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Let's hope this doesn't happen again :)

Out of Bergen

So my journey has begun. Left Bergen yesterday and have arrived at Notodden for a short first stop. It is of course a little sad to leave everybody in Bergen behind for the summer, but I am hoping that the experience from the states will be crucial getting the job I want...

The next days will consist of nothing pretty much just more packing and more goodbyes. And hopefully a little shopping with my mom on tuesday. Yes, I know I am spoiled...

When in Rome....

Lose is the first word that comes to my mind...As most enlightened people already know Manchester United lost yesterdays final in the Champions League to Barcelone. 0-2. And it is not like we can blame the referee - cry for ungiven penalties - be outraged of all the missed chances....no Barcelona won fair and square.

I guess you can learn a little about people while watching soccergames. Some people have compassion and some get nothing by joy out of other peoples misery. Simon for example is no big Barcelona fan - never has been or never will be - but since most of the people watching the game at his place were United-supporters he had to yell high and loud in joy as Bercelona crushed a weak United-team. Sometimes it should be allowed to hit people across the head with 2x4s..

Today is also the last full day in Bergen for a while. Tomorrow morning I am driving home to Notodden with Stian. A small Road Trip - perhaps a short preview of the road trip we might take this fall.

3rd of June suddenly doesn't seem so far away and I must admit I always get a little anctious of leaving. I am the kind of guy that packs his bags a week before leaving and double checks everything at least twice - I still usually forget something....

I just saw a movie that I didn't like

Stay away from the movie Angels & Demons... it is pretty much the worse movie I have payed to see in a long while...

I have no idea what Ron Howard was thinking while making this movie - but he must have been high on something. I might have had to high expectations from reading the book and actually enjoying the first movie (The Da Vinci Code), but this was not 100 kroner ($15) well spent...

I just saw a movie I liked

I have never really been a big fan of the whole Star Trek thing, but I might just become one. After watching the latest Star Trek movie last night I just got an urge to see the rest of them. I must admit that I haven't watched any of the old movies or any episodes of the TV-series -and I am starting to sense that I am missing out....

Oh well - back to the movie. Why not use my former journalist skills (if I ever had any) and give you all a short review (that is if anyone is still reading).

First of all the movie is directed by J.J. Abrams - the guy that created Lost and Cloverfield. That might not be a good thing some of you might say, well I beg to differ. Neither Lost nor Cloverfield may be sensational, but for me they are both great fun. And so is the latest Star Trek flick. A surprisingly well casted movie with the likes of Zachary Quinto (Sylar in Heroes), Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz), Karl Urban (Lord of the Rings) and Eric Bana (Munich, Troy).

I will not bother you all with a lot of talk about the plot in the movie - I am sure there are lots of well articulated plot summaries out on the web - but I would like to say that the movie has managed to hit the spot right on in regards to making a movie with enough references to the old movies along with enough action, up to date special effects and one-liners to capture the interest of people like me.

Off I go - ordering Star Trek on play.com

Accepted!

Wow, amazingly enough the american embassy decided that I was qualified to enter their country once again. So now it's only a questions of time before I once again set my feet on american soil.

Things are pretty hectic in Bergen these days - and I had my worst migrene attack ever just the other days. Lost the ability to focus completely for a couple of hours - which of course was pretty scary. I ended up at the hospital, after my mom started talking about tumours and yelled me into going. The doctor just smiled, said it was nothing and billed me 300 kroner ($50). Money well spent!

Well that is it for now - not that much exciting going on. Well back to making lasagna.

Back in Bergen

After a short visit to Oslo to get my visa for the states and go to Pernilles bapthism I am back in Bergen...

I must admit that the idea of having to go to Oslo to say hi to a visaofficer and answer a couple of questions that they already have the answer to is a little bit of a waste. At least I had already planned to go east this weekend, but I feel sorry for all those that have to spend thousands of kroners just to show their face at the embassy...

Sunday I finally got to see my sisters little daughter Pernille Anne to which I am Godfather (For the third time - almost feel like Marlon Brando). Of course I gave the little child a Manchester United-body and song some great United-lullabyes. She fell right asleep dreaming of Ryan Giggs running down the wing....a future norwegian national team player for sure. It was a nice bapthism and great food afterwards - so all in all a pretty good day...

The weekend was not made worse by Uniteds 2-0 trashing of our rivals Manchester Shitty... Only two more wins needed.

Less than four weeks to liftoff... Ordered my travel insurance today - even more money flying out the window...

Ecstacy

There it is - 3-1 victory away at Arsenal and 4-1 on aggregate. Rome here we come.

A classic display of effeciency gave Manchester United a second consecutive berth to the final of the Champions League were we will meet the winner of todays game between Chelsea and Barcelona. Although Barcelona might be seen as the hardest team to play I would have to admit that I much rather meet them in the final than Chelsea.

Time passing by

So now it's only 4 weeks until departure. Starting to get a little travel itch, but it's all good. I am the kind of person that hos to have everything ready days in advance. So yesterday I checked if I knew where all the cords for my camera, viedocamera and everything were. Fortunately I found them all - at least the ones that came to mind.

While looking for the cords I came over some of the videos from when I spent some months in Egypt. Pretty fun watching a drunk Simon jumping around in his boxers hitting the angry german Anders with a pillow. Good times.

At the moment nobody knows that I am writing a blogg, so it's actually more of a diary for myself. Guess I gotta let people know sooner rather than later.

Today is going to be another exciting day. Just got up and I am meeting Simon, Jøran and Magnus at the gym to fit inn a little workout in an otherwise busy day. At least there will be some fun tonight with poker and the second semifinal in the Champions League. Hopefully United will follow up there 1-0 win at home with at least a draw at Emirates, but you never know. I'll be crossing my fingers.

Guess that's it for now

June 3. - Time of departure

Still under construction. I still don't know how good I will be at this blogging stuff, but I will try to keep everyone interested updates at least a couple of times a week. Just so you know what is going on and how I am doing.

Short synopsis:
June 3. I will be flying out of Oslo to yet again go to the land of the free and home of the brave... or so they say. San Francisco is the destination this time around and I will be spending a little under three months in the city by the bay. After that a roadtrip is in the planning phase, but we will se what comes of it.

In San Fran I will be doing a half&half intership and school. One afternoon per week I will be attending the Center of Entrepeneurship and Techonolgy at the University of California, Berkeley and the rest of the week I will be working full time for a newly established technology firm in the Silicon Valley area (the company is yet to be decided). Everything is put together by something called Gründerskolen here in Norway and is a cooperation between several norwegian universities and the norwegian government.

As for now I am going to Oslo next week to get my visa, but other than that I am looking forward to some hectic months in California.