Modern Life is Rubbish

It's my birthday and I will celebrate it by going here tonight:

Safe as Milk music festival

It's going to be great!


We also had a family gathering for me and my half sister. Her is one of my uncles, some aunts, my step mother and one of my cousins with her newly born daughter.



Got to run. Bai bai!

It all started at Glenn's. Vodka, beer, dancing and some Poker for fun. We where at glenn's all weekend, Friday to Monday. Except Saturday when I went to the city with Laila and Kjetil.

This is Stian and Kjersti.



Henry and Glenn.



Resurrection soccer in between. Kjetil showing his ball control.



Monday afternoon. Time to rest before work. Erik is almost awake.

I've got some photos from the weekend I wanted to post, but the extreme lightning storm on Friday put among other things our internet out of order. And it still is today.. buhuu.. Cut off from the outside world. Well, except here on work that is. But can't upload the photos from here can I..
The nightshift is soon to be over. I want to go home and sleep for a looooong time.

There isn't happening anything at work at the moment. I'm bored to death, almost.

Therefore the days are spent in the Main Control Building. My desk is the one in front to the right. The people are Leif and Ole.



At Friday there will be a happening at Glenn's, I'll arrive 5 hours later than the others since I work the evening shift tomorrow, but that won't matter.

Today I got a blow to the head that cracked my helmet.

Now I'm waiting for a new one from the storage dept.

Helmets are a good thing.

Cheers!

Argh! So far this night one or more persons have done this:

Put water in my helmet twice.
Filled my wardrobe cabinet with paper and put all my clothes in a trash bag.
Switched four letters on my key board.
Wrapped my safety goggles in glass fiber tape.
Given my desktop background a new image.

I seriously need some tips on how to make my revenge sweet!!

Problem is that I am only 90 percent sure on who did it..

Ok, I know I already have made a post about our trip up one of the highest towers here at work, and the fact that this blog is about to be run over by photos. But here goes.

Ole and I got a hold of this ex-certified camera (explotion safe) that we could take with us out into the production area. So why not take it with us when we get up in the newest and highest tower? I must admit that I gave you all wrong information about the last tower we went up in. It wasn't 72 meters, it was only 72 meters above the sea level. This tower however is above the ground approx 70 meters and higher than the one we climbed some weeks ago.


Me and Ole, left to right


Two towers seen from the ground


The view up the first ladder


Me climbing, approximately half way up


Ole is signing the "guest pipe" coming out of the tower


Ole is posing happily in front of what is his responsibility area at the factory (including the to ball tanks)


Me doing the same thing in front of my responsibility area.. With a crazy smile :-p


The sunrise at 0400



Ahh... last night shift.. only one and a half hour left, then two days off. Better use them to start learning some German gramatics for my test in October. Had lots of time this weekend, but no.. Where is the disipline gone?!

Good night and good morning to you all!

Three friends and my self went to the harbor one evening to have one beer. The sun was shining until we got down to the sea..

The so called "quay slope" of Haugesund.


The inner quay.


A rescue boat passes by.


Anders with a newly dislocated shoulder.


On our way down under the Risøy bridge.

There is one downside with living in Norway. You are always freezing. Well, not Tuesday this week. It was almost 20 degrees that day, and of course it was time to play frisbee!

This series of photos will show you the perfect execution of at long distance throw made by my good friend Erik. (LOL)

Ok, went over the photos and my conclusion was that I couldn't show these photos in public. Except for these ones:

The beginning outside their apartment.


Can't party without music..


People starting to arrive.


It gets cold and we go inside. (me at front left.)


The drink master posing after making me my first drink.


Somebody, I don't know who (ehem...), made a karaoke contest. (I'm only partly responsible)


Finally the madness gets stopped and some real music is put on.


Elisabeth and Anders.


The drink master posing after making me my second drink.




PS: Anders, I found this HILARIOUS quick time movieclip of you singing born to be wild. Can I post it???? :P :D

(if you're wondering about the dark colors, flicker made them...)

..Ok, know I've been lazy these last days, but I figured that I needed to completely turn off my brain these to "school vacation" days I had on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Will try to post the photos tomorrow.

20 minutes left of the night shift. Done absolutely nothing this night. I think to do nothing for eight hours is much worse than actually work hard with, lets say, building a road. My brain is completely blank at this moment. Need to close my eyes. ahh.. That's better..
You all have a good morning now :)



PS: Just remembered that I have this photo on the web that I took of my uncle while he was cutting his lawn yesterday. Thought it was cool.



This lawn tractor will probably wake me up to morrow waaay too early. Sigh.. :)

Yep, back to work :) Did not manage to turn the day around from night to day shift. Lay awake until three o'clock this morning and got up at five. Well, have washed the one of the new modules outside with a fire hose so far today. Fun :)

Friday we went to the city to have a few beers at the Haugesund harbor. The weather was excellent, but for some reason the harbor was covered in thick fog. The beer was good anyway :) Later we went to the cinema and watched "war of the worlds". This is the shittiest movie I have ever seen, or maybe the second shittiest. It was so bad I can not describe it. Please don't watch this movie.

Saturday Asbjørn and Kjersti had a party, and that was excellent :-D

Sunday we played soccer again, and I managed to twist a finger. But hey, you got to be hurt while playing to get the feeling of a good game.

Will post some photos of the party and the trip to the harbor later. (Think the correct word instead of harbor is quay, anybody know?)

Ahh.. Just came down after a climb to the top of the "butane splitter tower" that goes up 72 meters up in the air. With me was Ole Andre who says that the fast climb and fall in height have given him tinnitus in his left ear. Think he just like to complain :-p



My arms are pretty sheit right now. Should practice abit more before we go for our goal of climbing every tower in the factory before the summer ends.

One and a half hour left of the night shift. Looking forward to having the weekend off. Looking forward to do some serious celebrating.

It's a sad day..

Got the news after waking up at 15.00 and calling a friend who had sms'ed me about soccer in the afternoon.

Played soccer to 18.00 and fucked up my wrist on my last save of the day. Dejavu from 1999 Thomas??

Last night shift tonight. It'll be a long one.

Today has been a day that won't be remembered as a day of happenings.
Actually I don't know what I've done today. Hmm..

Came home from the night shift at 07.30. Got to bed. Woke up at 0830 when a friend called to congratulate me on the passed exam. Went back to sleep. Got up at 15.00. Watched "The Simpsons" from 16.00 to 18.00. Washed three rounds of clothes. Went to the supermarket at 20.00. Ate dinner at 21.00. Went to work at 22.00.

Can anyone help me? Please join me for soccer or frisbee tomorrow! :) I'm up for it!


List of five bands or artists I want to check out at five in the morning:
1. Posies (Steinar told me to. Thanks!)
2. Thulsa doom (Norwegian smooth rock*)
3. The Ponys (Smart and easy underground punk*)
4. Maximo Park (Romantic, energetic, powerful and with plenty of "edge"*)
5. The Love Revolt (Cool, smooth Norwegian "happy-rock"*)

Please give me a tip of any other I should check out! I'll need some good music tips as I have problems doing my own music research at the moment.

*) This I've been told :-P

Well well well. Time to take a trip outside and log some production indicators!
Cheers!

My 5 o'clock in the morning list of music that matter the most these days:

1. Oasis, Don't believe the truth. This album was slaughtered by several journalists so I really hadn't that big expectations for it. But, this is some of best they have done in several years, and I can't stop listening to it.

2. Pretty girls make graves, the new romance. This album is excellent punk rock that really gets you going. I love it.

3. Dinosaur Jr., Bug. Ahh.. What can I say.. Excellent indie-rock.

4. PJ Harvey, 4 track demo. This album will give you chills down your back. Poly Jean can scream like no other, well, maybe like Patty Smith.

5. And you will know us by the trail of dead, Worlds Apart. Smooth rock that makes me happy :-P

6. Blonde Redhead, Misery Is A Butterfly. Great indy-rock, strange and different :)


I need to go out and get some fresh air. I could fall asleep any minute.

I'll finish this night shift post with some crazy art. It's called "the Saddam shark" and was made by David Cerny.

I knew I had failed to pass the last math course. I had looked up the date for the summer exam. Had checked if I could get time off from job. And how the plane seat vacancy was at that time.

Then I went to the student-web to check the result.

I passed.

I am now a "Master of Science and Technology".

!!!

I have difficulties expressing how happy I am right now, but I am VERY happy.

Yesterday we were suppose to have a catastrophe drill, but this Sunday we ended up having a read through of the new procedure for behavior and handling towards environmental activists because of the new gas plant that will be build from September.
We were to smile and talk polite to the activists, not to start any form of discussions with them(for or against) and not to touch them in any way. That was the police' job.
However, if the start to open or close valves or light up cigarettes or similar, we will automatically get authority to do anything to stop this happening. Fair enough..

I often wonder why the environmental organizations go against the gas power plants. Norway imports each year 300'000 year supplies of electrical power. This mainly comes from the coal power plants in Germany, which is much more harmful to the environment than the carbon monoxide produced by the gas plants.

I asked a friend of a friend once who was a very dedicated member of the Norwegian organization Natur og Ungdom why the were against it. He said that the result of a gas powered plant will be a much higher consume of electrical power. This because of the much lower prices that would come as a result of more domestic power production. I think this makes no sense. Most people don't look at the power prices before the put on lights at night or start the kitchen supplies. It is just like the "new" higher fines for speeding, people don't end up driving slower, they just end up paying more when they get caught.
I think they are trying to put out the fire by aiming the water at the flames not at the source. What about all the TV's that is in "stand by" mode all day? Equipment and appliances that is in "stand by" mode is alone 10 percent of a households el-power consume.

Environmental activists: It is other things in the category of sustainable development that needs more focus than the power production. The most important thing is the use and reuse of materials. In fact the future of the world is in the hand of recycling. For instance the price recycling of recycling aluminum 10 percent of the price of making new aluminum.

Ahh.. The first night shift is always the longest. Want to go home and sleep now. Starting to see double.

You know it is early when you wake up from the radio clock and it says: "thank you for listening to NRK Night radio!"

Well, back at work.. I'm so bloody tired...

..I've logged the production unit three times and mounted 11 valve adaptors. This in twelve hours.. hoa... :-P

Well, now it's time to go home.

Cheers

I got a letter yesterday that said that I was now qualified for applying for the study in Berlin, Germany. My papers have now been send to the university and hopefully I'll be admitted. Looks good :-D

Got sun burned at work yesterday. My arms burns... But I'll try not to complain: Norwegians are known for complaining about the cold weather all year and when we finally get high temperatures, we start complaining about that as well.

Think blogging during the day shift is very unpopular, so I'll wait until tomorrow, less people at work in the weekend :-p

Have a good daY!