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Salmon Red Cheep-cheep                  Since: 11-18-05 From: Norway Last post: 5924 days Last view: 5913 days |
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| Ouch! No good day for Celtic yesterday. Hammered by Benfica, and FCK's sensational win now puts Celtic in a place where they have to fight to not end 4th in the group and be knocked out of the cup alltogether... | |||
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Salmon Red Cheep-cheep Since: 11-18-05 From: Norway Last post: 5924 days Last view: 5913 days |
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Tromsø plays Tippeliga-football next year. 3-1 loss today, Viking cancelled our 7 goal lead in goal difference by beating Brann 5-0, but we topped Viking on more goals scored. Finally, Start beat Odd 2-1 to put us in a safe 10th place, two spots ahead of the dreaded play-off spot. HamKam is sent packing by a fantastic Stabæk. I won't say I'll miss them, they're probably the least colourful team in all of Norway. Molde is gone, but that was known already. I won't miss them, either, they're probably the biggest colletion of assholes in all of Norway. All in all, a perfect end to the season (despite the Tromsø-loss). So, what happens next year? Kibebe and Bernier are gone. Christensen retires. Årst and Rush ain't getting younger... On the bright side, Reginiussen will have one more year of experience. Ademolu will hopefully put in more stable performances. Ramovic and Rush will be there from the start of season. Moldskred will be injury-free. With a stable back and a good midfielder I think we can avoid another year as relegation battlers... Here's to hoping Tromsø won't have to fight 'till the last round next year (or if they have to, it's fighting for silverware, not survival)! |
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Salmon Red Cheep-cheep Since: 11-18-05 From: Norway Last post: 5924 days Last view: 5913 days |
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| Word on the street is he's homesick. His fiancé is still in Canada, so I guess Toronto FC would be a viable option.
What's funny is that four matches ago, the statistians gave Tromsø a measly 14% chance of avoiding relegation. Now, at the end, survival without even having to play the dreaded play-off. Usually, they say 30 is the magic number. 30 points is considered "safe", and is the number most coaches who fight to avoid relegation set as their goal ahead of season. Since the Tippeliga was upgraded to 14 teams, only 1 team has ended in playoff with 30 points (Molde last year), no team has been relegated at 30 points. This year, however, the magic number was 29!
10 Tromsø 29pts 11 Viking 29pts ==== 12 Odd 29pts ------- 13 HamKam 28pts 14 Molde 25pts |
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Salmon Red Cheep-cheep  Since: 11-18-05 From: Norway Last post: 5924 days Last view: 5913 days |
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| This is it. My list, all random, all there. I just hope there won't be too many embarrassing songs coming up on my playlist.
Opening Credits: Johnny Cash - Hurt Uh, oh, that doesn't bode well for the rest of the "movie"... Besides, shouldn't this song rather have been for the funeral scene, death scene, or ending credits? 
Waking Up: Bright Eyes - Take It Easy (Love Nothing) Well the upbeat beats in the background sure make it good for the typical waking-up-and-everything-is-a-mess-scene. Besides, Take It Easy is a good message for the rest of the day, I guess. Defo more fitting than the first one.
First Day At School: Aerosmith - Flesh Umm... Just no... I'm trying to connect this to school.. But no... Falling In Love: The Smashing Pumpkins - Galapagos Sorta perfect for a Falling In Love song. Calm and quiet start. Slowly building up. Eventually hitting its climax exactly at the scene with the kiss. Only thing is, the climax could have been a bit more, uhm, climaxy... 
Fight Song: Aerosmith - Fever (Aerosmith again? Wtf?) Well, yah, it's upbeat, it's catchy, but is it real good fight song? Well, maybe. 
Breaking Up: Johnny Cash - Danny Boy (Seriously. Cash and Aerosmith make up 1,73% of my music combined, yet they've both managed to get in two songs each! The randomizer sure seems to take a liking to the low odds today. ) Either way, it's a sad song, but it's not about breaking up. Sort of an ish-choice.
Prom: MC Tunes vs. 808 State - The Only Rhyme That Bites Mancunian rap/house/electronica - yeah, I see where that has got anything to do with an American tradition such as prom at all. 
Life: Supergrass - Richard III Lyrics don't say too much. Song is kinda messy and with lots of twists and turns. Named after a megalomaniac Shakespeare-character. My life? Eh...
Mental Breakdown: Postgirobygget - Forført Norwegian soft-rock/pop-rock song about a girl. Well, it's not about mental breakdown, but it's enough to give you a mental breakdown. Driving: Inspiral Carpets - Seeds of Doubt I'm starting to doubt most of the songs that have been coming up lately. I'll give this one thing, though, I love listening to Inspiral Carpets when I'm driving.
Flashback: Bloc Party - The Pioneers Depends on the flashback-scene, I guess. Very messy song. Very good song, though. Getting back together: Oasis - Be Here Now Tripped up Gallaghers on a Beatles-high. Well, I guess the song-title does have something to do with getting back together. Wedding: Ash - Shining Light Ah, now we're talking. A beautiful song, and romantic as well. Finally something fitting again.
Birth of Child: The Clash - Koka Kola Give the kids drugs from the moment they were born? Final Battle: Ryan Adams - La Cienega Just Smiled Wrong, wrong, and wrong. Nothing battley about this at all. Funeral Song: Abba - Happy New Year XD Ummm, anyone believe in re-incarnation? Happy New Year being all about fresh starts and all. Other than that, I don't see this going anywhere. Ending Credits: Oasis - Champagne Supernova SCORE! This has always been my favorite album closer, all in all a great song for closing up anything. Perfect match! |
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Salmon Red Cheep-cheep Since: 11-18-05 From: Norway Last post: 5924 days Last view: 5913 days |
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| Pirates share software with everyone, all for free.
Ninjas take all the good loot that they don't even need, just because. Pirates are the obvious choice here. |
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Salmon Red Cheep-cheep Since: 11-18-05 From: Norway Last post: 5924 days Last view: 5913 days |
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| I've effectively stopped, since the only guy I know who knows where to go to get hashish (or the occasional marijuana) had to stop because his girlfriend didn't like the habit. I myself never bothered to get any contacts, since I never had any intention to become a regular user. So it doesn't matter too much that I had to stop, over the last year I think I've lit up twice, so I'm what you would call the veeeeeeery occasional smoker. | |||
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Salmon Red Cheep-cheep Since: 11-18-05 From: Norway Last post: 5924 days Last view: 5913 days |
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| So, congrats on making it to the next round! Nakamura's free kick may have been dubious, I'm not sure if it was a tackle or not, but all in all, Celtic haven't let in a single goal at home in the Champions League this year and they deserve their spot in the next round! |
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Salmon Red Cheep-cheep Since: 11-18-05 From: Norway Last post: 5924 days Last view: 5913 days |
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| Blackburn makes it to the next round of the UEFA Cup as well. All in all, things are looking up in the world of football.
Here's to Blackburn drawing Barcelona! |
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Salmon Red Cheep-cheep  Since: 11-18-05 From: Norway Last post: 5924 days Last view: 5913 days |
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| MGD is Miller Geniune Draft. The only American beer that does not taste like utter horsepiss but is actually worth drinking.
I think the point he is trying to make is that Moslems, Jews, and Christians are all basically from the same background, or maybe that they share the same general viewpoints on life, but that different reasons have driven them appart. I'm guessing it's got something to do with the fact that they're all three Abrahamic religions, and as such have a lot in common... Or something along those lines. If I'm wrong, I'm as lost as you are, Arwon, the post is after all rather hard to get. |
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Salmon Red Cheep-cheep Since: 11-18-05 From: Norway Last post: 5924 days Last view: 5913 days |
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| Abrahamic religion - I think your point has been pretty known for a long time, and not really something that needs debate. That Christianity is an offshoot of Judaism is well known. Jesus was a jew who didn't want to start a new religion, but rather act as the Messiah to all Jews. This is why the Jewish holy texts are pretty much the same as the Christian Old Testament. Islam, as already mentioned, sees many important figures in Judaism and Christianity as prophets of God. All religions are inter-linked. All three worship the same god, they just have different views on what revelations he sent to the earth and how to worship him.
So what is there to discuss? |
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Salmon Red Cheep-cheep Since: 11-18-05 From: Norway Last post: 5924 days Last view: 5913 days |
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| Blue Laws are interesting. Norway is probably one of the most secular countries in the West, but we're also one of the countries in the West with the most religion-inspired laws in the world. Shops and stores are not open on Sundays here. Alcohol may not be bought from shops and stores on Sundays, after 18:00 on Saturdays, or after 20:00 on weekdays. Wine and Spirits may only be bought from special government-owned shops that sell only wine and spirits and have a rather strict opening and closing-schedule. Then there's the whole state-owned Church of Norway, but that's a whole 'nother chapter.
I simply get frustrated from reading the DumbLaws section on Norway. I don't know if they're misunderstanding the situation or just putting up a bunch of laws that seem a bit foreign in order to have something to write on Norway. Let's review: "If your vehicle stalls and you leave it on the side of the road, you must mark the vehicle with a red, reflecting triangle." A week ago the sun set up here. It will return come January. Before that we'll have two months of complete darkness (at mid-day it gets to dusk, but that's as good as it gets). Norway, being a hilly country, is also filled with curved, small roads. So, all in all, complete darkness + lots of curves + small roads = red, reflecting warning triangle is a darn good idea. I guess whoever put that up as a dumb law enjoys smashing his car into stalled cars he can't see in front of him in the road. "A fee is levied on each purchaser of any plastic bottle which is returned upon return of the bottle." It's called envorinmentalism. You buy the bottle, you pay 1kr (~0.15USD), you drink the beverage, you return the bottle, the money is returned to you. The bottle, in return, is recycled. Course, most people don't hand in one bottle at a time, they save them up and hand in lots. Always great after having hosted a party to hand in the leftovers and get money for a morning-after-hamburger (yes, you can return beer glass bottles for recycling, too). "Licenses must be bought in order to own television sets, and even VCRs." It's a tax. It is used to run the Public Broadcasting, and make sure public broadcasting gives ad-free, good broadcasting. As opposed to America, where no one really watches Public Broadcasting, in Norway, the service is actually quite good, because of the tax. |
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Salmon Red Cheep-cheep Since: 11-18-05 From: Norway Last post: 5924 days Last view: 5913 days |
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| Didn't catch the Celtic-game as the media 'round these parts prefer to show matches involving English teams, and as such showed United vs. Benfica. The pub the day before decided to show Galatasaray vs. Liverpool, a completely uninteresting match, in stead of Barca vs. Bremen, the more interesting match (that even for once was the main-match. The pub had to tap into some obscure channel to find Gala vs. 'pool). 'course, the worst part is that with the insane ammount of Liverpool-fans 'round these parts they probably made more money that way.
All in all, though, I'm a bit disappointed. No big surprises. The "expert commentary" on Norwegian TV called Celtic going through a big shocker, and that they're going to get raped in the next round. Of course, the same idiots predicted that Brazil was a shoe-in for the World Cup, and that Germany would tank it early on. I love how I'm always better at predicting stuff than the expert commentary. |
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Salmon Red Cheep-cheep Since: 11-18-05 From: Norway Last post: 5924 days Last view: 5913 days |
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| Yeah, I know them. They've had quite a few charting hits over here, and are quite big. Especially that there In The Shadows song, that one got quite big, might even have topped the hit lists around here.
I think they're quite boring and bland. Another "oh look how dark and gritty and tormented we are"-band that I could well do without, especially since their music is pretty much only quite standard. I don't know, I just don't deal well with Nordic music, especially Finnish music. I'm not a fan, not a fan at all. |
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Salmon Red Cheep-cheep Since: 11-18-05 From: Norway Last post: 5924 days Last view: 5913 days |
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Originally posted by Silvershield Well, I would assume that this is because the male degree of self-worth and success is not measured by how he looks, but rather by how much he has earned. In general, a man will be much more obsessed by gaining items that function as a measure of his social status, such as a fancy car, a big-screen TV or other things that will display to the world that the man is rich. Take the mid-life crisis, for example, how often do you see a woman dealing with that by going out and buying a new Porsche? The reason men are not as influenced by pictures in the media of the perfect male body is not because men aren't as easily influenced, it's because men are told that what matters for a man is not his looks, but what he owns. |
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Salmon Red Cheep-cheep Since: 11-18-05 From: Norway Last post: 5924 days Last view: 5913 days |
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| Nobody actively wants him to survive because they really feel for him and have personal emotions invested in him except for his family and friends. That's human nature. However, there is a great big difference between having the point of view that it is good if a particular person survives or at the very least being neutral towards it and actually wanting a person to die. It's like those pro-capital punishment people who rally outside of prisons when a prisoner is given his lethal injection and they cheer when they hear the news. How sick and twisted have you become when you cheer the death of another human being?
And liberal is a word that is being thrown around a lot, despite the fact that it has thousands of different meanings depending on the situation and the context. Around these parts, by the way, liberal is usually used to define someone on the far-right of the classic left-right axis, because we use liberal in the economic sense, i.e. a person wanting laissez-faire capitalism, or if you want a very free (thus liberal) market. Arwon's response reminds me of a discussion with an American way back, a situation I found very funny indeed. Some guy was shooting his mouth off about how all liberals are socialists. I told him he had no idea what he was talking about. He told me I was just being afraid of being compared to a socialist and that I was in denial. I told him that that was not the case, as what I really was was being quite offended at being compared to a liberal. That's when he took his time to realize what I had just said and basically shut up and the discussion ended. (not that this really had anything to do with the current topic. I just like the story. Sorry for my digression) |
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Salmon Red Cheep-cheep Since: 11-18-05 From: Norway Last post: 5924 days Last view: 5913 days |
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| Makes perfect sense to me. DIY culture is growing with the expansion of things such as blogs, wikis, and podcasts. The internet is basically opening the door to amateurism being the leading thing, and I'm pretty sure this is what TIME is trying to say with this. Need I remind you all that both "The Computer" and "The Endangered Earth" has been "Person of the Year" before? Likewise, large groups of people have been Person of the Year as well, such as The American Soldier and the Hungarian Freedom Fighter. | |||
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Salmon Red Cheep-cheep Since: 11-18-05 From: Norway Last post: 5924 days Last view: 5913 days |
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| You speak about "this country" and "we" as if you are totally oblivious of the fact that this is an international forum, or the fact that the hanging actually took place in Iraq. Are you trying to advocate that capital punishment in Iraq ahould be judicial practice, basing your argument on capital punishment's prevalence in the history of the United States?
Me, I am principally against capital punishment. I do not feel that it should be the right of a state government to decide whether a person should live or die. Once a government believes it has this right, it opens up for the government to do other quite nasty stuff.
I also don't think killing Saddam Hussein was the wisest thing to do if one wanted to build peace and stability in the middle east (which is what we all want, is it not?). Hamas has already gone out and condemned this as an action of the "imperialist Americans" and are basically calling out for action from Arabs. (on a side note, did anyone catch the press conference where one of the Hamas people were wearing a hat with the New York Yankees-symbol? I'm guessing he didn't know what the symbol was for (at least I know that 'round these parts, many people wear hats like that without having a clue that it has anything to do with an American baseball-team), but I just thought the whole thing was too funny and ironic.) I believe in the old saying that you can kill a man, but you can't kill the ideal. Killing Saddam Hussein has given his supporters something to fight for, a martyr that they can avenge. |
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Salmon Red Cheep-cheep Since: 11-18-05 From: Norway Last post: 5924 days Last view: 5913 days |
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| Well, I live in a monarchy, although a monarchy that is styled a bit different from the Commonwealth-one.
The kings of Norway has had no official political power ever since parliamentarism was introduced in 1883. Before that, the king would appoint the prime minister and his cabinet, after that, the prime minister and the cabinet was formed on the basis of the representatives in Parliament. The king still did the formal appointing as we have never, not even to this day, made parliamentarism an official part of our constitution, but this is only a formal thing and the king has no real say in the matter. When this is said, though, the king has in fact intervened in Norwegian politics twice since the introduction of parliamentarism. Both were by Haakon VII (reign 1905-1957). First, in 1928 when, after an election in which neither the Labour party, the Social Liberal party or the Conservative party got a majority. For a while people were fearing that Norway would not get a prime minister, as they all refused to work together, but the king then stepped in and appointed the leader of the Labour party prime minister. The Labour party's government lasted for about a week, when the Social Liberals and the Conservatives were able to work together to form a government since basically anything was better than a Labour minister, they thought. The second time was when the king declared that he refused the German ultimatum of surrendering Norway to Germany in 1940. As a result of "The King's No" (as his answer is now remembered as and being romanticized as) the Norwegian resistance fighters would fight on for 5 years during the German occupation of Norway. I'm sure there would have been a resistance movement without the king, but it would not have been as big. The king was the gathering symbol that all Norwegians, no matter what political allegiance, could gather under and fight for. The king's value as a symbol in this respect is important. People wouldn't fight in the same manner for a president they didn't want elected. The king becomes the romantic image of Norway, and the one unifying force in times of trouble. For king and country, and all that. But enough about the history lesson. I guess I am what you would call a republican in principle, but a monarchist from a pragmatic point of view. Principally, I agree with Arwon that the thought that a person should be born into the elite is appaling. Pragmatically, though, the constitutional monarchic system of Norway works great. First of all, the royal family here ain't all that "high up and elite", not in the same way as in Britain. They are among the poorest royal families in all of Europe (that's not to say they don't have a high standard of living, though), and they've always acted in a very "common" way. During the oil crisis of 1973, the then king of Norway, Olav V, used the public transportation system to go places, opting to help save gasoline just like everyone else in the world. As the story goes, he would have payed for it himself, had it not been for the other passengers stepping in to pay for him. This special relationship that the royal family enjoys with the people is probably the reson the monarchy has survived in Norway, where colective thinking, communitarianism and a general "don't think you're any better than anybody else"-belief system exists stronger than any other part of the world. Besides, I agree with Arwon that if one were to go republican rather than have a monarchy, the president would have to be a figurehead such as in Germany, not someone who holds a great deal of power such as in the US. However, I must say that I can't really see why we should change from having a king as symbolic figurehead to a president. The king has trained for the job his entire life, the king has the support of all the people, not just the people of his political party (the way I understand, being elected president in countries where the president is a figurehead is sort of a "thank you" from your party for years of long and faithful serving), and the expenses would probably stay about the same (this of course is very different from Britain, where I understand that the royal family makes a lot of money. Around here, the money the king gets from the state is about what I'd assume a president of this country would be making). So, yeah, the monarchy is an anachronism, it stems from a time when some people were "favored by God", more than others. However, in this country, the system works great. So why change it to something that will probably only cause more political divides and problems? |
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Salmon Red Cheep-cheep Since: 11-18-05 From: Norway Last post: 5924 days Last view: 5913 days |
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| Happy birthday, you two!
Elric is what, close to 40 now? Or am I remembering wrong? I seem to recall him being in his 30s when I first got to this place in 2001. |
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Salmon Red Cheep-cheep Since: 11-18-05 From: Norway Last post: 5924 days Last view: 5913 days |
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| The beer I drink the most is the Mack pilsener, the local beer (pilsener is by far the most popular type of beer in Norway). Not because it's anything special, neither particularly good nor particularly bad, but it's available everywhere around here, and it's fairly cheap. It does have one claim to fame, though. The Mack brewery is the world's northermost standard brewery.
If I'm looking to treat myself, it all depends on the money available, and where I'm at in the world. If I'm going domestic, I'll either drink Hansa or Aass. They both produce quality beers in a wide range of styles. From the standard pilsener to more "special" brands. Krönleins is a great Swedish brewery, basically anything they make is class. You may have heard of their Three Hearts brand. Without a doubt Scandinavia's finest brewery (the Danes can keep their Carlsberg, it's a boring and bland beer in my mind). If I'm really looking to treat myself, I'll go for something continental, from the mid-European district. The Germans got some great beers, I'm especially fond of Kölsch and Bitburger, in the Czech Rep. you'll find Staropramen, Budweiser, and of course the classic Urquell (world's oldest pilsener). Then of course there's Stella Artois. You'd probably be surprised to hear that it's not that popular or known in this country. This might be because Stella is particularly known for their advertising campaigns. Advertising alcohol or tobacco is illegal in this here country. Either way, I think Stella is a class beer. As you may have noticed, I generally lean towards pilsener and lager style beers. Their popularity around these here parts are so big, pilsener is used as a synonym for beer. As such, I've been tainted by the local drinking culture, and I myself enjoy a good pilsener/lager. I'll drink many other types of beers, but I don't drink these enough to have a real opinion on them. |
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