Morse-country

Dad and I are jetting off to England tomorrow. We'll be in London over the weekend and then travel west to Cornwall to hike around in the picturesquity that is southern England for six days. Is gooood! 

After that we'll probably stay in Bath for a few days, which I haven't seen since I studied there back in 2003 (wow..). Walking around the streets I once plodded through daily again will be a mixture of weird and nice, I believe. 

That should do in my anglophile-itch for 2008!

Blogging will be non-existent. Promise to write a lot about it all when I get back, if anyone's interested!

Till then 

Lotsalove

M xx

havet og blæsten og duft af Kaprifol

completely, totally and utterly enjoying summer

imagine how it is possible from year to year to forget how blissful it is, only to be touched deeply once again

the smells, the light, the air the water, the strawberries, oh my the STRAWBERRIES

short but sweet dress wishlist

The first is from Forever 21, which we don't have here, so I'm hoping to maybe be lucky enough for it to still be in the stores when I'm in Canada in a few weeks - long shot though I think.

The second is Stella McCartney and so probably very expensive. Powder pink pretty though. And a nice mixture between ballet and gladiator.

Obsession

I have developed this fascination with chinese dragons - I find myself sketching them whenever I can. 

Chinese Dragon To the Chinese, the Imperial Dragon or Lung, is considered to be the primary of four benevolent spiritual animals, the other three being the phoenix, the unicorn and the tortoise. Having unrivaled wizdom and power the dragon symbolized the Emperors of China themselves, who were actually called dragons. Hsi, China's first emperor, was said to have a dragon's tail. Shen Nung, his successor was supposed to have been fathered by a dragon. The Chinese Emperor sat on a dragon throne, rode in a dragon boat and slept in a dragon bed. To distinguish the chinese imperial dragon from all other dragons, only the Imprial Dragon bore five claws.   Physiology   The Nine Entities (parts) of A Chinese Dragon  The dragons are said to be made up of many different types of animals of the Earth: Head: Camel Scales: Carp (fish) 117 scales total - 81 infused with yang, the good, and 36 infused with yin the bad. This evens out the dragons temper and personality. Horns: Giant Stag (deer) Eyes: hare (rabbit) Ears: Bull Neck: Snake Belly: Clam Paws: Tigers Claws: Eagle I find that knowing what inspired the body parts makes it easier to draw the beautiful beasts!

found at  http://www.draconian.com/dragons/chinese-dragon.php

Honey og Exit 08

Jeg har længe så gerne villet ned og se Exit 08 udstillingen på Gl. Strand, men har skudt det foran mig grundet eksamenslæsning og sådan. I dag viste der sig endnu et incitament til at få taget mig sammen.

Den skønne tjener fra Atlas Bar med hvepsetaljen, Honey Biba Beckerlee (NEJ et sejt navn, os!) der altid er så sød, er åbenbart en af de nyklækkede kunstnere. Desværre er hun den eneste ud af de interviewede på Kopenhagen.dk, hvis værk ikke er afbildet, men det er jo netop grunden til, at der nu ingen undskyldning er for ikke at få benene på nakken. Der var dog et billede af hende selv, det er det der er ovenfor.

Udstillingen slutter også 6. juli!

Det øverste billede er af Agnete Krog Vinklers værk. Agnete mødte jeg for et par måneder siden, og hun var lige så sød og finurlig, som hendes kunst antyder.

Afsted, afsted.

blue under blue

Jim Culleny

We were sitting on a bench under blue 
under the bush of a willow admiring her garden when
I saw an Indigo Bunting but didn't know it when I did.

Look, I said, 
a bluebird on the wall!

No, the fabulous near-turquoise of it,
its deep and tiny beyond-blueness makes it
an Indigo Bunting, she said, if it's
anything at all.

It hopped, mysterious as one of the angels some say exist
and took off fluttering more beautifully than
the idea of fluttering

fluttering for real

took off into wisteria
like the idea of flying 
(cubed at least).

Who thought that up, the flying? 
-not to mention the wisteria, 
I said. Truth is

that's what we were both feeling 
just then, seeing an Indigo Bunting 
so blue under blue under willow 
from our bench.

Quoted from 3 quarks daily dot com 

Mais oui, attack le mur

when I had watched this tantalizing clip from Betty Blue I had to see it all over again, the mood is so fantastic.

I'll have to find the film in its full length somehow 

*indforstået* - Er det mig, eller ligner Agyness Deyn en blanding af Amalie og Chaca?

... og det er ikke dårligt!

images via jezebel.com

Jacuzzi i stuen

This might only make sense to very selct few (i.e. the two of us) but my friend N and I developed this expression many years ago, for when you were looking really tired and droopy eyed, most likely hung-over, and with your hair loose making you look even more sad and washed out, but also quite amusing. Then you were 'jacuzzi in the living room' which will be a tad complicated to explain the exact reason for, but had to do with a tv-commercial where this afghan dog (At least that is what the race is called in Danish - you know the type with the long straight fur) said something about it being cool to have a jacuzzi in the living room .. hmm.. 

anywho: these pictures of Hair Hats by japanese artist Nagi Noda just gave this a whole new and more glamorous slash slightly creepy air  

images via jezebel.com

Thaats it - it's settled - I'm staying in

Can't believe it took me till now to finally decide 

And of course I haven't been anywhere near effective enough today, very much due to my trying to decide whether to go out or not - UUGGHH

Oh well, this cheered me up! 

.. and just you wait! 11 days from now I'll be unstoppable!! Mom, how many times do I have to sleep? Too many still, but it'll be well worth the hiatus.

Send Nôze a blow-kiss from me

and thank you very much for 'the feet!' Carlen

Is this a test?!

oh deary me, how unfair.

Nôze is playing at Rust tonight and I have to read like a hundred pages again tomorrow..

What in the world to do!

If you read this, please go and see them, then at least I will know someone else had the pleasure, and a review will be recieved with the greatest gratitude.

.. and who knows, maybe I'll succumb and be there myself after all ..