#21. juli

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Å bruke kroppen fysisk gjør godt. De vonde tankene virker lettere å bære.

Kristoffer Berg, 21. juli: en kjærlighetshistorie fra Utøya

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 21. juli - Kristoffer Berg

here are my favourite quotes from the book. i don’t necessarily agree with all the things that were said in those quotes but i either loved the thought or the writing. (by chapter)

Samtaler

“Årsaken til at jeg valgte samfunnsøkonomi, liker jeg å formulere som at jeg stod mellom valget å forstå verden og forbedre verden.”

Berghornet

“Å bruke kroppen fysisk gjør godt. De vonde tankene virker lettere å bære.”

August fortsetter

“21/7-2011 den vakreste dagen

22/7-2011 den mørkeste dagen”

“Så møtes altså våre familier nettopp fordi hun ikke er mer, fordi jeg ikke har noen kjæreste å vise frem.”

Oktober 2011

“Jeg går mot parken. Rolig, uten egentlig å skulle noe sted. Der finner jeg benken. Den samme benken som alltid. Jeg setter meg ned, alene. Jeg venter. På noen.

Men hun kommer ikke. Jeg vet det selv også. Hun kommer aldri. Likevel venter jeg. Helt til jeg innser hvor ensomt det er. Uten henne. Jeg venter der ute, selv om jeg innerst inne vet; jeg må vente et helt liv.”

Sjel og evighet

“Vil verden i det hele tatt eksistere om jeg ikke gjør det? Det kan høres egosentrisk ut og er kanskje det, men kan du se for deg ikke å eksistere? Hvis jeg ikke opplever verden, finnes ikke verden for meg, og det er ikke noe meg lenger.”

“I en fysisk og biologisk verden finnes det da ingen vilje. Forkaster vi en ikke-fysisk bevissthet, forkaster vi også all moral, all vilje og all mening.”

“Likevel må jeg innrømme at det er noe vakkert i det å være sammen med et annet menneske hvis man aldri skal eksistere igjen etter livet.”

“Der vil alt som skjer, allerede ha skjedd, det som har skjedd skal skje, og det som skal skje har skjedd.”

“Kan noe skje uten tid? Og kan tid eksistere om det ikke skjer noe?”

“Jeg mener vi har to muligheter. Vi må enten se kun naturvitenskap, og være det jeg kaller fullstendig ateist, og se verden som et deterministisk system med visse tilfeldigheter uten at noen eller noe gjør reelle valg. Dette synet er konsistent, og «jeget» er dermed bare en følelse fremkalt av elektroniske koblinger i hjernen. Et menneske er i så måte ikke vesensforskjellig fra kompliserte maskiner.”

Desember 2011

“Nå har jeg likevel ikke noe valg. Kjærligheten er tapt, og jeg må gjøre verden bedre.”

Skjebne

“...eller at deler av eksistensen er skjebnebestemt. Det siste har jeg vanskelig for å akseptere, for det vil redusere friheten vi har over egne handlinger, og dermed også meningen i tilværelsen, ettersom handlingene våre allerede er bestemt.”

“Et lite øyeblikk får jeg følelsen av at alt dette er en gåte. Det er en gåte jeg selv står midt oppi og er en del av. Guro skriver at hun kanskje skal dø om et halvt år, og dør så et halvt år etter. Hun og jeg blir forelsket, og vi rekker å kysse dagen før hun dør. Hun inspirerer meg så til å lese Gaarder. I boken hun anbefaler meg av Gaarder, dør kvinnen fra mannen på mystisk vis. Jeg møter Gaarder, og han inspirerer meg til å skrive bok om Guro. Boken blir skrevet, og Guros tanker foreviges. Kanskje blir hun den endringa hun ønsket å se i verden.” 

Januar 2012

“Så lenge den er konstruktiv, betyr det ikke all verden hvor mye eller lite lys den gir meg.”

Livet

“Meningen i den korte tiden jeg hadde med henne, overgår smerten jeg alltid vil føle.”

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i’ve just finished reading 21. juli and that was such a great book! i didn’t really expect it to talk about the things it talked about (i mean apart from utøya) and but it was a great surprise! 

i definitely recommend it, especially to norwegian learners since it’s not too hard to understand!

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« Fysikk har også vært et ledende interessefelt, og det var vanskelig å velge mellom samfunnsøkonomi og fysikk da jeg skulle studere. Årsaken til at jeg valgte samfunnsøkonomi, liker jeg å formulere som at jeg stod mellom valget å forstå verden og forbedre verden. »

- Kristoffer Berg, 21. juli

[joshay98]

Day 2043 - 2045 (3 years, 237 - 239 days)

Gosh, this season is already gorgeous! The Golden Wastelands in its prime! There is so much live here! Finally getting a look at how it used to be! Society!

The season area is split into two. The residental tents and a marketplace. Both of them have so many people that go along their own days. Proper interactions and all.

There is also a building that is cut off for you. Apparently the sick get entrance, though. Already get bad vibes from that.

So, as far I can tell this season takes place before The Two Embers. The Tender Toymaker is still there. I have the feeling over the season that won't be the case.

First quest is simple. You help Toymaker to set up shop in the market. They are sick as well so carrying all the heavy things is hard for them.

But they do have some cozy thibgs to sell and I like that you get to run the shop.

Actual money! That's a proper coin! Not a candle or heart! This season truly is gonna be dark.

With the money you buy some tea and bring it back. Just as a couple manatees drift by. One of them steals a toy so a silly chase ensues.

Ah, the start of a new friendship. You can even visit that specific manatee at the stalls.

The spirits are rathered scattered. Like they used to, really. I imagine all of them are gonna have a bigger impact on the story. Important NPCs.

Looking at the wiki it seems there are five seasonal spirits. But one hasn't shown up yet. Huh.

Stealth is my specialty.

Also yes, I've seen part 1 of The Two Embers. It's phenomenal so far! Love films that don't have voices and just use expressions.

I know the devs said that screenshots and small snippets are fine but I would rather not risk it.

Also the short is so beautiful. Wouldn't wanna spoil it.

The new update also added a couple new event items. New outfit especially! ^^

So far, looking really forward to the story. I always wanted to know how the kingdom looked back then and how the people lived. There is a lot of material already. But all of that is outside the game so I don't count that.

Finally! LORE!

[joshay98]

Day 560 - 567 (1 year, 236 - 243 days)

Heya, how are we doing? Just a quick update.

I finally got enough tickets to get everything from the anniversary event! I really enjoy the cap. Gives me jester vibes. ^^

The props are eh.

Also I just wanted an excuse to upload some photos I took. I have a lot of fun with the camera. X]

I genuinely enjoy taking photos of Eden in different areas. Also I hope people don't mind if I take photos of them.

Ok, that's it. See ya. :D

[joshay98]

Day 234 & 235 of new instruments in Sky

Heya how are you doing, hope you had a good day. Hopefully you made yourself something nice. ^^

So like I mentioned, it's TS thursday and that means new cosmetics to work with. This time around it is the Doublefive Light Catcher from the Season of Lightseekers. One of the earlier spirits to return and they gave me the 156th possible winged light. I'm always glad to see those spirits but you can always tell the differences in the design from newer spirits. TGC really improved on that front. :D

Also fairly cheap with only 126 candles and only 6 hearts because their emote is a friendship one. More for me to save up. ^^

They come with two cosmetics and a new instrument. First the mask, which reminded me of another spirit mask which I got fairly early on in my Sky adventure... right, the Twirling Champion who belongs to the same season. The only difference are the facial markings but otherwise they are the same. :/

The hat is nice though. It's a full on hair style so the short hair is always there. I do like the bobbles hanging off it. Fitting since they are lightseekers. X]

And lastly the flute! Really nice instrument and it is fairly loud as well. I was wondering why I saw so many people running around with it during my candle run. Strange though, the Twirling Champion has the panflute which fills the same part. They are pretty similar, I wonder who copied from who. Anyway...

A bit slow but I learned this part of the song in like 1~2 hours, so I'm more than proud for a first time. Thanks Sky community for making these online instruments where you can practice charts. ^^

But the spirit is nice even if I won't use most of the stuff but hey, everything for the collection.

I will see you guys... whenever. I don't know when because the next quest is delayed for so long and the next traveling spirit is in two weeks. I will see what adventures I can write down. Until then! ^^