Life in the City of Rain

So I started work the other day. I got an emergency text from Emz's Mom saying that she needed extra hands to help set up. That was my time to shine! I got there as quickly as I could and work began. We started upstairs and set up a load of seats and then went downstairs to a car park. There were already a team assembling a floor or some sort and laying it down and we started putting down chairs and tables. By the end, it looked like it did in the picture. It was pretty awesome. I already got more work for later today and now that I have my foot in the door, more work is sure to follow! Beyond that, things are pretty quiet. I think Emz is seeing her friend Jenny later, but I'll be in a mini-coma from work. I'll do my usual. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Facebook, play a game, Facebook, watch TV.

All I see is chairs. That car park behind all those chairs is the same car park from the photo above. Just a lot emptier.

Stone Sour's new album dropped yesterday. It is so good! All That Remains have a new album soon too. Great time for music! I've been so fortunate to meet so many of my idols in the past few years, and see so many more of them live. I've had a beer with Oli Herbert from All That Remains, I've discussed boxing with Phil Anselmo from Pantera and Down, I've met Alexi Laiho from Children of Bodom but he was a douche-sack. I've got so many autographs at home, too. I've met Ozzy Osbourne, Black Stone Cherry, Down, Amon Amarth, Moonspell, Sabaton and loads more. I caught plecs at so many concerts, too. Stone Sour, All That Remains, Moonspell's guitarist gave me a plec and I have more too.

This is my autograph frame, but it's gotten much more in it now but it's the only photo I have and it's back in Ireland right now. For some reason I'm pretty lucky on twitter, too. I've been tweeted by Tommy Lee (Motley Crue, Methods of Mayhem and his solo stuff) 4 times (Emz say's we're friends now), Mark Tremonti (Tremonti, Alter Bridge), Kevin Smith favourited one of my tweets, Jason Mewes (Jay from Jay & Silent Bob) has sent me a private message with his Xbox gamertag on it, and I met him last year with Emz. I have a tonne more experiences than that, but those stand out the most. I've been incredibly lucky when it comes to my favourite bands and people. I've had a lot of great experiences. I've gotten to see so many of my favourite bands live too, but I won't rattle off that list too. It'd take weeks!

That's Oli Herbert, my Friend Chrissi and I! What a great night! Chrissi must be one of the coolest people I have ever met. This stands in even higher regard since one of my favourite guitarists is actually in that picture, too!

This week has been hectic. I've been working every day except today (Saturday). So far I've made a lot of money and done a lot of work. My body is in pain, but it's so awesome. It's good to be active again! I love the work, too. It's good. The people are cool and the work is extremely gratifying. It's so awesome to see everything when it's finished. I've developed "Working Hands" as you can see in the picture below. That's more dirt than dark haha. It was a busy day, though.

I have work again tomorrow, and then the future is as dark as my hands. But, if current work situations continue the way they have been, I'll have plenty of work! Here's hoping, anyway!

I've been listening to a lot of random music lately. Obviously Stone Sour since I JUST got their album, but I've been listening to a YouTube band called "Sea of Trees". They're good. A metal band with 2 people in it. They're recording a full length now, I think. If you like metal, check them out. They're good! YamiRyan is the youtube channel, I think.

Beyond that, nothing of major value is going on. It's Ole's (Emz Dad) Birthday on Monday. We got him some cool stuff. We replaced his broken picture uploader for his iPad. We also got him something else WAY more awesome, but it's not here yet so I cannot say what. I'll tell you next blog, if I remember!

I was absolutely starving in work the other day. I brought two pieces of bread, because I was only SUPPOSED to work 4 hours. I had skipped breakfast because it was early. I was 7 hours in to work and Emz shows up with Burger King. BURGER KING! She is one in a million.

Today was a nice easy day in work. We set up a few hundred seats and tables for a buffet and we had to remove all the stuff that was there first. That whole area in the back that looks like a stripped wall is actually a whole section with SO many seats. There are 20 seats per row and there are maybe 10 rows. Could be 8. So we had to take that down. It took 2 hours to get all that done. I've worked 17 hours already. It's not so much, but the pay is awesome so I'm happy with it! Drinks on me come payday!

Emz is currently about to bake cupcakes for Ole for his birthday (which is tomorrow). We have to be up early to get things done so it'll be sort of a long day, but hopefully a good one! We are going to try pick him up a Daim Bar cake. It is apparently tradition for him to have this on his birthday.

Norway has been busy! This was the tram this morning at around 10 when we were heading in to town. It was actually crazy! There are seats for SO many people on this thing, and the whole thing was full from front to back and it seemed like people were only getting on.

The weather here is amazing. It's so sunny but all the trees are orange, red and yellow. It's incredible to walk down the street when there are hundreds of trees everywhere.

Today we discussed fear. What do we fear, why do we fear it and how do we overcome it. Emily is afraid of anything. Spiders, Moths, Things hanging in the dark that might resemble a person. She screamed at a bucket of crabs yesterday. Not like the "old man yells at cloud" kind of scream, but she got a fright and just screamed.

I'm not sure what I'm afraid of. Emz literally spent an hour asking me about all these things whilst trying to figure out my fears. Beyond the obvious one (Death) there wasn't really anything else. I read somewhere that there is a phobia of kneecaps. I think when I read this, all my fears just went away. A crippling fear of kneecaps just seems so stupid to me, that nothing else seems scary.

Horror films never had much of an effect on me. I find them to be more like something I could identify with. People always have a darkness inside them, and if put under enough pressure they can snap. I'm always so fascinated by the crazy, insane and villainous in movies, comics, games and even reality.  I don't know what it is about the crazy, but at most times they make the most sense. There are ones that are just out of their minds, but they just fascinate me more. I always want to understand the things I just don't understand, especially about the human mind.

The nature is incredible here at the moment. However, I spent all day today just laying around and sorting out my clothing and unpacking. I've also spent ages working on KJBcast. I'm trying to get the daily hits back up. My month away from the internet lost the page about 100 views a day, which is terrifying and irritating. Building up a following isn't easy. It's fun, though. I'm also working on an app for the page, but I haven't done anything with that in a while. When iOS 6 came in to the equation I just stopped because it was so much hassle trying to reconfigure everything, and the advertisements were so irritating. I use Xcode, which is a fantastic way to code and program. It's the easiest way I've come across so far.

Emz made some awesome cupcakes for her Dad for his birthday and now they're all gone. It's so sad! They were amazing.

I'm not really sure what we're doing for halloween this year. I'm probably going to give it a miss. Funding isn't optimal until payday and I'm not really a social creature as it is. I think this'll be the first halloween that I don't dress up! I don't think it's celebrated here much anyway. I haven't actually heard anyone mention it yet. I guess I'll see what's happening when it's closer! Next post is the day before Halloween, perhaps everything will change by then! Anyway, time to log off. Have a good week! Thanks for reading!

The minute I stopped caring what other people thought and started doing what I wanted 

was the minute I felt free

- Phil Dunphy

Modern Family

Fight or Flight or Drive

Day 1 and I broke my promise. This is day 2. I was tired to the maxxxxxx yesterday, so I'm blogging to make up for 2 days today! Not that it matters, you won't read this until next week and by then it'll be out dated. Take that, society.

So.. we flew in to Norway yesterday. Y'know, as ya do. Our first flight was delayed and our second flight was super delayed. It was one of THOSE days. I miss Mum and the pets like crazy. I had such a good week there! We just watched TV and slept on the flight, so nothing really interesting there. 

We had a good time in the airports, though! I think the picture on the left was in Dublin Airport. It is huge. It's stunning! It was once all pencil, but I assume it is some form of ink or a copy now. Copenhagen Airport is always fantastic. I'm a member of their Wifi club, so I always have internet there. It's awesome. The plane delays were all sent straight to my phone through their app and came up as a push notification, which is pretty amazing. Copenhagen Airport is a stunning place. They're setting up a Victoria's Secret there, so Emz is super excited to go back. They've got a Lego shop, so I'm always happy to be there! Their architecture is just incredible. The picture below is of the place where we waited for our flight.

Emz mom picked us up in her new car, then we went to Emz dad's place and said goodbye to him, as he is gone for the next few days. So we're in the apartment getting settled by ourselves. This consists of TV, sleep and food. Good times! 

Since we've landed it has rained non-stop, but this city is known well for it's rain and such. So no surprises weather wise. I thankfully packed for the worst weather, so I'm cool with it. I generally like the rain. ESPECIALLY when I'm not in it!

I love Emz dad's apartment. It's a beautiful place and it's right next to a supermarket and the tram that takes you directly in to the city. It's amazing. 

As you can see by this picture, our second flight wasn't exactly huge. I had to store my carry-on luggage under the plane. I've never had to do that before! The plane was tiny. 2 seats per row and I couldn't stand up right. My head was against the top of the plane. 

I picked up my carry on luggage as I was getting off the plane and I got our many many suitcases after that. 

It was a great day to fly, though. Minor fog and mild turbulence but the rest was pretty damn good! The next few photos are of the flights and of the luggage, but I will probably stop writing now! I'll continue tomorrow. Not that it matters, you won't read this until next week! 

Borderlands 2 is insanely amazing. I wish I had more time to play it! I've clocked so few hours with that game. It deserves more! I need someone to play it with, though. I feel like I'm so far behind. My friend Eoin and I spent a weekend playing (and clearing) Borderlands 1. We spent way more hours than that just playing but this was a weekend dedicated to the completion of that game. Now I have Borderlands 2 and moved away. Whenever I play it by myself I feel a little bit like I am cheating on him! That's not enough guilt to make me stop playing or anything, but still! I got my new character yesterday, but haven't had a chance to try her out. I also just found out that there is a new DLC pack next week! That's really exciting. I wish I could afford the Season Pass so I didn't have to buy them individually way later (which will in turn cost more) but I need absolutely every cent for Norway.

Everything is so expensive here. I'm almost afraid to leave the house! I fear the cost of living here is going to be far more extreme than I had originally planned. It won't be a problem once I start working but so far it's a no go on the work front. It is only day 2 and I do have a job, there's just no work going right this second! I'm hoping that'll change soon, though. Money is needed so insanely much!

I have a theory that if I won the Lotto I would just be the poorest rich guy ever. There is so much that I want, and so much more that I want to do! Everything is just so expensive. If I won the Lotto, I know I would have a fantastic year! I'd get a car (Dodge Viper) and a house (Anywhere) with a bathroom by the bedroom and a window from the kitchen to the living room (other features too, but those are a MUST). I'd get another dog. I adore Evie but I really want a German Sheppard. Besides, Evie is my Mom's dog. I want to buy an insane amount of property and build a few houses on it where I can have my friends and family come and live there. Low rent, of course. Rent is needed just to make sure I don't go super broke after building this Utopia, but it would be so little that you could afford it no matter what.

I would build a studio underneath my house and I'd build a gaming room somewhere in there too. I've designed many a house in the Sims that I wish I owned, but even in the Sims I couldn't afford it for very long.

We went to a factory yesterday with loads of graffiti in it. That was pretty awesome! It's the best horror setting I've ever been in. It was pretty damn awesome. It was an old paint factory. There were burned out electrical units, giant paint spinners and so much more. It's pretty damn awesome. There were so many that I loved but if you really want to see them you'll have to find me on Instagram (@RoperSeiler). I'll upload them soon! I'll post my favourite one below! Let me know what you think in the comments section and if you see my Instagram, feedback me!

I really like when Graffiti and Street Art is clever. This is really well done! Unfortunately a lot of the amazing art in the factory was covered up by taggers. It's so senseless to me to wreck an amazing piece of art by writing a name over it.

Tomorrow we are going to a group of people driving vintage cars and we're going to drive up north with a huuuuge group of them. Since they will all be Beetle cast, I call it a swarm.

I'll make sure to take as many photos as I can and I'll post them for you all! Hopefully it will be fun! Emz is quite sick at the moment, so there is a chance that we may not go. But time will tell!

So yesterday we went out with Emz and her Grandfather. He is such a cool man! He knows everything about everything and has worked in a billion different places doing such different things. It was such an honour to meet him as I've heard so much about him over the last year and a half. He's a really nice guy. His Beetle was awesome! That's it in the picture, behind Emz and her Grandfather. We met up with a load of people driving 24 other Beetles and we all went in a convoy (or a swarm as I call it) up North to a museum for vintage cars.  It was so extremely awesome! As I said before, check my Instagram for more pictures! It felt awesome being in a Beetle. No seatbelt in the back, though. Safety didn't matter for backseat drivers, I guess!

This was the car in front of us for most of the drive. We stopped for Pizza somewhere. They had ordered it a few days prior to the drive so it would be ready, but it wasn't ready. We carried on driving and followed a replica of Herbie for the rest of the way. It was so fantastically awesome seeing Norway and driving with a group of Beetles (still a swarm) because every time we passed any people they would just stop what they were doing and their eyes would get so wide and they'd smile and be happy to just see so many of the same breed of car. It was amazing! People seemed to just love seeing all the old cars driving around. I certainly did, anyway! It was an incredible experience. Certainly one I won't soon forget (thanks to the blog)!

Today I set up my bank account and did all the nonsense of moving. I'm (sort of) registered now and such. I just have to renew my passport before January and I'm sorted. However, the Austrian embassy is in Oslo (8 hours from Bergen, where I am) which means I need to take a trip to sort out all my legal what-have-you to get organised. That should be fun! I still have yet to see Emz mom or friends because Emz has been sick, so we're doing as little as possible until she feels better. You should pop over to her blog and wish her well! You know.. when you're done here. Besides that, I think my week is pretty much done. I completed Borderlands 2, I'm kicking ass in Simpsons: Tapped out and the website is picking up speed again. Huzzah!

So this is the day I post the blog. It is insanely long now. Maybe I should of just made it bi-weekly! Borderlands 2 DLC came out today. HUZZAH! Whilst trying to find my Xbox hard drives I noticed they were missing. I didn't leave them in Ireland and they are not here. When we received our luggage I noticed that my clothing had been messed with and we had brought some tea with us and the boxes had been opened, so I figured they just needed to check that. Now I realised that those things are missing, so my finger is pointing at SAS. I contacted them regarding it, but have yet to hear back. Today has been alive for roughly 2 hours and it has all been shit so far. I'm hoping things improve soon! Anyway, time for the quote and what-have-you. Thanks for checking in! (Especially if you read the whole thing!)

When life gives you lemonade, make lemons.

Then life will be all like "whaaat?"

- Phil Dunphy 

That One Time I Did Something!

In accordance with my previous blog, I will only be blogging on a weekly basis now! I think the best possible time to do this is actually on Tuesday since we're moving to Norway this coming Tuesday. Weekly blogs starting on moving day. Makes sense! That way I will be blogging as of the moment I arrive until the moment I leave. If I blog when I get back I will be surprised. Enjoy me while you can, people!

We hit up the storage unit today. Second last day doing that! Crazy. Moving day is so close! I am half excited, half nervous, half upset about moving! My many halves are combined in to a grumpy cookie. I have no real idea how I feel about moving. I'm excited for some parts, and not excited for others. But I'll be with Emz, so it'll be fine! Also, my destiny does not approve of me having €3 today.

It's officially 2 days until we head to Norway. I'll already be there by the time you've read this, but still. IT"S 2  DAYS! That's crazy. I'm not sure how to react to things like this! I'm excited and nervous all at the same time! I'm looking forward to work. That's going to be fun! I'm really excited to spend more time with Emz dad. He's always really nice and cool. He knows an insane amount about graffiti. I'm extremely excited to see some of the graffiti and street art that Norway has to offer.

Last time we were there I saw some amazing things when it came to street art. My favourite is small, but effective. It's an incredible piece. The picture I am referring to is (obviously not the Norwegian flag), it is below!

I love the fact that it is faded. For some reason that just makes the picture 10 times more compelling than if it was a completed piece. I'm not sure why, though. It just makes it look old. It makes it look like there is a story to tell!

Beyond the world of 2 days from now, we are going to say goodbye to my Granny and Dad and his Girlfriend and her Daughter today! That sounds more confusing than it is.. kinda.. They live about 5 minutes walk from my moms house now, so it makes it a lot easier to get to! They lived in Bray until we moved there for a month, then they moved to Killiney where we are staying now. I hope they don't move to Norway now or it'll seem like we're just following them around!

Wow, so this is it! D-day! Moving to Norway. I'm officially flying out in 11 hours from now. Crazy! This pile-o-disks is my xbox game collection. I got a whopper CD case today and sorted them out (alphabetically) and have now got them perfectly together. Crazy carry on. I didn't realise I had so many! I knew I had loads but this is insane.

I stupidly forgot one of my favourite games was in a different box, so now it is in the storage unit for the next 10 months. Dumbass I be! Batman: Arkham City, I will be back for you! I was at the unit today but I didn't realise until it was far far too late. ARGH! I know it's just one game, but it's THE game! I'm playing Borderlands 2 a lot right now, so I guess it's ok!

I put my name in to work with PS! Crew Bergen again. Hopefully I can get some work (and money) and fund my time there in Bergen. I love working for PS! Crew. They're fantastic!

I have started questioning my halloween plans this year. Halloween is the single greatest holiday ever created. There is a new Treehouse of Horror (Simpsons), there are old horror movies on TV (not that I watch much TV) and everyone tries their best to be something else. It's so much fun.

Favourite horror creature? I liked Vampires until it became the weirdest thing ever. Vampires used to be amazing. I LOVE the whole Frankenstein story. That's a fantastic one. I really like Dracula and the Wolfman too. Werewolves are overused a lot in modern horror so that fascination died down too. I like the classics, or originality. The classics are fantastic stories. They are always better. New horrors couldn't scare an infant. I am so out of the loop on new horror films, though. I watched Cabin in the Woods. THAT I liked. I'm a huge Whedon fan, though. I love his style. Plus I love all the actors in that movie.

I still haven't answered the question of my favourite horror. I think Wolfman is the best. I was debating with myself if Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was a horror. If it is, then that's my favourite. If not, then the Wolfman story is perfect.

I need to go to bed. It's almost time to go! WHOA! I'll be blogging weekly on Tuesdays from here on out. Look out for that, and don't forget to check out Emz blog! I'll leave you with a quote from one of the best stories of all time! Take it easy!

I was slowly losing hold of my original and better self

and becoming slowly incorporated with my second and worse

- Dr. Jekyll

Do Not Feed the Animals

Whaaaaaazaaaah? Deftones new track rockin' my ears right now, figure it's a good time to blog! Going out to dinner shortly. A friend from Norway, KJBcast crowd, Emz and I are going out for some food and booze in about an hour! Should be good. I will probably just save this and post it later. If I remember to get a picture, maybe it's a good idea!

Dinner was fun! Good way to say goodbye. Met Thomas, too. That was cool! Been a good day for good food! I had that doughnut over there! Thank the Simpsons for that impulse buy. I also had a fantastic burger.

Mannn I love food. Unfortunately it is never the healthy choice. I love burgers and hotdogs and doughnuts and most baked goods!..... I'm going to make a sandwich.

Ok, so. What else? Oh! I had this natural yoghurt with LOADS of honey in it. Healthy-ish! I loved that. The picture of that burger makes me want another burger. They have the BEST hotdogs in Copenhagen! If you're ever there, get it! They have amazing Soups, Chocolate and Ice-cream in Germany, but the BEST food you can get there is actually leberkäse. It's a meat that tastes fantastic. I adore that stuff!

We're currently awaiting a package from my Oma over in Austria that's got some amazing stuff in it, like backerbsen. They're these fried balls of dough that you put in to soup. It tastes incredible!

This dish is the honey one I mentioned earlier. FANTASMIC! Emz made it for me when we got home last night!

I have been considering how I should handle this blog. I can't post so much because there is not even nearly enough time in the day to do things and blog and whatever else. SO. I'll still blog daily, but post it weekly! Then it will be long and effective. I'm not sure what day yet, but I will! I'll write it, save it and write in it again the day after. Then I will post it once a week! That way it's easier to write and probably far easier to read!

Anyway, I think this about wraps it up. Remember to check out Emz blog and if you're playing tapped out, add me! @RoperSeiler89 (I think).

Take it easy!

We must have pie, 

Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie!

- Davit Mamet, Boston Marriage

Find My LifePhone

I just got to use "Find my iPhone" for the first time. It..is..awesome! My aunt lost her iPhone 5 (SCARY) and I logged her in on my phone and started using it to send a sound to the phone so she could find it. Man, technology is fantastic! Gotta love Apple!

I'm always so impressed by where technology has gone in the last few years. I look forward to seeing what the future has to hold! Augmented reality is not far off. Few years and we'll be watching things crawl out of our TV in Augmented 3D. (note to self: Do not watch the ring in Augmented 3D)

Do any of you have Instagram? Follow me! Same goes for twitter, xbox and a billion other services! - @RoperSeiler

In other news, Treehouse of Horror has hit the Simpsons: Tapped Out. Also, awesome! I was watching Treehouse earlier with Emz and asking if they'd do that, and WHAM! They did! It is so awesome! It sucks that it is temporary. They fixed a lot of my bugs and glitches, though. That's pretty cool! They also added Otto and Edna Krabappel. Zombies too! That's fun.

If you want to add me, I'm RoperSeiler89.

Have you checked out Emz side of life? You should! You can read her blog here. Trust me, it's far more interesting than mine! Beyond that, I have nothing to report! There is nothing new or interesting going on! Just hanging out, enjoy my last few days in Ireland!

Anger is Merely Depression

With Enthusiasm

In This House We Obey the Laws of Thermodynamics!

Emily said that Gossip Girl is better than the Simpsons. I'm single now! Look out ladies, here I come! I've been Simpsons binging lately. Watching the shows and playing the Simpsons: Tapped Out. Fantastic game.

Besides that, and Borderlands 2, I have done nothing of value these last few days. Hence skipping my blog yesterday. I was going to skip it today too, but shut up.

I have nothing else really to say. I'm getting some Chinese food in a while and I'm going to watch Eagle Eye and/or Inglorious Bastards. That's it, really!

I'll post another blog when I actually have something to blog about! Norway is coming up a week from today. Once that happens, the blog will probably be packed.. for a few days.. I'm still really excited to go over. I'm so excited to not do anything right now, though. It's nice! It's going to be busy in Norway. I plan on working a LOT and I have the KJBcast website now so I will be making massive changes to the whole thing. All-in-all, busy times ahead! But good times, as far as I'm concerned!

As for now, back to my iPad and Coke. Take it easy!

The Evening News is where they begin by saying "Good Evening"

and then explain why it isn't

- Anon