So I've been pretty MIA these past two weeks. My apologies to all my lovely commenters! I just haven't been in the mood to do anything with my site at all. Frankly the old layout just bothered me, and I didn't have the energy to fix it. But suddenly I just sat down and mixed up a new layout anyway. I'm not the world's biggest Mischa Barton fan, but I'll have to admit she's really stunning. The brushes in the background may seem a bit chaotic to you, but that's fine! It kinda fits my mood anyway! Haha! I started out with just a few.. but then they expanded, and this is the final result! Chaos! Oh yeah!

I've had a lot to time to think over the past week. About life, about love, about the future.. trivial stuff like that! And it's kinda depressing. It seems like everyone around me is moving on with their lives, while I stay behind. A lot of my friends are starting university in a few weeks, but I won't. Not this year. Maybe next year. No, definately next year! Because I can't take more of this! When I was in high school all I wanted was to graduate, but now all I want is to go back to school again! Though deep down I think this little break will be good for me! It gives me a chance to bring the motivation back into my life.

And it will be so exciting to finally be able to move out of my childhood home! I feel like it's about time I got a place of my own, but since I'm not going anywhere for another year , I'll probably stay at home. For economic reasons. Haha! I'm totally daydreaming here. But lately when I've been out shopping etc, I've found myself peeking into various furniture stores! I redecorated my room last year, so there's not way my mom will let me do it again so soon. So my only option is to wait until I get my own place! Dammit! I wanna move out now! A place where I can have some privacy! Aah, that sounds awesome!

A few weeks ago I thought that this whole anime craze I've been going through would just be a short face. I've had quite a few obsessions in my life, and most of them have been short lived. Obviously the anime one is not. Well, it's not like I started watching anime a few weeks ago. I have watched some series before, but now I'm completely hooked! My collection is steadily growing (just like my manga collection.. ah, I've spent so much money on manga over that past 3 years - about 12500 NOK/$2030/£1076 ), and I'm watching my fave shows over again! My current obsession is Full Moon wo Sagashite! Yay! Takuto! Seriously, that anime is awesome! I dunno why I haven't discovered it earlier! Oh well! Better late than never!


: Emma, Sandra, Britney, Sophia, Erika, Tiffany, Gregory, Desiree, Brandy, Ellie, Musme, Erin

London was awesome! It was such a different to go away from my small town in the middle of nowhere, and end up in such a thriving metropolis. Ah, it was just the escape I needed. Although I could probably have asked for better weather. Well, that might not be the way to put it. The weather was actually beautiful. The sun was shining the entire time, and everything would have been peachy had it not been for the temperatures. Being stuck in an asphalt jungle in 36C (97F) was not exactly ideal. Especially not when the hotel we stayed in didn't have air condition installed. We did have a table fan however, and somehow we survived.

Our hotel was (as I mentioned in my past blog) located only a five minute walk from Oxford Street. And boy did the shops and I get well-aquainted over those three days. I have no idea how many hours I dragged my mom up and down the shopping street and in and out of various stores. Let's just say that my feet got blisters from all the walking, but that even that didn't stop me. I did purchase some great stuff, though! I absolutely fell in love with New Look, not to mention Topshop. The latter one was even a bit too big for me. There were so many clothes, and I didn't know where to start looking. Haha! Talk about dilemma. I loved their bottom floor, though. There was dresses in all shapes and sizes everywhere. They even had a section with old vintage dresses. Ah, girl heaven!

The highlight of the vacation (or the confidence booster, as I like to call it) came on Wednesday morning. My mom and I decided to walk from Marble Arch (where we were staying) and down to central London to watch Buckingham Palace and Big Ben. (Hey, you gotta see it when you're in London, OK?) Anyway, on the way we walked a bit in Hyde Park, and sat down on a bench to enjoy breakfast. Suddenly a man stopped some metres away and just stared at us. My mom is the most paranoid person there is, and she was starting to freak out, when the man walked even closer to us and shouted something. He gestured that he wanted me to answer, and repeated his question. And get this - his question was: "Are you a famous person?" Haha! I blame my oversized sunnies and big hair! But it was kinda fun.. getting mistaken for a celeb! Oh yeah.. I'm gonna live on that one for ages!

But the sightseeing was pretty fun. Buckingham Palace was kinda cool, with all the guards in their red costumes and big hats and stuff. They were so cute. The armed policemen scared me, though. Guns are not something I see every day. And Big Ben was just as grand as I'd always imagined it to be. Actually, I was pretty fascinated, and snapped like 10 pictures or so with Big Ben in the background. I'm gonna put all the pics in my gallery later, but for your viewing pleasure I'm gonna add two photos here as well. The first one is of yours truly at Waterloo Station and the other one is the Houses of Parliment and Big Ben! Pretty, eh?



By Thursday night I was safely back home in Norway, and on Friday I went to Hønefoss to meet Bryndis, a good friend I hadn't seen in a while. She brought along her boyfriend, and he was a bit more talkative that he was the last time I met him. That's good! He's a pretty nice guy, and the two of them are acting lovey dovey all the time. So cute. It was a good chance for us to catch up (and for me to wear my gorgeous new dress from New Look in public for the first time.. ah, I'm so shallow!).

: Mizzy, Erin, Erika, Nicole, Christina, Musme, Clara, Lissi, Sophia, Carina, Sandra, Britney, Brandy, Tiffany, Anja, Scott, Char, Casie, Ongaku, Drea, Cecilie