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In summer 2023, I went overseas for the first time to LARP as a European for about two months. Have
some nice little images below.
I had the misfortune of flying through NYC, so here's St. Patrick's Cathedral. The city isn't worthy of
it. I could hear the organ playing inside.
I spent over a month in Oslo, terrorizing Norwegians by prompting conversations with strangers. Learned
how to call somebody a slut in norsk, picked wild berries, and went to nice cafes where I tried and failed to
speak the language. Everything was just unreasonably beautiful. You're practically drunk off the idea of
having no accountability as a stranger.
Vigelandsparken, like this bizarre monument to the quintessential Norwegian archetype? Not a clue. Scores
of stone women and children and men embracing and doing any number of things. Europeans are too comfortable
with their nudity, I think they should try being more ashamed of themselves whenever possible.
He looks so comfortable in life.
These are plastered everywhere: Putin with a bullethole in the forehead. Reminds me, my family was
terrified of my being "so close to Russia". Beautiful.
At Nasjonalmuseet, there's an exhibit on the average home of the 1970's. I'm a fan of escapism.The
modern world doesn't have enough red and orange.
Irresponsible spending but 30 kroner is 3 USD... CDs are better than vinyls, anyhow. I'm a Walkman away
from being outright delusional.
Edvard Munch - "The Voice"
In Telemark, I sprang down this mountain like a deer. There were no reminders of what I hate about the
world out there. It may be impossible to be unhappy when everything is covered in moss. I grinned like an
idiot to myself while it rained on me.
I met my friends at the top of this mountain, you wouldn't have known there was a wooden cafe at the top.
That must be what purgatory is like. I look forward to ascending those steps again to meet up with the people
that make me happy.
I ate lapskaus in a little cabin here in my purgatory.
The train to Bergen from Oslo. I spent the seven hours with my nose against the glass in the cafe car.
There was a friendly man sitting in the booth across from me. We saw the waterfall near Voss - it was
cartoonishly blue cascades of water.
He took awful pictures of me on the boat down the Hardangerfjord. I helped a bee off the boat before we
left, I was worried he would be separated from his hive. Jeg håper han hadde et godt liv.
We climbed that rock there, I'm not sure what we talked about but I think it meant
something.
Everything between there and then was abysmal. I wish I could've been depressed in an autumn Paris, if I
had to be there at all. Rodin is a masterful sculpturist.
It's strange being an American in a land with so much concrete history back to the Roman period. The Musee
Cluny was lovely.
I returned to the States confused and tired. I slept on the floor at LaGuardia, but it's silly to complain
about the inconveniences of a luxury like a trip like this one. :)
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