Goosebumps moment ♥

Part of the Eurovision circus madness 2010, that we've had here in Oslo over the last couple of weeks! People from all over Europe joining in to what is the largest flash mob in the world, dancing to the song Glow by the norwegian band Madcon:) LOVE!

A Wonderful New Year to You All!!

I wish you all the best for the new year and a great new years celebration tonight, where ever you might be in this big small world!!;) Me and my love are joining some good friends for dinner at their friends house tonight. If we're lucky my sis and her boyfriend will be dragging their asses over to celebrate with us later:)  At midnight we'll be at the roof balcony of the building with bubbles in our glasses, surrounded by firework, good friends and toasting for the new year that we're entering into!! I'm really excited for the New Year, I hope it will bring much joy and wonderful things for me, my friends, everyone close to my heart and all the rest of you people out there!!!;D

Thanksgiving Saturday:)

I'll be celebrating my first Thanksgiving today, it will also be the first together with my love. It's probably one of the last american holidays that hasn't made it over here yet.. Hmmm something tells me it's probably just matter of time before the turkey comes knocking on our door;) People love celebrations and and very much need it I think.. Thanksgiving is celebrated the last Thursday of November and it's a perfect time to squize in a celebration in this part of the world, as the the dark is pretty much consuming us this time of the year. I think the sun goes down around 03:00-03:30 at the moment... Incredible. I don't think I'll ever get used to it, it's the same when summer come and we have those long, bright everlasting days.. Beautiful and magical! But today I'll raise the glass and do a toast for the old tradition that started out long time ago, when some of the first settelers came over to America. The indians helped them out and showed them how to catch eel and grow corn to survive the harsh winters. The first Thanksgiving was celebrated to thank God for helping the pilgrims for surviving the first brutal winter and lasted for no more than three days! Think I'll go for the one day..

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!;)

Finally Friday!!

Sooooo O happy it's Friday!!:D Finally weekend and time to exhale! Been a long week at work, reeeeeally looking forward to wind down a bit.. We're supposed to be tending a birthday together with the rest of the family this weekend, but we're having some second thoughts since they just had the swine flu in the house..:/ We're not sure if it's worth the risk.. My man went through surgery this spring and had to remove one of his kidneys, which puts him in the risk zone as I have understood it.. On the other side, how hysterical are we gonna allow ourself to get! Can't stop living either just cuz of this stupid swine flu and we're just as likely to get it while we're at the mall or at some bar I guess... Dilemma. Me want cake!!;) haha

Post Halloween Vacuum...

I'm in a bit of a vacuum right now, Halloween is over for this time and all our scary projects too.. Hmmmm or are they? We have decided to work a bit on props and stuff all year around. Hmmm and isn't it just an excellent hobby? Mooohahahha!! Making ghouls and scary props can be quite cozy, believe it or not and we have really fun doing it:) We've been talking some more about starting up a haunted house, like one of those that you find in the U.S... I think it's an awsome idea, but it's still just an idea. Clearly Halloween is about to hit off in Norway, if it hasn't allready.. I saw a huge difference from last year, people seemed to be much more into it this year. The stores were quite busy, full of people shopping Halloween stuff. Also we noticed a change when we went out, clearly more people had dressed up and seemed to be coming from a Halloween party this year. We stumbled down to Dr. Jeckyll's after midnight some time, a bar down town with that cozy Halloween theme all year around style to it;) We met everything from scary pirates, Draculas to full rabbit costumes in there, I'm very pleased to find that it finally seems to be picking up here! haha

Our Halloween party went great!!:) Everyone seemed very pleased with our grusome decoration in our Cabinet Of Death! haha My creepy, little spidercakes went rather well, they looked quite alive as my sister pointed out. Really easy to make and something I will have on the menu for next year too;) I've been taking a few photos of some of the props and decoration we had up in the hallway, unfortunately I didn't have time to take any of the the gory, headless guy outside, but I know someone did.. I'll add it together with photos from inside our Cabinet of Death later on, so please do check in again for more haunting photos;)

Also I have to add my Marie Antoinette costume won forst prize this year, very flattered but I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO WIN!! ahah We were supposed to hand it out to one of our guests, but wasn't happening...:/

Welcome to our motel;)

Our toilet demon..

Would you pee with this guy watching?;) Scary Halloween sounds playing in the background..

Some lovely toilet decor

Bats in the flicker of the grave light..

Of the toilet demon and other dangers lurking in the dark..

Meat eating spider?

Our welcome sign in the hallway..

Doorbells from hell..

Dear lord, I've been a bad girl.. Again....

But how could I resist? After a long hard fucked up day at work, were I also got sacked like a sack of potatoes the day before.. Maybe not exactly, but that's how it feels. It's not that bad, or lets face it it is (need to stay positive, need to stay....). I can't seem to make up my mind about how bad it is, but here's how it goes: I've been working at the same project for some years now, after quitting my interior design school, thinking this would get me somewhere and also not having the heart to watch it go down the drain. The guy who was running the project before me got so sick of it he couldn't stand it anymore and all he wanted to do was to hide in bed all day with the covers over his head (that's how fun it is, so I should be glad). That's when I came in the picture as I was the only other one with any knowledge about it, which I must say was fairly minor at the time.. I jumped in to save it, like Wonder Woman on a train wreck, worked my ass off, managed to turn the fast downgoing graph upwards. And here I am a few years later, our company merged with an other big company this year. That's when everything changed. For the last years I've been working as an assistant on the project with a colleague, after teaching her what ever I knew about it so she could run it. This seems to have made me to the extra potato on the plate that they now don't need any more, as we are a bigger company than before and they have different ways of doing things. Instead they offered me 50% work at the front desk, and joy they want me to still go on with the project and do what ever I have been doing, the fun part is that they want to cut it down to 15 h a week (it's most of the time a 80% job, sometimes more than 100%). Someone must believe in miracles on the company board. They also said that maybe I can do it while I do my tasks at the front desk.. Someone looking for a two in one toy? My fine superior also wanted to know what I have been studying, he laughed a bit when I told him (the rotten bastard). Obviously he didn't think it was very relevant, and it's not at all. But what he seems to forget is that I have been in the business for several years now and I have experience, not only from this project. All I can say is, it's bloody hell by time to look for something new!!

It was after leaving work Tuesday, the day after the disasterous day, after having the ground underneath me being pulled away... Yes I did sin. The worse weather ever, rain pooring down like someone was standing with a waterhose up there and deliberately pointing it at us, the wind blowing it up underneath the useless umbrella making everything wet. Giving us a strange longing for full rubber costumes, fully water proofed and tried out for decades at sea by rough fishermen! Glorious autumn weather. That's when we decided to seek shelter from the weather at Last Train, a little rock bar down town. Coming in we saw them rigging up their equipment. Concert! On a Tuesday? One beer later and the desission was made, lets stay to check it out! (It usually starts with one beer, doesn't it)? More people coming and slowly filling up, turning out it is a release party. Some champagne later, a few beer and chillinuts they started. And WOW, what a pleasent surprise!! The band Seven were well worth the wait and the 80,- that they charged us for staying!!:D A sort of poped rock music. I really loved the cords, the beat, the vocal, yes the whole sound! Finding a new band that you like, is like finding a jewle among stones!! Long story short, Great night! Getting to talk to the bandmembers afterwards was really a plus. I love the small stage concerts, such a different feeling than the big productions.. Hmmm and guess what? One of the two cd's that was thrown off of stage landed softly in my lap, just where it belonged, after bouncing off some guys chest and hitting my love's hand!;) Karma?

Ps: Also worth mentioning, later on that night we were offered 7 weeks of FREE dancing classes in salsa by some salsa instructor from a dance school down town!! He thought we had such a good spark and connection when we were dancing lol... Though my man think he's just trying to be smart because he wants to dance with me hahha, call me naive, but I like thinking that he was genuinly nice! Hve to have some faith in people. Guess it will be salsa from now on! And my sin? Well, being out in the middle of the week again (no need to say the next day were spent in front of the computer like a zombie, working home)... But with all of that coming, I'm sure I'm allready forgiven;) A little ash on my wings allways suited me anyway..

Much love,
Soon to be SalsaMary (not to be confused with the hotsauce;)

Holy tequila!!

God, it felt like I had been hit by a train when I woke up this morning. Must be that tequila that I at some point of the night, for some veird reason thought was a veeeeery good idea. Ya right! Like it hardly ever is on a Wednesday night, especially not if working the next day. Yup, guilty... I was out shrinking my brain again. All this talk about Corona made me thirsty, touring dark rocker pubs after some very long, boring hours at work felt like a very tempting option. Aiaiai and I must admit, it felt GREAT!!:)After a day of  feeling like I was the centre of a catastrophe, a stumbeling hassard for myself and my surroundings. Knowing that I didn't have much work waiting and that I could work home today made it O so easy. Maybe a bit too easy. I usually get quite bad hangovers and are very disabled the day after a night out. They are usually spent in front of the tellie, craving everything sweet, salty and fatty that I can get my hands on. While my sweet, caring man nurses me back to life. Making food and coffee, served in bed, eaten in recovery position. I know, quite pittyful.. lol Today on the other hand it was all rise and shine and get that booty over to the computer. Ready for a new daaaaaaayyyyyyyyyzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZzzz.....---------------------------biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip

Happy hour or lost hour?

If you for some reason think you have too large of a brain, or find your self to be to bright for your surroundings. There is hope! A recent study by american researchers found that drinking alcohol shrinks your brain. It shows that even low alcohol consumption such as 1-7 glasses of wine a week effects the part of your brain that has functions such as your memorie and orientation. Hmmmmm this could explaine my lack of english the day after a late night out...:S Lovely! On the positive side, the same study reports that beer shrinks your brain 10% less than wine does!! Yeeeaaaahiii an other good reason for choosing my Corona;D