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Apparantly these new “wonder pills” are supposed to stop your liver from taking up fat. Which just gives you the ‘green light’ to eat sweets! Doesn’t it? I don’t know that it’s neccessarily healthy or anything. I always thought the best way to stay healthy was to eat properly and exercise so that the body gets what it needs and also uses some of it’s energy in turn. So I’m very unsure about these pills, and thinking if you don’t take up any fat what will you do when the fat you have now is gone? (As far as it can be). The energy will be taken from the muscles. This in turn is not very good, it’s just letting your body decay basically. Over time you’ll become nothing, more or less. You can always stop taking the pills after you finish your container or before. However, when you’ve taken pills for a time and maybe even seen results, would you want to stop? Would you want to continue, being afraid that if you stopped everything would be a waste and that you’d go back to your original state? Maybe you’re even relying on the fact that you know if you continue to take the pills you’ll be more pleased with yourself. You’re too afraid to stop taking them, and you’re wondering “if I hadn’t started on the pills, could I have done this on my own”? Would the changes have been the same? Would I be just as pleased? Or even more so? Weight loss, slimming down or being a healthier person is not a quick fix. It takes determination and will power, and you have to be in it for the long run. You can’t exercise for a month or two and expect the changes to last if you stop exercising. All very commom knowledge of course! One solution if you’re lacking will power is treats! If you do your exercise or keep yourself from buying some sweets, give yourself a treat: a long bath, a massage, a good meal, a quick nap, half an hour longer of gaming, or anything that makes you happy really.
Word/phrase of the day: Get your kit on, and get healthy!
Left for dead..?
Sometimes there are “circumstances” that lead us to believe that the situation is somewhat different from what it really is. And these circumstances can also turn us into assholes. One wrong interpretation of something said, or body language that wasn’t quite what you thought it was. Jumping to conclusions is our great enemy, and can ruin days, weeks, months in short: a very long time, for many people. Then the normal thing is to want to believe that it is their fault, not your own. And then you shove it over in their ball court and wait for them to make a move. Time of course passes, like it always does. And you realize nothing’s going to happen. You may choose to let everything go its own course, or you can do something. There can be little things that make you want to get in touch again, like missing a person, seeing the person’s name somewhere or the fact that they changed some form for status on the most widely spread communications device, facebook. When contact is again established something of course has to be said, as it is the non-optional social convention that words are to be exchanged. Then, when you’re into the conversation and you’re starting to soften up and think “what was the big deal?” – the ball turns right around: It’s in your court all of a sudden, and you’re wondering how it manoeuvred in that direction so quickly. You’re gob-smacked, ball in your court and all. What do you do? The grown-up thing to do is to go with the flow and follow the ball forward again. This meaning that you actually have to do take action, setting up a date or maybe just calling. Sometimes you just realize you have the chance to turn around a situation that might not have been favourable, life is too short to sell out your friends. If there is a chance at saving a friendship, it should be jumped at!
Word/phrase of the day: You have to work at keeping the friends you want to have in your life!
One Persons Inspiration, a Groups Connection
It’s weird how sometimes you think that there is something in the world you have to yourself. Be it a song you think few people have heard of, and then you realize that none of your friends have. Or a certain type of food no one you know has tried out and you haven’t heard talk of anywhere, or read about in any magazine or book. Maybe a book you found at a used book store, and can’t find when you look for it at book sellers online. And then there are times when you realize that there are certain things that a lot of people have in common. This might be that no one rushes to shopping centers when the sun is nice and hot, so suddenly there was a little less to do at work that day, and you realise you really hate having a job at that precise moment, and then of course you realise you have to pay the rent, so you kick that idea out of your mind.
Then there are some things you look up to, take ideas from, look to for a little advice and a laugh, that mean a lot more to you than you actually realize, and you think it only effects you that way. Sure other people know about it, it’s well known across the world, but others might have a different take on it, or you’re just hoping that it’s special to you in a very personal way. When you then in a cinema seated full of women and maybe five men (oh yes, we most deffinantely did count them), realize that your little personal thing wasn’t so personal anymore there are a few ways to deal with it. You can think that you don’t want this to be so special to you anymore, because it’s special to a lot of other people too, and who wants to share a special thing? Or you can take the stubborn route and just think ‘oh well’, I don’t care what everyone else thinks, it’s really just my special thing. Last choice, although probably not really the last one, is to embrace that there are other people who actually enjoy the same things you do. That is not so wrong, it just gives another topic for discussion, another thing you have in common with someone that can bring people closer together. People you don’t even know! Although we’re talking a stronger sence of special to people and a larger sum of people, which makes it a connection really. See in a cinema with so many seats that were all filled up there were so many different types of women, in different ages, different, clothes, different shoes, with different hairstyles and different personalities. They all had one thing in common, one thing that gave them a topic for conversation that they knew they could talk about, one thing that made them laugh together, “oooo” and “ah” together, grasp the hand next to theirs and made them take of their shoes in a cinema filled with women (and five men) and pull their feet up. One thing, that inspires so many different types of women in so many ways, everyone has someone to relate to, this one thing that makes women feel good about themselves, good enough to let them go out and conquer the world! At least until they have to go home and watch series and movies in reruns. You guessed it. Sex and the City.
What is it about this that really connects so many different women? Is it the talk about sex, that we all relate to? Is it the talk about intimate details, that really tells us to be more open with our own friends? Maybe it’s the fact that we see so many men come and go and yet the one thing that doesn’t change through the entire series is that the four of them actually do stick together? Maybe we wish that our friendships would be like that, maybe it helps us and gives us new ideas on how to deal with things in our lives? Maybe it’s the fact that so different women find something they have in common, and let each other be themselves and different and yet hold together? It’s living out your life through a television character and for those twenty.something minutes an episode last for or two and something hours for the movies we can just lose ourselves in a story that we love. There are problems just like any real woman would have to go through, and here it is disscused and laughed about. Maybe it’s the fact that they can go out and drink coctails and party any night they want to because they are successfull and do what they want? Confidence even, there are so many different displays of confidence you can pick whichever one you want! We let ourselves get carried away and dream ourselves in to a different world where we’re leading different lives than what we are now.
Personaly I think we enjoy it so much because of all the talk about sex, the tips they swing our way (it’s basically a show of “do’s” and “don’ts”) and because it portrays women who are comfortable with their sexuality and enjoy sex!! What’s wrong with that? Why is it a “hush hush” subject for some and uncomfortable subject for others? It’s a part of life we should all be able to embrace, not be ashamed of!
Word/phrase of the day: Feel comfortable about your body, be proud! And shag away!
Confidence and other great things
Once every so often we get little boosts of confidence, and we just radiate. We’re happy about the way we look and we feel great inside – and that’s the part of us we feel is showing on the outside, even though it isn’t. These times come very often and can last for half a day, sometimes longer somtimes way, way less than a day!! The point is, there are different motivators of our sudden found confidence, (unless you’re just one of those people who magicaly radiate confidence ALL the time). It might be some inspiring speech you heard, a few kind words given to you by a friend (which may or may not have been true, but sure enough, as they are given by a friend, they play their part, and often do succeed at whatever it is they’re meant to signify).
It could be something you read in a magazine, even though you didn’t think much of it at first, it sort of lodges in your memory, and your subconcience plays around with it a little and then spins it back into full view for you to reconsider. This is where you think over things like: is your sex life what you want it to be? Are you eating too much unhealthy food? Should you be a great deal better at actually getting through your workout? Are you where you want to be in life? Are there things you wished you could do but didn’t and then wonder if now is the time to come back to those ideas? It might even be as simple as a song you hear on the radio or your mp3 player.
The thing with these moments or days… We need them, whether we want to admit it or not. It’s what makes us think we can do anything, we think better of ourselves than we otherwise might and gives us a little extra umph! Some call it alchohol, some call it stupidity, some deny it and some embrace it with all they’ve got. And that is really what one should do. Because you can accomplish so many new things while in this state of high. (Whether natural or slightly entoxicated).
Friends are a great asset to this confidence, because they often help it along a little. You know, they might be whispering things in your ear all night so that you finally work up the courage to talk to a guy you’ve never met before. They also work in a sence that you feel safe when they’re around, so you can go off and be yourself or talk to anyone, because your friends are waiting to save you if needed.
Word/phrase of the day: Embrace your confidence and let it shine for everyone to see. You deserve to stand out!
As one chapter comes to an end, another begins
She had finished her last day at work. She was finished and couldn’t wait to get home. On her way home she started to think over her time spent in the shop. It was a cosy little place with lots of personalities. There was lots of laughs, lots of annoying costumers, (as there will be in any shop), and people who bought a lot, and people who didn’t buy anything. There were harsh words said and forgiveness given to those who deserved it. It was a time well spent and she will take the experience with her and cherish the moments. She learned a lot and has hopes that in some small way she might have influenced the lives of the people she worked with and met from day to day, just a little.
And now she starts a new job, a new chapter in her life. She is looking forward to the new challenges this will bring and to the new people she will meet.
Ofcourse it’s sad when you have to bring a work-relationship to an end, when you have to move on to something else. However you shouldn’t think of it as something sad. Think of the wonderfull times, of what you’ve learned and what you might haven given the people who you’ve been surrounded by. Think of the experience you’ve gained and how it has changed you. How it might help you influence your future, and how you might do things differently because of the previous experience.
Word/phrase of the day: Keep moving forward to new experiences, however, don’t forget we’re you’ve been and the experiences you’ve been fortunate to have.
Who’s to blame..?
She doesn’t know where to start, as usual! She wasn’t sure it was such a big deal, apparantly it was. There was an examination, which she knew she didn’t do so well in. Mostly because she didn’t feel prepared. She felt the exam was okay and didn’t give it too much thought. Then later on in the day she receives a textmessage from a friend asking if everything was okay, because according to facebook it didn’t go so very well for a lot of other people. She checks it out herself and finds post of a more negative nature. Now how mature is that? The exam might well have been more difficult than anticipated. But isn’t it then your own fault for not being well enough prepared? It just shows you that either you weren’t well enough prepared or that you’re not mature enough to handle the fact that you were given a hard exam. Come on, the worst that can happen is that you get an F and will have to re-do your exam in september. You will have to work a little harder in summer. It’s because you didn’t do the work earlier!
It’s when you’ve been to an exam and seen the questions and given it a shot you actually realise how much more studying you shouldv’e done. But there really isn’t anyone to blame but yourself. So there is no point in saying he made the test too hard. If you had a good understanding of the subject there shouldn’t have been a problem.
Word/phrase of the day: Check if you’re in the wrong first, before claiming that others are.
Ups and downs
You know sometimes you just can’t get things to go your way..? No matter how hard you try it just seems like everything is working against you..? And then as if you’ve suddenly slept through something weird everything starts going quite a bit better, as if everything suddenly works out perfectly..? Not often, though, sometimes, we are that lucky..! To give you all an example, there once was a girl who wanted a new job, for convenience reasons and a few personal reasons. She applied for a few jobs and got only one interview, didn’t get that job and no reply on the other jobs. Naturally she felt a little shot down and wondered if she should just continue working at her current job. She then sat down with internet infront of her and searched websites for available jobs. Then going from not hearing from anybody to suddenly landing 3interviews.. One of which resulted in a job pretty quickly.. The little lady is now very happy. So from going from not getting very far to suddenly managing to go from one interview to the next. By just relaxing and not thinking about it and waiting and taking it one step at a time things work out so much better, than if one should just stress through everything.. Trust me, I should know 
Word/phrase of the day: Live one day at a time, you never know what might happen tomorrow!
Relying on others
So what can you do when you think you’ve failed other people? Completely let them down and when everything might be your fault…? You might be scared shitless, you might be scared of a confrontation or the words that are inevetibly going to be exchanged between others. What would they say?
What happens when it turns around and bites not you, but these other people in the butt?
It would feel sort of good. But gloat you won’t do, beause even though you are happy about how it turned out, you don’t want to be pompous or overbearing! You take the comment as it is given, when everybody hears it, and then you leave and feel completely content with what happened. Now you could ask: why would a group want to rid itself of a person who obviously contributed to the work? Who might even have contributed in getting a better grade in the end?
People have a tendency not to value the things that are right in front of them.
Word/phrase of the day: Don’t be too quick to blow your own horn!
Decision making time
After being at work were things get put off until the last minute and the day is a bit unproductive, is there anything better than coming home to a clean apartment and using Samantha from ‘Sex and the city’ as inspiration for how the next hour plays out, before reheating some lovely leftovers from a certain grandmum and planting ones rearend on the sofa with a movie and ones love..?
So, over to what happened and how we got to todays word/phrase of the day:
When you recieve a letter asking your opinion because something needs to be done differently, you would normally read the information sent with the letter. When you then go to voice your opinion as it was asked of you, you normally want to talk to someone who knows their stuff. However when you don’t talk to the person who’s in charge and that person hasn’t bothered to attain all the information needed, you might feel slightly dissappointed, especially if that person jumps down you throat with something that wasn’t given in the original letter as added information. Then when you actually speak to the person in charge and it turns out that that person hasn’t bothered to take a closer look at all the information either! You’re thinking ‘what the…?’ What is the point in sending out a letter when they don’t even know what it says. That’s politics for you! As long as there is a letter to be sent out, that one person has verified then it seems to be okay, then the middle people only have to get it to the printers as quickly as possible and not worry about what it actually says. Only problem is, when the comments arise it’s not the person who verified the letter who has to tackle them, it’s the person who does the work of printing and sending them out. Kind of bites you in the but when you’re not totally in charge of everything yourself.
Word/phrase of the day: Make sure you have all the information so that the decisions you make will be informed decisions.
A kid called Harry
Right, so, I tried to write on my blog yesterday, however there was no getting to the webpage. So here I am, having to do two blogs today. For yesterdays blog I was thinking of writing something along the lines of (keep in mind events from today overshadow yesterdays events).
There are different things everyday that have an effect on you. It can be like a really small thing or a big event. No matter what it is we all have different reactions and feelings about what happens, this of course, is naught but old news. Sometimes though, it’s nice to have a little reminder of exactly that fact.
Then when you get an event that effects more than one person at the same time, there is a whole new set of feelings and effects to take into consideration.
You see, when the people you’ve been working on a project with, decide they don’t want to work with you, it doesn’t just affect the person who’s telling the other person to ‘bugger off’, it has just as big an effect on the person who needs to go and find a new group. When you tell a person something like that you’re of course going to have mixed feelings because it might not be so easy to tell someone ‘hey, we decided we prefer working without you’, if you’re friends to start off with. It’s a difficult thing to say, and to hear, but it’s not like it’s the end of the world. There are other people to work with! The thing to remember, though, is people deserve to know why! It’s like you want to know what you did wrong, or which quality you’re missing since it didn’t work. But you get over it, and there’s no use making a big deal about it. So why am I here fussing? I can’t tell you really. Some things aren’t handled correctly, aren’t done the way they’re meant to be done. And that’s one example of when it has an effect on some more than others. Why are they so scared of telling you? Why do they make a big deal out of it? And why isn’t it done face to face? It’s not like you wouldn’t be able to handle it. But that means that they wouldn’t be. Anyway it’s not like you’re begging to go back.
Funny story: sitting in a birthday party, talking about peoples names, when a certain grandmum suddenly makes the remark that a certain couple call their firstborn ‘Harry’, now as this is in english you’re thinking ‘what’s wrong with Harry’? You see the thing is that in norwegian it is more of a thing that you are and do than a name (means something along the lines of ‘riffraff’), anyway this name really wasn’t all that tempting to use for a child. Now, this couple isn’t married, and have only been going out for almost a year, a certain grandmum is keen on great-grandchildren as well as a marriage (which also has been mentioned, more than once). The grandmum charming and loving as she is, moves on to a new story she wants to tell about another name, and so the conversation continues untill finally it’s time for cake!
Word/phrase of the day: There are two sides to every story! Don’t be too quick to just assume that you’re in the right.
Day 1, (night rather), the blog
I decided to start a blog, or rather, I was thinking that I’d like to try writing a blog. Like most things I told Hansi what I was thinking, and he said he thought it was a good idea, that I might actually get this right. So I’m actually giving this a try!
Seven Pounds is on, or was just on, and therefore I was given my time to start this blog, which as i turned out wasn’t all that easy to do! Why? Because when you’re trying to set up a new blog, you are asked to come up with a username, guess what, it’s not easy to actually find a name that’s original, to your likeing and short enough not to be too long. So there I was trying to decide a name for a looooong time! And guess what, Hansi, Hanne and Joakim all just sat there laughing at my ideas, how rude..!
So how did I finally find a name..? How did my blog finally end up with an address online? It’s a very simple story. I had a bit of a sneezing fit, like I do most nights. Yet again they all laughed at me, between attempting to control myself from sneezing I was slowly typing the word atchoo. Atchoo was unfortunantely taken, so as I was again trying to control my fit my sister gently stole over my computer and wrote an extra O and pressed enter. There you go, with a little help from my sister and my nose, my blog got its name.
Back to the reason why I could write a blog whilst Seven Pounds was on, and we had company, and I was being totally unsociable. I was given the ‘go-ahead’ beacuse it really isn’t my type of movie. They kept telling me to put my earphones on and to slouch down so I couldn’t see above my computer screen. The storyline of the movie just really moves me, and it’s a beautiful story and so very sad! So I didn’t watch the movie, but I sort of peeked a few times.
I can understand when a man has destroyed the lives of seven people that he would feel worse than absolutely crappy, and that he would want to do anything possible to somehow set things a little right again, by his own standards. And so much death and depressing music is really too much for me. I really admire the character Will Smith plays and what he does, it’s just the most amazing thing to do for so many people. There is just something there about the story, the characters and the mood of the movie that I can’t seem to watch all the way from start to finish! It gets to me, which I suppose is the point, it’s just too much! So if you’re a bit emotional or don’t really like the thoughts around death, then it might not be the best movie choice. I’m not going to sit here and tell you that it’s not a good movie though! Not at all, I just know there are some of you, who really shouldn’t watch it. However the rest of the movie-watch’ers enjoyed it, so it seemed.
I felt really good about myself today actually. I asked mum to pick me up after she’d been to work, which she did. I drove home with her because I’d asked my dad to help me with some school work. It went well enough, we struggled over some questions and didn’t understand why the answer wasn’t what we’d found out. And then we also realised there was some fault in the answers. I was sort of looking forward to going because I’m worried about the exam. I thought if I went then I might increase my chances of passing, how pathetic! Anyway it brings on ‘the word/phrase of the day’, because I’ve been puting off studying for this subject. It just seems so un-do-able! I have seen the error of ways though, and tomorrow I’m going to school to study super hard!
Word/phrase of the day: Do not postpone things for tomorrow which can be done today.
To finish of, to all, a good night 
