dream country

I really wish getting up at 7am after a weekend of sleeping in didn’t destroy half my brain. I shall attempt to cure it by a big cup of cinnamon tea.

I’m moving again. This shall be the third apartment I live in this school year, but I think I’m staying put in this new one for a while.

You see, up until recently, I was pretty satisfied with the place I lived in. It was cheap, and close to both school and city centre. But now I’ve grown tired of roommates who can never seem to do their dishes, and neighbours who smoke right outside my window and steal my umbrella. Other reasons (that I’d rather not publish, though they’re not as serious as I just made it sound) have made me even more grateful to the two friends of mine I’m moving in with.

They live in a big apartment with a balcony overlooking Bergen. It’s gorgeous, but also really expensive. The two of them have been paying the rent for three rooms since before Christmas, so I think I’m doing them a bit of a favour moving in there.

I’ve previously balked at the idea of paying 4600 NOK a month in rent, but now I’ve come to the point where I’d rather pay extra to live somewhere nice with people I like spending time with, than somewhere cheap with people I hardly ever speak to. I’ll just get a job, and the money won’t be such an issue.

Moving in there on Sunday. Can’t wait.

Else, this weekend was spent locked up in my room doing laboratory logs. That, and watching Deadwood.

I started watching this series last autumn with my friend Kristine. She then went ahead and watched an entire season and a half without me (boo!), but now I’m catching up, thanks to teh boyfriend. And yay for that: the series is awesome. I can’t quite put my finger on why - but I think a lot of it has to do with the great acting. There’s not one mediocre actor in the series, and especially Ian McShane (Al Swearengen) and Robin Weigert (Calamity Jane) impress in every singe scene they’re in. My favourite character, though, is as always the sidekick: Sol Star, played by John Hawkes.

Misogyny is rampant in a series where more than half the female characters are prostitutes. This does however not annoy me, as it makes the series realistic. Misogyny, as well as other types of prejudice, was the norm back then. I love the series’ realism. And it does have some tough women - my favourite being Trixie.

So now I think I’ll give up organic chemistry for the time being, and finish season two.

I should’ve known. If there’s one guarantee for a show full of characters with superpowers and personal problems, it’s that Mari will get addicted.

I wonder how they are able to make the whole concept work. For every episode, there is a moment where I think “hmm, I have seen this before in X-men/Spiderman/etc”. But then something awesome happens and I forget the thought. Masters of distraction. I think that’s it.

Besides, Hiro’s pretty damn original.

I like that on this show, the powers are clearly genetical, as opposed to, say, X-men. If the child has abilities, the parents are almost guaranteed to, as well. I have to say Claire’s biological family is the cooler of the two we’ve seen so far. I just can’t find any interest for the Niki storyline. Though I like that they have given a woman Hulk-like powers.

The atypical match of power and personality is also cool. Case in point: the pretty cheerleader is indestructible, shoving bones back in place with barely a flinch. Or Niki’s abilities, as mentioned above.

Or maybe that isn’t so atypical, it’s just my mind that’s set in the X-men state of things.

Which is kind of silly anyhow, as Heroes is clearly > X-men.

(And Mari = geek)

When I was a child, I would rent the first three episodes of Rainbow Brite over and over. That is, until for some weird bureaucratic reason, the kiosk had to send the tape to another town. I was disraught.

Then came YouTube.

So I just watched the first two episodes again, and, call me childish, but they still held the same magic. Some weird errors aside, the story of little Wisp coming to a bleak planet to save it and make it “all bright and colourful again!” still fascinates me. I mean, she has a colour belt and a talking horse and small furball helpers! And don’t get me started on the awesomeness that is the Colour Kids.

There’s just something about childhood cartoons. I also had a look at some Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders clips, and well -

I sort of want to own them all on DVD.

At least then no one can send it off to another town.