Yay ... !!!

I HAZ IT ... !! :-D

Got it in the mail today. Yay! And boo. I haven't watched it, believe it or not ... I've promised Anne Ida that we'll watch it together, and I really do want to watch it at her place, because her TV's bigger than mine. ;-) We were going to do that on Saturday, but alas, no such luck. Now I guess I'll have to wait till this Saturday before I get to see it.

AUGH!

New stuff

I got some new stuff this weekend. On the trip to Nordens Ark, we stopped by Nordby mall on the way back. There were soo many Norwegians there ... ! More Norwegians than Swedes. I guess that shouldn't surprise me, really. But still. Anyway. One of the stores we went to was a DVD store. They had so much stuff ... !! I could have spent WAY too much money there easily. But I managed to restrain myself. Mostly. Look what I found ... !!

When the price is right and so on ... and since it's in Swedish crowns it was even cheaper than it looks. Yay. :-)

And then on Sunday there was the annual Open day in Bjørvika - they let people walk through the new tunnel, coolness!! - and among other things, the Water and Sewage Works were there giving away ... water bottles!! :-o Remember that I lost mine, it disappeared mysteriously at work? KAS lost hers too, trilltrall forgot it at the gym. We've really been missing them, they were great water bottles. But now look what we've got ... !! :-D

Happy happy, joy joy!! :-D

As it is in London ...

... so it is in Warsaw. I can't believe I've forgotten to post this picture. One of the reasons why it's such a great idea to always hold your camera ready in your hand at all times. ;-) We were on a streetcar and I suddenly saw this billboard flash by outside. OMG OMG i have to take a picture!!!1!

This picture was taken back in March, obviously.

The Lake House, again

So, since I didn't post the ending of The Lake House last week after all, because I got sidetracked by that poster (which I have now bought on eBay ;-) here it is now. Aww, it's so sweet. :-)

A word of warning though: If you haven't seen this movie, but you're planning to, then maybe you shouldn't watch this video. It kinda gives away quite a lot. :-)



In other news, the wait goes on. At Platekompaniet at Oslo City on Thursday. Aargh ...

Must ... resist ... must resist ... argh ...

At Spaceworld at Tveita mall on Wednesday. I shall overcome ... !! Also, I shall buy my best friend C. the DVD peeping out in the left of the picture for her birthday in August. :-)

In other news, Raphael moved out yesterday. No, not out out - not away from me. Just out onto the balcony. :-) Summer has arrived here in Oslo and it's time for my little green-eyed monster to take up his outdoor residence. It's gone pretty well so far - he came inside twice last night to look for his pond, but settled down outside nicely once he'd been fed, and today he hasn't been inside at all. (I have the day off work because of Pentecost, look here, third paragraph. :-) Are you confused? Doesn't his having moved outside mean that the pond is actually outside too now? Yes. So why is he coming inside looking for that selfsame pond? Because he has a very tiny brain and over time it has been established in that brain where his pond is supposed to be. And it's not out on the balcony. So he climbs out of the pond and goes to look for the pond somewhere else. It'll take him a little getting used to. :-)

Here we go again ... !! :-D

Seen at Platekompaniet at Byporten last week. I must resist, must resist ... !!! aaargh ... !!1

I can do it, I've done it before. ;-)

Happy happy, joy joy!!!

I had such a wonderful day yesterday. :-) Absolutely a wonderful day. First I got to sleep in ... not as long as I normally would, but I went to bed kind of early on Friday - that is, early for a Friday ;-) - so it evened out. Then I went downtown to meet my best friend C., we went shopping ... but just a little, enough to be fun, but not enough to be exhausting. I bought a couple of DVDs, something useful at Clas Ohlson, and some Muji stuff at Åhlens - some socks for myself, a fun little present for AudiX78 (but you'll have to wait till May to find out what it is, Audi ... ! ;-) and an adorable soft toy turtle that I absolutely do not need, but it was just too cute to pass up. And soft and cuddly. :-) Then we went to Bristol for a cup of their amazing hot chocolate in the Winter Garden, and then to the Cinematheque to see one of my all-time favorite movies, The Sound of Music, at the 70mm festival. Do you mean to tell me, fräulein, that my children have been running about all over Salzburg dressed in nothing but some old drapes!!?

Although I have seen this movie about 20 times (at least, I'm afraid ...), I had never really noticed before how ... gay, to be honest ... Christopher Plummer plays the Captain. Huh. An absolutely stellar performance, of course, but seriously weirder than I remembered. o_O

So, after being transported by the movie for three hours we were going to go our separate ways ... but first we just had to stop by Outland since C. had forgotten to bring a book to read on the train. We looked around for a while, and she decided on the first Ghatti book by Gayle Greeno. I haven't read those, I'll be curious to find out if they're good. I managed to not buy even one single book ... !! but I did buy a board game, so my willpower is not to be commended, alas. It's an investment though, because I picked a fantastic game, namely, Colosseum. It's big and heavy and expensive (but it had been marked down almost 100 crowns!!) but it's so worth it. A fantastic game, check it out if you're thinking of buying a new board game. It has lots of pieces and doodads but it's totally intuitive, very easy to learn and lots of fun. You play an impresario in ancient Rome putting on shows in the Amphitheatrum Flavium - hence the game's title - to impress the great Titus Caeasar and bring thousands flocking to your extravagant spectaculars!! Gladiators, lions, poets, musicians and priests will perform for you! Horses and chariots, the crews of famous ships will wow the crowds! Beautiful scenery and exotic plants will ... um ... they'll be there too! You'll earn gold and silver, you'll be showered in honors from the great Emperor and his Consuls and Senators! And you will be able to make an endless number of bad jokes! What's not to love about this game?? :-D

Anyway ... I've been wanting this game for a long time now; I guess it was only a matter of time before I broke down and bought it, even though it's so expensive. But you get a lot for your money, so ... I'm happy. As the title indicates. :-) But it got even better. After saying goodbye to C. at the train station I took the subway up to my friends K and Dag-Erling's house for board game night, where I got to play my new game only a couple of hours after buying it - yay. Me so lucky! I wish I'd taken a picture or two of the game in progress, but ... that's hindsight for you. It didn't occur to me till just now. o_O

But it doesn't end there! It was a wonderful day for more than one reason. As I said, I bought a couple of DVDs ... we went to Platekompaniet in Oslo City, and I'm sure you can guess what I was looking for ... but no such luck. They are totally against me!! I don't know why but they totally have it in for me. >:-( I bought Little Britain Abroad and Day Watch but they didn't have what I was really looking for. Sob!! :-( So then we walked up towards Åhlens, because C. wanted to look for something there that she'd seen in some magazine ... and to get there we passed by Playcom ... so I asked if we could just go in quickly just to check. Although hope was dying in my heart. But! Behold!! :-o

Happy happy, joy joy ... !!! Wheee ... !! :-D

Guess what I'm doing right now ... !! :-D

Ahem. As we say 'round these parts: She who waits for something good does not wait in vain. :-)

Now let's do it all over again with The Day the Earth Stood Still ... !! :-D

Getting there ...

At Spaceworld at Tveita mall this afternoon. I must resist ... must ... resist ...

There is no escape ... !!

Aaugh ... !!!

Spaceworld at Tveita mall a couple of weeks ago:

Also 179,- at Norli in University Street a few days before, but I didn't have my camera with me. bugrit. millennium hand and shrimp.

At Playcom by Oslo City on Wednesday:

Bah, who cares, I don't have a blu-ray player in any case.

And it's not that important anyway.

It'snotthatimportant, it'snotthatimportant, it'snotthatimportant ... !!!

It haunts me ... !!

I was out shopping for a new DVD recorder today, and look ... !!

There is no escape ... !

But I DID NOT BUY IT. My strength is as that of ten because my heart is pure!

I actually hardly bought anything in that store. They didn't have what I wanted at a price that I wanted to pay, so ... if you're sold out, you'll miss a sale. Don't I know it. I just got a case for my new camera, and then I went down the street to a competing store and got my new recorder there. Serves them right. >:-) I did see another thing in the first store that I really liked, though:

I don't know what it is, but I want it ... !

Is it some kind of an mp3 player? If it is, then maybe I can get it, because I don't have an mp3 player, but I could probably use one, right? Hmmm ...

Look what I found ... !!

ZOMG ... !!!

I stopped by Platekompaniet in Sandvika Storsenter this afternoon, just whiling away some time, and I found this. I knew it was out - September 26th, I think - but I hadn't seen it anywhere before today. Haven't looked, either, but still. :-)

But get this. I didn't buy it. :-o Yeah, believe it! I'm going to wait till the price drops. Which never takes long. See, I can too restrain my impulses!!