We just watched this curled up in bed the other evening, perfect way to spend the Christmas season. I loved all the details in their little house, how they used stamps for pictures on the wall and a wristwatch as a wall clock. If you have some time to kill this season, go check it out, I think it will be in Norwegian movie theaters right around now.

Ahh, tumblr has so many gorgeous themes, I just updated my two tumblrs with new pretty suits. (You can click the pictures above to visit them.) They are so pretty I almost want to use it as my main blogging platform (apart from the fact that it lacks stuff in other areas which would drive me crazy). I wish there was blogging platforms like this 11 years ago when I didn’t have my own domains and just wanted to experiment, tumblr looks gorgeous – especially compared to the old livejournal themes from 10 years ago. Sigh. Memories. Anyhow – drop your tumblr adress if you have one, I want to see them all

I just went out for a small walk right after getting here, and all I have to say is – the weather is absolutely wonderful. I actually stopped in front of a kombini, bought a cheap coffee to go and sat down on a bench right in front of the store with a couple of  old Japanese uncles and talked about how wonderful the weather is. It is such a treat coming from Norway in mid-December, and be able to sit down and actually feel the sun giving off heat.

I tossed together an illustration category. It is absolutely no portfolio, I just wanted to gather some of the illustrations and doodles in the same place. You can access it by clicking the picture above, or at the very top of the page

Ahh, feels good to be back in Japan

And then! Finally! Exams were all over, and so was my birthday, and I finally had time to celebrate. Which I totally did. Norwegian style (meaning consuming a substantial amount of alcohol beverages in a relative short amount of time). I had awesome food from here and here, and great wine recommendations from this guy, not to mention great company courtesy of this girl. All worth the wait, and a wonderful way to end a semester in Norway. (The fact that I was still in a way to happy mood jumping on the airplane next morning was proof that I had a grand time )

I took these pictures on my birthday a week or so ago. I was busy studying for my last exam, so no birthday celebration for me. (It would have been too sad to admit that I was slaving over linguistic books ALL day on my birthday, so moving my birthday to a more suitable time and forget all about it seemed like the best strategy.) Maybe I am finally starting to look all grown up, haha.

This, ladies and gentlemen, I present you, *drum roll* the only THREE winter pictures I took this year. Blame it on uni. That is what I do with everything this fall. All three of these were taken from my window with a huge zoom lens to pretend I was actually enjoying nature. There is always next year. I almost felt that christmasy feeling looking at the snow. But then the rain came along, and everything went dark again and I fell asleep over my books. (Just roll with me here and let me casually mention studying for about 2 – 3 more blog posts, and then I promise not to mention it again.)