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taken almost exactly a year ago on a photography mission for school. back then I had no idea that all the people in the last shot would soon become my friends. aw! aren't they beautiful? the current weather is pretty much the same now as it was then... cold and icy and... am I really talking about the weather? okay, time to go.

reading while it's raining

almost done reading King's Dreamcatcher on my Kindle, for which I haven't really had time during the holidays, so it's neat being able to just read and nothing else (apart from eating chocolate cookies).

my Christmas was one of the loveliest in a long time, and I think it has something to do with my state of mind; less weary and somehow more aware. my mother outdid herself with the Christmas dinner and just being at home was so cozy. we drank gin/tonics and red wine, and I was so full all the time that I didn't eat more than a single caramel, which is really weird for me. for dinner two days later I made the best goddamned leek pie I've ever eaten - felt so proud and full.

the days in between Christmas and New Year's were spent in Århus, in Lars' new two-storey apartment, with great food and homemade Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream. his girlfriend is 5 months pregnant with my new baby brother, so we drank wine on her behalf and smoked our cigarettes outside (she's a high school teacher, so she loves her wine/tobacco). we talked about names for the baby and no one agreed on any names, so I'll just keep my fingers crossed and hope he's not a Brian.

New Year's Eve was spent at Tine and Simon's place on Amager, and I had such a good time. it was my first time meeting some of their friends, so at first I felt so, so awkward. I think everyone felt a little bit awkward, but somehow everything is less awkward when someone points out how awkward it really is. after that both funny, sad and inappropriate topics were discussed until about 4 am. Hugh from England had studied something or other called Norse Languages or something like it and Hiroko from L.A. is married to a Dane, so the conversation switched between Danish and English a whole lot. Hiroko and David have just moved to Copenhagen from Fanø, and I'm pretty sure Hugh also lives here, so hopefully I'll get to see them all again soon. Tine has some photos of the evening over on MusicIsMySecret.

oh well, yes. now I'm going to eat some frikadeller with my mother's homemade pickled beets on rye bread and read Dreamcatcher. have a nice Wednesday.

helping kiss

heyyy, check out the Pacman grill

hanging sculptures

picture borrowed from Elisabeth Kiss

in November I helped out my friend Kiss with her sculptures for visual display in an event in Vega called Nordic Sounds (check out her flickr). I merely painted and fire-proofed them, but I love working with my hands, pretty much no matter what, so it was really cozy just hanging out with her, painting, drinking tea and listening to music. she shares this big workshop space with some other artists and there's everything the heart could ever want, paint/wood/tool-wise: amazing! it's called Ragn and is right next door to Mayhem.

twirly mist in november

some time ago we went to Mikkel's neat record shop, Æter Pladebutik, for the release of Twirly Mist's EP and So Like Dorian supported him. there was wine and an audience of about six, and the concerts were cozy. I love the oversized can instrument. before we went to the shop, I had the best fresh mozzarella sandwich ever, from Stefano's. amazing night.

endless gratitude ii

most of the Friday at the festival I was at the Yuri Landman workshop with Emma and eight others, building a Home Swinger, and Saturday was spent learning to play the instruments together and ultimately show off on the big stage. it was a totally awesome experience, even though I was very nervous. I obviously didn't get any pictures of that, but there are some over on Tine's cool blog.

endless gratitude

I finally took the time to look through the photos from this years Festival of Endless Gratitude (there are many, many, many); it made me all nostalgic, but luckily there is a support show for the festival, this Thursday at Mayhem, so I can wallow a little bit. can't wait. hopefully a lot of people will spend a lot of money, so the festival can live on. and this Wednesday there's the release of Geiger no. 21, which will include some of my photos from the festival. woo!

these seven photos are from the last day of building and the first official day/night of the festival.

wind as musician

we went to Amager Strand to see and hear Harmonic Fields. musical instruments are rigged so that they're triggered when the wind blows. it sounds like a lovely ambient record and I found myself staring at the sea listening to all of it. unfortunately it was really windy, so some of the instruments had been taken down; I was particularly sad that I didn't get to hear the cellos. hey, at least I got to experience this amazing event, yay. it was only in Denmark for a short week - I wish it was always there, because then I'd go there whenever I felt blue.

I went with Tobias, Tine and Jonas, and we drank bad apple cider that tasted like wine and said "wow" to each other. afterwards we went to Tine's place for beers, talk and pizzeria pasta with Simon and Bitten. I hadn't seen any of them for what felt like months, so I was excited to see them all. we finished off at Jaguaren, a local Amager bar, with Louise and her friend. totally awesome day.

ps. Tobias' mother gave me one of her bikes, it's all black and cool. so great! I feel like I can go anywhere again.

back to school

school trip to Berlin: hanging out in the warm spring sun

one of the many faces of the first aid training doll

today was my first day back in school since late June, and it was pretty good. we didn't do much school related work, instead we drank coffee and ate nachos after an early exit. pictured above are the people I ate nachos with - some of the nicest people in the world - celebrating my birthday in May. I'm so glad to be back.

(glæd)

tager mini-pause fra østrig-indlæg for at dele ting jeg glæder mig til:

Max Payne 3 er sat til at skulle udkomme til PS3 i USA d. 1. august - Europaudgivelsen er ikke fastsat endnu - men de satser vist på at det også kommer hér i løbet af august. jeg kan desværre ingen trailers finde, men det må jeg have til gode.

Agent har endnu ingen dato, men skulle gerne udkomme til PS3 inden slutningen af i år.
jeg ved ikke så meget om det endnu, andet end at det er fra Rockstar Games, og at det bliver nogenlunde samme spilstyring som i de forrige spil. og at det handler om noget med agenter.

det er så hårdt at vente!


jeg glæder mig også til at skulle i skole igen. det er allerede næste mandag! vi skal have maskinbogbind de første tre uger, og det glæder jeg mig endnu mere til. må få lavet så meget jeg overhovedet kan nå. yes. jeg gamede med Maja og Johan i aftes, og det fik mig til at glæde mig lidt endnu mere. vi spiste pizza og fik endelig dræbt kæmpeormen i Gears of War 2 (den havde tre kæmpehjerter). selvom sommervejret ikke har været det vildeste at glæde sig over, er der heldigvis andre ting der kan gøre en sommer god.

FREDERIKSBERG HAVE M/TINE

en af de første rigtigt varme dage i år.

jeg var i Frederiksberg Have med Tine, hvor vi lå på et tæppe i timevis og snakkede. derefter ville vi se elefanterne, men der var ikke en eneste af dem udenfor - meget sørgerligt - så vi endte med at gå en lang tur rundt i haven. vi tog hjem til mig og Tobias, da vi var blevet varme nok, og spillede Myretuen og Katamari Forever med Tobias.

ps. Luis Moreno er en klam uglemorder. jeg håber at han skal mere end 3 år i fængsel.