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New Year 2008

2008-01-01T10:22:00.000-08:00

Entering a new year is both a pleasant and sad sensation - it is pleasant because you are excited to see what the new year brings and it somewhat sad to realize you have become one year older in what seems only a blink of an eye. Time really flies too fast, I fear not savouring every day enough. However, in the company of good friends and when enjoying three men's work in the kitchen all day preparing the five course dinner it is easier to focus more on the bright sides of entering a new year and not dwell so much on the inevitable tristess and 'melancolia'.

Xmas

2007-12-29T09:18:00.000-08:00

Xmas is all about food, more food and of course family. Knowing that you are only supposed to eat what can be in one of your hands it is pretty scary how much you eat during christmas. You eat even when you don't feel like eating just because there is so much of it. It is almost as if you have to make up for all the times you have said 'No' to chocolate cake, candy etc. all year - judging from the amount of chocolate I had it would definitely have been healthier to say 'yes' more often all year round rather than eating one year's accumulated sweets in just three days!

Barcelona - on a 3 day shopping and bar spree

2007-12-29T08:56:00.000-08:00

The first time I visited NY I fell in love with the city to such an extent that I suffered severely when having to leave. Barcelona is the only city so far that have come close to giving me the same sensation of feeling heartbroken when going on board the airplane not knowing when I will be back. This time I went there with all my colleagues and all though Barcelona was as charming as ever we might just as well have been to Calella or Ibiza. No sleep, too many drinks and extremely close to being thrown out of the hotel you should have thought we were a high school class on it's first trip away from mom and dad......but what a blast!

Xmas dinner

2007-12-09T07:25:00.001-08:00

December is normally a tour de force in heavy Danish traditionel food and social arrangements. This year has been a bit less hectic social wise and less heavy food wise, which makes you appreciate both - you could say 'less is more'. And no words are needed actually, we all know the drill.

What friends are for...

2007-12-09T07:13:00.000-08:00

I guess you wouldn't say not having a wardrobe is a crisis situation but it can almost feel that way when you have lived in a complete clothes caos for months. And when finally getting the wardrobe it is as heavy as a car and almost as impossible to assemble. And that is what freinds are for - among other things - helping you out by engaging in the physically and mentally challeging situation...

Give me a hammock and a daiquiri

2007-11-08T11:03:00.000-08:00

Christ, I miss summer already and there is a looong time until Wnther and Spring have passed. So much for my last blog praising the colours in the Fall. No sir, give me a hammock, a bikini, a quiet Spanish speaking island, a daiquiri and someone to supply me fresh fruit all day long and I will be happy.

Spring come

2007-10-07T02:14:00.000-07:00

Some weeks pass by and all you did was work - hard. You feel more like a machine than human and a whole day in front of a computer or in meetings effeciently sucks out all life out of you. This is where nature does wonders to you. The strong redish colours never fail from astonishing me - I get so excited over the display of colours that I forget everything about long exhausting meetings or unhealthy rays from the computer screen. Funny how much time we spend indoor nowadays when nature is so much more fun to be in.

pay back time

2007-09-20T10:49:00.000-07:00

There is nothing/noone a good meal and some solid drinks can't buy - not even extra labor hours from parents who'd rather go shopping or taking a nap. After a long weekend working on a rather caotic apartment dex dexter and I invited our parents out for a nice meal and some drinks. I should have know my mother would take advantage of this and on purpose seek out the most expensive drinks on the menu. But then again they saved me from having to go through all the hassle of finding and having to pay for unreliable premium priced carpenters, painters, plummers etc......I guess a couple of long island iced teas are pretty cheap in comparison.

Pandora's box of all evil

2007-09-04T13:19:00.000-07:00

According to the myth, Pandora opened a container jar releasing all the evils of mankind— greed, vanity, slander, envy, pining— leaving only hope inside once she had closed it again. This describes my feelings in a pretty exact manner having started the renovation of my new apartment. We naively thought it was merely a question of tearing down the ceiling and painting a bit here and there - how wrong we were. We are in utter dispair, it seems every day is one step forward and two steps back and all that is left is the hope. Or to borrow slightly from Martin Luther King's famous speech (and refrasing it somewhat) I have a dream that one day this apartment will rise up and live out the true potential of its creed.

Second wedding *****

2007-08-31T14:59:00.000-07:00

Yet another wedding, and quite a funky and beautiful bunch of people I doubt the people participating resembled an average sample of the Danish population! Old traditions were celebrated, such as the men kissing the bride when the grome leaves the room and cutting off the socks of the grome. It was one of those nights you never want to end. ... I would defenitely rate it 5 stars out of five.

First wedding

2007-08-31T14:38:00.000-07:00

The first wedding in 17 years - what better way than to witness two people (a dutch and a dane) confessing eternal love in an old British castle surrounded by people waiting on you and catering your every need... no words are needed the pictures tell the tale.

home sweet home

2007-08-13T11:41:00.000-07:00

It really beats me how they can call it 'airport arrival service' - I mean it can't be argued that the 'airport arrival' part of the word is correct but the 'service' part is rather doubtful. Returning home from Spain my luggage was left in the bermuda triangle of travel bags, a place no airline or airport seem to know anything about. One week of imagining my bag drifting off in the stream of nameless bags never to return home finally came to an end Saturday - I felt almost 100% happy when bringing the bag home and seeing it on my door step - maybe there just is no bag bermuda triangle or maybe my bag just got away in time, but thank God it is back

surf adventures=teenage holiday

2007-08-12T09:18:00.000-07:00

Our intentions were pure, however what was supposed to be an active vacation learning how to kite surf ended up a more a teenage holiday than any vacation I have been on the last 13 years. But can you do when the weather doesn't allow you to kite surf and you somehow forget to eat because the drinks somehow are more compelling and tastier?! I didn't think I still had it in me to sleep very little and go out every night but apparently it is not that difficult when you have fun. I still really would like to learn the art of kite surfing and in our case we only got to the point of playing with the kite not actually trying it on water but until next year I will have to dream about those long exotic nights with a steady stream of malibu-coke and warm days at the beach admiring the tricks made possible. In those dreams I will leave out the bloody acidents with people getting their ears or other body parts cut off due to the strenghts and speed of the strings when the kite falls to the ground..

Small lady, big voice and very big hair

2007-07-19T11:30:00.000-07:00

That is one small bighaired legend. Fortunately still alive which is rare for legends, lauryn Hill boozed energy and carma last night when performing in Vega. Her reviews from the previous concerts on the tour have been excrutiatingly bad so our expectations were low but despite a strained voice and an orcestra trying to drown her in noise she did really really well! She is so petite and yet she (and her hair) filled out the whole scene and the room especially when singing those Fugees songs that everyone seemed to know. She was jumping around and it was virtually impossible to get a proper picture of her and with a room temperature that made you feel like being in a tropical jungle the camera was almost slipping out of my hands - all I managed to catch with my lense was a big bold man's head. Judging from the floor after the concert a lot of people must have tried quencing the thirts and cooling the body with beer.

Highly innovative take away

2007-07-19T11:12:00.000-07:00

Apparently there is no limits as to getting access to take away food; by foot, by car or .....by boat. Last weekend I saw my first take away for people in small boats and even though I doubt the success of this I must admit I love them for thinking in new ways of catering every need and making money. Respect!

Soul food

2007-07-08T12:00:00.000-07:00

Your body is you home - some even say your temple, so why do we treat it so careless sometimes?! I once read an article about one of Denmark's biggest playboys, the model Oliver Bjerrehus, who apparently always would make himself a healthy vitamin rich smoothie the day after a big night out with too much booze and drugs. It was his way of trying to make amends somehow and I remember smiling a bit over this. Today I found myself doing the same, feeling that my body was in urgent need of repair after too many sweet colourful drinks the last two days. This is the result of a careful selection of all the ingredients I found most suitable for getting my organs kickstarted again. Soul food, slow food or whatever it is called - I just hope my "home/temple" will forgive me for treating it somewhat careless sometimes.

Social overdose?

2007-07-08T04:07:00.000-07:00

Is it possible to get a social overdose?! Or is rather a question of 'the more the better'? Despite what seems like a momentary monsoon people are in a summer mood and there is no stopping them from going out and in good company you almost forget the sudden shift of weather. After an extremely social weekend starting with old high school friends in Århus and ending with old and never friends in Copenhagen last night I have now had the pleasure of 2 hours alone in my favourite chair reading the newspaper and drinking a morning coffee. It is time to recharge for another hectic week....

Sunday blues

2007-07-03T01:04:00.000-07:00

Normally Sunday is a day for blues, the weekend has ended and the next day a new week starts, it is - on a smale scale though - a bit like the day after New Year's eve where a new year begins and somehow you get the blues. Apparently Sundays don't have to be like that, I just discovered. I went with my friend and her boyfriend to a trailer park festival where people were dressed up in the weirdest looking clothes or maybe it was just us who hadn't understood that dress code. But fun it certainly was, good music, a lot of people to look at, lots of girls kissing with each other and great company.

Robert/Boisen summer party

2007-06-30T11:07:00.000-07:00

The theme being posh sailor we had our yearly summer party yesterday with people being dressed up in different interpretations of the theme. Wearing my high heals and dancing 5 hours non stop I can hardly walk today and all I can think about is when I can go to bed. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Global warming's strange sideeffects

2007-06-30T10:52:00.000-07:00

As is the global warming isn't disasterous in itself! The other day on my way home from work I was completely blown away by the amount of rats by the central lakes. I have never seen that many rats and I would have preferred not to know, ignorance is bless.
We were more witnesses to this display of fat rats and a dog owner told me his dog was attacked by a gang of rats a couple of days ago, how creepy is that anyway?!! Rats beginniing to act like human beings?? Not only do they thrive on the increasing amount of bacterias caused by the global warming they form gangs and attach creatures 50 times their size! I then realized there are probably many more sideeffects to the global warming that we can begin to imagine.

What happens in Cannes stays in Cannes...

2007-06-25T11:23:00.000-07:00

..or so I was told. However I will risk breaking this apparently unwritten rule and state the fact that I found myself in a temporary Paradise; 4 days of seeing the best creative work there is, going to seminars and going out at night. 11 hours sleep in 3 nights would normally be anything but sufficient and although I was close to fainting because of the lack of sleep I will start counting down the days until next year. The last seminar with Al Gore somehow rounded up the cannes Lion neatly, that man deserves respect!!!

Protest

2007-06-19T13:07:00.000-07:00

Christ! Please someone tell these people to either find a hobby of some kind or direct their time on useful causes like helping to prevent racism, finding a cure for HIV, fundraising for improving African children's everyday life, saving wildlife or lost dogs...anything but this! For people not accustomed to the tradition they are prostesting against let me briefly explain: once a year burning a stuffed homemade witch look-alike doll on a bonfire. UHHHH crazy stuff...

Another day at the office...in Cannes

2007-06-18T11:56:00.000-07:00

With the motto "The more things you see the more ideas you have" the yearly creme-de-la-creme of the worlds' commercials is taking place in Cannes this week. The festival is called Cannes Lions and it is suposedly a perfect mix of seeing the most incredible creative work and drinking colourful drinks with funky looking people. I fear funky as in people wearing sunglassed indore, who hand out business cards every 5 minutes and who only feel like talking about themselves and their successes, but I will know in a couple of days, as of now I just can't wait until I have swapped my computer and my coffee with the sunset in Cannes and a Mojito.

Giant penis in public

2007-06-14T11:28:00.000-07:00

Someone had fun making this giant penis and hanging it in a public place for people to admire. It definitely brings out the smile.

Saturday opening of new beach bar

2007-06-14T11:22:00.001-07:00

Sometimes things turn out better than you expected. Last saturday was one of those days where you wan't to relive that day over and over again like "Ground hog day" just with the minor detail that there was nothing to improve! A long day with friends on the beach and a long night with more friends seeing the sun go down ...and up again. Not bad at all.

Bare flesh parade and cow parade

2007-06-03T10:12:00.000-07:00

Nothing like bare flesh to lighten up a rainy saturday, not that many half-naked men though but what the heck - you still get a bit excited when listening to samba rythms and seeing happy faces defying the weather. Cow parade doesn't quite have the same effect on you but it is still fun to see wacky and wicked cows in all disguises. The cow dressed in bathing clothes standing on its two back legs really made me laugh, it looks so blessfully happy and content.

The first virgin summer wine

2007-05-31T13:14:00.000-07:00

A day like today is a reason to celebrate life, the sun has been shining from the early morning and even stayed warm and inviting for us office slaves that swarmed the streets at 17 o'clockdesperately seeking a sunny spot. I thus managed to enjoy 3 hours of sun and had the first glass of wine with lime for 8 months - a tradition that goes long back shared by my friend Bettina and I. Halleluja!

Playtime

2007-05-23T13:30:00.000-07:00

Playing petanque in the spirit of old french men gathering around their national sport measuring the distance between the balls and discussing this is quite fun actually. After a hot day at work I had a couple of rounds of petanque in a nearby park and petanque lane. I wouldn't think it was too seeworthy but we ended up having audience in the shape of a middleaged man with a strong beer (I guess in case the game would get a bit too boring) so we felt quite proffesional.

Yet another trip

2007-05-21T12:25:00.000-07:00

Another saturday has passed, howcome that day always seem to go faster than any other day?!! Saturday is indeed a fabulous day. This time we changed our saturday habits slightly - very daring of us we thought - and went to Roskilde to see the city, talk dirty about funny-looking people and sleep on a pier. With us we brought Piupiu - the small yellow bird who permanently looks like life is splendid and the funny thing is that it is contagerous - there is no way you can be grumpy when looking at this little happy-go-lucky guy. Who needs chocolate, prosac or other stimuli when you can simply buy a Piupiu...

a fieldtrip - getting to know your country as a starters

2007-05-01T13:30:00.000-07:00

Now that summer has come I have made it my mission to get to know my country a bit better, broughten my horizon a bit and go places I haven't been before - and starting with the nearby cities seem a comfortable goal. So 2 weekends ago we packed our bags, bought a coffee and bread afterwhich we literally jumped a train and left for Helsingør. Not quite an exotic city but very relaxing and nice. The week after we did the exact thing (even bought the coffee and the bread the same place - some much for broadening our horizons) and went to Odense, the place where H.C. Andersen was born. We somehow managed to make time for a nap on a bench both weekends, it is not that we are that old though but nothing beats a 20 minuts powernap in the sun. Nevertheless, it is a relief to come back to good old Copenhagen at night and end up sitting in the couch watching late night films. As the Danish saying goes: ude godt hjemme bedst (something like "being other places is nice but at home is best")

No words needed

2007-03-27T15:06:00.000-07:00

Taken this morning at the lakes in the centre of Copenhagen city. In this case few words are required, the pictures say it all. Have to figure out how to turn the pictures 90 degrees to the right...learning by doing.

CPH spring come

2007-03-26T12:31:00.000-07:00

Finally. It has been a looong winter but now things are looking brighter. I have come to the conclusion that the sun actually do still exist, aparently it didn't immigrate permanently to a distant and far more exotic country. It just went underground like the bears, and now 4 months later it has decided that time has come to leave its nest and get out there. Thank God! It is practically impossible to be anything but very content with life. As for the streets it seems that people are doing the same - leaving their nests. Within long we will be grilling and leaving behind us a dark and cold winter.

Slide show

2007-03-25T11:22:00.001-07:00

Check out my Guestbook!

2007-03-22T12:21:00.001-07:00

Stupid blonde

2007-03-20T02:47:00.000-07:00

I hate to admit that sometimes I actually do behave a stupid blonde. I haven't been posting for almost four months now and unfortunately I cannot say it is because I didn't want to. The inconveniet truth is that (we are experiencing global warming) I forgot not only my username but ALSO my password. Christ! Anyway thanks to Blogger support I am now back and although blushing of shame I will continue blogging....until next time I forget my user info ;-)

aha now I see

2006-12-19T14:34:00.000-08:00

Here we go, the reason those Americans actually end up XXXL.....

XXXL Americans

2006-12-19T14:12:00.000-08:00

I believe that human beings deep down are extremely lazy and will jump the fence at the lowest point whenever possible. The Americans may just be the best at this at least it seems they have found numerous ways to jump the fence in their everyday life. After a week in New York I must say I am amazed by some of these jump-fence-maneuves, here are some of these maneuvers. They cut all the vegetables and fruits; garlic, carrots, salad, apples, melon etc. and you can buy healthy prepared take-away food in every second store on manhatten. Considering the fact that vegetables, fruits and healthy food is available at every coner it is somewhat strange that sooo many of the inhabitants are XXXL.

Airports

2006-12-19T13:49:00.000-08:00

On the way to New york among all the crap turisty shops with crappy food I found this really nice café and the friendliest waiter. I really respect people who do their job properly no matter what their job is, the key is pride. That coffee with the cool waiter in that nice café made me happy all day.

a day out with the friends

2006-12-19T13:34:00.000-08:00

Just turned 31. Instead of an ordinary birthday I decided to make an activity day with the closest friends in the true spirit of Carl mar, a well known Danish (cave) man who looks like the missing link and who helps men to be real men, hence letting them role around in mud naked and competing etc. We skipped the naked part and avoided the mud but besides from that we competed like real warriors. Surprising how competitive peolpe are when it comes to competing for the honor, it took blood, sweat and tears (of laughter that is) before the winners were found but having said that at the end all that actually mattered was the fun we had. From now on more competition and less caffe latte!

Ipod - a prosac substitute?

2006-12-08T14:20:00.001-08:00

I am not the only one who happens to love Ipods and Ibooks, but my emotions towards these two objects are very strong, so strong that I guess they would have the same effect on me as prosac have on some people. I can change my mood in an instant and walk for hours even on Mondays in rainy weather if I just have my Ipod with me. So today's salute is for the Ipod and the Ibook, after all they belong together.

Cute Law - mistakingly named Jude Law

2006-12-08T13:46:00.000-08:00

In Danish there is a old school saying that directly translated is something like "thanks is merely a poor word" (certainly better in Danish) but extraordinary gratitude is what I felt towards my dearest friend Bettina after leaving "The Holiday". We are talking 2 hours and 16 min. with Jude Law filling out the whole screen and making a long rather embarresingly bad movie waaaaayy to short. I can truthfully say that Jude Law must be the second most beautiful man in the world, my daker latin version of the most beautiful man still sits solidly on the throne even (or especially) when wearing a santa hat.

Elvis is alive

2006-12-06T15:41:00.000-08:00

Must admit this pictures shows not one but two things that made me smile several times today; the elvis/jesus poster and the burning candels. That's how easy I am just give me a candle and I am basically happy. True, there is nothing amazing about this but often it is the small things that catch your eyes and make the day just a bit better. So hurray for Elvis in a jesus disguise (only his mom would tell the difference) and some candles. Good night Denmark - whereever you are.

Sex and the city

2006-12-06T15:28:00.000-08:00

I don't know exactly why this series managed to spellbind a whole generation with its endless talk of the sometimes dreadfull sometimes fantastic singlelife with endless one night stands and colourful drinks. Maybe cause most women could see themselves - or at least fragments of themselves - reflected in one/more of the four girls or because their life seemed a good alternative to dull day at the office ending in a quiet night in the couch. Nonrtheless, I loved it and seeing them all and Mr Big again made me redicilously happy. Long live sex and the city!

Death by Caffeine

2006-12-04T11:24:00.000-08:00

Maybe coffee actually IS as damaging to your health as some claim - I went to a four day seminar by the famous coach/guru Anthony Robbins and remember trying to find a suitable face expression when we (=10.000 people participating) were told that the next coffee could kill us. What a completely redicilous thing to say, as if coffee is a danger to humankind on line with the bird epedemic or drugs for that matter - and as if there aren't enough things to worry about. In other words I do not share that fear and there is no way I am giving up my morning coffee on that account! Cause that is my fourth posting, my all time favourite morning coffee!!

Feliz navidad, Frohe Weinachten, God jul o.s.v.

2006-12-03T08:44:00.000-08:00

Xmas is definitely one of my favourite times - it is probably the only month a year with so many food temptations and knowing there is at least 6 months before you will find yourself wearing bikinis and mini skirts you can actually allow yourself to follow your daily food frenzies....Having said that food is not the only reason why my mood is remarkedly better than in November, the xmas decorations and all the lights everywhere, I cannot help it I am a succes for xmas lights. The first picture is from my favourite street in Copenhagen, Værnedamsgade, nomatter the time of year it is a cosy little street with a nabourghship that you do no see so often in big capitals like Copenhagen. The street is full of small speciality shops and there is an extraordinary great atmosphere especially now.
The other picture is from our home, Miguel just proved himself a true Macgyver and I think I may just have to sleep on the couch all night so the first thing I see when going to the toilet is the self-installed xmas star.

Our personal "Casino Royal" in Søborg

2006-12-03T08:30:00.000-08:00

In the spirit of James Bond's "Casino Royale" I tried playing poker for the first time yesterday with my boyfriend and a good friend and I can see myself getting addicted, however a nice discovery that my potential addictions aren't always connected to food, candy or cake! You automatically feel like smoking a big Havanna and drinking Martinis or cognac even though you are a non-smoker (cannot say I am a non-drinker though having cut down on the intake of colourfull cocktails). I guess it is the same as with most other games you cannot help being entertained, amused and time flies. Games rule!!!

Let the challenge begin - 1st December

2006-12-01T10:34:00.000-08:00

Today the challenge finally began: in December me and my childhood friend, aka Dex Dexter, are posting an image every day - an image that makes us happy. This is an idea that I must humbly admit to have copied from a girl whose "myhappinessproject" have made me eager to open my computer every morning to see what made her day. It is a simple yet brilliant way to make you focus merely on the positive things and I have been triggerhappy all day taking pictures of a multitude of small things, which made the selcting of just one picture almost impossible. Of the many pictures I took I made a shortlist and ended up with these pictures.

For the first time in my 31 years I tried Ben & Jerry's icecream - I am amazed by the taste, it's CRAZY!!! The mere selection of flavours is stunning. I completely took ownership of what should have been icecream for 20 people and my colleagues were almost frightened by me, as was I actually. Right now I feel like the biggest and fattest couchpotato and I am thinking it probably would have been best for me not to have been introduced to that icecream - ever. Arrrrghhh

ohh those memories

2006-11-28T14:00:00.000-08:00

I just proved the fallacy that women and technique are a poor match wrong, or sort of. The quality is not impressive but it works! Actually it is a double satisfaction succeeding in posting the video as it is my first homemade video of its kind. It has absolutely no relevance right now as summer seems a decade ago and mexico an exotic city situated in another galaxy but it sooths my soul everytime I see this blurry homemade piece of art.

A dog's life

2006-11-18T04:49:00.000-08:00

Dogs are nice. And dogs live a nice life. In Danish there is an expression "living a Dog's life" and strangely it is used to descibe a miserable life. I fail to see how a dog's life is miserable; who wouldn't like to just wake up to a plate of food, go for a walk (without a leach preferable), taking a nap, eating again etc. and whenever people see you they want to touch you and play with you...hmmmm, please tell me what is wrong with that. The mexican dogs may be the luckiest though, they live a life without ever seeing a leach hanging out in groups "sexercising" and taking naps in groups.

if only

2006-11-13T12:05:00.000-08:00

On days like these it is vital to remember that Denmark actually can be so nice that you feel like being outside all day and as far away from a computer as you can. It IS warm a couple of months a year although fall and winter seem way longer than the two other seasons....maybe the global warming isn't all that bad after all.

Halloween

2006-11-13T11:52:00.000-08:00

Halloween has come to its' end so no more kids dressed in strange clothes begging for candy - for most of us a relief but for others a sad realization that time has come to say goodbye....