Preface: First of — this (the weblog) is to me a way to share thoughts and things that I sometime remember but then all too offen forget to talk, write or share with others. Tonight I have one such thing to write about. This does not mean that I’m a) having a hard time or b) are going to die dramaticly in the middle of the night. Please accept this post as thoughts that I’d like to share, not as what it at first glance may seem.

Dark moments: -Dive into it. The big dark ocean. What’s under the surface? Think about that for a while. While you do that – Do you really know all the people you talk to, share moments with and deal with on a daily basis well enough to know what they are offended by? What may you say that disturb them, disrupt their happy-as-they-go mood? I think too little of such things. What if; -How I act have been interprented as something completely else? By what goals have my actions and reactions been measured? Who judge in the final quest for elitism? Who are the ones who have been set here to rule, and who am I to question their role? I don’t know.

When you walk alone in the evening there may be little or no light. Today I had one of those walks. I walked from Samfundet towards home while thinking. Thoughs in this category are offen mentioned as suicidal. Sure, but I am, as stated, not going to be gone soon. What would happen if I were gone? Who would care? Who would show their faces as the true friends who put their name on the list and showed up to pay tribute to my memory? Who would say ‘cheers’ and remember my name in ten years? Sometimes every person, every single human being, needs to be tucked in by his or her mom, smiled at and put in place as someone who do good. Maybe I’m not all good. I have my dark sides, my points in the freakbook and for sure a few good knots in the bad behavour-column. Does that make me a bad person? Do I need to be someone else? How should one behave to be judged as good these days? Does helping old ladies across the street count? What walls of terror do one have to climb to be told that "it’s ok, you’re ok". Sure. Be gentle, it may break before morning — the sun must rise.

Sometimes an opportunity comes from above. Sometimes it’s a blow in the wind. Maybe it was something predefined that happened when I walked down one of the central streets of Trondheim with Jorunn and saw a little sign for a company that specialize in Human Resources and headhunting. I read the sign and said to Jorunn: "Maybe I should try something else. How about a salesjob? Maybe I’ll do that?". The next morning I e-mailed the company and told them of my interest in the job openings they had on their website. Two hours later I got a call from one of their people and was invited in for a little talk the next day. Fine. The next day I were shown a number of job-openings they were working on for customers. The company wanted to try me for a bunch of jobs. "But", the HR-woman said, "there are one that we’d like to try first".

A company working with workforce training and learning management named Ajourit had just been aquired by Visma Financial/Visma ASA. Visma Ajourit lacked a salesperson on their staff and had decided to get a new salesperson in Trondheim. The HR-company wanted to ask Visma Ajourit to try me on for size. A new week came and I got a call from the manager of Visma Ajourit Trondheim, Roar. He told me that he wanted me to come in for a little talk. I went. After a few talks and interviews I were called up again and told that they wanted to offer me a job!

So the story goes about the geek that went from technical drone to salesman. I’m starting ASAP (That’ll be the first workday after easter). The place I’ll work is just a mere 14 minutes of slow walk from my new home at Solsiden/Nedre Elvehavn so it’ll be a nice walk in the morning from August on. Until then I’ll bike, drive or go by bus.

The news is loose – join the cheering crowd!

It’s been a while since I wrote anything here again. Let’s change that again. It’s a new week, I got a new job and well, life is kinda good. The past week I have been at a computerparty named "AuLAN:HEAT" here in Trondheim. The whole thing took 5 days + rigging and stuff. Long journey, lots of people, lots of things to do. I even got to be in the paper twice and on TV. 😛

As the week comes along I’ll update you on this new job thing. Until then, let’s just smile and enjoy life!

Oh by the way, Jorunn got the flu again, so she’s at home in her bed. Got to fix that too. Ttyl kids!

So you may see, it’s been really quiet on these webpages for a while. Not a word have been entered and it’s been as if I have been gone. In ways I have been gone. Those who want details may check back a little later for an update on this. I’m back now. Tomorrow I’ll go to a long workout and then we’ll see.

For those of you who know norwegian, it’s a real good article over at Adresseavisen about valentines day. See most of you soon I hope!

As the monday morning sleepiness slowly withdraws I read about how this day, the 24th of January are to be considered the most deadly day of the year. According to The Register a tutor named Cliff Arnalls at the Cardiff University have developed a formula (1/8W+(D-d) 3/8xTQ MxNA) that can be used to figure what day during the year that will be the worst. The factors in the formula are broken down as the weather (W), debt you have (D), money due in the january salary (d), time since you tried to quit your job the last time (Q), time since xmas (T), your general motivations factor (M) and your need to take action (NA). Well. RTFA if you want to think over it yourself. I have for my part and figured that, yeah, I feel a little depressed today, but it’s not because I don’t have enough pay, nor because I have a weak motivations factor. In fact I feel depressed because I need sleep. Too much to do, too little time to sleep. My mom told me she thinks I need to sleep more. Jorunn tells me the same, and my dad just shakes his head about what I do in my sparetime. Okay, I’ll take a hint and try to quit a tad early this week. Early evenings, few movies, little or less work from 2100 until bedtime.

In other regions of my mind there’s a lot going on. It’s only one week until the next meeting with the crew of AuLAN:HEAT, and on Thursday it’s time to team up and form SPIST as a real organisation with its own board etc. Next weekend TLUG holds its second general assembly with elections of boardmembers, leader, etc. As if that was not enough, I’ve put myself down for a meeting with the IT-people of all gangs at Studentersamfundet on Wednesday the 2th of February. I really need an online calendar or a daily planner. Anyone has any suggestions? Bring them to me!

A long week ago I felt light, ready and set for everything. Right now I don’t feel all that ready. I think I just want to halt time for a while and try to live for the moment. Planning ahead may be good, but not always.

This morning I had one hell of a workout. I showed up at the gym at 06.40 only to be asked if I perhaps would like to join in on a Spinning-session (Spinning is sortof ‘the big thing’ at gyms all over these days). Since it’s in my plans to try to do spinning as a part of my workout I accepted the offer and ran down to get changed before the session started. I was a tad late when I got into the room and quickly found a bike to get on. I had no idea that the session was for people who had been there before etc, etc, but I feel that I figured most of the instructors gestures and such. After the session (45 minutes of pedaling) I talked to the instructor some and got some advice on how to improve things ahead of this summers little bikeride. After finishing up I went upstairs and did 21 minutes of light jogging just to make sure I’d be quite tired and done with the workout. 2.41 KM of jogging. Not bad in 21 minutes after that spinning-session!

Tonight it’s ITK at Samfundet again. Went there on monday as well. I have really been a slacker of late and will try to improve myself so that everyone will be happy with what I do. I also think I’ll find joy in helping people. Need to start planning a meeting within ITAF.

Haven’t seen Jorunn in two days. I miss her.

I think I overdid my workout yesterday, or maybe it’s just the computerparty the past weekend that have dragged on with the ‘hangover’ I usually get from such parties. Anyways. I’ve decided to take the day off from workouts and only go to work. After work I’ll head home and watch a movie or two, IRC some and go to sleep early.

Tomorrow it’s back to the gym!

It’s early in the morning. One geek checks his alarm-clock and gets out of bed ten minutes before the hailing would be. Yay, we’re up on time today. The weekend went along with a computerparty a little 40 minutes up north by bus – überlan v3 in Hommelvik. 114 users and a mere 40 people to hold a party is quite fun. Did some planning for AuLAN:Heat, and got to introduce Jorunn to parts of the computerparty-feeling. She went with me on Friday evening and got to see how things can be at a party. Funny enough I think she enjoyed it, and that’s good, since it was her first.

Right now, I’m going to shower, then go to a workout at 3T Pirbadet, as they’re the only Gym open on monday mornings at 0630. Work at 0900. Enjoy your morning coffee people!

I must say. From time to time the web amuses me. This one did. The problemis that not all the answers had the options I would have picked, but I didmy best to be true about how I am.

Thanks to Magni for pointing this one out in her weblog 🙂

..on; Workouts, bikeriding, walks, computerparty-preparations, the works. Yes. I have set the course for what looks to be one h*ll of a ride. First, let me tell you that I have no idea what will happen with the workoutschedule I am assembling for myself. Currently I have had one day of 60 situps, and today with a nice 1,5 hour workout at the gym before work. Talked to one of the cleaners at the gym who told me about their bike-spinning-classes. The first one is next week. I’m thinking about doing that, to prepare for the bikeride in June. I’m also quite ready for something new at the gym. I’m getting a bit fed up with the endless biking and walks/running that I do every time I’m there. Today I also awarded myself some cereal with light milk and some strawberryjam. That was tasty. The gym let its members eat the cereal with jam and fruit for free every morning, if you’re there before 8. Nice touch. Think I’ll try it again tomorrow.

As for other stuff I’m looking forward to AuLAN:Heat more and more. This morning we landed a deal with DHL Norway as a supplier of 200 pallets to serve as the bed for the tables in the main hall. Very good! If you’ll be in Trondheim from the 22th until the 26th of February, then check out www.aulan.no