News and updates

[misscam]

News from Norway:

US urges Norway to boost oil production
New law allowing gay adoption rights may be approved this fall
Norway still is the best country in the world to live in, fourth year in a row
Norwegian campaign to tell Bush where to stick it (it has an English version if you click on the little British flag)

*cheers and sticks tongue out at Bush* (Not that I think that little campaign will matter, but hey, you never know.)

In other (unimportant) news:

I have at last started writing again and new chapter of Nocturne is off to the beta.
My site has a new Norway page (if you have a myth you've heard about Scandinavia or a question you'd like answered for the last section of that page, feel free to voice it. Even in my LJ, if you prefer.)

At a pub, anno 2001. I'm the one in red, grinning like mad.


And finally, a meme to finish.

The Fellowship of the LiveJournal
LJ Username
The Ringbearer:	elvea_aure
The Wizard:	rellielake
The Royal One:	kazaera
The Hot Elf:	maererigan
The Comic Relief:	millikov
The Dead One:	maureenlycaon
This fun quiz by ciambawildcat - Taken 9063 Times.

*raises an eyebrow*

Comments

[greyladybast.livejournal.com]

You look nothing like what I'd pictured. You look better. *grin*

How's that for an OFUM suck-up?

Bast

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Lacks a bit of grovelling, I feel. :P:P

[greyladybast.livejournal.com]

It's a suck-up, not a grovel, fercryinoutloud! There's a subtle, yet important, nay, VITAL, difference between the two.

If I'd wanted to grovel, I'd've gone on for four pages about your beauty. But I thought that would be too Sueish, so I went with the sucking-up in lieu of the grovel.

Why yes, I am rationalizing madly here! How kind of you to notice.

Bast

[elvea-aure.livejournal.com]

That's a true Miss Cam grin, it is!


In other news I am the Ringbearer? I have to walk all the way into Mordor / Sauron's backyard to get rid of a silly tacky gold ring just because that silly Dark Lord-type lost it and some sadistic meanie Elves wanted to tease him rather than just give it back? I have to fall a ridiculous amount of times, act inconceivably naive, make irresistibly big eyes until they pop out of their sockets, get chased by a shrieking pack of dehydrated hyenas, walk around with a bunch of inbred halfwits only to flee from them halfway the journey, sleep on beds of stone, listen to bad poetry, get myself half-drowned by an evil tree, get stabbed by one of said shrieking dehydrated hyenas, turn fetid and greenish, get bathed a lot of times by Sam Elves for no apparent reason, get close to being roasted by some kind of walking barbecue, get stabbed by a cave troll, swim in filthy marshes because of a lack of good drainage, eat badly prepared waybread lembas until it comes out my nose, pretend to trust some slimy fetid greenish guy only because I've been fetid and greenish myself, get stung by a spider only to be abandoned by my supposedly best friend after which I unavoidably get whipped by orcs, wear very bad Orc fashion AND climb all the way up some stupid volcano knowing it means CERTAIN DEATH all because that silly Dark Lord-type had horrible fashion sense?! Can't I just QUIT?!

[misscam.livejournal.com]

That's a true "I've had loads to drink so life can't get much better now!" grin, that is.

And no, you can't quit. Now get your irresisteable big eyes over here so I can freak people out with them.

[elvea-aure.livejournal.com]

I can't quit? ...but... [pouts and makes HUGE, adorable eyes]

More good news...

[bodldops.livejournal.com]

There's a good chance ol' Bush will be gone in a few months. We're rather sick of him as well.

Re: More good news...

[misscam.livejournal.com]

*crosses fingers and toes* Please do.

[irian.livejournal.com]

Oooh, a rare opportunity to see a photo of Miss Cam. Funny, I'd imagine you'd be blond-haired. But then, I take it that not all Nordic-types fit that stereotype anyway.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Jard for me to be blond either way, no?

And no, we're not all blond/blonde and blue-eyed over here. Many are, but far, far from all.

[irian.livejournal.com]

Hehe. Just look at Bjork. ^_^

[ekwy.livejournal.com]

Once, someone asked me if we had polar bears roaming the streets of Stockholm. Which... er... is weird. Also, some people seem to think that all Scandinavians are blond. Care to kill off those myths?

[misscam.livejournal.com]

*takes ax and chops at them*

There was once a polar bear roaming the streets of Tromsø, though. He'd escaped from private ownership (back in the days when enviromentalism was the sound of a bad cold coming up). Maybe that's what sparked the legend.

You wouldn't believe some of the stuff Americans believe about us. Did you know US Conservatives are proclaiming that allowing gay marriage has led to all Scandinavian women beging bed-hopping hoes and our society is about to collapse?

[greyladybast.livejournal.com]

Viva la collapse, then, I say!

Bast

[megaera-1.livejournal.com]

Once I had someone ask me if all Australians spoke English...

[sinneahtes.livejournal.com]

Interesting web site about Norway, though maybe you prefer to hear people say that after they've woken up and put their glasses on. :D I want to see aurora borealis while I'm old enough to remember, darn it. I saw it once in a very rare time it came as far south as Kansas, but I was too little to remember for myself. :P

Interesting though, I've heard from other sources that there are six Scandinavian countries, one being Finland. Maybe those sources misused the word or should have used another one. *shrug* (That shouldn't sound like I'm critiquing as I don't mean to do so, I hope it doesn't. ^_^;)

I like how that headline subtitle in that thing that rated Norway as the best country to live in pointed out "United States is further down the list," and I'm strangely surprised that this country was as good as #8, but I guess when people are this angry at their country, it can be easy to forget it's got some things going for it. ^_^;

[sinneahtes.livejournal.com]

*after waking up and indulging in Swiss chocolate*

Ah, apparently those sources I'd seen should have said "Nordic" instead of "Scandinavian" when saying there were 5/6 countries. *shakes fist at them* ^_^;

If this comment doesn't post this time, I'm going to throw something unpleasant at either LJ or my internet connection or whatever's making it mess up. :P

Scandinavia vs Nordic countries

[anckyria.livejournal.com]

I've heard from other sources that there are six Scandinavian countries, one being Finland

It seems people often confuse Scandinavia and Nordic countries. Finland is, I suppose, particularly prone to cause confusion, because it was part of Sweden for centuries (until 1809). Consequently, our culture is essentially Scandinavian even though we're geographically not a part of Scandinavia.

[syncopated_time.livejournal.com]

Ooo! The hot elf! Sweet! Does that mean I get to ponce around with all the other hot elves? *evil grin* Ahh, Eru. My time has finally come.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Now, now. Don't get too naughty ;)

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

First off I just want to say I absolutely love your icon. Every time I see it I just start giggling madly. Second of all, nice picture. Not how I thought you'd look, but still great picture.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

The Trout icon or my Smiley?

*eyes self*I don't look scary, do I? Maybe that's why Miss Cam was born - my great desire to pretend I'm scary.

I Feel Pretty and Witty and BRIGHT.

[millikov.livejournal.com]

Hahaha. I feel funny. I am funny. That is all I do, be funny. I have no capacity in me to be bitter, for I am The Funny One, and thus cannot be anything but Funny. HAHAHA. That's me, laughing.

HAHAHAHAHA.

Re: I Feel Pretty and Witty and BRIGHT.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

... yet somehow I sense bitterness in your aura.

Re: I Feel Pretty and Witty and BRIGHT.

[elvea-aure.livejournal.com]

At least you're not the Ringbearer. Hmph.