When you live like I do

Xmas gifts!

I said I would share what I got for Xmas with you, but it was more than I can be bothered typing out. Therefore I will share with you three of the things more relevant to this blogs theme. I realize that the middle of January is a bit late for this, but I have been too lazy to photograph the items before now to be honest.

From one of my sisters part of her gift was "The Complete Sherlock Holmes" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Look how awesome it looks! I have heard all the novels on audiobook, and now I can read them for myself!

From my other sister, part of her gift was cool accessories!
Anyone who knows me, and she obviously does, knows I'm obsessed with zebras and sculls. Weird combo I know, but that's just how it is.

 

Maybe I will bother to take pictures of more gifts later. It could be like a small blog series. We'll see. This is it for right now at least.

What now? After Xmas update.

As you can see I have started blogging again. Not as regular as I would like, but I'm getting there. I have been hanging out with my extra brother as much as I can lately before he leaves for school in a city far far away. This kind of prevents my blogging a little, but it's giving me tons of material! He's just as geeky as me, if not worse. These days he's getting me into sci-fi, kind of. Doctor Who and Torchwood that is. We also caught up with season 2 of Walking Dead, which wasn't as scary as season 1.

I also have gone back to eating healthy and exercising. For two days that is, before I got sick yesterday. And when I'm sick I feel sorry for myself and allow myself candy. But hey, I'll just exercise it away when I'm feeling better. So that's pretty much my life right now. The twins have not arrived yet, but we are hoping for this week. I'll let you know.

Watching:
Doctor Who
Torchwood
Walking Dead
NCIS
The Daily Show
Penn & Tellers Bullshit
The Graham Norton Show

Listening to:
Unni Wilhelmsen
Nerdist podcast
Bagged and Boarded podcast
Stuff You Should Know podcast
P3Morgen podcast

Reading:
"Queen of the Damned" - Anne Rice

A New Year

Happy New Year!
This year will be a good one I think. My cousin is getting twins really soon, and I will be a godmother. I will hopefully get a full time job instead of the part time one I have, although it is a great job.
Got a lot of good gifts for Xmas, and I'm gonna tell you about some of them later.

Well, tomorrow I start normal life again. Healthy food, exercise and no computer games. I get way too hooked on computer games. But there will be more geeky TV-shows, and blogging and Tumblr.

I'm off to bed, good night!

 

 

Happy Holidays!!

It's Xmas morning! In Norway we celebrate on Xmas Eve, and Xmas morning is just for relaxing and eating good food. Which I have done, and now I am sitting in front of the fireplace in the kitchen drinking a latte and blogging. The radio is on and my parents and I are the only ones up yet. My 3 siblings are dead to the world still.

Here is a pic of the fireplace:

Going Away

Oh my, this blog pause thing is becoming a habit. But I will still take a break. I'm going to Oslo to visit some friends, and finnish off my xmas shopping. I will try to make a few blog posts when I get back, but the xmas time will be a busy one for me. Lots of working and being social and parties and family time and so on. I promise that after New Years I will be more regular in my blogging.

But as earlier you can read my geeky Tumblr blog if you want to. I have qued a lot of stuff there.

I will leave you with a few of my favorite geeky pictures. See you after the weekend!!

Zebras

I just want you to stop for a moment to think about the coolest animal in the world, the zebra.

Source: Fun Zebra Pictures & Facts

Zebras are several species of African equids (horse family) united by their distinctive black and white stripes. Their stripes come in different patterns unique to each individual. They are generally social animals that live in small harems to large herds. Unlike their closest relatives, horses and asses, zebras have never been truly domesticated.
Wikipedia

Fact: Black stripes on white or white stripes on black? Some zebras are born with unfully formed stripes that seem to indicate a black background, pigment, or skin color with white stripes. But, how can zebra stripes be useful for camouflage? Since a lion, one of the zebra's main predators, is color blind, the pattern of the zebra's stripes is more crucial than color for the zebra to blend with its background. A mass of blended stripes from a large, moving group of zebras makes it difficult for the lion to plan an attack on any specific zebra. Like fingerprints, zebras have uniquely identifiable stripes -- useful to one another and scientists. They seem to get some kind of pleasure from looking at stripes. Stripes seem to be so important to the zebra that black and white stripes painted on a wall will attract zebras to group near the wall.
Fun Zebra Pictures & Facts

I just love zebras, so I can't have a blog with all the things I like without a post about them. <3

Fun Zebra Pictures & Facts

What now? I'm sick :(

Hi everyone.

I'm sick so I haven't written on the blog lately. My head is just not up for writing, and I try not to be a copy and paste kind of girl. But I'm getting slowly better, so I hope to be back blogging some time this week.

But if you miss me and my geekyness much you can read my Tumblr blog until I'm back. I think I even have some stuff queued there still. My Tumblr! Different kind of blog, but filled with geeky goodness.

 

Watching:
Doctor Who
Downton Abbey
Walking Dead

Playing:
CastleVille
Oblivion

Reading:
ElfQuest

Dr. Who and Oblivion

I might post a little bit more sporadic this coming week. I'm working a lot and I and testing out if I like the newest Dr. Who series, and the game Oblivion. So far both are put down as status OK.

 

Happy Halloween!!

In Norway we have no tradition of celebrating Halloween. Which I think is sad, since it looks like a fun holiday. But that doesn’t mean I think Norwegian people should start trick or treating. That’s just weird and awkward, copying something just because it’s American. Having costume parties on the other hand is more ok. That’s just a fun thing to do no matter what time in the year it is. And if it’s easier to get costumes this time of year then go for it.

Even though I don’t celebrate Halloween I have always been fascinated by it. And I do hope that one year I can celebrate Halloween in the US. That would be so much fun!
Happy Halloween to everyone who celebrates it!!

Weekend pause

This weekend I won't be able to go online much. And I haven't had the time to make blog posts to lasts me out the weekend. So I will see you all when Monday comes!

I leave you with a happy picture: