Football in the Winter

I was out in -10 celsius last week, to watch my boyfriend play football. Even though it’s winter, everything is played outside! I was wear lots and lots of clothes! Artifficial grass is the thing (even though real grass is better ^^). Football is the national sport in Norway (atleast of the “summer sports”)! It’s hat we pay to see, what we see on tv, what most play, you get the picture?

The pictures At the bottom is from the field and one imprint of my body at the snowey bleechers! ^^

Snow = Ice

More snow- and winterpost. Alot of you guys wanted to know about winter, how we deal with the cold, the snow, the ice, what we wear… and stuff like that.

Well, here is just the answers from me, not the intire population of Norway ^^

Clothing:
I always wear this huge winter jacket. Because it keeps me warm, and has room for a lot of layers. Thats the most important part, layers of clothes.
I don’t use wool, cause it itches.. But if its down to -20 Celcius I would put one a fleece sweather aswell.

I always use scarf, mittens and something to cover my ears. You would freeze to death without ^^And maybe a pare of tights or something below your jeans!

I prefer to use some kind of UGG wannabe, cause they are water-resistant (if you spray them), warm and they go high up on you leg. 3-in-1 !

This is when it’s really cold. But usually at winter its just around zero, thats not that cold. Then it will do with just a coat, scarf and mittens. Wool and fleece you could do without!

But the roads are REALLY slippery! You should be carefull if you’re not used to the icy roads…

Yes I’m really good at driving you see ^^ The firts year with my own car, and I drive off the road, GO ME!

I hate snow and the cold

Heya readers.. long time no.. writing?

Its too much freaking snow. I thought we were going toward lighter AND warmer times.. but no. Stupid global warming making everything colder. Well, the snow has been snowing all day aswell.. And I hate having to scratch snow of the windows of my car with my bare fingers.. Yeah you can se I’m faing that smile right? ^^

What I actually came to say was.. I forgot. SVARTE. (thats a norwegian word meaning “black-e” haha.) Its a used as a curse word without saying something bad. Lik, Darn? ^^

I’ve gotten myselg a lookbook now.. Check it out.

And colored my hair.. you’ll see later.. its too dark! I will not be a norwegian-blond-princess anymore =/

Do you have snow?

And one more thing.. do you want blogposts like these?^^

Swineflu

So, i’ts been talked about alot now, haven’t it?
Just kind of wondering how things are like in your country, where you live, in you school, you friends? Do people have it? Is the public really afraid? Do they do anything to make less people get sick?

Well, here it’s what it’s like where i live, in Norway (if you didn’t know). In public places, library, the ferry, cafes and school cafeterias have tubes/bottles of liquid to disinfect our hands. And there are several posters and commertials about the flu, and how you should sneeze and caugh into your elbow and wash you’re hands several times. There are also sold these small bottles and tissues of disinfect-products EVERYWHERE (like, the coffieehouse, the food-store, the museum, yeah, you name it).

I’ve had a few friends who’s had it. They where pretty much our for 3-5 days, and then up and running. High fever, lots of sweating and caughing. It’s never fun being sick, but it’s nothing to fear.

I think I am imune. I dont think I will ever get this flue… (well i guess i just jinxed that now). I’ve been around two sick guys, most of the time they were sick.. and I’m still here typing.

Well, how’s it with you, are you sick?

The Time Traveler’s Wife

I’ve read the most amazing book! I never though I’d ever get out of my Fantasy-Mania, but I did it (well, probably not for long…). It’s the greatest love story, about loss, love, longing, waiting, and of course time traveling. It’s a really great combination. And even though it’s fiction, you read it and believe it and fall totally in love with the book.

I though the time traveling would be hard to follow, and the dates, and the ages and times, but it’s not hard at att. Because the great Audrey Niffenegger has it all worked out and well organized. You never forget where you are in time.

It’s out in the movies now, but please, read the book first! You will not regret it.

Have you read The Notebook? Seen The Lake House? Did you enjoy it? Then this is the book for you! It’s wonderful!

Thank you Kristin for the tip

Traveling

So alot of you guys have asked how my trip to New York City was. Well I’m just about to tell you!

It was so much fun I didn’t want to leave! I saw alot of cool and typical american stuff (Except Poptarts, seriously, i think they were hiding them from me). Well, I even ate sweet caramelizes popcorn! (We don’t have that stuff in Norway).

I visited the Museum of Sex, The Empire State Building and Central Park.
I took the free ferry to Staten Island to get a closer look at The Statue of Liberty!
I went to a Broadway show: The Little Murmaid. Oh so many memories from my childhood! And on first row! It was awesome!
I went shopping everywhere! (And spent a little more money than I should have).
I took the City Tour Sightseeing bus!
I ate at Hard Rock Café, Bubba Gump Shrimp Co, TGI Fridays and Planet Hollywood.
Got invited to a private screener for The Hangover! It was awesom to see it one day before everyone else!

Well, now to my REAL reason for blogging today.
I travel. A LOT.
Yesterday i ordered 2 plane tickets to London. Because I’m going to see The Fray in London at the 20th of October!
And just today, I ordered plane tickets to Spain.. to just, relax, get a tan, eat and drink and be with my friends. I’ll miss the first two days of my new school year.. but I though it was worth it.. One week in heaven. Srsly. I cant wait.

Prices for planetickets:
Lonodon 100 NOK (£10, €10, $15)
Spain 400 NOK (£40, €40, $57)

Do you travel alot? Does it cost much?
I think this was so cheap I didnt even hasitate!

New York

Yesterday i ordered a trip to New York. I have never been to New York, I’ve never even been in the US. So this will be really exciting!

I’m going to be away for a week. It’s not until May 29th, but it’s worth the wait. I can save money that way. Haha. I’ve heard with some of my friends that has been there this year, to know how much to excpect to use… its A LOT.

So now i was wondering if I could get some help from my readers. Have you been to NY? Have any great/cheap places to stay? What do i HAVE to do? Well, anything I should know? I could really use this help!

Wow, I really can’t wait now. Haha. I AM SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS!

And btw, I also got a flight that doesn’t stop in Amsterdam, how awesome is that? Direct flight, Norway  – New York. Haha! YEY!

Lyrics

Hey guys.

I know there is a few music-related blogs these days, but it’s the most important thing, so I will have to let it be like that. When music is dominating in my life, i must write about it!

Well, the thing I wanted to share today was this.
I love lyrics. Behind every great song, there is great lyrics.
For me, lyrics is the best with every song. Really.

And now i found this new site! SongMeanings its called. Under the songs (i will not promise its under EVERY song) there is comments, where people try to explain the songs and the meaning behind them. I found this really helpfull with a few songs i was really uncurtain about!  People have different theories, and some people know stuff for a fact. So i loved it. Now i dont have to lay awake at night thinking about a songs meaning. Thats helpfull for my sleep

If you have more places like this, where people LIVE for the lyrics. Please give me a comment

The Script

I fell in love with The Script the minut I head them. I have to thank my very good friend Lou that introduced me to them. They have changed my life. They have changed the way I feel about music.

The Man Who Cant Be Moved stood out, together with Break Even.

I wanted to share with you some of the lyrics to Break Even. It’s just beautiful <3

What am I suppose to do
When the best part of me was always you
What am I suppose to say
When I’m all choked up and your okay

Isn’t that the best thing you ever heard? and the sadest?
Wow. this band has not just blown my mind, but my heart and soul. I love them.

Spotify

Have you not yet heard about Spotify? Have you missed the BIG thing? Do not fear, I am here to help you

So, spotify is this magnifisant program to play music from. You can think of it like a personal mp3 player, on your computer, which gets songs from the internett. So you dont have to have all the songs on your computer to take up alle of your space! And the best part about it, its COMPLETELY leagal! They have cooperations with the labels and they give you the songs, you just have to search for them.

So this is how you get it:
www.spotify.com is the site. You can download the player. But that wont get you places, cause this is an “invite” only now that it’s a beta. So after you download, you have to google for an invite kode, to make your user. Easy enough? Alot of people have invites, and give them away.  Good luck.

This is how you use it:
You search the millions of song for the songs you like, and click play. WOW. And you make lists, thats easy. You click “create list” and you drag songs into it. Then you share your list with people, and people share with you.
Then you visit: http://topsify.com/ to get “official” playlists. Like UK top 40, and stuff like that. And you can just play them, simple as that. There are alot of list-making-sites, but from the spotify blog i found 5 list making pages, and i found this most helpfull!

Extra stuff:
Spotify comes up as “show what im listening to” on you MSN.
Spotify is cooparative with last.fm, and scrobbels to your last.fm profil after you gave it your username and password.
If you have other people lists on your spotify, it gets updated automaticly every time you start your spotify program!

And now i thought i’d share with you my playlist (this only works if you have the program).
Karin’s Best of

Enjoy!