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Emotional Rollercoaster

..the story of my summer holiday 2009.

The semester ended with a B in both subjects, quite nice after the C and E last semester. After the last exam my class had a grill party to celebrate and another smaller one a couple of days later for those of us who were not at Roskilde Festival. Two nice evenings. The day after that it was the third of july, my mothers birthday. Danish rock band Magtens Korridor played at Tivoli here in Århus that day which my parents wanted to see, so they came here for that and at the same time I could come home with them. My siblings were at Roskilde and scout camp, so it were just the three of us. We eat at Tivoli, a nice buffet, before the concert, and eventhough it's not the kind of music I usually hear it was a fine concert.

The next weekend was the time of the Britney Spears concert at Parken, Copenhagen, for which I had bought a ticket. I borrowed my mothers car and drove to Århus the day before, so the trip on the day of the concert were a little shorter. Before driving to the concert I went across the border to Germany to buy some cheap soda and booze. Some six 24 packs soda, one 24 pack cider, a Morgan rome and some candy. Then to Copenhagen. It was an awesome concert in some ways, but in some other ways not so much. It was probably the most spectacular scene show in any concert ever. However it was playback except for 'Everytime' which was quite beautiful. Anyway I wouldn't wanna have missed it, but I do hope next time she drops the big scene show and sings instead :).

Since I wasn't going on any vacations this summer I was hoping to watch a lot of Tour De France, which I did, and a lot of July went with that. After the concert I got a flu which lasted almost 2 weeks :/ So that caused me to be very little active in the middle of July. On the 18th it was my birthday, so the day before (because my brother was going to a wedding on the actual day) we, my parents and siblings, took on a small trip. First to this place were they've made a miniature copy of the world (picture), a place I've wanted to go for a long time. After that we went to Mariager, a small city at the coast, where we walked around a bit and got something to eat.
A small week later my brother had a housewarming party were me, my sister and her boyfriend were invited, other guests were his former roomates and scout friends. Which meant there were not that many people I knew, but it turned out to be fine party none the less.

After that the two last stages in Tour De France. The absolut highlight of which were ofcourse dane Nicky Sørensen's stage win, and a beautiful one at that. His facial expression when driving across the finish line was so awesome (picture). As you should know Contador won, not exactly my favourite rider after him getting a free victory in 2007. A goal of mine this year was to find a new rider to cheer on in the years to come, preferably someone young I can see improve in the coming years. This since my previous favourites are not the Tour anymore, such as Indurain, Mancebo and Rasmussen. Hopefully one of two of these will be back though. However I noticed Tony Martin as a good candidate. Apart from a single mountain stage where he lost a lot he did quite nice and hopefully in the years to come he can do even better. And ofcourse I can't help but like the Shlecks.


In end july my grandfather was sent to the hospital, bad heart, after couple of days there were talks of him being sent home, but he suddenly got much worse and died the 2nd august, with funeral the 7th.

On the 8th I went back to Århus for a movie night with some of my classmates. We saw Hot Shots! Part Deux, Ghost Busters, Die Hard, Dawn of the Dead, Team America: World Police. Many of which not really my normal type of movie, but despise that and the awful pizza it was a nice night.

I stayed in Århus the next two weeks not doing that much. I started cycling every two or three days untill I got a flat tire. This happened while I was cycling home from Bilka were I bought a new camera. A Canon Ixus 110 is.



I went back to my parents place for the last week because of two parties the last two weekends. First was a 22 birthday party with one of my friends from high school. Awesome party, seeing some of my old friends that I don't see that often anymore. The next weekend was the wedding of one of my parents old friends. This was the first wedding I ever been to, so that was kind of exciting eventhough it was pretty low key. Next day I went back to Århus to get ready for the new semester.

The Kopa Emmys 2009

Outstanding Comedy Series

Winner:
Scrubs

Nominees:
How I Met Your Mother
My Name Is Earl
The Big Bang Theory
30 Rock


Outstanding Drama Series

Winner:
Friday Night Lights

Nominees:
Lost
Chuck
Cupid
Prison Break
Star Wars: The Clone Wars


Outstanding Casting for a Series

Winner:
Friday Night Lights

Nominees:
Lost
Prison Break
Better Off Ted
Scrubs


Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series

Winner:
Zach Braff (Dr. John 'J.D.' Dorian) for "Scrubs"

Nominees:
Josh Radnor (Ted Mosby) for "How I Met Your Mother"
Jason Lee (Earl Hickey) for "My Name Is Earl"
Donald Faison (Dr. Christopher Turk) for "Scrubs"
Jim Parsons (Sheldon Cooper) for "The Big Bang Theory"


Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series

Winner:
Kyle Chandler (Eric Taylor) for "Friday Night Lights"

Nominees:
Bobby Cannavale (Trevor Pierce) for "Cupid"
Zach Gilford (Matt Saracen) for "Friday Night Lights"
Joshua Jackson (Peter Bishop) for "Fringe"
Damian Lewis (Charlie Crews) for "Life"


Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series

Winner:
Sarah Chalke (Dr. Elliot Reid) for "Scrubs"

Nominees:
Paula Marshall (Allison Brooks) for "Gary Unmarried"
Jaime Pressly (Joy Turner) for "My Name Is Earl"
Amy Poehler (Leslie Knope) for "Parks and Recreation"
Tina Fey (Liz Lemon) for "30 Rock"


Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series

Winner:
Connie Britton (Tami Taylor) for "Friday Night Lights"

Nominees:
Evangeline Lilly (Kate Austen) for "Lost"
Calista Flockhart (Kitty Walker) for "Brothers & Sisters"
Sarah Paulson (Claire McCrae) for "Cupid"
Elizabeth Reaser (Bella Bloom) for "The Ex List"


Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series

Winner:
John C. McGinley (Dr. Perry Cox) for "Scrubs"

Nominees:
Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Larry) for "Do Not Disturb"
Neil Patrick Harris (Barney Stinson) for "How I Met Your Mother"
Eddie Steeples (Darnell Turner) for "My Name Is Earl"
Neil Flynn (The Janitor) for "Scrubs"


Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series

Winner:
Jesse Plemons (Landry Clarke) for "Friday Night Lights"

Nominees:
Taylor Kitsch (Tim Riggins) for "Friday Night Lights"
Robert Knepper (Theodore 'T-Bag' Bagwell) for "Prison Break"
William Fichtner (Alex Mahone) for "Prison Break"
Tyler Labine (Bert 'Sock' Wysocki) for "Reaper"


Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series

Winner:
Eliza Coupe (Dr. Denise Mahoney) for "Scrubs"

Nominees:
Andrea Anders (Linda) for "Better Off Ted"
Cobie Smulders (Robin Scherbatsky) for "How I Met Your Mother"
Nadine Velazquez (Catalina) for "My Name Is Earl"
Kristen Wiig (Various) for "Saturday Night Live"


Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series

Winner:
Aimee Teegarden (Julie Taylor) for "Friday Night Lights"

Nominees:
Elizabeth Mitchell (Juliet Burke) for "Lost"
Rebecca Mader (Charlotte Lewis) for "Lost"
Adrianne Palicki (Tyra Collette) for "Friday Night Lights"
Sarah Wayne Callies (Dr. Sara Tancredi) for "Prison Break"


Outstanding Guest Star In A Series

Winner:
Michaela Watkins (Lucy) for "The New Adventures of Old Christine"

Nominees:
Salma Hayek (Elisa) for "30 Rock"
Sonya Walger (Penny Widmore) for "Lost"
Sarah Chalke (Stella Zinman) for "Scrubs"


Outstanding Main Title Theme Music

Winner:
90210

Nominees:
Friday Night Lights
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
How I Met Your Mother
The Big Bang Theory


Outstanding Episode In A Comedy Series

Winner:
Scrubs - 818 - My Finale: Part 1 and Part 2

Nominees:
How I Met Your Mother - 404 - Intervention
My Boys 309 - Spring Training
The Office - 526 - Company Picnic
The Office - 519 - Two Weeks


Outstanding Episode In A Drama Series

Winner:
Friday Night Lights - 312 - Underdogs

Nominees:
Life - 206 - Did You Feel That?
Fringe - 119 - The Road Not Taken
Friday Night Lights - 313 - Tomorrow Blues
Lost - 509 - Namaste


Honorary Award
Friends

The Kopa Emmys 2009 (nominees)

Outstanding Comedy Series

Nominees:
How I Met Your Mother
My Name Is Earl
Scrubs
The Big Bang Theory
30 Rock


Outstanding Drama Series

Nominees:
Lost
Chuck
Cupid
Friday Night Lights
Prison Break
Star Wars: The Clone Wars


Outstanding Casting for a Series

Nominees:
Lost
Friday Night Lights
Prison Break
Better Off Ted
Scrubs


Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series

Nominees:
Josh Radnor (Ted Mosby) for "How I Met Your Mother"
Jason Lee (Earl Hickey) for "My Name Is Earl"
Zach Braff (Dr. John 'J.D.' Dorian) for "Scrubs"
Donald Faison (Dr. Christopher Turk) for "Scrubs"
Jim Parsons (Sheldon Cooper) for "The Big Bang Theory"


Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series

Nominees:
Bobby Cannavale (Trevor Pierce) for "Cupid"
Kyle Chandler (Eric Taylor) for "Friday Night Lights"
Zach Gilford (Matt Saracen) for "Friday Night Lights"
Joshua Jackson (Peter Bishop) for "Fringe"
Damian Lewis (Charlie Crews) for "Life"


Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series

Nominees:
Paula Marshall (Allison Brooks) for "Gary Unmarried"
Jaime Pressly (Joy Turner) for "My Name Is Earl"
Amy Poehler (Leslie Knope) for "Parks and Recreation"
Sarah Chalke (Dr. Elliot Reid) for "Scrubs"
Tina Fey (Liz Lemon) for "30 Rock"


Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series

Nominees:
Evangeline Lilly (Kate Austen) for "Lost"
Calista Flockhart (Kitty Walker) for "Brothers & Sisters"
Sarah Paulson (Claire McCrae) for "Cupid"
Connie Britton (Tami Taylor) for "Friday Night Lights"
Elizabeth Reaser (Bella Bloom) for "The Ex List"


Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series

Nominees:
Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Larry) for "Do Not Disturb"
Neil Patrick Harris (Barney Stinson) for "How I Met Your Mother"
Eddie Steeples (Darnell Turner) for "My Name Is Earl"
Neil Flynn (The Janitor) for "Scrubs"
John C. McGinley (Dr. Perry Cox) for "Scrubs"


Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series

Nominees:
Taylor Kitsch (Tim Riggins) for "Friday Night Lights"
Jesse Plemons (Landry Clarke) for "Friday Night Lights"
Robert Knepper (Theodore 'T-Bag' Bagwell) for "Prison Break"
William Fichtner (Alex Mahone) for "Prison Break"
Tyler Labine (Bert 'Sock' Wysocki) for "Reaper"


Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series

Nominees:
Andrea Anders (Linda) for "Better Off Ted"
Cobie Smulders (Robin Scherbatsky) for "How I Met Your Mother"
Nadine Velazquez (Catalina) for "My Name Is Earl"
Kristen Wiig (Various) for "Saturday Night Live"
Eliza Coupe (Dr. Denise Mahoney) for "Srubs"


Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series

Nominees:
Elizabeth Mitchell (Juliet Burke) for "Lost"
Rebecca Mader (Charlotte Lewis) for "Lost"
Aimee Teegarden (Julie Taylor) for "Friday Night Lights"
Adrianne Palicki (Tyra Collette) for "Friday Night Lights"
Sarah Wayne Callies (Dr. Sara Tancredi) for "Prison Break"


Outstanding Guest Star In A Series

Nominees:
Salma Hayek (Elisa) for "30 Rock"
Sonya Walger (Penny Widmore) for "Lost"
Michaela Watkins (Lucy) for "The New Adventures of Old Christine"
Sarah Chalke (Stella Zinman) for "Scrubs"


Outstanding Main Title Theme Music

Nominees:
90210
Friday Night Lights
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
How I Met Your Mother
The Big Bang Theory


Outstanding Episode In A Comedy Series

Nominees:
How I Met Your Mother - 404 - Intervention
My Boys 309 - Spring Training
Scrubs - 818 - My Finale: Part 1 and Part 2
The Office - 526 - Company Picnic
The Office - 519 - Two Weeks


Outstanding Episode In A Drama Series

Nominees:
Life - 206 - Did You Feel That?
Fringe - 119 - The Road Not Taken
Friday Night Lights - 312 - Underdogs
Friday Night Lights - 313 - Tomorrow Blues
Lost - 509 - Namaste


I really missed you this year special award
A special award that won't have any nominees, but will be given to those, if any, shows that were cancelled a season ago and that I really missed this year.


Honorary Award
A new honorary award, can only be given to shows that ended atleast five years ago.

Lying positions

So lately I've been having a hard time finding a good lying position when going to sleep, always moving around and such. Maybe it's because I'm getting so old now that I've been lying a lot and have used up all the good lying position, so I can't find any good ones anymore?

The King is Dead

At first didn't want to write about this, as I don't really write about that much stuff that happens, but it did affect me a lot today and last night. The king of pop died, eventhough I'm not really a fan of him, I have no problem calling him that. Last night around 23 people started pasting links in IRC saying he had had a heart attack. Soon there were rumours he was dead. I wanted to get some better confirmation, but knowing from experience, when rumours come like that they're most likely true.

I followed it live on CNN.com a short while and then saw two episodes of Friends (The one with the proposal part 1 and 2). After that I tuned it at CNN.com again and short after CNN had confirmed the death. Followed it for a while, just wanting to follow what is arguably the "biggest" death in my lifetime.

I think I've never watched as many news transmissions as I've done today, saw two on DR Update and TV2 news twice aswell. I even bought a news paper (Ekstra Bladet). Also downloaded the Thriller album today, and saw a guy who had bought some best of album of him at the pizza place.

As I said I've never really been a big fan of him, but I've still heard his songs a lot ofcourse. I remember following the decision of his trial in 2005 talking about it on IRC being very happy that he was found not guilty. One day at the danish emergency management agency driving to or from a running session, we heard Billie Jean in the radio and talked about him. After that I heard that song a lot for some time. During the first week at uni we had some singing competition thing where I had to sing Billie Jean, not an easy song to sing :-).

He made some amazing songs and has surely inspired many of those pop artists I listen to today. He was a big icon and it still hard to believe he is really dead.

EOL site: Teams

As you may know I'm making the website for the upcoming elma online. I'll write some posts about some of the features that I make, or maybe just this one post, we'll see.

Recently I've been working on how teams should work. At first you could just join any team, but because of the team rankings this was not such a good idea. It's not totally decided yet which ranking system we're going to use and how the team ranking is going to work. However team ranking might work a bit like this. Right now it's an average of the players in team, but someone suggested that instead it works like the individual ranking, so that in a battle the best player of each team in that battle counts for the team ranking that battle and the ranking points achieved is calculated based on the teams and other teams ranking.

This is why it is important that no one plays a battle while in a wrong team, hence fucking up the team ranking. The solution I decided on after discussing it a bit with kd is as follows. By default you can join any team you like. Anyone in a team can then lock and unlock the team. So when the team is locked obviously no one can join it. It also saves a history of which teams you've been in when. So that in case someone joins an unlocked team he is not part of, plays a battle, and fucks up the teams ranking, we can edit his team history and recalculate the team rankings using the team history.

I have coded it all except the part that recalculates the team ranking according to the team history. So I hope I'll be able to so all this works ;-)

And sorry it all this doesn't make any sense, but it does in my head atleast.