Complete With a Water Slide

I have rearranged my room. Everything that isn't nailed down, has been moved around. I'm really pleased. This is how I deal with change in my life. Last time I had boy trouble, I deleted all the messages on my phone. This time, when we ended it for real, I rearranged my room! It's seriously cheering me up, every time I walk into my room. And that's good, cause life is hard right now, what with school being really hard to handle.

I'm really hating the new look of Facebook. Apropos nothing.

I have a new favourite show, and it's really surprising, because it's kinda soapish and full of drama, but it's so good! It makes me feel happy and good. Brothers and Sisters, I just adore their family dynamic! Family drama is my favourite, because the way they act together and around each other is terribly interesting. Kevin Walker is also the most fabulous guy on TV! He's snarky, well dressed, and simply awesome. If he can just get together with Scotty for real soon, I'd be really happy. (I'm just in the middle of season 2, but I've seen some of season 5 too, so I know!)

Also, aren't we all excited for the Narnia Big Bang!?? I really want to do it, but I don't have an idea, so if I don't have a plot, then I can't. But I will sign up as an artist! Check out narniaexchange for all the info.

Also, also: If I was English I would totally name my baby Stormageddon.

Hey you guys. I've been silent for a while, but that's just because I haven't felt like posting. Stuff has happened, but not enough for me to manage to strength to post about it. I'm fine, btw. Just my family has been wrecked by a stomach virus, so I've basically not eaten for a week. And just when the nausea let go some what I get this horrible cough and my body is aching! Thank god, I've finished all my Christmas shopping! Cause I can't lift a finger right now.

Tomorrow I'm going to watch the ballet the Nutcracker. I haven't seen it since I was ten or something, and I'm hoping I won't be too sick to enjoy it.

I sent out my Christmas letters on Friday and I hope they will all reach you in time for Christmas. I know I was a bit late this year, but I really hope the post will come through.

I celebrated my birthday on Saturday. It was a absolute blast and I haven't laughed that much in ages. There was a lot of vodka and playing of "I never", and I can safely say that I've never been that hung over in my LIFE! (Which really doesn't say much, cause I've never really been hung over before.) The family party on Sunday was horrible. Horrible! I tell you!

So yeah, that's my life right now. I'm twenty and happy, and so very sick. Thank you to everybody who wished me a happy birthday, you are all lovely! &hearts

( Awesome presents I got for my birthday )

On a more personal note: I'm spending way too much time on Facebook and in the last month I've sent over a hundred texts. That's... so not normal. I blame my big giant crush. The logical part of my brain is telling my how ridiculous and stupid I'm acting, but the other part is giggling and saying "But he might show up any minute! And we want to talk to him!" I'm an idiot.

Fandom wise:

I'm so bitter that I have to avoid all Narnia talk. The movie doesn't come out until December 25th here. Yeah, what kind of date is that, anyway?? Who goes to the movies on the first day of Christmas? But on second or third day I'm dragging my family to go watch it.

The few things I've heard isn't all that good, but I'm have an open mind, and I care more about the developing of the characters than I do the story or plot. So really, I don't care if they've changed the whole story as long as Edmund is Edmund and Lucy is Lucy and Eustace is awesome.

People seems to be having fun in the 3 sentence ficathon, which is great! It didn't turn out to be as fun as I'd expected it to be for me, but who cares about that. I'm just not feeling the writing vibes lately. Which is a shame cause I really want to write! But I can't.

I'm also blissfully high on cough syrup right now. I've finally stopped coughing!

I thought I might update you on my life, since I do swear I have done other things than discover Inception. I promise.

School started back up again a week ago. If I continue the way I've started then this year is going to be so awesome. I love, love, love all my classes. I have modern history (From the French Revolution until today. I can't wait for us to reach WWII!), Religion and Ethics, History and Philosophy (I think this will be my hardest class this year. Still fun, but it's hard to think the way my teacher wants me to think.), Social English, English Literature and Culture (I OWN THIS CLASS ALREADY! Books! Short-stories! Poetry! Theatre! SO MUCH LOVE!) and Norwegian (BLAH! It's okay, but not very fun.)

On Monday I'm going to start a beginners course on archery. I'm very excited. It's ages (six years actually) since I last did any sports. I hope this is something I can do. Yesterday I went to my first choir practice with TenSing. Our church's youth choir. It's very informal, but lots of fun!

I'm thinking of auditioning for our school's revue. I loved acting when in elementary school and think this would be really fun. Worst case scenario is that I don't get picked. No harm in trying, right?

I'm also considering joining the yearbook committee... Not sure yet, though.

As you might have guessed, I've decided that this year I'm going to join things, do things and GET A LIFE!

My exam went nothing as I expected it too, but I came out mostly unscathed! I didn't need my manuscript at all, but I forgot to mention a lot, but it went pretty well. They said that I explained things very well, and my English was good. I got a 5. Second best grade. Which I'm very happy about!

Thank you everyone who answered my questions! It helped me a lot. You are all so very awesome. &hearts

I cut my hair today!! It's so so awesome and I'm so pleased.

( Before picture )

It was so weird to see all that hair on the floor. That used to be attached to my head!

( After picture )

In the last year I have gotten a lot of new friends. And I realized that all my new shiny friends don't really know some (one) important stuff (thing) about me, because we became friends after it ended. Unless you did some lurking, then you won't get my references to my previous life.

Here's the thing: When I was fourteen I got sick. I had something called M.E or CFS= Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. It resulted in me being tired all the time, my muscles ached, my head was hurting all the fucking time and I could do absolutely nothing. This lasted for four years. For four years I didn't go to school, I almost didn't see my friends, and I did nothing of the things usual teenagers do.

All I did was sleep, eat, watch tv, read books and surf the internet. That's it.

When I discovered fanfiction in 2005, I had been sick for almost a year and it was a lifesaver. I cannot tell you how much fanfiction and fandom has meant to me the last five years. It cheered me up when nothing else did, it gave me something to do that didn't completely exhaust me. I could lie in my bed and still have fun! After a year of reading fanfiction, I started to write my own. When I joined LJ it was the most amazing thing ever. I got new friends who liked me for me, and didn't care that I was sick, because it wasn't an issue when it came to internet friendships. They encouraged me and made me laugh. This was at a time where I had no social life at all in RL. I had lost all my friends because I was no fun to be around. Only my best friend and a few amazing boys bothered to spend time with me. (Ironically I lost touch with the boys after I got well again!)

Then in 2008, I got well again. It happened so quickly, I did a course that completely cured me. And I started school again, I suddenly became fun again. If you go through the archives on my journal you can see a huge difference in my posts. They actually became fun to read. And I got a ton of new friends!

So now you know what I'm talking about when I say things like: “Trust me, I know being sick sucks.” or “When I was sick I...” or “WE DO NOT TALK ABOUT 2005!” This is also the reason why I'm still at school. Had I been a normal kid I should be travelling around the world, or be in the military or just studying at UNI. But I'm still at school, and I will sadly be for two more years.

Ask any questions you may have. I will gladly answer them=)

* I am seriously struggling. I am like an emotional jojo: one day everything looks bright and I'm determined to turn my life around, and the next day I can barely get myself out of bed. What the fuck is wrong with me?

* In much cheerier news: grim_lupine wrote the most awesome Edlyn (girl!Edmund) ficlet for me. And it's awesome and you should go read it: There are things of which they do not speak.


* A random thought: I saw Sweeney Todd again and am I the only one who watches that movie and think: "Anthony and Johanna will never last!"? Because dude! She's a girl who just wanted to get away from her perverted guardian and he fell in love with a girl in a window! There's no fucking way that relationship is going to work!

* I swear a lot. Like... pretty bad actually. I mostly only swear in english, which makes it not so bad to the people around me... but lately I'm actually saying: Motherfuckingcocksuckingpieceofshit out loud. I used to only say it loudly in my head, but now I actually say it out loud and I've realised that that is not actually a good thing... Yeah, I am so messed up and I can't seem to be able to do anything about it! GAAAHHH!

* Also: I think I am going to join the military when I'm done with school. I think it would be good for me. Get some discipline, follow orders, get in shape, get to know new people from around the country... Yeah, I think I'd like that.

The greatest thing I've ever learned is how to read. I love it. I'm a reader at heart. I have no idea how many hours of my life I'm going to spend reading, but it will probably be a lot. On top of that I'm a book buyer. I love owning them, and putting them in my book shelf and re-read them later, and thus spend a lot of money on buying new books.  Therefore I've started thinking of what makes me want to buy a book? Because I can spend hours, and I mean this, HOURS! in a bookshop. Either I'll end up with a stack of books or none at all. What makes a book desirable to buy? Since I won't be able to know if the story itself if good, I have to go by other factors:

1) The font has to be pretty.  ~Since it's the first thing I see. I don't see the title first, but the font, on the spine of the book. Personally, I'm very fond of the swirly kind.

2) The title has to be good. It's need to be catchy and get my imagination going. ~ It has to be nice, make you imagine a wonderful tale (even if it doesn't fulfill its promise.) And written in a pretty font it definitively makes me want to pick it up.

3) The cover has to be beautiful ~You want to know why Twilight is so popular? The cover is beautiful! It makes people want to know what's inside. You have no idea how important this is to me. I can't make myself buy a dull and boring looking book unless it has been recced by someone I trust have a good taste in books. Take "Catcher in the Rye". I have heard what a wonderful modern classic it is, but I haven't read it yet, because every time I'm at the bookshop another book over-shines it. It has the dullest cover I've ever seen and it just doesn't compel me to pick it up and buy it.  So: The cover has to dazzle me.

4) The blurb on the back has to explain the book in a great way ~ I know that you can't buy a book because it's pretty. The story has to be good. So the explanation on the back has to summarize the story in a quick, compelling and non-lengthy manner. What I hate the most is when there is no blurb but only reviews and praise. I want to know what the book's about NOT what some celebrity thought about it.

So to summarize: The font has to be eye-catching, the title has to be snazzy, the cover has to be pretty and the blurb needs to explain the book in a nice and quick way.  Off course, not everything always match. The title might be awesome while the font/cover/blurb [Rotate] might suck.

What about you? What do you look for when buying a new book?

Meme taken from bedlamsbard

1) When I was four I danced ballet. I quit when I was six. I discovered that dancing really wasn't my thing. If you see me dance now you'll see that that's still the case.

2) I was an active ski racer from I was eight to fifteen. I had to quit because I got sick.

3) I hate peas. They are disgusting.

4) If I had been a boy I would've been named Tobias. That's now my brother's name. (Tobias, if he had been a girl, would've been named Pernille.)

5) My daughter will be named Constance. If it'll be her first name or second depends on how much my future husband hates it.

6) When I finish school in three years I'm going to move to London. I'm so sick and tired of Norway.

7) I've never been kissed.

8) I love washing my hands when they're really dirty, just to see the soap turn grey.

9) I think I want to be a teacher when I grow up. I know that I want to study english literature though.

10) I hate it when the sun comes out after it rains. To see the sun shine on the wet pavement just rubs me the wrong way.

( vagabond_pixie you need to do this one! )