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There’s this tv-show called “Luksusfellen” (”Luxury-trap”), which is all about people who’s in serious debt and have no control over their economy. Two dudes help them fix their problems, and make them aware of how bad they’ve been, and how to reverse everything.

Before and after the show, and in the breaks, there’s a small “commercial” for companies that sponsor the tv-shows, and one of the sponsors of this program, is a “bank”-company that lend out money to people, with a super-high.. uhm.. fee for loaning the money. :S

Is it just me, or do anyone else find this ironic?  People that have problem with their economy, mostly due to those kind of loans, and then they advertise it on that show. >.< GEEZ!.

Soo, the story is; the boyfriend and I have a friend who’s turning 30 tomorrow. His wife (R) is throwing him a surprise birthdayparty.

And I have nothing to wear. Honestly.

I suck at shopping. I have nothing semi-formal/nice thing to wear. I can’t compose together an outift, maybe I’ll just do a 30 minute rush-shopping tomorrow, getting someone to find something nice to me, ’cause we all know I can’t do it. I’m such a hoodie, jeans and sneakers girl, it hurts.

It hurts because I want to look good, to look “grown-up”, sexy, etc.
Whenever I step into a clothesshop, I freeze and can’t think. I see all these clothes hanging on the racks, and I think “Ew, I can’t wear something like that”, or “ew, that’s just plain nasty”. I envy girls and women who actually can clothe themselves, if you understand what I mean.

Meh.

Yesterday, me and 4 other in the band had our last concert with BOB.
We played a concert with two sets in Skøye, then another set in Valldal, because of a music festival there that one of BOB’s first trumpetplayers have founded.

We played two great concerts, maybe a little bit tired at the beginning of the concert in Valldal, but we got our act together.
Before that concert, I met two of my nextdoorneighbours back home at my parents. Slightly shocked to see them, but after the shock settled, I realised that ofcourse they’d be there, since they’re huge jazzlovers. XD

 The 5 of us got flowers. So sweet, ofcourse I were moved to tears.

I am really going to miss my time in BOB, but I know that I’ve grown as a musician, and as a person, in my time in BOB. When I look back, I look back on so many great things. Fond memories.

Like all the big band festivals, sleepovers, Stordalen, my 18th birthday in Jølster, friends.. etc.

Today, in 1814, Norway’s constitution-law was official. That’s why we dress up in “bunad” and walk parades and wave Norwegian flags.

Believe me, you have never seen a national day like Norways.

I will post a picture later of my bunad. Just because. It’s nice. <3

Hope you all have a nice day, even though its not your own national day.

You know what I dislike? People who send an email to me about something about the orchestra, and then occasionally ask me to ask my dad about something, then re-tell it to them. <.<
GOD DAMN IT! GIVE THEM A CALL AND ASK ABOUT IT YOURSELF! Then I don’t have to be in the middle of that, having to re-tell things, and maybe get things wrong.

It’s the same with things at work. If my bf’s not at work there, people tell me things about him, or to ask him about things, or tell me to say things to him about his work. The worst thing is when they give me stuff (like his new VHF-radio), when they can easily put it on his space…

I’m me, not just a stupid middle-thingy-mabob.

Today I finally dared to tell the orchestra that I’m not playing with them on Norway’s national day (May 17th) this year, nor that I’m going to participate on the two “trips” on May 24th or the weekend around June 7th.
It feels good to have that off my shoulders.

Had a good day at work today, nice weather and had some overtime too. Extra hours off.

I never invite people to come here, though, last week I invited 3 of my best friends over, for a very much belate happy 21st Birthday-bash for me.
3 people that have either no connection to eachother, or a semi-good/bad connection, so I were kinda nervous about how they’d get along.

First off, I really wanted to do this, and not cancel, as I always do. I get nervous and anxious, almost like a panic-attack about being social, thinking it’s never going to be any fun or people are not going to show up…
Though, I had set my mind to NOT cancel today (or yesterday, seeing they just left before sunday 2 AM), to finish this through.

And believe it or not, I had a great time!

First, I slept loong. <3 Got up, got something to eat, before I headed out to shop some ingredients for the pizza. Nice day in town, sunny, but with a couple of clouds on the sky. Happy about this, I got back home, washed the floors and the bathroom, before I got my tires in the back of my car, so I could change from winter to summer-tires (should have done this a while ago, but as I saw tonight, it’s cold outside.. XD)

I picked up one of my friends in Volda, she “helped” me change the tires, because I couldn’t do that before picking her up, got back here, rented a couple of movies, and started making the pizza.
At 7PM, my two other friends arrived pretty much the same time. I introduced them for eachother, and we just went from there.
Had a ton of good laughs and talks, learned something new about all my friends.
K. had to leave early, I think she left around 9-10-ish. So the remaining 3 of us got out the candy and put on “Enchanted”. Suuuch a cute movie. XD My two remaining friends, I. and A. seemed to get along pretty well, none of them are shy talking-wise, so that was not really a problem. I however had trouble getting my poins across sometimes, but I give a damn, I had a great time socializing with my buds.

I’m thankfull that I didn’t bail out this time, that I finished through.

We sat in the couch, talking until 2 AM. Which is good. <3

It’s exactly midnight as I start this new journalentry. Just for the record.

First off: Check out this amazing Norwegian jazz artist!

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You know the feeling.. Restless you walk around the house, wanting to do something but you don’t know what, and you’re about to go crazy because there’s nothing you can do to get it to go away.

BOREDOM.

My god. I hate this feeling. Being bored.Carla suggests that I bake brownies, which is on my plan to make.

I’m also procastinating folding the laundry. It’s funnier just talking to her. :p

Ooh yeah, such a long time since I’ve written anything. My life’s just been incredibly busy since January.

First of all: I officially moved in together with the bf on February 1st. Deserves some congrats eh? We’ve actually been planning this since July last year, saying that we’re moving in together when we’ve finished the room upstairs.
It’s still not done, but I asked him during Christmas if I could just move in now, and he said yes. He’d actually been waiting for that question for a while, even though the room’s not done yet.
So we decided on the date; February 1st.