Today I got up at around one, had a good long shower and fixed myself up for the evening to come. Mom had made rice porridge which is custom in our family and of course the almond was in place in a random bowl of porridge (well it was really a peanut, seeing as mom didn’t have any almonds, but who’s picky). And of course, after just two bites, it was mine! All mine :D And the reward, a marzipan pig and a scratch ticket. Sadly I didn’t win, but it was fun non the less.
After watching the obligatory Christmas movies, like the Disney Christmas, Tante Pose and of course the butler and the countess which is also a tradition to watch here in Norway., my grandfather shows up and it’s time for dinner.
As is tradition in our family, we have rib for Christmas, and rice pudding. However this year the rib wasn’t particularly good. It was way too much fat on it and was just sickening if you ate too much. The meaty parts were ok though, but I’d really wish it had been a bit better. Still, I ate until I couldn’t eat any more, so I guess it wasn’t that bad :p

After relaxing a bit, trying to get the rib to settle, it was of course time for the coffee and cakes. Man we eat allot on Christmas…..Anyway, after a few sips, my brother can’t stop nagging about opening presents, so my mom gives the go. He runs for the presents and starts throwing them to everyone as fast as possible.

I got quite allot of stuff actually, especially seeing as my age kind of makes people stop buying presents for me. Being old sucks…

Anyway, this is what I got for Christmas:
- 3000kr.
- A warm wool sweater.
- wool underwear.
- 007 – On her majesty’s secret service.
- A book called “Drageløperen” or “The Kite runner” in English.
- A couple of dvds my brother made with various shows on them.
- And the best present of the year in my opinion:

A very snazzy teapot with glasses :D

I also got a tea called “Høstflørt” (Fall flirt) with them. I’m sure Alina will love them as well, as she’s just as much a tea drinker as I am.

Now I’d just like to post a few pictures I’ve taken in order to properly give that Christmas feel.

This is our Christmas tree, for being the first time ever where I wasn’t the one cordinating the decorations on the Christmas tree, I think it turned out pretty good.

This is a bowl of nuts, go figure :p

And last, but not least, a crackling fire (all tough taken with a very slow shutter speed, so it looks kind of fancy and purple-like)

Tomorrow is the big drinking day here in Skien, so I’m going over to a friends house with around 13-14 people and will no doubt drink until I can’t see straight, then of course head out on town and drink some more. I am however not looking forward to walking home afterwards, but I’ll probably manage.
Hopefully I’ll have enough to drink on though, I’m getting some beers from my stepdad, but that’s it really. I’ll probably mooch a bit of my friends though, some vodka or something, so there will no doubt be enough intoxication ;)

Well, it’s due time for some sleeping now. Even though it’s just as late as it was yesterday. Man I sure hope I get my sleeping patterns adjusted by the time I’m heading back to Trondheim, otherwise I’ll have a hard time getting to work.

Good night, and Merry Christmas to you all!

Oct 2007 Total traffic 20.51 GB
Nov 2007 Total traffic 22.75 GB

How the HELL did I manage to generate that amount of traffic?! Well, after some investigation I stumble upon this line

/dump/Akon%20-%20Dont%20Matter.mp3 – Total amount of hits: 5451

Yeah, a song I uploaded to my server for a friend of mine had been registered by the Google Bot and the masses flowed through the gates. Still, my host has a 40gb traffic limit, so I’m still well within the limits of monthly traffic. Still, it could have gone a hell of allot worse.

I’ve cleaned up allot of old crap on my server now, so hopefully I won’t have that problem again :p

So what’s been going on lately you might wonder? (or don’t). Not that much really. I’ve been working quite allot lately, mostly just going to work at day, and heading home in the evenings to relax. I’ve been spending a bit too much money on movies as always, but at the same time there’s nothing better then to extend ones movie collection a bit ;)

Oh and I’ve also gotten to know two people at work better these past weeks.I’ve been sitting in the same room with Espen and Torkil and we’ve been talking allot of trash, so we’ve really got to know each other well. Which is nice, I always like getting to know new people. Turns out they both play in bands, and Espen is the bass player for a band called Tripod which really play some funky grunge type music. I was supposed to be at a concert they were having the other day at Storås Utested, but I didn’t have the money for it, and Alina is still only 19 so we wouldn’t have gotten in anyway.

Btw,Just the other day, after paycheck me and Espen even went to Peppes pizza during lunch and had a pizza buffet, so we ate like crazy people before we went back to work too stuffed to do anything but sit and complain. Great fun :p

I saw an absolutely awesome movie the other day by the way, called La Strada by Fredrico Felini. And i must say, it’s by far one of the best movies I’ve seen. The actors were incredible and the emotions Gelsomina in the movie goes trough is really portrayed in an incredibly lifelike manner. A must see for anyone interested in old classics. I also stumbled over it the other day on Platekompaniet and of course I had to buy it.

All the new movies added to my movie collection has been updated to My videoDB in case you’re interested in checking it out.

Today it’s Saturday, so of course I’m relaxing as much as possible. Alina went to Sweden for a short trip with a couple of friends a couple of hours ago, and won’t be back for at least 2-3 or more hours, so I’ll probably spend it here in front of the computer just watching series and relaxing. After we got our connection back up, downloading in 420kb/s really gets allot of stuff down fast :D So I’m constantly queuing up stuff to download. Sooner or later my HD will fill up though, but until then, I’ll drain this connection dry!

We also might be heading for a party with some school friends of Alina later today, seeing as they’re having a pre-exam party, but it kind of depends on how we both feel I guess.

Once at her place, we just chill out, hanging at her room complaining about our crap day, and the coffee mocca, when another friend of her appear. We sit and chat for quite some time, then decide to watch a movie (this was around 2 am.). We all just huddle up on a mattress and watch Dark city until the sun returns. By then I’m pretty damn tired, so i just say my goodnight’s and head on for some sleep.

Most of the Monday morning pretty much consisted of sleeping, and then some more sleeping. Fast forward to around 3′o clock, i decide i can’t just sit in on such a fine day, summer, sun and girls with very little clothes on. So i pop into town, find a nice café (being choco boco nordre this time) and get myself a cup’o coco. While walking into town i sent about 7 texts to people, asking if anyone felt like a trip out on town, have some coffee and just chill. 3 people responded, so after a short while, Sonja joins me, then Stian, Inger-Lise and Stacy join in. We chat and have a good time, when it suddenly turns a bit cold. Being hungry and not too keen on leaving the fun-loving group we just gathered, we decide to go do some BBQ.
Me, Stacy, Inger-Lise and Stian go buy sausages and stuffz (mm, chicken) and Sonja goes to fetch the grill someone left at the C-Party.

After an indeed quite successful grilling, we figure it’s time to head for Mikroen, get a couple of brewskies and just chill. We end up playing cards for a few hours and then decide it’s time to head home. A great day it was, and we all went home happy. The rest of the evening i just sat reading comics.

Next day turns out pretty boring really, Tuesday i head for town as usually, get some comics at the library and finish reading the Lucifer series. Really a great series, but really something i need to read over again because i didn’t get much of it in the end. I might just buy it, but we’ll see.
Anyway, after sitting in town for quite a long time doing nothing, i get bored and decide to head home for some food. Once home i notice a msn message from Inger-Lise, where she says there’s hobby night at theirs tonight, as it usually is. I send a text to Stian asking if he’s got a spare guitar, seeing as I’m working on my guitar skillz. Turns out he does, and he also asks me to bring a beer, because they’ve got tons of meat, and that we’re having a bbq :D So of course i skip dinner and head straight up there.
We have steak with rice and grilled corn, and it’s great! After a while we move in and play some strange board game i really can’t remember the name of, but it was great fun. At around 10′o clock, after too much coffee, we decide it’s about time to head home. Me, Julian and Kjetil hitch a ride with Kenneth and we all get home safely. The end :p

As for today, I’ve been sitting on a bench in Nordre watching people walk by for about 2 hours. It was fun, but then it got frustrating. There’s so many pretty girls with tiny tops, skirts and other revealing clothing X_x. Now I’m probably off to festningen to play kubb/volleyball or just relax. Depends on how many that show up :)