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Anette

------------------- My dear brother and I :)

About Me


One of my most favorite songs ("Close to you"),
"sung" by Stevie Wonder ;)

Hello there!
I`m Anette. I`m Norwegian. I sing. I love. I hug. I smile. I cry. I succeed. And I fail. I`m like every other human being actually!
I live for music, and finding new artists is always a thrill for me. Especially when they`re not so well know yet…
My dream is to be a make-up artist some day, and work on tours. That way I can join together my two passions: music and make-up, with a little dash of travels and people in the mix too.
I love singing, but I like better to stay in the background and help others shine instead, and that`s why make-up artistry would be such a great business for me, besides the fact that I absolutely adore it too!
I love to travel!!! I`m gonna live in USA at one point or another
(L.A. is my Lady...or Nashville...or New York…:)
I love the city I live in, especially on a warm spring day. I love the smell of it, I love the vibe to it, I love the people in it, I love the diversity of it, and I love the parks and buildings around town. Nothing beats sitting in the park surrounding The Norwegian Royal Palace on a warm day, people-watching and thinking!! I love this little bubble I live in, my local cafè and the friends of mine that fill it up! :)
I`m the lil`sister of two extraordinary musician-brothers, who I just love to pieces! And I have an amazing family, and great friends, who are my backbone and support these days!
I love God and I believe we`re not put on this earth by accident, and that we have a responsibility to make the people around us feel safe and happy!
I believe we have infinite possibilities and bunches of bravery within ourselves, if we just dare to look behind the curtain.
I pray when I`m happy, I pray when I`m sad, and I believe God is listening every time.
I can be stubborn, and proud. I`m both an optimist and a pessimist.
I take pride in what I do.
I talk too much sometimes, but then again I can be extremely shy...
I trust too easily, but I can also be a sceptic.
I trust my gut and my heart, and when I don`t, it comes back to bite me in the butt afterwards.
I need to be loved, I need to be needed and I need to be encouraged. But I also enjoy giving that to the people around me.
I`m a daydream-believer, and love to drift off to that magic place of dreams and wonderous possibilities every chance I get!
I love to take photographs of everything and anything ;)
I love to cook (and eat;) dinner with my friends.
I collect quotations, by famous people, strangers and relatives. My Grandma is my favorite! She is just hilarious ;*)
And now I`m done...
"I`m an open book. Read away. Just don`t slam me closed, leave me in the rain or tear out my pages!"
”Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.”
(Henry James)

"Logic will get you from A to B.
Imagination will take you everywhere."
(Albert Einstein)
"Nothing is impossible. the word itself says: I'm possible!"
(Unknown)
"You are never given a dream without also being given the power
to make it true."
(Richard Bach)
"Every exit is an entrance somewhere."
(Unknown)
"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do.
And that enables you to laugh at life's realities."

-Dr. Seuss
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My Interests

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I do not add private profiles if you don`t send me a message first! How will I know who you are or how you found me if I can`t see your profile?
--- I normally don`t do random adds either.
So if you want to add me, but we have never met, have no connections or mutual friends or acquaintances in real life (or on MySpace), please send me a message at least..
The sleazy ones with barely dressed girls plastered all over their Top Friends won`t get added no matter what.. So don`t even bother, mmmkay?
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My favorite things:
MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC!!!
Singing
Make-up
FAMILY
My Grandparents
Friends (near and far)
People-watching & storymaking.
Daydreaming
Sleeping
Star-gazing
Cloud cinema
Accomplishments
HOPE
FAITH
LOVE
Memories
Progress
Being barefoot
Kittens
Cartoons
Blankets
Oslo
Los Angeles
FFK
Traveling
Hotels
Chocolate & Ice cream
Laughter
Candlelight
Fireplaces
LIFE
Making angels in the snow
Christmas
Photographs
Colors
Pilates
Making lists
Words (can`t you tell?;)
Lights
Flying
Trains
Summer & warm weather
My parents house.
Norway
Hugs & kisses
Old school movies
Coca-Cola
Straws
Nonsense and being silly
Flowers
Balloons
The sound of the RAIN tap, tap, tapping on my window as I fall asleep.
A cup of good tea
Letters in the mail
My apartment
Hearts
Elephants
Pillows
Curtains
Vintage
Quotations
Being me...


This is the current time in Oslo :)

I'd like to meet:


"A man who loves music
A man who loves art
Respects the spirit world
And thinks with his heart."
(India.Arie)

"I want to know God's thoughts.
The rest are details."

(Albert Einstein)
"You learn a lot about people when you listen to
the songs that mean something to them."
"We would worry less about what people think of us, if we knew how seldom they did!"
(Unknown)
"The true measure of a person is how she treats someone who can do her absolutely no good."
(Unknown)
"Infatuation is when you find somebody who is absolutely perfect. Love is when you realize that they aren't and it doesn't matter."
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I have followed the case of these missing children the last few years.
I can`t do anything for it here in Norway, but if you`re American, please click on the link and see if you might have any information you didn`t knew you had!!!
Sam and Lindsey Porter.
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Music:



SOUL/R&B/HiPHOP etc.: Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, David Ryan Harris, Joss Stone, Alicia Keys, Al Green, Lauryn Hill, Babyface, Usher, India.Arie, Kanye West, Justin Timberlake, Gnarls Barkley, John Legend....
COUNTRY etc.: Keith Urban, Bonnie Raitt, Glen Campbell, Zane Williams, Brad Paisley, Joe Nichols, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Carrie Underwood, Billy Currington, Bryan White, Rascal Flatts, the queen herself - Dolly Parton, and the king himself - Johnny Cash.
WESTCOAST etc.: Toto, Tower of Power, Steely Dan, Donald Fagan, Bill Cantos, Richard Page, Pages, 3rd Matinee, Michael Ruff, Steve Lukather, Bill Champlin....
POP/ROCK: John Mayer, Gavin DeGraw, Coldplay, Sting, Jessie Baylin, Sara Bareilles, Laura Jansen, Rob Giles, Jordan Lawhead, Kevin Steinman, Allie Moss, Red Letter, Joshua Bartholomew, Zack Hexum, Charles Kelley, Josh Kelley, Sheryl Crow, Jon McLaughlin, Jonny Lang, Dave Barnes, Adrina Thorpe, Jason Mraz, The Shins, Keane, The Beatles, The Eagles, Phil Collins, The Carpenters, Green Day, Robbie Williams, Sarah MacLachlan, Tim Fagan, David Landes, Zachary Provost, Corrinne May, Alice Peacock, Corinne Bailey Rae, Matt Wertz, Tyler James, Michael McCarthy, KT Tunstall, Kelly Clarkson, Jack Johnson....
FOLK etc.: Bruce Springsteen, Rachael Yamagata, James Taylor, Ben Taylor, Rosie Thomas, Cary Brothers, William Fitzsimmons, Nick Drake, Brett Dennen, Trent Dabbs, Eva Cassidy, Schuyler Fisk, Joshua Radin, Brendan James, Damien Rice, Ray LaMontagne, Michelle Featherstone, Justin Roth, Kevin Taylor, Elliot Smith, Simon & Garfunkel, Ryan Montbleau, Leona Naess, Fiona Apple, Christopher Dallman...
CLASSICAL: Lucia Micarelli, Josh Groban, Yo-Yo Ma....
CHRISTIAN MUSIC: Kirk Franklin, Switchfoot, Michael W. Smith, Steven Curtis Chapman, Bob Carlisle, Yolanda Adams, Jeremy Camp, Lars Mörlid, Natalie Grant, Rachael Lampa, Andrew Peterson, Jars of Clay, Third Day, BeBe Winans, CeCe Winans, Alvin Slaughter, Crystal Lewis, Sigvart Dagsland, Shawn McDonald, Fred Hammond....
JAZZ/BLUES etc.: John Coltrane, Frank Sinatra, Bobby McFerrin, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Sarah Vaughan, Nina Simone, Madeleine Peyroux, Jamie Cullum, Chris Botti, Norah Jones, Ray Charles, B.B King, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Diana Krall, Yellowjackets, Fourplay, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Eartha Kitt, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, J. Tyler O`Neill, Michael Buble, John Mayer Trio....
SCANDINAVIAN ARTISTS/BANDS: Teitur, Magnet, Rene Andersen, Thomas Dybdahl, Marit Larsen, Christel Alsos, Elwood Caine, Maria Solheim, Madrugada, Smith`s venner, Gisle Børge Styve, Kings of Convenience, Per-Erik Hallin, Sondre Lerche, Martin Cornel, Garness, Southpaw, Odd Nordstoga, Ane Brun, Kristin Hild, Knut Anders Sørum, Mosaic, Safari, Funky Batpized, Andreas Rene, Pillow, Jim Stärk, Sivert Høyem, Torun Eriksen, Beady Belle, Maria Mena, Lisa Nilsson, Marte Lavik, Jens Andreas Kleiven, Rektor, P.S., Span, D.O.G., Carnival....
FAVORITE MUSICIANS (alive and deceased): Steve Lukather, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, Mike Porcaro, Greg Phillinganes, Abraham Laboriel (Sr. & Jr.:) Billy Preston, John Mayer, Keith Urban, Pino Palladino, Peter Sandwall, Pete Abbot, Ole Petter Hansen Chylie, Jonny Sjo, David Fjelde, Rino Johannessen, Tommy Kristiansen, Bernt Rune Stray, Øystein Sunde, Eirik Bergene, Jens Andreas Kleiven, David Wallumrød, Steve Jordan, JJ Johnson, Ivar Thormodsæther, David LaBruyere (Dela), Endre Hareide Hallre, Questlove?, Tim Curle, Calvin Rodgers, Tariqh Akoni, Whynot Jansveld, Craig Macintyre, Eric Holden, B.B. King, John Coltrane, Curtis Mayfield, Buddy Guy, Lucia Micarelli, Chris Botti....(and my brothers:)

Movies:

I love watching great movies!
And I love watching how they use lighting, camera-angles,
make-up, props etc. to make every scene special ;)
I like most genres.. (Well, not so much horror-movies...but a little scare now and then is just fun ;)
I`m a sucker for the oldies like:
"An Affair To Remember" ♥♥♥,
"Breakfast at Tiffany`s" ♥,
"Singin` in The Rain" ♥,
"It Happened One Night",
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof",
"Rear Window",
"Gone With The Wind" ♥ etc..
Nothing like a good ol` movie! :)
Some of my other favorite movies: "Before Sunrise" and "Before Sunset" are just as inviting and captivating every time I watch them,
"Garden State" is just magnificent ♥,
"Finding Neverland" is enchanting,
"Little Women" is a classic,
"Pride and Prejudice" is uh-may-ay-zing,
"Amelie from Montmatre" is just sweet,
and "Dirty Dancing" is still oh, so good!!!! ♥
Other ones:
"While You Were Sleeping" ♥,
"Sleepless in Seattle"♥,
"Kramer vs. Kramer",
"Pirates of the Caribbean",
The Lord of the Rings Triology, "Ocean`s Eleven",
"Enough", "Love Actually" ♥,
"Pretty Woman",
"Ice Age", "SHREK",
"Grease", "Chocolate",
"What Women Want" ♥,
and many more...
And...I`m probably a chick-flick girl for the most part!!! But as long as the movie is GOOD, I`ll like it, no matter what genre :)

Television:

I don`t catch too much TV lately, but I love to watch these shows:
"Grey's Anatomy",
"One Tree Hill",
"Veronica Mars",
"Gilmore Girls" and
"The O.C." (yeah, so shoot me!;)
Show`s that are fun, and that I`ll watch if I catch it, are:
"The David Letterman Show", "E.R.",
and re-runs of
"Everybody Loves Raymond",
"Seinfeld", "Friends"
and stuff like that;)
Got to mention I have a thing for the National Geographic Channel, Discovery Channel, CNN, Travel Channel and Animal Planet too... Yeah, I`m a geek! :)
Ooooh, and CARTOONS!!!!! Especially "Tom & Jerry" and "Roadrunner".. Always makes me laugh like a little kid :)

Books:

Not much of a book-person lately, other than the Bible, and magazines... Haha!
I have a whole bunch of unread books in my apartment, but I think that`s gotta be a 10-year plan for me ;O)

Heroes:

Jesus, and Esther.
Martin Luther King, Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela.
Make-up artists Kevyn Aucoin, Bobbi Brown, Pat McGrath, Jeanine Lobell and Mally Roncal (and many more).
My old "aunt" Mary (rest in peace), my parents, and many of my great friends and family!!!
Ordinarly people with extraordinary strength!!!
And anyone who follows their dream and don`t give up until they`ve made it!!! ;o)

My Blog

Lyrics and notes and stuff...

There`s just so much great music in the world, and not enough time to truly listen to it all...What`s a girl to do??? I think I`m going insane... Love,Anette......
Posted by Anette on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 12:28:00 PST

EDIT FRIENDS!!!! (Es muy importante!)

Take a minute and click on your [edit friends]. If there are profiles in there that say "this profile has been deleted" with the red X ---> DELETE them from your profile! I've heard that this is the...
Posted by Anette on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 03:19:00 PST

Yeah...

"I don't know. I guess I feel different. Like... I've always had this tendency to assume that change, when it happens, can only be for the worse. You know?And lately, I kinda feel like that's not true...
Posted by Anette on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 09:15:00 PST

Why God Made Moms

Why God Made Moms Answers given by 2nd grade school children to the following questions: Why did God make mothers? 1. She's the only one who knows where the scotch tape is. 2. Mostly to...
Posted by Anette on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:32:00 PST

People of Oslo (and the world, for that matter! :)

Care to do me a favor, listen to some music, and click some buttons? You see, there`s this lovely, little girl in Los Angeles that could use some "help" :) Haha! Not that she`s in need!Jessie Baylin i...
Posted by Anette on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 04:26:00 PST

Life

Life is good!It has its ups and downs at the moment.About the same amount of both good & bad, I must say.But LIFE is good...In the midst of my struggles, I find beauty. Great beauty. And for that ...
Posted by Anette on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 09:22:00 PST

I just made an elf of myself :)

I think this very well might be my future career Check it out! HERE!Don`t you agree?"This is Santa`s Helper, how can I help you!"~Anette~P.S.: The idea came from funny ol` Mr.Brien in New York :)...
Posted by Anette on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 06:57:00 PST

Music catching my heart tonight...

Today I got a friend request that caught my eye..I have pages of requests waiting for me, but somehow I never find the time to really go through them these days...and then the oldest ones expire after...
Posted by Anette on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 07:15:00 PST

See, Santa`s got it!!! ;)

Santa`s got coke!!!! I`m getting a little bit better here...seems my fever`s broke, at least a bit, and I`m hoping my flu is on it`s way back where it came from!  Nothing worse than having t...
Posted by Anette on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 07:55:00 PST

My Movie Soundtrack

I stole this from Veronda Hope you don`t mind, V!!!Something to make the hours pass.. I`m sick with the flu, and can`t seem to sleep!Got a fever and everything... :(------------IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVI...
Posted by Anette on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 07:39:00 PST