Google translator

I kinda like Google translator. It's easy to use and quick. Though sometimes not really accurate, but you get the essence of things. But using it to translate an interview with a lesbian I discovered that google translator is full of prejudice!

I was translating this sentence: Hun er stolt av kjæresten (she's proud of her girlfreind). The Norwegian word kjæreste can mean both girl- and boyfreind. It's the same with the Danish word kæreste. It's a genderneutral word so if I talk to someone and they ask if I have a kjæreste they would not be able to tell whether I'm gay or straigh (given they had absolutely no gaydar...).

But Google translator automatically assumed since it's a she it had to be a boyfriend. I tried it the other way around. With a han (he) and google telles me he's got a girlfreind.

*Sigh*

Making conversation

I'm not very good at small talk. I'm actually terrible at small talk. I came to terms with my dread of this meaningless form of conversation many years ago. There are probably many reasons why, but I'll not go into a personal psychoanalysis here...

So there I am, at the haridresser again. Cutting, adding some color, or maybe both (which by the way is unbelievable expencie in Norway). This will take at least 1 hr. So the hairdresser goes at it again. "Where you from?" "Lived here long?" "What you do?" "So you're a pilot?" "Oh, no. What you do then?" "Have boyfriend?" Bla bla bla.

I just hate it! It must be extremely boring to have to chat like that to every customer.
And the weird thing is that people feel like they have to chat. Why can't it just be quiet? Do we have to chat. I don't care about most of the stuff you talk about, and you won't even remember any of the odd questions you asked me the last time.

But it's not just the hairdresser. It's the same with physical therapists, chiropractors, and old aunts you haven't met for years.

Anyway, I hate small talk.

Seriously!? We're in 2009!

It's been quite here for some time now. The reason being vacation, lack of inspiration and nothing to really piss me off.

I'm back in school and we're all part of a study regarding physical training, diet and all that healthy stuff.

So the first thing we have to do is fill out this survey. Fair enough! Of course they need all the basic facts and what not. Age, sex, hight, weight, any kids, and so on.

It's quite a detailed survey and I guess they've worked on it for some time. But when I came to the section where I had to grade different reasons to train I had to crack up followed by head shaking and a little fit.

What are your most important reasons to train:
To be more attractive to the opposite sex?

How pretentious is that? Seriously? WTF?

Twitter

People follow others for the strangest reasons!

A few days ago I wrote; "Now Kinder Maxi, dispenser coffee and Tour de France leg 7 on tv"
Meaning I was eating chocolate and drinking coffee. And suddenly I have this german woman following me out of the blue. Her updates all contain the word "Kinder" (child/children).

I wonder how she likes my tweets and how long she'll keep following my wx-updates...

I don't get how people can follow random people. The ones I follow are webpages of intereset (EurOut, CNN), people I "know" through different webpages, a few celebrities and some politicians. Summa Summarum tweets I find interesting and useful

Why do you follow the people you follow?

Sliced Bread

What is so great about sliced bread? I don't get it!

The facts

REM's Imitation of Life.



The third verse:
"you want the greatest thing
the greatest thing since bread came sliced
you've got it all, you've got it sized.
like a friday fashion show teenager
freezing in the corner
trying to look like you don't try"

Uninteresting facts about me

I was so inspired by all the random facts going around I could not help myself!

1. I'm easily annoyed. And air passengers are the most annoying group of people I know. At second place I have stupid people who are unable to clean up after themselves, who are late for meetings, and especially those who despite being late just barge in like the whole world revolve around them.

2. I got my nickname Betty after this lady right here: Bitching Betty is the slang term some pilots and crew use when referring to the voice warnings used by some aircraft systems. And I'm proud of it!

3. I'm tiny, but I think my big mouth compensates for what I lack in height.

4. I'm not a vegetarian and I don't think I could go one week without meat. There's nothing like a good beef! But I don't like lamb. It tastes like wet sheep.

5. I lived in Liepaja, Latvia for three months. There I finally learned to enjoy beer. It was what I'd call a interesting experience.

6. I love a good quiz. That's maybe because my brain has this great ability to remember useless fact and not the important stuff.

7. If you're into Jung you might understand this. I'm the ISFJ-type.

8. I think about and miss my grandmother every day. She passed away when I was a child. I wonder what life would look like if she was around and what would her reaction to me being gay be. 56 is too young to die.

9. I don't like talking on the phone. If I can avoid it I'll text, e-mail, facebook, twitter or what ever. I'm not good at small talk, and I find it I really have to concentrate to stay focused to what the other person is talking about. The only people I'll call and chat with is my Mom & Dad, my sister and my girlfrind. In fact I'll rather call the dentist than talking on the phone.

10. I've played football all my life and when I was a child I dreamt of being a pro in Japan. Just like Linda Medalen. Now I just play for fun.

11. I have no idea of how people manage to write so much in their blogpost. I write like I am, short and right to the point.

So who's Oprah following...

Hugh Jackman

Gayle King

Larry King

Ashton Kutcher

Ellen DeGeneres

THE_REAL_SHAQ (Shaq O’Neil)

Lisa Erspamer

Evan Williams

George Stephanopoulos

Jimmy Fallon

Demi Moore

Sheri Salata

Rania Al Abdullah

Jenny McCarthy

At least there's one lesbian on that list...

My favorite lesbains that aren't

My gaydar plays tricks with me from time to time. So here's a short list of women I've been waiting for to come out...

Gillian Anderson (actress)

Kjersti Grini (Norwegian handballplayer)

Whoppi Goldberg (actress)

Suzann Pettersen and Annika Sørenstam (Golfer)

Emma Thompson (actress)

Ellen Page (actress)

Jorja Fox (actress)

Sheryl Crow (I heart Sheryl Crow)

I have no idea why I even care, but I do... And sometimes I'm right. Like laste year when Vibeke Skofterud finally came out. We all knew I guess.

But why do we (I) care? It's not like I'm the recruiter. There's no toasteroven in it for me!

It's spring

Even in Northern Norway!

And I realized it's been a long time since I sat in the park and made out with my girl-friend. I think it's time to go to the park (and change from snowtires to regulars)

Family

...got to love them. Most of the time anyway.

I bet this happens to alot of you on a daily basis and it's really annoying.

My sister when she introduces my to her friends:

Sister: This is my sister Betty and she's a lesbian
Unknown: Ah, really. So is my sister/brother/ex/friend/cousin +++ blah blah blah
Me: seriously! Is that the most interesting thing you can say about me? Stop it you moron!

Coming out is better when you leave it to pro's

Let's establish some common ground

Since I don't remeber my first time coming out I thought I'd write about the "biggest" one.


This was a couple of years ago at the Military Academy. The two class that year consisted of 48 students, divided into 6 teams. Both classes of freshmen were every Tuesday morning gathered in the audiotorium for the one of the teams presentation about a random subject. My team consisted of 7 guys and me. This was our second presentation and we had no idea what to talk about. The first time we had been really serious and talked about foreign politics, so we wanted to loosen up a bit...

So what should we talk about this time? The discussion went on and on, but no one had any really good subjects that we all felt we could engage in. There had already been 6 presentation of this kind so we weren't going to rediscover the wheel.

Anyway, finally we decided to talk about something we all had in common.

So here's my introduction from memory:

"Good morning everybody!
Our team struggled to find a subject for this early Tuesday morning. So we put our brains together to find some common grounds and something we all could relate to.
But we're from different parts of the country, we're not all of the same sex, we have different background regarding education and work experience."

"So what could we do? Well, there's one thing we all have in common.
Any suggestions (asks audience)?"

Silence from the floor.
"Women! What can I say? We all prefer women"
Followed by a roar of laughter, some jaws dropping (on of our teachers didn't quite get at first) and applause.

And so I passed to mic on to one my team-mates and sat down.

Welcome to my new blog!

I've decided to start blogging in the universal language of English. It's not my mother tongue, so I can't guarantee that this will be perfect...

Just to put things straight, I'm not and this will be a highly TSG blog. Meaning: That's so gay! Since I'm gay, and most likely you are to, let's cut the crap and concentrate on everything gay!

For the record I only blog when I'm irritated. And being the hothead I'm, it's quite often.

Enjoy.