I just saw David on ITV2 with Piers Morgan, and suddenly remembered that I haven't been on here for ages!! So much has happened!! My Dad sadly passed away just before Christmas 2009, and last year was the worst year of my life. 

But despite some truly unbelievable negativity, in October 2010, I was awarded funding to travel to Oslo, Norway, to attend the conference

My adventures in Oslo are all here, including meeting Magne Furuholmen's hilarious Mum, and Morten Harket's brother, Hakon!!!

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Whilst there, I made a wish in the Nobel Peace Centre (a good place to make a wish!) and stuck it on what I described as "Dumbledor's bedroom curtain"!!! That wish, and my 30th birthday wish, was to meet Morten Harket himself, and that wish ONLY BLOOMING WELL CAME TRUE!!! 

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Morten's Mum sadly died during their final farewell tour, so I felt incredibly lucky that he took the trouble to have photos taken with me and my two boys, signed my very rare promo vinyl copy of Take On Me, and graciously accepted a copy of my self-published comic based on my own adventures with A-ha!! 

I have an art exhibition in Nottingham next month of my A-ha themed work, and then this coming July I'll be in Skegness doing something for SO2011 Festival http://skegnessinternational.com/

I really think David should come along to this, as it's definitely a Hoff event - it's SKEGVEGAS for goodness' sake!!! But I will write more about this nearer the time!!!