| Workety-work-work |
[Jun. 27th, 2009|11:14 am] |
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This past week (and the weekend before that) I've been working both at my current job and at the clinic I used to work. This is my eight day in a row. I'm sure I don't really need to state this, but I still will: I am exhausted!
More importantly, working at both places at once has put both jobs in perspective: At the clinic I do a good job, I get feedback on what I do both from my boss and the patients and the fast pace and ample opportunities to keep busy makes it continuously interesting. At the porn store, even doing something just shows how little the other people are doing, there is no feedback of any kind and no incentive to do anything. On the one hand, this means that I am much more tired when leaving the clinic that when I'm done for the day at the porn store, but on the other hand, the sheer boredom and annoying feeling of knowing how well this store could be run if someone just shook the other people working here and injected them with some work-ethics is truly frustrating.
I know I won't be going back to the clinic, after all I learned my lesson going back to the porn store, but both places have taught me a lot about how to manage a business and how not to manage one. |
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| Invite code to Dreamwidth |
[Jun. 20th, 2009|11:37 am] |
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| | Madrugada | ] |
I have one invite code to Dreamwidth so if anyone want it, just comment with an email address and I'll send it over. |
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| meme revisited |
[Jun. 19th, 2009|11:41 pm] |
I know I've done this before, but I thought I might run it by you guys again. Some of you I didn't know last time, and others didn't answer it. So:
( play 20 questions with me? ) |
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| Fashion show |
[Jun. 19th, 2009|11:13 am] |
I went to my very first fashion show on Wednesday and I must admit that, as expected, it wasn't my thing. It was Esmod's examination cat walk showing of all the graduates of 2009, and since my ex-flat mate Eivind is graduating, I had to go. I was stuck somewhere at the back, wondering what all the funny and artsy figures walking up on stage had to do with clothes. Then Eivind's "Villianwear"-collection came on and I was blown away. It wasn't as spectacular as the others, but it was great clothes and excellent design. And it was worth it just to see his face when he won the price for most commerciable (meaning he gets his collection out for sale in one of the most fancy malls in Oslo and 10 000kr). He also got an internship for next year and won "best student".
Well deserved Eivind! Congratulation!
For pictures, see:
http://oslopuls.aftenposten.no/kunst_scene/article219911.ece |
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| Getting somewhere |
[Jun. 13th, 2009|11:28 am] |
I've been really frustrated about my masters thesis for a long time now, something I'm sure hasn't gotten past you guys. But now it feels like I'm getting somewhere. There are still several thousand pages of source material to go through, but every time I get to work on them, I get new ideas. Now I only need to find the time and energy to sit down and start forming words out of these ideas, which is easier said than done right now. But despite the fact that I'm exhausted and working way to much, and despite the fact that I'm way behind schedule and don't see how I'm going to find the time to finish it, and despite the fact that the webpages of uio.no is such utter crap that I can't even get registered correctly for next year, I can feel the structure of my final project tickling at my brain.
It is exhilarating! |
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| Patience is a virtue |
[Jun. 12th, 2009|11:15 am] |
I hate waiting. Especially when everybody else seems to have gotten the results of their examinations. I keep telling myself that it doesn't matter; noone is going to look at my grade when I apply for a job, but I'm still curious to find out how I did. And it's driving me crazy. I end up entering the page every single day to check if the grades are up, even though I know we probably won't get told until the 16th.
Speaking of which, why is it that when people plan stuff, they always plan on the same day? Tuesday the 16th I'm supposed to go to poledancing, KunTao, a board meeting, a cabin trip, a megazone shoot-out and the yearly history party which I've managed to miss every single time I've been invited. How can I put this? It's not going to happen. I'm just gonna go on the cabin trip and say "fuck it" to the rest of the stuff. History parties are for squares anyways... |
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| Utenrikspolitikk: ideologi vs virkelighet |
[Jun. 8th, 2009|07:48 pm] |
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Jo mer jeg studerer norsk historie, jo klarere står det for meg hvilken dobbeltmoral landet jeg bor i fører på det utenrikspolitiske felt. Det selvfølgelig ingen overraskelse, i så måte følger Norge bare i hælene på andre Vest-Europeiske land som har ført denne linjen gjennom hele 1900-tallet. Det som er spesielt spennende med Norge er imidlertid landets sterke fredstradisjon og det sterke fokuset i befolkningen på pasifisme og troen på menneskerettigheter. Vi klapper oss selv på skulderen kontinuerlig for hvor fredselskende vi er. Da er det ekstra spennende å se hvor langt det er fra ord til handling:
http://klassekampen.no/56146/article/item/null |
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| Updated slightly |
[Jun. 6th, 2009|05:23 pm] |
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So far I haven't had the time/energy to post anything here, or to add a userpic or to do much of anything really, but I promise if you guys stick with me I'll get the hang of it soon!
News:
I just quit my job. I'll be working here till the end of July and then that's it.
(this is posted both here at dreamwidth and at lj. I finally figured out how to do that) |
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| Quit my job |
[Jun. 6th, 2009|01:52 pm] |
I just quit my job at the sex shop. It's a cushy job and I like getting money, but I just can't take the time off from my studies to actually show up and work. And I've been having days where I get up, work out, go straight to the archives and work on my thesis and then go straight to work and 7 am - 9 pm days are a bitch. And so am I after that much work without a break.
So if you want to work in a sex shop, or you know someone who does, now is the time to apply! :) |
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| Drawing a blank |
[Jun. 5th, 2009|03:51 pm] |
I'm completely swamped these days. I know it sounds strange, being done with my last exam and everything, but I'm trying to make up for this month I missed studying for finals by working extra hard now, and it just makes me too tired to post much.
But I'm still reading! And I'll start posting again as soon as I have anything interesting to say. |
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| Where would you want to live? |
[May. 30th, 2009|03:08 pm] |
During my not-so-brief period of finals craziness, I started obsessing over the fact that I've never lived anywhere but Norway. The natural question to ask myself was where I'd like to live, and a few countries stood out as either especially exciting to try living in (Spain, Cuba, the US, Russia), or surely undesirable (France, Finland, I'm sorry Finns, I like you but I'm not fond of your country). But that left a whole bunch of countries in the middle. Countries that wouldn't spring to mind when I thought about living abroad, but which didn't seem immediately unappealing. One of these countries was Denmark, or more specifically; Copenhagen.
I thought I might like to live in Denmark. It's basically Norway with more alcohol and less inhibitions, the people are friendly and I know the language. Or so I thought. But then, at work today, we got two Danish tourists interested in PVC clothing. I had to as them to repeat themselves at least twice and was horribly reminded of the Uti vår Hage sketch of how not even Danes understand their own language. So I think Denmark is out, if not for any other reason than because I don't know how to understand them. |
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| Dreamwidth-arg! |
[May. 29th, 2009|10:45 am] |
So, I'm trying to figure out this dreamwidth stuff that everyone's talking about, and so far I think I've managed to get it to automatically crosspost my entries from here, but when I tried to import my journal, it keeps saying "invalid username". So, what's my username on lj?
Update: Strike that. I did not manage to get it to automatically crosspost. Help someone? |
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| Last two days |
[May. 24th, 2009|10:55 pm] |
I'm here, hunched over my books, so tired of studying that I don't know what to do. Even though it feels to me like I'm hiding my complete stressed-out-madness from the world, I have been told that this is not the case. So now I'll be hiding from the world until Tuesday. Wish me luck flist. I really need it! |
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| The great existential question |
[May. 20th, 2009|08:20 am] |
Since exam periods are times for general musings and big, mindblowing realizations, I figure it was time to hear from you guys.
Please tell me: Why do you blog? |
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| Reading for exams, part 5: |
[May. 18th, 2009|07:25 pm] |
Ever sit with a book full of sentences that are so dull that they lose all meaning to you?
*dying here* |
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| Reading for exams, part 4: Sickness |
[May. 18th, 2009|10:32 am] |
And now I've gotten a cold. I'm snifling around in my apartment feeling sorry for myself with a tummy bloated up to a faux 3-months pregnancy due to the cheesecake I had yesterday, so worth it a headache, general tiredness and a sore troath. So unfair!
(the smart thing would probably be to take today off so I'd be bored out of my mind by tomorrow and therefore probably more inclined to study, but I'm forcefeeding myself Scale and Scope - the dynamics of industrial capitalism" instead. I figure I can probably get through a bunch of pages even though I'm all mushy on the inside. Wish me luck!) |
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| Reading for exams, part 3: |
[May. 15th, 2009|10:27 am] |
I've been studying for enough years now to know my habits pretty well. When exams are approching and it's time for crunch, first my flight or fight instinct kicks in and I start dreaming of going to far off places; bicycling to India, jumping on a plane without checking the destination, you get the picture. This year, I offset this by deciding to go with my parents to New York in the fall.
The trouble with me, however, is that when I offset the need to be elsewhere by actually planning something, my brain instantly switches over to procrastrination mode and starts looking for a project. This can only be offset by there not being any viable projects that I actually want to do.
One such easily countered potential project was the reorganizing of my wardrobe. It entails moving the shelves and is basically deemed too much trouble. Therefore I could go back to reading. But then I looked out on my terrasse. It was basically undecorated, with old, white patio furniture which showed signs of aging. And I know it couldn't be that much trouble to buy new furniture and, more importantly, the reward this project would be clearly visible and almost instant. My brain started bubbling with ideas. And the minute that happens, it's too late. Nomatter how much I try to focus on my curriculum after that point, it just can't be done. So yesterday, I re-furnished my terrasse.
( pictures! )
You are all invited to see it in person of course. I promise it's awesome! |
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| Shame |
[May. 12th, 2009|11:02 am] |
Do you know that feeling of shame mixed with pleasure you get when you satisfy an urge you know is wrong? I'm not talking about your secret pleasure for biting your nails, I mean that hardcore bad stuff like bestiality, scat or Chitty Chitty Bang Bang the musical? I imagine that people who have these urges but refuse to satisfy them for reasons unknown, might get dreams where they take part in their favorite vice and then get deeply shamed afterwards.
Speaking of, last night I had a dream that I was just going to throw away the leftovers of a giant chocolate cake (basically looking like the cake in Mathilda). I figured I'd just take a small bite of it, and then I couldn't stop and ate the whole thing. I felt immensely, almost sexually, satisfied before realizing that what I did had been wrong and I woke up with a feeling of deep shame and guilt. It took me about 5 minutes to figure out why I was feeling so bad. |
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