The story of a bored individual...

I arrived safely.
Am at my aunt's place right now, just wanted to let you guys know that I'm alive. We won't be getting internett in our falt until Monday or Tuesday, so I won't be online till then. You got any posts I just have to read when I get back, please post a link here. ;)
The apartement looks amazing, will be posting pics when I get back. You wouldn't believe it was the same flat, seriously.

Okay gotta go! hope everyone is doing well, will catch up in a few days!

We had a wonderful evening yesterday, quiet. :D

Dad and I made the gingerbread house, he made the icing, I decorated it. ;p

 

We ate dinner and opened presents, ( here's what I got: )

I hope everybody had a nice christmas eve/day! :D

Had a good day, not that I've done much. Just put out the icons for you guys, hope you like them, are in the previous post.

Have gotten positive reactions to the christmas presents I gave this year, which is very nice. :) Isen and beluga  loved their signed copies of "There and Back Again, an actors Tale" by Sean Astin. Knew Isen would love it, as she wanted the book, the sell for beluga  would be the signature. They were both really happy.

Still waiting for some other feedback, but that might have to wait until morning.

I got a lot of cool stuff this year. My parents got me a editing program and a web-camera for the computer, which rocks! So now I'll be editing my films like mad when I'm done with my exams in January, and get the moth off. :)

Got a headset with a microphone for the computer from aunt and uncle in Poland, also much needed.

Aunt in Germany got me a cute sweater, mittens and really soft scarf.

My cousin cave me a funky rock, that you put on this thingy, and it changes color. Very pretty, I like stuff like that.

beluga  got me a very nice top and the first two books in the LiveShip trilogy, muchly appreciated. Love Robin Hobb's writing, and need something to do in London after christmas since I only have one day of school a week. She also gave me some X2 clippings

Ivy got me the Keane - Hopes and Fears CD, very nice and calm music. She also gave me a framed picture of me holding her son, when he was only a month old. Really sweet.

Isen gave me a Glitter Lamp and Schindler's List  on DVD, actually never seen the entire film, so am looking forward to it.

Camelia gave me a Toblerone bar and the Van Helsing DVD. Gonna watch it soon.

I also got a fondue set from some acquaintances of my parents, very cool. Will test it out soon.

 

That's it for this year, very pleased. My parents loved the stuff I'd gotten them. I gave them two pressies each, my mom was worried that I'd spent too much. Silly. Might write more tomorrow, shold actually be focusing all my energy on the second essay this week, so we'll see how far I'll get tomorrow. :)

HAVE A NICE WEEK!

 

It just so nice to be back home, gawd. I was getting pretty sick of London toward the end. Plus I really miss my mom's cooking, according to her I've lost weight again because I don't eat properly while I'm in London. Kind of hard when we get stuff like carrot-lasagna and spinach soup.

Aaaanyways... over to the last week:

( Wednesday: Birthday celebration 1. )

( Friday: My actual Birthday. )

( Saturday: Birthday celebration 2. )

Now I just have to get used to being 22, Geez I was barely used to being 21...

Camelia and I got back from Hull late last night. The train was an hour delayed. That really is too bad! I have the day off today, so it didn't affect me that much, but Camelia has school, so I don't think she was to happy about it.

We had a really nice time in Hull, got to sleep late and just relax, that was lovely. We had a quick trip to York as well, it was really nice with all the christmas-lights and everything. On Saturday we spent a great deal of our tim in the middle of Hull, in a shopping center that's built on the water. Pretty cool, it has a whole boat theme.

I didn't buy much, just some magazines, and a christmas present. I know what I want to get people, so now i just have to figure out a gift for Camelia and one for my dad. Everybody else I've already bought something for or know what I'm gonna get and where to get it.

Am back from my little shopping trip, I got delayed a bit, cos Camelia wanted to get lunch and stuff before we went out. Then she had to do some other stuff, so I ended up going without her. All I needed was a little something for visiting my aunt and uncle, and a top-up card for my mobile. I got a box of chocolates for my aunt and uncle, and topped up my mobile, and was back here in about 30 minutes. Camelia's gone of to school to get some references for school-applications.

I'm just taking it easy. Went to school this morning, but my teacher was out sick, I just had to sign in to prove that I had actually been there and then I got the questions for the essay. We can choose between three different things, so I think I might go with taking a closer look at "Memento". I watched it for the first time yesterday, and really liked it. I never thought I would, cos I didn't like "Pulp Fiction" because of the whole "jumping around in time" thing, but it really worked for "Memento". Want to get my hands on the DVD cos then you can apparently see it in chronological order as well.
I also saw "Star Trek: Nemesis" yesterday. It was an ok movie, I like the series better though. But I did get a big kick out of Bryan Singer's cameo. He's only in it for a second, so if you blink you miss him. Camelia got to know a guy here that's really in to "Star Trek", so of course she wanted to see what it was all about, and then of course I've got to come along as well. "Star Trek" isn't nearly as terrible as I thought. It's actually enjoyable. Hehe, I'm a bit mean. It's a good show, but I can't quite understand the hype.

We had a christmas workshop as well yesterday. We made christmas-cards. They had put out hot-chocolate, gløgg, gingerbread-men and clementine's for us as well. It was very cozy, they even put on a christmas CD. Personally I still think it's a bit too early, but I had fun. My cards didn't look to good. I felt like the others were really trying to make their cards a work of art, but I just put on different stuff in the hopes that it would look good, and some did. ;)

Was on the net a couple of days ago, and found THIS(There's nothing wrong with the file). I found it utterly hysterical, but that's probably because I know who made it. And I'm not telling you... not yet anyways... :p You might already know, anyways. But I do suggest you have a listen.
I also found a POTC Blooper Reel! Hope someone might find it enjoyable. ;)

Think I'll stop for now, gotta start thinking about getting things ready for tomorrow, we're leaving quite early.

Am going to Hull tomorrow with Camelia. We're going to visit my mom's aunt and uncle... but I think I've already mentioned that. It'll be nice, they're moving to Poland after Christmas, so I thought we should grab the chance. Right now I'm waiting for Camelia to get finished freshening up, so we can go to the store. I need money for my cell-phone and I want to buy something for my aunt and uncle since they're letting us come for a visit.
I'm really looking forward to going home now. The whole "ROTK" thing comes in second to my desire to go home right now. I know it sound weird, but I think it's mainly because I know that it's getting closer. My mom said that it always gets worse the closer you come to the date, and she's right. We have a lot to do before we're leaving, so we do have ways to kill off the time. :)

Oh, she's ready. Gotta go!

Camelia is at church today, and later she’ll be at a museum with some music guy she met on Monday. So I’ll be alone today, that’s ok, am still feeling sick so I’m just relaxing and trying to get better so I can go to school Tuesday! I was at school on Thursday, but that was a short day.

Yesterday Camelia and I went in to Piccadilly Circus in the hope that they had started selling tickets for the “RotK” premiere, but no. The girl at the counter said that we would have to wait another week, maybe even two. Camelia got a little pissed and started swearing in Norwegian. The poor girl behind the counter just said that she was waiting as well, and gave us two numbers to call, so next time we can be sure that we’ll be sure we get tickets. I’m not gonna lie, I was pissed, but part of me knew that it would just be too easy if we got ‘em yesterday. I’m not givin’ up tho.

Friday was quiet day; we were just a quick trip in the shops to buy some provisions before we spent the rest of the day in our beds watching telly. In the evening Camelia went to a house-warming party for some guys that lived her earlier this year. I didn’t go cos I never really got to know them and I just didn’t feel well enough. I doubt I would have gone anyway, I’m not a big party person and going to a place where I barely know anyone isn’t my cup of tea.

Anyway, Camelia was very pleased with the party… she had spent the first half of the evening with one guy. And the other half on the lap of another… She’s been feeling down, thinking nobody was interested in her and then she gets two in one evening. She said she didn’t do anything. I gotta admit I’m critical of the other guy, cos he supposedly has a girl-friend and is apparently very self-involved, if I’m gonna believe some of the thing I’ve heard. Well, enough about that, Camelia is old enough to make up her own mind. (I just want the best for her. I worry, that’s what I always do with my friends.)

On Thursday I was at school, as I have written above. I saw “The Sweet Hereafter”. It’s about a little town that experiences a terrible bus-crash, where most of the children of the town die. And then there is a lawyer (Ian Holm) that wants to sue on the behalf of the grieving families.
It was a good film, even though I was left with a great deal of questions at the end, but this was one of those slow movies where you have to think about what happens and why people do what they do. There was one scene that freaked me out a bit because the image was so powerful. I’ll just describe the image: The face of a two-three year old girl is looking straight into the camera. The point of view is her fathers looking down at his little daughter, and in his hand,
right besides the girls head we see a small scalpel looking knife. He’s holding thins knife, prepared to cut a hole in her throat in case they don’t get to the hospital in time, and the girl stops breathing. That image is just terrible, especially when you have the father’s voice over explaining what he had to do. I recommend this movie if you’re in the mood for a thinker, but it is a slow movie, and leaves you with questions.

Next weekend Camelia and I are going to Hull to visit my mom’s aunt and uncle. Really looking forward to it. They are moving to Poland after Christmas, so this will be my last chance to see them before they leave. There’s also talk of taking a quick trip to York while we’re there, but we’ll see what the time allows.

Am really looking forward to going home now as well. 3 weeks and 5 days to go… 26 days in all! It’s also a little frightening with the countdown, because I see I see my school-deadlines closing in as well. But I’ll manage. Am just really looking forward to going home. I miss my friends, my family, my dog and my house! I love it here, but I just miss them really much right now. Luckily I’ll have a long Christmas break: from 19.12-03 till 09.02-04. I just have to go back to London for three or four days in between that to have an exam, and hand in some papers. I can’t complain about that! It’ll be lovely, even though Christmas will be spent writing papers and reading for my exam, but after I’ve handed them in, in January, I’ll just relax and prepare for next year. And of course spend time with my friends and family.