Today, walking through the deep snow was easier. I felt that floaty feeling you get when you know you've made the right decision. I still sank thigh-deep into the snow, but I had good thoughts to occupy me.

I'm sooooooooooooooooooooo excited to move back to the US with Colin. Lots of opportunities await.

I just finished doing my Norwegian taxes- in Nynorsk. (With some serious roommate help).

Interestingly enough, the word for "tax" in Norwegian is "skatt". How true, how true.

I really miss my culinarily gifted roommate. She would have saved this meal ( Read more... )

Those of you who are Scrubbs fans may be interested to know that, due to recent developments in my musical career, I've become a Janitor. No kidding ( Read more... )

This morning I got up early so I could read an instruction manual on overtone singing. I then practiced into my computer from 10AM to 1 PM and discovered the following nifty details:

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I have spent the whole of this weekend in my pajamas because I've done nothing but sleep and sit at my computer. I've been creating this really cool project for school which delves into almost all of my Norwegian musical interests: hardingfele playing, improvized singing, oral tradition and the step-by-step process of learning by ear (thank you CI ( Read more... )

I just got back from a concert-thingy given by one of the ladies in my band. She has a musical group called Blåtoner (bluenotes), which is compised of 3 women (2 professional nurses and one professional gospel singer). The women in this group get together to talk about all the sorrows in their life, death, depression, suicide,etc. They then write ( Read more... )

So, I've sort of dropped off the map for a little bit, and here's why:

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To be "flink" means to be really good at something. For example, I want to be "flink til å spela fela". If someone says about you, "ho er veldig flink, ho" (she is very good, she), it means that you are mind numbingly awesome. They probably wouldn't say it to you as often as they would to somebody just out of earshot, which is why I have written it ( Read more... )

This from a friend's forward ( Read more... )