Hi Everyone!

I just thought I'd link some interviews I've done these last couple of months to my myspace to both help the sites that have been so kind as to post them, and to give my friends and readers the possibility to see what's going on in that part of my life. Hope everyone is loving life and if not, read books by Eckhart Tolle and Paulo Coelho, watch movies like "The Secret" and "What the bleep do we know?!" and you will soon enough!

The interviews;

http://www.connex247.com/c-now/thor_knai_from_plastic_fantastics_to_creative_professionals.html

http://modelsmore.co.nr/thorknai/index.html

http://expressmenmodel.com/2007/11/thor-knai-at-expressmen.html?5ff3d400

Much Love!

Thor

Those of you who know me are aware that I have a weakness for everything fantasy or medieval. Swords, knights, dragons and sorcery is something I've always loved. To those of you who don't, now you know. Yes, I'm on of those "nerds" who slept a total of 11 days in line outside the cinemas to get premier tickets to Lord of the Rings in full costume and home-made Chainmail. Not only that, but it was awesome...

Recently it came to my attention that they were looking for contestants for a medieval-combat based reality show called "Knight Quest" ....

"DragonWorld.TV is soon bringing you Knight Quest, a medieval-combat based reality series where masters of horse, lance, bow and sword teach contestants to fight in the chivalric tradition, featuring ordinary people rising through the ranks to fight each other in the ultimate battle of their lives!"

http://www.myspace.com/dragonworldtv   

Needless to say I was thrilled... but not as thrilled as when they told me my efforts had awarded me with a place amongst the contestants!! Thus I will fight for the honor of Norway, Glory, Victory and maybe a fair Damsel. It starts outside Toronto, Canada on the 9th September!

Check out their website for tickets to the grand opening event / festival if you are close and feel like cheering me on and having a day quite out of the ordinary in the process!

http://dragonworld.tv/knightquest/

May you live well and prosper friends, and pray that I do not fall in battle against Knights far better than I!

PS: Their website also has audition video's, including mine. But watch the one named Thor's 2nd entry. It's a lot more exciting than the other one... ;)

This guy is absolutely brilliant. I don't think it's possible to still support bush if you understand what this guy is saying. So if any of you out there don't know? Watch this. You will know.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-HjOT0BUa4

This is the fourth part of my personal ramblings about life in general. I will stress again that these are personal views and I appreciate if you don't agree as long as you state why! ;) This particular one is about why some people are good, why girls like bad guys, and why good is the ultimate sign of strenght...

Nice people are weak. A lot of people are nice and good just because they have to be in order to "survive" and progress in society. They are good and nice because they are at the mercy of others stronger then they are. And this makes them weak. They have low self-esteems and go about being the underdog, or the ones that never dear ask / take what they want because they are too "polite" to do so. Too "scared" would be the right word. Women don't like these guys, they are cute, they are friends, but never more. But at least they are nice, and often they are happy with their lot in life, which is great. This is the majority, demand is low because supply is high. Perfectly respectable because they mind their own business and treat everyone with respect...

Then you have the bad guys, mean people. The people who do what they want when they want to. And they don't give a damn about the consequences, because they don't have to, because they are strong enough not to have to be anyone's underdog. Not to show weakness through kindness. Strong enough to make their own lot in life, regardless of what other people think. These are the ones who talk shit about cops, who despise authority. The wildcards. They show their strength because they can. They are "bad" and loving it, and it gives them the feeling of power. Many women love these guys, cuz they are so strong that they take orders from no one, cuz they are unpredictable and "dangerous" and that makes them exciting. And they kick most  "nice" guys asses. Thus instinctively, these guys are better mates, stronger than the "good guys" and hence the saying "good guys finish last". These are much further in between than the first group, which adds to their popularity, higher demand, smaller supply.

But at the very top of the food chain you have the real Good guys. These are the people with confidence and power enough that they don't have to show it off. These are the people who choose to follow the laws and respect authority because they understand that it is in the best interest of everyone. They don't have to take orders, they could choose not to and be excellent bad guys if they wanted to, and they know it. But they take no pleasure in the suffering of others. These are the people who want to change the world for the better. Who cares about everyone because they know they can. Those who are powerful enough that they have resources to spend on every one elses well-being as well as their own. These people are the smart ones, that understand why things are the way they are, that recognize that everyone has their place in life and respect them for it. And they care what people think about them because they care about everyone, but they consider the source. These are the fewest, and with the highest demand. I admire and love these people. They make the world a better place. And they fight for what they believe in when it is needed.

To be good because you want to, not because you have to is to me the ultimate show of power. Unfortunately, good people are often mistaken for weak, and it's a reasonable assumption, because most people that are nice, are nice because they have to. "Nice" is a bad thing, it means you accomodate everything even though you may not want to. "Good" is a great thing. It means you do "nice" things because you choose to, because you can, and you do so out of honesty, not out of necessity...  It is hard to tell who these people are, and because of that, for most people there is very little incentive to be one...

Thanks for reading this! I would love to hear your opinion on the matter! Peace and Love everyone! ;)

Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus...

Here's a prime example of "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus"
offered by an English professor from the University of Phoenix:

The professor told his class one day: "Today we will experiment with a
new form called the tandem story. The process is simple. Each person
will pair off with the person sitting to his or her immediate right. As
homework tonight, one of you will write the first paragraph of a short
story. You will e-mail your partner that paragraph and send another copy to
me. The partner will read the first paragraph and then add another
paragraph to the story and send it back, also sending another copy to me.

The first person will then add a third paragraph, and so on back-and-forth.
Remember to re-read what has been written each time in order to keep the
story coherent.

There is be absolutely NO talking outside of the e-mails, and anything
you wish to say must be written in the e-mail. The story is over when
both agree a conclusion has been reached."

The following was actually turned in by two of his English students,
Rebecca and Gary.

*T**HE STORY:*

(first paragraph by Rebecca)

At first, Laurie couldn't decide which kind of tea she wanted. The

chamomile, which used to be her favorite for lazy evenings at home, now

reminded her too much of Carl, who once said, in happier times, that he

liked chamomile. But she felt she must now, at all costs, keep her mind

off Carl. His possessiveness was suffocating, and if she thought about

him too much her asthma started acting up again. So chamomile was out

of the question.



(second paragraph by Gary)



Meanwhile, Advance Sergeant Carl Harris, leader of the attack squadron

now in orbit over Skylon 4, had more important things to think about

than the neuroses of an air-headed asthmatic bimbo named Laurie with whom

he had spent one sweaty night over a year ago. "A.S. Harris to Geostation

17," he said into his transgalactic communicator. "Polar orbit established.

No sign of resistance so far..." But before he could sign off a bluish

particle beam flashed out of nowhere and blasted a hole through his

ship's cargo bay. The jolt from the direct hit sent him flying out of his

seat and across the cockpit.



(Rebecca)



He bumped his head and died almost immediately, but not before he felt

one last pang of regret for psychically brutalizing the one woman who

had ever had feelings for him. Soon afterwards, Earth stopped its pointless

hostilities towards the peaceful farmers of Skylon 4. "Congress Passes

Law Permanently Abolishing War and Space Travel," Laurie read in her

newspaper one morning. The news simultaneously excited her and bored

her. She stared out the window, dreaming of her youth, when the days had

passed unhurriedly and carefree, with no newspaper to read, no television to distract her from her sense of innocent wonder at all the beautiful

things around her.. "Why must one lose one's innocence to become a woman?"

she pondered wistfully.



(Gary)

Little did she know, but she had less than 10 seconds to live.

Thousands of miles above the city, the Anu'udrian mothership launched the

first of its lithium fusion missiles. The dim-witted wimpy peaceniks who

pushed the Unilateral Aerospace disarmament Treaty through the congress had

left Earth a defenseless target for the hostile alien empires who were

determined to destroy the human race. Within two hours after the

passage of the treaty the Anu'udrian ships were on course for Earth,

carrying enough firepower to pulverize the entire planet. With no one to

stop them, they swiftly initiated their diabolical plan. The lithium fusion

missile entered the atmosphere unimpeded. The President, in his top-secret

mobile submarine headquarters on the ocean floor off the coast of Guam,
felt

the inconceivably massive explosion, which vaporized poor, stupid, Laurie

and 85 million other Americans. The President slammed his fist on the

conference table. "We can't allow this! I'm going to veto that treaty!

Let's blow 'em out of the sky!"



(Rebecca)

This is absurd. I refuse to continue this mockery of literature. My

writing partner is a violent, chauvinistic semi-literate adolescent.



(Gary)

Yeah? Well, you're a self-centered tedious neurotic whose attempts at writing are the literary equivalent of Valium. "Oh, shall I have chamomile tea? Or shall I have some other sort of F---ING TEA??? Oh no, I'm such an air headed bimbo who reads too many Danielle Steele
novels!"



(Rebecca)

Asshole.



(Gary)

Bitch



(Rebecca)

F*CK YOU - YOU NEANDERTHAL!



(Gary)

Go drink some tea. Whore.



(TEACHER)

A - I really liked this one.

The following rambling goes out to everyone who thought "war" must be a bad thing. Once again these are my personal views on things but most of you would still do good to read closely and absorb. Read it all. It doesn't make sense until you do. Please show that you at least have an attention span this big.

We, the rich west, who have exploited the third world for centuries, owe it to them to give something back. To rebuild them, to incorporate them into international trade on their own terms. It is our duty as people, and in our own best interest in the long run, to NOT sit back an watch these people destroy themselves, to see them die in the millions for pety reasons that can be easily prevented, like lack of water, AIDS, disease and civil wars to name a few. To NOT sit back an watch their hatred for us grow as a result of our lack of interest in their suffering. It is our DUTY, and in our best interest to help them, like we have helped ourselves on their behalf...

Everyone seems to agree that debt to underdeveloped countries is a bad thing and that financial/food/medicinal aid is a good thing. Now did you ever consider who to give the aid to, or how to apply it? Cuz there isn't a stable government, especially not one who values human rights over power. Actually, what's happening in many cases is that they misuse the money for corrupt purposes, steal the food to distribute it amongst their favourite minorities, or sell it back to the starving public, squander the money because of incompetence, buy weapons or any number of other not so good undertakings. Thus only a fraction of the aid intended ever gets to where it's needed. And even if it all did, it would still only be temporary, cuz of the instability and lack of infrastructure.

The most efficient foreign aid to third world countries is to provide stability so that further aid takes real effect. And the fastest and most efficient way to ensure stability is by force. Simple fact. Yes, people will die, yes there will be fighting, yes it will go on for many years. But if we didn't interfere, thousands more would die in the long run and for nothing, when things eventually get our of hand we probably have to interfere anyway.

Once in place, our troops will remain as peacekeepers (READ ON) until we have installed a government that recognizes human rights and democracy and until that government, with foreign aid, money and TIME, have built an army strong enough and skilled enough, to take over as peacekeepers, upon which we can withdraw most of our troops. The rebuilding of this county's infrastructure should at this point be so dependent on international investment that it is not possible for it to turn on itself or the west with it's newfound military power. Neither would they have any interest to do so.

Imperialism, yes. In the same way the US invaded Europe in WW2, toppled the nazi regime, and remained in place and rebuildt Europe with the Marshall Aid until Germany was able to fend for themselves once again, with a government installed by the west, who recognized human rights and democracy. Upon which it was regiven it's independence, foreign troops were withdrawn, and Germany thus went on to grow into what it is today. Simplified, yes. And let me point out the immense economic gain that the US has had as a consequence of having a democratic, stable Europe to trade with....

The argument as to America going to war on Iraq for "economic reasons"; HELL YES. The only reasons we are able to have so called freedom and stability in the west are indeed "economic reasons". Study a minimum of economic theory and you'll see why. Personally, I don't see the horror in the prospect that with time... Iraq may actually turn out to be another Germany, or France, or even Norway (because of the oil). I'd like to point out that Norway, as a result of "horrible" words like "money", "capitalism" and a little bit of "soscialism" has free healthcare, free education incl. college, social security way beyond that of the US and less than 1% involentary unemployment. And yes, to maintain this state we are actually "forced" to sell our oil, to for instance the US.

Now we wouldn't want that to happen to Iraq now would we. I bet the Iraqi and Afghan people will hate us when that happens. Especially since people were killed in the process like they were when when Norway was at war... You get the point. Now remember, it took decades for Norway and Germany to become what they are. It will take decades for Iraq and Afghanistan too.

This is my point. War is always a bad thing, but sometimes far from the worst. And you can critizise and disagree all you want, feel free. There is a saying. "I disagree with what you're saying, but I will fight to the death for your right to say it." You may disagree with all of the above, but you MUST HAVE A VALID ALTERNATIVE in order to critizise something. So think about it. Very often, the choices you make are not between good or bad, but between bad or worse.

Thanks for reading this far! Hopefully you enjoyed it! ;)  Love from Thor.

DISCLAIMER; This is not meant to be offensive to anyone, nor do the views herein reflect my own. In other words, it's a joke. Flirtatious, sure. ;)

Second entry of my Thorian ramblings, and this one is about what some people see as my over-the-top-selfesteem. There is a good reason for it, though it is not what you might think.

Yes, I rock. Yes I think I am someone. Yes, I think I'm smart. Yes I'm pretty damn good overall. And guess what... S-O  A-R-E  Y-O-U. You're most likely pretty smart, and very likely you are a good person, if not great. People should like you, cuz you're cool. You are good at what you do. You have TONS of admirable qualities. That's what I think. Whoever you are, I have lots of reasons to like you. To admire you. To want to be your friend.

My confidence comes from the awareness that this is the case. That even though I may have lots of not so admirable qualities, there are tons of reasons why people should like me. I've yet to meet a mirror I didn't like. That doesn't mean I don't think you are hot. In fact you should probably think that you are too. And if you're really not, so the fuck what. I don't think I'm better than you because my jawline is different. I'm pretty damn cool anyways for lots of reasons. And so are you! There is probably no reason at all why you shouldn't have high self-esteem.

Me cocky? no, but if you assume that I am and try to hunt down some evidence, I'm sure you'll find it. But why would you? I don't. Me overconfident? no, and did you ever try to define that shit? Confident? Yeah, sure. If you think that I think I'm better than you, you're probably wrong.  I love myself so much that I always want to change for the better so I can be even more amazing. I love myself so much that is shows. You should love yourself too. You really should! It's fun. You might be afraid to cuz people will think you're cocky, well guess what. As long as you remember that they might be just as amazing as you; those people are wrong. And most likely they don't love themselves as much as they should.

Believe in yourself, cuz if you don't, no one else will. Know that you are amazing. because if you really think about it, you really are. And if something is wrong, then fucking do something about it so you can love yourself even more.

Society has taught you that it is not "proper" to show that you love yourself. Can you really think of a reason why this is the case though? I can't. Why should you hide. Why should you be afraid to make yourself seen? You cannot truly love anything or anyone until you love yourself.

That's what I think. And my life is pretty damn awesome. I love it. Word life. Now I just need to find someone to share it with and make it even better!! Thanks for reading this! Love from Thor

Hey everyone, this is the first part of my personal ramblings about the world in all it's twisted glory. These are my personal views on things, it might help some of you to get to know me better and it might offend others. At least this way I get to complete a thought without being rudely interrupted after saying half a sentence.

This first one goes out to my man Doug who said something very intelligent in class today. He expressed a view on boy/girl relationships that is very much exactly like my own and this is how it goes...   Live in the moment, don't worry about tomorrow or next month or yesterday or what other people who don't have an open mind about this say. Go with your gut, live with passion, don't stay too much in your head. These are general guidelines for life, but in this case it's about relationships. I see no wrong in hanging out with a friend, having fun, and at the end of the day, if the opportunity arises, sleeping together and leaving it at that. Or maybe it does goes further, who knows, who cares? What happens, happens. At least it was a good time, and if it wasn't, learn from it. If you learn from everything you can regret nothing. I don't look for my next "girlfriend". I look for the next amazing girl with whom I would want to be friends. And from there things happen, perhaps evolve into a lifelong relationship? One might ask "what if one wants to take it further and the other doens't?" Simple. For if you are not on the same page at this stage in your "relationship" don't bother going further, you already know you're not meant for each other. There are more fish in the sea anyway. Fish that would die to be with you. In the meantime however, when your soulmate is not yet apparent, have fun!! Enjoy life! Who said anything about intimacy being deathly serious? It's ton's of fun! There doesn't need to be strings attached, you might not think so, but I and lot's of people I know do, so don't judge it just because you don't agree. Sex is a broad term anyway. And this has nothing to do with being slutty or having low self-respect. As long as it is what you want, as long as it is with people you respect/like, as long as you did it for you and not for anyone else and you protect yourself, and are aware of the consequences, it isn't slutty and it doesn't mean you have no self-respect! If you happen to "hook up" with lots of people.. good for you! I'm happy to see you have that many interesting people in your life! Be sure you do so for the right reasons though... More people than you might think live like this. I mean, who wouldn't want to be able to bond with people with the safe feeling that you both know there is nothing expected from the other person... just be.

"Do what you want at all times as long as it doesn't harm anyone." Goes for all walks of life. I truly admire people who are able to fully comprehend and live by that simple code. Life is beautiful.

I see nothing wrong with being sexually attracted to more than one person at the time as long as you're open about it. It seems to be a general "safe" concensious that doing so is wrong. I question this, why? Who told you that? As long as you are open about it... can you really, with an open mind, find a good reason against? We are victims of the traditional boundries set by our culture by our peers, by group mentality. I say think for yourself!! Be critical to everything you know, question everything. Lot's of stuff suddenly becomes apparent! KEY word here is HONESTY. Be open about what you want and what you expect. And honor your arrangements...

Feel free to disagree. But this is me. And I challenge you to be specific in your mind about why you disagree, it's harder than you might think! This concludes the first part of the Thorian ramblings. Thanks for reading this far!!   Love from Thor!