Kibbles' Bits

I promised myself one thing last year; on New Year’s Eve to be specific. I was really sick and cold and freezing and coughing and… yeah. Right there and then I came up with my new years resolution for 2010: I’m going to make a better life for myself.

And I think I have, or at least I’ve laid the foundation. Starting with, I’m more structured when it comes to studying now. I’ve been really unstructured and not very motivated before, but that’s changed. For now, anyways, though I hope I’ll be able to keep it like this for a long time. My first exam this term is in late March, so there’s no time to skulk about.

Second, I’ve taken up taekwon-do again. New studio, new people, fresh start. I’m just… tired of the old place, which probably has more to do with me than with them. I’m really out of shape and all, but I’m working on it now, at least. Lots of tech stuff to learn and re-learn, I seriously have to get my mind together when it comes to sparring and I need to be more consistent in terms of practice. One step at a time.

Third, and most importantly, I’ve got a job now, starting tomorrow actually. Two days a week, eight hours a day. I’m going to be developing web and graphic design for Stepstone here in Norway, which is a really big job recruitment company. I’m really happy about getting the job and excited about getting started, and since we have a pretty big first project coming up it makes it all even more thrilling. Only downside; I gotta resign at the hardware store. Which is sad since I had such a good time there and my boss was great.

Uni, job, practice. What more do I need? Oh, yeah, money, but that’ll sort out next month. I hope.

…And it could be anything!

Awesome.

Only three days left till Christmas. Yes, in Norway we celebrate Christmas on the 24th, not the 25th like in a lot of other countries. Spent the evening shopping with Elin, checking the final presents and to-do’s off the list. And believe it or not: I saw the crown princess today. Yes, the crown princess, the real one, in person. Hawt.

At the moment: Aero. Jean Michel Jarre’s Aero, of course. Great album with great moods, though I’m not a big fan of some of the new song versions, like Zoolookologie and Oxygene IV. But Chronologie VI? Amazing. So much better than the original, even. This has really been my Jean Michel Jarre year, I feel, I’ve bought and listened to just about every one of his albums, been to his concert, watched the Oxygene documentary on TV, been to his website a dozen times in hopes of him coming to Oslo once again to play, and even cursed like a sailor when I found out he isn’t. Heck, I even signed up on his mailing list just to get a free Oxygene V live MP3. Which by the way is awesome as heck.

Television this Christmas is, apparently, pretty awesome as there’s a lot of great movies on. Can’t wait to see Notting Hill, the first Harry Potter movie, Disney cartoons, and even the good old Norwegian classics.

I don’t even like Harry Potter, but the first one is a must around Christmas. Iunno why.

Excuse me, WAT? We get those lights here in Norway, too? Jesus.

Believe it or not, the sun was out for a little while today! Woo! That’s like… three times in three months or something. Wow. Didn’t wanna miss my chance so decided to have a go with the camera.

One of the more awesome Sonic The Hedgehog tunes, possibly even better than the Chemical Plant Zone tune from STH2. There, I said it. Andrew’s gonna kick my head off now.

Pantone has announced the color of the year for 2010 - ready to be taken back to the good old days of Windows 95?

TURQUOISE!

It snowed a lot last night so everything is covered in white here now. The temperature has dropped below zero (celsius, of course), and there are small, orange lights everywhere. Yup, sounds like christmas to me. I’m gonna start blogging a bit again, I kinda miss blogging. Or tumbling. I like tumbling better, it sounds more interesting.

I’ve been working at a hardware store at the local mall lately. It’s going… OK. I don’t know squat about paint or wallpaper, nor about screws and tools. I’m fairly decent at kitchen appliances, knives and frying pans, though. And I know how to work the register. I’ve been blessed with the World’s Greatest Boss, too, so I hope I get to work a little after the holidays. He said he couldn’t promise me anything so I’m keeping my fingers crossed.

Also, me and Elin spent a weekend in Düsseldorf recently. It was nice, although I can’t say walking around in +17 got me in the christmas spirit. But I will say, the christmas fair was very nice. Very interesting to see the German traditions and celebration, which was pretty different from what we’re used to up here in Norway. Düsseldorf is almost becoming my second home now, since me and Elin are down there a lot (at least one time every summer). I highly recommend going, it’s a very nice city indeed.

Ah, autumn. My favorite time of the year for some reason. I guess I just love the leaves turning yellow, the cold crisp air, the nights getting longer and longer… I’m a complex human being. Uni is going well, for now anyways. Started more classes this wednesday, very interesting stuff actually, mostly about technology and media related things. So it should be right up my alley. I guess only time will tell. Time and the exam results. Eek.

Java, by the way, will be the death of me, or the cause of me beating the hell out of someone, whichever comes first. Thank God I have an awesome partner-in-crime who knows a lot about programming and notices when my equality operators are reversed. Finished my second Java assignment yesterday and handed it in, so all is well on that note, unless I don’t get it approved. I think I will though. Java is actually pretty cool stuff, at least when it doesn’t act up for all the strange reasons in the world.

Also, Typekit is launched. Woohoo! Web fonts! I can’t wait ‘till I see how Museo Sans looks on a website. Just gotta make the website, I guess.

This and this and this and this and this would be greatly appreciated.

AKA if nobody gets me one, which is more likely than anything, I’m buying one or two myself at some point later this year.