Not all those who wander are lost.

It annoys me that I packed away Lord of the Rings; it would have been perfect to reread it during this trip. I guess Otherland and The Science of Discworld will have to do ^_^

All That Is Gold Does Not Glitter

All that is gold does not glitter,

Not all those who wander are lost;

The old that is strong does not wither,

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,

A light from the shadows shall spring;

Renewed shall be blade that was broken,

The crownless again shall be king.

Counting the days ..

Counting up or counting down is the same deal in my case at the moment.

The States is less than two weeks away now. And they can't pass quickly enough. I really need to get as far away as possible.

My ex added me on Facebook and the first thing I saw on his profile was the girls he had hurt me with. I actually tried to ignore it for awhile, but then remembered that I didn't have to accept their presence in my life anymore. So a bit of selfpreservation set in and I deleted him as a friend. He really is one of the good guys, but he lacks empathy when it comes to giving up things that soothes his ego. So he is basicly quite disrespectful sometimes and at the same time demands that you respect him and his choices. I hope he learns.

I'm in Sweden for a few days and I'm feeling better being surrounded by people who love me (and I must be looking better too: guys are flirting with me again :)

The next time I write I'll probably be stateside ^^

Roundtripping!

After a lot of broken plans and just as many maybes, it's official: The US from september 2nd to october 5th and Japan from october 6th to november 11th.

Getting away.

The festival aftermath

It never ceases to surprise me how much of an impact Roskilde can have on people. Some go only to one or none at all; while others come back year after year after year. They happily spend a week every year being too dirty, too hot, too cold, too wet, too drunk, too mentally and emotionally bombarded.

It never fails that I have one moment during every festival where I tell myself that this year will be the last time. I'm starting my second decade of Roskilde dedication. And I probably won't stop any time soon despite the fact that I'm becoming one of the old ones, heh.

This year's drama was that I got kicked out of the tent I was staying in by the tent's owner's very jealoux girlfriend (it was extremely unpleasant) and after trying to get a hold of various people for four hours where I only got sorely disappointed ... I gave in to despair and called Martin for help so I could dump my things in his tent.

-Thursday's highlight was Social Distortion, with Rumpistol as a close second.
-Friday's high point was Faith No More; but I have to say that it would probably have been Nine Inch Nails if it wasn't for the fact that by the time they finally came on I was so exhausted that I was falling asleep on my feet and I only managed to stay for half an hour.
-Saturday's sweet spot wasn't actually music. I mean Gogol Bordello was a blast as always, but the day was saved by two movies: Pussy Soup and Dead Snow. The first one was a japanese movie about a stuffed animal cat how made ramen nudles (you heard me). The second one was a norwegian movie about 6 friends who have gone to an out-of-the-way ski cabin to celebrate their easter holiday ... and then ENTER NAZI ZOMBIES! WOO HOO! And the shouts from the audience only made the experience better ^^
-Sunday's best feature was Madness. Talk about a childhood funride! And Coldplay was a brilliant way of closing the festival.

I got a lift back to Copenhagen in the middle of the night and slept on Martin's sofa.

We slept late and come afternoon I left for my friend Line's place.

I said goodbye to the love of my life.

Now hoping for the hurting to end ...

Roskilde

Even though my world is falling apart I'm standing in the heavy blanket of rain (that looks and feels like an indian monsoon) that I know is going to turn the festival into a mudbath ... and I'm smiling. I'm genuinely smiling while I'm being soaked. I'm smiling at something for the first time in two weeks. I love the rain. Furious summer rain. I'm so glad he didn't leave me in the winter time.

No time, no Japan.

I couldn't get tickets for my holiday's full three weeks, so I'm saving Japan for a time when I can go for a month at least.

Sooooo New York here I come! Heh.
I haven't been to the states before so I guess it's about time.
Not going to be spending three weeks there though, just a week and a half.

Will start the holiday with a trip to the Roskilde Festival. I'm really looking forward to a week of blissful submersion in music ^^

Well, well, well ...

It seems I've had complaints about the lack of updates on the blawg so I'll throw a bone.

For those who don't know: I got really ill on our way back from Thailand. I'd been a bit unlucky with a mosquito bite - and I'm telling you dengue feber seriously hurt. I had the flu a few months ago and that was a walk in the park compaired to dengue.

Our plane was overbooked so we stayed behind one more day. We really didn't mind since we as compensation tried staying in a luxury hotel with gourmet food three times a day (yum yum) and received travel vouchers worth 1200 euros combined.

But I got ill on the plane and the hotel, food, vouchers really didn't seem worth it. It took almost a month to get back on top again.

I wouldn't mind going back to Thailand though, it really is a beautiful place, but I need to wait quite a few years I think.

The next time I won't be shocked by the rascism you encounter sometimes. In general Thai people are friendly (especially if you get outside very touristy areas) but you can tell that a lot of Thai's attitude has been damaged by the tourist trade. It's in particular young men in the tourist trade that are horrible and it's sad.

I was planning on going to India this summer but my doctor thought I should wait because of the Dengue. So we are going to Japan instead (finally) :)