Eurovision 2019 Results:

A few thoughts.

First, Sweden was beaten. As a Norwegian, that’s very important. Don’t worry, we’re still the best of frenemies.

Second, we got an automatic spot slotted for next year, having swoon into the final (this one and the next one) with ease, landing us on the fifth place. That’s always nice.

Third, we got the most popular votes (a total of 291), despite the fact that the more professional jury only saw it fit to grant us a total of 47 points, making it a nice and round 338. Sometimes, people are not so bad.

Fourth, as such, if it had been on the popular vote alone, we’d have won. Bit bitter about that. A bit, but not enough to tarnish the joy of the existing accomplishment. Not by much, anyway.

Fifth, I only watched this because I was at work and the television was on (with other people in front of it, watching with intent and intensity).

Revenge of the Fifth.

So, two people in good spirits arrive together, one of them in a wheelchair, and the other one walking.
"I hate beating up people in wheelchairs, but I'll do it if I have to."
The reply: "You can certainly try!"
Sometimes, life imitates art, and friendship truly is magical.

Also, CR C1 E114 remains emotionally affecting to this day.

Kokoa kokoon koko kokko. Koko kokkoko? Koko kokko.

Let me tell you a true story. Previously, I didn't want to have children because I was afraid of putting another version of myself on the planet. Now, a bit older, a bit wiser and a lot more content and happy with myself than what I was back then, I hold to the same conclusion, but with a different reasoning: the environment crisis.

I think it's deeply unfair to put another being on this planet without a better hope for the future of said being, and they way things are headed, it's not looking so good.

Why?

The bees are dying. Blame the 5G network. That's army classified potential weaponry with those wavelengths. Not very good for us humans, neither.

Increased and increasing extreme weather, with more on the horizon come the foreseeable future.

The lack of will to do something about it inhabited in most politicians, and those that take the issue seriously enough are too few and far between.

I actually think I have some form of climate anxiety. Google it. I'll wait.

Glad I never did bother to take the driving license, as I now can use it for an argument to travel by public transport, be it bus or train. Not that I don't use it a lot, but still - most of the locations I can walk to, as they are located in the near vicinity of my place of living. No, I don't own a bike at present. Why do you ask?

Oh, and don't get me started on fossil fuel topic.

I could link a bunch of other pages in this blog post, but seriously - if you can't find anything about this already on your own (and you don't even have to dig deep), you should consider yourself no longer a worthy acquaintance of mine.

So, no, I don't want to have children.

May the Fourth be with you.