I'm back and I bet you all have missed me!

[caramelsilver]

I am back from vacation and to that I can only say HALLELUJAH! It has both been the best and the worst Easter vacation I have had in years. The weather has been crap and schizophrenic. On Friday we had everything the world has to offer of weather: Sun, rain, snow, wind... So, not counting a hugely unsuccessful ski trip, I didn't spend much time outside. The snow was so rotten that we thread through every third step. (Not sure if I'm explaining this very well.) But the good things about this vacation was that my cousin, Tiril, who is six months older than me, came with us. So, it was lots of fun having her there. Even if all we did was play lots and lots of cards and Scrabble, and read books. I didn't get the time to read four books, but I did read three. One of those was Good Omens. I loved it, and will talk about it later.

I am so happy to be home. My back has been killing me the last couple of days and it will be beyond heaven to sleep in my own bed tonight.

Few internet things:

- WHAT THE FUCK IS UP WITH YOUTUBE?? I'm gone a week and they've gone all weird on me! Where is the URL? That's how I download Mock the Week and convert my music into mp3 files! I need that URL!!!

- Does anyone of you use Firefox? And if you do, do you have a fancy header picture? Tell me.

Fangirl alert:

I'm completely obsessed with Max Manus and the Norwegian resistance during WWII. And because I'm a huge nerd, as my brother keep pointing out, two of the books I've read this month has been about the resistance. And I am not apologetic about it either. Unlike Narnia and Harry Potter, this obsession might do me some good in real life. It's never a bad thing to learn more about my own country's history. I have the next book all picked out and everything.

Speaking of Max Manus. I am currently watching the movie, again! Seriously, I love this movie so much. And it vexes me more than anything that this had to be the movie where I was assigned my Slash Goggles TM. I ship Max/Gregers so freaking much! And there's no one to squee with. I would so write fic for this, if it wasn't in Norwegian (it fucks with my head to write fic in English when I know they should be speaking in Norwegian.) and if they hadn't been real life people. (I'm reading biographies about these people!!) RPS is kind of my squick limit.

Also: EMIL HEGLE SVENDSEN WON THE BIATHLON WORLDCUP! There will be a celebratory picspam later.

Has anything exciting happened while I've been gone? Fill me in.

Comments

[caramelsilver.livejournal.com]

&hearts Amazon is a wonderful place.

There's some seriously good books on the subject. Don't know what you have found, but I can recommend both books by Max Manus, and the ones written by Gunnar Sønsteby. I'm sure there's a bunch of other great books that I don't even know about yet.

[zempasuchil.livejournal.com]

I am also not down with what's going on with Youtube! You can get the link, if you click "share" beneath the video it gives you the url there. I wish it would let me shuffle my video playlists though :( it used to do that.

I am super tempted to get a sweet pretty firefox skin. There are some beautiful ones!

Congrats on your slash goggles, btw! You sure you didn't get those with Good Omens? because Aziraphale and Crowley are obvious nonsexual life partners, haha.

[caramelsilver.livejournal.com]

Oh, thanks for the Youtube tip. I just think its all confusing... And I don't like it when things change anyway.

Haha! Yes, my slash goggles did activate when I read Good Omens! You are totally right about Aziraphale and Crowley. I was positively gleeful when Crowley was the first person Aziraphale wanted to talk to when he discovered Agnes' prophecies!

[ayascythe.livejournal.com]

Welcome back!

Firefox Personas: I have this one, because it's supercute and funny and not too fancy (I like my styles rather simple). :D http://www.getpersonas.com/en-US/persona/79266

If you wrote Max/Gregers fic, I'd totally read it. ;)

[caramelsilver.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

Oh, that's pretty and cute! I keep changing mine, but right now I have this one: http://www.getpersonas.com/en-US/persona/109649

:D:D:D Maybe I'll write you some one day. Did you finish watching the entire movie, btw?

[ayascythe.livejournal.com]

Yes, I did! And I thought the last(?) scene was incredibly touching and heart-breaking. The one where Max imagines how he celebrates with all of his dead friends ... and Gregers, of course. :(((
Also, Siegfried's naked chest kind of made me do weird fangirly noises. XD

[caramelsilver.livejournal.com]

I really adore that scene so much. And it seriously makes me ship Max/Gregers. Can you SEE the way Gregers is looking at Max?? Seriously.

*Nods* Yes, a very nice chest indeed. ;P

I am so happy you watched it! And even more happy that you liked it!

[grim-lupine.livejournal.com]

Hi bb! It's good to have you back! :D I am super eager to hear your thoughts on Good Omens. :P

[caramelsilver.livejournal.com]

Girlie! It's been too long since I really talked to you! Yeah, Good Omens was awesome! I shall make a post about it later. It was seriously good.