I bought my black classic havaianas when I was in Brazil in 2008. I remember it felt wrong to pay almost 5€ for a pair of flip flops when I knew I could get a pair for one fifth of that, but I really liked how simple they were and everything else seemed to either have colourful glitter on it or look like bad havaiana copies.

So I bought the original ones. And then I walked. Through Brazil. Through Bolivia and all the way to Lima in Peru. And when I was working at the World Expo in Spain some months later I had to mark the soles with nail polish because a girl I was living with had a pair looking almost the same.. Later I wore them in the South of China where it wasn’t too cold. And they officially survived all of 2008.

The next year they went with me for a month around the Balkans and in 2010 I walked Israel and Palestine.. damn, they even survived dusty and hot India.

2011 was easy. Citybrowsing and beach hangout in Barcelona followed by being only the “going to the shower” footwear here in Copenhagen. And still, they look just as they did the day I bought them, you really can’t see how much they have had to endure except for some sand in between the letters in the logo, and some nailpolish on the soles.

Now it’s 2012 with some serious adventure walking coming up, the havaianas are a mandatory part of my luggage – and I can’t believe I ever hesitated.

Twitter tells me there’s an ongoing el Clásico game and I am thrown into nostalgia and memories of how I used to open my balcony to enjoy the echoing sound of people cheering all over the city. We were there when Barcelona won the Champions League, actually I just took this picture from Daneffs phone when she was here this weekend.

It feels like that moment and my life in Barcelona was years ago. I have so many of these small and big moments that are worth remembering many times over. I see them as reasons to be happy and reminding myself that complaining never is an option.

I have so many random mobile photos from Barcelona that they deserve their own blogpost. Soon. If you want to.

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I love the Internet. Damn, I’m completely addicted to it. I use it to stay in touch with friends and relatives, to double-check information and “Gaah.. what was the name of that dogdragon in the NeverEnding Story movies?”, to stay updated with current events and international affairs, to find new music, gadgets and people – and to procrastinate. Internet has been a huge part of my life since I first got a computer in the late 90′s and waited for my dial-up modem to connect so that I could let Lissa teach me the basics of HTML and understand the lyrics of my favourite songs.

I built my first homepage when I was 12. It was about poodles, it had little blue dogpaws floating around and there was a song playing in the background. It might be incredibly annoying, but illegal?

The internet as we know it is changing, and many of the things we take for granted today might suddenly disappear if the new PIPA and SOPA bills are passed in the US. The legislation endangers not only our freedom of expression, but also our online security and general prosperity. Information is for educating and sharing, restricting that is just insanely contra productive for all sorts of positive and necessary development.

A clip by Fight For the Future explains what PIPA will do if it is passed on the 24th of January. Since then, the bill has been adjusted and the implications will be even worse than said in the beginning – please watch to the end, and please share.

Learn more & act now:
http://sopastrike.com/
http://americancensorship.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Learn_more
https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/sopa-pipa/

- Guapiii, I have cooked for us with my magic wand!
- Oh no, I don’t have time – I’m going to Africa!

Evenings – Friend [Lover]
Night Dorm (2010)

Barcelona was love, creativity and inspiration.

My Venezuelan Guapi Daneff is here!! I’m so happy!

ADDED, 20:57 – Lovely Den Skyped us – reunions, so much fun.

Finalizing a guide with social media strategies and nerdy recommendations for the office while listening to previously undiscovered tracks. My conclusion is that dubstep and in-ear headphones is a good combination for my workflow, it keeps me bumpy and concentrated even though I was supposed to get out of here hours ago. Good fun.

Here’s some tunes that have been blocking out my surroundings today:

My friend Chriz in introduced me to cool and snappy Azealia Banks when i was in Wawa.

Azealia Banks – 212 (feat. Lazy Jay)
(2011)

Yesterday I discovered the absolutely brilliant TOKiMONSTA.

TOKiMONSTA – Little Pleasures
Creature Dreams EP (2011)

And right now I’m listening to some Dubstep I just found on Youtube to keep myself bumping.

Arkist – Rendezvouz
Rendezvous/Fill Your Coffee Vinyl (2011)

I know, a lot of music lately – sorry about that. I need to get a good stock of new sounds for my upcoming flights, busrides and a life without access to good internet connection. Also, I have noticed that I almost only post electronic music on the blog – that is because it’s what I’m listening to while in front of the computer. At home, there’s tons of jazz, neosoul and indie music playing, and on occasion, I indulge in dark post rock, cheesy cuban salsa and depressing portuguese fado. There, I said it.

Here’s an old Vetusta Morla song I have been killing lately. It’s none of the above, but awesome.

Porque ser valiente no es sólo cuestión de suerte.

Vetusta Morla – Valiente
Un día en el mundo (2008)

Walk off the earth – Somebody That I Used to Know (cover)
(2011)

Acoustic, pure and genius.

A morning Whatsapp from Den is tons better than any alarm clock. She’s going to sleep now, and I’m soon off to work. Have a beautiful day – dance!

Found Chopin playing a spaced out piano on a wall in Warsaw.

Also, I found a new tune by Time Wharp, which is the first single from his upcoming BLK EP. The record twinkles all the way through and the R&B sample is both soothing and bouncy. Later it all melts together into a cosmic maze of sitar solos and constant pitchshifts and impressions, fading out into nothingness in a way that leaves me craving for more.

Listen for yourself & download this single for free. You can enjoy previously released awesomeness at Time Wharp’s website until BLK will be released via Brooklyn based Astro Nautico on the 23rd of January. Something to look forward to? Yes, yes, yes. And do keep an eye on that label if you like dreamy-electronic music and experimental beats.

Nighty.

Toulouse-Lautrec exhibition in Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen.

We were supposed to watch a movie..

We went to my attic and found Jim Henson’s The Labirynth from 1986

And laughed hard when David Bowie did his magic moves. (at 0:55)

Then we continued with Luis Buñuel’s Un Chien Andalou from 1929

And ended up with Alexander Jodorowsky’s Santa Sangre from 1989

We were apparently in the mood for surreal weirdness, which turned out tons better than sitting somewhere in a pub – we didn’t even notice how late it got.

Good night.

Oh yes, the lovely Norwegian colleague has baked again. I can’t get enough of these fridays.

Here’s a photo-bomb of my stay in Poland.

The 11 days started off with christmas in Wroclaw with grandparents and family. After a few days I took a train to hang out in Torun with my dad and another packed trainride later I arrived in Warszawa, where I danced with very dear friends and celebrated a sparkling New Year’s Eve.

In Wawa, on the 30th of December, after a very Polish dinner prepared by my friend and very intense dancing in a club – we all decided to check in at the Intercontinental Hotel instead of going back to my friends’ place. We got a great deal and we could eat, have breakfast and spend hours at the pool.. also, we were just a hop away from the “Forever young into 2012″ New Year’s Eve party which was held at the top floor of the Marriott Hotel that we could see from our window. So very much worth it, a relaxing vacation in your own city is a lovely and random way of spending the last and the first days of the year.

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