In need of a life

After we went swimming yesterday Helen talked me into going to a tanning salon... I normally avoid these cancer boxes, but we were soooo cold after taking a shower. The showers at the swimming pool suck! So I tagged along, and now I'm - of course - sunburned in places I don't normally get sun! Like my BACK! Which is kind of painful... And my stomach, where my skin itches like mad. But now that some of the red is fading I can see I actually got a wee bit of colour. So my skin isn't as hopeless as I've been thinking.

John is still his cute, Swedish, hopelessly-not-single self, greeting me with a smile, an upwards-nod and a "Tjenare!" And the cutest dad since the Portugese guy helped Gretta and me get her car started after work today. Her battery was flat (she'd left the lights on), and he looked all handymanly and handsome plugging the ... stuff ... to the ... batteries, I assume. I didn't pay much attention to what he did.

Gah, it's spring!

Fantasy of the day: Sivert decides to get a normal job while taking a break from touring, and comes to work in the kindergarten for a short while. He ends up inviting me to go with them on the bus for a 3-month tour in the US. You see, because he's touring Europe right now it wouldn't be very plausible that he's going back there anytime too soon. Did you see that? That wouldn't be plausible! Ahh, I crack myself up sometimes... not!

Detox: Ohh, to hell with it. Gimme my peanut M&Ms - of which I got almost an entire kilo for my birthday! Huzzah for friends who accomodate one's needs! :D

Oh my

BioDrain, Day number... uh, I've lost count.

I've been really good today! I have! I even had a Nutrilett bar and some fruit after work, because I don't bother going home before swimming later.

Now to some obligatory Sivert stuff (ye be warned): I "complained" to June, a colleague, who also has a crush on Sivert Høyem that I didn't get him for my birthday this year either. She said I could borrow him from her when she goes on holiday on Friday. I thanked her and said there was just this small matter of returning him, though... The conversation started on facebook, and continued at work, when she suddenly shouted across the playground "You better return him in the same shape and condition that you got him!" I immediately knew what she was talking about and shouted back: "I can't promise anything!" She laughed, opened her mouth and then closed it again with a shocked look on her face. By then I was close enough to hear her when she laughed "I can't say THAT in front of the kids..." Oh, she's 48 years old, by the way, and one of the coolest people I've ever met. Lately she's come to the habit of squeezing my shoulder when she greets me in the morning, and it kind of makes me feel like we're family or something. Or at least that we're good friends. I'm going to miss her so much that I kind of don't want to quit.

Gah, off to go swimming soon. I don't really feel like it, but it's been a while since last time because I've been sick. And the detox works better with a little exercise. And June and Helen are coming with, and we always end up having a blast! Even though I feel a little stupid for not being able to swim 1000 m, like they do. But I'm just not that comfortable in the water yet. I need to take lots and lots of breaks, because I'm so scared of hyperventilating. I always ended up doing that when I was little, and since then I've never been in a pool until now. Which by the way makes me really proud of myself!

Ooooh, how cool! I just read something Sivert wrote on facebook, and someone commented on a typo, and then Sivert corrected it and commented on the comment. It's so sweet, every time I see someone has written a question on his page, like "What time do you get on stage tonight", he answers them!

Okay, I'm done now ;)

Hands up - I love you!

Lol! "We had to get up at -500.000 o’clock to catch an insanely early flight out of Oslo this morning." - from Sivert Høyem's tour blog. Oh and "Getting out of bed at this insane hour better be worth it …" Hmm, sounds kinda like me. I'm reading the blog from beginning to end right now. I know I said I'd decided to think this was healthy, but... wow... this is just getting sad.

So put your warm little hands where I can see them

Put those hands on my face

Tell me you love me

And no one else


By the way, I had the weirdest conversation with my sister today:

Sis (carrying a package that just arrived in the mail): "It's for you."
Me: "What? I didn't order anything..."
Sis: "It's from Abilene."
Me (looking at the package, reading Abilene's name and trying to think if there's some occasion or other, but can't think of any): "Aww, that's so sweet! But... but... why?"
Sis: "Uhh... maybe because it's your birthday tomorrow...?"
Me (after a loooong break): "It.... is...?"

Lol, I can't believe I forgot my own birthday like that! Thanks so much again for the chocolate, sweetie! :)

Which brings me to:

Day 2:

Breakfast (11.00): Two slices of bread with ham and cheese. No butter! But a piece of chocolate from Abilene after. But it's Saturday, so it's okay. *cough* And I drank about a liter of water before noon, so it's reeeaaally okay.

Lunch (16.00): Two slices of bread. With mayo instead of butter... Not healthier, but not double-unhealthy either... I know, weird time for lunch, but on Saturdays we have dinner really, really late.

Snack (ehh, all the time): Peanut M&Ms and chocolate from Abilene (yammie!!!)

Dinner/ supper (20.00): Lasagne! Yes, my MOM made lasagne! :)



Not too bad today, actually... I eat a lot less on days off.

TGI Friday

I just spent the best part of an hour browsing through Sivert Høyem's photos on facebook. Yeah, we're friends. On facebook. Me and Sivert. Sounds good, doesn't it? Me and Siv... Uh, anyways.

This isn't healthy.

Changing the subject. I'm taking BioDrain (detox) for the next four weeks (starting today), and need to change my diet accordingly. This works very well:

Day 1

Breakfast (07.00): Two slices of bread with ham (and a handful of peanut M&Ms because it's Friday)

Lunch (11.00): Fish sticks with mashed potatos and carrots (and a small slice of cake, because it's Friday and because it was, like, right there)

Second lunch (oops...) (13.00): same as above, but cold (+ a handful of NonStops, due to it being Friday, and - again - it was just there)

Dinner (14.30): two slices of bread (with a dash of mayo on top, because it's Friday)

Supper (soon): Well, the damage is already done, so I might as well have fish & chips. And the rest of the peanut M&Ms. After all, it's Friday (but I believe I may already have said that...)

My only excuse is that as soon as my brain formulates the word "diet" my body reacts by craving unhealthy food. And tons of it.

The pills have already given me a head ache.

Why do I always want to put an "e" at the end of "random"? (I actually just did it again)

I don't have anything real to blog about, and still need to find a way to spend my time (I'm sick again - go figure!). So I decided to make a post out of some of the odd, random pictures I have saved on my computer.

1.

Screenshot from Bandidas. I never understood what people saw in Penelope Cruz until this moment here, with her leaning against the wall. Whoa. I get it now...

2.

Tom Waits. Because he's amazing!

3.

From Virgin Suicides. I recently read the book (which the critics loved. Me... not so much), and saw the movie again. Then I realized what I like about it. It's not the story. It's not the characters. It's the directing! I love Sophia Coppola's soft, intimate, yet funny and a little weird way of revealing the story, rather than telling it.

3.

Hence... The above picture! It should've had a heart around it, drawn with red crayons.

4.

From a Sivert Høyem concert. I know, what's a picture of a Sivert concert without Sivert in it doing on my blog?? *shock, horror* Well, I think it captures the moment of expectation right before the main man enters the stage, when all you can do is ignore the smoke and the darkness and stare fixedly at the only lit spot on the stage - the one right in front of the microphone. Gives me goosebumps!

6.

Ahhh, there he is! No explanations needed...

7.

I love this dress from Etsy! I want to marry it and have its little mini-dresses! Okay, maybe not, but it's definitely one of the most beautiful dresses I've ever seen!

8.

Ahh, Dexter... Looooove that guy!

9.

From Postsecret. I saved it because I kind of feel the same way. Which is why I'd never even try to get a book published without a pseudonym!


*sigh* I had tons more but I'm too tired now. I need to sleep again. Stupid fever!

And the Northwind it howls, it growls, and it roams - but you get used to anything

The concert was fantastic! I fell in love with him all over again (as if I needed to...). He's so funny and sexy, and his voice is the best I've ever heard. And the songs... they're incredibly good on the CDs, but live they're just exceptional! Even Thess liked it. Thess!!

The concert was at the movie theatre in the neighbour smalltown, so there were only seating tickets. After a couple of songs, he laughed and said "So, are you sitting comfortably? I mean, we wouldn't want you to... fall off your seats or anything."

He even did three Madrugada-songs! Remember how Madrugada is my favourite band, but that they split up a while back? It was unreal hearing those songs live, with the actual lead singer. Okay, I should stop now before I embarrass myself.

But I just have to post my favourite song of all Sivert Høyem-times, called Northwind:

And this is my favourite from the new album, and I just realized it's actually followed by Northwind (the filming is terrible, but the sound's alright). I couldn't be bothered to remove the first video, and I don't mind having Northwind twice anyway, lol!

...as if I can go to sleep now!

Which reminds me, there are these dreams I want to blog about, but haven't had the time to wrap my thoughts around them yet. Maybe this weekend...?