Tomorrow the Zimbabweans can wake up to a brand new bank note: The 100.000.000.000$ note.
Released tomorrow, this digit-heavy note is worth 1 USD currently.
Guess when you have a government that just prints new banknotes when they need money, inflation sky-rockets... WHO KNEW?
People in Zimbabwe actually bring duffel bags of money when they go shopping, and instead of counting it, the money gets weighed.
How bad is the inflation?
US: 1.1 %
Denmark: 3,8%
EU: 4,3% (average of 27 countries)
Zimbabwe: 2.200.000% (conservative estimate)

As a result, life expectancy has dropped from 57 years to 32 years.

Thanks to Radio Paradise for reminding me of this song

After I came home from Norway on the 6th, I spent one day cleaning and doing laundry before heading over to visit silent_death_ny and his mate Danni and spent a couple of days hanging out at their place. Hadn't seen them in like 2 years so it was a good chance to catch up a bit.
On the 10th, I picked up Jon (king_parliament) in Copenhagen, coming in from LA, and we took a train back to my place.
He stayed here for a week (just left this morning), and we had an awesome time :)
We didn't really go sightseeing much but we did catch an interesting exhibition with some of the greatest music video directors (Spike Jonze, Anton Corbijn, Chris Cunningham etc.) at the local museum of modern art, Aarhus International Jazz Festival, the botanical gardens, cathedral and few other places, plus we had many good meals downtown. I think Jon knows about Danish food now :P
We mostly just hung out at my place, talking, smoking pot, drinking and watching movies, but I hope he still enjoyed the visit.
tadcougar, who recently moved to Denmark, joined us for a few days which was a welcome addition, since I hadn't seen him since MFF.
He was even a sweetheart and drew some sketches for me :D
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Anyway, I'm kinda glad I've got a couple of days with nothing to do. I haven't really had any time to myself for the past 3 weeks, plus I've got some catching up to do.
Although after being around people for 3 weeks, I'm kinda starting to miss having a boyfriend again.

Now... Which of you bitches
wants to dance?

A fairly cheap and economic family car like the Peugeot 307 1.6 HDi (109 hp) will generate around $80.000 for the government, in it's average 16 year lifespan. And that's just taxes and fees!
On top of that comes the 20.000$ factory price of the car and all expenses that don't go to the state.
Over a 16 year period, the government will rake in $110 billion for the 2 million privately owned cars in Denmark.

I'm back home again, after 8 days in and around Bergen, Norway :)
My mom is from Bergen and her family still lives up there so we go up to visit them every once in a while.
A nice trip with lots of suntanning, bathing, fishing, sightseeing and a bit of shopping.
This time of year, the sun doesn't set until around 1 am in Bergen, because of its' northern location. My great cousin lives in Narvik, where the sun pretty much doesn't set all through June and July. But then again, December through February is completely dark - The sun never rises, and even in late Feb, it only stays up for 1-2 hours.
Took a lot of pics, so I'll let them speak since I'm too tired to write a lot:

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Poll #1211966 Showers
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

How long does it take for you to shower and get ready?

Just wondering how long you guys take to get ready.
And by that, I mean how long does it take from entering the bathroom to exiting, not just showering, but also shaving, putting on deodorant, make up, combing hair etc.

In a few hours, I'll be heading off for Bergen, Norway with the family.
It'll be nice with some vacation and it looks like the weather will be good too, which doesn't happen a lot up there. I mean the city gets 2250 mm rain every year!
Anyway, we'll probably spend most of the stay in my uncle's summerhouse off the Norwegian coast, so I'll probably spend most of my time enjoying the weather, fishing and speeding around the islands by boat :)

I'll be back around the 7th.

YouTube is the only place you can see highlights from a football game, up to 1 month before it takes place.

Other than that, hoooooly shit that was an intense game!
3 power losses and 5 goals, the last of which was scored 3 seconds before the 90th minute!
And Turkey got a free kick right in front of the German goal with 15 seconds left of the overtime.

About 2 weeks ago, some cockbag decided to swipe my headphones (BeyerDynamic DT 880), but luckily insurance covered it, so I went out and spent a little more and got a pair of Grado RS-1.
When you look at the specs, not much is different, except the Grados have a much lower impedance (32 ohm vs. 250 ohm) and a slightly narrower frequency response (12 - 30.000 vs 5 - 35.000), but they're also more "warm" sounding then the pretty neutral DT 880's.
The BeyerDynamics made music sound the way it's supposed to - The Grados makes music sound out of this world.
It's just amazing listening to songs you know well and discover new nuances and details you didn't notice before... All from a pair of headphones that look pretty unimposing, made by a fairly low-tech family company in Brooklyn. They don't have massive research budgets and staff like Sennheiser, Sony and AKG but they still manage to beat them
The only problem I found with them is they take a couple of days to get used to, since they're relatively small so they rest on your ears, not around them, but I've gotten used to it by now.

What an odd event Euro2008 is shaping up to be...
The 4 teams in the semifinals are Germany, Spain, Russia and Turkey.
Especially the last 2 teams have surprised me, because both are kinda outsiders when it comes to football.

I need to pay more attention to the concert calendars, because I've missed so many great concerts in my city, including exclusive concerts with Interpol, Peaches and Editors.
Breaks my heart..

Although I didn't really like their latest album, Coldplay's first single off of Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends, "Violet Hill" is an excellent song and this viral video accompanying is just a work of art!
I can't explain it, so just watch it!

With 54% of the votes in the referendum, the Irish voted no to the new Lisbon treaty.

One of the most important treaties in EU history, and the only country where the voters could vote... All eyes are fixed on Ireland, and they can't even be bothered to vote. Only 42% actually voted.
The treaty has already been green-lit in 18 out of the 27 EU countries, but by the governments.

And of course, it sort of undermines people's sense of democracy when they don't get to vote, but I believe this treaty to be too complex to ask the average European to understand.
Technically the treaty can be ratified without the Irish vote, but it could lead to complications and even more distrust to EU.

Background: A dead Norwegian woman testamented about 1.000.000$ to people, politicians, parties and organizations that fight immigration in Norway.
It has caused an uproar and sparked a heated debate about nationalism and racism in the country, especially since some of the money was to be sent to a neo-nazist convicted of the racist killing of a 15 year-old immigrant.
A committee will decide whether or not to give these people and organizations the money from the testament.


Question: Is it okay to overrule a legally innocent testament, by people outside or inside the family?

"We are at a very serious moment dealing with very serious issues and we are not focusing on the name you give to potatoes [...]"
-Nathalie Loisau, spokeswoman of the French embassy in the US

Said after French toast and French fries were renamed Freedom toast and Freedom fries by the House of Representatives in 2003, as a reaction to France and other countries' opposition of the invasion of Iraq.