I am
...getting rained on in Tokyo.
...old enough to drink alcohol but not old enough to know when to stop.
...blogging since 02/22/03.



Friday, December 12, 2008

Another valuable life-lesson about living arrangements
When the post frequency goes to the gutters, it's not for the lack of stories.

The latest development is that my roomie is moving to Africa next year. After first suggesting that I rent the entire apartment from her, she decided that she'd rather evict me. Consequently I am a weird mix of pissed and relieved: Pissed because I put up with construction in my room for about three months and willingly payed some extra for the electricity bill. Relieved because this forces me out of my comfort zone laziness zone and move to Vesterbro where I had wanted to live in the first place.

You'd think that from now on I'd avoid any cohabitation that does not involve a chisled boytoy but, no, I have found a new place living with three strangers. However, none of the roomies owns the apartment, so chances are pretty low that they come up with fun home improvement projects taking place in my room. Add that to the lower rent (= more beer money) and you have a happy camper. If it only weren't for the packing of a gazillion of boxes... but it beats sleeping under a bridge by miles.


posted by Bunny at 11:23 PM



Saturday, September 13, 2008

Nesting
I'm cruising along just fine except for my imaginary dust lung due to living in a quasi-construction site of a room. My flatmate wanted to have an additional window added to my room and the chimney running through my room taken out. With the normal and abnormal delays of the work crews, this has been dragging on for 6 weeks, enough time to get a sore back from sleeping on my sofa and miss my belongings that are stashed away in heaps in corners while more and more dust settles on them.

I take comfort in two websites:
  • passive-agressive notes: After reading two or three posts, I'm reminded how petty and silly all this is and that I should let go of it (I've come a long way since living with Tupperware girl in uni).
  • Danish real estate search: Just because I'm no passive-aggressor anymore, it doesn't mean, I can't work on better living arrangements. Now I only need to hold out for a lottery win. It might help if I started playing it.


    posted by Bunny at 8:13 PM



  • Monday, July 07, 2008

    When boring is better
    After the Chemical Brothers concert on Saturday night, I walked to the food stalls but instead of picking up a goodnight burrito, a boy introduced himself as Mads and started making out with me. This was pleasant enough but I was tired and slightly unwashed, so when he was distracted by talking to one of his friends, I walked away. If his attention is not 100% on me, why bother? Also, this little poster put me off festival sex a bit:


    Unfortunately I didn't stick around long enough to find out whether it was for real or an art project but it sure saved me from some awkward morning-after conversations.


    posted by Bunny at 5:02 PM





    The festival is no fashion show
    Very skinny guy in very short shorts walks by.
    A: See that guy in the "I (heart) animals" T-shirt?
    B: Yeah?
    A: Good for him. Because humans are not an option for him.


    posted by Bunny at 4:29 PM



    Thursday, July 03, 2008

    Rock out
    The weather gods have unexpectedly graced the Roskilde festival goers with fantastically good weather that my yellow rubber boots that I bought specifically for this event have not been baptised yet. There are shirtless Scandinavian men all over the place, so I'm not complaining. It's my first time at a rock festival and I am not quite sure if I like the camping aspect but I'll get to see Radiohead tonight. Also, we got smuggled into the campsite in the back of a van like illegal immigrants to get a good camping spot. This week should make up for not going on a big summer vacation.


    posted by Bunny at 4:07 PM



    Sunday, May 25, 2008

    Season ticket holder
    I went to Tivoli for the first time. I danced Lindy Hop with a live big band playing and afterwards went on the Golden Tower, the scariest ride of the park. It's a magical fairytale land.


    posted by Bunny at 11:40 PM



    Sunday, May 18, 2008

    Demons exorcised
    He only wants to be friends. All it took to find out was asking. I should have done this months ago. Next on the to do list: taking out the trash and doing my tax return.


    posted by Bunny at 11:20 PM



    Tuesday, April 22, 2008

    An attempt at exorcism
    Skype, late at night.
    Me: The friendly ghost wrote that he "has this funny spring feeling" in his facebook update. I'm not sure if I should interpret anything into that.
    Friend from way back and agony aunt du jour: People that write stuff like that want to be interpreted. It means that you should seize the opportunity.
    Me: No, it only means that he writes gibberish on his facebook page. Maybe he caught a sunburn in the spring sun that itches.
    FFWBAAADJ: Then scratch him!
    Me: No, no, no! I'm sick of having to throw myself at men in order for them to notice me. If sheep had free will and decided to throw themselves at men, they wouldn't get kicked out of bed. That's because it would be more trouble for the men to reject their advances than to listen to them baaing. What I want is for men to follow me around like lovesick puppies and to hang upon my every word. They are supposed to be awed by my amazing personality.
    FFWBAAADJ: True dat.
    Me: And then I would ignore them because anyone, that takes such an unhealthy interest in me, creeps me out.


    posted by Bunny at 10:57 PM



    Sunday, April 20, 2008

    He's just not that into me
    My life was sailing along calmly when my twisted subconscious decided to spice up the general pleasantness. You would think that liking my job and having interesting hobbies would be sufficient for a fulfilled life but then I found myself pining away for a Dane who shares his name with a certain friendly ghost (or, as my brother helpfully pointed out, the rapist from Kids). He has great hair and dances swing but sends out more mixed signals than a supercomputer can analyze in a month. The mature thing would be asking him directly how he feels about me but my masochistic side will drag this out for much longer. I secretly enjoy unrequited love... it's preferable to open rejection.


    posted by Bunny at 9:29 PM



    Sunday, February 24, 2008

    Five candles
    I just realized that it's been more than five years since I first started my blog. Back then I mainly wrote to pass time until the sun came up because a viewing of The Ring had left me unable to go to sleep before sunrise (and even then I closed my laptop just in case some raven-haired dead girl was using the screen as a gateway to my dorm room).

    I have finally gotten over the silly horror movie (and the near-extinction of VHS has helped, too) but still maintain the blog, even though the post frequency has gone down. The old adage holds true, no news are good news. My new year resolutions consist of "Drink more water" and "Sleep more". I have definitely become a happier person and who would have known 5 years ago that Copenhagen would be the place to be that person? Thanks to all who are still reading. Stay tuned, I might have an accidental spooning story in work.


    posted by Bunny at 12:45 PM



    Monday, February 04, 2008

    Death by shopping
    I decided against Japan. It's just bad timing at the moment (especially as I won't have saved up enough holidays until April) and the money can also be spent in Europe as demonstrated by last weekend's trip to Berlin.

    During my shopping frenzy, I managed to stab myself in the neck with a turtleneck sweater (or rather the giant price tag inside of it). This confirms again that I can turn anything into a weapon of self-destruction (among others: parked cars, beds and cans of beans). In the end I did not buy it (neck wound + turtleneck = blood infection waiting to happen) but I still took home tons of stuff and the warm afterglow of the company of friends (sorta like sunburn, just more pleasant).


    posted by Bunny at 10:12 PM



    Thursday, January 24, 2008

    It's just too much work
    After barely two month into my new job I feel the need to plan my next vacation. I normally don't do vacations. (I mean vacations in the sense of picking a location, booking a hotel and getting lost on the way to the sights. Vacations in the sense of lying on the sofa for a week watching all seven seasons of West Wings are fine.) I just cannot be bothered to put all the work into organizing a big trip ("What, I have to do research to find the cheapest flight?! Accommodation? There must be some park benches somewhere").

    However, I have always wanted to go to Japan and a friend is going there for 3 weeks in April, so I could just piggyback on her travel plans. No work but all the fun, you'd think it'd be perfect, right? Wrong. Turns out the trip would probably cost what I normally pay for rent in 5 months. While I could afford it, I should probably use so much money for a trip where I really do all the stuff I really want*. Alternatively, I could buy a nicer sofa...and a PS3... and a surround sound system... and use the rest of the money for a beach trip to Spain. Decision needs to be made end of this week. What should I do?

    *Like playing Dance Dance Revolution on those giant arcade machines and sitting in an Onsen until dissolve I into silly strings. Or eating wasabi ice cream until I puke.


    posted by Bunny at 7:45 AM



    Saturday, January 12, 2008

    Heart doctor (continued)
    For those who are still wondering about the Brazilian prostitute story my friend S used to get me over this guy is a total jerk (but cute), here's the whole conversation:

    Me: Now tell me, how do I get over my crush the most efficient way?
    S: Most efficient way: tell yourself its NOTHING but a crush, focus on his bad bits. Lots of firm talking to yourself that starts with "oh for gods sake" seems to help. When you first met him, he checked out all the other girls instead of you and he was rude about the people he was checking out based on how attractive they were. Sneered at people because they were drunk ... at a beer party
    Me: Thanks, it's getting much better now. You're like a 5 min cure… Still, he's so pretty.
    S: Pretty is good for sex... and for pictures... and for sunsets... but not for crushes.
    Me: I hope you're not suggesting doing sex and pics at the same time?
    S: Ha ha ha… at sunset.
    Me: You know, what threw me off was really how sweet he was when we were hanging out. Otherwise I wouldn't have the crush in the first place.
    S: But has he called, has he texted, has he emailed?
    Me: No, of course not.
    S: In which case the sweetness was just for him. OK final getting over crush thing (and this is mean)...
    Me: Hit me.
    S: Did you know you can go to Brazil and "hire a girlfriend" for the journey
    Me: ...
    S: ... who is basically a prostitute who meets you for the first time at the airport and pretends to be your girlfriend until you leave.
    Me: I get the point.
    S: Well ... just a recognition that boys can do holiday romance because they also like the feeling... and then they can be totally over it when they go home.

    And that's how comparing me to a hooker cured me from my crush.


    posted by Bunny at 12:25 PM



    Monday, January 07, 2008

    Heart doctor
    My former flatmate S has cured me of my crush in 10 minutes by telling me a story about Brazilian prostitutes. It's a special gift. I hope she uses it only for good.


    posted by Bunny at 1:13 AM



    Sunday, January 06, 2008

    Trying out a healthy diet
    We're less than a week into the new year and I am already washing down my vitamin supplements with beer. If this is an indication of how this year is going to be, I might be lucky to survive it with my organs intact. This might just get interesting.


    posted by Bunny at 6:22 PM



    Friday, January 04, 2008

    The first week of the new year
    Ladies and gentlemen, I have developed a crush on the random guy I took home at New Year's Eve when we hung out for another day afterwards. Welcome to the top 5 stupid things you can do (coming right after running with scissors and sticking a fork into a socket). He lives in a different country and is way too pretty to be actually nice but it's hard to pick your infatuations.

    Starting 2008 as a Facebook stalker is a bad sign. Can someone please slap me sensible or introduce me to some eligible guy living in Denmark? Thank you.


    posted by Bunny at 8:25 PM



    Tuesday, January 01, 2008

    Happy new year!
    The first day of the year and I have already eaten a Big Mac and made out with a random (but very cute) guy. And that is why I have given up on resolutions long time ago.


    posted by Bunny at 4:49 PM


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