Category: Personal

Changing my life?

I’m doing a small life change. From January to June next year, I’ll be living in Oslo. I’m excited. I’m terrified. And I know that if I don’t like it, it will only be six months. And, while I don’t look forward to living in Oslo in January and February – I am very much… Continue reading Changing my life?

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Election 2013

It’s the Norwegian election day 2013. We’re voting for members of parliament today. I’m living in one of the test municipalities where we could vote via the Internet this year, so I did my voting weeks ago. I am going to watch the election coverage tonight, and there is enough the West Wing fangirl in… Continue reading Election 2013

My fears

Over the past couple of years, I’ve really become terrified of the thought of flying. I’ve never been super happy about it – I have a fear of heights, and therefore flying just feels slightly wrong in my mind. I can’t exactly pinpoint when that shifted though. I did have a miserable flight once from… Continue reading My fears

Electronic voting

It’s an election year in Norway. September 9 is the big day. It’s a parliamentary election. This year, as they did with the county and municipal elections two years ago, my municipality is one of the twelve which have electronic voting. Essentially this means that I voted yesterday, in my bedroom on my iPad. I… Continue reading Electronic voting

Smell

I am grateful for my sense of smell because it means the scent of a nice dinner spreading through the house increases the anticipation for it. Sometimes smell evokes memories. When I was in middle school, we would walk or bike past a huge cabbage field. Every autumn, after the harvest, the smell of over-ripe… Continue reading Smell

Ducks

  The ducks have arrived for my birthday party later today. They will be swimming in a paddling pool as decoration.

Turning 30

I turn 30 today. Hints and tips for the next decade are welcome. Enough said.

To Anne, aged 13

Dear Anne (13 years old), If this could get sent back in time – some things I have learned over the years that might have been useful to know back when I was 13. Keep in touch with people like you did back then.  Trying new things like going abroad to study – probably the… Continue reading To Anne, aged 13