Oh how I hate going out in the sun!
You may have noticed to the left that I give my occupation as "Vampire" That's not just a joke. No I'm not undead. I eat garlic and wear a crucifix.
But when I go out in the sun my skin dries out, shrinks and cracks, causing bleeding and skin falling off in flakes.
No I don't have porfyria, but I have a similar illness whithout a name. You know you are in trouble when you have an illness named after a person or ending in the word "syndrome". When you have an illness without a name (and no cure) the shit has really hit the fan.
I would go 100% nocturnal, were it not for that everything closes around 4 - 5 pm here in rural Norway.
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Now to the competition "Who is the most stupid dictator in the world". A strong entry has been made by the President of Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Nyazov:
First he removes all foreign language teachers in the country, in an attempt to protect his subjects against foreign influence. Then he discovers that Turkmeni negotiators in a trade meeting in China has problems making themselves understood, while the Chineese negotiators speak good English. This is of cause not good for the presevation of Turkmeni interests internationaly. So now he is singing a new tune:
- I give you six months to learn how to speak English like it was your mother thounge! he now tells his staff, in spite of the fact that all the countrys English teachers already has found new jobs in Russia.
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Earlier (scroll down) I wrote about Dr. Martin Luther King.
Now I will write a bit about his hero, Martin Luther (Dr. King wasn't named Martin Luther by his parents, but took the name of his hero later in life), and the reformation:
The South German village of Wittenberg is known for two things: Firstly for its tasty bread, but more importantly: It was on the Church door in Wittenberg that Martin Luther nailed up his theses a Sunday in the fifteen hundreds.
The theses challenged the Church on several central points of dogma. They contradicted Rome! Some of you may have heard about the uproar that followed John Lennons famous song "Imagine there's no Heaven" in the seventies. And even before that, when he claimed that "The Beatels are more popular than Jesus", which led to burning of Beatles records, death threats etc. Well add those two and multply by three, and you are stll not close to the reaction to the reformation.
Luther ment that the Christian Church had moved away from its roots. The Church had become too big, too comercial, it was no longer available to the people. He said that Christianity was better in the old days, in the Roman era, when people came together to worship in little clubs. It was a religious Punk time. If the Vatican was Emerson, Lake and Palmer, then the protestants was the Sex Pistols.
"No to saints!" was the battle cry of the protestants. They wanted to talk directly to God, they didn't want to make do with the secretary in the outer office. They didn't want to talk in Latin either. They insisted that the allmighty God understood German. And they refused to pay for indulgences - now they wanted their sins forgiven for free. The protestants went in for a personal relationship with God. It was no longer enough to shout "Hallelujah"; Now you had to do it too. It was time for the reformation.
In Norway the reaction was mixed. Some looked forward to not having to pay for indulgances. Others felt that if anybody could be forgiven without having to pay for it, salvation wouldn't be worth as much as it used to. There was founded several short-lived Churches, like Our Saviours Church of the Latterday Rich Who tThink That Eternal Life Should Cost a Little.
To most Norwegians however, the worst part about Lutheranism was that it didn't accept Saints. What about Olav The Holy, who Christened Norway? Thus asketh the Norwegians. Saint Olav himself! Is he supposed to not be Holy anymore? He whose nails and hair continued to grow after he fell at the battle of Stiklestad in 1030! If abnormal hair growth isn't enough to be a saint, what is?
The reformation also had some positive aspects. Thanks to it people learned how to read. In the old days people went to church every Sunday to sleep after a long week of hard work, while the priest held Mass in Latin. This was a language ordinary people didn't understand, even in the Latin countrys. Now faith in God was to be in German, in Danish, in Norwegian - in the native language of the people living in the country. The first public schools were "Bible Schools"; They were founded so that ordinary people should learn how to read the Bible. Thanks to Johan Gutenberg, there now was a Bible in every household. It is no exaggeraiton to say that Gutenberg was the Bill Gates of his time.
But as ever, people were sceptical to the new medium, and thought that books easily could be misused to spread immorality and sin.
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NAA no. 17.: Knut "Kupper'n" Johannessen - Olympic Gold 10 000 metres ice skating.
Ice skating probably originates from Holland. Atleast they rule this sport, so when anybody else wins it's noticed.
What: When Kupper'n (Coup maker) finished on 15,46,6, during the 1960, he had beaten the old record by 46 seconds.
Where: Squaw Valley, USA.
Why: The age itself is legendary, and if you run into a Norwegian, older than 55, they get tears in their eyes if you mention the number row above. If you say the words that made him legendary, like "Two inners and away with him!" or "Silver is defeat!", they'll start sobbing loudly and claim that the world was better when it was in black and white.
Kupper'n was instantly proclaimed the best Norwegian athlethe through the ages. Which was true - atleast for a long while.
You may have noticed to the left that I give my occupation as "Vampire" That's not just a joke. No I'm not undead. I eat garlic and wear a crucifix.
But when I go out in the sun my skin dries out, shrinks and cracks, causing bleeding and skin falling off in flakes.
No I don't have porfyria, but I have a similar illness whithout a name. You know you are in trouble when you have an illness named after a person or ending in the word "syndrome". When you have an illness without a name (and no cure) the shit has really hit the fan.
I would go 100% nocturnal, were it not for that everything closes around 4 - 5 pm here in rural Norway.
...
Now to the competition "Who is the most stupid dictator in the world". A strong entry has been made by the President of Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Nyazov:
First he removes all foreign language teachers in the country, in an attempt to protect his subjects against foreign influence. Then he discovers that Turkmeni negotiators in a trade meeting in China has problems making themselves understood, while the Chineese negotiators speak good English. This is of cause not good for the presevation of Turkmeni interests internationaly. So now he is singing a new tune:
- I give you six months to learn how to speak English like it was your mother thounge! he now tells his staff, in spite of the fact that all the countrys English teachers already has found new jobs in Russia.
...
Earlier (scroll down) I wrote about Dr. Martin Luther King.
Now I will write a bit about his hero, Martin Luther (Dr. King wasn't named Martin Luther by his parents, but took the name of his hero later in life), and the reformation:
The South German village of Wittenberg is known for two things: Firstly for its tasty bread, but more importantly: It was on the Church door in Wittenberg that Martin Luther nailed up his theses a Sunday in the fifteen hundreds.
The theses challenged the Church on several central points of dogma. They contradicted Rome! Some of you may have heard about the uproar that followed John Lennons famous song "Imagine there's no Heaven" in the seventies. And even before that, when he claimed that "The Beatels are more popular than Jesus", which led to burning of Beatles records, death threats etc. Well add those two and multply by three, and you are stll not close to the reaction to the reformation.
Luther ment that the Christian Church had moved away from its roots. The Church had become too big, too comercial, it was no longer available to the people. He said that Christianity was better in the old days, in the Roman era, when people came together to worship in little clubs. It was a religious Punk time. If the Vatican was Emerson, Lake and Palmer, then the protestants was the Sex Pistols.
"No to saints!" was the battle cry of the protestants. They wanted to talk directly to God, they didn't want to make do with the secretary in the outer office. They didn't want to talk in Latin either. They insisted that the allmighty God understood German. And they refused to pay for indulgences - now they wanted their sins forgiven for free. The protestants went in for a personal relationship with God. It was no longer enough to shout "Hallelujah"; Now you had to do it too. It was time for the reformation.
In Norway the reaction was mixed. Some looked forward to not having to pay for indulgances. Others felt that if anybody could be forgiven without having to pay for it, salvation wouldn't be worth as much as it used to. There was founded several short-lived Churches, like Our Saviours Church of the Latterday Rich Who tThink That Eternal Life Should Cost a Little.
To most Norwegians however, the worst part about Lutheranism was that it didn't accept Saints. What about Olav The Holy, who Christened Norway? Thus asketh the Norwegians. Saint Olav himself! Is he supposed to not be Holy anymore? He whose nails and hair continued to grow after he fell at the battle of Stiklestad in 1030! If abnormal hair growth isn't enough to be a saint, what is?
The reformation also had some positive aspects. Thanks to it people learned how to read. In the old days people went to church every Sunday to sleep after a long week of hard work, while the priest held Mass in Latin. This was a language ordinary people didn't understand, even in the Latin countrys. Now faith in God was to be in German, in Danish, in Norwegian - in the native language of the people living in the country. The first public schools were "Bible Schools"; They were founded so that ordinary people should learn how to read the Bible. Thanks to Johan Gutenberg, there now was a Bible in every household. It is no exaggeraiton to say that Gutenberg was the Bill Gates of his time.
But as ever, people were sceptical to the new medium, and thought that books easily could be misused to spread immorality and sin.
...
NAA no. 17.: Knut "Kupper'n" Johannessen - Olympic Gold 10 000 metres ice skating.
Ice skating probably originates from Holland. Atleast they rule this sport, so when anybody else wins it's noticed.
What: When Kupper'n (Coup maker) finished on 15,46,6, during the 1960, he had beaten the old record by 46 seconds.
Where: Squaw Valley, USA.
Why: The age itself is legendary, and if you run into a Norwegian, older than 55, they get tears in their eyes if you mention the number row above. If you say the words that made him legendary, like "Two inners and away with him!" or "Silver is defeat!", they'll start sobbing loudly and claim that the world was better when it was in black and white.
Kupper'n was instantly proclaimed the best Norwegian athlethe through the ages. Which was true - atleast for a long while.
that totally cheered me up as well,I randomly learning about things you would never have normally expected to find interesting
That is a really shitty situation, I feel so guilty sometimes because although I have truly disastrous luck with relationships, I have my freinds and family around me and are always there to pick up the peices, it's always things like this that make you stand back and appreciate their awesomeness