Edit: Can someone please revive my forums? ;_;

Yay! So I found out that I got into med school not too long ago! I just sent the university an e-mail, asking if it was possible to study Japanese as well - at the same time. They might give me a no, but it's worth a try. =D

So much has happened since the last time I blogged, which was back in April. I graduated from high school back in June, but the graduation ceremony was disappointing. They were still waiting for some of the exam results, and had to mail our high school diplomas to us a few days after. But I'm pretty happy with my diploma. I got a final score of more than 67.9 points, and I only needed 64.3 points for medicine at the University of Oslo - the hardest to get into in Norway. I guess you could compare it to one of those "Overkills" in Final Fantasy X. I'm sorry, NUCAS, I didn't mean to.

I'll be staying at Blindern Studenterhjem from August 15. Too bad classes start the day before. Which means I'll be staying at a hotel for two nights. Just thinking about it is giving me a headache, because there is so much I need to bring with me. It's almost like I'm moving. Wait... I am moving... I'm glad dad will be there to help! ^^ I will have access to the internet, so I'm definitely not leaving without a laptop. And I've been looking for external HDDs the past few days, and I think I'll settle for a 320GB Western Digital My Book Essential. And an HDD enclosure for my current desktop HDD. That'll be 120GB + 320GB + 120GB, which is, uh, well, a lot. And I need a docking station for my laptop. And a PCMCIA sound card. And speakers. And Microsoft Office 2007. My poor wallet! Besides, leaving Kristiansand will be so painful, it really is my hometown.

I watched Die Hard 4.0 not too long ago, and I personally think it's one of the better movies in the series. No spoilers (not big ones, anyway), but I really liked how they made hackers John McClane's main enemy. And the fact that his main companion is a hacker. Hey, even superheroes have limitations.

A friend made me somewhat obsessed with Ayumi Hamasaki's songs, which I've been for quite a few weeks now. I don't know if I hate, don't mind or love being obsessed. But if it's possible to love what one's obsessed with, and hate being obsessed at the same time, that's what I am. Ahh, who am I kidding, I love being obsessed. T_T

If it's not too late, I'll spare you my rants. For now, anyway.
Meeeed schoooool. <3

~Roy

Firstly, if you're wondering about the title, no I don't drink. For an explanation, be sure to check the pictures I took on March 24 over at Bilddagboken. Yeah, I've finally updated Bilddagboken with a few more or less random pictures from this winter and my physics excursion to Copenhagen, Denmark (February 24 and March 22-24). As always, the Bilddagboken link can be found to the right.

More importantly, Final Fantasy XII has been out for a while now, and all I have to say is that it really deserves the 40/40 score that Famitsu gave it. The only negative thing about the game is its loading times, but when you see what the PS2 is able to produce after all the loading, it doesn't really matter anymore. The graphics are actually better than Final Fantasy X, which I thought was impossible on the PS2. I have still not beaten the game, but the storyline looks excellent so far. The new battle system takes some time getting used to, and... and... this is not a game review, Roy. This is not a game review. If you have a PS2, and you're just moderately interested in RPGs, this game is a must.

As mentioned earlier, I've uploaded a few pictures of my physics excursion to Copenhagen. We visited the Tycho Brahe Planetarium, where we got to watch IMAX movies. They're shown on a 1000m² dome-shaped screen, which was big enough for me. We also went to the Experimentarium and another place filled with beer, beer, alcoho... errr... the Bilddagboken link is to the right if you want to know more! Moving on...

I'm, as you might already know, in my last year of so-called "pre-med", and I'm also at the end. This basically means that exams, exams and exams are dominating my life. I will have time to finish both Final Fantasy XII and Zelda: Twilight Princess soon, don't you worry! ^-^

~Roy

Being a pre-med student sure is tough. Or it would've been without Zelda: Twilight Princess and my brand-new Wii. Okay, it's about a month old, but it's still as cool and awesome as when I first got it in January. Speaking of video games, Final Fantasy XII should be out on February 23. Being the first Final Fantasy game to get a perfect 40 out of 40 in Famitsu, I... need it. Now. I've also been playing a lot of Dreamfall: The Longest Journey lately, but I have a feeling Final Fantasy XII will change that in a couple of weeks.

If you're wondering about the title, yeah, I've been studying Japanese again. Only this time, I'm not going to give up until I, er, have gotten better at it. Luckily, a Japanese exchange student's helping me with that these days. Kanjis are evil. =o

I know I haven't blogged in ages, but Zel-school is taking up a lot of my time. I'll try to update Asphyxiating Dream one of these days, though. But Japanese lessons? Not anytime soon.

~Roy

He was my English teacher in grade 11 (five hours a week). He was my Norwegian and pre-1850 history teacher in grade 12 (eight hours a week). School started on Monday, I'm in grade 13, and mr. Evil is back, now as my Norwegian and post-1850 history teacher, which is another nine hours a week. Jack of all trades, master of none? He's lazy, he's weird, and he's evil when it comes to grades. And he's my teacher. Did I mention I had an evil teacher? That illiterate thing. =o

My laptop was supposed to arrive in the middle of August. I went to the store to buy a mouse for it, and found out that it was going to be delivered on August 24. Now they're saying September 19. Maybe I should let them know that I need it before leaving for uni next summer? As mentioned earlier, Monday was the first day of the last year of senior high school. They basically handed out our schedules, made us answer a few questions, and we were free to go home. The rest of the days were same as usual, except for Friday, when we had a fitness test in the first PE class after summer break. Sound the Evil Teacher Alarm! ...Again! xP

The only truly awesome thing about this week was what happened in psychology class on Thursday. We had to sit in a circle, and everyone could either give someone else a toy from this basket we passed around, or keep it. Then we had to tell that person why we gave it to him/her. Nobody kept it for themselves, but the really cool thing was that I got three zebras, which was more than anyone else! And I thought I didn't have any friends. x3 I hope the next psychology class will be like that! ^_^

~Roy

Wow, I'm so tired, but I have so much to blog about. I just got home from my trip to Gothenburg, and I just had my birthday. Sadly, I didn't get to visit Nasnas-chan, but I had a nice trip anyway. If you follow the remote link in the menu to the right that reads 'Bilddagboken', I've created a picture diary on a Swedish website. You can find some of the pictures from my trip to Sweden there - just click any link from August 1 - 4, which was when I was in Gothenburg. =3

I arrived there at 5:30 pm on August 1. My parents and I were going to stay at Elite Plaza Hotel, so we caught a taxi right after arriving. Or... I had to do it, since my parents have serious Swedish-speaking problems. Upon arriving, I found the two people behind the reception desk to be conceited and stuck-up, and they never smiled. Not even once. Scary. I couldn't get the elevator to work, and it turned out the keycard had to be in the slot for exactly 2.5 seconds, then we had to remove it before pressing the button. They could at least have informed us about the 2.5 seconds. Or maybe they did, in some weird language I don't speak. x3 We didn't do much that day, because we were all pretty tired. Except for some window-shopping, and map-memorizing.

The rest of the days we visited Liseberg (Scandinavia's largest amusement park), the Universeum (public science center), took the Paddan (boat sightseeing thing), visited Göteborgs Universitet and went shopping. A lot. I somehow ended up with lots of Swedish dictionaries and grammar books. And I am not a nerd.

I guess the first thing we did after shopping a bit was visiting the university. I was looking for some brochures on the medicine program there, so I took the tram to Medicinaregatan, loosely translated into English as 'The Doctor Street'. Unfortunately, the place was closed, so no one was there. Except for some random professors passing by, giving us weird looks. I took a couple of pictures there (once again, follow the link called Bilddagboken to the right for the pictures), and left for the main building, which was about ten minutes away. We hopped the tram at the stop to get there, since it was a bit too far to walk. Or we were just lazy. We had acquired a Göteborg Pass earlier, though, so it was free. That place was closed as well, but I went in anyway, and after looking around for a bit, I found a door that was open. Inside were five people wearing headphones in front of computers. I wanted my brochures! =P They were all staring at me, so I had to explain that I had come all the way from Norway to find out a bit more about their medicine program. And guess what - they sent me to another place, which was a few minutes away. I got my brochures and the information I wanted, though! xP

The Universeum was an interesting place, where you could learn a lot about biology, chemistry, physics, nanotechnology, and astronomy. There were a lot of rare, exotic animals, but taking pictures of them was nearly impossible. The place with the rainforest-ish animals had a climate control system, and the climate they wanted to keep inside there was damp, and camera-destroying, mildly put. As for the fish, they moved too fast. Hey, I tried! =o The place was so crowded, though, I'm glad I went home before the European Athletics Championships held in Gothenburg this year. Or it would've been worse. And yet I wish I were there for the free concerts.

Liseberg wasn't really that fun at all. Why? The evil weather. You take two steps, it rains. You seek shelter from the rain, it stops. You walk back outside, it rains again. The weather hated me when I was there, so I'm so going back whenever I have the opportunity to.

I also went to some old medical museum and art museums. Some of the things were boring, since I hate museums in general, but a lot of the things there were really interesting. Combine that with boat and bus sightseeing tours, and you could say I learned a lot there. Especially since the guide just had to say everything in Swedish, English and German. Hearing how they would mess up at times made the whole thing more interesting. Like whenever they would refer to the "European Championships" as "European Masterships", because "Championship" is "Mästerskap" in Swedish, and "Meisterschaft" in German. Silly people. x3!

All in all, I've learned a lot about the city, got to brush up on my Swedish, and I've memorized the city map. I've learned that taking the tram is a good idea no matter where you want to go. The trams don't just have numbers, they're even color coded, which makes things easier, unless you're my mom. She actually went "What color is the blue one?" I think she was going to ask for its number... Another scary thing was when I was aboard the ship (M.S. Princess of Scandinavia). The captain was Danish, and went "(...) There will be hardly no rain." "Hardly no rain"? Okay. As long as he knows what he's doing. xP

My birthday, August 4, was a day full of shopping and shopping. I bought a new wireless router there, at 'PC Kungen', which means 'The PC King'. I found the store after asking around for the biggest computer store around. And that store was not big. It should be called 'The Mini Local PC Shoppe'. Yes, 'shoppe'. The router I bought was pretty much the only router they had... XD But yay, I'm finally 18! ^^

And since it's 04:52 am right now, I need some sleep, and I won't proofread. Not that I ever do that. Ahem. Good night! ^-^

~Roy