Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Born 250 years ago today. Vielen dank!

7 år

Gratulerer med 7-års dagen Ina!

Films 2005 continued - etc.etc.etc.

Concerning my previous post (december 2005) I have now had time to (sort of) catch up on my miserable "cinema-life". Not that I have been able to update so many of the holes from "myfilmfailures..2005" - but at least I have been to the cinema twice over the holidays. I saw "King Kong" and "The Legend of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe" within a period of 24 hours as a much needed break in this rather "festive" season. In addition to cinema-activity i have also watched "The Aviator", "Ghost Dog: The Way of The Samurai", "Kung Fu Hustle", "Hitch" (well, of course it counts - Eva Mendes is in it) on DVD... so I feel a little bit better about it now - still have to keep on updating though...

Last night I put my Orhan Pamuk "Mitt Navn Er Karmosin" (original title: "Benim adim Kirmizi") on hold, to read my new-bought book by Jo Nesbø "Frelseren". It was (as usual with Nesbø) extremely captivating as a crime-novel - no, actually; as a Book, and I managed to read it through from 19H00 to 05H00 in the morning (yes, I admit that I am still on some sort of vacation after the holidays - read: working on my projects when I am not sleeping or seeing friends). So culturally it has been a good start to my 2006 - I believe it continues. Now I have to get some more sketches done for a new project - in addition to finishing some of my files/projects that follows me from last year - so I´ll stop now...

The house on the photo is december at one of my neighbour´s house, seen from my window. Winter in the inland lake-districts of Norway. Cold but beautiful.

"Sweet Jane" (Lou Reed) with the Cowboy Junkies playing in my ears (mind and heart), Sufjan Stevens "For the Widows in Paradise, For the Fatherless in Ypsilanti" is a fantastic piece of work - and what a songtitle! "Ghost of a Shark" by Tom McRae is dark, yet utterly uplifting, and I think life is going to be marvellous - not all of it, of course - but good things do come at intervals. "Somebody Got Murdered" by Matthew Ryan is a fantastic cover of The Clash, and now I have to stop.