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Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Jeg skal på Ultravox!

Og ja, jeg skriver på norsk igjen. Jeg håper at det kanskje gjør at jeg er en mer flittig blogger, men jeg lover ingenting.

Men altså: Jeg skal endelig få høre et av mine favorittband - Ultravox. Det hadde jeg aldri trodd skulle skje.

Jeg har faktisk en link mellom min interesse for film og min fascinasjon for Ultravox. En gang for lenge, lenge siden satt jeg foran fjernsynet og så filmen Den tredje mann - en film som den dag i dag ligger høyt på listen over favorittfilmer. Filmens handling er lagt til den gang Wien var en oppdelt by, og filmen var selvfølgelig i herlig svart/hvitt :) 

Så mange år senere satt jeg igjen foran skjermen og plutselig kom det en helt nydelig video i svart/hvitt, ledsaget av en fantastisk stemme. Bildene ga meg sterke assosiasjoner til Den tredje mann. Videoen var selvsagt Vienna med Ultravox! Jeg ble bergtatt og evig fan av Midge Ures stemme.

Senere har jeg jo funnet ut at sangen er en reaksjon på filmen.

Nå skal jeg endelig sitte på første rad og grine til store hits fra min ungdomstid.

Ultravox og Edinburgh her kommer jeg!

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

It's not easy

These days I find it very hard being the positive person I usually am around colleagues. There's so much negativity surrounding me, and motivating the others are really difficult. This makes me sad, because I look at myself as a happy person and one that likes to laugh a lot. This constant struggle trying not to loose control, always saying that this negative situation will turn to the better, is not easy. When will there come a time when other people tell me not to worry? When will other people give me some motivation? I don't know. But one thing I do know: I will always try very hard to be happy inside. No matter what! 

Book Tip: Handling the Undead (John Ajvide Lindqvist) - Norwegian title: Håndtering av udøde.

Wednesday, March 04, 2009

No phone for me!

My cell phone was cut off today, and I feel cut off from parts of my world. It´s like I´m living in the 80's. I didn't like it back then and definitely not now. But what to expect when you're used to the fact that someone else is paying the bill, and they don't? Kill, kill, kill! And no phone for me!

Saturday, February 28, 2009

In Cold Blood

If you have not read this novel by Truman Capote, do it! 

Crossroad

This week I got my notice, and that is okay - really. I knew this was coming, so I am not surprised. However, it is a bit strange knowing that I will be in a different place in just three months - maybe less. To use a cliché: I am standing at a crossroad, not knowing which of the roads to choose. Let's hope it will be a good one this time.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

People are ...

People are noisy. People are boring. People are slow. People are ugly. People are annoying. People are in the way. People are everywhere. Get lost!

Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Trondheim revisited

Last weekend I visited Trondheim for the first time in years - the city I left in 2003, after 13 years of ups and downs. And I realized that I really don't miss it at all. The people I left there and know there, on the other hand ... 

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Like a flat tyre!

Sometimes I wonder how much one human body and mind can stand before going to pieces, going nuts. Something tells me you really don´t know until you lie face down, crawling. 
I am dead tired today - pondering like a flat tyre ... is that possible?