You know how last time my 'puter broke it took over 3 months for them to fix it?
And when I got it back it was still broken, and I had to actually crack windows to have a working computer?
And then the on/off button broke almost at once when I got it back?
I can't remember if I wrote about it, but the on/off button magically started working again, after I had had the 'puter off for a long time. But then it really broke on me while I was in Finland, so I eventually had to send it in.
It's been about a month and a half, and all my midterm papers are do in a couple of weeks, so I really needed it back.
So I sent Datakjeden a mail on friday, telling them about the papers, and that if they thought it would take long, and if it would, could I please have a loan 'puter, so that I would have something to write my midterms on?
It really wouldn't be a problem me to use the computerhalls at school and use Boyfriend's 'puter when at home, but then I would have to send the drafts to myself by mail everytime I moved, 'cos most of the school computers haven't got USB slots.
Aaaanywho, I sent them that mail.
And then around 10 on monday I got an answer saying "yeah, it's been a month since we sent it to Acer, and that is honestly way to long. I'm gonna go send Acer a mail asking them how long it's gonna take."
At around 13 I got a new mail saying that it was lying in a shelf over at Acer's and that they would get to it right away.
Then, early yesterday morning (tuesday) I get a new mail, saying that my computer was fixed the day before. Which would be monday, which would be the same day that Datakjeden told them to get a move on.
Double-U, tee, EFF!!!
It takes them a MONTH!!! to even start my computer, and then it take them maybe a couple of hours, tops, to actually FIX the damned paperweight?!?!
How crappy is that?
I mean, seriously? If it takes that little amount of time, how come they haven't done it faster?
I effing loathe Acer. With a passion!
So I am gonna say it yet again (probably not the last time), DO! NOT! BUY! ACER!!!
The machine is a dream. It is powerful, the screen has gorgeous colours, the batterylife is amazing.
But when it breaks, you can't expect for it be fixed in a timely manner AT ALL!
I am taking bets on how many parts I get back in this time, and will it, or will it not, actually work?
I am expecting it back probably the beginning of next week.
I am looking forward to it. I am gonna play some more Sims 3 and Boyfriend is gonna play Starcraft, and I am gonna download all the Spanishpod PDFs.
And I am gonna actually watch movies, and Dr.Who, and rewatch Dark Angel and Gilmore Girls, and Firefly, and Glee.
I will be able to talk to people while I am bored at the studyhall, and get addicted to Facebook games again, and watch youtube videos, and write blogposts, and what-not.
And if I have the self disiplin I will actually write the essays.XP
I hope it shows up soon. I really do!
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Educational science? Pish posh, quit your jabbering
Yeah, so I am quitting Educational Science. (I think that would be the equivialent English name for Pedagogikk.)
I don't want to be a teacher, so I am focusing on American litterature and English Grammar. And of course Spanish.
I mean, seriously, you can't imagine me as a teacher, can you? 'Cos I sure as heck can't!
But English! And Spanish!
It's language that is my true passion!
I am writning an essay in Am.lit. now. I hate writing essays, but for the first time almost ever I actually write things that make sense in a half-way (at least) academic language.
I have just written my part of a case study for Educational studies, and I did good. When we had our draft back the only criticism I got what that needed another paragraph with a little criticism om my assigned teacher to make the case study balanced. I was the only one who didn't get any "WTF? What are you talking about" sort of comments. I did however get some "This is so good, you have understood it just right!" comments=D=D
I am preparing for a oral presentation thingy, which is the last thing I am gonna do in E.S. before I quit, and that I am doing just so that I won't leave my group in the lurch.
We are already one person short. She figured she didn't want to pile up student loans studying to a profession she didn't want, which I really get. She will be a much better elementary school teacher than a high school teacher anyway. She is really lively and fun and nice, so I am thinking she will be an amazing elementary teacher=D=D
The group does seem kind of empty without her thou. Silent. I miss her=j
I don't want to be a teacher, so I am focusing on American litterature and English Grammar. And of course Spanish.
I mean, seriously, you can't imagine me as a teacher, can you? 'Cos I sure as heck can't!
But English! And Spanish!
It's language that is my true passion!
I am writning an essay in Am.lit. now. I hate writing essays, but for the first time almost ever I actually write things that make sense in a half-way (at least) academic language.
I have just written my part of a case study for Educational studies, and I did good. When we had our draft back the only criticism I got what that needed another paragraph with a little criticism om my assigned teacher to make the case study balanced. I was the only one who didn't get any "WTF? What are you talking about" sort of comments. I did however get some "This is so good, you have understood it just right!" comments=D=D
I am preparing for a oral presentation thingy, which is the last thing I am gonna do in E.S. before I quit, and that I am doing just so that I won't leave my group in the lurch.
We are already one person short. She figured she didn't want to pile up student loans studying to a profession she didn't want, which I really get. She will be a much better elementary school teacher than a high school teacher anyway. She is really lively and fun and nice, so I am thinking she will be an amazing elementary teacher=D=D
The group does seem kind of empty without her thou. Silent. I miss her=j
Monday, September 27, 2010
Pokémon will just have to wait
I have been all excited about buying Pokémon Black from Japan for about a month now.
But then I discovered, horror of horrors, Amazon.co.jp doesn't ship games to Norway. So that isn't gonna happen.
I am gonna preorder it from the states thou. The rich uncle in the states has to be good for something right?XP
In other news me and H are starting to plan my birthday party next year. We are doing a masquaradeball I hope. Hopefully I can find someone who can split the cost of renting the party-hall over at the student-town with me, or it probably won't happen. Or I might party in a park somewhereXP
Probably won't happen, but it's fun to dream, right?XP
But then I discovered, horror of horrors, Amazon.co.jp doesn't ship games to Norway. So that isn't gonna happen.
I am gonna preorder it from the states thou. The rich uncle in the states has to be good for something right?XP
In other news me and H are starting to plan my birthday party next year. We are doing a masquaradeball I hope. Hopefully I can find someone who can split the cost of renting the party-hall over at the student-town with me, or it probably won't happen. Or I might party in a park somewhereXP
Probably won't happen, but it's fun to dream, right?XP
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Spanish is not for pussies
So, I started Spanish classes yesterday.
I have been told that Spanish is an easy language to learn. Oh, how mistaken they were.
Spanish is an infliction rich language. An extremely infliction rich language.
Languages split into two groups. The ones that are rich in inflictions, and the ones that have strict rules for sentence building. Naturally the infliction rich ones have a more complicated grammar.
All verbs are inflicted in concern to the sex and number of the subject. The noun is more often than not the subject, which is the opposite of Norwegian and English.
It is basically a very different language.
I can see I am headed for a hard year. The class I am taking is very intensive. But that is the way I like. I like to get good fast^^,
I am gonna have great fun this year=D=D
I have been told that Spanish is an easy language to learn. Oh, how mistaken they were.
Spanish is an infliction rich language. An extremely infliction rich language.
Languages split into two groups. The ones that are rich in inflictions, and the ones that have strict rules for sentence building. Naturally the infliction rich ones have a more complicated grammar.
All verbs are inflicted in concern to the sex and number of the subject. The noun is more often than not the subject, which is the opposite of Norwegian and English.
It is basically a very different language.
I can see I am headed for a hard year. The class I am taking is very intensive. But that is the way I like. I like to get good fast^^,
I am gonna have great fun this year=D=D
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
But what if I like swearing in church?
Yeah!
I know damned well that I might hang for this, but I have discovered HIM.
Yeah, I know it should be rediscovered, but all those years ago it was only white noise in a cacophony of emo "we want to be metal" music that was poured over my head by various people and/or media. They hail from the early upstanding of what is now called "emo-kids".
Yeah, totally aware of the whole "emo stands for emotive and is a music style from the 70's (or 80's, can't be bothered to look it up)". You keep telling yourself that.
Thing is, it doesn't really matter what the expression has meant before. Emo these days is a synonym for a combination sort of mood, sort of like mopey-gloomy-pissy in a big mush.
That, and it's the name for a subculture of teens who are usually on the verge of anorexia (or at least they look like it). Who dye their hair black, and wear it in certain styles, generally poker-straight, with a greasy hair-gel sheen to it, and their fringe draped down the one side of their face, almost covering the eye on that side. Who wear black clothes, and usually arm-warmers or cuffs. If they only have one, that is a 100%, never failing, sign that they are cutters, and either have scars or fresh wounds on that arm. (A sure fire way to spot cutters anywhere and at any time is that covering of the one arm or wrist. Never ever fails.)
The subculture, and their music have faded somewhat out of the regular media. They are still there, but you don't hear HIM on the radio, and you don't have the "why is your child this way and how can you turn them back into your dream-child?" sort of articles in news or magazines any more.
Doesn't mean that they have gone away thou. HIM (and I am talking about the finish band here, not the American one that popped up on wikipedia when I looked up HIM) has been at it for 13 years. They released their newest album this year, the lyrics are still emo, as is their music as a whole. They seem to have tipped a little over into electronica since I heard them last, not a lot, but a little. Ville Valo still have his voice thou. It's not as good as I remembered it, but still.
I am, however, not going to embed you a new video. This is supposed to be a nostalgic post, so here I give you:
In Joy and Sorrow
Another band from this era is The Rasmus. Who are also finish (they make a lot of decent music over there^^,)
If you like Ville Valo's voice, Lauri Ylönen's voice will make you wet your panties.
That voice is made of velvet and fire. It's the kind of voice that makes angles go to hell to fornicate with the beasts. Oh Em Gee, that voice!... is not the voice I remembered....
You know how things were always better when we were young? (only true of the music in my case) That is because you were young, everything was fresh and new and you just didn't know any better.
Just for the sake of nostalgia:
In the shadows
Same with Evanescence, Marilyn Manson, Avril Lanvigne and some others. Some of them still have songs that makes me remember. I try to avoid them mostly.
So even thou their songs still make my heart weep, I will lay the new-found love HIM back beneath the black roses where it belongs.
But the song that never died. The one were their voices are they works of art that make my insides freeze and melt at the same time. The song that makes me wanna scream and cry and laugh. The one that makes my panties and eyes wet all at the same time. The song I lived on for over a month. The one perfect song from that era. The ultimate Dark Years song. Ladies and men, I give you!
Bittersweet
I know damned well that I might hang for this, but I have discovered HIM.
Yeah, I know it should be rediscovered, but all those years ago it was only white noise in a cacophony of emo "we want to be metal" music that was poured over my head by various people and/or media. They hail from the early upstanding of what is now called "emo-kids".
Yeah, totally aware of the whole "emo stands for emotive and is a music style from the 70's (or 80's, can't be bothered to look it up)". You keep telling yourself that.
Thing is, it doesn't really matter what the expression has meant before. Emo these days is a synonym for a combination sort of mood, sort of like mopey-gloomy-pissy in a big mush.
That, and it's the name for a subculture of teens who are usually on the verge of anorexia (or at least they look like it). Who dye their hair black, and wear it in certain styles, generally poker-straight, with a greasy hair-gel sheen to it, and their fringe draped down the one side of their face, almost covering the eye on that side. Who wear black clothes, and usually arm-warmers or cuffs. If they only have one, that is a 100%, never failing, sign that they are cutters, and either have scars or fresh wounds on that arm. (A sure fire way to spot cutters anywhere and at any time is that covering of the one arm or wrist. Never ever fails.)
The subculture, and their music have faded somewhat out of the regular media. They are still there, but you don't hear HIM on the radio, and you don't have the "why is your child this way and how can you turn them back into your dream-child?" sort of articles in news or magazines any more.
Doesn't mean that they have gone away thou. HIM (and I am talking about the finish band here, not the American one that popped up on wikipedia when I looked up HIM) has been at it for 13 years. They released their newest album this year, the lyrics are still emo, as is their music as a whole. They seem to have tipped a little over into electronica since I heard them last, not a lot, but a little. Ville Valo still have his voice thou. It's not as good as I remembered it, but still.
I am, however, not going to embed you a new video. This is supposed to be a nostalgic post, so here I give you:
In Joy and Sorrow
Another band from this era is The Rasmus. Who are also finish (they make a lot of decent music over there^^,)
If you like Ville Valo's voice, Lauri Ylönen's voice will make you wet your panties.
That voice is made of velvet and fire. It's the kind of voice that makes angles go to hell to fornicate with the beasts. Oh Em Gee, that voice!... is not the voice I remembered....
You know how things were always better when we were young? (only true of the music in my case) That is because you were young, everything was fresh and new and you just didn't know any better.
Just for the sake of nostalgia:
In the shadows
Same with Evanescence, Marilyn Manson, Avril Lanvigne and some others. Some of them still have songs that makes me remember. I try to avoid them mostly.
So even thou their songs still make my heart weep, I will lay the new-found love HIM back beneath the black roses where it belongs.
But the song that never died. The one were their voices are they works of art that make my insides freeze and melt at the same time. The song that makes me wanna scream and cry and laugh. The one that makes my panties and eyes wet all at the same time. The song I lived on for over a month. The one perfect song from that era. The ultimate Dark Years song. Ladies and men, I give you!
Bittersweet
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Success!!!
So, I just met my science teacher from my first year of senior high.
I went to a high school for "special teens", and apparently they have a low percentage of teens who actually finish the entire senior high.
He seemed so happy that I go to uni, and that I actually finished senior high^^,
Success!!!=D=D
I went to a high school for "special teens", and apparently they have a low percentage of teens who actually finish the entire senior high.
He seemed so happy that I go to uni, and that I actually finished senior high^^,
Success!!!=D=D
A good deal is a good deal
However, I managed to eff up the language selection and go for a Spanish major, only thing is that the programme require that you have taken Spanish in high school. And I haven't.
So the crisis solution is an intensive two semester course in basic Spanish, and a premium membership over at SpanishPod101 (there's a button at the top of this post, it's the orange one).
When I was signing up for the podcast account earlier today I discovered that they are apparently holding a contest to win a free premuim account. I am guessing that you enter automatically when you sign up, I couldn't find all that much info about it.
When I signed up I got a special offer thou. I got to buy some quicck-start cd-deal and month premium membership for $9.99 (I think). I don't know if everyone gets the offer, but I recommend that you check. I got this offer when signing up for the free account. Don't know if it works for the other ones, but if you are of have been thinking about learning these languages, I recommend you go check it out^^, Note: I can't get the ads to stand next to eachother. Please bear with me^^,
Friday, September 10, 2010
End of an era
The end of the era of Facebook game addiction might very well be ending.
I have not logged on for days. The OCD about having unlocked every single Restaurant City recipy died today.
The thing, you see, is that right now they have some very special "champion" recipies, which to be able to unlock you have to have 7 (I think) other recipies at level 10. And to do this you ofcourse have to have all the ingredients. And one of these ingredients you have to find in your friends restaurants, and then post on their walls (!) so that they will click them and we would both get the ingredient.
So I added a lot of temp-friends (special temporary friends that I do not know that I only add to get things in games) to find lots of these sodas (which was the ingredient).
The thing is the chance of finding them is next to zero. And I am kind of past the point where I feel comfortable with having hundreds of these temp friends. And the few I had almost never found any sodas in my restaurant, nor me in their restaurants.
So, since the unlocking ran out today, that would mean that I would have to buy these sodas (and whatever other ingredients I was missing) with real money(!).
And I have spent real money on virtual crap two times in my entire life, and it's just pieces of code on a server on some unknown location. If that servers crashes or the game goes out of commision, the money would be lost.
So, no. I'd rather stop playing alltogether.
In other news, I am totally swamped at the moment.
What with two essays to write (with one more coming soon), and innumerable chapters I am behind on, and finishing the wedding present, that still isn't done.
I feel like I will never be done. I might never be XP
I have not logged on for days. The OCD about having unlocked every single Restaurant City recipy died today.
The thing, you see, is that right now they have some very special "champion" recipies, which to be able to unlock you have to have 7 (I think) other recipies at level 10. And to do this you ofcourse have to have all the ingredients. And one of these ingredients you have to find in your friends restaurants, and then post on their walls (!) so that they will click them and we would both get the ingredient.
So I added a lot of temp-friends (special temporary friends that I do not know that I only add to get things in games) to find lots of these sodas (which was the ingredient).
The thing is the chance of finding them is next to zero. And I am kind of past the point where I feel comfortable with having hundreds of these temp friends. And the few I had almost never found any sodas in my restaurant, nor me in their restaurants.
So, since the unlocking ran out today, that would mean that I would have to buy these sodas (and whatever other ingredients I was missing) with real money(!).
And I have spent real money on virtual crap two times in my entire life, and it's just pieces of code on a server on some unknown location. If that servers crashes or the game goes out of commision, the money would be lost.
So, no. I'd rather stop playing alltogether.
In other news, I am totally swamped at the moment.
What with two essays to write (with one more coming soon), and innumerable chapters I am behind on, and finishing the wedding present, that still isn't done.
I feel like I will never be done. I might never be XP
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Wonderful wedding smiles
I just came home from my cousin's wedding.
I had so much fun.
I ate (and drank) a lot^^,
We had thinly sliced Italian ham and asaparagus as an apetizer, and reindeer with bacon and greens for the main dish, and a chocolatetrio for desert. The chocolatetrio was a heavenly cake with an almond bottom, a heavy mocca chocolate pudding/mousse thing above that, a firm milk chocolate mousse above that, and a light, creamy whitechocolate mousse on top. I had two of those^^,
My oldest cousin doesn't eat sweets you see, so I got to eat his as well^^,
Or rather I ate almost all of mine, and the top two layers of his, but then I had to go visit the secret, and by the time I got back it had been cleared away^^,
There were a lot of great speeches, and a lot of inside jokes, which were, sadly, lost on said oldest cousin, who hasn't grown up with us, and who live a all around the world these days.
But he took time out of his very busy schedule to come to the wedding, and the bride-cousin was thrilled. As were we all really.
I danced. A lot! I never used to dance before, but lately I have discovered it's really fun^^, It's all about relaxing really, and where better to relaxe than with your friends and family right?^^,
The funnest dance of them all was of course when they put on Fairytale. You know, the song that wun the Eurovision contest last year, which caused the Eurovision contest to be held in Oslo this year.^^,
It's very inspired by Norwegian folk-music, and over half of the ladies wore our bunads, which are our national-dresses. Of course. It's the nicest attire we own. Only taken out for special occasions, like weddings, confimations, christenings, and of course 17th of May. Our national day.
I have a east-Telemark one.
You aren't really supposed to have a bunad from a place if you don't hail from there, and I have gotten some stress about that. Until I tell them that it was my grandparents who made it, then it's okey. I will have to post a picture at some point. It's an maginificent piece of artisan craft. It is made of a very heavy (and hot) wool material (which isn't prickly, thankfully), with really pretty embroidered hem all around the bottom. It has a apron, also with an embroidered hem all around. At the waist it has a wide, plaited belt, and the chest and back are covered with embroidery. All done by my grandmother.
It comes, of course, with a shirt. It has cross stiched areas on the chest, collar and cuffs. The stiches are tiny, on regular fabric, not aida. Really gorgeous work. My grandfather made the shirt, or rather he made the cross stiched areas. He was so sad when he had to stop, but age, sadly got the better of him, so he had to.
I am sorta drunk, so I think I am gonna stop rambling now^^,
I had an amazing time anyway=D=D
I had so much fun.
I ate (and drank) a lot^^,
We had thinly sliced Italian ham and asaparagus as an apetizer, and reindeer with bacon and greens for the main dish, and a chocolatetrio for desert. The chocolatetrio was a heavenly cake with an almond bottom, a heavy mocca chocolate pudding/mousse thing above that, a firm milk chocolate mousse above that, and a light, creamy whitechocolate mousse on top. I had two of those^^,
My oldest cousin doesn't eat sweets you see, so I got to eat his as well^^,
Or rather I ate almost all of mine, and the top two layers of his, but then I had to go visit the secret, and by the time I got back it had been cleared away^^,
There were a lot of great speeches, and a lot of inside jokes, which were, sadly, lost on said oldest cousin, who hasn't grown up with us, and who live a all around the world these days.
But he took time out of his very busy schedule to come to the wedding, and the bride-cousin was thrilled. As were we all really.
I danced. A lot! I never used to dance before, but lately I have discovered it's really fun^^, It's all about relaxing really, and where better to relaxe than with your friends and family right?^^,
The funnest dance of them all was of course when they put on Fairytale. You know, the song that wun the Eurovision contest last year, which caused the Eurovision contest to be held in Oslo this year.^^,
It's very inspired by Norwegian folk-music, and over half of the ladies wore our bunads, which are our national-dresses. Of course. It's the nicest attire we own. Only taken out for special occasions, like weddings, confimations, christenings, and of course 17th of May. Our national day.
I have a east-Telemark one.
You aren't really supposed to have a bunad from a place if you don't hail from there, and I have gotten some stress about that. Until I tell them that it was my grandparents who made it, then it's okey. I will have to post a picture at some point. It's an maginificent piece of artisan craft. It is made of a very heavy (and hot) wool material (which isn't prickly, thankfully), with really pretty embroidered hem all around the bottom. It has a apron, also with an embroidered hem all around. At the waist it has a wide, plaited belt, and the chest and back are covered with embroidery. All done by my grandmother.
It comes, of course, with a shirt. It has cross stiched areas on the chest, collar and cuffs. The stiches are tiny, on regular fabric, not aida. Really gorgeous work. My grandfather made the shirt, or rather he made the cross stiched areas. He was so sad when he had to stop, but age, sadly got the better of him, so he had to.
I am sorta drunk, so I think I am gonna stop rambling now^^,
I had an amazing time anyway=D=D
Friday, September 3, 2010
Kommandør Treholt og Ninjatroppen
Can you say Oscar for Best International Picture?
This movie deserves at the very least a nomination!
It was, hands down, the coolest movie I have seen all year!
It has ninjas, and king Olaf the 5th of Norway, played by Trond-Viggo Torgersen, who is sort of a Norwegian legend. He was the children's ombudsman for a couple of years, which is a person employed by the government to take care of children's rights. He also made a rather legendary series in the 80's explaining how the body works. They were used as educational videos at elementary school when I was a kid, I don't know if they still are.
It has invisibilty technology.
It has the most specatular sneak scenes ever made!
It has been a while since I saw it thou, and it's late, so my brain can't dig up more than this.
But it was amazing!
Go see it!!!
This movie deserves at the very least a nomination!
It was, hands down, the coolest movie I have seen all year!
It has ninjas, and king Olaf the 5th of Norway, played by Trond-Viggo Torgersen, who is sort of a Norwegian legend. He was the children's ombudsman for a couple of years, which is a person employed by the government to take care of children's rights. He also made a rather legendary series in the 80's explaining how the body works. They were used as educational videos at elementary school when I was a kid, I don't know if they still are.
It has invisibilty technology.
It has the most specatular sneak scenes ever made!
It has been a while since I saw it thou, and it's late, so my brain can't dig up more than this.
But it was amazing!
Go see it!!!
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