I don’t have any pets myself, but I love this picture I took when I was 10. It’s of my aunt’s dog and his toy “son”. It’s probably my favourite picture because I love the look on the dog’s face! He really thinks he is the father!!!

A small waterfall.

When I clicked the “shuffle” button on my iPod, these songs where the first 10 to show up (notice that the shuffle button sets the songs on you iPod in a random order):

1. “Reasons (Saturday Night)” by Faithless
2. “Obstacle One -Conversation” by Noir du’Soleil
3. “Fink” by Angelspit
4. “If You Where Mine” by Bertine Zetlitz
5. “Circuit Breaker” by Röyksopp
6. “So Beautifu”l by Bertine Zetlitz
7. “For Fun” by Bertine Zetlitz
8. “Let Armies Loose” by Bertine Zetlitz
9. “What Else Is There?” by Röyksopp
10. “Tarantula” by Faithless

This is me as of 23 June 2009. I thought it would be interesting to share an older picture, because I’ve only shown newer ones. It was taken by my dad using my dSLR. My camera was only a month old at that time.

Having a rather short name, and the fact that my name is based upon a nickname made from another Russian name, I haven’t had many nicknames. However, here are a few I’ve had over the past few years:

•  Nadda -This wasn’t really a nickname even though I considered it to be one. It wasn’t used by my friends or family, but by younger children who couldn’t pronounce my name correctly. It took a while before I understood that it couldn’t be used as a nickname, even though I thought it could.
• Nadi -I have no idea where this comes from, but a classmate (whom I never considered a “true” friend of mine) used that whenever she was talking to me.
• Nadius -Used by a classmate in middle school. She didn’t use it all the time, but sometimes. I believe it’s supposed to be a “Latinisation” of my name or something.
• Nia -A name I came up with. I started using it on a few social networks after I started learning Japanese. It’s just a simplification of my name to make it easier to spell using Katakana: ??(Nia) vs ????(Nadia). Japanese doesn’t have that “di” sound, and have to make it using several characters, which looks messy. Also, it’s now a part of my online alias, NiaXX94.

1. What happened before the Big Bang?
2. How many people is this planet able to handle?
3. Will it ever be possible to travel to the future?
4. How many universes are there out there?
5. If the universe is expanding, what is it expanding in?
6. Do we know whether the life span of the universe has a start and an ending, or is it repeating itself -like an eternity?
7. Does the colour I think of as green looks green (according to my standards) to you, or is it just the fact that we’ve been told that that colour is called green?
8. In exactly 100 years, which languages will have died, and are any new languages created?
9. Will we ever get a true definition of perfectionism that is to the point and understandable for all different cultures (because that’s the only definition of perfectionism that I accept)?
10. When will the criminals in Oslo be gone?

Here you go, a list of questions I don’t know the answer to. Anyway, if you haven’t done it already, relax, I’m not expecting you to know the answers.

I just saw this event-thing on Facebook. The title said “It’s enough”, and it was about Oslo as a safe town, or the fact that Oslo isn’t that safe -really. And it’s true. Oslo isn’t safe. In fact, it can quite dangerous sometimes.

We have, over several weeks heard about a lot of murders in Oslo. How many murderers are there out there? Who is the next victim? The last one, and probably the most unique one, had the word “God” written on the wall in blood. Feels like it could be taken from one of those crime series that they show on telly all the time?? Scary.

Also, we have the 22 July. The bomb. I didn’t even know there were any terrorists in this country, but. I don’t have to say anything else. I’m still as shocked as I was then. There is no other way of describing it.

In addition, I remember reading about a flat exploding when someone tried to make drugs…

And there are a lot of people being raped as well.

So, is Oslo safe? Obviously not…

My makeup for a halloween party. First attempt ever… And I guess I’m supposed to be some kind of a vampire, zombie-type creature…