Just now in Hebrew class, our well-respected lecturer started banging his head against the wall (literally), presumably because the class had not understood that the vowels lengthen at a pause…
I think he just intended it to be slightly humorous, but it sounded like it may actually have hurt 
2 comments april 3rd, 2008
As I woke up yesterday, looking at the date – the 27th of March – I had this strange feeling that something would happen. I also had the nagging feeling that I wouldn’t like it. I was right.
Yesterday, she told me for the nth time that she does not think we have a future. But this time, there was more punch to it.
Why she would choose to take her attention from me and turn it somewhere else is beyond me. It didn’t feel real. Now it’s starting to.
Why he would choose to do what he has done and is doing is also beyond me. My only comfort is that he probably didn’t know at the beginning where this was going.
This night, it has been hard sleeping. It’s 5 AM, and the birds have started singing. What kind of birds sing at 5 o’ clock??
Add comment marts 28th, 2008
Last night, as I was blogging about 10,000 BC, my website decided to stop responding.
So I wrote the support of my current host. First, they asked politely if they might move my webhotel now to a newer server, since they already were looking at a support request from me.
Later, it turned out that the server I had my blog on crashed, leaving me with a week-old blog.
Thanks to Andreas and his feedreader, I managed to reconstruct it though. Thanks! (but if anyone feels something is missing, please let me know 
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Add comment marts 17th, 2008
Yesterday, I went with a group of people after church to grab some food and see a movie.
After the great Indian food, and the for some unexpected conversations, we went to see the movie 10,000 BC (which is actually the main theme of this blog-post).
The movie is directed by the same director who brought us ‘Independence Day’ and ‘The Day after Tomorrow’, and based on this, the expectations should be quite high. On the other hand, I had seen the trailer, and thought the concept really did not seem that interesting, so my expectations were not high.
I am glad to bring you an excerpt from the movie in action:
‘Tic-Tic, can I have the white spear?’
‘No, d’Leh, you cannot have the white spear, only the worthy warrior may possess the great white spear’
‘I now have killed the great nadal [or something similar - it's a mammoth], and claim the white spear, and my woman, Evolet’
‘Okay, now you may have the white spear’
‘But I did not really kill the nadal, it only fell on my spear’
‘Then you must return the white spear to me; it is not the way of the yagal to come dishonorably to the white spear’
‘Oh no, the four-legged creatures are coming [i.e. horsemen]‘
‘They have taken Evolet!’
‘You are the chosen one, who speaks to the Spear-tooth; you must lead our people to the mountain of the gods and free our family and friends’
‘Okay, let’s go’
‘Oh no, the great birds have arrived and have just left with all our loved ones [the birds were actually ships, but hey]‘
‘where does this river go?’
‘It moves like a snake in the sand’
‘Where is the head of the snake’
‘The head of the snake is fixed in the night, but moves during the day’
‘We will find the head of the snake!’
‘Oh no, we’re lost; we will never find the head of the snake’
‘Now I remember. The star, I told Evolet she would always be fixed in my heart like the light in the sky – let’s go this way! [the north-star of course]‘
‘We have found the head of the snake!’
‘How can we overcome them? They are so many?’
‘The one of the three, who is left, fears only one thing – the hunter with the mark of the star – do you have the mark of the star?’
‘No, I don’t’
‘Then you are not the one – by the way, I knew your father’
‘She has the mark of the star!!!’
‘How can they do such a thing to father nadal?’
‘We must find the lead bull’
‘Oh, no, the slaves are rebelling as well, what can we do?’
‘Take her outside and sacrifice her’
‘You can have your woman if you take her and go in peace’
‘Yes, I will take the deal – tell him I will take the deal’
‘No! (I will not take the deal)’
‘If I can’t have her, you can’t have her either!’
‘He killed Evolet!’
‘And as great mother drew her last breath, she gave it to Evolet’
‘She is not dead at all!’
‘Now, I have both the great white spear, my woman Evolet, and a bunch of new friends from many places around the world’
I may be exaggerating just a bit – the action wasn’t that simplistic. Or, come to think of it, it almost was. Not the finest piece of artwork made. It was as if the film tried to ascend to heights of epic movies like Lord of the Rings and the like, but just could not get there. It was painful to feel how it strove to create grandeur, but just didn’t make it.
On the bright side, the soundtrack was good I was originally intending to call the blog-post ‘What a great waste of time’, but in the end, the evening was all a good experience. Hanging out with good friends. Eating good Indian food. Desserts eaten in a rush (even if it was cleared away before I could finish it ). Luckily sitting next to someone who couldn’t take the film seriously either, which made it a whole lot easier – actually being able to laugh openly during those great moments
Ah, well, you should’ve been there
3 comments marts 16th, 2008
Yesterday on the plane, I once again realized how much I hate turbulence. How my palms become sweaty at once if the airplane drops for even a couple of seconds. I desperately yearn for control, but know I am powerless, and so strive to maintain a steady appearance.
I wonder if it’s the same in real life – I think it is. Except here, the feelings of powerlessness are more subtle and can go unnoticed, being a shady influence under the surface. And the urge for controlling the situation greater, since it’s not always apparent that I just have to place my life in the hands of someone else, also in this world.
The struggle for power and control over your life (and others’) – only to find that probably, the better path is the quest for surrender and love.
However, it seems we are endowed with the ability to want, desire and plan. Where is the fine line between living out that potential and becoming everything we don’t really want to be?
Have a feeling the answer centers on boundaries – maybe more on this on a later time
2 comments marts 13th, 2008
And friends are friends forever
If the lords the lord of them
And a friend will not say never
cause the welcome will not end
Though its hard to let you go
In the fathers hands we know
That a lifetimes not too long to live as friends.
- Michael W Smith
Add comment marts 11th, 2008
“I’m … I’m a roamer in time
I travel alone
Throughout an endless journey
Home … where is my home
Fragments of a love life
I won’t surrender” – from Forgiveness (title music for Ørnen)
Where is my home?
Right now, having just flown from London to Norway, having my usual base in Denmark, I don’t know.
Maybe home lies somewhere between here and my only real childhood home at a mountainside in Norway…
To not be in transit must be good.
1 comment marts 1st, 2008
Found him
And Dory too!
Finally, they’re reunited!
Add comment februar 28th, 2008
In the Aquarium, there are lots of fish. Which one are you?
The shark, swimming, hunting for whatever prey presents itself?
The stingray at the bottom, not noticeably there unless you have a good look, but when somebody steps on you, quite poisonous?
One of many in the swarm of fish swimming aimlessly around within the invisible boundaries that have become your prison?
The flat-squashed fish that looks very afraid, as if having just had an encounter with a steam-roller?
Why does no fish look more happy?
1 comment februar 28th, 2008
And so it became, that the dog usually accompanying Serina around campus, became victim of Lars’ particular mood yesterday.
Lars said something along the lines of ‘This is actually quite ironic, since I usually love dogs’ – yeah right
4 comments februar 13th, 2008
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