if i were to die tomorrow, i would want Bon Iver to play at my funeral
…just sayin’
Amen
Back to Amsterdam, picking up my buddy Michael
When Michael got off the train he found me asleep on a bench in the sun, waiting for his late train to arrive. It was magic from there on.
Michael was quite jet lagged, and needed a few days to recover, but as he said later, “as soon as I got on that bike and road around Amsterdam, I was good.” Maybe not a direct quote, but close enough. From there Michael and I went on a walking tour (the second time for me), visited the Anne Frank House, The Heineken Experience (tour of the old brewery), ate Dutch pancakes and took a lovely boat ride through the canals. All of these experiences were made special, because our bro-tastic chemistry was/is as potent as Francium in water…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjowQJMS-W4&NR=1
Wherever Michael and I went we met great people and had one-of-a-kind experiences. Our day trip to Haarlem was fantastic, as the beach was sunny, warm, and clean, and the food was de-lish! (not to mention our head-to-head air hockey match which will go down in history as an epic battle of…epic proportions!)
There will be more from us (But our names may have change from Drew and Michael to Hawk and Emily, respectively… thats what happens when you meet Norwegian people in Hungary. Crazy shit happens! haha)
Ciao for now!
Rome My week in Rome was so many different things, all of them incongruous. A lot of the moments and memories I take away from this other world I will piece together over the next month or so. I think I have learned a lot about the reality of my own life, and about the unreality of what I understood. Aside from all this confusing emotional crap, I ate A LOT of Italian food, visited what was my dads studio, spoke with his old students, wandered around the Colosseum and drank espresso. I think I finally understand what it means to be Italian. Rome is a magical place and I’m not exactly sure what it holds for me. In the mean time, I’ve met my family, and spent some quality time with my mom. Here are some assorted pics of my short stay in Rome!
Luigi taught us all that emotions are the only thing that change our DNA
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Spoken by Cesare
These words, uttered at a small meeting of my fathers old students, were much more poetic when said in Italian. None the less, these words were said, and maybe not fully understood. But they were clear in there purpose.
Saving Luigi Pellegrin’s work from being demolished was about more than architecture; it was about the lessons Luigi passed on to the people around him, lessons that transended the trade for which he practiced, creating a moral duty in those beings who understood. A duty to preserve the past.
The National at The Royal Albert Hall I always had high expectations for The National, and luckily I was not let down. Far from it actually. Something about there music gives me goosebumps, they just create so much energy on stage that you can’t help but feel it yourself. There were eight people onstage: Trumpet, sax, two guitars, bass, drums, uber-musician (he played three keyboards or violin) and Matt Berninger. Matt, in my opinion, exudes palpable emotion. Just amazing. So if you ever get the chance to see them, take it. There a one of a kind live experience.
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“Like electricity
Pouring through me”
Conductor - We Were Promised Jetpacks
Post-Eden Wisdom of a Teenage Boy: Part 4
“When you go to sleep, keep your window open. It’ll be easier for your soul to fly.”
-Adam and Eve
I am so unbelievably grateful.
I am so unbelievably grateful, for the selflessness of your words. I am so very exposed, so easily could you make me hurt….more. And I guess this is a testament to what was shared. Every thing in life is about growth. Everyone who’s life you are a part of, has something to exchange with you. But these exchanges, these gifts can be lost with sour endings.
So thank you.
Thank you
Thanks
See ya ‘round
Post-Eden Wisdom of a Teenage Boy: Part 3
“As our lives stutter and shiver, We can take ourselves to a far off place. Neither I nor you can control what we do not have power over, instead we accept the fact that we are not kings and queens. We give in each day. Surrender each day. We do not feel it but we know it. We wait for the moment when we look up and see darkness in all it’s light. The shooting stars take us away. The moon helps us dream. The sun helps us gleam. We will watch the sky forever, only dream what could have been. We’re stuck in Eden. We can’t help but dream.”
-Adam and Eve
Post-Eden Wisdom of a Teenage Boy: Part 2
“We’re dying slowly. It feels good to know that I have no power over it… I am only human as they say. Death will come and consume us. It feels weird to know that I won’t be here in a hundred year. I’ll be but a physical mass rotting. Maybe something happens after? Maybe after we’re physically dead, we’ll go through a revolution mentally and emotionally. Our body holds us back, physical needs galore. But I will wait for death and be happy of what I have accomplished, even if it may be useless in the eyes of others. We don’t live for them. We live for ourselves.”
-Adam and Eve
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