Jun 15, 2010
The other day I read this brilliant blog post by a guy named Simon Collison whom I follow on Twitter. It was about his recent trip to the USA, but instead of waxing lyrical about his experience he condensed the trip into a series of keywords and phrases, so that the entire story would only be able to be pieced together by someone that was there. Namely him.
His post is available here, so in the same vein, this post recaps the last few months of my life, so that one day I can come back and read it and remember what happened.
It’s at this point that I’d like to add a disclaimer aimed at my close friends and family that there may be some themes and language that out of context may appear shocking, out of character or even disturbing. I’d prefer to let the piece stand as it is without having to explain myself, — after all, I’m writing it for myself — but I’m willing to try to explain things further to you personally if you are truly troubled by anything here. It’s really hard for me to put something like this out in this manner, but it’s something I feel I need to do to process the last few months. Here goes.
Depression / “I want to see other girls” / I’m sorry / “I deserve better than this” / Break up / Looking for a place / New place / “Actually, I’m moving in this weekend” / Tobias / Depression / Out / Dyrehaven / “Food and beers with Kristian on Wednesday” / Dyrehaven / Swedish band / Norwegian school girls / Leaving tomorrow / Datarock / CPH Skatepark / Dyrehaven / Sønder Boulevard / “I really wanted to fuck that girl” / Going home / “Fuck off!”.
Berlin with Thor / Jean-mi move-in / Cheap beer / Sushi / Out / Wienerstraße / Veggie burgers / Görlitzer Park / Badeschiff / Rum and ginger ale / Bad stuff / Edgy bike ride / Line at Bar 25 / “We could go to Berghain?” / Berghain / Animal sounds/ Turkish market / More veggie burgers / More Badeschiff / Planet Earth / Jean is sick / Kreuzbergstraße / Mini-golf / Back to CPH.
Anne’s birthday / Don’t cry / “It’s weird, isn’t it?” / Died Young, Stayed Pretty premiere / Concert at Drone / Home early / Thomas’s Office warming / “Hello” / Columbian / “That’s a nice name” / OK / “Maybe you could call me?” / Gardening at Kristian’s / “Maybe we should smoke some?” / Not feeling it / “Yeah, I feel it” / Is this real life? / “Jeg fryser min bryster” / Good night.
Plant NYC / Iceland / iPad / Diner / Apple Store / Central Park / Subway / Yankee Stadium / Baseball / Beer / Hotdogs / Some sun / Empire State Building / 99% / Lamb shank / 99% again / “What’s your background?” / Shopping in SoHo / Williamsburg / Tom and Bonnie / Sand on the floor / Celtics / “Lemon, Lime & Bitters” / Venezuelan restaurant / Early flight / Not long enough / Japanese bar / Dancing on tables / Light fixture hat / Exit through the gift shop / Williamsburg again / Bloody Mary’s / B & H / Hotdog / MoMA / The artist is present / Marina Abramovic / Nudity / Suffering / Amazing / Mexican burritos / Portraits / Delayed / Hive at 55 / Media / Interviews / Tired / Wrestle at the airport / Hustle / Flight / Home / Sleep.
Dyrehaven / “Fix jacket with Anders and Karen” / Records / Dinner with Kristian, Cecilie and Niels / Party at Regensen / Dinner with Stine / Stop crying / Shattered / Hollow / “I’m sorry, you deserved better” / Failure / Drone / L#2 / Dancing / L#1 / Dancing / Kissing / Dancing / Kissing / “I respect that” / Dyrehaven / Kidu Launch / Kulby / “She’s got issues” / Drone again / Arcade Fire on the air conditioning ducts / “Maybe I could cook for you” / Basketball / Frederiksberg Park / L#1’s place / Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
Dyrehaven / Dybbolsgade / Whiskey / L#2 and friends / Whiskey / Blackout / Can’t eat it / Blackout / Staircase / Where’s my stuff? / 11am / Haircut / Flowers / McDonalds / 2pm / Bed / 50’s party / Suit / Cocktails / Dancing / “To be honest, I wouldn’t be much fun” / K#1 / Monday / “You started it” / Dyrehaven with K#1 / Cafe uden navn with K#1 / Understedet with K#1 / “I’d kind of like to take you home with me” / Tears / Amagerbank / “Let me know when you’re home safe” / Skt Hans with K#1 / “I’m going to do this differently” / Dyrehaven / Bakken / Fælledparken with K#1 / Sunshine / Beers / Home with K#1.
Beers with L#2 / Music for L#2 / I’m sorry, it’s nothing personal / Sushi and beers with Dan and Thomas / Cafe uden navn / Plant party / Beer / Chris / Dan / L#2 and friend / Photos / Dancing / “Maybe we should leave” / Fallen asleep / Wet / “Mette & Anders’ Kandidatfest” / Banter with Anne / Tired / Bop / 7 inch DJ set / First dancers / Dancing / Home / Depression.
The Drums / Flamboyant / Tired / Distortion party in Nørrebro / Skt Hans Torv / Thomas and Thor / Crowded / Anne, Cecilie and Kristian / Møllegade / Kongens Have / Beer / Sun / Enghaveplads / Pirate man drinking elephant beer / Caravans / Tank / “I know it was weird last time” / “She wants to fuck” / Carlsberg / Queue / Can’t be bothered / What else / A / “I used to live in Annadale” / “You’re coming with me” / 18 / Queue / “I can’t find my friend” / Dancing / Lost / Dancing / “OK” / Found / Awkward / Dancing with A / “Is she a new one?” / Kissing / Sunrise / A’s place / Photos / “Hvorfor?” / “Because I’ve had a lot to drink and I’m old” / Glass on the streets / Dyrehaven / Running in to A / Dybbolsgade / Worse stuff / Chris’s bike crash / Spurting, not dripping / Carlsberg / Dan / Thor / Waiting at the bar forever / Beer / Jagermeister / Gagging / Jens on crutches / Michael Mayer in the silo / Home.
Dinner with Stine / Content / World Cup / First Friday in a long time / Bloomsday / England vs. USA / Fumble / Boutique Liza / “Now you’re annoying me, so I’m leaving” / Party on H.C. Andersen’s Boulevard / Warm Beer / Thor leaving / Dancing / K#2 / “I’ve never been asked before” / Pink bike / Home with K#2 / 6.30am / Sleep / 9am / Diabetes / No orange juice / “Nice to meet you” / Australia vs. Germany / Replying to Harry / Today.