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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.

last november

last winter (and some before it) my (step)dad lived in London, practically on River Thames. it had an amazing view of the inner city; you could see London Eye and London Bridge with the naked eye. these photos are from when my brother and I went visiting last November. I didn't feel so great last year, but I remember feeling very happy while being in the Seacon Tower. it also helped with lovely food and coffee and soda and all that stuff. I bought Fallout 3 and played for, I don't know, a million hours and then my save was deleted - WTH - and I haven't really played a whole lot since. it's an amazing game, so if you like gaming and haven't tried it (not likely) then do.

my dad moved back to Denmark over the summer, so no London this year. dang it. he now lives in Århus with his girlfriend and they're expecting a baby boy, so come April I'll have two brothers. it's crazy how little time it actually takes to make a human being - poof! new person! unbelievable.

later today we're going to look at an apartment with three rooms and a friggin' garden! yeah. fingers crossed.

winter is coming

I've always felt a little uncomfortable around things that were a little too medieval and tried to keep a distance, maybe because I thought it was childish (once I was in the woods role playing some war, and I hated it the entire time (and I was teased because of my name, which could have been the name of a bard)), but lately I've been embracing it completely. Game of Thrones, my new favorite TV-show, has blown me away and off my feet. the producer has called it "the Sopranos in Middle-Earth", which is an okay description for those who haven't yet seen it.

Catelyn and Ned Stark in the forest

it takes place in another world, where the two largest cities are run by two families; the Lannisters and the Stark family. lord Eddard "Ned" Stark is a father of four sons (Robb, Bran, Rickon and his bastard son Jon Snow) and two daughters (Sansa and Arya), and with his wife, Catelyn, he rules Winterfell, the most northern city before the Wall.

the Stark children receive each their direwolf puppy

south of Winterfell, in King's Landing, the Lannisters rule with King Robert and Queen Cersei in front. the queen has two brothers; Jaime (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and Tyrion (Peter Dinklage). the Lannisters have a thing for power. the king and queen have a son, Joffrey, who also is completely out of his mind with power.

King's Landing

over the Narrow Sea lives the Dothraki tribe, who are ruled by Khal Drogo. the previous king in King's Landing, overthrown by King Rob, had two children, Viserys and Daenerys "Dany" Targaryen, who are now trying to gather an army to win back the throne, which is rightfully theirs. Viserys is an awful brother to his sister, Dany.

Viserys and Daenerys Targaryen

then there is the Wall. it has been put up to protect the rest of the realm from dangers from the North, which include a horror called Whitewalkers. in the Realm winter and summer are not as in reality; summer can last years and years (some of the Stark children have only experienced summer), but so can winter... oh no! and and and...

oh man, I can't stop myself! there's just so much drama and tension, and so many people that are important, that it's almost impossible to pass on without revealing the whole story. I think half of these characters have become my new heroes. there are so many awesome characters. the pictures are amazingly beautiful all the time, and there's nothing that could've been done better. total perfection. it's not often that I want to watch a series again and again, but whenever there is an episode on my TV, I stop and watch.

I was going to post a map of the Realm, but it's too big, so this intro will do

the show is based on a series of fantasy books by George R. R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire. if I wasn't so hooked on the show, I'd start reading all the books immediately, but I don't want to spoil the show, and season 2 is in April 2012, so I just have to wait. it's weird, wanting to see it before I read it and not the other way around, but that's just what Game of Thrones does to me.

do yourself a favor and start watching today.

WINTER IS COMING.

eat your d-vitamins

taken this February.

it seems like such a short time ago that the frost ate at my windows and now it feels like winter isn't far away again. this summer was such a tease that I almost didn't notice it was here, but I do like winter a lot, and am looking forward to wear my winter clothes again and hopefully it'll snow a lot so I can coax my friends into building snowmen with me.

in one week the building of Festival of Endless Gratitude begins and I can't wait! my mom just gave me three shopping bags full of fabric that are going to help a part of the decoration take form. more on this later.

snowman and friend

last winter, while living at home i Elsinore, the snow was perfect and I spent an afternoon building this snowman. his expression is a little mean. I love being in the snow. it makes me feel like I'm 9 again and while rolling big balls of snow it's hard to think of anything else than how and where to roll next. afterwards I was pretty beat, but it was all worth it. every time I went outside to smoke, the snowman had changed in some way.

here he's put on a little snow hat.

one day Thomas had built him a friend and I think it made my snowman a little less mean towards it all; he looked happier and a bit more shy.

one night Thomas had put candles inside my snowman's friend's head, so his face was lighting up the garden. I thought he would surely melt, but he survived the night.

one night it looked as if I'd seen the last of both of them, but...

they both lived on, fatter and, I guess, happier.

Thomas also built a snow wall for a snow house, but I didn't get a good picture while it was still intact, and the roof was never built.

and then it melted.

hopefully it will snow a lot again this winter.

SNEVINTEREN 2010, HELSINGØR

nu hvor vejret er så sindssygt godt og man er ved at smelte både inde og ude, synes jeg det er meget rart at få lidt perspektiv. så varmt som det er nu, så koldt var det også i vinter. så...

- nyd sommeren og varmen!

vinteren 2010.

jeg boede i min mors hus i Helsingør, da sneen lå tungt i nogle kolde og flotte måneder, og var tit ude i den idyliske have. der blev spillet mange indendørsspil, og på billedet spilles der musikquiz, som var ret svær; derfor de to facepalms. jeg fik også leget lidt i sneen, så der kommer nok lidt billeder af det senere. sne er noget helt andet i Helsingør end det er i København.