Autumn and H!P

Been a while since last time.. now autumn is already here. But I don't mind as I find this is a lovely season. Fresh, cold air which somehow wakes you up after a long and lazy summer.I love the smell of autumn.
 

     I'd like to say "nothing much has happened", but I hate that expression as it's seldom true. Ofcourse alot of things happens.. all the time, everday! But, I think it's hard to come up with anything interesting to write about. Life has been going on as usual. Still working, enjoying my freetime and dreaming of a future as an illustrator, animator or something in that direction. But we'll see.. the future is always uncertain, and I'm glad it is.
     Oh..and I've discovered Ebay! Well.. I always knew about Ebay.. but I havn't really checked into it.. until now recently. Been reciving small "gifts" in my mailbox for some weeks now. Cheap "gifts" that is.. So  I'm not emptying my bank account by using Ebay - which is why I love it! Nice quality items for a small price. I advice you to check it out \(^u^)/
   
     I'd like to introduce my favorite music.When I think of it, this music is a big part of my life. I've listened to it since I was about 15 years old.. that's 7 years already! The music I'm talking about is produced by Tsunku, a famous japanese music producer who's made many popular girl groups. All under the company Hello!project!.

     I'll start by introducing H!P's biggest group, Morning musume! 
The group released their first official single in 1998. But since then, "graduations" have been held, to let go of the older members. And "auditions", to let in new members. Basically to keep the group young, fresh and interesting for the fans. And the concept has worked! (At least I think so..)
Todays members are: Jun Jun, Mitsui Aika, Michishige Sayumi, Lin Lin, Kamei Eri, Takahashi Ai, Niigaki risa and Tanaka reina.  Yeah, crappy picture, but the other photos I spent ages uploading decided not to work!

This formation of members have been stable for a while now, but unfortunately their letting go of three of the members, Jun Jun, Lin Lin, and my favorite member Kamei Eri. There will be a new Audition, which is always fun, but I'm really sad Kamei is leaving.

This thing about morning musume, and H!P groups in general, is that the music is so energic, positive and fun! The lyrics are "real", and the music is really catchy. Just makes me want to smile. One more thing, is that it's not all about the music, but these girls are so called idols. They function as persons you can "get to know", through TV-shows, concerts, handshake-events, fanclub, special events. There are even photos you can collect. and special edition releases for more hardcore fans. Well, the point is, I've really got to  know these girls personalities through tv, interviews, musicals and so on. It makes it so much more interesting to listen to their music, read the latest news etc. This has become like a hobby of mine. And I love it.

Here's morning musumes newest single. Not my favorite, though.






   

Ya~hoo

At the moment, I'm baking cookies while waiting for Joachim to wake up (he's working night shifts). I've been working fulltime at my new job as a substitute for my "boss". I'm still kinda of a newbie, and the long hours makes it really tiring. And I'm not used to waking up at 05.45 everyday. Still, it makes me appreciate my freetime more.
     Today I woke up at aroundt 12, after sleeping for 11 hours! Today I'm just going to relax with Joachim. I'm also thinking about finishing Zelda MM for the fourth or fifth time. I love days like this! \(^u^)/
     After two more weeks as a substitue, I'm going to Hardangervidda with Joachim.

Five days surrounded only my Joachim and the wilderness. It's going to be..perfect! I love to enjoy the simple things in life, like sleeping outdoors, fishing and just.. being.

My job

In  May, I got a new job! I'm working in a supermarket being partly responsible for the fruit and vegetable section. I'm really happy! Although I'm only working 50-60% at the moment, I think it's a great start considering the work I do is pretty tough and stressful. I'm hoping to get more work as soon as I settle in more :)
     My job is basically keeping the fruit/vegetable section nice and fresh by doing things such as throwing away old food, ordering, making samples, some paperwork etc. I get to work out (carrying alot of things and walking all day) and work with fruits and vegetables which I like, so I'm very pleased with this job so far :)

Hope everyone who reads this enjoys summer as much as I do! It really does something with the mood, doesn't it?

My favorite summer experiences

                                      Photo by Joachim

The feeling of warm sand between my toes

Walking barefoot in the grass 

The smell of flowers

The warmth from the sun

 Swimming in the sea

 A cold shower after a sunny and warm day

The feeling of a summerbreeze that slips in through the window

The smell of newly cut grass

Strawberries with cream

Juicy watermelon

Late summer evenings spent with friends and family

Long, lazy days...

Happy birthday to meee! \(=u=)/

Today, I woke up when my friend Marte came over with birthday presents! She's so sweet! <3
Then Joachim had prepared a birthday inspired breakfast, consisting of hotdogs, coke and carrot cake. A really nice start of the day :-) He also got me roses and a present. I also got presents from my sister, and two of my friends have made me drawings! I'm really lucky \(^u^)/
I also went shopping with my mom, and she treated me for lunch. I bought this outfit..

Ok.. so I'm not a huge fan of posting pictures of myself, but why not (o_O'')

Later, we went out to eat dinner and enjoy ourselves. It was really nice weather today aswell, which made it feel like summertime.   

Some presents...

On wednesday, my friend Wictoria came to visit.. She brought souveniers!

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BRB!

I'll write soon! Just need to transfer pictures to my computer.. my laziness has kept me from doing it!! (>~<'')

Meanwhile.. enjoy this cute song by morning musume <3

Hotel and bathing park

Last week, Joachim and I went to a hotel and bathing resort to celebrate our "6 year anniversary" together as a couple. We were supposed to borrow a car from Joachims brother, but for some reason it broke down or something 5 minutes before we were leaving. We then borrowed another car, and everything seemed to go well, until this car suddenly broke down about 15 minutes before our destination (<-<'') Even though the fuel gauge didn't work, it was pretty embarrassing being picked up by "Viking" because of lacking fuel. Oh well..
     2 hours later than planned we finally arrived at the hotel and bathing resort. We had such a great time! Outdoor swimming (in a pool ofcourse), running in the snow by the pool, sitting in the sauna etc.
     After bathing we went to a really nice restaurant and ordered the most delicious food I've ever tasted, honestly. It was expensive, but totally worth it! (~u~) We ended the night by eating lots of candy while watching bad movies and playing yatzi in our room. I had a really nice time, and recommend this place if you want to go somewhere to relax.

This was the only shot we bothered to take, even though we brought Joachims camera to take a lot of pictures.

Oh, and I recieved my dancemat some weeks ago! Been dancing alot, and I'm getting real good (haha!!). Well, it's really good exercise, and quite fun aswell. I've also learned how to make my own dancing tracks. So now I can dance to songs such as "They're taking the hobbits to Isengard", and "Gimme back my son!" (<_>'')