mai 24, 2007
· Arkivert under Family, Kjærleik, Life, Unique

Idag var familien min og eg på verdspremieren til Jon Fosse sitt stykke ved teateret i Bergen. Stykket er tingingsverk for Festspela og er tittulert “Eg er vinden.” Om du er i Bergen under Festspela, få med deg dette:
To små menn i det store altet
-EG ER VINDEN speler seg ut i ein tenkt og så vidt illudert båt, og handlingane er også tenkte, og skal ikkje utførast, men illuderast. Slik lyder den utfordrende sceneanvisningen i det rykende ferske manuskriptet fra Fosses penn, som Eirik Stubø iscenesetter for Festspillene i Bergen.
I EG ER VINDEN vender Fosse tilbake til et kjernemotiv i sitt forfatterskap: to venner som til et visst punkt har fulgt hverandre meget tett, men som går hver sin vei. Den ene har flyttet eller gått bort, den andre sitter igjen og minnes. I dette stykket, som i flere av Fosses tidligere verk, kommer den ene tilbake. Eller gjør han nå egentlig det?
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Anbefalt!
Nokre av familiemedlemmene mine karakteriserte dramaet det som ei “angstfull oppleving”, avdi presentasjon en på scena, og teksten i seg sjølv, var så sterk. Men, dog, ei angstfull oppleving på ein god måte.
Stykket bestod i det heile av ein dialog mellom “han eine” og “den andre”. Det var med andre ord kun to personar på scena heile tida. Einaste av effektar var lys og små endringar i stemmeleiet. Me hadde kongeutsikt frå balkongen, noko som gjorde presentasjonen endå meir fullverdig. Tolkinga og det at ein så til dei grader må lesa mellom linjene, var unikt.
Noreg skal vera glade og stolte over å ha Jon Fosse som dramatikar og forfattar. Dessutan er han frå Strandebarm, og alle veit at Strandebarm er i Hardanger. Og alle veit at eg er halvt kvemming (Kvam kommune). Og alle veit at det er konge.
april 10, 2007
· Arkivert under Beer, Family, Fun times, Holiday, Just me, Life
Wow, it´s almost been a month since i last posted an entry, and you know what, that´s quite a long time. In fact, it´s about 2.592.000 seconds. Ha-ha.. Hollahh! Anyways, haven´t been doing anything special lately, and the past four weeks have gone by so incredibly fast. I´ve been in Voss for the holiday, working at Vossa jazz, hung out with my family and of course done some partying with my friends. Summa summarum: A great pair of 2 weeks.

Still me! (But very tired, indeed)
mars 10, 2007
· Arkivert under Family, Life, NRK, TV-shows
- Det finnes tusen måter å være en familie på i 2007, sier prosjektleder Thale Persen. Derfor har hun og produsent Gisle Halvorsen funnet sju svært ulike, men tydelige familier.
“Familien” (The Family) is a new show on NRK and the reason behind this post, is that it´s my cousin, Thale Persen, who has made the show. She has worked for NRK for a quite a while now, and she has also been nominated for the Amanda-awards in Haugesund because of her work. She lives in Oslo with her boyfriend Arild, who made the film “Pittbullterje” and their two daughters Liva and Johanne. So, Thale – your new show is great! I´ve just watched an episode and i´m really proud of you!
You should all check it out! It airs saturdays on NRK at 18.30.
More information about the show here.
mars 5, 2007
· Arkivert under Family, Life
Life Lessons
You may have thought I didn’t see,
Or that I hadn’t heard,
Life lessons that you taught to me,
But I got every word.
Perhaps you thought I missed it all,
And that we’d grow apart,
But I picked up everything,
It’s written on my heart.
Without you I wouldn’t be
The girl I am today;
You built a strong foundation
No one can take away.
I’ve grown up with your values,
And I’m very glad I did;
So here’s to you, dear father,
From your forever grateful kid.
januar 30, 2007
· Arkivert under Family, Just me, My wish(es)
Well. I can´t sleep, although i really want to. So why not take advantage of the “insomnia” and do a blogpost? Oh, yeah, it´s definitely a good idea, hehe.
So, here´s the deal. I´m getting a dog. Yes, a real dog. And NO, i´m not getting a dog just because Paris Hilton is my idol. D´oh! (However, she´s not.) I´m getting a dog because my family and i has had a dog as long as i can remember, and it´s great. A dog is a faithfull friend who loves you no matter what. And i miss Malin. Yes, you read it correctly – our dog at Voss is named Malin. Very human-like, but that´s her name. She´s wonderful – and the happiest and kindest dog you´ll ever meet. I´ve never heard her barf once! It´s crazy. But at the same time so nice. She´s a Newfoundlander, and i love her to death. She can actually lay her head in my palm and go to sleep – sitting. Hehe, you have to meet her to understand.
Here she is:

Yeah, i said you´d love her! Well, the dog i´m about to get, is a Bichon Havanais. You can read about it here. The rase seem to fit me just right, and i hope i´ve done the right choice. I decided getting a dog in about a year ago, but i had to wait for the breeder to get it all in place. But now it seems that it´s finally happening, and i can´t wait.
Here´s my future “Bamse”:

So, there you have it. A nightly blogpost! I have to try to sleep now – so, good night and sleep tight =)