Why? Because I… I don’t know. I just am. So because I’m awesome, you will forgive me that I haven’t written anything for like… three weeks!

Anyway, been going to school for a few weeks now, and it’s busybusybusy, but also quite fun. I finally only have subjects I wish to study, which really improves my attention in class and motivation to work with the subjects.

We also had the semester’s first Amnesty meeting at school last week, and we were more people than I’ve ever experienced at a school meting (almost twenty people :D). We’re planning a campaign at school, and later on we will hopefully have one in town as well.

Oh, and I’ve almost finished my Amnesty poster/collage, finally! It’s a huge poster hanging on my door, which I decorate with all the cards/flyers/posters I can find from Amnesty (Mostly causes/campaigns I have participated in myself, but also other important causes):

In addition to school, I just started the “grunnkurs” (basic traffic licence course), and I’m going to a related first aid course on Tuesday. I’ve heard it’s quite fun, so I’m looking forward to it! Also, I will go to an evening course in German every Thursday from October to February. Finally I might be able to learn the language more properly!

Speaking about German, I’m going to Switzerland in the autumn holidays I’m staying there for over a week, and I’m really looking forward to see my dear Caspar again

On the picture front, I haven’t done much new stuff yet, but I’ve started practicing a new technique in PhotoShop, using “Smart object”. This means I can have seperate layers where I can go back at any time and edit the raw settings, and will give me a lot more control on what I’m doing. This is the picture I used as an experiment for the technique:

And here’s the result

I’m quite pleased with it, but I could’ve done better on the edges of the flower.

Another picture is this:

It’s still a WIP, and I think I want to replace the whole sky with a more interesting one. First, I just have to get a good sky-picture

I’ve also become addicted to some finnish oatmeal cookies I made a couple of weeks ago (havrefarn på norsk), and here’s a picture I took of those as well!

The recipe is really simple:
60gr oat

1 tablespoon flour

125gr sugar

1 teaspoon baking powder

50gr melted butter

1 egg

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Mix all the dry ingredients together, then add the melted butter and stir it together. Then put in the egg and stir until it’s an even mixture (it will look kind of disgusting thanks to the oat, though). Put teaspoon sized piles on a baking tray (3×3) and put them in the oven (hot air, 200 degrees) for 4-6 minutes. Make sure to watch them closely so that they don’t burn themselves! Let them cool down on the baking tray for a little while (5-10 minutes).

P.S.: They taste really good with ice cream!

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Well, that’s the end of my very rough update, hope it wasn’t too long!

-Juno