The end of another year.. the beginning of something new!

After a long time of blog silence I will try to pick up where I left off.. There has been so many things going on for the last 3 weeks and I've hardly been at home, and when I have, I have been hungover! hahah.. It's hard to live the rock n' roll lifestyle, but hey, someone has to do it!
I had a few crazy party weeks before Christmas, and then had a quiet Christmas with my parents. None of us a really big fans of the whole Christmas stress, so we just had some good food and bought our own gifts, like we've done for the last few years! I know it's not very exciting, but at least you always get what you want.. I bought a skirt, a jacket and some new headphones. The day after Christmas was the most fun I've had in a long time.. We went for a long walk on the beach in the morning and then had a traditional Christmas lunch in the afternoon. Traditinal danish Christmas lunch of course includes snaps.. Probably one of the most dangerous drinks on the planet along with Tequila! Danes use it as an excuse during December to do all sorts of stupid stuff.. Like sleeping with your co-workers, cheating on your partner, getting into fist fights! Yes, I know we are a very sofisticated people! I must say that I really like snaps, its one of my favourites along with Champagne, Sake and Tequila, it's probably the best buzz I get. I become really happy and don't really feel that drunk, though I am, and denial is a wonderful thing when you are a bit of a control freak!
So back to the lunch, We started eating around 3.30 pm, and I was put to bed by my parents around 8 pm, after an hour of them having to listen to me being really setimental and loving! All thanks to the snaps, which I handle so well. I guess it was because me parents have really been there for me after my separation, and the snaps really wanted me to tell them! And when the snaps wants to say something, there ain't no stopping it!
Last night I went to this really cool new years party at my friends Linda and Kaspers place. I don't know them that well yet, but when they told me about the combination of people who where attending this party I was on my knees begging to go. It was 12 german punkers who were really bad at english, a few lesbians and topped with a sprinkle of creative computer geeks and a side of a really cool couple - a danish girl who lives in London with her japanse boyfriend, her english is really bad, and so is his, but they are just so in love eventhough they can't communitcate, and it's just SO cute! - To top it all off, Linda and Kasper live in an amazing apartment on the 6th floor with a view over the whole city, definetly the right place to see the fireworks at 12 a clock. So I HAD to go, atleast just to be a fly on the wall, a very well dressed and loud fly it turned out.
I spend the day shopping for a new dress, and ended up buying a lot more than that. Because of all the germans it was a vegetarian buffet for dinner and I had to cook something for that, and since the veggie kitchen is not where my strongest passion lies I just made a bulgur salad. I went in the afternoon to help Linda and Kasper, plus I also promised to use my makeup and hair skills on a few of the gals. We just hung out and had some champagne and I did Lindas and two really butch lesbians hair and makeup, one of them had actually never had eye makeup on, and became really scared of herself, it was really funny. Around 8 a clock people started arriving and we had some cocktails and had dinner. I must admit that I missed a bit of meat, but I survived. A lot of drinking followed, must admit that I was a bit dissapointed with the german crowd, that kept to themselves, but luckily the rest of the people were really nice and talkative and I had a good time. After midnight I took over the stereo in the hope of getting the party started with a good mix of rock classics and disco, but the germans had to go to another party and all of a sudden the rest of them wanted to go to a club as well. Linda and I decided that we weren't really up for going anywhere, we're both a bit afraid of fireworks and the chaos that usually ensues and a newyears night in Copenhagen. So we just had a lot of cocktails and went crazy to our common love of Suicidal Tendencies, Megadeth, Anthrax, Slayer and Metallica. It was so perfect! I couldn't have had a better partner, who both shared a love of vodka and cranberry juice and late 80ies early 90ies Thrash. We collapesed around 5 in the morning and watched a bit of Mythbusters before we fell asleep.
Today I've spend eating leftovers from last night, and watching Family Guy and snoozing on the couch, It has been the perfect January 1st.
So far 2009 looks like it's gonna be an awesome year. I'm moving into my new apartment this weekend, it's nothing big or fancy, but it's really cheap, so I will have money to maintain my rock n' roll lifestyle and travel a bit. The most important thing is that it will me MY OWN place. I'm so sick ant tried of commuting 3 hours from my parents place to work and having to rely on my friends couches in the weekends. I'm sure that it's gonna be strange also, I've been living with someone for the last 5 years, and because I've been constantly around my friends and parents it hasn't really dawned on me that I'm alone. But I'm really excited about 'finding' myself again and getting into a daily routine of my own, I can feel that it's what I need to move on with my life.
I also still have the great job offer as color technician for Fudge that I have to sort out here in the beginning of January. We've been having a few meetings about it, but I need to be approved by the nordic boss, and he should be coming to Copenhagen soon. So we'll see how that goes, would be nice with an extra income in these slow times.
And in to weeks I'm going to Amsterdam for the first time to meet up with my good friend Ed, and have a bit of fun, heavy drinking and some more rock n' roll lifestyle.. I don't think we will smash the hotel room, but you never know!
So all in all, life is sweet.. 2009 is here to be abused and punished! (",)

What Katie Did.. or Didn't!

You can find anything on You Tube when you're bored and cruising around.. I stumbled upon this very nice little commercial video from my favorite lingerie shop in London - What Katie did! Now I love the fact that the whole thing is soo natural.. NOT! And I'm left wondering why I don't get that kind of service when I'm there! Hahah..
Not very PG 13, but enjoy (It surely made me laugh!)!

The True Colors Reception.. That turned into a rather sad night!

On Saturday my bosses opened this new clothes shop called 'True Colors' (Spend a week singing the song every time I was near them just to annoy them! heheh!) and the reception was held Saturday afternoon. There was free beer on the tap and loads of people.. To begin with too many people for my taste! But within a few hours everyone seemed to have other plans and left, so it was only the hardcore crowd of employees and close friends left. My friend Tine was there, and she was really drunk, I think she had been out till late the night before and only needed a few drinks to get the party started all over again! Now, I had done her hair earlier in the week, and we had talked about going out after the reception and that I could sleep on her couch if we would. We had also talked about one of her friends called Alex, who I think is kinda cute, but never met properly. So Tine had apparently been out with Alex the night before and totally sold me out.. GOD!!.. So Alex according to Tine, apparently thinks I have nice eyes and would like to meet me. I was SOOO being set up, and it was SOOO unfair!! Everything just turned into a teenage scandal of the worst kind, Tine even sent a picture of me to the poor guy via her phone! So Tine and some other people decide to go to this rock bar called 'Valhalla' and Carminda (my hairdressing sidekick!) and I are not quite ready to go so we tell them that we will catch up with them, and I tell Tine to text me if they decide to go somewhere else. We stay and enjoy the free beer and the company, our bosses are always fun when they have +2 beers in them, so it's all good! I hear nothing from Tine and a few hours later Carminda, this guy Mikkel and I head to Valhalla. When we arrive, the place is dead, except for a few people including Alex and his friends.. But no Tine!!.. Which means no couch! We later find out that Tine has been sent home because she was too drunk!.. and it only gets better when I realize that I forgot my wallet at the Salon! After Tine's set up I'm way to embarrassed to go say hi to Alex and I don't think he sees me, because he and his friends leave shortly after we've arrived. Carminda leaves as well, because she wants to go home to her boyfriend and Mikkel is calling his buddy to drop by. Luckily one of my clients, Antje, gives me 200 kr so I can take a cab back to the salon.. When I get there the feeling of being an idiot is increasing by the minute! I find myself being too drunk to wanna go anywhere, and it's too late to take on the 2 hour night bus ride home. I decide to nap in the salon and wait for the morning train.. Now, we have two separate waiting chairs, so I push them together and 'lie' on them. It is extremely uncomfortable, but luckily the huge amount of alcohol consumed takes the top of things. But that is only till I wake up around 9 feeling like someone has beat me up and with a really sore throat to top things off!
Anyways, what a night.. I have to find my own place in town soon, I'm already tired of being depended on other people! It's one of the things I've never liked, I like to be in control, and I hate being depended! I can't wait for when I'm 'cat-sitting' for two of my American clients from the 21. Dec to 8. Jan, at least I'll have a place to come of to for a few weeks!

A Biohazard double shot..

Wednesday night Biohazard played in Pumpehuset in Copenhagen. It was my first official outing where I knew my ex would be there as well after our separation, so I was pretty nervous! Could turn out to be a pretty awkward night, so when I closed down the salon I had a few beers with my bosses just to take the top of the nerves.. I was going alone to the show, but I know a hell of a lot of people who was going as well, so it wasn't too bad. When I arrived the manager, John, in Pumpehuset greeted me warmly like always. John has been working in Pumpehuset in all the years I have been coming there, and has always been there taking care of my friend Rikke and I when we would get a bit too drunk and rowdy in our teens! But this night John gave me a few drink tickets when he heard what had happened with Brian and I.. He also offered to cancel Brian's name from the guest list, but I guess that would be going a bit too far! I hung out with a few friends and clients and had a few drinks.. There were two support bands, The Kind That Kills and Härde Tidar, who were both Swedish. Both bands were OK, but something was missing, they didn't really reach the crowd, and a lot of people - myself included - took off to the bar. Brian and his friend showed up and I must admit that he handled the situation very well.. We just had a beer and a casual chat. After Härde Tidar there was quite a long break, and I soon found out it was because Evan Seinfeld was in the bar drinking with his HA buddies. My good friend Martin 'Lovegun' showed up with his boyfriend (No, not really, but I always tease them with it!) Casper 'Snake Venom', they both look like they have escaped from a Mötley Crüe video and I find them hilarious! Lovegun runs and DJ's at this club event called 'ROCK THE NIGHT' here, which is super 80's sleaze event with strippers and fireworks, where Snake also DJ's. The pair of them really live the lifestyle full on, and are a walking cliche! Lovegun told me that he just had been interviewed for 'Ugens Rapport' which is a very old school titty magazine and of course we had to celebrate that with even more drinks!
When Evan finally left the bar around 10.30 I knew it was time to go upstairs and get a good spot. The show as awesome!! They played all the classics: 'Urban Discipline', 'Punishment', 'Five blocks to the Subway', you name it, they played it! Before the show, I really didn't know what to expect from the crowd, because, let's face it: We are all 10-15 years older, 10-15 kilos heavier and very likely to sprain something in a moshpit! And a good moshpit and stagediving used to be a big part of a Biohazard show... So to my great thrill, people really went for it! They even got a massive circle pit going, which is something Danish crowds always suck at! I spend the gig close to front, between my two sleaze buddies trying to protect myself from flying arms and legs, and screaming my lungs out! There were a few technical glitches during the show, but they played a tight set full of sing along hardcore classics, it was all that I hope for and then some! The highlight for me was when they finished off 'How it is' and 'Hold my own'.
After the show I was just left wanting more, so I went and asked their merch guy, Derrick, if the show in Malmö was sold out. He didn't know, but told me to hang out and then he would see if he could fix something. A little while later Billy came out and we talked for a while about this and that.. I've meet Billy on several occasions when Biohazard has been in Cph, and he's always been really nice. After catching up on what has been happening in his life since last time he asks: 'So what do you do for a living?!' Well, I'm a hairdresser.. 'Can you cut my hair?!'.. Ehhh.. Now!?.. That was when I realized this would be a very long night and switched from beer to water!! So after some more hanging out and about 2 liters of water I went with Billy and his guitar tech AJ, who is in Billy's other band Suicide City, and opened the salon for them! They both loved the salon and I played them some Pilgrimz and other Danish bands. I must admit that cutting hair at 3 am is not something I usually do, but it was a lot of fun and the guys really appreciated it! So I guess I really earned my spot on the guest list for the show in Malmö!
I missed my last night bus home and had to wait until 5.30 when the first trains started to run, got home at 6.15 in the morning and slept until 10. Luckily I didn't have clients in the salon before 1 pm, so I could take it easy. I spend most of the day calling up friends to find someone who wanted to go with me to Malmö, but it seemed like everyone was either December stressed, had plans already or just boring! (",) After the work I jumped on a train to Malmö, it takes around 30 min, and I arrived in Malmö around 8 pm. Went by my friend Josh, who works in this bar at the Savoy Hotel, and he fixed me a few really good drinks, and also offered a couch to sleep on later (I probably looked like I needed it!).
When I arrived a KB, there were almost no people and it turned out that they almost hadn't sold any tickets, so Härde Tidar who were from Malmö had gotten an open guest list for the show.. They had a lot of what I usually call 'Smelly' punk friends, which is basically is punks who take pride in not showering! Not my cup of tea, I must say.. having had the 'pleasure' of doing hair on a few of these types I know up close and personal how they smell, and let's not forget, what 'lives' on them and in their dreadlocks. I know I sound really snobby, I just can't handle people with no personal hygiene! But I had timed my arrival so that Härde Tidar was just finish up and I talked a bit to merch guy Derrick while I waited for the show. I must say that I found Derrick a really sweet guy.. One of the few living gentlemen left, stuck in the body of a 26 year old. The whole scenario of being surround by smelly punks talking to this gentleman was kinda funny!
Before the show started I said hi to Billy and AJ, and was asked if I wanted to see the show from the side of the stage.. Why the hell not!!?.. So I right besides Danny's drumkit watching the first half of the show. It was quite cool to see that guy pound away, he is definitely a hard hitter and very tight as well. The only annoying thing was that there was this drum tech roadie guy who was really disgusting who kept hitting on me with all the crap pick up lines in the book (Being off the market for a few years, I desperately hoped these things had changed, but no!), so after half an hour I went out front again. Biohazard seemed to play a tighter show than the night before, I don't know if it was because they were working harder to win over the small crowd or because it was more intimate, but they certainly seemed more fired up. The set was almost the same, full of classics, just a bit shorter than i Cph, but I guess that was because of the lack of people! After the show I hung out and talked to Derrick for a while and then went back to the Hotel Savoy where Josh was closing up the bar. After picking on his very young and cute employee for a while we took a cab to his place where we had a few beers and obsessed a bit over our shared Trent Reznor fascination. I finally passed out around 5 am, and slept until 8 am.. and then back to work!!
So Friday seemed like a very long work day, but I got through it! I guess my body is not 15 anymore, but I sure had fun! It's so nice just getting out there and doing what you feel like and not having to answer to anyone.. I missed it!

I'm spendt..

It's been such a long week with so many things happening and almost no sleep.. So now I will count the pretty little fluffy sheep that are dancing behind my eyelids. I guess being so worn down by a few days of partying is a sign that I'm getting older.. uhhh! The recovery period seems so much longer and my body is also mixing in a few flu signs just to top it off! But I'll fill you in on my escapades tomorrow when I wake up (hopefully) well rested..

I'm gonna turn 15 years old around 21.30 tomorrow!

I'm so excited about seeing BIOHAZARD tomorrow.. They have always been a brilliant live act, and I was sooooooo into them in my teens.. I even had their logo done on my wall in my teenage room by some graffiti guy, and my parents haven't had the heart to paint it over, so it's still there! I'm really looking forward to seeing them with the original lineup reunited and only playing songs from the first 3 albums.. It's probably gonna send me down teenage memory lane! Hope it still works for me.. If it does, I'll go to Malmø and see them on Thursday, just for the heck of it!
I just wish that I could be a big motherfucker of a guy with tattoos all over for a few hours so I could be in the pit and break shit.. and singing along to that type of music just works a lot better for guys, it's just NOT FAIR! I just feel like such and ass standing there screaming along with my high voice!! 'PUNISHMENT!!'.. heheh..

It's a new dawn, it's a new day..

My little blog here has been a bit slow because there is so much going on at the moment! So I will bring it up to speed..
I am now officially separated from my husband, the papers came through on Thursday, and we're not being reviewed by the state or any of that horrible stuff.. I Denmark you first file for separation and then you can get divorced after 6 months if you both agree, if you don't you have to wait another 6 months. But the separation means you are not financially depended anymore, you just can't get re-married until you are divorced (Like that is gonna happen!!). In the separation you have to agree on a lot of different terms, that also count when you get to the divorce. Since Brian and I didn't really 'own' anything (other than stuff!), and didn't have kids, it was kinda easy to agree. So that came through on the terms that Brian keeps the apartment and I get to keep my savings.
Yesterday we split up the place, which is probably one of the hardest things I have done, going through your DVD's and stuff.. And you know that it's just stuff! But, it's stuff that you bought together to enjoy together and splitting it is a very sad and overwhelming thing! I felt like such an ass coming in there and tearing stuff off the shelves, but tried to think of the fact that I have no furniture whatsoever and no real place to live.. I know it sounds really stupid, but that is what I needed to do to be able to run off with the 'stupid' DVD's! In the end, I don't think any of the stuff is really of any value.. Something has 'died' and stuff don't count for nothing! So I spend my afternoon going between extremely emotional and egotistic bitch.
Today my very helpful parents and I rented a car and moved the stuff to their house. It ended up being 6 boxes a few bags, my bass, bike and skis. It is really surreal to have your 'life' boxed like that.. and the fact that I couldn't even fill half a Mercedes Vito was kinda disappointing! I had to do most of the heavy lifting because my parents a getting to the age where they are starting to need spare parts and a major service check, so I guess it was fine that there wasn't too much to carry (I'm sure my legs and arms will agree in the morning!). Everything went smoothly and I have to say that it was such a relief to be able to be out of there and throw the keys in the letterbox when we were done. This afternoon has been devoted to unpacking and finally getting settled at my parents house. It's temporary, until if find the right thing to live in, but I want to feel at home as long as I'm here, and luckily my parents have a huge house where I can have the basement all to myself.
So today, December 1st, is the day where I can finally start over, and try to figure out what I'm gonna do with my new found 'freedom'. I have a lot of future plans that I want to turn into reality. Work wise I'm probably gonna try to apply for jobs in London, like I always dreamed of when I was just starting out as a hairdresser. I am extremely picky and the salons I want to work in can be counted on one hand. I think I have a lot to offer, and that it is the right time, but I'm not gonna work anywhere, just to go to London, it has to be one of the top places.
I also got a very cool job offer last week that I'm considering, as color technician for Fudge (the brand that I work with) in the Cph area. It would mean that apart from my normal salon job, I would go out and teach some nights and do events.. All stuff that I love to do! It would mean some extra work but also some extra pay, and I would probably have a lot of fun doing it. I will be working with their sales rep here in Cph, and she is this very sweet, very shy, country girl (So not cut out for the Cph market!), and I think we could be a really cool team! I could be nerdy, crazy, tattooed, bad cop-girl and she could be the sweet good cop! So we have to see if that falls through.. I find it very strange/funny that she chooses to offer me a job like this with my current personal situation, if one believed in fate, this would be it!
On a personal level, I'm looking forward to doing a lot of travelling. There are so many cities in Europe that I haven't been to yet, that are perfect for extended weekend stays. My first mission is Amsterdam in January, which I am sure will be very cool. I hope I can get away every 2-3 months on a little extended weekend. Next on my list are Stockholm, Berlin and maybe I will go rape Iceland (have been there, beautiful country, love it) in the summer, they are so begging for it right now! heheh..
So short term, I on paper have a very cool week coming. Going out to dinner with Louise tomorrow, Seeing Biohazard on Wednesday and hopefully getting a hold of the guys and getting on the list for the show in Malmø on Thursday with Sanne. I don't think one show with the original lineup is quite enough for me, they are such an awesome live band and since they are supposed only to play songs from their first 3 albums, it will be like travelling back to teenage-heaven for me! (",) Saturday my bosses are opening up a new shop and having a reception with free beer (YEAH! Still works for me!) and Sunday, Keith and I are gonna be corny and go to the amusement park Tivoli and hold hands (Right Keith!?!? (",)).. I forgot how stressing it is to be single! The weeks just seem to fill up by themselves, but I'm loving it (In a very non-McDonald's sort of way!).

Wulffmorgenthaler!

'My wife really wants a kid, but I haven't got the energy to impregnate her womb, when all of my energy goes to being and accoutant and having lots of sex with African prostitutes.. How much for your baby?'
'I know what you're thinking. She's a model, and I'm a jelly fish. But we compliment each other perfectly! I've got no bones - she's got nothing but bones!'
'After yet another unbearably stupid move, Bernie becomes the victim of a mutiny'
'The financial crises hits every aspect of the realty market'
'Listen, lady, I don't eat bread anymore, I'm on Atkins... So how about you run home and come back with a steak or a nice plate of crispy bacon..'
'The demand for ever-funnier home videos pushes boring families to extreme measures'
'I think this relationship is going to be too complicated. You know, I'm a vegan, and you are..'

You can find more here..

Under Siege!

This little guy showed up at our doorstep yesterday afternoon. He was very attention seeking for a cat, so I said hi and made a new friend. If this was a normal cat it wouldn't be a problem, because they are usually very reserved and don't really care if you are interested in them. Now, the problem is that I'm a smoker, living in a non-smoking home. I go outside to smoke at least 4-5 times a day, and stand in the blistering cold and 'enjoy' my cigarette all by myself. So this little guy was just a nice bit of company for a cold afternoon. I checked him for ear-tattoo or collar, but he hasn't got either. Then when I was done smoking and wanted to go back inside the little fellow wanted to join me, I barely caught him before he reached the living room! Since then he has camped on our doorstep and it is hell getting in or out of the house without him trying to dodge you and slip inside! We had him inside three times last night, and when I went out to smoke he was very cuddly and climbed my jacket and ended in my arms (ups!), I am not that strong when it comes to animals, and he is just soooo cute!! (",)
This morning my dad had enough and tired to scare him off with water, and it helped for a little while. But he's just so stupid, as soon as my dad stopped spraying water on him he stopped running and came back to my dad! Very silly cat!! When we came home from town this afternoon he was nowhere to be found, and we thought he finally had gotten the point.. but no! When I was sitting here by my computer in the basement I heard a strange noise from the window, and there he is again! scratching and miaowing the against the window.. I've named him Garfield now, because he is just as annoying! The question is: Will we ever be rid of him?! (and I of course secretly want to adopt him! heheh!)

A hectic week..

I am finally home again, after a long week of work and fun! It became winter this week, it went from rainy and windy to freezing and snowing, and I love it! I'm currently staying at my parents house because of my divorce. It's really nice of them to have a 27 year old teenage in their house again, and so far it's been very easy. I try to spend half my time here and half my time with friends in Copenhagen. I don't want to be too much of a pain in the ass for either! My parents live an hour and twenty minutes by train and bus from Copenhagen. It has been a really hard transition for me, who has been used to a 10 min. bike ride! But I actually really enjoy the train ride, I can listen to music, read and knit obsessively (to Slayers 'Reign in blood'! YEAH!).. It's the bus I have a problem with!! After 7 pm it runs once and hour.. Tuesday night I spend 30 min in the blistering cold waiting for the bus. That can turn you pretty grumpy! But I guess it's only a question of timing, but timing has never been one of my strong suits!!
Anyways, Wednesday I spend my evening filling out divorce papers with my soon to be ex-husband. That was a pretty strange, uncomfortable evening, but it was also a major relief! It's been 4 weeks now since I left him, and I've had this divorce 'splitting' things evening in the back of my head constantly. I haven't been able to sleep properly because of it and it was starting to wear me down. But things went as smooth as they could. I was the one who left and made the decision, but that really doesn't make it any easier. I've had to keep pushing to get things moving and I've felt like such and ass! You don't just turn 6 years of loving and caring for someone 'off' over night. But I know it is the right thing for me, and that it what is most important. Luckily none of us want to fight over our things, I guess we are both too hurt to want to fight, and there are no parades to block with anymore!
With that settled and done I've sleep like a baby since! It's been so nice..
Thursday I want out with my friend Sanne after work and had a few drinks and stayed at her couch overnight. It's really nice staying at her and her husbands flat. They are really cool people and they treat me like I'm their kid when I'm there. I get told to remember to brush my teeth and I almost get tucked in! hahaha.. They are the sweetest and most loving people I know! I find them a blast because the both look so cool.. they have the coolest tattoos, the do the coolest things (Shes a clothes designer, he plays guitar in Pligrimz), they listen to the coolest music, they have the coolest home.. and then when you get to know them, they are so opposite to everything you think they are! Sanne loves to cook, bake and pickle and Aage spends his nights watching NBA online.. and they drink herbal the instead of beer! hahah.. They are just geeks in a really cool package!.. and I love it!
Friday night was spend home at my parents doing as little as possible, I didn't get home until 8.30 pm, been having some hectic work days in the salon.
Yesterday when I got off from work I picked up A LOT of sushi and went to my friend Louise and her husband Muffe's house. Louise is my dear friend and tattoo artist, who I don't think needs any further introduction. Her husband Muffe owns a piercing shop called Copenhagen Body Extremes and used to scare the living crap out of me (follow the link and you'll see why!).
Muffe doesn't eat sushi so he just watched while Louise and I stuffed our faces. They have this really cool house where people just drop by and hang out, so you never know who'll pop by when you are there. A guy called Lars came by later, he and Muffe was in the founding group of the original 'Youth house' (Ungdomshuset) in Copenhagen, which has now been cleared out, you can find a bit of the story here. I just love to hear the tales of the early years of Ungdomshuset, from these people who are so passionate an who have been ignored by the politicians for so many years. I didn't sympathize with they way the younger generation of Ungdomshus-users treated the whole clearing (trashing half the city!), but I still think that the house should never have been sold to those Christian-Nazis, and that Copenhagen needs a Youth house!
When Lars went home we watched 'Charlie Wilsons war' and 'No country for old men'. I really liked 'Charlie Wilsons war' even though it was with Tom Hanks who I usually hate! What carried the movie for me was yet another brilliant performance by Philip Seymore Hoffmann who is always really cool. I must admit that we all feel asleep to 'No country for old men', and that didn't make it less confusing! I will give it another shot some other time, and preferably before 2 am.
So altogether it's been a busy but really nice week.. The one approaching doesn't look like it's gonna be quiet either, but I like to keep busy. so bring it on!

Soundtrack this week (Has been a bit retro actually!):
Clutch - 'Blast Tyrant' (obsessing over 'The mob goes wild')
White Zombie - 'Astro-Creep: 2000'
Alice in Chains - 'Dirt'
Eagles of Death Metal - 'Heart on' (obsessing over 'Wannabe in LA')
Just Jack - 'Outer Marker' (obsessing over 'Snowflakes'
The Haunted - 'Versus'
Bioharzard - 'State of the world address' (Getting ready for the gig on 3. Dec.)

The toilet loves me..

During the lovely brunch (that turned into quite a few drinks!) I had with my friend Keith on Saturday, I tried to tell him this lovely Henry Rollins story.. It's definitely one of my faves (though there are many!)! I saw him with this show in Copenhagen and it was such a laugh, and he went on for 3 hours! He started out with this story but came back to 'Whap! Whap! The toilet loves me!' many times during the show! I just love Henry's spoken word shows, he's always good for an entertaining and intelligent night!
So here it goes, Henry does it sooo much better than me!.. Mainly to Keith, as thanks for listening to my endless bitching and not letting me spoil his appetite!

Working 9 to 5..

Today was my last day of holiday and I'm going back to work tomorrow.. and I can't wait!! I've had 10 days off because of the eye surgery, I didn't know how I would react to the surgery and that it would be such a quick recovery.. and you really DON'T want a hairdresser who can't see!!
I usually work 9-12 hours a day, 5 days a week. Having so much time off is not something I usually do, and especially not without travel or any plans. It has actually been a bit horrible to be honest! I like being busy and I love my job! It's a blessing to have a job that is actually also your passion and interest, so you don't really think of it as 'work'. Of course there are days where you're not as well rested, hungover, ill, fucked up, where it can be a long day, but I've found out that it's also what you make of it. If you show that you're grumpy, you get grumpy clients and co-workers.. and with just a little bit of effort, a day that could have been hell, can turn out really fun!
I have one other hairdresser and two teenage helpers in the salon. As manager it is my responsibility to make everything run smoothly and after schedule, so I have all these really cool functions I can do apart from just cutting and coloring my own clients. I can be 'mother hen' (especially with the two teens!), I can be the 'bad cop' (sometimes you just need to put your foot down!!), but I can also set the mood in the salon! With my extremely silly and bad sense off humor, it's so much fun to take a bad day and turn it into a good! I usually pick a lot on my dear assistant hairdresser, Carminda, she's half Sicilian (!), so a good way of turning her mood around is stuff like singing the godfather theme every time I pass her in the salon or tell her clients that if they don't like their haircut, they will find a horses head in their bed the next morning! That usually gets her going, and the fun and the energy start! We have a very non-P.C. tone in the salon and I love it! We get a lot of really young clients because we do crazy hair and we are located next to an alternative record shop and clothes shop (Sex Beat Records and Black no. 1, who also own the salon together!).. and I love to fuck with these teens! I still remember how it was in that age, it couldn't be underground enough, politically correct enough and so on.. Getting a kid like that in the chair and telling them your true passion is everything by Britney, and go on about how you love raw meat and fur should only come from baby seals that have been slowly clubbed to death (I hope all see the humor here!), is just SOOOO much fun!!.. and they end up loving you for it! Cos in the end, it's all about putting on a show.. and I know there are a lot of hairdressers out there who cut hair (almost.. heheh!) as well as I do! I just try to make people remember me.. So that they hopefully come back for another 'experience'!

Anyways.. Enough work! I had a pretty cozy day.. Went for a second eye check up, and everything looks fine. Then I drove with my parents to get a new coffee maker.. Cos with all the coffee being consumed after I joined the household again, the old one was getting tired!
It was beautiful weather so we drove up the north coast on the way home looking over at our nice Swedish neighbours. I just had my Ipod on 11 the whole trip, listening to Girl Talk 'Feed the Animals' that I downloaded last night (what a fun record!), L.O.C's 'Melankolia/XXX Couture' and a mix of random metal stuff: Alice in Chains, White Zombie, Tool and so on.. and I just daydreamed a bit, which is something I spend quite a fair amount of time on!
Tonight I'm cooking dinner for my parents (I'm such a good girl!) , so I better get off my ass and start preparing!

Congrats to Pilgrimz!

Last night my buddies in Pilgrimz won a 'Danish Metal Award' for best video! I love this track and the video is pretty cool too! They are an amazing and fun live band too, so go check 'em out if you have the chance!

Beauty Fiend!

Here is the amazing work that Louise 'Baby Lou' has done on my back! The first picture is my first tattoo done by a guy called Danny at a place that was called 'Tiki Louge', which is now closed (I wonder why!).. I just wanted a tattoo so badly and everyone said that Danny was really good. I later found out that Danny is only really good when he 'feels like it'! But I lived happily with it for a few years, I did have a lot of scarring on it because he had went too deep.
When I started Hairdresser On Fire I met Louise, who's parlour is just across the street from the salon. We decided to do a cover up of Danny's work, ironically Louise has actually trained Danny when he first started tattooing, so I think she feels very conscious about the bad work he has done here and there. I went to Louise with a few pointers, I wanted: Color, Humor, and something personal, preferably in a old school/new school style.. And a few weeks later Louise came back to me yelling 'Scissors, scissors!!'.. I thought she had gone insane for a bit, but really liked the idea! And we pretty much took it from there.. I have never seen a drawing or anything of the whole thing, I just trust Louise's taste completely! So far it has taken about a year and a half, with a 4 hour session each month, and there is still a lot of work to be done on it.. All the cover up parts need more color + the bottom part need to be lightened up.. and it kinda keeps growing! hahah.. And then there are all the other projects and ideas that keep coming up! Does it ever stop?!

.. and then he had to use both hands!

I would just like to share this little saying that one of my friends has come up with. I will let her remain nameless for her and mostly her poor husbands sake! (",)
Here it goes: Usually men walk around with their head under their arm, so they only have one place to put it when they have to use both hands, so no wonder it's only crap that comes out of their mouths!! heheheh..
And btw 'men' we still love you!

Music OCD!..

I have a very obsessive relationship to music.. I deliberately ruin songs for myself, because I get sooo obsessive that I can listen to the same track 100 times in a row without getting bored of it.. and then all of a sudden something else grabs my attention and another obsession starts!
Itunes is a very dangerous tool for me, because I just buy all these obsession songs, and it's so easy! If I get a song in my head and I don't have it on my Ipod, I HAVE to have it! When I get it, I listen to it over and over again until I've torn it completely apart.. It can also be a very small part of a song that I obsess about.. and I become the most annoying person to be around! If I'm listening to that song with friends or at a party I want everyone to see why this tiny little bridge part of the song is so amazing and I 'shhhh!' people! hahahah..
I also have a special relationship to lyrics, I always listen to the lyrics! And it can be the best music in the world, but if the lyrics are crap I don't like it! It usually takes me about 3-4 listens to know a lyric by heart.. and once I learn them, I never forget them! When I put on albums that I used to listen to in my teens I still know the lyrics! The annoying part of this is that I can't really turn it on and off, so if I hear pop stuff in the radio or on MTV (which is also why i try to avoid them!) I also learn the lyrics in a second.. the more catchy the song is the more quickly I know the lyrics to it!! This has often made me wonder.. If I compare my head to a computer, I am using a hell of a lot of harddisk space on saving crap stuff like Britneys greatest hits! So where is the button on me that can erase all the 'cookies'?!?!?
Anyways, I wanted to share a few songs that I'm obsessing about right now..

'Across 110th Street' by Bobby Womack -- Watched 'American Gangster' (great flick!) the other night and there it was.. I remember it from 'Jackie Brown' as well, but this time i had to have it!
It also made me buy 'Street life' by Randy Crawford, that I used to play on bass back in the day.. But what and awesome track, a great 'walking-around-town' track.. being gangsta! heheh..

'Land of Confusion' by Genesis -- I grew up with my parents listening to Genesis and Phil Collins, so it's always been kind of special to me, but I haven't heard it in ages! But I heard Disturbed's cover and wanted to hear the original version again, and it's really cool, and the quality of the recording compared to how old it is is amazing! It's almost as old as me.. heheh!

'Let's go' by Ministry -- The last sucker is an amazing album, and I love this track! I am soo making my dad an dreadlock Al Jourgensen wig for xmas! (",) I just feel like breaking something when I listen to this track!!

'The Artillery' by Pilgrimz -- Up and coming danish hardcore darlings.. When I first heard them I thought 'god, his vocals will get sooo annoying after a few listens!', but the opposite happened! They just got cooler.. I find myself waiting for the end of the song where he sings 'Send in a bit of my rock, send in a bit of my roll.. SEND IN A BIT OF MY METAL MOTHERFUCKER!'.. lurve that part!! When I hear vocals like that I wanna be a guy and be able to scream in the same way! I wanna be part of a 'stodder-kor' as we call it in danish!!

'Chemicals' by Scars on Broadway -- I find this song hilarious! Making a song that is so catchy that it could be a # 1 hit, with lyrics that are so explicit is just excellent! The lyrics is on the border of being 'Bad News'! It's such a good party and dancing song!

'#%!@ Mig Nu' by LOC -- Another Dane.. This time in danish as well! I just find his whole 'Melankolia/XXX Couture' album awesome! It's hip hop without all the 'I'm just soo cool and have loads of money' crap, but still with alot of feelings, inspired by the 7 deadly sins. The music is so good, a mix between conventional hip hop and trip hop... and apart from that I find the guy extremely sexy.. but that really has nothing to do with his music! hahah..

'Writer's Block' by Just Jack -- Yet another awesome album 'Overtones'! I think I've been through most of the tracks obsessively over the last 3-4 months, and 'Writer's Block' is my current fave! Love his British accent, and the way that it's hip hop a bit like The Streets, just more 'organic'.

'Handlebars' by Flobots -- It remind me of the stuff i listened to the the 90ies... and I love the way the lyric goes from innocent to world domination! I think it's time for some political music in the mainstream again!

'The Pot' by Tool -- I adore Tool, I already have masturbating frontrow date with a friend of mine for the next time they play in Copenhagen!! heheh!! I love the way that their albums seem like one big symphony that is meant to be heard from start to finish, but 'The Pot' is just too good a track not pick out!

Norman Rockwell Revisited..

My wonderful tattoo artist, Louise 'Baby Lou' Rimpler and I did this tribute to a classic Norman Rockwell painting called 'The Tattooist'.. It's gonna be the new flyers for her tattoo parlour, and since it's a girls place, we wanted to show that girls can be sailors too! (",)
We also did this very silly one.. heheh.. It was definetly my alter 'trucker' ego coming out! We did like 80 takes of it, and they were all good! As soon as she drew those tacky tattoos on me and I put on that outfit I was transformed!

When I grow up I want to marry..

My soon to be ex-husband always thought I would run off with a rock star, well, he's kinda right! It is a pretty close race between Vim Fuego and Den Dennis but I think I have to go with Den! I know Den is the quiet type, but I'm sure he is a tiger between the sheets! (",) I think the only problem in our relationship would be that I was no longer the one with the biggest hair!..
xoxo
Mrs Dennis

Beam me up scotty..

I had laser eye surgery this Tuesday.. I can already say that it's probably the best money I ever spend on ANYTHING! (Even shoes can't compete here!).. I have been wearing glasses or contacts since I was about 11 years old. I had roughly around -3 on each eye + a pretty complicated astigmatism.. To people who don't wear glasses I can explain it like I could only focus to about 20 cm from my nose! I had on many occasions when I've seen doctors gotten surgery recommended, but it's always really scary when it's your eyes, and I wasn't sure if the technology was developed enough to take the risk!..
Last autumn I finally made the decision to have it done, and started asking around to find the best place with the most experience. That place was unfortunately also the most expensive! But I decided that it wasn't a place where I wouldn't be petty about money..
After a trillion of checks and poking with strange things in my eyes, I finally had the surgery.. It was a pretty strange experience! Felt like I was in 'A clockwork orange' for 30 min, just without the Beethoven! hahah! You only get relaxing eye drops and aesthetics.. So you see, you feel, you smell, while they poke and nuke your eyes!.. when they were done it was hazy, but I could already see!! It's pretty fucking amazing!! My parents drove me home afterwards and nursed me.. I got a sleeping pill and went straight to sleep when I got home. Woke up about 2 hours after feeling like shit.. I can only compare it to 'tattoo fever', when you've been under the needle for to long and your body gives you this fever like reaction. My poor mom tried to help me and comfort me, and I went back to sleep again. 2 hours more sleep and I felt GREAT!! My vision has been pretty close to perfect since.. I had a control check yesterday and I now have +0.25 on each eye and the astigmatism is all gone!
So now I have to wear sunglasses outside for up to 3 months and drip my eyes with 'fake tears'.. It's good that I LURVE sunglasses and the 'Rockstar-Amy-Winehouse-hungover' look really suits me! heheh..
All I can say to anyone considering having this done is: DO IT!! It's such a gift to give yourself.. I know you don't think about it when you have a perfect vision, but waking up in the morning, opening your eyes and being able to see is GREAT!!

Sooo.. How does one get started on this!?

Well, I've been thinking about starting a blog for a while.. So much is happening in my life, and so many changes are coming, that I thought it would be a good idea to get a bit of it out somehow! I see blogs as open diaries.. So you do censor a bit, but you still have a chance to get the things 'out there'.. And I must admit that keeping a diary for myself has never been quite interesting enough for me! When I think back to my teens (Ugh!) I emailed with a lot of people and gave them the lowdown on what went on in my everyday life.. and I wrote these really cool concert reviews/diaries that everyone seemed to love! I recently found some of them when I cleaned up my old closet at my parents house.. What a laugh! It's fun to see your life through your teenage eyes again.. Everything was SOOO dramatic and SOOO complicated!! Compared to the things you deal with now, it's nothing!.. One of my favorite quotes has always been: 'When I was 15, my dad was so stupid! He has become so much smarter since!' heheh..

Is it normal to feel very full of yourself when you start writing a blog?! heheh.. 'Hey, look at me, I'm SOOO interesting that I have to write page up and down about myself and how cool I am!!'.. I hope it passes with time..