I’m not entirely sure how this works, this iPhone Wordpressapp. It doesn’t seem to do “more inside” and I don’t remember the code for it. I didn’t bring my laptop you see. Cuz I have an iGor!

Tobias has an iGor too, but it’s not called iGor. It doesn’t have a name. Tobias doesn’t name his things you see. Tobias’ nameless iPhone has dozens of apps and of course he had to show me them all.

Today we went shopping and bought loads of things. Well mainly me. I will have to take most of them back and I have no idea how. I may have to post some to myself. Like my funky bedsheets.

That is all for now. Oh, and it’s very very hot in here but Tobias thinks it’s just right, so we can’t open the window, besides they’re afraid of bugs. Goodnight!

This is a pic I took to test the feature yes yes. It is of their TV.

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Yeah so I should write about loads of stuff. Can you believe one of our new starters has already resigned??? We had a set of three new starters in, um, April or something. They’ve all already left or are about to. So we had another set of three starting 10 days ago and one of them’s already left again. Yawn.

My two weeks off have done me good with regards to work. Having said that I am no more motivated than I was before I left, tho I am less stressed and annoyed. But generally I just. don’t. care. So I need a new job soon, luckily I can start applying in six weeks or so. Within Amex I mean. Maybe I should consider non-Amex again too? I dunno. I hate decisions.

I’ve also not yet decided about cats, my mum, REM concert. These are all sorta related. Let me expand.

Cats - well I still don’t know. I have however left a message with these people to discuss the options. They have a pretty rigourous adoption process which is good as they can let me know if they think it’s reasonable etc.

My mum - still haven’t replied to her latest letter and actually can’t be fucking arsed. I sorta would need to sort it before going to see REM in Lux (20th Sept) but now maybe I just won’t bother as

R.E.M. concert - maybe I just won’t go. Have asked Lux people on Facebook if anyone’s going since I don’t much fancy going alone, and so far no one is, but Pol said “no but my wife would love to go so I’ll buy your ticket” so I may just sell it. Again, I kinda can’t decide, I go from “bah, Michael Stipe isn’t Brian Molko after all” to “OMG I really wanna see Michael Stipe again!” I mean, Michael Stipe is really rather hot and perfect. But he isn’t Brian Molko. See my dilemma? I’m sure you do.

But (and this is where the cats come in again) if I get cats after Mainz (23-25 August) but am then off again in under a month that’s less than ideal. So that’s another argument against going to Lux. And if I don’t go to Lux I won’t need to sort things out with my mum. Which is another argument against… yeah.

Oh but I’ve just had a flash of inspiration. See the only reason I got a Lux REM ticket was cuz I was too late for London REM tickets. But with the price of the airline fare to Lux I can easily get a London ticket (or two) off eBay or Gumtree. So that sounds like a fun plan. Provided his Thomasness wants to come along.

For he has announced his intention to once more come and visit me. I hope he will for he is marvellous. But yeah, that would be that same weekend (REM is 30th August). So I hope he likes REM. How come I don’t know whether he likes REM? Everyone should like REM for they too are marvellous.

Thus my various decisions yet to be made. Let me add some more random things:

- I sent in my Lux driving license today to get a UK one. Then I will be able to rent a scooter from Vroombythesea, which is like the cutest name ever. Oh yeah that’s something else we could do when TomTom is here.

- Oh yeah and Streetcar now have a car in my street. In my street! How awesome is that? So I guess I won’t switch to CityCarClub even tho they are cheaper. They do have a car in the next street along, but do not underestimate my laziness. And Streetcar are cute for their cars have names (the one in my street is called Jason. I booked & cancelled it just to find out its name )

- I’ve managed to twist my ankle and stub my toe (both left foot). How annoying.

- I am addicted to Ben & Jerry’s Cookie Dough Ice Cream. Evil I tell you.

- Remember Frances Bean? Kurt Cobain’s daughter? She was like a baby, right? Except that was in 1993 and she is now 15. Jesus fucking Christ, where has time gone? And she looks disturbingly like him.

Ok I’m done now.

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Tbh I barely ever visit Gizmodo or BoingBoing these days, and UK Amazon is more male than US Amazon?! (same with Google.) Most male being Pirate Bay makes sense, tho I’m surprised at the Icanhascheezburger ratio.

Anyway where was I. So today is my last day in Norway. This is very sad. I will be back, no doubt, but maybe not this year cuz I think I’m a bit short on holidays, and I still need to go to Luxembourg and Paris. Well we’ll see. I am not looking forward to going back to work, let me tell you that! But let’s not dwell on the negative.

What have we been up to since getting back from our Norway round trip? Not that much… we went swimming in the lake quite a few times, which was always very fun. We had inflatable mattresses and other inflatable stuff. And it was nice and warm. Some photographic evidence of this can be found on Flickr.

We went to see Lekkmin yesterday, the horse Mon rides from time to time. She did not ride though, instead she took pictures. See above, new cam and all that. We also went to see Jimmy (that was 2 days ago, getting a bit jumbled up now), and ate there, and played GBA and stuff. And argued. Well I didn’t argue. Or barely. Oh but we had very yummy raspberry mousse cake.

Oh oh and on the way there we heard on the radio that there was a guy with a bomb outside the police station somewhere (too lazy to ask Mon the name of the place and it wouldn’t mean anything to any of you anyway - some Oslo suburb) which was just about where we were then, so there were a lot of closed roads and traffic jams, which was kinda annoying, but also kinda exciting. In the end they disarmed the bomb tho or sth, so it ended without drama.

Apart from those few things we mainly hung around doing the usual stuff. I read a total of four books on this holiday:
- Stieg Larsson - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - very fun
- Lola Jaye - By The Time You Read This - pretty shit
- Cormac McCarthy - The Road - ok
- Barack Obama - Dreams from my Father - pretty good
I still have The Book Thief left to read, which Mon is not pleased about cuz she would’ve liked me to leave that one behind so she could read it. Instead I’m leaving Obama behind for Jimmy to read, and Jimmy will apply for his absentee ballott (yes yes he will! *glaring at Jimmy*) and vote for him come November.

Ja, apart from that we were online and watched TV etc etc, and ate loads and drank loads of Pepsi Max. And now I’m out of things to say so I’ll shut up - next update from the shores of ol’ Blighty! *lol*