On my way to work today, waiting for the subway I first heard a loud noice, first I thought it was the subway coming way to early, but then I realized that it was two guys delivering an ice cream box, or new freezer to the candy store. Not something you see each day…
Referring to my post about one year ago http://www.hellem.org/blog/index.php/new/2006/08/13/blackwater the company Blackwater is not thrown out of Iraq due to an episode where Blackwater employees killed eight people yesterday http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/uriks/irak/article1999145.ece.
A bit strange anyhow, that this episode have banned Blackwater from all of Iraq. My guess is that this is not the first episode, so why all of a sudden throw them out now? A bit more to be found on the CNN web page http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/17/iraq.main/index.html I guess the most important thing to notice is that it is not yet confirmed by the Iraq government.
Today I was supposed to be found on the starting line of Oslo Sykkelfestival http://www.oslosykkelfestival.no. I got up in the morning just to realize that the weather had changed from yesterday, today it was +5 degrees and rain. I dressed the same as a couple of weeks ago when I did Femsjøen Rundt, and thought it would be okay, but maybe a bit cold. I got dressed and got on my bike, ready to go downtown to the starting line. Passing Tveita I had to use my breaks, high speed did not do any good when being so cold as I was. Hoping I would get warmer when passing Valle Hovin, but no, and finally when I came to Tøyen I turned around. I did not want to spend 3 more hours on my bike, so after 30 minutes outside I returned back home. Elin was surprised, but glad to see me 🙂 So, warmer clothes need to be packed out, and hopefully, I will attend Oslo Sykkelfestival next year…
Have been listening to K.D Lang “Hymns of the 49th Parallel” today. It is a cd in Elins collection, I guess I would never had bought it, but now I would, but don’t need. She sings very beautiful covers of well known songs of among others Neil Young and Leonard Cohen. The Cohen cover is Hallelujah, a version sung much, much better than the Norwegian “Gitarkameratene”. Unlike them she does not try to imitate Cohen, but make her own version of the song. Just like Johnny Cash doing a cover of Hurt by Nine Inch Nails, it still Hurts…but it ain’t NIN’s version…
http://www.kdlang.com/discography/2005.htm
Gitarkameratene sucks, or sucked…
Brings back memories from 20 years ago, or maybe even more, the last dance at Ungdomsklubben and Elevkvelder 🙂
Passed by Platekompaniet together with Kent today, came across this cd by Tool, and off course I needed it…Elin disagrees…
Today I have hang out with Kent, Loy, Alf, Espen and Simen. First I stopped by Loy who is making a potato cannon, so far it blows, but soon it will blow the potatoes far, far away http://glassx.googlepages.com/. Then we went to Espen , ate a lot of pizza, drank wine and flew his new mosquito helicopter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IKTfe5TBmY
Loy waiting for the blast
Simen behind the helicopter, only showing by its green light…
Roy (Instagram @royzvoice)
Kent was out on the balcony when he shouted to me “Rune, come here and see…” So I went out to see this big truck with a trailer mounted going in reverse the whole length of Haugerudhagan. I guess due to the construction of new houses at the end of the road the turn spot had no place for him to turn on.
John Garcia, former vocalist in Kyuss, with his new band Hermano. Heard one of the songs on this record on Myspace, the cover of the AC/DC-song TNT, wonderful!! Garcia is king of rock, and the cd rocks!!! http://www.hermanorocks.com/
The project started last year at Vestreng, cutting down trees to get back the cultural landscape from Gaya which tries her best to concur it back. So this year we have managed to finish one third of it, there is now an electrical fence around it where two horses have spent the last two months.
But, still two thirds left, the following pictures from last weekend showing the work being done and most important of all – how much work still left
First, me in the big 4WD towing Anders up the hill while he uses the backhoe loader to get rid of all the roots
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Still a lot more to be done before horses can walk here next year
Old, but still working
