Daily Diary 2006


January 2006:  Norway

07 Oslo: Cinema: The Chronicles of Narnia.

09 Oslo: New book: Dean Koontz - Frankenstein: Book 2: City of Night.

10 Oslo: Lydia leaves.

19 Oslo: New book: Bill Bryson - Down Under.

28 Oslo: Korketrekkeren.

 

February 2006:  Norway/Germany

07 Oslo: New book: Clive Barker - The Thief of Always.

09 Berlin: 1,5hrs flight.

11 Oslo: 1,5hrs flight.

12 Oslo: New book: John Dickie - Cosa Nostra.

17 Oslo: Cinema: Memoirs of a Geisha.

18 Oslo: New room!

19 Oslo: Cinema: Munchen.

25 Oslo-Norefjell-Oslo: Skiing.

 

March 2006:  Norway/Sweden

03 Oslo-Stockholm: New book: Dan Brown - Angels & Demons. 1hr flight.

04 Mariefred: Gipsholm Castle.

05 Mariefred: Gipsholms deergarden

06 Stockholm: CFM Meeting.

07 Stockholm-Oslo: CFM Meeting. 1hrs flight.

19 Oslo: Cinema: The Insider Man.

20 Oslo: New book: Jack Olson - I: The Creation of a Serial Killer.

23 Oslo: Lydia come.

29 Oslo: New book: Haruki Murakami - Kafka on the Shore.

30 Oslo: Lydia leave.

 

April 2006:  Norway/Germany

03 Oslo: Concert: Fear Factory / Misery Index / M.A.N.

06 Oslo-Berlin: 1,5hrs flight.

09 Berlin: Sanssouci. Cinema: Good Night, and Good Luck / Ice Age 2: The Meltdown.

12 Berlin: Pergamon Museum.

13 Berlin: Anja's farewell Party.

15 Berlin: Jewish Museum.

16 Berlin: Easter day w/ Lydia's family.

17 Berlin: IMAX: Deep Sea 3D. Cinema: Brokeback Mountain.

18 Berlin-Oslo: 1,5hrs flight.

21 Oslo: Cinema: Slipp Jimmy Fri (Free Jimmy).

22 Oslo: Concert: King Diamond.

23 Oslo: Birthday party: Espen and Tonje. Football: Stabæk-Odd 1-1.

27 Oslo: New book: Joel Mciver - Justice for All: The Truth About Metallica.

28 Oslo-Strømsholmen: Diving: Vevangstrømmen (Drift dive, Flounder).

29 Strømsholmen: Diving: Skarvøyvålen (Flounder), Skipsholmen (Flounder, Nudibranches), Vevangstrømmen (Drift dive, Saithe, Nudibranches).

30 Strømsholmen: Diving: Føllingen (Probably the best dive in Norway! Ravine with high kelpforest. Pogge, Pipefish, Nudibranches, Crabs), Behind Strømsholmen (Lumpsucker, Ballon Wrasse, Nudibranches), Storholmen Strømsholmen (Lumpsucker, Nudibranches)

 

May 2006:  Norway

01 Strømsholmen-Oslo: Diving: Beakonsfield (Wreck dive, 2*Monkfish).

07 Oslo: Lydia come.

11 Oslo: My birthday!

13 Sandefjord: 1,5hrs travel. Cabin.

14 Sandefjord-Oslo: 1,5hrs travel.

15 Oslo: New book: Henrik H. Langeland - Wonderboy.

16 Oslo: Party: Kim.

17 Oslo: Norway National Day.

20 Oslo: Cinema: The DaVinci Code.

21 Oslo: Lydia leave.

 

June 2006:  Norway / Germany

01 Oslo: Friendly football match: Norway - South-Korea 0-0.

03 Oslo: Musikkfest Oslo 2006: Vesen / She Said Destroy / Madder Mortem / Vreid / Mortiis.

04 Oslo-Bø: 3hrs travel. Visiting Grandma. New book: Bret  Easton Ellis - Lunar Park.

04 Oslo-Bø-Oslo: 2hrs travel.

06 Oslo: 666 Festival: Sahg / Keep of Kalessin.

10 Oslo: Party: Ola.

12 Oslo: New book: Dean Koontz: Demonenes Natt (Darkness Comes).

15 Oslo: Cinema: Don't Come Knocking.

16 Oslo: Norwegian Wood Festival: Soulfly / Deftones / Torbonegro.

17 Oslo: Oslo sewer walk.

20 Oslo: Concert: Alice in Chains / Stonesour / Blood Simple.

 

GERMANY

22 Oslo-Berlin: 1,5hrs flight. New book: Michael Crichton - State of Fear.

23 Berlin: Fan Fest: Togo-France.

25 Berlin: Eva's birthday party.

27 Berlin: Adidas World of Football: Brazil - Ghana.

28 Berlin: BBQ with Lydia's family.

29 Berlin: Beach.

30 Berlin-Roitzschjora: 3hrs travel. With Full Force Festival: Do or Die / Devildriver / Trivium / Kreator / Soulfly / Celtic Frost.

 

July 2006:  Germany / Norway

01 Roitzschjora: With Full Force Festival: Crushing Caspars / The Haunted / Heaven Shall Burn / Obituary / Clawfinger / In Flames.

02 Roitzschjora: With Full Force Festival: Anticops  / Holy Moses / Gorefest / Arch Enemy / Bullet For My Valentine / Sick Of It All / Opeth / Graveworm / Amorphis.

03 Roitzschjora-Berlin: 3hrs travel.

04 Berlin: Egypt's Sunken Treasures exhibit. United Buddy Bears. River cruise.

05 Berlin: Fan Fest: France-Portugal.

 

NORWAY

06 Berlin-Oslo: 1,5hrs flight.

07 Oslo: Grandma's funeral.

 

GERMANY

08 Oslo-Berlin: 1,5hrs flight. New book: Harold Schechter - Deviant.

09 Berlin: Lydia's birthday party.

10 Berlin-Rügen/Binz: 3,5hrs travel. Binz beach. New camera: Canon IXUS 800.

11 Rügen/Binz: Binz beach.

12 Rügen/Binz: Binz beach. New book: Chuck Palahniuk - Haunted.

13 Rügen/Binz: Prora + Binz beach.

14 Rügen/Binz-Berlin: 4hrs travel. BBQ with Lydia's family.

15 Berlin: Love Parade.

 

NORWAY

16 Berlin-Oslo: 1,5hrs flight.

20 Oslo: New book: Leah Furman - Korn - Life in the Pit.

23 Oslo: Cinema: The Omen.

24 Oslo: New book: Jared Diamond - Collapse - How Societies Coose to Fail or Succed.

 

August 2006:  Norway / Germany

GERMANY

03 Oslo-Berlin: 1,5hrs flight.

05 Berlin: Berlin Bier Festival.

 

NORWAY

06 Berlin-Oslo: 1,5hrs flight.

17 Oslo-Mandal: 5,5hrs travel.

18 Mandal: Diving: Sandøy/Odd (nudibranches) / Hatteholmen (lumpsucker, flounder). 5,5hrs travel.

19 Mandal-Farsund-Mandal: Diving: Roholmene (ravines, kelpforest) / Norsund bridge (drift dive).

20 Mandal-Oslo: Diving: Ammermar (wreck dive) / Sandøy (eel). 5,5hrs travel.

24 Oslo-Bergen: 40min flight. Hole in the Sky Festival: Necrophagist / Morbid Angel.

25 Bergen: Hole in the Sky Festival: Gojira / Atheist / Destruction / Satyricon.

26 Bergen: Hole in the Sky Festival: Sahg / 1349 / I / My Dying Bride / Celtic Frost.

27 Bergen-Oslo: New book: Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason - The Rule of Four. 40min flight.

 

September 2006:  Norway / Germany / Turkey

03 Oslo: Cinema: Reprise.

07 Oslo: Cinema: Miami Vice.

10 Oslo: Cinema: Sønner.

11 Oslo: New book: Harold Schechter - Deranged (Albert Fish). Fotball: Stabæk-Brann 1-2

 

GERMANY / TURKEY

16 Oslo-Berlin: 1,5hrs flight. New book: Poppy Z. Brite - Exquisite Corpse.

17 Berlin-Istanbul: 3hrs flight. Star Guesthouse. Blue Mosque. Hippodrome.

18 Istanbul: Topkapi Palace. Grand Bazaar. Cinema: Lady in the Water.

19 Istanbul: Haghia Sophia. Basilica Cistern. Suleymaniye Mosque.

20 Istanbul: Bosphorus boattrip. Taksim. Spice market. New book: Sam Harris - The End of Faith (Religion, Terror and the Future of Reason).

21 Istanbul-Berlin: Church of St Saviour in Chora. City walls. Valens Aqueduct. Cinema: My Super Ex-Girlfriend. 3hrs flight.

22 Berlin-Oslo: 1,5hrs flight.

 

NORWAY

27 Oslo: Bjarne and Nina's son Viktor is born. I am now Uncle Helge.

29 Oslo: New book: Albert Mudrian - Choosing Death (The Improbable History of Death Metal and Grindcore). Concert: Torch / Miksha.

 

October 2006:  Norway/Latvia

01 Oslo: Cinema: Pirates of the Caribbean 2 - Dead Man's Chest.

02 Oslo: Paul and Nina's daughter Kine is born.

 

LATVIA

09 Oslo-Riga: 1,5 hrs flight. New book: Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian.

10 Riga: Contract Management Workshop - Day 1.

11 Riga: Contract Management Workshop - Day 2.

12 Riga: Contract Management Workshop - Day 3. Sightseeing.

13 Riga: Contract Management Workshop - Day 4. City Hostel. Cinema: World Trade Center.

14 Riga: Sightseeing. Cinema: The Departed.

15 Riga-Oslo: Cinema: Monster House. Flight: 1,5 hrs.

 

NORWAY

17 Oslo: Lydia arrives.

19 Oslo: New book: Haruki Marakami -  Norwegian Wood.

21 Oslo: Wedding party: Rune & Trine.

26 Oslo: Lydia leave.

 

November 2006:  Norway/Sweden

01 Oslo: New book: Mötley Crüe / Neil Strauss - The Dirt.

04 Oslo: Concert: Satyricon.

05 Oslo-Stockholm: 1hr flight. Rica Hotel.

06 Stockholm: Cinema: Borat.

10 Stockholm-Oslo: 1hr flight.

13 Oslo-Stockholm: 1hr flight. Rica Hotel.

15 Stockholm-Oslo: 1hr flight. Concert: Unholy Alliance II: Slayer / In Flames /Children of Bodom / Lamb of God.

16 Oslo-Stockholm: 1hr flight. Nordic Sea Hotel.

17 Stockholm-Oslo: 1hr flight. New book: Neil Strauss - The Game.

19 Oslo: Concert: Exodus.

20 Oslo-Stockholm: 1hr flight. Nordic Sea Hotel.

24 Stockholm-Oslo: 1hr flight.

27 Oslo-Stockholm: 1hr flight. CHT Nordic CFM Workshop. Rica Hotel.

28 Stockholm-Oslo: CHT Nordic CFM Workshop.1hr flight.

 

December 2006:  Norway/Sweden

01 Oslo: Innovation Fair / Accenture Party.

04 Stockholm: 1hr flight. Apartment in Stockholm: Fleminggatan 64.

06 Stockholm: Movie: Casino Royale.

08 Stockholm: Accenture Christmas Party.

13 Oslo: New book: Malise Ruthven - A Fury For God (The Islamist Attack on America).

26 Oslo/Berlin: 1,5 hrs flight.

28 Berlin: Poland.

29 Berlin: Cinema: Babel.

31 Berlin: Party at Lydia's place and some other places.