"Minister of Culture"

Ha Ha! That rocks!

Did you know Runic Games' (maker of Torchlight, which I by the way did a review for over at Pressfire) Community Manager have a bit of an unothorodox title... Namely "Minister of Culture".

I wonder if it would suit me?

- Hello, sir. Why yes, I am the Minister of Culture for Planet Calypso.

No? How about Head of Trolls? Treasurer of Cookies? Harvester of Hugs? Flame Bait?

A study in photography

Im not much of a dancer. 
But I was at "Dansens Dag" yesterday here in Hammefest for a case I was doing, and I gotta say it was quite fun to see the dancers express themself through motion.

Also quite fun taking pictures of it! Here's a selected few.

The crisis got me too!

So, Im out of a job 2 weeks from now on.

Im thinking of moving! Instead of seing this as a loss, Im going to explore new horizons!

Wish me luck!

Deadlineday

= Dead Skam day. Its said before and needs to be said again.

I think I need to get my blood pressure checked out!

Deadline day

Deadline day = Dead Skam Day.

This is probably the most stressful days I know of. I cant afford to be sick, absent, late or anything but perfect on this day else Ill waste 2 weeks of hard labour. 

Luckily today I was well prepared, as I should be, after working what seems like 200% the last weeks, not the 50% Im supposed to work. At least that means I have alot of extra hours saved up that I can use for a lil vacation or something, but I have no possibility of taking that now.

Although "prepared" is a bit of an overstatement. I woke up early morning with terrible backpains and then the gallbladder started acting up too so I finally went to work pretty much full of tralala-pills.
And I had the chiropractor today aswell at 14:00 so I had to leave for 40 minutes to go get my neck snapped, which usually makes me quite woozy, and this time no exeption. So when I got back, I was sleepy from painkillers, dizzy from snapping the neck, and feeling sick of the mentioned dizzyness. I was fit for fight? 

Either way, we got there in the end.

Usually when Deadline day is over, my body goes "phew".
Today however I was just more stressed then ever, because by the next deadline I dont only have to have one paper ready, I need to have two.
Since I work for a PR-Company.. My main job is after all managing and writing for the local newspaper that we give out. While the newspaper is a company of its own within the company, so to speak, I am officially working for the PR-Company. And the PR company now have a assignment to make a company newspaper for a mall. 
So of course the writer in the company is given that task.

At least I knew about it, and thats why Ive been working like a nutter the week that was, now I have at least a couple of articles ready for the next newspaper so I wont have to do as much there as usual. But still, it will be even more work for me the following weeks.

Stress!!

Work tomorrow aswell!

Oh and gosh golly, dont think Im off too easy. I have work tomorrow aswell. God rested on the sunday, well not me!!

Tomorrow there is "TV-aksjonen", which is probably the largest fundraiser of the year here in Norway. Every year the state broadcasting channel (NRK) is making a huge fundraiser and choosing one good cause for all the money to go to. This time its Blå Kors (Blue Cross) which is working with rehabilitating drugaddicts, and get this -gambling addicts!
Not that Im a gambling addict of course.. 

Anyway, lil ol me is gonna walk around knocking on doors and begging for money for the cause. Its a good thing to do, I wonder how my feet will react to it tho?

Im going to make a report on it aswell for the paper. Hopefully people will be very giving when they have a camera shoved up in their face.Put the fun back in fundraiser!!

Work + Weekend = Noes!

Its saturday now, but it feels like sunday. Well technically I guess it is sunday concidering it is indeed 01:43 am atm. But then I guess it feels like monday. 

Ive been stressed out of my mind this week. While Ive been at work, Ive been running around like a maniac doing interviews here and there, socializing etc. And since this is such a busy weekend in this town I 'have' to work to cover it all, although Im not supposed to work on weekends.
Last night I was hanging with the citys socialites during the opening of Arctic Culturcentre, the new arena for culture in Hammerfest. We watched a film, had dinner and drinks. Sounds awfully great doesnt it? Well it was pretty good, but I was very tired from the weeks work, and would like nothing more then to just relax after I got home from work. When I was done there I went to the newly opened cinema (again!) and watched Max Payne with Gaute. It was Okay'ish I suppose, the story that is. I think Marky mark did a alright job with playing Payne, just about as glum as him, and as careless. I loved the manner they shot it in tho, it all looks very film noir. 

Today I woke up feeling everything but rested. I think I woke up at about 18:00 after I went to bed at around 6:00 yesterday. So I had some hours to sleep, but since I woke up all Ive really wanted to do, is crawl back into bed.
However no rest for the wicked, another case to be done. There was a Swing-festival (not swingers as stoikow assumed) and I went to cover it at about 11:00. Kinda hard to keep up with all the drunk people, but I got it done. Dont want my paper lacking in stories. 

I've rented Iron Man on DVD tonight. Unfortunally I dont have a certain someone to cuddle up to here at the moment.  One month, or maybe christmastime. Good things come to those who wait.