Notebook Doodles


Or, at least, says so the Modernist (with a capital "M"), with all these Henrik Ibsens and Ingmar Bergmans and Kierkegaards hammering over your head every DIS class. Seriously, the Danes here love "modernism," it's as if it just happened yesterday and they can't wait to tell you all about it. At least my teachers do:





So I forgot to upload my other teachers, but Prof. Warmind is my nordic myth teacher (and also the coolest professor name I've ever heard), and actually IS a viking and wears the same sweater-vest every single day for lecture. Brian, my kierkegaard teacher, often talks about his head exploding from thought.





DIS is actually a whole lot like high school, with the same smallish group of students going to the same classes, going on the same trips, and all having their seperate places. It's a lot of fun, but it was really refreshing last night going to a bar not ravaged by american college students (but instead hipster danes! as we affectionately called them). It was an "open jam session" night, which included a woman chanting and yodeling in indian and doing crazy polyrhythms on an ancient drum (which was actually really amazing), a sex pistols cover band of fourteen year olds (they won't be able to... scream?sing?screech?... like that in about a year or so), and a very angry danish rap duo (which was actually really terrible). we decided it might be better to visit again, when it's not a tuesday night.





Photos to come soon! And I will have my dad's digital camera for spring break and afterwards, so just kinda expect for more photos then as developing here is so freaking expensive (as is everything here). Also, I haven't shaved since I've been here and am thinking of trying to develop as much of a full beard as I can for mighty Russia, what do you think? I just want to sit in an opera house in St. Petersburg stroking my beard and patting my vodka-filled flask. What could be better?

Advance Apology


So yes I said I would keep this kinda updated and yes I said I would keep this updated less with words than with pictures, but hey, when your internet at your dorm's slower than 56k you really can't do much other than be sittin' pretty. So instead I give you this photo I randomly stumbled upon and also a promise that I'll update again before the weekend's over, with all sorts of curios. And yes, Copenhagen has quite a nightlife. If you couldn't tell.

Copenhagen, Denmark


I am still in possession of this snazzy scanner thanks to a certain friend (or friends) so here I will try to post as many drawings and photos as I can!

Denmark is crazy. And pretty amazing. I'm not going to go into much detail here as I could probably never stop, suffice it to say that I shall try to attempt instead to blog here through drawings and photos (if i can find a cheap developing place), and will be emailing y'all pretty soon. Hope all is well in Baton Rouge/Evanston/India etc. etc. and drop me comment below if you want an email. Hej Hej

The Fantastic Facebook





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These drawings will, hopefully, be published in The Passenger's upcoming first ish, illustrating Ryan's facebook article. These were kinda due before Thanksgiving, so much kudos and thanks to Felipe's forgiving and tireless patience. I really struggled with this, not liking the idea at all, but two months worth of agonizing anxiety and thought made me more comfortable with it-- and I think it turned out kinda nice. It was a little surprising to see (but then again, completely not suprising at all) that my go at a comic book shows my unabashed love for the lumpy detail of Don Rosa's duck comics.

Interesting fact of the day: Today my dad showed me the trophy that Broken Lizard's The Dukes of Hazzard will use for the big huzzah race at the end. He's gotta engrave "the 70th annual Hazzard Cup -- 1st Place" on it or something; this whole city has gotten crazy over this movie being filmed here and naturally my parents have gotten swept into it. Jessica Simpson's wardrobe designer bought one of my mom's designed necklaces too, so who knows? Hannon Jewelers might be making its first foray into the motion pictures! And apparently Jessica Simpson is a mighty bitch, but I don't think anybody was too shocked by that. And I swear I saw Herbie the Lovebug driving in my friend's neighborhood (white bug complete with blue and red vertical racing stripe and giant number 53)... Baton Rouge gets stranger every day...

Nothing to see here, just testing a few things, nothing to see...