Cold

Today is the coldest November day Denmark has seen in over a hundred years. Last winter was one of the worst according to my roommate, and they say this year might be just as bad. My bike lock is frozen, my zipper just broke on my fairly new winter coat (fuck you, H & M), and my computer has an incurable virus (won't be uipdating as much until I sort that out).

Oh winter, bring it on.

You Know You Live In Denmark When...

                    

•  Receiving antibiotics you ask the doctor if you aren't supposed to drink when taking them and he looks at you like you have grown a second head and replies with, "No, of course you can still drink".

• You see national television celebrities in the same ER as you and no one blinks an eye. 

• The Jonas Brothers are no longer the Jonas Brothers (with a hard J) but the Yo-Nas Brothers (with a soft J).

•  It's November and you have already received a formal invitation to a birthday party for June 2011.

Feelin Good

Went out for dinner and drinks last night, bought my Harry Potter tickets after work, slept in this morning, the sun is shining, free Iyengar yoga at the most beautiful studio on the lakes, and Sensation tonight! Its the small things :)

A lover of Jimi's

Yesterday I bought some hideous white pants from an old woman  who dated Jimi Hendrix only weeks before his death. She was a model in London, New York, and Copenhagen years ago. She has a little second hand shop in Frederiksberg--a pretty nice area of the city--just down the road from me. On the way back from the doctor I saw she had something I might want so I stopped in and bought the afore mentioned pants. All over her shop were these gorgeous black and white photographs and when I went to buy the pants I could instantly tell that the photos were all of a younger her. Among them were some candid shots of her and Jimi Hendrix just goofing around at what looked like a house dinner table. She was such a cool and genuine lady to have met. Talked about modeling in the old days and how it actually used to take some skills. The models typically did their own hair and makeup and the only technology they had when taking the photos was lighting. "None of this fake boobs and computers" she said. She said that it was a great time to have been young. I bet it was:)

And why would I buy hideous white pants in November in a city where I bike?
Sensation White is this Saturday!!!!

Touched

My mother needs a surgery that she can't afford due to our crappy ass health care system in the US. I was attempting to explain this all to Bodil, and how Obama's recent reforms really don't make that much of a difference in this particular situation. She then sincerely offered for my  mother--who is over 5,000 miles away and whom she has never even met--to borrow money from her so that she could get her surgery. That would never happen, but hot damn, I have some nice people in my life!

Svært

A little bit sad right now because Danish is so hard and I've reached a learning plateau at the moment. I really haven't felt this freaking retarded (excuse me being politically incorrect, but that is the only way to describe it) since way back in the day when I had to take math classes and that one time my freshman year of college when I tried hip hop. I am not used to struggling with things. I am going to really have to dedicate some massive chunks of time to this language if its going to be worth my while.

On a happier note, Christmas officially begins tomorrow! Its Jdag which means the Julebryg (Christmas beer) comes out. Elves come around and deliver the free beer everywhere and its a huge party. They used to have it on a week night but no one would come to work the next day so it officially was moved to a Friday and they made the trains free. I will be at a local pub tomorrow evening circa 8 o clock to receive free beer from elves and party party party.

On Men

http://www.xmel.com/denmark7.html

Given to me by a friend who is currently "dating" (the concept doesn't really exist here...) a Dane. Sharing it with you all. Just a teaser to a post that will come soon about the gender relations here as percieved by yours truly.