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Never a dull moment here in Norway; after some intense days, we move on and have friends visiting us: Rob and Marko arrived this evening after a longgggg drive from NL! 😉

The reason? Besides being delivery boys for a loads of baby goodies and other dutch specialties, they will join us (and 20 others!) for  five days of skiing in Kvitfjell (leaving tomorrow), ain’t that a great reason to visit Norway? 😉

Following three times a QOTD (for a reason), it is time for something else, something lighter…a, uhh, SONG of the Day! 😉

The alternative rock band OK Go is mostly known for their amazing video clips (check out the clips for ‘This Too Shall Pass‘ and ‘Here it Goes Again‘!)…and they did it again:

The band set up over 1000 instruments over two miles of desert outside Los Angeles and drove a Chevrolet Sonic equipped with extensions striking musical instruments along the sides of the road…it took them 4 months of preparation and 4 days of shooting and recording and, well, the result is FAN-friggin’-TASTIC!

The song is called Needing/Getting, listen and watch how the creativity unfolds itself:

Unknown: “Smile when you want to smile…cry when you want to cry…the perfection is not to be always happy: OUT OF ANY JUDGEMENT, the perfection is to BE ALWAYS YOURSELF!”

Professor Irwin Corey: “If we don’t change direction soon, we’ll end up where we’re going.”

Sara Zarr: “I think about how there are certain people who come into your life and leave a mark. The ones who are as much a part of you as your own soul. Their place in your heart is tender; a bruise of longing, a pulse of unfinished business. Just hearing their names pushes and pulls at you in a hundred ways, and when you try to define those hundred ways, describe them even to yourself, words are useless. If you had a lifetime to talk, there would still be things left unsaid.”

Misha arrived back in Norway today after being in NL for 6 1/2 weeks (!!), ha I’d say that was long enough! It is great to hold the little boy in my arms again (that too has been 13 days already!)…yeah, he’d better be prepared for an overload of cuddling this weekend!

Look how the big little wonder has grown in the past weeks!

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I am driving the LEAF for 3 weeks now, and I am enjoying the experience tremendously, still!

Today I decided to see how accurate the battery capacity / range meter is; the car was fully charged when I left home this morning, it was cold (-14C) so the estimated driving range dropped from the documented 175km (in warmer weather) to 120km upon departure. I drove as uneconomical as I could (loud music, full airco, and I ‘might’ have speeded in the process 😉 ) and reached the office fast and warm.

I didn’t charge the car at work (on purpose) and drove back tonight (still cold, -15C). I added some km’s to my commute by visiting a friend for a lovely dinner and once again drove as uneconomical as I, uhh dared…the ‘distance to home’ was 5km less than the  remaining battery capacity, oof!

Well, luckily the range meter is very accurate, and I reached home with indeed 5km to spare (‘battery level low’), ha! 😉

Temperatures dropped to -17C (and descreasing, brrrr), which has a huge effect on the ‘fuel’ efficiency, so the LEAF is currently enjoying some juice from a power outlet!

(Kissy and Misha are ‘finally’ coming home tomorrow and the airport is a tad further than 5km 😉 )

Wow, this girl has some crazy skills!! She is able to repeat words thrown at her backwards in less than 3 seconds. And those words are not any simple ones nor palindromes like ‘race car’, ‘kayak’ or ‘rotator’ (that would be cheating, eh? 😉 ).

Nah, none of these, you should see her doing Kaleidoscope, Panama City Beach, Air Conditioning or mischievous…hO yM doG!

A couple of years ago I met a girl at the Lowlands festival who was able to count the number of letters in any word asked (within seconds!)…different yet still a crazy skill to have! 😉

(btw. ticket sales for the 2012 Lowlands edition start this Saturday!)

It is a new day of the month and the first thing I said this morning was ‘rabbit, rabbit‘ it means that I will receive good luck for the rest of February (including the additional day as 2012 is a leap year)…heyhey, that’s just what I need, yayyy! 😉