Plane tickets: Check!

I've finally booked my plane tickets and August 12th I'll be off for Uganda!

I'll have to spend a bit of time at airports (Oslo and Heathrow), including the night of December 22nd, but at least I'll be home in time to help put up Christmas decorations. I can't wait!

Sasha Gabor

Sasha Gabor, Norwegian-Hungarian porn star died in Thailand a couple of weeks ago.
He was a Burt Reynolds look-alike, but for me he'll always be the Sean Connery of porn.

Not that I've ever seen him in any. Not that I've ever seen a lot of porn. Maybe I should...

R.I.P big guy

Renting out my room

I have to find someone to rent my room from August till December seeing as I'll be going to Uganda (yay!).

15 minutes after I put the ad on hybel.no, It'd had 15 hits, and I'd already set up an appointment for a viewing this Saturday.

Now, two hours later, I've already rejected one (he had to move in before I'm able to move out), and I'm in touch with one more. My biggest concern in trying to find out who I can trust.

Three hours ago my problem was finding someone to rent this place. Now the problem is figuring out to whom I want to rent it. I think I prefer it this way... :P

Stranger still

A couple days after I found the other thongs by the bridge, this one showed up just outside the door downstairs.

I can't help but wonder who wore these thongs before they were discarded. They do look rather... worn.

The strange things I found.

Monday night someone decorated the grass between here and the bridge with somewhat puzzling ornaments.


These included several pairs of thongs, yellow rubber gloves, plastic, paper and some other rubbish.



I'm sure there's a story behind this, I just can't imagine what it could be...

Horten, Norway

The day after my last exam, June 7th, my boyfriend and I went back to his home town. It was a cute little city called Horten on the east coast of Norway. No mountains but one hill and a lot of ocean (although not as far as the eye can see).


This might sound strange, but my favourite experience there was the first night when his family (mother, aunt, uncle, grandparents and others) came by for dinner. They were nice people and it reminded me that the best experiences you have almost always include other people. It's something that's easy for me to forget.

more photos on appleshots

An aquired taste

Is it just me or does Gunhild Melhus, part time model, medical student and girlfriend of Norwegian hotel magnate Petter Stordalen look somewhat like a drag queen?

Strange U.S. Sex Laws

Oblong, Illinois
It is punishable by law to make love while hunting or fishing on your wedding day.
- while hunting or fishing? I should certainly think so...

Nevada
It is illegal for any member of the Nevada Legislature to conduct official business wearing a penis costume while the legislature is in session.
- I feel very strongly I should comment on this one, but I'm trying my very best not to burst out laughing while imagining a Nevada governor wearing a penis costume..

Tremonton, Utah
No woman may have sex with a man while riding in an ambulance. If caught, the woman can be charged with a sexual misdemeanor and "her name is to be published in the local newspaper." The man isn't charged nor is his name revealed.
- need I comment on this one or do you already know what I'm gonna say?

Merryville, Missouri.
Women are prohibited from wearing corsets because "the privilege of admiring the curvaceous, unencumbered body of a young woman should not be denied to the normal, red-blooded American male."
- it's strange to see lust as a good enough reason to pass a law... I agree to some extent though - curves are wow!

Romboch, Virginia
It is illegal to engage in sexual activity with the lights on.

Illinois
All bachelors should be called master, not mister, when addressed by their female counterparts.
- bite me.

Newcastle, Wyoming
An ordinance specifically bans couples from having sex while standing inside a store's walk-in meat freezer.

Sioux Falls, South Dakota
In hotels every room is required to have twin beds. And the beds must always be a minimum of two feet apart when a couple rents a room for only one night. And it's illegal to make love on the floor between the beds!
- because two people can't have sex in a single bed? Fine, it's hard to sleep in one, but you can have sex pretty much anywhere so..

Minnesota
It is illegal for any man to have sexual intercourse with a live fish.
- no arguments there!!

Bakersfield, California
Anyone having intercourse with Satan must use a condom.
- !!

Adapted from Lectlaw.com

June

It's so friggin hot!

How do you even sleep in this heat? (I don't know cuz I don't).

But I'm not complaining. I'm enjoying every second of it. Being able to think it's hot in Norway is something you cherish, because you know soon enough it will be raining non stop, yet again.


It's just so friggin hot and my windows aren't big enough to let the air in! I am so loving this!

Kiss sound test

Kiss came to Bergen on Sunday and the city was filled with people wearing black t-shirts and painted faces. The BF and I went for a walk through a park and came across the stage being put up.

It was huge! We stuck around for about an hour, watching them build it. There were hundreds of builders, all wearing different coloured hard hats. Then hundreds of teenagers joining up as staff to get in for free. Then another 20 or so ambulance personell. Not to mention all the security guards - they were everywhere!

In the end some guys from the military came and chased us away. They were closing the park all around the stage, so no one could see anything for free. Even people sitting 250 meters away, playing with their kids, completely oblivious of what was going on on the other side of the park, behind several buildings and trees, had to leave.

I heard the show was good though, much better than the night before in Oslo.