Squeeze Kiwi

WELL, NOT REALLY.

2008-12-23T16:51:00.001-08:00

Okay... So, there hasnt been that many updates lately, and frankly, I'm kinda over the whole blog thing. This blog was originally ment as a creative outlet during my year off. Now I'm back in school and on top of that I've been really busy working lately. School, skate and work, not much time for blogging. Make sure to visit akselo.com for the best content, and regular updates.

School's out!

2008-10-08T08:17:00.000-07:00

Sea-saw i made at school the other day. 4 metres long, and made of d=6mm steel rods.

SVG pt. 1 Not cool.

2008-08-10T15:40:00.001-07:00

Been working at the Norwegian Skateboarding Championships in Stavanger this weekend. It sucks.

Well...

2008-07-12T10:39:00.000-07:00

There has been ages since my last post, so instead of posting a ton of stuff here, you can just visit my flickr account. Here I'll post a stencil I've made of my friend Ida, which is situated on my grip tape.

Same ol'

2008-05-13T12:01:00.000-07:00

Who doesn't appreciate a good ol' blood-sock.

Long time, no see?

2008-05-10T12:23:00.000-07:00

I've never quite understood that sentence. Of course it's quite obvious what it all means, but why just no see? Sounds like what a foreigner would say. An Indian maybe. Anyway, I haven't updated this blog in a while, but I've done quite a lot.

Been on a quick trip to Sweden with Merethe and Catharina.

I've been in Brekkeskogen with the kindergarden again.

To the park with the girls.

And on a manic mission to get creative with Aksel and Amund.

Stairway to...

2008-04-21T11:57:00.001-07:00

Just a photo of my stairway lighting. Exciting? Nope.

TP for my bunhole!

2008-04-05T03:58:00.001-07:00

The look on Eirik's face when he realized there was no more toilet paper, Priceless!

Adventure day.

2008-04-02T15:26:00.000-07:00

I've been working a lot at a local kinder garden lately, so one day I decided I should take some pictures of the kids. Today was adventure day, a day when the kids gets to leave the premises of the kinder garden and go some where else to play or learn. This day we went to a local recreation area called Voldsløkka. Brutally translated violence -field. To see more photos, click flickr.

Blogstop.com

2008-03-28T04:51:00.000-07:00

Well, there hasnt been a lot of blogging lately. I've been busy working a lot, but be patient my young padawan, it will come!

Rååååde.

2008-03-22T10:00:00.000-07:00

The parents of a friend of mine chose to leave the "urban" life in Ski and move to a tiny farm along with friends and family in Råde, Østfold. To make it short, I was there during easter. More photos on flickr.

Hamar el?

2008-03-21T09:09:00.000-07:00

I took a couple of days off to go party with the people in Hamar, Norway. Henrik Lund is doing a fs noseblunt in a tiny micro ramp at a local kindergardern.

Life Behind the Iron Curtain and Kringsjå Session

2008-03-18T11:16:00.000-07:00

Originally I was going to take a picture of my home-town Ski and write a note telling how boring life is here, but when I reviewed the photos I noticed the remarkable similarity to eastern European architecture during the cold war period. That gave me the idea to try to portrait Ski not as an expanding regional center, but as an dusty old Soviet village. More photos here

I also went skating yesterday with Navid Navid. We drove to the Kringsjå ramp in Sogn, Oslo which recently got refurbished. It was a great mini with only a few problems with the coping. A cold, but good session. More photos here

Nikkrormat.

2008-03-18T11:10:00.000-07:00

Ive been spending quite some time in Ski lately, and among other things Ive dusted of my old analog SLR camera, an old Nikkormat from back in the 70s.

Drawing? What?

2008-03-15T15:35:00.001-07:00

I actually did some drawing today! Even though it was just grip tape "art" and, pretty cliché-ish, it was okay. Havent done those sorts of things in a while.

PWN!

2008-03-13T17:08:00.000-07:00

So I was on my way to an interview and had just gotten of the bus when I noticed that the stupid little sweeping-car had done a wheel-cart and landed on its side! Not the drivers finest hour.

WTF? (again)

2008-03-12T16:04:00.000-07:00

Whats the deal here you might think. Well, I was hungry and was going to make myself a sausage-cheese-omelet, but when I put it in the microwave to defrost it, it suddenly shrunk and turned wierd. Strange? yep.

Happy Birthday!

2008-03-12T15:56:00.000-07:00

Aksel was born 21 years ago! Happy birthday old geezer!

Again.

2008-03-11T11:40:00.000-07:00

Busted professor.

Is The Times Back Online?

2008-03-11T11:17:00.000-07:00

March 8th, Feminist leader, really a man?

March 11th, Online harassment

Gnarly Charlie

2008-03-07T12:00:00.001-08:00

Be aware!

Mañana my ass.

2008-03-05T10:08:00.000-08:00

So I'm back from Barcelona after a week of work and skateboarding. It seems like the dagbladet story went down the drain, but time will tell. After a while some of my photos might emerge on flickr or deviantArt.

RYG - BCN

2008-02-26T05:05:00.000-08:00

Leaving for Barcelona tonight. Intentionally a skateboard/tanning-trip, but it turned it self into a healthy income rather than all expenses. I'm gonna take photos for Dagbladet, one of Norway's largest newspapers.

Got my vans on, but it smells like paint?

2008-02-25T06:32:00.000-08:00

Find an old can of paint, a pair of shoes and start painting. I did, and contrary to my own and popular beliefs it turned out ok! Art? No! Fun? Yep!

Moment of truth.

2008-02-20T04:03:00.000-08:00

So I got this survey in the mail today. Its a drugs/alcohol survey done by TNS Gallup for SSB, the Norwegian statistics bureau. In amongst a whole bunch of boring questions this suddenly stood out. Like a giant smack in the face for some, it was suddenly very serious. I guess it must be an emo's worst fear. Face the truth!

Back.

2008-02-20T03:59:00.000-08:00

So, I'm back in the city again. Didnt do much in Oppdal, neither art or ski-wise so I'll just post two snapshots I took.

Mustacheville

2008-02-14T12:05:00.001-08:00

So, tomorrow Im leaving for the family cabin in Oppdal, deep in the mountains of Trønderlag also known as barteland. No internet means no blogging.

Whatever.

2008-02-14T11:14:00.000-08:00

I havent updated in a while, so just for fun Im publishing this lovely photo of Anette drinking chocolate milk.

Check out her DeviantArt, Flickr or Blog.

wtf?

2008-02-11T07:50:00.001-08:00

Guess what, yesterday i bought a CD! For the first time in about two or three years. Was it worth 50 NOK? Well, I dont know, but I bought it using a gift certificate i found on the floor, so perhaps it was. Death In Vegas, Scorpio Rising.

Opera

2008-02-09T06:00:00.000-08:00

A great civilization once built the pyramids, and another built the great wall of China. In 2007, I built the Norwegian Opera house. Me FTW! Here is a selection of photos.

To see more photos from the Opera, click here

Hamar in Akershus

2008-02-08T16:13:00.000-08:00

So the boys went skating today. Nothing spechul there. Just a picture of Erik and Mads, and one of Henrik Lund doing a bs smith.

Lampstuff

2008-02-08T04:37:00.000-08:00

This is a lamp I made for my first assignment at AHO (Oslo School of Architecture and Design). It's a traditional table-lamp powered by two LED spots. I focused on the light's texture rather than just the lamp aesthetics.

Photovideo.

2008-02-07T14:39:00.001-08:00

I just went outside to try this thing before i went to bed. It wasnt quite successful, but okay. Quicktime needed.

No wait, I guess you dont need quicktime after all. Seems like blogger.com fucks up my video. Hope the quality stays the same. Stupid flash videos.

Ready, Set, Blog!

2008-02-07T11:52:00.000-08:00

With that said and done, this little fucker is finally up and running, photos from Tullinløkka in Oslo with the installation "175 hoppeballer" or "175 bouncing balls" made by, among others, me. Photos by JK. Orvik