Voyage au centre de la Terre

Posted on February 28, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorised | 6 Comments

Marcus says:As of March 6, there’s now a video from our visit to the ATLAS pit at the very bottom of this blog post. Thanks Knut!
Browsing through the shelves at my local book store the last week, I came across a copy of Jules Verne’s classic novel A journey to the center of the earth. […]

Saving big bucks

Posted on February 24, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorised | 4 Comments

After e-filing my income from America last year, I feel a huge desire to let you know that the third-party firm I chosed to deliver my tax return to IRS (It might seem odd for a Skandinavians, but that’s the way it’s done in the States) is called Tax Slayer.

Their name was — of course […]

A real solid band of Rock n’ roll

Posted on February 24, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorised | Leave a Comment

Today, I’m just hanging around, regaining energy lost during the week and from last night at Le Scandale. Hang-overs are great for contemplation, and today’s theme seems to be music.
Steve Jobs recently decided to wipe out everything from my iPod/iTunes library. He said something about files being corrupted. He’s a jerk. But thanks to Web […]

The old French hag

Posted on February 23, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorised | 4 Comments

Last night, the creepiest old hag stood next to me at a bus stop. She was obviously completely nuts, because she had that look in her eyes. Plus, she was carrying around a dirty frying pan.
I didn’t look straight at her, but I could tell she was definitely eyeballing me. Her whole being radiated “I […]

J’accuse: la fatigue

Posted on February 21, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorised | 2 Comments

Hm. Here I am again. Awake in the middle of the night. Right now, I’m too tired to do anything of value, but I’m too awake to be able to sleep. I’m procrastinating, as well.
My only chance of hitting it off with John Blund tonight is if the audio collection of poems read by Kristina […]

Sleepless in Switzerland

Posted on February 17, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorised | 8 Comments

The last week hasn’t exactly followed the standard 9-5 routine. In addition to my regular daily eight hours at CERN, I’ve been staying late at the office, hooking up to FAST’s corporate network. So far, I’ve managed to put down 35 extra hours throughout the evenings for FAST’s account. That’s seven extra hours a day.
But […]

Leprosy strikes Geneva

Posted on February 10, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorised | 6 Comments

Okay, not quite leprosy. But in the heat of the moment — close enough! After more than ten years of not having any serious symptoms of my childhood’s problem with urticaria, that creepy little shitty disease decided to surface again for seemingly no particular reason. On the bus home from CERN at Thursday’s night I […]

Damn, bitch, get yo fly ass over to my crib!

Posted on February 6, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorised | 2 Comments

And so it happened that the kindest person on Earth, Cinzia Ferazzo Spagolla, was bumped down to a second place, after the wonderful Elia Leboissard.
Mademoiselle Leboissard is 35ish, a French teacher/translator at the local chapter of Switzerland’s educational system for adults, and in short; she’s my Savior from Complete Breakdown and Financial Catastrophy. Why? Because […]

Robbed by Swisscom

Posted on February 4, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorised | 5 Comments

Swisscom, the local network provider, has totally screwed my over. I used the local pay phones, twice, during the weekend with my credit card. The cost: A WHOPPING $100!
Merci beaucoup abrutis foutus!
One a positive note, I just checked into CERN’s hostel. It’s much better than the other one. For the same price, I’ve got my […]

Hitting it off in Geneva

Posted on February 3, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorised | 4 Comments

Yesterday, my first Friday here in Geneva, was great. Four Norwegians; Arnstein, David, Solveig, Katarine, and myself, met up at 7ish at the train station to meet Vidar, another Norwegian who’s been in the city, working at CERN, for almost a year. Our quest to literally delve into Switzerland’s decadent food culture, mainly its well-known […]

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