Gene and i go to Oslo, Jan 12-14, 2007

(note, a few of the pics from vicki's cam)

arrival: snow! first that i had seen this winter. scary that i had to go to motherfucking norway to see it



the oslo airport was cool in a not sure how to describe kind of way



hey snow!



first stop was hanne's stepsister, vicki's flat, to do some pre-drinking with her mates.

gene: "hey, i'm from new york, fuggedaboutit!"



we took of to a local club to check out the 'flying fellinis'... here is mari and ules



and here are the fellinis... not bad kids

with the crew



we then went to a rocker indie bar, where our new friends lined up with their beers



from there to a sports bar, which was playing the soundtrack to 'night at the roxbury' for those of you who know that movie

this is where i soooo need to get the videos fixed so you can see us dancing to 'WHAT IS LOVE BABY DONT HURT ME, DONT HURT ME, NO MORE" hahaha



oops, the penny is dropped mari



brandon: "holy shit i am dancing to culture beat and c+c music factory"



in oslo, at 3am everyting shuts, literally. you have to find an afterparty. our afterparty happened in the offices of our kind new friend, Ules. he's in that magazine pic on the top left.



in norway, the time is the same everywhere.



gene in the office, with beers



ules



gene with happy ad man



ules, and just enough tuborgs to keep us going ;)



look, gene found boobies!



ules explained where we should go walking the next day




look, norwegian graffiti! and it has penis and vagina in it!



the sun reflecting off this sign was stellar. pic doesn't do it justice



beauty in the norwegian starkness



fuck this was fresh and tasty sushi



the norwegian rathaus, i believe



gene getting so owned by guitar hero video game (video to come!)



a bit later we made friendly with the animals



got religious



started some mayhem



and bought kebab from our friendly local kebab man



before heading to vicki's again



ceci, cari, mari



following the ladies on our way to Ules' magazine launch party



gene und ich



mari says: party starts, now.



the ladies and me



from the other angle



gene and a bierfrau



me and boobies!



general milling about



the requisite nipple check


me and a blissful vicki



i find this pic of me and gene very eerie for some reason



it was then we decided to have the fair contest about who has bigger arm muscles! okay, triceps first!



biceps! (i love vicki's 'okay haha enough of this' expression)



don't think you get to avoid this contest cari!



i'm not sure what kind of dance gene and i are attempting here




cari had her eye on mister hunka schwede man behind her. my guess is she's showing the norwegian sign language for "i'd hit that twice"



cari: "i would so totally hit that twice!"



mari: "i'll see your twice and raise you one!"

onto a different club....



don't think i don't notice the eyeliner matching the dress girl!



schwede hunka man: "okay, i am ready to be hit twice now! or three times."

not sure how this turned out red, but it's cute



mari giving me the cheeky cheek




before catching the morning airport bus, vicki brought out her lovely pooch, Casper



which, at this very moment, was the thing i wanted most in the world