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torsdag 27. september 2018

Way too close to colour your comfort. All dressed up but kept undercover

Det er ordentlig høst for tiden, og jeg tror jeg faktisk kan begynne å dra ut noen av kåpene og jakkene mine som har gjemt seg i skapet i mange måneder. Jeg har laget min høst-spilleliste som egentlig er en spilleliste jeg redigerer kontinuerlig og gir nye titler. Den het tidligere "vår" og coverbildet var en selfie av meg som satt inne på en strippeklubb med "Mathias"-briller på. Jeg vet ikke hvor mange ganger jeg har nevnt Lewis Capaldi på bloggen, men det er mange. Han lanserte en ny singel, og første gangen jeg hørte den var ved å se på musikkvideoen. Det var et par dager etter lanseringsdato, og selv om jeg tenkte i bakhodet at jeg burde høre på sangen, var det ikke før jeg så et lite videoklipp på Twitter at jeg bestemte meg for å se på musikkvideoen. Jeg tror det er en overraskende og komisk video for de fleste, men spesielt for de som har fulgt han på sosiale medier og kjenner til humoren hans. Han skal ha konsert i byen om to måneder, og jeg vurderte å dra. Men jeg har også allerede sett han varme opp for Sam Smith i vår. I tillegg har jeg en mistanke om at november blir en veldig travel måned for meg. Nå er det uansett utsolgt, så da er den avgjørelsen allerede tatt. I går brukte jeg god tid på å jobbe med disposisjonen til oppgaven min, og jeg lagde separate dokumenter for hvert kapittel fordi jeg hater å jobbe med ett stort dokument. Det er ganske merkelig å tenke på at ett kapittel skal bestå av ordmengden jeg vanligvis bruker på en hel oppgave. Nå tenker jeg at det blir vanskelig å fylle alle de ordene, men når jeg virkelig har kommet meg inn i det, så blir det nok motsatt. Jeg skal prøve å komme meg over kneika, og starte på innledningen, selv om den antakeligvis må skrives om på slutten. Men ett sted må man starte. Donuts-drømmene er fortsatt veldig reelle, og jeg er ganske sikker på at jeg kommer til å kjøpe donuts i dag. Årsaken til at jeg helst vil unngå det, er at jeg antakeligvis kommer til å få et par nye kviser. Og akkurat nå synes jeg at jeg har nok kviser. De er riktignok plassert på den ene halvdelen av ansiktet mitt, noe som gjør at jeg kan late som om jeg ikke har kviser hvis jeg bare dekker den halvdelen av ansiktet. Jeg prøver å unngå å pirke, for jeg vet jeg kommer til å få arr. Jeg klarte ikke å unngå pirking med den siste store kvisen min, og nå har jeg et nytt arr på fjeset. Er det ikke merkelig at mennesker stadig gjør ting de vet er dårlig for dem? Jeg fikk i det minste til en veldig bra treningsøkt i går, og jeg svettet såpass mye at jeg kunne fake-cry med svetten som rant inn i øyet. Også har jeg klart å legge meg relativt tidlig de siste dagene, så jeg er veldig fornøyd med meg selv. Det er mange ting i livet som er og kan være frustrerende, men når jeg får til enkelte ting som å opprettholde trening og ha en god søvnrutine, så blir jeg veldig glad. Tror det kan være fordelaktig for de fleste å gi seg en klapp på skulderen for tingene de får til (uansett hvor små de er) fremfor å alltids bearbeide seg selv for alt man ikke har fått til. Min ukentlige to-do liste er stortsett konkrete og realistiske ting, og det er ikke slik at hvis jeg ikke klarer å huke av alt jeg "skulle" gjøre denne uken, at jeg har "failet" denne ukens gjøremål. Vanligvis er det bare et tegn på annen prioritering enn jeg i utgangspunktet tenkte, og jeg lar de stå der inntil jeg får utført hvaenn jeg har skrevet en av de neste ukene (eller månedene). 

onsdag 13. januar 2016

and on this night and in this light, I think I'm falling, I'm falling for you

This is a reminder, a playlist for me to remember; songs that are important to me at the moment, and that I keep listening to. Falling For You by The 1975. To be honest, all of the lyrics are my favourite, but these lines are maybe the most favourite ones: "According to your heart, my place is not deliberate. Feeling of your arms. I don't wanna be your friend, I wanna kiss your neck". Neck kisses, man, are there anyone who doesn't like them? I think they're great anyway. There's also the cover of Can't Help Falling In Love by twenty one pilots. It just gives me a lot of feelings. I think that rushing into love like that would be brave. I also love all of the lyrics in this song, so I don't think I can choose. When We We're Young by Adele is gold. It's my favourite song off the album, I think. It was love at first listen. I love most of the lyrics of this song as well, but my absolute favourite lines are: "Everybody loves the things you do from the way you talk, to the way you move. Everybody here is watching you cause you feel like home". It just gets me each time she sings "cause you feel like home". I like to think of finding homes in people, you know, when you're with a person and it feels like coming home. Whenever I get sick of music, I listen to Tom Rosenthal because I find his music soothing. Favourite song by Tom Rosenthal is called Every Sock Gets a Hole. I don't know why out of all the meaningful ones, this is my favourite, but as I told Sugar the other day: I'm really weird. Favourite line is the title. A lot of love for Adele, because another go-to song is Make You Feel My Love. Favourite lines are "When the rain is blowing in your face, and the whole world is on your case, I could offer you a warm embrace to make you feel my love". It's just so bloody lovely, this cover. She sang it at Royal Albert Hall once, and if I'm not incorrect, I think she dedicated it to Amy Winehouse, and it brought tears to my eyes. The last song I'm going to mention is this version of Out Of The Woods by Taylor Swift. She does this great explanation before, and she's talking about relationships, the one that inspired the song. And she says that though not all relationships are stable "it doesn't mean that it's not special and extraordinary just to have a relationship that's fragile and somehow meaningful in that fragility". When I first watched this video, I was really in awe of what she said, because it reminded me that every relationship is important somehow. This song was one of the first songs I heard when she released her album, and it was my first favourite. Later, I've gotten tired of the studio version, because it is very repeating, but she enchanted me with this acoustic version. Also, she sings the ending of the bridge differently from the studio version, and it's my favourite thing. I've always loved the lines: "you took a Polaroid of us then discovered the rest of the world was black and white, but we were in screaming color". I really enjoy the music video as well, especially because it ends with "she lost him, but found herself. And somehow that was everything". It's just a really empowering line. 

torsdag 27. mars 2014

I know you're tired of loving, with nobody to love

I've made a new playlist on 8tracks if anyone's interested in listening to my current favourites, ha. The first song by Sigma is sadly just a clip, because the song isn't actually released until April 6th. Basically, if you've been listening to Bound 2 by Kanye West, you might recognise it. It also happens to be my favourite part of Bound 2, which sounds a bit like three songs in one. The playlist also includes Waiting Game by Banks, because Marble has been insistent that I have to listen to Banks. And I think Waiting Game is a good one. Apart from that, I've just been listening to Grimmy this morning. And each day I get to listen to Grimmy is usually a good day. It also makes be grow fonder of him, which, I'm not so sure is a good idea. As you might have noticed-- when I become a proper fan of someone, I do it properly. I am very sad that I didn't realise it was #AirMaxDay yesterday, and didn't get my kicks out. Oh well, maybe next year. I did take two pictures of them though. If I were rich, I would probably buy loads of Air Max' and display them on a shelf. It's not even a joke. It is exactly a fortnight until I leave for Aalesund, and I'm already planning what to pack in my mind. We've just gotten a mail from our teacher regarding the paper, and I am slightly scratching my head, because due to a few things, we'll be a bit postponed. Reasonably, that makes me a bit stressed out, because it means we'll have less time to do the most important part of the writing. I still think it'll be okay in the end, I just have to try not stress too much about everything. Plus, we don't even get a grade on our work, which makes me feel a bit ridiculous for caring so much. But I've always been dutiful. Anyway, I've been to the library today, mainly to look for books related to my paper. But because I didn't find any, I ended up with travelling books instead. It's always good to plan on beforehand when you're going on short trips. It just maximises your experience. I've also cleaned out my closet, which was something I had decided to do weeks ago. Also colour-coordinated my clothing, so it looks all nice now. Only, it makes me realise how many black, grey and white clothing items I own. I keep going shopping and not finding anything that I properly like, though. It's good for my economy, the environment, etc. But it does look pretty dark in my closet, ha. Oh well, have a nice evening xx. 

tirsdag 6. mars 2012

break every lock to every door

You know when you are so tired, but you aren't able to fall asleep? You are just overtired. I did finally manage to fall asleep though, and slept until 5:30 pm, and then I went to eat "breakfast". My current playlist on my iPod:

1 The Cave by Mumford and Sons
2 Poison & Wine by The Civil Wars 
3 Turn and Turn Again by All Thieves
4 To Build a Home by The Cinematic Orchestra