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