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Saturday, June 14, 2008
Norwegian Wood (Part II)
Norwegian Wood (Part I)
Yesterday, we went to Norwegian Wood...imagine this:
Sitting on a green grassy knoll, with giant hard wood trees full of green foliage and a slight breeze to your back, while thirty foot tall pylons of speakers blare good old American rock and roll. Of course they have the softer style of alternative music and soft rock, but that is for the older and younger generations. For us cool and hip people, the only thing worth losing our hearing over was some no BS Rock. Yes, many of you may have never even heard of Queens of the Stone Age (or Jimmy Eat World), but nothing we have experienced before encompasses American Rock and Roll like a lead singer, who has been seriously ill for three days, cussing out some little punk who threw a bottle at him while he was performing. Yes just imagine a 15 or 16 year old brat throwing a coke bottle at a rock legend. The words that followed would burn the hairs off the inside of your ears. But damn what a cool show! It wouldn't be rock and roll if someone didn't get offended by what was going on. Anyway tonight we are going to see the third day of bands with the headliners being a very popular Norwegian rock band named Madrugada (they have become very popular worldwide—multiplatinum selling band). (Yes they do sing in English, so don't ask later!) Ok folks, sorry to cut it short here, but entertainment beckons and rock n' roll doesn't wait for anyone so ROCK ON!
Maybe it’s not the concert or the venue maybe it is just the fact that people know how to behave in public (even when they are drunk)! That is how the Norwegian's throw a concert. With rock bands there are usually mosh pits and fights, but if you call a few teenagers pushing one another around a mosh pit then I guess that works. But personally, coming from Troy's perspective here, I was a little disappointed not to see any fights, but then again it was cold and wet and beer was 10$ a can, so after only a few you are out of money and not drunk enough to be really pissed off. All in all a great show, a great scene, and Betsy has finally attended a rock concert. Hope you all are well and we will attach some pictures soon.
So once again people remember put the pedal to the metal, rock hard and don't drink so much you can't remember the band you listened to the night before!!!!!! (Traditional rock n' roll proverb!)
Betsy and Troy
Sitting on a green grassy knoll, with giant hard wood trees full of green foliage and a slight breeze to your back, while thirty foot tall pylons of speakers blare good old American rock and roll. Of course they have the softer style of alternative music and soft rock, but that is for the older and younger generations. For us cool and hip people, the only thing worth losing our hearing over was some no BS Rock. Yes, many of you may have never even heard of Queens of the Stone Age (or Jimmy Eat World), but nothing we have experienced before encompasses American Rock and Roll like a lead singer, who has been seriously ill for three days, cussing out some little punk who threw a bottle at him while he was performing. Yes just imagine a 15 or 16 year old brat throwing a coke bottle at a rock legend. The words that followed would burn the hairs off the inside of your ears. But damn what a cool show! It wouldn't be rock and roll if someone didn't get offended by what was going on. Anyway tonight we are going to see the third day of bands with the headliners being a very popular Norwegian rock band named Madrugada (they have become very popular worldwide—multiplatinum selling band). (Yes they do sing in English, so don't ask later!) Ok folks, sorry to cut it short here, but entertainment beckons and rock n' roll doesn't wait for anyone so ROCK ON!
Maybe it’s not the concert or the venue maybe it is just the fact that people know how to behave in public (even when they are drunk)! That is how the Norwegian's throw a concert. With rock bands there are usually mosh pits and fights, but if you call a few teenagers pushing one another around a mosh pit then I guess that works. But personally, coming from Troy's perspective here, I was a little disappointed not to see any fights, but then again it was cold and wet and beer was 10$ a can, so after only a few you are out of money and not drunk enough to be really pissed off. All in all a great show, a great scene, and Betsy has finally attended a rock concert. Hope you all are well and we will attach some pictures soon.
So once again people remember put the pedal to the metal, rock hard and don't drink so much you can't remember the band you listened to the night before!!!!!! (Traditional rock n' roll proverb!)
Betsy and Troy
Dear Boss Dooley,
After a long day of fighting dragons, vikings and conquering foreign lands, I Magus ver Magnuson the Great have finally settled into my new kingdom with all the bounty that I recieved on my journey. In this plentiful land that I have newly conquered, where the bulls bring me gifts and the rabbits lay down dead at my feet, there are these odd two legged creatures who are at my beck and call. I do believe you have the same peasants in your land. I find this place to be a bit odd as they have this beeping system to warn me of incoming enemies, that if come to close will be zapped (I tested it out myself to make sure it was suitable).
Best regards from the land that is round on the ends and "hi"gh in the middle,
Magnus ver Magnuson the Great
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Milestone Accomplished…but was it worth the pain!
Well, after a hard workout with my personal trainer—Troy—aka. Husband—I went into the locker room to get dressed and rinse off or should I say shower. Well my first couple of times I did not opt to take a shower because….it was a community shower. Needless to say I was not about to get in a shower with other “naked” girls. However, today I thought what the hell we all have the same body parts and whether I would like to believe it…I probably look a little better than my counterparts that were already in the shower. So I decided to DROP the towel and take a shower. So my first Norwegian milestone was to take a community shower. Check! Accomplished. You never know maybe the next milestone will be to walk around the locker room naked!!! (Probably not!)
P.S. My personal trainer told me that I would not be sore the next day. Well it’s the next day and what do you know…I can barely walk!
P.S. My personal trainer told me that I would not be sore the next day. Well it’s the next day and what do you know…I can barely walk!
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Valerenga vs. HamKam (3-0)...Lesson Learned
Well, Troy won his game today and got another shut out!!!! On the other hand, I did learn a very valuable lesson...
Before games I always try to look my best, however today I picked out a pretty green shirt (because they matched my eyes) and some nice jeans. (You know you always want to look good for your husband...as some other would say "You need to REPRESENT." However, when I got to the stadium the opponent's colors were white and green. OH SHIT! I looked like a damn HamKam fan. So the LESSON Learned: Always check what the opponents colors are prior to attending a futbol game.
I did get some strange looks and even Troy had a few words to say about it...at least I looked good!
Before games I always try to look my best, however today I picked out a pretty green shirt (because they matched my eyes) and some nice jeans. (You know you always want to look good for your husband...as some other would say "You need to REPRESENT." However, when I got to the stadium the opponent's colors were white and green. OH SHIT! I looked like a damn HamKam fan. So the LESSON Learned: Always check what the opponents colors are prior to attending a futbol game.
I did get some strange looks and even Troy had a few words to say about it...at least I looked good!
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