Put it in a box

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All these beautiful and amazing people that I meet, get to know, spend a lot of time with.. and then have to leave. I am only now realizing that my time in Copenhagen soon is ending, at least for now.

As every time, nostalgia kicks in and I realize how fast things change, how much I’ve learnt and how I will be missing many parts of it.

The importance and value of what I am doing and have experienced before is relative and sometimes questioned. There will always be that one person telling you that you could have done things differently or should have expected more from something. Sometimes that person is you, sometimes somebody external. Whoever it is, it is worth remembering that disappointment isn’t what your choices deserve as they are originally yours and deserve to be loved for what they have taught you. It might seem like a naïve approach, but it allows to in a constructive way appreciate those very significant lessons, details, memories and insights that always will be yours to keep and use. And that also will help to guide future choices.

What I wanted to say is that I’m listening to the wonders of Brian Eno while packing my bags to go abroad for the holidays. I am not leaving Copenhagen yet, I will come back in January so there is still lots of time to appreciate and enjoy. Both this wonderful city and the unique people that I spend my days with here.

What is ending, however, is the year. And once again, it’s been an amazing one and I have both learnt and enjoyed tons. The person who keeps insisting on trying to convince me otherwise will from now on be kindly asked to take their annoyingly negative mindset and put it in a box.

Sparkling weekend

It’s been a sparkling weekend. My girls came over from Sweden and we hugged at my place and later danced on confetti-covered floors. The Malmögirls went back home on Saturday and left me here with my wife, Tigerlily. We decided to repeat our adventure from Barcelona and got ourselves two identical wigs. Then we went to Christmas Distortion and danced all night in a huge warehouse somewhere in the outskirts of Copenhagen. A perfect weekend and the most awesome of contrasts to what I did last week. Thank you ladies, thank you Juledistortion.

I wish Copenhagen Distortion was a year-round party, I won’t be here in May.. but if you’re anywhere close by – don’t miss it!!

Your mouth tastes like sunshine, baby.

My name is not Daisy – The Balcony

“I can sense a world of heartache
but I love the sound
of your hair when it falls down
from the pillow late at night”

This is a cover by Danish artist My name is not Daisy and I discovered it yesterday when my housemate was singing in the kitchen and I was struck by the amount of beautiful metaphors in it. The original is by the Danish band The Rumour Said Fire and it is also beautiful but far less singable.
And we really like singing along, don’t we?