Performance art

Barcelona freeze.
100 people froze up at the beginning of La Rambla today.
If you notice a girl in a red shirt that has "fallen down" on the pavement, and an other one in yellow helping her up, the first mentioned is me
It is a very good concept, and I hope it will be repeated.

I LOVE this quote
There is no need to be religious to see the value of their texts in a spiritual manner.
And the bible is quite a smart book now and then

- Aasa

"For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face.
Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known."

A new idea.....

...came to me yesterday.
I am dieing to learn the chello
It is so beautiful.
(And damned expencive to buy,sigh)

This is an optical illusion, look at the dancer below.
Which way is she spinning?

(Answer under comments)

Clockwise

Counterclockwise

Both

So, I am going out to buy some.











There is an infinate joy in building stuff that never can be put into words.
I will recommend everybody to try it out :-)

!Give me the courage to not fill the empty holes!

What the hell is the point of a blog anyway?
It is just public masturbation
Why must we people be driven to such stupid measures
all the time to be seen, so we can feel a selfworth....which is something that should be basically covered considering how many souls there are on this planet, but it never sems to be.
We just fill ourselves up with
shallow, shortlived extacy and dont know how to go deeper.
Work, poularity, prestige, "love", money, sex, drugs, and general stupidity

Give me the courage to not fill the empty holes
!

8.March

Congrats all women around the world!

Can't get enough Muppets

Can't get enough Muppets

"To others, Happiness only comes as by chance; when least sought, perhaps she is there. Seek, and ye shall not find; ask, and ye shall not receive; knock, and it shall not be opened unto you."

If somebody finds out who I am quoting here,
please don't tell anybody, he he
xxx
Aasa

Collection of....

.... the silliest Muppet music
I found some clips from the muppet show
For those of you with a great love for surrealism this will be a hit
Hope you will enjoy!
- Aasa
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Mahna Mahna
This one is an old time classic. I have to warn you though, if you listen to
this you will go around singing it the rest of the day (possably the week)



Huga Wuga
Some great old time surrealsm


Beaker singing "Feelings" in his own unique way



I want a monster to be my friend
Banned song, never got sent....
And yes - I do want a monster to be my friend ;-)


And then just a last one that wasnt a song, but still, norwegians
are known to make fun of the swedes, so I couldnt help it
Swedish Chef makes donuts

Natten / The night

The Night

Night is not meant
just for resting your mind so happily still;
it is there
for your will
and the thoughts of your wandering fire

This night
is not just a glittering star,
It's the sum of life and of all we are

Do not sleep!
Night is meant for those
who can wake and see
At night life is born, and all things come to be,
but sleep is just grim Death’s shadow

Morning air like froth on a wave unfolds.
And the day has gentle and warmfull bliss
Evening peacefull is

But night, and night only eternity holds

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Natten

Natten er til
ikke bare for glemselens ro.
Den er til
for din tro
og din tankes flakkende ild-

Natten her
er ikke bare et stjernevær.
Den er summen av livet og alt som er!

Ikke sov!
Natten er til for den som
våker og ser.
Det er om natten at livet skaper
og allting skjer,
men søvnen er dødens
efteraper.

Morgenens luft er som bølgeskum.
Dagen har varme å gledes ved.
Kvelden har fred.
Men bare natten har verdensrom!

~ Andre Bjerke

Jabberwocky

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves

Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;

All mimsy were the borogoves,

And the mome raths outgrabe.

'Beware the Jabberwock, my son!

The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!

Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun

The frumious Bandersnatch!'

He took his vorpal sword in hand:

Long time the manxome foe he sought--

So rested he by the Tumtum tree,

And stood awhile in thought.

And as in uffish thought he stood,

The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,

Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,

And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through

The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!

He left it dead, and with its head

He went galumphing back.

'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?

Come to my arms, my beamish boy!

O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'

He chortled in his joy.

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves

Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;

All mimsy were the borogoves,

And the mome raths outgrabe.

On request

My address:
Aasa Bergem
C/Carabassa 3, 1:2
08002 Barcelona

PS:
For those of you who doesnt know what that means,
it is pumpkin street in spanish (Carabassa)





















Pinhole photo from Pumpkin street, Barcelona
© Aasa Bergem 08

The Brain Test

Aasa, you are Balanced-brained

That means you are able to draw on the strengths of both the right and left hemispheres of your brain, depending upon a given situation.

When you need to explain a complicated process to someone, or plan a detailed vacation, the left hemisphere of your brain, which is responsible for your ability to solve problems logically, might kick in. But if you were critiquing an art opening or coming up with an original way to file papers, the right side of your brain, which is responsible for noticing subtle details in things, might take over.

While many people have clearly dominant left- or right-brained tendencies, you are able to draw on skills from both hemispheres of your brain. This rare combination makes you a very creative and flexible thinker.

The down side to being balanced-brained is that you may sometimes feel paralyzed by indecision when the two hemispheres of your brain are competing to solve a problem in their own unique ways.


Take the Brain test

Your silence

It is your silence daddy, I find it again and again. It is almost strange how it appears. Do I create it around me, in the men I get know?
Your silence returns to me, like a boomerang through time, and hits me right in the stomach, in the heart. And what can I do against your silence daddy? Your coldness?
Just wait? Let it flow over me like a surprising wave of salt water, that fills my nose and mouth until it feels like I am going to drown?

I live in a world filled with butterflies. My world is beautiful daddy, it has a sun, that is brilliantly shining, I hide under giant mushrooms, make little passages inside the trees and sleep in soft moss. I love life, I love the beauty of it.
But your silence shutters my world, breaks it like a thin leaf of paper in your fist. And take with it the air I breathe, until I am slowly strangled in your world of rejection. Until it is not your world anymore, it is mine.
And it is not you who is coming anymore, it is people with different faces. They come with your silence, your unavailability, and pour it over me like pieces of broken glass.
Leave me alone...let me play in the hundred meter long grass, and hide under the colorful mushrooms.
That is where I belong, not under your shattering silence.

Leave me alone
I wont seek you anymore

I promise
to try

I let you go now, I set you free from my heart

HUG A NORWEGIAN DAY

"Don't you forget about the norwegians, that would be the last thing you would want to do. besides they're like the best huggers in the world!"

Start Time:	Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at 12:00am
End Time:	Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at 12:00am
Location:	everywhere

thnx for the tip Rahul ;-)

Good times

This is a photo series taken by a very good friend of mine
of me and a classmate a couple of years ago
Check out her website

Copyright Tale Fjellanger

The Where Should YOU Travel Test
Your Score Extreme, Japan
You scored 74% culture, 61% social, 63% activity, and 69% adventure!

You want it all.

The great thing is, in the Land of the Rising Sun, you can HAVE it all.

Japan has a rich culture that goes back thousands of years. But did you know that along with enriching your mind, you can also get your adrenaline going? How about climbing Mount Fuji, sea kayaking around the Noto Peninsula, surfing, diving, rafting, paragilding, horseback riding or cycling among unique scenery and terrain. If you go in a group, this will give you a great chance to form relationships easily with others on the tour and having more friends around will make the whole experience all the more rewarding and memorable. You can then balance out your adventures with some Japanese theatre or exploring the exciting markets and city streets. You may have never considered such a destination, but maybe you have learned something

Ready for the trees

I am so sick of all this crap
money
cars
pavement
unnatural life
blah blah blah blah
shopping
being pretty
being smart
being cool
being popular
having a career
games
inhonesty
unloving behavour
insincerity
competition
being the best one
it is just bullshit
BULLSHIT!!!!

So, I have a plan now
I am going back to Norway in June
I will sell ALL my shit, most of the clotes, furniture, cds and all kinda of blah
I will move into the treehouse village in the forest
and be a bloody cave woman

There is nothing more that matters to me anymore than loving, open, honest people
and the wind in the trees
and the sunshine through my window
and my own freedom and aliveness
and the rest of the bullshit people think matters can just stick a carrot up its ass

Aasa