Adventure Trips, Routines and Future Plans

So I just got back from my first short study tour to Aarhus, and it was pretty amazing.  Never really thought school-affiliated activities could be so fun, but I guess Europe takes it to a whole new level.  We started the tour off by taking an early, long bus ride to the small town of Odense, where we followed in the steps of H.C. Anderson and did a bunch of touristy stuff until we were released to our own devices and eat lunch.

Odense itself wasn't particularly interesting to be honest, just another typical tiny Danish town.  There was, however, an interesting media outlet based there, which kindly donated their time and facilities to DIS for us to have a fun day learning how to produce our own news cast! Personally, I was the Director of the show, so I was the one responsible, along with my friend Bryant, to basically just talk to the news anchors, and the camera operators, making sure the show is shot correctly and putting the correct text on the screens, etc. Basically I just (attempted to) push buttons behind a one way mirror, which eventually came down to the representative director from the company grabbing my hands and making it inescapably clear as to which buttons I was to press at the exact right time.  Eventually I caught on to the mechanization of the operation and was able to press my buttons in peace as the Representative Director was pleased with my performance (for the most part) as director...whether my peers and I did a good job or not, I'll leave that judgement to you...give me a guitar, a mic and a stage, and I'm good to go, but put me in front of a camera(still or film) and I never quite know what to do...which is why most of my profile pictures look like this:

Regardless, I didn't have to confuse anyone by being on camera this time around.  Anyways, I'll let you be the judge, as the wonders of the internet can bring this personal video production (or direction, however you want to see it) to your very eyes!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04lb_IaV_AE&list=UUD4h237DhhBR2QVQVFZS7Zg&index=2&feature=plcp

Hopefully it's become apparent that I am truly having a blast here, despite my late night shenanigans and early morning hangovers brought into my classes...professors don't seem to mind that very much as long as you get the work done. If anything they seem more interested in where you went and what you did, rather than judging your actions, and instead being genuinely interested in how you are now and where you've been.  It's all about story, and that's really what I'm all about, whether its in blog posts or songwriting, storytelling is all that's in my blood and it's refreshing to have instructors who are genuinely interested in my own stories, sordid or not.

More stories like this will soon come, but for now, I must rest and gather myself together so that I can keep telling these stories effectively and interestingly.  Hope you enjoy how I tell them, and what I say. That's pretty much my only goal.

Unfortunate Fortunes Made by Forging Forward

So it's been an eventful past few days, as many of you might well know...I was put in a hospital for a random medical mishap (nothing serious, and I'm fine now) but that was most certainly an experience of sorts.  They definitely were the biggest group of helpful, attractive and good food-serving individuals in the health-care field I have ever met, and both my homosexual friend and myself were satisfied with both sides of the field being represented, in every sense of the word.

Some back story, I had a couple rando seizures in front of my new friends this week, who calmly took care of me and took the necessary precautions in sending me to the hospital in an ambulance, where I promptly figured out that I probably do have a residence Visa, as my version of a social security number was used profusely as I was constantly prodded and poked by various needles and sensors of life in me.  Thankfully they all proved what I felt inside; that I was fine, and that there really was nothing to worry about in the end.  Father Phil definitely helped me out on that front as I, once again, found myself laying in a hospital bed.  This time, however, I was surrounded by free healthcare, GOOD food (seems impossible, I know) and as always, good friends. Somehow they seem to follow me wherever I go.

That little hiccup aside, I was back on my feet the next couple of days, exploring castles and trudging through the snow and below freezing temperatures of the frozen north.  It seemed a little draining, but my search for the perfect picture and my scraped tongue kept me awake and alert in dimly lit cafes and led me all the way back to the bus, which carried me home in a sleep filled with electric dreams of Coldplay and the Doves.  Good roadtrip music, especially in the snow-flurried expanses of northern Europe.

Tomorrow I look forward to my first actual scheduled appointment at the Hospital, which my good friend Nick is joining me in, if all things go well.  He has been quite the rockstar throughout this rough time in which he has known little of my past and current situation, both medically and in general.

All that aside, I must say I haven't had a bad meal my entire time here, as evidenced by the last picture shown above.  If only to supplement my enjoyment while I am here I am thinking of investing in a small, cheap travel guitar that I can easily get around with while here...that and maybe a bike at some point, but probably only once it gets consistently above freezing and what not.

Other side fact, that was quite interesting, I went to a club this weekend after my castling about, and was approached by who I will assume was a very forward Danish woman, who decided to start grabbing onto my scarf and dancing up against me quite vigorously. It was fantastic, although I was carrying a very large and bulky winter coat in one hand and was not able to fully participate in the exchange of dance moves.  Suffice it to say, my ego was boosted, but only to the point where she decided to walk off after about 30 seconds due to my uber lame dance moves.  Either way, I thought it was cool, and a a definite ego boost, to be sure.  Anyways, I should be off soon to get up early, but I hope the world has not ended any further at home, as life is too fun and interesting here to end anytime soon.  Stay frosty my friends.