Friday, January 26, 2007

Hverdagsspekulasjoner 2

Avinor gjennomskuet
Er det ikke ironsisk at vannflaska mi på Gardermoen i den ene øyeblikket konfiskeres som potensielt flytende sprengstoff, før så i det neste uansvarlig og ukontrollert bli kastet i en søppelboks sammen med litervis av lignende utdetonert "terrorgods"? Det finnes flere eksempler på at Avinor har mindreverdighetskomplekser ovenfor resten av flynasjonene. For eksempel er Evenes lufthavns fem utganger gate 26-30. Denne kommentaren valgte Dagbladet i dag å publisere i seksjonen for :Sterke meninger.

Sirkus landsorganisasjonen
Hvorfor kan ikke jeg stoppe å le (av enkeltes manglende evne til å innrømme feil) når Valla lo?

Zalos fanteri
Som økonomisk dårlig stilt student, prøver jeg å spare grunker i alle fasene av hverdagen. Oppvaskmiddelet Zalo har lenge vært en favoritt, da kun en dråpe er nok. Men nyheten om nye Zalo Ultras ”mer kraft i hver dråpe” har vært mer til grenseløs frustrasjon enn en gledesmelding. For hvordan i #%$§ får man ut mindre enn en dråpe fra den #!* plastflaska?

X: With future wide open/Døgnåpen framtid

Creative suggestions, speculations and prognosis come easily while discussing events, situations and others’ excistense in times to come. But my very own unplanned future has never been so close. If all goes according to plan, I will complete my masters in June and have all the opportunities in the world with which to fill my time. But exactly what the fall will be packed with is yet to be decided. Most normal students are pretty sure on what they want to do after five years in univerisity. Times are a tad too hectiv for me to be worried and stressed, but it is somewhat weird not to know. Locations also an unlocked variable. Nonetheless, I desire God’s guidance in my choices.

Underneath follow a few alternatives. Feel free to add suggestions.

1) Contiuning to study. There are many –ogies I would like to learn more about
(sociology, antropology, philosofy, psycology etc), but before I know for what branch I am on fire, I find a study break benefitial. I have, afterall, been in the education system since first grade in 1989. Futhermore, my neigbor encourages me to apply to go to the top sports college with him.

An alternative form would be taking courses in areas like photography and sports.

2) Get a job. Full time work sounds freeing in terms of being done when you leave work (for most jobs), but at the same time a bit scare with set hours and holidays all year (for most jobs). I have three visions/wishes for my ideal job.
a) improve someone else’s world
b) to be creative/creating, no mainintance
c) have flexible working methods and possibly working location. To travel is not the pits.

Exactly how to materialize this, I do not know. Here are some possible professions that have crossed my mind: consulent (ideas, people, shows, speeches, firms, information (spokesman) etc), journalist, photograper, missionary, charity worker, youth woker and teacher. As for today, all I have applied for is summer job openings in a national newspaper (Aftenposten).

3) Traveling. This can be combined with intensive working before or during,
preferably internet based. Free lance work is a possibility. To reside abroad can also be a part of a full time job or course taking.

4) National service. Officially the army will draft me for the fourth time this
sumemer (July/August). I do not feel like locking my next 12 months. If the letter is to come, I will not run away, but as a pacifist try to fulfil the job visions as a social worker.

5) Nothing. This is very improbable, but theoretically possible. This fall is so far the first time in my life my planning board is empty. I would not last long without anything keeping me going though. Volunteer work is not out of the question.



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Kreative forslag, spekulasjoner og prognoser strømmer gjerne på i diskusjon om hendelser, situasjoner og andres tilværelse frem i tid. Men min egen uplanlagte framtid har aldri vært så nær. Går alt etter planen er jeg ferdig som masterstudent, og har all verdens muligheter til å fylle tiden som kommer. Men akkurat hva som skal fylle høsten er fortsatt svært så åpent. De fleste normale studenter er nokså sikke på deres karriere vei etter fem år med studentbevis. Bekymret og stresset har jeg ikke tid til å være, men litt smårart er det jo å ikke vite. Lokasjon er også en ulåst variabel. Jeg ønsker Guds ledelse uansett hva jeg gjør. Her følger noen alternativer. Kom gjerne med forslag.

1) Fortsette å studere. Det er mang en -fi og -gi jeg godt kunne lære
mer om (sosiologi, antropoligi, filosofi, psykologi osv), men før jeg vet hvilken humanistisk retning jeg skal utdype, er det nok greit med en studiepause. Min nabo (i kollektivets B-hus) Kjetil, oppfordrer meg til å søke opptak på idrettshøgskolen sammen med ham.

En avart av å studere ville være å ta noen kurs i for eksempel fotografi eller språk.

2) Jobb. Fulltidsyrket høres befriende ut med at man ikke har lekser og
er ferdig for dagen i det man forlater arbeidsstedet, men samtidig litt skummelt ut med stor sannsynlighet for bestemte arbeidstimer og satt ferie. Jeg har tre visjoner/ønsker for min idealjobb:
a) å forbedre noen andres verden
b) å være kreativ/skapende; ikke vedlikeholdsarbeid
c) å ha fleksibilitet i arbeidsmåte og kanskje -sted. Det å reise er ikke å forakte

Akkurat hvordan dette konkretiseres er heller åpent. Mulige yrker jeg har tenkt litt på: Konsulent (for ideer, personer, arrangement, taler, bedrifter etc), journalist, fotograf, informasjonsmedarbeider, misjonær, bistandsarbeider, ungdomsarbeider og lærer. Foreløpig har jeg kun sendt i vei søknad for sommerjobb i Aftenposten.

3) Reising. Å bevege seg i det store utland blir jeg nok ikke lei av med det første, særlig ikke for kortere perioder. Dette kan komineres med intensiv jobbing før eller underveis, da helst nettbasert. Frilansaktivitet er en mulighet. Å befinne seg i utlandet kan også være del av en fulltidsjobb eller kursing.

4) Førstegangstjenste. Offisielt skal forsvaret kalle meg inn for fjerde
gang. Jeg har ikke videre lyst til å låse mine neste 12 måneder. Skulle brevet komme, er jeg uansett pasifist og vil prøve å oppfylle jobbvisjonene nevnt ovenfor - som sivilarbeider.

5) Ikke noe. Dette er svært lite sannsynlig, men faktisk teoretisk mulig. Høsten er første gang i mitt liv jeg ikke har noe på tapeten. I praksis ville jeg nok gå på veggen etter svært kort tid.

Sunday, January 21, 2007

E: Online clips 19

I generally dislike TV ads, but one of the ladder by Telenor (the biggest tele company in Norway) for increased braodband speed, had a pretty humurous tone. The dialogue, for non-Norwegian speakers:
Q: What are you doing?
A: Nothing
Q: Who do you think you are?
A: I am the scatman...

Then it is time to have a listen to what is called the world’s funniest laugh. If not the best, he sure has a way of making others crack up.

Bowling is fun to play, but not so fun to watch – unless you see bloopers happening.

Parodies are cool. This is a guy doing voices fairly well, but impresses me greatly with managing to do 101 different ones in less than four minutes.


Last up are two documentary style clips of how toothpicks and paintballs are made. I like these kind of bits of information.

The entire collection of clips can be found clicking here.

Saturday, January 20, 2007

X: Volleyball victory/ut av dvale

My first, and my team's second, volleyball match in 2007 had a positive 3-2 outcome (last weekend the team lost 3-0 away). I am far from comparing my performance to a mountain peak, but was trusted as libero again nevertheless. I will work hard on practice from my lowlands efforts toward a secure position in the OSI line-up. Match report in Norwegian as usual.

OSI – Åsheim (3-2): 19-25, 25-22, 17-25, 25-14, 15-6

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Min første, og lagets andre, volleyballkamp for året endte med 3-2 seier over Åsheim. Forrige helg var det et forsmedelig 3-0 tap mot Mosjøen. Jeg er ikke ekstatisk over egen innsats, men fikk tillit som libero igjen. Nå skal det jobbes hardt på trening for å vise at jeg har noe å gjøre på start-sjueren.

Les kampreferatet: H1 - Åsheim (3-2): Ut av dvale

Thursday, January 18, 2007

E: 100 movies worthwhile watching

Picture taken from Movie-Montage.Com.

It took more time than I thought, and the list is far longer than I expected, but I have now come up with a selection of 100 of the best movies I have seen. The number includes a few trilogies sand other movie sets. Sequels not listed here are intentionally left out. There are probably quite a few movies I forgot to mention, and many I want to see which I haven’t. Furthermore there will be movies I have never seen, which would probably make the list. This will particularly be the case for older movies, which I tend to have prejudices against and therefore watching only precious few. Moreover, I only watch movies once (with very few exceptions), which makes my subjective opinion a bit fragile.

However, having seen many a movie in my lifetime, I believe you will not waste your time (or money) with these titles. Too many times I wish I could have followed a list like the one I am making now to avoid all the mediocre shows. Originality in concepts, story, camera usage and other innovating elements are much appreciated for a good movie enjoyment mark.

I have listed the movies alphabetically as combined categories (in brackets) made it challenging to list by genre. The genre given is in generally in accordance with that of International Movie Data Base (IMDB.com), but I have changed or modified some of the movies to my own perception. By clicking the movie title, you are taken to IMBD’s description of the respective motion picture.

I will modify this list in the future, this is only a temporary draft, and in no too long come up with my top 10 or top 15 – probably with recommendations for why you should watch them or what I thought of it. Another idea is to list favorite actors, and movies with cool features/effects/details – independent of how I find the movie as a whole.

In a few days I will also add selection of my favorite Norwegian movies – none of which are currently included in this list. It will be a little segment for itself. The Norwegian movie industry is tiny, but has really picked up the last few years.

Feel free to come with feedback to the list, what you think, if there are titles missing or if you things some should be removed. I feel a bit embarrassed of how few non-American movies that are on the list. True, the US movie industry is the biggest and easiest available, but not always best. I would really like to view more alternative stuff with other perspectives and other languages. A list of inspiration can be the IMBD top 250 through time which I barely looked at. I have seen, but not added The Godfather, Casablanca, Goodfellas, Star Wars etc, but we are all different.

THE LIST – so far
A beautiful mind (biography, drama)
A history of violence (action, crime, drama)
Ace Ventura: Pet detective (comedy)
Ace Ventura: When nature calls (comedy)
Adams æpler (Adam’s apples) (comedy)
American History X (drama, crime)
Back to the future (comedy, sci-fi) (if you like it, watch part two and three also)
Bad boys (action, comedy, crime)
Beverly hills cop 3 (action, comedy, crime)
Blair witch project (horror, mystery)
Blues Brothers, the (comedy, musical)
Bourne identity (thriller, action, drama)
Bowling for Columbine (documentary)
Braveheart (action, drama, biography)
Cast away (adventure, drama)
Catch me if you can (biography, comedy, drama, crime)
Cidade de Deus (City of God) (crime, drama)
Color purple, the (drama, history)
Con Air (action, crime)
Dead poets’ society (drama)
Dead man walking (drama, crime)
Die hard: With a vengaence (in new york)
Dumb and Dumber (comedy)
Exorcist, The (horror, thriller)
Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (Amelie) (Comedy, drama, romance)
Face off (action, crime, sci-fi)
Fahrenheit 9/11 (documentary, war)
Fallen (Thriller, Mystery, Horror)
Fast and the furios, the (action, crime)
Fight club (crime, thriller, drama)
Final cut, The (sci-fi, thriller)
Forrest Gump (comedy, drama)
Harry potter (adventure, fantasy, family) - watch the other movies if you like the first one
Gladiator (action, adventure, drama)
Good morning, Vietnam (comedy, drama, war)
Good will hunting (drama)
Gone in sixty seconds (action, crime)
Green mile, the (drama, crime, mystery)
Grudge (horror, mystery)
Hair (musical, drama)
Hot shots (comedy, parody)
Hotel Rwanda (drama, history, war)
Irréversible (Irriversible) (crime, drama, thriller)
Jacket, The (thiller, drama, fantasy)
Jerry Maguire (comedy, drama, romance)
Jurrasic Park (action, adventure)
Kill bill: Volume 1 (action, drama, thriller, crime)
Kill bill: Volume 2 (action, drama, thiller, crime)
Liar, Liar (comedy)
Life of Brian (comedy)
Lilja 4 ever (drama)
Lion King, The (animation, adventure, comedy, family)
Lock stock and two smoking barrels (comedy, crime)
Lord of the rings, the: Fellowship of the ring (action, adventure)
Lord of the rings, the: Two towers (action, adventure)
Lord of the rings, the: Return of the king (action, adventure)
Maverick (adventure, comedy, western)
Matrix, the (sci-fi, action, thriller)
Matrix Reloaded, the (sci-fi, action, thriller)
Matrix revolution (sci-fi, action, thriller)
Men in black (action, comedy, sci-fi)
Memento (crime, mystery)
Minority report (action, sci-fi, crime)
Mission impossible (action)
Monty python and the holy grail (comedy)
Monster Inc (animation, comedy, family)
Mrs. Doubtfire (comedy)
Muholland Drive (mystery, drama)
Notting hill (comedy, romance)
Ocean’s 11 (action, comedy, crime)
Passion of the Christ (drama, biography)
Pulp fiction (crime)
Rain Man (drama)
Ransom (action, crime, drama)
Remember the titans (drama, sport)
Requium for a dream (crime, drama)
Ring, the (horror, drama, mystery)
Robots(animation, adventure, comedy, family)
Rock, the
(action)
Rocky (action, drama, sports)
Rush hour (comedy, action)
Saving private ryan (drama, war)
Saw (horror, crime)
- Sequal: Saw 2 (horror, crime)
Schindlers list (biography, drama, war)
Se7en (Thriller, mystery, crime)
Shark tale (animation, comedy, family)
Shawshank redemption, The (drama)
Shining, the (horror, thriller)
Silence of the lambs (thriller, crime)
- Sequal: Hannibal (crime, thriller)
- Prequel: Red dragon (crime thriller)
Sixth sense (Thriller, mystery, drama)
Sliding doors (drama, romance)
Sleepers (crime, drama)
Snatch (comedy, crime, thriller)
Super size me (documentary)
Tomb rider (action, adventure, fantasy)
Top gun (action, drama, romance)
Toy story (animation, adventure, comedy, family)
Trainspotting (comedy, crime, drama)
Truman Show, the (drama)
Usual suspects, the (Thriller, crime)
Unbreakable (Thriller, drama, fantasy)
Vita é bella, La (Life is beautiful) (comedy, drama, war)
What women want (comedy, romance)

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

X: www.storvoll.net

The domain I bought two years back. Since then I have used the advantage of having a easy-to-remember e-mail address sindre [a] storvoll.net. Yesterday I put a www-forwarding to my blog. So from now on, at least till I go serious about a company web page (Storvoll Media, where I send invoives from when doing free lance journalism), you can use that URL to get here.

A little sidetracked connection is the recent search I had for ”Storvoll” the online map service from the Norwegian yellow pages. There are quite a few places with my last name in this country, and about 160 in total containg the name. That is quite a few. The closest one is a farm/piece of land in the neigbor town (to my home town up north Brøstadbotn); Sjøvegan.

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Domenet ovenfor ble kjøpt for et par år siden. Inntil nylig har jeg kun brukt fordelen av en veldig enkel e-post: sindre [a] storvoll.net. I går la jeg også inn en www-videresending til bloggen som gjør at alle inntastinger av www.storvoll.net vil føre dere hit hen. Der er i alle fall til jeg eventuelt gjør alvor av å lage hjemmeside til mitt enkeltmannsforetak Storvoll Media.

En liten passende kobling er søket jeg nylig gjorde på Gule Siders kartjeneste for ”Storvoll”. Det er ganske mange gårder, steder og andre naturformasjoner med det navnet, og over 160 har navnet eller en avart av det i seg. Det er ganske mange. Den som ligger nærmest hjemmet i Brøstadbotn, er en gård/et bruk i nabobygda Sjøvegan.