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Some nice (new) Gay DVD for a rainy summer day

The Naked Civil Servant
The life and times of Quentin Crisp, an outrageous and flamboyant homosexual, coming of age and growing into old age in conservative England.

Shelter

When his college dreams are sidelined by family obligations, a young man finds comfort in surfing with his best friend's brother.

Is It Just Me?
Frustrated by his ongoing failure to meet Mr. Right, Blaine stumbles upon what might be his perfect match in an online chat room-Xander...

KickOff
What happens when the hardest team in the Sunday Soccer league comes up against a gay team (pun intended) and finds they've finally met their match?

Il Compleanno
A group of friends rent a magnificent house by the sea to spend the summer together.

Le Fil
Malik has a lot on this place when he returns home to Tunisia after living in France. But all of Malik's problems seem to fade away when he falls for Bilal, the dreamy houseboy at his mother's bourgeois estate

Juste Une Question D'Amour 
After his gay cousin dies from hepatitis, young Laurent, who lives with his best friend Carole, falls in love with Cedric, a plant scientist. He's afraid to inform his conservative parents that he is gay. 

Is it better to RUN or not to RUN

Hmmm... I found this map of the air quality of Amsterdam Centre. (Green = OK,  purple = very Bad.) It turns out that on my runs (to the west part of Amsterdam) I have to cross some pretty nasty areas...
Maybe I just have to run faster?

Lill Lindfors - du är den ende...

Jag upptäckte Lill Lindfors och hennes album Du är den ende från 1967 med fina bossanovalåtar och samba. Hon sjunger fortfarande och sin sista album kom ut i 2009.

Marque Marcos?

OK - it is official, Eddie has counted them all and I reached a 100 pairs of sneakers... :-)
The latest ones I couldn't resist are Nike Air Classic BW all white.

Last supper @ El Bulli





The 49-course last supper menu in full:

1) Dry martini
2) Mojito-caipirinha
3) Mojito and apple baguette
4) Gin fizz
5) Spherical olives
6) Mimetic peanuts
7) Pistachip ravioli
8) Parmesan cheese porra
9) Parmesan cheese macaron
10) Gorgonzola balloon
11) Olive oil chip
12) Flower in nectar
13) Flowers paper
14) Tender almonds
15) Pa amb tomaquet
16) Golden egg
17) Clam meringue
18) Liquid croqueta
19) Smoked mousse
20) Squid and coconut ravioli
21) Soy cristal
22) Nori ravioli with lemon
23) Soy matches
24)Salmon niguiri
25) Boiled shrimp
26) Two cooking prawn
27) Roses with ham wonton and melon water
28) Ham and ginger canape
29) Cheese bread
30) Icy quinoa of duck fois-gras
31) Ajo blanco
32) Veal bone marrow with caviar
33) Pinenuts shabu-shabu
34) Liquid hazelnut porra
35) Curry chicken
36) Lobster ceviche
37) Oaxaca taco
38) Gazpacho and ajo blanco
39) Sea cucumber
40) Hare fritter
41) Game meat cappucino
42) Blackberry risotto with game & meat sauce
43) Hare loin with its own blood
44) Spice plat
45) 'Bones' of iced tea shavings with sugared mint
46) Raspberry infusion
47) Melba cornet
48) Fondue melba
49) Box

Pfft!...  and a couple of  Aka-seltzers...

Analogue Queen

OK - I know that Queen Beatrix doesn't like The Internet en social media, but it seems that on her holidays she is still using an old fashioned analogue photo camera... :-| ?

Hmmm...


An Englishman in New York - Revisited

Last night I saw a DVD which I had bought months ago, but didn't bother to watch - how wrong I was... It was "An Englishman in New York" starring John Hurt as Quintin Crisp. Quintin (born as Dennis) became world famous in 1975 when his autobiography as a nude male model The Naked Civil Servant was broadcast on British and U.S. television (with  John Hurt as Crisp). Quintin moved to New York and was the new Oscar Wilde, witty, sharp and honest. Preforming in one-man shows and on TV. Until he caused controversy and confusion in the homosexual community by jokingly calling AIDS "a fad" - after that he was despised. The movie shows the last 20 years or so of Crisp - He was already in his 70's when he moved to NY... A great performance from John Hurt and it made me want to see "The Naked Civil Servant" once again. O, and yes you guessed it right: Stings' song is about Crisp :-)

running while it's raining

These rainy days it's challenging to keep running - not just because my shoes are soaked (do Nike make Goretex running shoes?) but because of the hard winds - which are really not very nice... ;-(

The Stranger's Child - the new Hollinghurst

Alan Hollinghurst's elegant and erudite novel about the life and legacy of a gay war poet is his first after the brilliant The Line Of Beauty. Cannot wait for Amazon to deliver the book and start reading...

Hmmm...

The new issue of Coitus

The day Wesley got his bikers driving license


I don't know how he did it - but its for real: Wesley got his motorcycle driving license!. Time to celebrate and hand over the keys of my Z1000 for a quick spin round the block.

Italia Independent Eyewear

At the Amsterdam Fashion Week show of Dennis Diem.

Metronome - a great tour through the history of Paris

A really nice book about the history of Paris which let you see Paris through the "eyes" of the Metro Stations. Now also in an (French) illustrated version. It has all kinds of great walking routes, which let's you relive the past. I cannot wait to go back to Paris and wander around with this book.

Back home

I am back home and was happy to see that all the guys were (still) waiting for me...

Stockholms skärgård

Vädret var bra för en trevligt dag pÃ¥ havet i Stockholms SkärgÃ¥rd. Vi Ã¥kte boten till Sandhamn, den sista stoppet frÃ¥n skärlinjen.  Totalt fem timmar pÃ¥ vatten och en snabb lunch i Sandhamn - skitbra.

En dag i Uppsala som en turist

Här en fint foto frÃ¥n universitet i Uppsala. Idag Eddie och jag har tittat runt som turister och det var mycket trevligt. Uppsala är lite sÃ¥ det finns inte sÃ¥ mÃ¥nga highlights, men staden är väldigt gammal sÃ¥ det finns absolut intressante grejer. Botanist trägÃ¥rd och Linneas gÃ¥rd t.e.  

Eddie

Efter tvÃ¥ veckor här i Uppsala Eddie kom hit att fÃ¥ mig tillbaka till hem. Vi ska Ã¥ka till Stockholm kanske och kurs titta rund i Uppsala - jag har sett ingenting, bara skolan... 

exam

Idag hade jag min examen. Det var Svenska nivå B1 och... Jag gjorde det! Nu är jag verkligen någon som talar svenska (lite) Nästa: nivå C - flytande Svensk!