Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Okay i know this is supposed to be the berlin update, but there was a little mid-week action i should address. I had an invite to the premiere of the new atom egoyan flick. It was at Urania Szinhaz so therefore formal. So, got hussied up in the monkey suit....

And went over to jonathan's to pick up my partner in crime for the evening. (and a few hours away from baby duty for him!)

I don't even wanna know what value the bling had that we were sporting that night.

Brandon feeling a little nervous with his borrowed bling.

So, we downed all the free champagne we could get our hands on...

Sat ourselves down....

And, um, well, i don't wanna say fall asleep, but i'm sorry this film was pretty shite. (okay maybe just a little catnap) Like a (very) poor man's Mulhulland Drive, where everything is wrapped up and explained to you at the end. Even Colin Firth being in the audience was not enough to save it.

Friday, November 18, 2005

On friday i had my semi-annual jaunt up to berlin to see how all the kids are doin these days....

I hung out at first with Ferdi's ladyfriend, mia. She was a sweet hostess and offered all the gluwein we could handle.

From there, however, i actually spent most of the weekend on my own. Sometimes that's how things go down. Ferdi's crew was staying in on friday, so i hit the streets on my own...

After stopping by (and failing to take a picture at) Maria's persona records gig, i wandered the Xberg streets over to the karerra club party at privat club, which is always a good time. On the way i spotted this lonely football pitch and even lonlier looking goal. It was very surreal and spooky at this time of the evening.

Ja, karerra club, ja.

When i wasn't dancing, i spent a lot of time experimenting with low light level shots...

Shadows and red...

Hallo mr dj!

Okay so i managed not be TOTALLY alone for the whole weekend. Did hang out with some friendly people...

And eventually made our way over to some after hours punk bar in da Kreuzberg with fussball and live dj. It made for good 8am fun.

The view out the window...

By the time i took this photo it was closing in on 10am.... Uh, huh, it was a little past my bedtime.

Saturday, November 19, 2005

I awoke that evening to find Ferdi plus housemate hitting the xbox

And then took a "holy shit it's 7pm and i just woke up" photo

Ferdi's crew came over a bit later... here Ferdi and dennis are about to show me how not gay they are...

Ne ne ne we are so not this much gay, nein

And then doreen dropped by and we managed to have a 20 minute chat before she had to move on...was good to see you doreen!

Doreen's snapshot of a still tired looking me.

At this point ferdi's crew had consumed half their body weight in vodka and were in not much position to hit the streets. So...

Once again i headed out on my own. It's actually kind of cathartic to walk some semi-unfamiliar streets late at night. Good to just let the snowflakes fall on the face and dream little dreams.

I love the simplicity of the Hallesches Tor metro stop

I tried to sneak a shot of the making out goth couple from behind the old gumi frucht machine

I actually ended up just wandering the streets that night. I knew where some parties were, but wasn't so in the mood. However i had a lot of fun just looking at people, buildings, and snow.

Das war berlin.

Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Wednesday was bio shopping with Petra day. Not too eventful but enjoyful.

Hooray for tofu burgers!

Can you find me?

Ja, est ist alles...