Ooooh life, is bigger, it's bigger than you and you are not me.
(Hilsen R.E.M.)
I dag har jeg kjøpt to par sandaler, sett på to raringer filme noe tull i Bryant Park, spist burger ved Times Square, sett The Virgin Suicides, unngått oppgaveskriving på høyt nivå. Halvannen uke igjen. Jeg vil være her for alltid.
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Showing posts with label new york. Show all posts
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Saturday, May 7, 2011
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Isn't It Ironic? pt. 2
So between writing my last post and my journalism class, I randomly met one of the girls from said class and we talked a little and she encouraged me to just write something for the class. So I did parts of the homework and felt a little better going into class. After class, the same girl and another girl from this class were taking the train home together and it's the same train I take so I asked if I could join. "Yes, ma'am," was the response I got. And then they asked if I was okay, the girl from before class had noticed that I wasn't in the best of moods.
We took the train together and at home my American roommate was actually there and not busy with guests so we hung out for a little bit in the kitchen while making and eating food. I guess I was just very deprived of social interaction. I feel better now, but I still miss you guys! (Hello, English. It just happened.)
xoxo
We took the train together and at home my American roommate was actually there and not busy with guests so we hung out for a little bit in the kitchen while making and eating food. I guess I was just very deprived of social interaction. I feel better now, but I still miss you guys! (Hello, English. It just happened.)
xoxo
Isn't It Ironic?
Så ironisk. En dame ved siden av meg på undergrunnsbanen sitter og leser om kristendommen og spiser eple.
Så mye for å skrive hver dag. Jeg går gjennom en litt tøff periode nå. Jeg klarer ikke helt gjøre det jeg skal på skolen, en ting er at det er veldig mye på en gang nå - vi er midt i midtermperioden -, en annen grunn er at jeg ikke føler meg tilpass her. Jeg har ingen venner og savner Oslo og situasjonen jeg var i der. Jeg begynte nesten å gråte på subwayen istad på grunn av det.
Jeg trodde at jeg by now i det minste ville fått en omgangskrets jeg hang med litt awkwardly, men jeg har ikke engang det. Føler meg utafor, er lei av å gjøre skolearbeid, jeg vil hjem til dere.
Jeg skreiv de forrige paragrafene på norsk på telefonen, med intensjonen om å oversette til engelsk, fordi jeg ikke ville at epledama skulle skjønne hva jeg skreiv i gjerningsøyeblikket. Men jeg gidder ikke oversette og jeg kopierte heller direkte over og derfor er det noen engelske fraser her og der. (Pluss at jeg forholder meg til amerikansk mer enn norsk for tida og amerikaniserer (whaaat) norsken min litt. æøå.)
Nå drikker jeg Bolthouse Farms' kalde Mocha Cappuccino-drikk og den er sykt god. Jeg har også kjøpt sure Jelly Beans og sjokoladerosiner. Og jeg bestilte to nye par Converse-sko (royal blue og yellow) fra en nettside som har saaaalg, $64 for alt inkl. frakt (vanligvis koster ett par ca. $45). Jeg drukner sorgene i materielle goder.
Jeg sitter på skolen og skal liksom gjøre lekser, men jeg er stuck. Jeg liker ikke faget, jeg liker ikke det jeg har valgt å skrive om, jeg liker ikke det jeg skriver, jeg liker Jelly Beans.
Så mye for å skrive hver dag. Jeg går gjennom en litt tøff periode nå. Jeg klarer ikke helt gjøre det jeg skal på skolen, en ting er at det er veldig mye på en gang nå - vi er midt i midtermperioden -, en annen grunn er at jeg ikke føler meg tilpass her. Jeg har ingen venner og savner Oslo og situasjonen jeg var i der. Jeg begynte nesten å gråte på subwayen istad på grunn av det.
Jeg trodde at jeg by now i det minste ville fått en omgangskrets jeg hang med litt awkwardly, men jeg har ikke engang det. Føler meg utafor, er lei av å gjøre skolearbeid, jeg vil hjem til dere.
Jeg skreiv de forrige paragrafene på norsk på telefonen, med intensjonen om å oversette til engelsk, fordi jeg ikke ville at epledama skulle skjønne hva jeg skreiv i gjerningsøyeblikket. Men jeg gidder ikke oversette og jeg kopierte heller direkte over og derfor er det noen engelske fraser her og der. (Pluss at jeg forholder meg til amerikansk mer enn norsk for tida og amerikaniserer (whaaat) norsken min litt. æøå.)
Nå drikker jeg Bolthouse Farms' kalde Mocha Cappuccino-drikk og den er sykt god. Jeg har også kjøpt sure Jelly Beans og sjokoladerosiner. Og jeg bestilte to nye par Converse-sko (royal blue og yellow) fra en nettside som har saaaalg, $64 for alt inkl. frakt (vanligvis koster ett par ca. $45). Jeg drukner sorgene i materielle goder.
Jeg sitter på skolen og skal liksom gjøre lekser, men jeg er stuck. Jeg liker ikke faget, jeg liker ikke det jeg har valgt å skrive om, jeg liker ikke det jeg skriver, jeg liker Jelly Beans.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Frequent flyar
I want to update more frequently, I want to try to write at least one paragraph every day. More as writing exercises for myself than for your reading pleasure.
I went to The Hungarian Pastry Shop with my roommates yesterday. We went for chocolate souffle which they didn't have and I ended up with a blueberry cheesecake. It was delicious, crusty and creamy and blueberry-y. Earlier that day I had been avoiding doing homework and read my NFT 2011 guidebook instead. I read about a bar close to our apartment. We walked home from the pastry shop and past the bar, but it was closed and the windows were covered with some metal thingy blah blah.
I went to The Hungarian Pastry Shop with my roommates yesterday. We went for chocolate souffle which they didn't have and I ended up with a blueberry cheesecake. It was delicious, crusty and creamy and blueberry-y. Earlier that day I had been avoiding doing homework and read my NFT 2011 guidebook instead. I read about a bar close to our apartment. We walked home from the pastry shop and past the bar, but it was closed and the windows were covered with some metal thingy blah blah.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
GISKENYC
Today I saw a young woman REPEATEDLY SLAPPING her crying 1 year old child. My heart stopped beating.
And later I went to the world premiere of LENNONYC and saw Uncle Eddy from Grounded For Life (for the second time in New York! the first time being at a Fred Armisen gig in 2008) and then I cried my eyes out at the screening where Yoko Ono also was.
I hate the name of this blog.
And later I went to the world premiere of LENNONYC and saw Uncle Eddy from Grounded For Life (for the second time in New York! the first time being at a Fred Armisen gig in 2008) and then I cried my eyes out at the screening where Yoko Ono also was.
I hate the name of this blog.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Fashion's Night Out
Hey world. What's up, you guys? So yesterday was a pretty eventful day. I was home until pretty late in the afternoon, ordering Asian food with one of my new roommates. She's really cool. And I hastily ordered a bed from Sleepy's because some friends of mine from Norway are being kicked out by the friend they're staying with now and I told them they could stay here. I needed a bed anyway, obviously, but I probably could have gotten it cheaper if I had time to do some research. Sleepy's could deliver the next day which is why I went with that. It's here now and it's very comfortable.
I left to attend some Fashion's Night Out events (google it). I was especially interested in meeting Tim Gunn at the Kate Spade store in SoHo. I got there very early so I just hung around, got a free gin&tonic and bought Gunn's book to get it signed later. I got it signed after waiting in line forever and he was so nice and cute.
O m g this blog entry is so boring. I'm gonna speed things up.
While waiting on the street for my friends some people doing an online ad for Starbucks frappuccinos wanted to film and interview me. What's my favorite Starbucks drink? What's my must-have fashion thing for going out? I said colorful stockings and showed them my most colorful stockings that I luckily was wearing.
I met my friend and we managed to squeeze through the massive high-heeled crowd in SoHo and went into the MAC store. We saw someone signing books and realized it was Sarah Silverman. Coolio.
La la la. We went to Topshop and I drooled some more over The Perfect Shoe and we wandered around forever trying to find somewhere to eat. We found a place.
When I got home I read all about the other FNO stuff I missed - Seth Meyers at Rock Center, NPH at Macy's, Olsens judging karaoke and lotttttts more - and it made me sad, but meeting Tim Gunn was very cool.
Today I'm planning on getting some hangers and possibly some boxes so I can organize my room. And I should read read read school books 'cause I'm already behind.
And I should also attend some 9/11 memorial event. Ouch.
I left to attend some Fashion's Night Out events (google it). I was especially interested in meeting Tim Gunn at the Kate Spade store in SoHo. I got there very early so I just hung around, got a free gin&tonic and bought Gunn's book to get it signed later. I got it signed after waiting in line forever and he was so nice and cute.
O m g this blog entry is so boring. I'm gonna speed things up.
While waiting on the street for my friends some people doing an online ad for Starbucks frappuccinos wanted to film and interview me. What's my favorite Starbucks drink? What's my must-have fashion thing for going out? I said colorful stockings and showed them my most colorful stockings that I luckily was wearing.
I met my friend and we managed to squeeze through the massive high-heeled crowd in SoHo and went into the MAC store. We saw someone signing books and realized it was Sarah Silverman. Coolio.
La la la. We went to Topshop and I drooled some more over The Perfect Shoe and we wandered around forever trying to find somewhere to eat. We found a place.
When I got home I read all about the other FNO stuff I missed - Seth Meyers at Rock Center, NPH at Macy's, Olsens judging karaoke and lotttttts more - and it made me sad, but meeting Tim Gunn was very cool.
Today I'm planning on getting some hangers and possibly some boxes so I can organize my room. And I should read read read school books 'cause I'm already behind.
And I should also attend some 9/11 memorial event. Ouch.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Life and life and life
So I fucking missed my stop with the train home from Penn Station last night and the last one in the opposite direction had already left. Two other guys also missed the New Brunswick stop and they told me there'd be another train, but there wasn't so we shared a cab back. $60 asdfdf. But I got back home and fell asleep.
Other than that, yesterday was aweeeesoooommmmeee. I had two appointments to see apartments in Astoria. The first one was really nice, but a little too expensive and I don't think my smalltalk was very convincing. At the second one no one was friggin' home. Faens folk. So I went back to Manhattan to meet up with Mari and Maja. We ate at Katz's deli, walked and walked and laughed and walked around Lower East Side, and then we went back to their place and ate Chinese takeaway and watched How I Met Your Mother and drank beer.
I wanna buy an iPhone 4, but what a hassle that is. I couldn't buy it at the Apple Store because I need a Social Security Number or sign up at a AT&T store. That's what I wanted to do today, but their computer system was updating so it wouldn't let me. I have to go back tomorrow and then hope for the best. They'll probably be out of iPhones tomorrow and I'll have to wait even longer.
Later I'm meeting Alicia to eat at Café Angelique, which is supposedly a very nice café in West Village. And tomorrow Orientation officially starts, I'm excited and nervous. Mostly excited. And I have an appointment to check out The Seemingly Perfect Apartment in South Harlem tomorrow, I hoppppeeee it goes well.
And let me just say how much I looooove free WiFi at Starbucks.
Other than that, yesterday was aweeeesoooommmmeee. I had two appointments to see apartments in Astoria. The first one was really nice, but a little too expensive and I don't think my smalltalk was very convincing. At the second one no one was friggin' home. Faens folk. So I went back to Manhattan to meet up with Mari and Maja. We ate at Katz's deli, walked and walked and laughed and walked around Lower East Side, and then we went back to their place and ate Chinese takeaway and watched How I Met Your Mother and drank beer.
I wanna buy an iPhone 4, but what a hassle that is. I couldn't buy it at the Apple Store because I need a Social Security Number or sign up at a AT&T store. That's what I wanted to do today, but their computer system was updating so it wouldn't let me. I have to go back tomorrow and then hope for the best. They'll probably be out of iPhones tomorrow and I'll have to wait even longer.
Later I'm meeting Alicia to eat at Café Angelique, which is supposedly a very nice café in West Village. And tomorrow Orientation officially starts, I'm excited and nervous. Mostly excited. And I have an appointment to check out The Seemingly Perfect Apartment in South Harlem tomorrow, I hoppppeeee it goes well.
And let me just say how much I looooove free WiFi at Starbucks.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
TOURING THE EAST COAST
Day 1 of my New York/New Brunswick tour is well in effect. I have not yet learned to sit next to strangers on the subway. I have purchased a subway card for 30 days. I have been approached by two people at different occasions concerning my flowery stockings, they both thought they were tattoos. I met Cory, who knew who I was when I told someone else my last name (I was signing in at the orientation session, I don't usually give people my last name out of the blue). I met some fellow students and New School faculty and received an awesome New School bag with paper and information in it. I am currently sitting in Starbucks at Union Square stealing their intarwebs without buying anything. I have the PIN I need to register for class. I have three appointments to view apartments. I didn't immediately find the shoes I've been drooling over online in the right size at the actual store, but I was in too big of a rush to ask anyone. I have yet to see any celebrities or squirrels. It feels great and surreal and amazing and dreamy. I am here. I live here.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Friday, August 13, 2010
Gårsdagens følelse
Dette er kopiert fra et innlegg jeg skreiv på Underskog i går kveld, i ni - ti-tida:
Jeg gruer meg!
Jeg flytter til New York 18. august for å gå på skole i minst 2,5 år og nå begynte jeg plutselig å grue meg helt vanvittig. Ubehagelig mye gruing, så mye at jeg griner. Akkurat i dette øyeblikket har jeg lyst til å droppe det og bare være i Oslo og kose på alle venna mine på fulltid. Hvorfor gjør jeg dette? Hva er vitsennnnnnnnnnnnnn.
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Jeg ville ha det i bloggen min fordi det er nettopp sånne ting den skal brukes til. Jeg skreiv det på Underskog fordi jeg visste jeg ville få støttende kommentarer innen den første tima, og det stemte. Nå føler jeg meg mye bedre. (Jeg hadde også en laaang samtale med mamma som hjalp meg aller mest, naturligvis.)
Jeg gruer meg!
Jeg flytter til New York 18. august for å gå på skole i minst 2,5 år og nå begynte jeg plutselig å grue meg helt vanvittig. Ubehagelig mye gruing, så mye at jeg griner. Akkurat i dette øyeblikket har jeg lyst til å droppe det og bare være i Oslo og kose på alle venna mine på fulltid. Hvorfor gjør jeg dette? Hva er vitsennnnnnnnnnnnnn.
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Jeg ville ha det i bloggen min fordi det er nettopp sånne ting den skal brukes til. Jeg skreiv det på Underskog fordi jeg visste jeg ville få støttende kommentarer innen den første tima, og det stemte. Nå føler jeg meg mye bedre. (Jeg hadde også en laaang samtale med mamma som hjalp meg aller mest, naturligvis.)
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Present and so on
Today I was paid to have a water fight with a couple of three-year-olds. It was wonderful.
And in exactly eight weeks I am moving to New York. I will be wandering the streets of Harlem, people-watching in Washington Square Park, studying at New York Public Library, shopping senselessly on 14th Street, drinking in Williamsburg, eating in Chinatown, sunbathing in Central Park, visiting MoMA, seeing live music at Terminal 5, taking the 6 train, buying smoothies at Pinkberry, getting my nails done, ordering sesame bagels with cream cheese, getting $3 well drinks on Ladies Night at 1849, dancing at Beauty Bar, laughing in the UCB Theatre, sitting in the SNL audience and living my fucking life.
Dream until your dreams come true.
And in exactly eight weeks I am moving to New York. I will be wandering the streets of Harlem, people-watching in Washington Square Park, studying at New York Public Library, shopping senselessly on 14th Street, drinking in Williamsburg, eating in Chinatown, sunbathing in Central Park, visiting MoMA, seeing live music at Terminal 5, taking the 6 train, buying smoothies at Pinkberry, getting my nails done, ordering sesame bagels with cream cheese, getting $3 well drinks on Ladies Night at 1849, dancing at Beauty Bar, laughing in the UCB Theatre, sitting in the SNL audience and living my fucking life.
Dream until your dreams come true.
Monday, April 5, 2010
I ♥ NY
You can stand under my umbrella-ella-ella-eh-eh-eh. You're welcome.
I'm back from New York. It was aamaaazingly, fantastically awesome. It sort of felt like I never left, with everything being exactly as I remembered it. Almost everything. The Virgin Megastore on Union Square is gone, the little Mexican place near our old subway stop is gone. And so on. Generally my old 'hood was a lot more "cool" now, but that's what happens when prices go upppp everywhere. I saw some of The New School buildings and I absolutely love that neighborhood, right next to Union Square which is one of my favorite squares in Manhattan. I got a tiny tattoo. I met Kine. The weather was wonderful my last couple of days there, so we hung out in parks a lot. I have hhhhot new shoes that are so high-heeled I can't walk in them. We saw street dancers asking for dollars as opposed to change like Obama on subway stations. We ate dinner next to Larry David at Balthazar, walked past Ben Whishaw and his boyfriend in West Village, took the same subway car as Tim Gunn downtown. We saw rats, squirrels, pigeons. We went to a comedy show and was placed on the first row and messed with a lot because we're Norwegians. We ate bagels, pretzels, cheese cake, burgers, gigantic milkshakes (at the Seinfeld café), M&M's with peanut butter. I sat next to some kind of therapist on Starbucks and she was having a phone session with a client right next to me. He apparently had some anxiety and argued a lot with his mother, but it seemed like he finally had gotten somewhere to live and a job.
Only in New York, folks.
I'm back from New York. It was aamaaazingly, fantastically awesome. It sort of felt like I never left, with everything being exactly as I remembered it. Almost everything. The Virgin Megastore on Union Square is gone, the little Mexican place near our old subway stop is gone. And so on. Generally my old 'hood was a lot more "cool" now, but that's what happens when prices go upppp everywhere. I saw some of The New School buildings and I absolutely love that neighborhood, right next to Union Square which is one of my favorite squares in Manhattan. I got a tiny tattoo. I met Kine. The weather was wonderful my last couple of days there, so we hung out in parks a lot. I have hhhhot new shoes that are so high-heeled I can't walk in them. We saw street dancers asking for dollars as opposed to change like Obama on subway stations. We ate dinner next to Larry David at Balthazar, walked past Ben Whishaw and his boyfriend in West Village, took the same subway car as Tim Gunn downtown. We saw rats, squirrels, pigeons. We went to a comedy show and was placed on the first row and messed with a lot because we're Norwegians. We ate bagels, pretzels, cheese cake, burgers, gigantic milkshakes (at the Seinfeld café), M&M's with peanut butter. I sat next to some kind of therapist on Starbucks and she was having a phone session with a client right next to me. He apparently had some anxiety and argued a lot with his mother, but it seemed like he finally had gotten somewhere to live and a job.
Only in New York, folks.
Friday, March 19, 2010
So, uhm, yeah.
"Hi Sofie,
Great news: you have been admitted to our Bachelor's Program in Liberal Arts! Congratulations! Additionally, we awarded 59 transfer credits from your previous studies. You will need to complete 61 credits with us to complete your Bachelor's degree.
Your official acceptance packet will be mailed to you shortly.
Best,
[...]
Cory J. Meyers
Associate Director
Office of Admission
The New School
72 5th Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10011"
I don't really know what to think right now, but I guess this is where the adventure begins.
Great news: you have been admitted to our Bachelor's Program in Liberal Arts! Congratulations! Additionally, we awarded 59 transfer credits from your previous studies. You will need to complete 61 credits with us to complete your Bachelor's degree.
Your official acceptance packet will be mailed to you shortly.
Best,
[...]
Cory J. Meyers
Associate Director
Office of Admission
The New School
72 5th Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10011"
I don't really know what to think right now, but I guess this is where the adventure begins.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
What I've been doing since December 5th
Oh, I just realized that I hadn't updated this blog between today and the beginning of December. Some new stuff has happened and I have been updating my LiveJournal (yes, I have a LiveJournal, get over it), but I forget to copypaste the updates to this blog.
This was posted December 13th:
(This first passage was written on my way home from work yesterday. It's still true, but it's not a newly fresh wound anymore.)
My heart is fucking broken. I had the early shift at work today and left before most of the kids, including the one who is so fond of me it's insane and adorable. When I told him I had to go, he said no, no, no, no and gave me a look that would've made anyone feel bad. I'll see him Monday and I feel like this. Thinking about leaving him for good, which I'll have to do next summer, makes my stomach ache and my hands numb. No way. No fucking way.
In other news, I'm postponing New York for certain. I've gotten pretty far on my New School (which is the name of the school) application. And I'm visiting the city during easter break. Hello excitement!
Today I bought tickets to Tromsø too! Going there in January to attend the film festival.
Posted January 25th:
I don't know what I'll do if I'm not accepted by The New School. I have no back-up plan, I'm not applying to any other schools, I don't want to attend any other school, I'm just so focused on The New School I can't think of any other schools. Shitttt. Maybe I'll end up working in the kindergarten forever, just postponing and postponing my education. I really don't want that to happen, but what else do I do if I'm not accepted?
I was at TIFF, saw lots of good and not so good movies, had fun, ate, drank, talked, ran after a dog. Maybe I'll write more about the films I saw. Now I'm watching a Law & Order: SVU episode, I've seen it before.
This was posted December 13th:
(This first passage was written on my way home from work yesterday. It's still true, but it's not a newly fresh wound anymore.)
My heart is fucking broken. I had the early shift at work today and left before most of the kids, including the one who is so fond of me it's insane and adorable. When I told him I had to go, he said no, no, no, no and gave me a look that would've made anyone feel bad. I'll see him Monday and I feel like this. Thinking about leaving him for good, which I'll have to do next summer, makes my stomach ache and my hands numb. No way. No fucking way.
In other news, I'm postponing New York for certain. I've gotten pretty far on my New School (which is the name of the school) application. And I'm visiting the city during easter break. Hello excitement!
Today I bought tickets to Tromsø too! Going there in January to attend the film festival.
Posted January 25th:
I don't know what I'll do if I'm not accepted by The New School. I have no back-up plan, I'm not applying to any other schools, I don't want to attend any other school, I'm just so focused on The New School I can't think of any other schools. Shitttt. Maybe I'll end up working in the kindergarten forever, just postponing and postponing my education. I really don't want that to happen, but what else do I do if I'm not accepted?
I was at TIFF, saw lots of good and not so good movies, had fun, ate, drank, talked, ran after a dog. Maybe I'll write more about the films I saw. Now I'm watching a Law & Order: SVU episode, I've seen it before.
NS NZ WES GPA TOEFL NY BHG
Hello hello. Nothing much to report, I'm still insecure about getting accepted to New School and I've started looking into schools in New Zealand again, but the more I read about NS (New School) the more I wanna go there. It's the perfect school. Peeeeerfect. WES finalized my transcript evaluation on Thursday, I have a 3.41 GPA which I'm very pleased with. So that's another step closer to finishing my application. NS still hasn't received my TOEFL results and my WES documents were sent Thursday or Friday so those are obviously not there yet and that's basically what's missing from my finished application. Arsgfsafghd I'm just waiting and waiting and I'm very nervous and hopeful. What if my essays were craaaaap. I've never written college application essays before and I didn't really get proper feedback on them. What if I'm not accepted. Shit.
I'm visiting New York for eight nights in about seven weeks, wow. I haven't been there since I moved back to Norway in June 2008. Yesterday was the two year "anniversary" of my moving there. Time flies, whatever. Too much of my life - considering I live in Norway - evolves around New York, I'm a nerd.
My job is still amazing and I'm very anxious about leaving the kids, they should have stability in their life and I'm not giving them that by leaving (I of course realize that I am not the most important person in their lives, but I'm a pretty big part of it). And after that I'll probably never see them again, what the hell. The youngest ones will probably forget about me and that's a fucking heart-breaking thought. I'm tearing up, lawlz. I'll have to send lots of pictures and letters from wherever I might be moving and visit every time I go home. Way to move on, yeah.
And I'm also in love with all the actors in Hipsters and the Russian language. :D
I'm visiting New York for eight nights in about seven weeks, wow. I haven't been there since I moved back to Norway in June 2008. Yesterday was the two year "anniversary" of my moving there. Time flies, whatever. Too much of my life - considering I live in Norway - evolves around New York, I'm a nerd.
My job is still amazing and I'm very anxious about leaving the kids, they should have stability in their life and I'm not giving them that by leaving (I of course realize that I am not the most important person in their lives, but I'm a pretty big part of it). And after that I'll probably never see them again, what the hell. The youngest ones will probably forget about me and that's a fucking heart-breaking thought. I'm tearing up, lawlz. I'll have to send lots of pictures and letters from wherever I might be moving and visit every time I go home. Way to move on, yeah.
And I'm also in love with all the actors in Hipsters and the Russian language. :D
Saturday, December 5, 2009
EDUMACATION - what to dooo!
I love love love my job and I still haven't fucking heard any goddamn thing from CCNY. I'm considering postponing this whole New York thing another semester. And maybe apply for some other schools (HELLO NEW SCHOOL OMG).
I've decided to make a quick pros/cons list for waiting another semester. I might add stuff later.
Pros:
- Save a lottttttt more money.
- Enjoy my wonderful job another six months.
- Pay off some of my student loan, which will be huge-ass after studying in the US.
- Maybe get into another school. A better, more expensive school.
- Hang out in Oslo a while longer, I am enjoying my life here now.
- Go to TIFF! (The film festival in Tromsø, not Toronto.)
Cons:
- Have to wait another six months to move to New York. (Although I am planning on taking shorter trips there throughout the next semester if I don't move now.)
- Live at home half a year longer.
- Put my life "on hold", sort of. I am living here too, obviously, but my LIFE PLAN for the next three years was to live in NY and now I might not do that yet.
- I'm not 100% sure I'll get to renew my contract at work which ends Dec. 31. I'll have to talk to the bosses.
I don't know what to dooooo. These doubts started a couple of weeks ago and sometimes I think I've made up my mind, but then the next day I'm reconsidering.
We had a christmas party at work yesterday and it was so much fun and my coworkers are awesome and the kids at work are lovely and it's so funnnn and I'll be missing out on the best part if I leave now. The kindergarten opened August 31st this year, I got to join in on the planning a month in advance and getting the routines going after the kids started and we're so not past our "beginners phase". I think next year will be a better year, we'll be more prepared and we know what it's like working there and everyone's more comfortable and we know what the kids are like so it's easier to plan stuff and actually do what we plan and we know what works and what doesn't and and and. I think it would be very fun and good to see a more finished "product" of all our planning before I leave.
HLEP!!!
I've decided to make a quick pros/cons list for waiting another semester. I might add stuff later.
Pros:
- Save a lottttttt more money.
- Enjoy my wonderful job another six months.
- Pay off some of my student loan, which will be huge-ass after studying in the US.
- Maybe get into another school. A better
- Hang out in Oslo a while longer, I am enjoying my life here now.
- Go to TIFF! (The film festival in Tromsø, not Toronto.)
Cons:
- Have to wait another six months to move to New York. (Although I am planning on taking shorter trips there throughout the next semester if I don't move now.)
- Live at home half a year longer.
- Put my life "on hold", sort of. I am living here too, obviously, but my LIFE PLAN for the next three years was to live in NY and now I might not do that yet.
- I'm not 100% sure I'll get to renew my contract at work which ends Dec. 31. I'll have to talk to the bosses.
I don't know what to dooooo. These doubts started a couple of weeks ago and sometimes I think I've made up my mind, but then the next day I'm reconsidering.
We had a christmas party at work yesterday and it was so much fun and my coworkers are awesome and the kids at work are lovely and it's so funnnn and I'll be missing out on the best part if I leave now. The kindergarten opened August 31st this year, I got to join in on the planning a month in advance and getting the routines going after the kids started and we're so not past our "beginners phase". I think next year will be a better year, we'll be more prepared and we know what it's like working there and everyone's more comfortable and we know what the kids are like so it's easier to plan stuff and actually do what we plan and we know what works and what doesn't and and and. I think it would be very fun and good to see a more finished "product" of all our planning before I leave.
HLEP!!!
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Nostalgia is coming back
Today, at school, a couple of my friends and I talked about them wanting to visit me while I'm living in New York next year. And we talked about everything we should do when they're there and I listed up a bunch of stuff I did and I wish I'd done when I was there. Like eating toasted bagels with cream cheese, hang out in Central Park, watch squirrels, eat pretzels, go to stand-up shows, concerts, take the subway, visit Union Square, shop till you drop, go to bars in Williamsburg, look at all the weird and awesome New Yorkers, walk around Rockefeller Center hoping to see NBC celebrities, take the Staten Island boat, buy coffee at Starbucks, drink said coffee in Central Park while watching squirrels and New Yorkers, go to Coney Island, see a live taping of Daily Show/Late Show/Colbert Report/Late Night/SNL. And so on.
It made me very nostalgic and I can't believe I might be living there again in six months. Or at the very least a year and six months.
You should come visit me too.
It made me very nostalgic and I can't believe I might be living there again in six months. Or at the very least a year and six months.
You should come visit me too.
Friday, February 6, 2009
To tusen og ni - mobilinnlegg
Dette skreiv jeg på mobilen i begynnelsen av januar i et "inspirerende" øyeblikk:
To tusen og ni. Totusenåni. Det klinger helt ålreit. Jeg likte null-åtte og ikke bare på grunn av uttalen. Jeg flytta hjemmefra, bare for en kort periode, men i gjengjeld til New York. Jeg har fått utrolig mye ut av det oppholdet og kanskje er jeg der igjen innen år null-ni er omme. Det drømmer jeg om. Tidligere i vinter/høst klarte jeg å glemme USA da jeg tenkte på hvilke land jeg hadde vært i det året. Det virker så ufattelig lenge sida. Jeg var ikke meg før New York, og ikke helt etter heller. Jeg er meg i New York. Jeg har ikke vært mange steder i verden, men jeg - som så veldig mange andre - veit at New York er Byen for meg. Jeg kommer meg tilbake, jeg må bare ta en omvei innom Lillehammer et års tid. Dette skulle ikke bli om bare New York, men det er dette jeg absolutt sitter sterkest igjen med etter enda et endt år. Det har vært et bra år. Et år uten det og det, men hva så. Jeg fant.
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I dag er det akkurat ett år sida jeg dro.
To tusen og ni. Totusenåni. Det klinger helt ålreit. Jeg likte null-åtte og ikke bare på grunn av uttalen. Jeg flytta hjemmefra, bare for en kort periode, men i gjengjeld til New York. Jeg har fått utrolig mye ut av det oppholdet og kanskje er jeg der igjen innen år null-ni er omme. Det drømmer jeg om. Tidligere i vinter/høst klarte jeg å glemme USA da jeg tenkte på hvilke land jeg hadde vært i det året. Det virker så ufattelig lenge sida. Jeg var ikke meg før New York, og ikke helt etter heller. Jeg er meg i New York. Jeg har ikke vært mange steder i verden, men jeg - som så veldig mange andre - veit at New York er Byen for meg. Jeg kommer meg tilbake, jeg må bare ta en omvei innom Lillehammer et års tid. Dette skulle ikke bli om bare New York, men det er dette jeg absolutt sitter sterkest igjen med etter enda et endt år. Det har vært et bra år. Et år uten det og det, men hva så. Jeg fant.
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I dag er det akkurat ett år sida jeg dro.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Framtida
Jeg burde lese til dokumentareksamen som er i morgen, men istedenfor sitter jeg her etter å ha sett x antall episoder av serier jeg følger med på. Jeg har klart meg greit på eksamen før uten at jeg har lest nevneverdig. Det årnær sæ nok uansett, på en eller annen måte.
Gleder meg til ferie. Gleder meg også til å starte med emnet Fjernsyn etter jul, det lover bra. For tida drømmer jeg om å ta bachelorgraden min i New York (jeg har på meg I heart NY-t-skjorte) og jeg har sånn halvveis begynt søknadsprosessen. Tidligere i høst har jeg gleda meg til å komme hjem til mamma for å fortelle henne alle de nye planene jeg har for framtida, de har nemlig forandra seg hver gang jeg har vært hjemme. Først var det å flytte hjem neste høst og jobbe for så å jobbe frivillig i Berlin og/eller Lisboa. Så ville jeg gå på skole i New Zealand og gangen etter det var det i Canada rundt Toronto. Nå er det i New York. Og denne gangen tror jeg det kommer til å sitte litt lenger. Det er litt av en by.
Tjue er foreløpig ikke noe særlig annerledes enn nitten, men jeg liker det.
Gleder meg til ferie. Gleder meg også til å starte med emnet Fjernsyn etter jul, det lover bra. For tida drømmer jeg om å ta bachelorgraden min i New York (jeg har på meg I heart NY-t-skjorte) og jeg har sånn halvveis begynt søknadsprosessen. Tidligere i høst har jeg gleda meg til å komme hjem til mamma for å fortelle henne alle de nye planene jeg har for framtida, de har nemlig forandra seg hver gang jeg har vært hjemme. Først var det å flytte hjem neste høst og jobbe for så å jobbe frivillig i Berlin og/eller Lisboa. Så ville jeg gå på skole i New Zealand og gangen etter det var det i Canada rundt Toronto. Nå er det i New York. Og denne gangen tror jeg det kommer til å sitte litt lenger. Det er litt av en by.
Tjue er foreløpig ikke noe særlig annerledes enn nitten, men jeg liker det.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Nostalgic
I haven't played any Wombats songs in iTunes since I came back from New York, until now. I was at their concert on the Lower East Side, I think it was in March. I'm so nostalgic these days. Wow.
The toothbrush I bought there needed to be replaced because it's been more than three months since I bought it. I didn't throw it away, maybe that's disgusting but I don't care. It's my Duane Reade toothbrush, I wanna keep it. I'd glue it in my Memory Book, but then I wouldn't be able to close it.
This is so absurd.
Let the love tear us apart, I'll find a cure for a broken heart.
The toothbrush I bought there needed to be replaced because it's been more than three months since I bought it. I didn't throw it away, maybe that's disgusting but I don't care. It's my Duane Reade toothbrush, I wanna keep it. I'd glue it in my Memory Book, but then I wouldn't be able to close it.
This is so absurd.
Let the love tear us apart, I'll find a cure for a broken heart.
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