with, so now we don’t talk.) Around this time I decided that I was not going to take a vacation until my mind had calmed down. So friendships became a major part of my life. Reconnected with Sara, which has proven to be a very healthy thing for me. Someone to talk to whom understood my situation. The summer came and went, and the fall could become a very bad drama movie for a wednesday airing. Drama everywhere. And when I got mine under control, I got involved into others. But stumbling forward, with good help from Sara, Toddi and Melissa, each day became easier to handle. Waking up wasn’t a chore anymore, cleaning my apartment became a joy when I did it my own way. Takes longer, but it works.

Then it was time to reconsider my living situation. I started to look out of the country for a cheaper place, and Sweden came first to mind. And in comes my older sister with her life! That deserves a blog post in itself. Finland was now the new goal. And as her relationship took off like a solid rocket, the thoughts turned into serious considerations.

October was pretty awesome, with Saras birthday party/halloween party. This was also when, for some unknown reason, my little sister broke off all contact with me. And soon after, my own birthday, which was the best one ever. I decided to celebrate my 30th + 1 birthday, as the year before wasn’t much to talk about. And so many people showed up. I had a blast, and will remember it forever.

And then came the dreaded December. Plans got made, got canceled, got puck back up. The 21th I canceled my plans to go to Finland for new years eve. Went to bed, and started thinking… Is anxiety gonna have control over me? Have I been working 12 years for nothing? Hell no. I decided that now it’s time to take a huge step. So I texted Linda an said I’m coming with you.

So here I am, in a town called Tampere in Western Finland, with Linda and her fiancé, Mias daughter with boyfriend, and some other friends. And I like them all. How often has that ever happened? I can’t even think of a match like that. There is snow outside, I’m in the kitchen, the others are watching “Hysteria” on the wall. I should be hung over, but looks like life want to show me some mercy today. And I’m happy.

Where is this going? No idea. But floating along is not an option anymore. Time to live again.

Yes, I’m happy.

Reality is cold, but it gets warmer with the people around you

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Few and far between

Today… Today was a good day. Woke up early, made dough for some buns, and enjoyed some Terra Nova while working on the jigsaw. After baking the buns, I had a quick shower, and left for town.

First stop was Bryggen, where I met up with Irene, who is home for the summer. We had a blueberry smoothie, and Daisy Boo and Button finally got into my bag. Mel, Toddi and SC joined in, resulting in more laughter, lots of smiling from me (SC has that effect on me) and no UNO (shame on me for forgetting the cards today). We then drove to Kvadrat to send Irene to her first day at summer camp, then The others gave me a ride to Stavanger.

Yesterdey, a certain someone said that I should bring buns to her at work. I’m unsure if she meant it as a joke or not, but as always, I took it the way I always do. So after a quick breakfast at McD, I met up with her and handed over the buns. She smiled. That made me very happy. So I left to go home, where I worked some more on making Drugs, and now, here I am, in bed. Time to sleep.

Thanks to you all for making this a fantastic day. Will tomorrow be equally fantastic?

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Happy Halloween

Pink just said a wonderfull thing:

I‘m convinced that Halloween is now just an excuse for girls to channel their inner slut without being judged for one day.

Yesterday was Ravn´s birthday, so Irene and I went to their place. Had a good time, with good wine (one of which smelled like bacon!). Been sick a lot this week, so was good to have on ok day. On monday I went to the doctor to remove a mole on my neck. All went well, except I had a reaction to something, and got really nauseas. Went home and kept still the next few days.

The doctor informed me that I was in the high risk group for the H1N1, so if I dropped by on wednesday, I could get inoculated. And so I did. It was pain free, but the next day my arm acked bigtime. Like someone took the muscle out, wrapped it around a gold brick, added lemon, and then put it back in. I woke up with pain, but my overall condition was good. So far. During the day, I got more and more sick, and about 5 o´clock it was hell in a basket. But, as fast as it came, it disapeared. When I went to bed, everything was fine.

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Fallout 3

I´m a huge fan of the Fallout games. Sure, there was some bad releases, but 1/2/Tactics was lovable. I did play 3 some on the pc, but didn´t like it much. A few days ago I saw a tweet from Skam about her getting Fallout 3 GOTY, so I decided to give it another go.

GameStop provided me with my copy, this time for Playstation 3. And what a difference! This game was made for console, I´m sure. It works so much better. Now I run around the Capital Wasteland as a female VaultDweller named Dawn, doing quests like a maniac. Right now I´m completing the “Survival Guide” quest. It requires alot of time, but I aim at the “Survival Guru”-perk. Done all sub-objectives so far, 3 more to go.

I´m a post-apocalyptic geek, I love all about it. “Capital Wasteland” is so beautifully rendered, and I feel like I´m there. Off course, I miss the old V.A.T.S., but the new one is pretty decent. Can´t wait for Fallout: New Vegas. Maybe we´ll see some crossover for Fallout 2, as IIRC you went to New Vegas there.

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One day late

Well, the weekend came and went. So did my brain. Saturday I ended up at Bakgaarden again, and one bottle of wine mysteriously warped into another. It was a fun night, but it colored Sunday a bit. No hangover, just a bit stubborn tummy that wanted to live it´s own life.

Got the bedroom rewired. Moved all the stuff I didn´t need anymore, and suddenly there is no more cables on the floor. Pseudo-Minimalistic. So silent. The Apple TV is really nice and calm, but the lack of _real_ 720p-support is bugging me. There has to be a way! Might end up re-encoding stuff, it seems to be a valid option.

Made Lasagna yesterday. I love it. This time I tried out a new idea, and swapped the pre-cooked pasta with home-made sheets. What a difference! Since I begun making my own pasta, store-bought dried pasta is such a downer.

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Slow day, Watching Afterworld

Couldn´t fall asleep last night, again. Spent the night cleaning more on the kitchen, and browsing the web. Think I listened to music too, but kept it low to not wake Irene. I don´t know why I keep getting so attached to the kitchen at night.

So far today, I´ve watched some episodes of Afterworld. It´s right down my post-apocalyptic alley. The show is not pleasant to the eye, as it´s bad cgi, but the story is so compelling. Makes me wonder, would I be able to adapt if the world went to hell and back a few times.

I texted Ravn last night too, to hear if he still had the Apple TV for sale. And he did. After I found out XBMC had been ported to the device, it became very interesting to replace the XBOX allready in my bedroom. Apple TV can only do 720p, but as that is the max resolution on our new screen, it´s perfect. Trying to bribe Ravn now on MSN to drop it off today. Fresh buns and coffee, and a geocache. He can´t resist that, I´m sure. Did I say I was very open for visitors today?

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New TV in the bedroom

Today we got our new TV. To be precise, it arrived at the post office yesterday, but lack of transport on our part made it stay overnight.

We bought the Philips 28″ CRT 5 years ago. Last week we accidentaly got some water in it, as it was insured we didn´t fret. The 15th of september we called the insurance agency, and filed a claim. The next day they called and told us to throw away the old one, as they were sending us a new one. All they said was that it was a 32″ flat screen.

What arrived in the mail was a Samsung 32″ LCD, 720p. What a fantastic piece of hardware. So light, and full of functions. I really like the sleeper, and the on/off-timers. Perfect for our little setup in the bedroom.

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The tale of the bricked DVD player

5 years ago, we bought a Philips 28″ CRT TV and a Philips DVD player, DVDr610. The TV has lived and fulfilled it´s purpose, until it got splashed by water two weeks ago. New replacement is arriving next week, all we know is that we get a 32″ flat-screen. More on that insurance-issue at a later time.

The DVD-player on the other hand, had a short life. I think it was used about 10 times, when it ate my 12 Monkeys DVD. Tray wouldn´t open, display said “Blocked”. I called the supplier, and got a postage-slip to send it in for service. 5 years passed, and I never got around to send it in. Today, I decided it was time to get that DVD out of the player, as the guarantee has expired. And at the same time, google around to see if anyone else had experienced the same thing. I did this 5 years ago, but didn´t get any hits except to send it in. Now, there was something else.

Philips did something with this player, called a “Trade Lock” . From what I gather, this is a function to stop people from grabbing DVDs in the store when the player was displayed. Smart, but maybe inform the customer about this… I found the unlock method, hold “Standby”-button when you plug the power. I´m about to test it to see if it works, but I need the remote to do initial install. No idea where the remote is, I have to program the Logitech Harmony 555 first.

If this works, I´ll replace the DVD-player we recently bought for the bedroom, a none-name OEM thingy, with the Philips. The black noname-thingy is ok, but I´m not very impressed with the image quality, especial in fast moving pictures. I might use it when we get the new TV, as the player has component-out. Either way, one of them will get sold. So if you need a new DVD-player, put a comment below.

UPDATE: So far, it didn´t work. Reading more forums it seems like it is a hardware problem. At least I got my DVD back. I love “12 Monkeys”, so will be watching it tonight I think.