Monthly Archives: December 2008

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

By terje | Published: December 30, 2008
The first Elizabeth movie is one of my all-time favourites, so I had rather high hopes for Elizabeth: the Golden Age when I watched it a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, they were not fulfilled. Where I had expected more political drama, the focus was all on Elizabeth’s love life, and her struggles to be a woman [...]
Posted in Disappointment, Great Expectations, Movies, Review, meh. | 12 Comments

Fight Club

By terje | Published: December 30, 2008
I watched Fight Club again, a couple of weeks ago. It’s been a few years since the last time I watched it, but I still clearly remembered the plot. What struck me this time was how well the movie has kept; for a movie with such a major plot twist, it is remarkable how great [...]
Posted in A Moistening of the Eyes, A Praise Chorus, Art, Awe, Bliss, Goosebumps!, Irony, Love, Movies, Music, Pimping, Pleasant surprises, Recommendations, Revelations, Review, Whoa | 5 Comments

Lord of the Fire Lands by Dave Duncan

By terje | Published: December 30, 2008
1999. 457 pages. Eos Fantasy Paperback. A Tale of the King’s Blades (#2). Somewhere off the coast of Chivial, the kingdom where most of The Gilded Chain takes place, are the Baelish islands. The Baels are a warlike and maritime people, so remniscent of Vikings we’d be talking plagiarism if the Vikings hadn’t been public domain material, and Lord [...]
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YES! (And a call for assistance)

By terje | Published: December 4, 2008
Yesterday, I got got an e-mail notifying me that I have been accepted as a student at the Norwegian Institutes at Athens and Rome next semester! Along with about 20 other students from various Norwegian universities, I’ll be spending first six weeks, from January 26 to March 6, in Athens, followed by six weeks, [...]
Posted in A Moistening of the Eyes, Bliss, Dumb luck, Education, Glee, Gloating, Goosebumps!, Gratitude, Great Expectations, Greek stuff, Help!, History, Hodge-podge rambling, Hope, Lists, My microcosmos, Optimism, Pride, Roman stuff, Strategy/Plans, Whoa, Yay! | 24 Comments