12:41 08-02-2010
Cash Cow
I just had the most brillant idea: I'd write a novel taking place in 2010, mainly focusing on social structure and technology, then go back to the eighties and sell it as science fiction!
Then I remembered that there's no such thing as time travel.
Yet.
23:41 07-02-2010
I should really go to bed
If anyone is able to make 'Alice in Wonderland' even more creepy, it's Tim Burton.
Also, if you haven't already, check out the portfolio - over the past week new stuff have been added in all three categories. Yaay!
16:57 07-02-2010
Broken Aesop
Beware - Spoilers
So, I watched Avatar today. And I must be the last person in the world to do so. Boy, has 3D gone a long way since last time - it actually helps that they're not trying to make stuff
pop into your face all the time.
The movie was great, just like I heard, but am I the only one who really didn't like that Jake transfered into his avatar at the end? Sure, it's convenient while living on Pandora, and his old legs were numb, but
it kinda sends the message that 'humans are bastards, it sucks to be one, and it's even worse if you're handicapped, so transfer bodies if possible'. I mean, it's like the whole reaccuring theme with Jake dreaming about being able to walk/fly but having to wake up
just fades away. Wouldn't the movie have provided a better moral if he'd learned to live with his body and accepted who he was? It doesn't help that humans are seriously being portraited as monsters just wanting to the get their hands on money, all the while the storyline hinting that Earth
had gone somewhat inhabitable and without flora, meaning the humans actually had a better reason for wanting the na'vi's land.
Granted, not transfering bodies would've made the alien sex a bit more complicated.
22:14 05-02-2010
Take THAT, Magritte!
My dad drew this.
He considers it a masterpiece.
(The part in Danish means "And it doesn't look like one either)
18:30 04-02-2010
Some People
If you haven't seen this already ...
See it now.
14:53 04-02-2010
Brain you have failed me so
Just this morning I realized why some people frown upon getting your ideas from your dreams:
My dreams make absolutely no sense. THEY'RE INSANE! I tell you. Last night I dreamt about lawyers, FoeYay/HoYay, Naruto dressed as Officer Jenny, catapillars and thievery. At the time it made sense. I almost considered making it a real novel.
But a few hours after I woke up, I seriously doubted my sanity. I mean, holy ...
Ahh. All this blabbering. It must stop.
18:38 03-02-2010
Skyler is a musicaddict
11:58 02-02-2010
Åh, forresten ...
Er der nogle danske rpg-spillere blandt mine læsere? Hvis der er, så vil jeg gerne reklamere lidt for et ganske udemærket science-fiction rpg:
"Starphantoms er et Sci-fi RPG som blander sig med Fantasy. Der er som sådan intet plot på siden, da det er bygget over økonomiske og politiske historier, men vi regner med at få stablet nogle plots på benene snart!
RPG'et har eksisteret siden maj sidste år. Ideen bag siden, er at gøre RP nemt at forstå for alle, og hurtigt at gå til. Derfor går vi frem for alt ind for at folk får så meget frihed til deres karakterer som mugligt, og vi prøver så vidt muligt at opfylde alles ønsker!
Så hvis du vil have noget mere info, og synes det lyder spændene, så kom ind på siden og være med. Vi lytter til alt kritik, og alt ros der måtte komme. Vi ønsker kun at du får det godt på Starphantoms.
Vi glæder os til at spille med dig!"
Citat fra selve siden
StarPhantom
11:48 02-02-2010
Coughing
I just survived something I've dreaded for weeks.
Well, sorta.
19:36 29-01-2010
The Internet Is Made Of Cats
It's a fact.
And fluffy.
11:28 28-01-2010
Also:
I think I may finally have found an answer. Or at least the beginning of an answer.
11:12 28-01-2010
At last, the sky is blue. That is so much better. I miss being alive.
I thought I had something to write here, I think I may have dreamt about it. A long, proper entry, but when I woke up, my mind was empty. I don't know what is happening.
Maybe I do have something to write. It could be my beliefs that's holding me back. See, I made a promise long ago that I wouldn't write whatever personal blabber I had on my mind here,
since I assumed nobody was interested in reading that. But then again ... There's a few certain blogs I enjoy reading partly because the authors (some of whom I know from elsewhere) seem to be going through some of the
same thoughts as myself. And that makes me feel uplifted. Less alone. So I don't know. Lately, I haven't been able to write anything about ... what to say ... world-wide issues maybe? I'm thinking that's because
all of a sudden, the things on my mind aren't as world-wide as they used to.
Oh geez, I feel like I'm just rambling away here. I am, aren't I? Anyway. I want January to be over. Now. This month is killing me, it's dragging my skin off with crooked hooks, sewing my eyes shut closed and numbing me.
I need a new beginning.
You should probably just disregard this whole entry. It's basically desperate chatting from a sick teenager. If you're able to figure it out, you have my admiration. ... Is that even a word?
16:34 26-01-2010
Response to "The World's shortest blog" by Louise
And hello to you too!
09:45 24-01-2010
Tag, you're it!
Oh my, I got tagged by Altair - this time I need to list my favorite things. Alright then, I will. Don't worry, I'll make sure to write you a proper entry someday soon, haha.
Favorite Flower: I've always loved heather - mostly because I've spent many Summers in an area filled with this flower.
Favorite Food: Almost anything with potatoes - especially baked ones. Carrot soup is made of pure win, too.
Favorite Books: "Kafka on the Shore" by Haruki Murakami, no doubt. I lo-ove his books. Other than that, "Popular Music from Vittula" by Mikael Niemi is very high on the list as well.
Favorite Clothing: I love baggy clothing - hoodies and the like. Colours? Mostly black, blue, white and purple. Camo pattern I love.
Favorite Shoes: Aw, shoes? Pretty much whatever gets me by is fine. Although, a nice pair of boots is never out of the way.
Favorite Pastries: Peartart! Oh peartart so very much! Also, strawberry cakes. And anything with whipped cream and pastry cream! Ahh ..
Favorite Vegetable: Hm. Corn I think. Or carrots, when they're boiled in butter and sugar. Yum. I suppose I have a sweet tooth.
Favorite Fruit: Pears and kiwies!
Favorite Film: "Ethernal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" tops my list. Spirited Away, Grave of the Fireflies and other Studio Ghibli movies is something I hold dear as well. Also Toy Story. Oh, and Amélie and Goodbye Lenin too! I love movies.
Favorite Television Shows: Friends, Grey's Anatomy, and How I met your Mother.
Tea or Coffee?: Tea all the way. Rooibush and fruit tea is brilliant. Although, I'd prefer a cup of hot chocolate any time.
Magazine: Hm, I do not read many magazines, admitted ... but I like 'Psykologi' and 'Illustreret Videnskab'.
Vacation: Beach, Skiing or City: CITY CITY CITY! I hate skiing, and the one time we spent just half a day going to the beach, I hated it. I like exploring strange cities, please. And look at sightseeings.
Beer or Wine: I don't like alkohol~ But if I had to choose; beer.
Favorite sport: Karate! And most other martial arts as well. Fighting is fuuuun!
Alright, then I have to tag someone ... let's see, Kit and Lea.
20:31 20-01-2010
What an honor!
I found a pleasant surprise in my guestbook today - I'd appearently recieved a Creative Blogger Award from Louise. I'm so honored! She even wrote me some kind words; that really warms my heart, thank you very much~
So, now that I've recieved this award, I'm obligated to write seven random things about myself. Will do!
1) I love to travel, and have done this quite a lot already - I've currently been to 11 different countries, excluding Denmark. Everytime I go somewhere, I make sure to buy at least two or more trinkets as a souvenir, and when my parents go somewhere, they usually bring home a local trinket for me themselves. The result: My room is loaded with all kinds of strange stuff.
2) I'm a devoted Nintendo fan, so is my father and younger brother. We own a copy of almost every single console they've made, and tons of games.
3) My favorite writer is Haruki Murakami, even though I seldom completly understand what his books are about. At least not the first time I read them.
4) I have no idea how to write my signature. My full name seems awkward when I try. Also, I keep switching between using "Hjorth" and "Miltersen" as my surname, because I like them both, but not together.
5) I'm pretty asocial (and a lot other a-stuff), but I'm actually a rather nice person anyway~
6) I learned how to read pretty early - when I was four. When I went to school for the first time, my teachers didn't get how I could read and not write - they didn't seem to understand that I recognized words by their shape, not their sound.
7) I lived in Canada from when I was about ten weeks (I think) until I was two. When I learned how to talk, my language was a wierd mix between English and Danish. Oh, and appearently my favorite letter back then was the English "G". My parents blame Sesame Street.
Whoa. That was harder than I thought.
Other than writing this, I have to pass on the award to a few other people. For this, I have chosen;
Kit - Her website is truly a work of art in and of itself, and her creative blogs always leave me smiling, pondering, or otherwise impressed.
Lea - I know her from real life, and she's one of the most special and interesting people I have met - and this shows in her blog, which is both sharp and insightful and fun to read.
I suppose this is all for now - thanks again~
12:08 18-01-2010
Slippery Sloping or something elsewhere
Spending your life trying to figure out what's going to happen after you die, is like going to the movies and spend the time wondering how the weather is outside.
22:52 15-01-2010
Snow? Something with snow, yes. Nameless in Snow perhaps
”Skal vi spille skak?” Ren havde taget et sammenklappeligt skakspil ud af sin taske og børstede nu sneen af en nærstående bæk af for at få plads til det og sig selv. Mathias mumlede noget i retning af nej tak og undlod at få øjenkontakt med den rødhårede person.
”Du kan tydeligvis ikke lide mig,” påpegede Ren og begyndte omhyggeligt at stille de kontrasterende brikker op på brættet indtil de stod i fire snorlige rækker, ”For at være ærlig, så kan jeg heller ikke lide dig. På den anden side har jeg heller intet imod dig. Faktisk kan det for mig være fuldkommen ligegyldigt hvorvidt du er her eller ej - jeg foreslog kun at tage et spil skak for at udfylde ventetiden.”
”Må jeg godt spørge dig om noget?”
”Ingen stopper dig.”
”Er du en dreng eller en pige? Det er ikke for at være uhøflig, men jeg kan simpelthen ikke regne det ud. Du bruger ikke make-up eller sætter dit hår, men dit ansigt har noget blødt over det, selvom dine læber nærmest er firkantede. Dit tøj er for stort og poset til at man kan se din kropsform, din stemme er hverken specielt lys eller mørk, og navnet Ren er androgynt. Jeg har brugt de sidste tredve minutter på at forsøge at regne det ud, men nu giver jeg op.”
”Du har brugt en halv time på at spekulere over hvor vidt jeg er en han eller en hun?”
”Ja.”
”Er det virkelig så vigtigt? Der er så meget andet som du umiddelbart med større fordel kunne spekulere over. Jeg går ud fra at du heller ikke aner hverken hvor vi er eller hvad vi laver her? Hvorfor ikke forsøge at regne det ud, i stedet for at undre dig over noget som i realiteten kunne være fuldkommen lige meget.”
”Du har ret, jeg kunne forsøge at finde ud af hvad vi laver her. Men hele denne situation er så absurd at det ikke er til at overskue. Få meter fra os ender verden simpelthen i ingenting, og vi står og venter ude i bidende kulde fordi et skilt fortalte os at vi skulle. Jeg har ingen spor at gå efter i den her gåde, men jeg har en mulighed for at finde ud af om du er en dreng eller en pige, så jeg vil foretrække at starte med hvad jeg nu har. Derfor vil jeg gerne vide det.”
”Det giver sådan set god mening. Jeg ville gerne svare dig, men sandheden er at jeg ikke rigtig selv ved om jeg er en dreng eller en pige. Jeg har aldrig følt mig som hverken det ene eller det andet.”
”Jamen ... hvordan skal man så …”
”Hvis det hjælper noget tror jeg at folk omtaler mig i hunkøn.”
”Du tror?”
”Jeg kan ikke rigtig huske det. Jeg kan ikke rigtig huske særlig meget.”
”Sådan har jeg det også.”
”Jeg kan huske at jeg elsker at spille skak. Sikker på at du ikke vil spille med mig?”
Haha, okay, maybe I can't wait until summer to start working on this story~ This is a scene that'll take place very early on, but I'm not going to get into details about the plot ect. A lot of things still need to be worked out, but how do you like it so far? I'm
still not sure about the title, only that I'll contain the word "snow". I'm thinking "Nameless in Snow" maybe? "Navnløs i Sne" Hmm.
12:37 15-01-2010
End
Sigh. I just made it through maybe the most stressful week in my life so far, and now that I finally have the time and energy to take long walks in the woods, the snow is melting. Just my luck.
But anyway! I've finished writing a novella - "Gylden Sne" - and the prolouge is avalable for download. Only in Danish though. It was written for a large school project, and, well, I can't say it's
my best work, but it's okay. Try reading it anyway. As mentioned above, I just uploaded the prolouge, and the next chapers will be up monday through friday for the next two weeks or so. Enjoy.
21:04 13-01-2010
Land of Snow
"I had a dream last night."
"That's not surpricing. We all dream every night. Was it a special dream?"
"It was. I dreamt of a world. Just that, a world. And I was a inhabitant of this world, which was so different from our own. It was magical. An imaginary world. A land of snow."
"What? A land of snow? That's no imaginary world. Look around us, the place is covered with snow! This IS a land of snow."
"No, you don't understand! This world I dreamt of - it was the exact opposite of this world we live in. Everything was different. There was people, and there was ... it was the excact opposite. That's why
is was called Land of Snow. Because it wasn't."
"So you dreamt of something that was the opposite of what it was?"
"Yes."
"That doesn't even make sense."
"I know. And I think that's the point."
What the heck, this isn't even what I'm working on right know. But I will be working on this. Someday. Perhaps this summer. I tell you, anyhow, it'll be great.
17:14 04-01-2010
Those lists
Movies you should defiantly see:
Die Welle (The Wave)
Twelve Monkeys
Ethernal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Grave of the Fireflies
Amélie
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
Any movie by Hayao Miyazaki - Especially Princess Mononoke, but not with your 6-year-old cousin. Don't let the 'Princess' in there fool you!
Toy Story
Goodbye Lenin
Feel free to contribute to the list:
Louise thinks you should see The Illusionist.
00:46 03-01-2010
People are very real
Fragments of conversation I head while walking down the main shopping street:
"How much booze are you bringing" - "Heh, A LOT!"
"Insanely skinny, insanely skinny"
"Mommy!"
"Heh heh, I was gonna climp up in that one right there!"
"-Something in Icelandic-"
"So, it went like this"
"Really great waffles"
"It should be right down this.."
I'm not sure what to think of these.
20:22 02-01-2010
Announcement
I'd like you all to know that I've made the spontanious decision and declared 2010 "Year of Creativity."
Because it's always good to set goals, even if you're not really into the whole new year, new everything deal. But I believe '10 will be a
very productive year, at least for me. In a few weeks, I'll release a a novel(la - still not sure how long it will be) concerning a school project about
"From Utopia To Dystopia" What does that mean? Well, you will se.
Furthermore, 2010 will also be the year I will, hopefully, start in gymnasiet. *gasp* This means I'm going to apply to an art school, so at least 4-5 new pieces of illustrations and photos
will be up around September - but of course, a lot more will be up much sooner. After all, I need my practice, and let's face it; I can't stay away from my sketchpad~
So anyway. Have a creative year everyone!
Also, look what I recieved from Louise. All because I knew of a certain game for Nintendo 64. Man, now that I think of it, I love that console. I can't help
but being a hopeless Nintendo fangirl.
Thanks Louise! She used a picture from here.
16:22 01-01-2010
Rinse and repeat
Perhaps we should start off 2010 with some insight. Have you ever seen the movie "Die Welle"? Wether you have
or not, I highly recommend that you read this article.
Please don't let the length scare you off. Read it all the way through. I promise it will be worth your while.
