My 4 Month Hiatus Is Over. For Now.

I haven't been in here much the last 4 months, I know. But that's just what happened when I suddenly had less internet access than what I was (am) used to.
I've been doing so much amazing and fun stuff, and I can't sum half of it up now, so I won't bother.

One thing that I do find interesting upon returning, is that my blog is still visited. Mainly by random passers-by that google weird stuff. Some of it leaves me in a state of "... what?" - but weird Googlers, please continue to search for weird things. It's just too entertaining.
Apparently people wanting to see "fat guy on a bike demotivational" comes here. I'm not sure I have what you're looking for, but here's... Well, I wanted to give you a fatty on a bike, but found a comic insted. I'll share!

Early merry Christmas!

Meanwhile, I'm beginning to fear I'll turn into a fatty (sometimes on a bike), after having spent 7 weeks on a ship in the northern Atlantic Ocean. There I (on average) had cake every day. More than once. Yeah, that'll make most of us slightly overweight.
Now I'm looking for a job, and might become a mail(wo)man, so I guess that'll help. Also I can go running whenever I want to now, without having to consider how much my current platform is rolling. Not bad, I know!

I'm not this much overweight, but I think it's an awesome photo. And I want to try that!
(Preferably somewhere too warm for icebergs and on a boat smaller than 3500 tons...)

I somehow lost my earphones while in the Atlantic, and I'm not exactly a fan of running to begin with, so without music... Well, doesn't really work out awesomely for me. I have ordered some new ones, and they should be here any day now, so I'm anxiously checking my mail every day.
Going for tennis later, and trying to think about what I eat, so I hope I'll lose those extra kg's soon enough!

This says it all.

The Muppets Are Evilz! And Brainwashing! Oh, And Sent From Communist China!!!

First of all I'd really, really like to know if this is a serious feature from a serious news channel?
It looks like a classical spoof on the stereotype of "stupid Americans," so if this is for real I'm pretty scared...

Time for a rant!
 I haven't seen the Muppets movie, but to compare it to "communist China" and Mao's propaganda is pretty damn freaky. Muppets are brainwashing kids, it seems. Oh, just like The Day After Tomorrow is a big, bad movie made to brainwash us all. Run while you can!!!


Hey Fox News - The Day After Tomorrow is something called fiction from a place called Hollywood. Ever heard these terms before?
Well, fiction means something that isn't real. In this case it's made for entertainment, and for money. There's this other kind of movies called documentaries, that are supposed to depict reality fairly truthful, but in fiction it's ok to make stuff up! Like, you know, zombies, talking animals, time travel machines and even nature disasters that are overexaggerated. You see, depicting nature exactly as it is, is not likely to become a blockbuster and make loads and loads of money.
Then there's this other thing called science, but no worries, I will not confuse you with that right now.
Hollywood is this place where they make up stuff to get rich, it's basically a money machine. And you know what that is, so I won't get into that.

Why do people that stupid get to control a major media outlet? That's so surreal.

Kermit and his new BFFs.

Haha, oh my goodness. Just watched a bit of it again, and that dude who can't move his face has a pretty hilarious answer when asked if "liberal Hollywood" is using "class warfare" (warfare? Really?) trying to "brainwash our kids": "Yeah, absolutely! And they've been doing it for decades!"
And here's another golden nugget: Occupy Wall Street is evil, liberal Hollywood's fault, because the poor young "have been indoctrinated, litterally for YEARS, with this kind of stuff!"
Also Fox seem to think that the great message in The Day After Tomorrow is that the oil industry is evil. To brainwash people with this point was actually why the movie was made. Damn! Saw right through it - didn't ya, you clever things!


Maybe Fox should start looking at people's education and intellect before hiring them. The host must have an IQ lower than 90 and I highly doubt he graduated high school, because I'm not sure a single intellectual thing left his mouth during those 7 minutes. And he talked quite a bit.

"I just wish liberals would leave little kids alone" said the pretty girl with the big, brown eyes. Am I the only one being reminded of LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE! ?
Gods... Where do they find their show hosts? They actually have staff with less IQ than the male host they started this off with?! I'm... Shocked. Or impressed. I just wish they wouldn't let them on tv, I guess...

Leave Britney alone! And the kids! And the multimillionaires!!!
... Can I have two cheeseburgers and some fries to go, please?

The last, very interesting thing in this feature is, that the only intelligent, educated person is a pretty, blonde girl.
Yes. I laughed.
Here's 7 minutes of "cartoons are actually evil brainwashing and propaganda" and proof of how (some) Americans are worse than the stereotype they try to fight and in comes someone who's probably heard a LOT of blondie-jokes, she definitely looks the part, and then she's actully pretty kick-ass.
So there was something positive in this.

/Endrant.

If you didn't read all this I don't blame you. But props if you did.
Just a bit of proof of why education and the ability to think for yourself is important. And I needed to vent.

Golden Monday

When I got up this morning it was dark. Dark and cold and really foggy outside. I had promised a friend to wear glasses today (instead of my normal contactlenses), so all in all it seemed pretty much like a bitch normal Monday.
Rolling down the hill on my bike - nothing unusual. (Except for the glasses that seemingly prevented me from crying my eyes out as I usually do).
Going inside the institute - nothing special. Just chatting with the others before the lecture started.

"I wish I could look as sexy as Charlotte sporting glasses and a bike..."

Then I opened up my computer and logged on Facebook and there it was.
A golden ticket from Willy Wonka.
A treasure chest on the bottom of the ocean.
A light at the end of the tunnel!

This is how the light at the end of winter the tunnel looks.

An invitation to fucking southern France. For two weeks. This summer.
Holy crap. I didn't believe my eyes. But a friend got permission from his parents to borrow their summerhouse in southern France for a couple of weeks and invite some friends along, and I was (one of the six) chosen one(s).
My Monday was saved. Actually I don't remember if I've ever been this happy on a Monday in November ever before.
Of course I had to spend the rest of the day (or until 14.00, at least) letting others on the institute know. They appreciated the information.
Mwahahaha.

Loves it.

Once There Was A Bottle Of Tequila...

Actually, once there were quite many bottles of tequila, and the people of the kingdom of Geosciencia could not quite believe the number of there was.
"Why are there so many bottles?" "Are they just for tonight?" "How shall we ever drink all of them?" they asked. The people believed there were too many bottles to be drunk in one evening.

Like this. Exept it was bottles. And lemons. And there were many more!
And... well, it wasn't all that fancy.

One evening there was a party. A party where men dressed like women would walk the catwalk and compete for the title of Miss Geo 2011. The competing started late, for earlier on, most of the men denied any interest in this title, though they secretly yearned to win. As the evening went on, beer was drunk and many a bottle of tequila was emptied, and suddenly more showed interest in partaking in the glorious competition.
Luckily for them, there were old ladies-clothing and women quite capable of helping with the hardships of "make-up" - an ancient artform, and mystery for many a man.

You need our help or you'll end up looking like this. Or worse.

At the late hour of ~8pm more than half the bottles of tequila('s content) had disappeared mysteriously, and the show was about to begin.
Yours truly were not feeling all the way on top, due to standing behind the bar which led to quite a few free rounds of shots from happy costumers. Tablesoccer did not burn off the lovely effects of the tequila. Or the beer. Or the vodka... Well, back to the story.
One by one the competitors took the catwalk. Bodyparts were shaken, clothes taken off and moves that need a PG-rating, at the least, was made. Finally there was a winner.
It's a little foggy what exactly made him stand apart from his competitors, but win he did, and happy he was.

"Yeah, bitches. This is how I roll."*
*Not Miss Geo in photo.

For the record I shall let it be known, that by 22-23-ish all the tequila was gone. And the people of Geoscienca wanted more. I, however, had decided that I needed no more (alcohol) to drink for the night, and drunkenly happily left a while later to get fastfood and nice, cold water.

Review: Within Temptation, Falconer Theatre, 25/10/2011.

Figured I'd try my hand at concert reviewing - why not.

So, after moving my exam I hurried back home 24th October so I would be ready to rock out at the (very, very anticipated) Within Temptation concert in the Falconer Theatre (Falconér Salen) in Copenhagen, Denmark the next day.
The concert was originally supposed to happen (in March!) at Store Vega, but sold out and was moved to a bigger venue: KB Hallen. Then the lead singer of the band, Sharon den Adel, got pregnant and the show was moved to October. Then, about a week before the show, KB Hallen burned and luckily the concert was moved to the Falconer Theatre.
This last piece of news was a spoonfull of awesome, since the acoustics of KB Hallen are (they're rebuilding the thing) (in)famous for being... Well, politely and politically correct put; sub par. Or you could say "awful".

I went with a couple of friends, and when we got there, we made the (in my opinion) not-awesome decision of placing ourselves at the top balcony, where we could sit (completely unnecessary) and see the stage at all times (which was what convinced me to do it).

At about 20.00 the warm-up band Triggerfinger went on stage. Although I wasn't a big fan of their music, they delivered a great show with loads of energy. I enjoyed watching them, but was impatiently waiting for the main gig. As well as most others, it seems. Sorry guys, but still - great job!

Lead singer of Triggerfinger.
Rock on!

At about 21.00 Within Temptation finally took the stage (I'd literally waited a year for them), starting out with a Mother Maiden short-film (the backdrop was a screen showing musicvideos and stuff while the band played), which didn't surprise me.Even though I'm not loving the short films, I think they made for a great part of the concert. Right after the shortfilm ended, they started off with Shot in the Dark. The band was amazingly energetic - most things are probably less energetic than Triggerfinger, but Within Temptation sure kept the energy levels up. I don't remember the exact sequence of the songs (I was busy partying with the show), but cheating a bit, it was something like this:

Shot in the Dark

In The Middle of The Night

Faster

Fire And Ice

Ice Queen

The Howling

Our Solemn Hour

Stand My Ground

Sinéad

What Have You Done

Iron

Angels

Memories

See Who I Am

Mother Earth

Encore:

Stairway to the Skies

How does she both sing like an angel and look like one?!

Commenting on just a couple of the tracks, or more:
I was a little surprised they started out with four TU-tracks in a row. Two of my friends seemingly hadn't heard the new album (why? I don't know...), so I guess it was a little weird for them, although one of them tried to sing along. It was awesome. I was, of course "singing" along through the entire concert, even though I was placed with the boring people who were just watching. Concerts like this are supposed to be dynamic and fun, it's not classical!

Then came Ice Queen - completely surprising me (not for the last time that night), going from some of the newest to some of the oldest. The backdrop showed snowy mountains and beautiful sceneries. Being a complete geek (loves it), I was thinking (the entire time) "arrrh, the sky isn't blue in the mountains when it's snowing like that" and "hmm, I wonder what kinds of moutains they are".
After this we got The Howling and Our Solemn Hour - both great tracks, followed by Stand My Ground - and the crowd went crazy. The friend I sat (sigh) next to and I were pretty much singing screaming along as loud as we could through the entire song.

Awesomesauce x 10

Then Sinéad (awesome) and What Have You Done, of course resulting in the crowd screaming "what have you done now?" as loud as possible - whenever possible.
After this we got Iron followed by, finally, Angels which is one of my through-and-through favorite tracks by Within Temptation. Might be the first one I heard, and it certainly holds a special place in my heart.
Then came Memories, a little bit of the same style, and also a track from The Silent Force. After this they played See Who I Am, and the one song I'm still the most surprised they played: Mother Earth.

Looking amazing live, just sayin'.

It was incredible to hear Mother Earth live, it's an awesome track, and people seemed to be loving it. I'm pretty biased, since I sure was (loving it, like McD loves fat people).
In the end we got a final bonus track (or encore, I guess): Stairway to the Skies. A very good song, and rather good to end on. I guess. If it has to end. Which it did.

After the concert Sharon and one of the guys jumped down and met a couple of the fans which, to me, shows that not only are they great musicians - they're also really nice and down to earth kinds of people. Unfortunately I didn't get to say hi, but I loved the show, even though I didn't think it was long enough. At all. But they played for almost an hour and a half, so in the end it's not all bad, and I guess they would be exhausted if they played for two or three hours every night. Can't blame 'em.
And in the end I prefer quality over quantity.

Great show - thanks a lot!

Sharon sang amazing and the band played incredibly well, I'm so impressed. Only thing that bugged me was the lighting - it might just be my unfortunate, high position, but I got blinded quite a few times, which was a little annoying when I wanted to see more of the great show down on the scene.
Otherwise it was the best. My neck hurt both Wednesday and Thursday, which is a record by me. More proof of a great concert!

I found a stairway to the skies in the end.
Within Temptaion, please come back to Denmark. Soon.

Finally I would just like to mention that we found a place to buy a beer (or two, or seven. Whatever) after the concert. Wasn't easy, not many places are open on a Tuesday night. Got kicked out from a couple of places because they closed hella early (1am or something, weird), but one of the places contained guys drinking Bacardi Breezer, so I was happy to get back to Sam's Bar with beer and karaokee. Insane standards for singing in there, by the way. If it's that way every night, it's like going to a fairly good concert - only a lot cheaper.

The Holy Internet Which Holds Answers To All Your Questions.

Right?
Anywho, last year I got myself a nice little Helix-piercing in my left ear. I love it, and I think my mother has learned to ignore it although it seemed like they were mortal enemies for the first couple of months. Thing is, I might like to change it, even though I really like my beloved, simple Blackline-ring which currently recides there.

Looking something like this. Only blacker.
Yes, that's a word.

The problem, then, is that I don't know how to get the damn thing out.
I know I googled it before (a while ago... Might've been months) and found youtube-videos showing what to do. Most of them involved tools, which is really annoying because I'm not rich, and would rather spend money on fun stuff (new piercing?) than on tools.
My point is, that all of this seems to have vanished into thin air. How the hell did that happen? Google has allied with the devil? Or Apple? Same shit different name?

Yeah, no, this is not a Halloween costume.

If anybody has some tips of awesomeness for easy removal (besides "go to your piercer"), it would be awesome to get them in here. I'm 99,9% sure I can't be the only one with this problem.
Also, I tried to get my major keywords in here, Blackline piercing, removal (although that sounds so harsh - I want to keep it, I just... want see what it looks like with other jewellry. I'm not cheating on my piercing... Right?) so maybe someone will find it. Like life on Mars.
So gather round, pierced geniousses, and let me (and the Internet) know what you know!

If nobody answers, I'll know Google's behind this conspiracy!!!
Jk.




...Not really.

Busy, lazy life. Hello.

It's been forever (give or take) since I updated this, but I'm ill and staying with my parents for a couple of days and the internet is failing me (can't watch my precious moreorless guilty pleasure series online), so I was reading other blogs and decided to update this a bit.

The Vampire Diaries would not contain the same amounts of awesomeness without the picture-part working properly. Mmmh...

So I started uni a couple of months ago, and it's been crazy. I'm just loving it. The people, the place, the courses (or well, some of them) and then - table soccer. My new #1 procrastination-tool. We have a free table down at the institute, and being a very small institute all the way down one end of the unipark it's usually rather easy to get to use it. For a couple of hours...

Another thing I've noted in my new academic life is the amazing amounts of beer. Exam done? Beer! Friday? Beer! In the mood for beer? More beer!
I've never drunk this much ever before, and I didn't even like beer before I started uni. Well, after a week of possibly drinking more beer than water, I guess I kinda got used to it. Also, it's cheaper than drinks!

This looks quite a bit like my new average Friday afternoon/evening.
Except for the old person, the suit and the shameless lack of beer.

My internet is driving me batshit crazy, so I'll end this  post and check for a FF-update.
Pleeeease make it better!!!