Sep 13th 09
Posted by Anne in Norway, Politics
Election in Norway tomorrow. Unlike the presidential elections in the US, when I stayed up all night to watch the results on the BBC, I will be sleeping in my bed. The reasons for that are many, but the most obvious one at the moment is that I’m no longer a student, who has the next day off… There is actually work on Tuesday.
The other reasons are that I am currently not owning a television set. I gave my old one away when I moved from Denmark, and I haven’t got to the point where I have bought a new one.
I suppose it will be streamed on the net, if I do decide to watch, so not owning a television set is no hindrance in that regard.
But the race looks to be so close anyway, that it probably won’t be decided night to Tuesday anyway.
I will be voting tomorrow. And it won’t be for the same party that I have voted for until now. Which makes the end result a bit more interesting. But I still won’t be watching the tallying of the votes. Unless Norwegian politics somehow becomes more interesting in the next 24 hours…
Sep 9th 09
Posted by Anne in Sports
We’re getting into the last matches of the World Cup Qualifying stretch now. For those of you without a clue as to what I’m talking about, the sport is football or soccer, and the World Cup will take place next year, in South Africa.Tonight is another round of matches.
Some teams have already qualified, the Netherlands being one of them, and some are totally out of the running, Luxembourg being one of them. But other teams still have a chance – and one of those are Switzerland.
Despite being rather unashamedly patriotic and Norwegian, especially when it comes to sport, I cheer for Switzerland at football. (Of course, should Norway and Switzerland meet, I would probably cheer for Norway. Probably.)
I am frequently asked why I do that – most others, when they root for something besides their own national team tend to lean towards the teams that tend to win. England, France, Brazil, Italy, Portugal, and so on.
The thing is, if you’re rooting for someone you’re anticipating to win, in my view, you’ll often end up disappointed. Whereas when I root for the underdog, which Switzerland is most of the time in the football world, any victory is a great triumph – and a tie works well, too.
I started rooting for the Swiss squad during the World cup in Germany. Norway had not qualified, yet again, and if there is one thing I like when watching a championship – it is having someone to cheer for.
My second choice, after Norway, was Denmark, but they had also failed to qualify… And the same with Scotland. Instead I started my pondering.
And I ended up with Switzerland. The only problem with following Switzerland is that the qualifying matches are not airing on television anywhere near me, so I’m missing out on a bit of the fun with it.
But at least I have the good results to rely on. (Defeat to Luxembourg nonewithstanding.) So far, they’re in the lead of group 2, but both Greece and Latvia are breathing down their necks.
I’m looking forward to the final matches. As well as crossing my fingers that things go Switzerland’s way.
Sep 6th 09
Posted by Anne in Site announcements
There is now a poll of the month in the sidebar. I will try to keep it interesting – and it will change around the first of every month. The polling is rather unscientific, but then, it is not a referendum on the European Union, or other serious topics… 
If you have any idea for poll topics, if there is anything you’d like to know about the internet demographic, please let me know in the comments.
Sep 6th 09
Posted by Anne in Featured Articles
With the recent upgrades over at The Royal Twist, it seemed like the time to do something here as well.
I’m definitely going to try to be more present, and publish more stuff here.
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