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• Beeing a daddy
• Internet is great!
• A few words of my education...
• I want to run the marathon... some day!
• Open Oysteins Linkorama! Some favourite links with descriptions.
• Open CV's, english and norwegian versions. Great if you want to offer me a job!
• My page about my friend who is going to compete in the Olympics!
• Back to my Index-page.

It's not easy, but man is it a lot of fun! A whole new world with a bunch of new perspectives on almost everything in life. A little human beeing that will alway be linked to oneself and be a part of oneself whether you want it or not! And just when you think you've got the hang of it, something new happens! I plan to ad a little special section for Willem, for those who are interested in little children in general and for relatives and friends who want to know how Willem is doing.

I discovered cyberspace just a year ago, when I started working for my present employer. Since then, this has been one of my most time-consuming interests. I don't have internet at home, as this is still pretty expensive in Norway. No worries, though! I have free access to internett both at university and at work. I also have email adresses both places. It's a bit uncomfortable to have to go out to read my mails, chat or surf, but I save a lot of money. Anywayt, I don't think I would have time to sit down by my PC at home, with a todler todling about and constantly doing (I have to admit) far more interesting things than what happens on the infamous net!

I'm presently studying sociology at the University of Oslo, which is the largest university in Norway, with about 35.000 students. I'm about to start my graduate studies and I am working at a thesis on Executive search (headhunting) in relation to sociological teories on organizational culture: "The headhunted entrance into a new organizational culture - Theoretic problem areas"
I plan to write my graduate thesis on the same matter, but then focusing on real-life problems hopefully studying real-life executive who have been recruited by executive search (headhunted) and their personal problems entering a new culture. Hopefully I'll start graduate studies and writing on this theses in January 1997. In Norway, graduate studies last 2 yrs. and build on a undergraduate degree (candidatus magistratis) of about 4 yrs. This undergraduate degree can be built in several different ways. Mine is described in the CV Go to CV .
As you can see, this is pretty heavy and long-lasting stuff, but it is not unusual for norwegian youth to enter educations this long these days. There's actually been what has been coined a "Student explotion" in Norway, and the number of youths attending colleges and universities has risen dramtatically the last 4-5 years. This also means that it is difficult to get accepted into the college/university of your choice.
I have alway had a lot of extra-curricular activities, but now I spend most of my free time with my new family.

I have allways had a dream of running the marathon. This year I hope that I'll do it - halfway that is! I'll start Oslo halfmarathon September 15. at about 16.00 pm CET. But I have some serious training to do before I get that far! Some punds/stone/kilos has to get lost and I have to do a lot of running, cycling and working out to be able to do it. I used to be a rower, but since becomming a student, the physical condition has become more suited to sitting on my ass reading than to running somewhere at all. I cycle everywhere I want to go, but it isn't enough. More about this as the big day aproaches...

What is may favourite music?

1. Amanda Marshall: "Amanda Marshall"
2. Tom Waits: "Closing time" Link to Tom Waits Digest on the Web
3. Sheryl Crowe: "Tuesday night music club"
4. James Taylor: "Best live" Link to Joel Risbergs "James Taylor Online"-page.

• James Taylor: The complete production. The greatest singer/songwriter ever! Right now I'm a sucker for "The river is wide"
• Paul Simon: The ones that aren't all that well known. His early work, and especially "One trick pony", the soundtrack to his only film. Great!A Simon and Garunkel-link with more links to sites about both of them!
• Crusaders: "Blues shadows". Just plain old great! A classic that I remember my dad used to play a lot when I was a kid. The title track still makes my toes curl!
• Telonius Monk: "Evidence". One of the greates jazz-artists ever. This one I play late at night or when me and my buddies have had one (or more) too many.
• Russ Tolman: "The one who got away". A really cool guy who I had the pleasure of interviewing for the college radiostation in Stavanger when he played there once. I have just this one record, but I play it over and over.
• ZZ Top: The complete works! Especially the old stuff is great.
• Lightning Hopkins: "Mudslide". In my oppinion, one of the greates blues-records ever!
• Lynyrd Skynyrd: "Nuthin' fancy". The start of "Cheatin' women" just makes me want to go "UH!"
• Edie Brickell and The New Bohemians: "Shooting rubbe bands at the moon". "Air of september" gives me chills. I first heard this album on a trip to East Germany and Berlin, before the wall came down.Edie is now married to Paul Simon, the most important half of "Simon & Garfunkel". Check it out.

What are my favourite books?

• Aldous Huxley: "Brave new world". Interesting in a scary kinda way...
• Siw-Mette Thomassen: "Herfra til 7-Eleven" (Norwegian. Title means: "From here to 7-Eleven") Got this from my mother in-law for my birthday.
• Lars Saabye Christensen: "Jubel" (Norwegian. Title means: "Exaltation" or "Jubilation") The newest from one of my favourite writers. The great summer-book this year.

Classics that will never change

• Lars Saabye Christensen: "Beatles". (Norwegia). Have read this four times, and it keeps getting better. About a group of boys growing up in the 60's and 70's in Oslo.
• Patrick S�skind: "Parfymen" (German. Title means "The Perfume"). Strange book about strange boy in 18th century France who has a over-developed sense of smell. He smells a girl when at one time as a child, and when he becomes a master perfume maker he is constantly searching for the scent of this girl.
• Kahlil Gibran: "The prophet". Wise book written by wise man giving wise advise about living life wisely. That about says it all.

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