Morten's Blog

The girls are on the floor watching a TV show called 'Baby Einstein'. Not sure it will make them turn into geniuses but it sure beats Teletubbies. Currently they are learning about the four seasons and the different colors that are associated with them. Maybe I might even learn something ?

Cecilie is repeatedly saying 'Da da da da da' and I am trying to convince my wife that she is in fact saying 'Daddy' but we have not quite come to an agreement on this yet.

They are also trying to figure out how to crawl, so far it is mostly butt up in the air and nose down in the quilt they are on. It is a bit of a scary thought that soon they will be mobile, we will be running around ourself trying to keep up with the little bundles of energy.

-Morten

Yamaha FZS 1000 2002

I live about 40 minutes out of town, but with a car it can take up to 1.5 hours to drive to work during rush hours. Luckily with my MC I can lawfully drive in the extra lane set aside for public transportation and I can bypass all the traffic. Additionally they can drive between the lines of cars when there is a jam, it can get a bit dodgy at times as it seems like cars are rather set on killing you. Blinkers are there to be used people, and so are your mirrors!


This weekend I went out with a group of my friends that also own motorcycles on a quick road trip to a small town nearby called Holmsbu. We grabbed a cup of coffee and a yummy shrimp sandwich and had a good time away from the wives and kids.

Unfortunately we got hit rather hard with some rain on the way home, but a cup of hot coffee sorted that out quickly enough. Thanks for the cake Gaute!

-M

Funcom
I work for a PC and Consol game company here in Norway called Funcom. In the last 9 years or so I have been part of developing and maintaining two Massive Multiplayer Online games. Firstly a Sci-Fi game called 'Anarchy Online' and secondly 'Age of Conan'. Currently I am Game Director for a new unannounced game in the works, I can't talk too much about that atm, but I will probably bring it up more in the future.


The Secret World
Recently Funcom revealed some more information about one of our other new projects, 'The Secret World'. I have not personally worked on this title, but I think that just makes me even more excited about playing it. The people behind it are extremly talented and the story and setting of the game is very exciting.

Ragnar Tørnquist is heading up the project and with his experience from making games with such fantastic worlds and stories as 'The Longest Journey' and 'Dreamfall' I am confident that we are about to be presented with a new game that will completly immers us.

So go check the game out, the trailer is worth the sidetrip.
http://www.darkdaysarecoming.com/

-Morten

Today the kids actually turned 1 month old... so I have been a father for a good bit of time now.
Things are starting to become more of a routine and life is starting to move forward again.

I will try to post more details soon, but up to now my life has been completly dominated by the kids.

Both the kids and the mom is doing well and that is all you can ask for

-M

The Cat
Let me introduce you to my cat, Restepus (Translation: Leftover Cat). He is dumb as a brick and can't find his own way out of the litterbox, but he has more charm than is good for him. We gave him the name as he constantly came home with new defects from getting into all sorts of trouble. So far he has managed to collect the following warwounds, a broken tail, a gash in his eye, missing a toe and his ear is split.

He has been with us a while now and is getting pretty old. He spend most of his time either on the heated bathroom floor or on top of the freezer warming his old bones, but occasionally he still wants to go outside to check on his territory. Unfortunately with all the snow he is stuck inside, so here is a picture of him looking at me wondering why I don't make all the snow go away.

He has always been crazy about the snuggles, and especially like to nuzzle up under your neck while you sleep. This does however not work out too well with two newborns kids in the house, so he is going to move to my mother for a while. I will miss that little bugger.

Snow
I tend to agree with my cat on the snow after having to go out outside several times a day to shovel it away.. Today I woke up and found my car completely covered in snow. With a wife that is 8+ month pregnant I like to keep the car ready for use. Who knows what might happen in the middle of the night, and spending 30 minutes digging out the car might not be the ideal situation.

-Morten