Tuesday, December 30, 2003
Saturday, December 20, 2003
Go, Gary Jules! Kick some Christmas no. 1-arse!
And Raveonettes were on Jonathan Ross last night. Everyone thought they were Dutch. The single is not that great. Sharin Foo looks lovely, though. And Sune Rose Wagner is developing into some sort of Robert Smith look-alike, bouncy hair and loads of make-up.
Well, I'll soon be off to good old Dane-land (as ignorant people would have it). This is followed by a grand time in Beerland, but I may return sporadically over the holidays (although I wouldn't count on it). A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!
And Raveonettes were on Jonathan Ross last night. Everyone thought they were Dutch. The single is not that great. Sharin Foo looks lovely, though. And Sune Rose Wagner is developing into some sort of Robert Smith look-alike, bouncy hair and loads of make-up.
Well, I'll soon be off to good old Dane-land (as ignorant people would have it). This is followed by a grand time in Beerland, but I may return sporadically over the holidays (although I wouldn't count on it). A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!
Friday, December 19, 2003
They found a dead man in one of the lakes a couple of days ago. How do someone suddenly turn up dead in a lake? Did he jump? Was he pushed? Did he fall into the lake on the way home from the pub? Did he fall, trying to hand-feed one of the many ducks and geese? Did he lose his wife and all will to live? Or did he think he could walk on water?
It's a gorgeous lake, by the way, full of wildlife, just across the road from the beautiful mosque. How could someone die there?
A year ago someone set fire to a man walking home from work at night. Why would you set fire to another human being? Because they had an outstanding no-one knew about? Did he sleep with someone else's wife? Had he shouted at someone, for doing something at an earlier stage? Or did they just want to watch someone burn?
There are so many things I don't understand.
It's a gorgeous lake, by the way, full of wildlife, just across the road from the beautiful mosque. How could someone die there?
A year ago someone set fire to a man walking home from work at night. Why would you set fire to another human being? Because they had an outstanding no-one knew about? Did he sleep with someone else's wife? Had he shouted at someone, for doing something at an earlier stage? Or did they just want to watch someone burn?
There are so many things I don't understand.
Thursday, December 18, 2003
What I have missed throughout December, mainly due to illness:
Kitty Cartier
Bill Viola at National Gallery
Kill Bill
The dentist
Work
Duckie - C'est Barbican!
And for Tinka:
Ulysses
Vangede Billeder
Catch-22
The Pillow Book
The Metamorphosis
(Or:
Good Morning Midnight
Lolita
Damned to Fame
Dubliners
Ja)
Kitty Cartier
Bill Viola at National Gallery
Kill Bill
The dentist
Work
Duckie - C'est Barbican!
And for Tinka:
Ulysses
Vangede Billeder
Catch-22
The Pillow Book
The Metamorphosis
(Or:
Good Morning Midnight
Lolita
Damned to Fame
Dubliners
Ja)
Tuesday, December 16, 2003
Well, I'm still ill (oh, yes I am), so much so, that I had to leave early today. There's a certain something in my personality, that makes me feel guilty for doing so, something that tells me that I'm an impostor and that, if I really wanted to, I surely could have stayed until the end of the day. Nature or nurture? Is it perhaps a typical Danish thing to overdo the work ethics and feel that one must perform at all times, at optimum speed? Or is it typical for my family, that we only stay home from work if two feet from the death-bed? (Not that I'm two feet away as I'm writing this; more like 50 years and a heart-attack.) Or is it just me? Should I try to lighten up a bit? Or do I just worry too much?
I think I'll go to bed with a book. I'm planning on reading Jonathan Safran Foer's Everything Is Illuminated, so perhaps now is the time.
I think I'll go to bed with a book. I'm planning on reading Jonathan Safran Foer's Everything Is Illuminated, so perhaps now is the time.
Sunday, December 14, 2003
BBC finally found its best-loved book, and unsurprisingly the honour is bestowed on Tolkien.
The program was fairly boring, the Harry Potter-people wildly annoying and the Top 5 unsurprising, unexciting and uneventful. I would have voted for Pride and Prejudice, had it not cost me an absurd amount of money and had I not been largely impassionate about this entire excercise by now. The Harry Potter-voters kept claiming that eveyone had read the Harry Potter books and loved them. I haven't read Harry Potter. Harry Potter can go **** himself, for all I care. The only mildly exciting thing was His Dark Materials, a trilogy of which I know absolutely nothing, but it does sound quite exciting, albeit a bit Sophie's World-ish. I like the title, though. It lies well on the tongue.
Yes, I'm grumpy. Been holed up all day, in the flat, with a cold.
The program was fairly boring, the Harry Potter-people wildly annoying and the Top 5 unsurprising, unexciting and uneventful. I would have voted for Pride and Prejudice, had it not cost me an absurd amount of money and had I not been largely impassionate about this entire excercise by now. The Harry Potter-voters kept claiming that eveyone had read the Harry Potter books and loved them. I haven't read Harry Potter. Harry Potter can go **** himself, for all I care. The only mildly exciting thing was His Dark Materials, a trilogy of which I know absolutely nothing, but it does sound quite exciting, albeit a bit Sophie's World-ish. I like the title, though. It lies well on the tongue.
Yes, I'm grumpy. Been holed up all day, in the flat, with a cold.
Friday, December 12, 2003
...And I'm going to be even duller...
1. Do you enjoy the cold weather and snow for the holidays?
- I love snow, that's crisp and white and virginal. I love the air sharp and clean and fresh.
So winter in London pretty much sucks.
2. What is your ideal holiday celebration? How, where, with whom would you celebrate to make things perfect?
- I like spending my holidays with my family, because we are otherwise, physically, far apart. I like going for walks and eating. I like being back at my parents' house.
3. Do you do have any holiday traditions?
- Ach, too many to mention. Although the older we all get the more we forget about them. And make new.
4. Do you do anything to help the needy?
- No, nothing seasonally determined.
5. What one gift would you like for yourself?
- World peace, happiness for all and a Rose Body Cocoon treatment at SpaNK.
Friday Five
1. Do you enjoy the cold weather and snow for the holidays?
- I love snow, that's crisp and white and virginal. I love the air sharp and clean and fresh.
So winter in London pretty much sucks.
2. What is your ideal holiday celebration? How, where, with whom would you celebrate to make things perfect?
- I like spending my holidays with my family, because we are otherwise, physically, far apart. I like going for walks and eating. I like being back at my parents' house.
3. Do you do have any holiday traditions?
- Ach, too many to mention. Although the older we all get the more we forget about them. And make new.
4. Do you do anything to help the needy?
- No, nothing seasonally determined.
5. What one gift would you like for yourself?
- World peace, happiness for all and a Rose Body Cocoon treatment at SpaNK.
Friday Five
Thursday, December 11, 2003
Okay, so I'm ill, or at least getting there, and the flat's going to be full of people this weekend and I still haven't done any Christmas shopping whatsoever.
But at least Duran Duran knew how to have fun.
Especially compared to the Danish government, that keeps going on about the so-called hippie-commune in Copenhagen, Christiania. Just leave them alone, guys. I know some people are awfully jealous of the fact that the hippies have a beautiful view and water, and that this option should be open for all. But even if the commune is demolished and flats are build, it won't be, of course. Since when would I be able to live in a loft in Butler's Wharf? Jealousy is the root of all evil. Just ask Piers Morgan.
Oh, and I'm sorry for being dull. My body is punishing me sufficiently.
But at least Duran Duran knew how to have fun.
Especially compared to the Danish government, that keeps going on about the so-called hippie-commune in Copenhagen, Christiania. Just leave them alone, guys. I know some people are awfully jealous of the fact that the hippies have a beautiful view and water, and that this option should be open for all. But even if the commune is demolished and flats are build, it won't be, of course. Since when would I be able to live in a loft in Butler's Wharf? Jealousy is the root of all evil. Just ask Piers Morgan.
Oh, and I'm sorry for being dull. My body is punishing me sufficiently.
Monday, December 08, 2003
- Hello, Christmas spirit? Charlotte here. I was wondering if you would mind sprinkling a bit of your magic over me?
Hello?
Hello?
Hello?
Hello?
Thursday, December 04, 2003
A room full of doctors.
'You'll be given a pencil and a rubber.'
Room erupts in giggle-fits. Muted hilarity ensues. Someone said 'rubber'.
My life in their hands?
'You'll be given a pencil and a rubber.'
Room erupts in giggle-fits. Muted hilarity ensues. Someone said 'rubber'.
My life in their hands?
Monday, December 01, 2003
In the beginning it was this thing, not quite relevant to me and my life in the suburbs. It was called 'gay cancer' and since I didn't know anyone who was gay or anyone who had cancer, I wasn't too bothered.
Then I saw two films, that changed my perspective.
The first was An Early Frost, with Aidan Quinn, he of the gorgeous stare, and Gena Rowlands, she of utter divinity. The other was Longtime Companion, with Bruce Davison and Campbell Scott. These films showed the complexities of being gay in the 1980's, life not made easier by this disease, which made gays an easy taget for homophobes, who could blame the disease on homosexuals and at the same time use the disease to stigmatise gay people.
Later on came a greater sympathy for AIDS-sufferers, especially those who got the disease through blood-transfusions and the like, but there were still a sense that the homosexuals somehow brought it on themselves. This is why Philadelphia was good in the sense that Tom Hanks' character was indeed gay - and he died in the end.
Now we believe ourselves educated and sympathetic and gay men know how to protect themselves, so for a while we have rested assuredly, knowing that all is well. But AIDS and HIV is still a massive problem and difficult to solve; so when the Vatican decides that condoms don't stop AIDS, it is an act of high irresponsibility that should be publicly punished. This is something my children should never learn.
"In sub-Saharan Africa, donor support provided an average of three condoms per man per year." Three condoms. Per year. Would you abstain?
I didn't think so. But you can make a point by sending your MP a condom.
While Kofi Annan feels that the world is losing its fight against AIDS and Nelson Mandela thinks that South Africa's greatest enemy now is AIDS, I know it is difficult for us to relate to something we don't know. But do try - if only by following one of the links below and having a read.
WHO
United Nations
Marie Stopes
Medical Foundation and Sexual Health
AIDS Fondet Danmark
HIV-Danmark
Link and Think
Then I saw two films, that changed my perspective.
The first was An Early Frost, with Aidan Quinn, he of the gorgeous stare, and Gena Rowlands, she of utter divinity. The other was Longtime Companion, with Bruce Davison and Campbell Scott. These films showed the complexities of being gay in the 1980's, life not made easier by this disease, which made gays an easy taget for homophobes, who could blame the disease on homosexuals and at the same time use the disease to stigmatise gay people.
Later on came a greater sympathy for AIDS-sufferers, especially those who got the disease through blood-transfusions and the like, but there were still a sense that the homosexuals somehow brought it on themselves. This is why Philadelphia was good in the sense that Tom Hanks' character was indeed gay - and he died in the end.
Now we believe ourselves educated and sympathetic and gay men know how to protect themselves, so for a while we have rested assuredly, knowing that all is well. But AIDS and HIV is still a massive problem and difficult to solve; so when the Vatican decides that condoms don't stop AIDS, it is an act of high irresponsibility that should be publicly punished. This is something my children should never learn.
"In sub-Saharan Africa, donor support provided an average of three condoms per man per year." Three condoms. Per year. Would you abstain?
I didn't think so. But you can make a point by sending your MP a condom.
While Kofi Annan feels that the world is losing its fight against AIDS and Nelson Mandela thinks that South Africa's greatest enemy now is AIDS, I know it is difficult for us to relate to something we don't know. But do try - if only by following one of the links below and having a read.
WHO
United Nations
Marie Stopes
Medical Foundation and Sexual Health
AIDS Fondet Danmark
HIV-Danmark
Link and Think
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