Kent... and the wonders of Facebook

The 9th of december i went to see Kent, my favorite swedish band, here in Copenhagen.

Kent has definitely a special place in my life. If i were to make a soundtrack of my lovely days in Stockholm, for sure it would feature a lot of their songs. Sometimes i listen to Socker, Pärlor or Sundance Kid, and it feels like time didnt pass, and im still hanging around at my apartment in Karlaplan.

Its the second time i see them and they have not let me down. The concert was really cool and the atmosphere was great -even when, as usual, i missed some of my good old favorites-.

I had not had the time to become familiar with the new album, but it was excellent to have the chance to listen to it live. I think they have 'evolved', they definitely dont sound like the Kent i knew some years ago, but i admire a band dares to develop :)

An interesting thing about this concert, is how i got the tickets.

It turns out that sometimes Facebook does more wonders than i thought. First of all, i got to hear about Kents concert for the first time, when it was too late, i.e. tickets were sold out.

Some weeks later, i joined a Facebook group for concert lovers in Copenhagen, where i found a guy selling 2 tickets to Kent for the 8th of december. Obviously i contacted him and agreed to buy the tickets immediately. But smart as i am, i forgot that we were hosting a julefrokost that night, so it was impossible to go to the concert.

But hey, apart from smart, im also lucky, cause through Facebook again, i managed to find someone interested in exchanging tickets for the 9th, so everything was under control.

The funny thing was that the guy selling me the tickets was in Linköping and the girl who wanted to exchange the tickets was in Stockholm. Of course in the end, everything worked out perfect and i got to see Kent on the 9th, just like i wanted.

Morale of the story: The word is a small place.

Myself in Danish

The unbelievable happened... I have finished my danish studies! I managed to go through all the levels without flunking, and im done after a record time of 8 months. Impressive eh?

Funnily enough i became sort of 'the nerd' of the class, you know, the person that knows the answers in class, that others call to ask about homework, grammar questions, yada yada... now that was very interesting cause i think i had never had that role in a classroom.. actually i hated that kind of people! But hey, obviously i was not as annoying as those know-it-alls in high school or university... i kept humble and cool :p

Anyways...

Do i speak fluent danish now? .... Thats a good question.

I think it depends on a couple of factors:

- The topic of the conversation
- The level of noise involved
- The amount of danes in the discussion
- The number of alcohol units consumed by the danes
- The number of alcohol units consumed by me

It is impossible to keep up with my danish at a party together with 5 native danish speakers. They will start mumbling, mixing a lot of slang, old references and jokes... and ill have a question mark for a face the rest of the evening. However, if i have a one on one conversation, like in a dinner for example with max 5 danes, i can follow what its being said and i can throw in some comments from time to time!

I have to admit though, that i have not been the best at practicing my danish. I feel so limited with my vocabulary that i have found it hard to switch language, especially with my lovely boyfriend.

The other day i was thinking how different a person can be in different languages. Im quite sure i am somewhat different in spanish, english and danish. Already with english i feel some kind of limitation that hinders me to be myself.. I cant say the same things, i cant play with the language in the same way, im not as quick to throw in sharp comments.. now go figure in danish! Isnt it a little sad that we lose a bit of our identity in other languages?

I know this is about time and practice, after all Rome was not built in one day -or 8 months for that matter-, but in the meantime im 'suffering' with the switch!

Its been a while..

And i think now its time to dust off this site, but first things first...

- Turns out that i got my bike back! Apparently those guys only had a bad stomach for 10 days and after that, they dumped my bike close to where they found it. Very sweet gesture.

- People continue taking their clothes off in Mexico, last time i was there in October, i saw a naked group of people demonstrating against the governor of Veracruz. Why naked? ... Well, why not?

- Werchter was AWESOME! :) Great music, many beers, nice weather, wonderful company... Im really looking forward to see the line up for 2008... :)

- Jonas and I managed to go to the Roskilde Festival as volunteers. We 'worked' backstage at a mexican food restaurant but of course we had time to hear some cool music and get reaaaaaally wet and muddy like the other 100,000 people. Apart from the line up, i also want to know the weather report for 2008!

- I have finally been to Jylland. We made a one week road-trip to Århus, Mariager, Randers, Skagen & Silkeborg.. I dunno if i agree that Skagen is the most beautiful place in Denmark, but it is definitely a nice place.

- In spite of the drama, the Crayfish Party this year was a blast!! Im quite sure a legend has been born!

- And yes, ive been to Mexico again to visit my family and friends, and to celebrate my birthay! Its so cool to go back there 'on holidays', i ate all the things i miss, i saw many of my friends, i went to my favorite restaurants, i did some shopping, i spent time with my parents, and i was glad i could come back to my life in Denmark.

Thats what i call a fast and effective summary of the last 6 months.