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Today is an auspicious day. It marks the official start of the process of writing my final dissertation. Yes, after a mer 2 1/2 months of procrastination, I put pen to paper (allright, finger to keyboard) and started writing. I now have 1200 words on "the Critical Reception of Duke Ellington's Re-orchestrations of Edward Grieg's Peer Gynts Suite ( Read more... )

I've been putting off writing here for a long, long time, but last night something happened ( Read more... )

Yours truly is currently in Bergen, soon to be on my way to Stavanger. As it turns out, the stereotype about Bergen being the city of perpetual rain has more truth to it than I originally suspected. I am kinda soggy right now, after walking for twenty minutes to find and internet cafe that actually lets me print stuf. *grumble* Stupid e-ticket ( Read more... )

Back in Norway, after a grueling 14 hours of travel yesterday.

Had sushi and beer at Mikrobryggeriet today. The world is good.

I'll be in Stavanger Tuesday.

What I have been doing a lot of lately, is cooking. Thought I'd share a few recipes. Please note that unlike my cooking of yore, these dishes do not kill you through sheer cholesterol overload.

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Ok. The holw surveillance/big brother is watching thing in Britain has officially gone too far. Check this out. It's an anti-benefit theft campaign. Good, proper 1984 style. Also, I wasn't aware they were allowed to have undercover surveillance vans patrolling the streets.

I had my audition for the school big bands today. Best thing I can say is that it was short. It was all sightreading, which I suck at. Happily, so does all the other guitarists, so I might have a small shot still. Eirik's audition didn't go too well either. Small consolation.

In other news, I have watched quite a bit of "House MD" lately. Really ( Read more... )

Quick update:

NTL still hasn't sent us our broadband bill. the phone bill is paid, but the broadband isnt. On Monday they cut our internet. We're working on fixing it, but we have no way of contacting them now. Most likely I'll be unavailable untilI come home.

I'll be in Norway on the 31st. I'll be in Oslo around 11:00.

Aksel

My god. OK, so the musical value of this might be debateable, and the mullet is cringeworthy, but it's damn impressive none the less.