Christmas Eve 2010 - at my parents house

My mom likes decorations









































What`s cooking? It smells DELICIOUS :)



























My plate (first serving that is (!))












My favorite dessert...cream-porridge with raspberry sauce












My dear family

Christmas Eve 2010 - beautiful and cold outside

View of the Ørsta-fjord











yes..it is that cold here! Temperature has been dropping to -16 so I have not been skiing so far this holiday....

A cozy picture from downtown Ørsta














View of the mountains from my parents driveway

P.O.W.D.E.R.

Oh yes...today it has been snowing like crazy all day, so I just had to go to Bondalseidet! I kinda knew what to expect, but 40-50 cm is a lot in just 12 hours. I thought my skis could handle it, but it was kinda limited experience as they kept steering down in the huge amounts of fresh powder..so I had 3 ugly falls. I landed in soft snow, so I didn`t hurt myself or anything, but on one occasion I had to dig deep for one of my skis :)

I wish I could have a video from today..but I don`t have the equipment to video so....

Tomorrow I have to take a break from skiing, as I have been skiing 3 days in a row. My grandparents have invited me over for sourcream-porridge, one of my favorites..so I couldn`t say no of course! Some of my cousins who are studying in various places are now home for Christmas, so it will be fun to see them there! (Oh, how I envy students for their long vacations!!!!!!).

I have found a couple of "new" bands that I have listened a lot too lately...and I like having music on my ear when I am skiing and exercise in general. If you are interested in expanding your music-library, check out The Low Frequency in Stereo, Kasabian and Muse (the latter is kinda famous already, I know, it just took me a while to find out how good they are :))

December...and it is freeeezing cold....

Brrr...for the past ten days it has been freezing cold here with temperatures as low as -17! It hasn`t snowed in this period, so I hope it will change soon so we get lots of snow for Christmas!







I did go skiing on Saturday and Sunday, and it was a refreshing experience :)
I`ll have to decide whether or not to go tonight, but it is so much fun, so I`ll probably go skiing for an hour or two.

I`m planning on taking a day or two off this coming weekend, so I can make it a "mini-vacation". It has been really hard to get up in the morning and go to work this week. So, hopefully a couple of extra days off will give me some extra energy!
Also, I have to buy Christmas-gifts... I am not looking forward to go shopping!

Happy birthday Neil!

Neil Young, who is my #1 musical inspiration, celebrates his 65th birthday today. When I listen to his newest record it is impossible to tell that is the work of an "old man"!!
Neil Young is a musical chameleon, it is impossible to know what direction he will take next, and I find this to be one of many great attributions to him besides him being a great composer, fantastic guitar, harmonica, pump-organ AND banjo-player..you mention it, he masters it!

Neil Young - Le Noise

It’s fantastic. It’s his best in decades, at least since Ragged Glory, one of my absolute favorites!
Le Noise is solo electric—just Young and his crushing guitar. Crank up the volume!!!

The opening songs, “Walk with Me” and “Sign of Love” are perhaps the record’s least successful, but they are still really good!
“Someone’s Gonna Rescue You”... now the album truly kicks into high gear!
“Angry World”, ambiguous lyrics that are either a howl of frustration or a condemnation of bitterness and cynicism to a brutally heavy riff. It’s awesome!
But then comes “Hitchhiker”... It’s as nakedly personal as anything Young has written since the Ditch Trilogy. The first several verses are straight autobiography, a laundry list of Youngs flaws and other transgressions since his career started in the mid 60`ies.
“Love and War”. In short, it’s exactly the sort of song you’d hope to hear from an elder statesman of rock and roll!
“Peaceful Valley Boulevard” is the most traditional Neil Young-type song on here, about westward expansion.
“Rumblin’” ends proceedings on an ominous note, combining imagery both natural and personal. A fitting song to end a unique album!















Kudos Mr. Young!

C`est la vie...

For the past 8 days I have had a really bad flu. I managed to go to work on Monday, but Tuesday morning I was feeling reeeeally bad, so I had to call in sick.

With the help of this (okay, I admit the book was more for self-pity)















my flu is so almost gone now, so I hope by tomorrow life will back to normal...yay!

I never imagined staying home from work would be so boring! On the television...boring sit-coms were running non-stop..blæh. I rarely listen to the radio, so I ended up listening to some of my recent records.