they actually kept their promise

Wow, for once (okay some other times when the national football team plays and when you read news in a foreign language about Portugal or portuguese people) I felt proud to be portuguese. The majority left-wing with seats in Parliment approved today a law on gay marriage - not a civil union, but yes - marriage! It's only the sixth country in Europe to do so. And probably the most Roman Catholic of the Old Continent! The Socialist Party which won the last elections in November had promised to propose this law, if they won the re-election.

"LISBON, Portugal - Portugal's parliament passed a bill Friday that would make the predominantly Catholic nation the sixth in Europe to permit gay marriage. Conservative President Anibal Cavaco Silva is thought unlikely to veto the Socialist government's bill, which won the support of all left-of-center parties. His ratification would allow the first gay marriage ceremonies to take place in April — a month before Pope Benedict XVI is due on an official visit to Portugal. Right-of-center parties opposed the change and sought a national referendum on the issue, but their proposal was rejected and the government's bill was passed by 125 votes to 99."

when words are not enough

erik hassle - hurtful

I am so so so hollow right now... I don't know what to do. Well, I know what to do, but not how to do it without regretting it afterwards, without hurting, without being a villain...

should I stay or should I go?

I'll give myself 1 year time to decide...

lazy boy

I have just realized how bad I am at returning phone calls, replying text messages or emails my friends send me.

It is not that I don't think it is worth replying I am just lazy. Ridiculously lazy.

Even when they are on my best interest, I always postpone it - tomorrow I will write him back, I will call her later...

And then the days go by and I have a text on my phone from an old friend waiting to be answered for a whole week!

Sorry guys! Now you know, if I don't reply you right away - I still love you!! :p

sporty spice

I'm flying to England tomorrow. Finally some time off!

I convinced myself to participate in an international swimming competition.
My first time will be in Manchester, for PrideGames. I'll be swimming 100m & 50m breaststroke + 50m freestyle *gasp* and I keep telling myself is all about participating and gaining experience :)

Did I also mentioned I joined the newly created gay waterpolo club?? I'm the one lying out of breath by the poolside after each session :p

And because Leicester is not that far away, I'll pay a visit to my friend Tânia, who I haven't seen for more than a year!

pride week

Hi folks!

Here comes my monthly post :)

I do try my best to post more often, but I either don't have the time or don't feel like it.

Let's see what has been going on the last couple of weeks...

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Well, Javi came to visit two weekends ago. He was the guy I met in Aarhus at the intro-week and who was flirting with me all the time without me noticing. When I eventually did, it was too late and he had gone back to Spain.

He lives now in Barcelona and I promised at the time to visit him and take revenge, but the perfect timing never came. 2 years went by and he came to Scandinavia on a summertrip.

He stayed at my place for a weekend and it was great to see him again.

It's weird to be the guy showing the city around, rather than being "the tourist".

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We have also gotten a new little friend :)

Luke, one of the brits we met last November at Masken and eventually went to Stockholm with for a weekend. He has moved to Copenhagen!

It is AWESOME to have him around. Finally someone who understands pop-music and shares my passion of gossip magazines :)

We have been introducing him to the danish life, which includes loads of bureaucracy, cheap shots, and slutty guys. Although I wouldn't say he jumped hearfirst into the last one. He is still adapting :)

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Then last week was Pride Week. My first Pride ever - in Cph, Lisbon or anywhere else.

I was really excited, as there were all this events, parties, arrangements. The Town Square was turned into Pride Square for 5 days, with all the LGBT organizations represented, concerts, debats, etc... which actually I didn't experience that much.

Pride hit me hard on the weekend - the Parade on saturday was amazing. The biggest ever, according to numbers, the sun was shiny and it was hot for once that week, there was people at the streets waiting to see it all the way from Nørrebro to the Town Square.

At night we started at Code, some cosmos and gin-and-tonics, then headed to Studiestrædet, which was closed to traffic for the night and full of people drinking outside Masken and Chaca. It reminded me of Bairro Alto and of how much I miss Lisbon!

We ended up staying there for a long time, which meant we got very drunk very early... we were supposed to go to one of the many parties afterwards, but those Smirnoff Ice bottles kept appearing out of nowhere and people were soon drifting home.

As a true trouper I still managed to go to Rocco and meet my boyfriend and some other firends and shake my booty :)

I am SO looking forward to Pride 2009!!!

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And then it was back to the hard life.

Specially now that I'm moving in with Kristian, it was been hectic!

Him moving in, then getting all the appliances, furniture, whatnot we need, now me moving in tonight.

It has been very tiring, but it will be so worth it once it's over!

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And to lighten things up, there's another poolparty this weekend!! Woohoo!!

I'm the worst blogger EVER!

should I stay or should I go?

I am seriously considering moving in with my boyfriend.
Is that too risky? Is it the right next step? Should I be scared?

is 2008 gonna be it?

I know I haven't written in more than a month. The thing is, I haven't actually felt like it.
What with the two jobs, the almost non-existent free time, the relationship I decided to give a try... Yes, it's true. I'm dating someone. Actually, I think we're over that phase. I can say I'm in a relationship.

I guess I was always too afraid to commit, so that's what makes it this time so special and fulfilling.
He's the sweetest and most caring guy ever, and he makes me feel really unique and wanted. After a serious of unlucky crushes, I really needed it.
It has also made our workplace much more fun. Him being the one everyone likes and thinks is adorable, me being the new guy that swept him off his feet.

And so, here I am, in a relationship with a great guy, with a positive bank account, 2 jobs, some job prospects in the near future, and the best friends I could ever ask for. If this isn't happiness, I don't know what is! ;)

30 days of night-ish grey-ish weather

Yeah, I know... it's been ages since I posted something.
Busy life, that's what it is! Still working two jobs, and trying to enjoy the few free time I have to be with my friends and to keep alive my social life. And I wish I had the self-discipline of writing more often on my blog.

I finally went to the cinema after 3 months of not seeing a single movie at a theater! I went to eat out at a restaurant a couple of times. I went clubbing more than once on a weekend!

Too much alcohol and partying ensue. Or is there such a thing as too much of that? The thing is one does a lot of foolish things once drunk. Some one regrets, some one was longing to do and finally has the guts to.

Well, now I am between a rock and a hard place and I need some time to solve this situation.
That's what you get for being high maintenance, guys.

Oh! And I'm going home for Christmas next week! Really looking forward to it!! :D

the unbearable power of buying

I finally have furniture! And a new duvet, a new pillow, 2 new bedlinen-sets, a new lamp...

I went to Ikea last weekend and I got my first earthly possessions! It felt really good to come back home with a car full of stuff... the power of consumption!!!
I also managed to assemble all of it myself, contradicting those who thought I was far from being a handyman :)

My new room looks much less like a refugee camp now. Ohh, yeah, I forgot to tell you. I have found a room. I moved 2 weeks ago. It's a collective, meaning we are 6 guys living in a whole floor (we share the bathroom and kitchen). It's in one of the best neighbourhoods of the city (5 minutes by bike from the inner city, in one of the most famous and biggest streets in Cph - on the fashionable side), and the guys I live with are very nice.

And as if I hadn't spent enough money, I bought my plane tickets for my week in Portugal for Christmas. I must admit it feels great to be able to spend money. Your own money. I'm still every month struggling to have a positive balance and wishing next month will be better. But I know NEXT month will :p

Slowly, everything is getting into place :)

dr. strangelove, or how I start worrying and became a stalker

I finally got a couple of days off from work this weekend. And what a better way to relax than to go out with some friends and having an old-time wild night?

After too many shots, we went clubbing. We got drunk, we pole-danced, and old feelings emerged.
Stalking a guy at 4:00 in the morning through the streets of Copenhagen just because you're a bit jeaulous is so pathetic, that I don't even know how to explain it...

I had so much more to tell about that night. But I mustn't.
As they say, what happens below, stays below...

life update

Life is getting on track once again.

Most of my paperwork is done: I already have my tax-cards, work/residence permits, contracts, bank account. I should get my first salary at the end of the month, though it won't be much being my first month and all (I haven't been assigned the regular 37 hrs per week).
Other than the little frustration of wanting/needing to work more and getting 14-hour shifts instead, everything is going smoothly :)

The room situation looks less complicated now. I have 3 options I'm considering. Either way I'll have a place by the beginning of next month.

The romanticlife situation is also much better now. I think I've moved on... And I've been smilling all week after a close encounter of the naughty kind on monday after 3 dry months :p

I hope the lucky streak keeps going!!!

moving out, moving in

I'm now working full-time at the bar, although this week I'll only work 30 hours.

I've also moved from Iason's place to Jacob's. I still can't afford a room in Copenhagen, but now I found a job, I'll hopefully also find a place so I can move next month. Jacob's place is actually awesome - it's in Nørrebro but in a very nice neighbourhood, I have my own room and there are no cats in sight...

Now I just have to get the paperwork out of the way (residence/work permit, personal registration, tax card), and then I can begin with the room-hunt.

this feeling inside

AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

That's what I want to do. Scream as loud and strong as I can, where no one can hear me. I want to hibernate and be awoken only when all my problems are gone. When no one will disappoint me or when there will actually be someone out there who cares for me, who really cares. I wanna be found. I want to feel special and found someone who is special to me. I need that. But I can't seem to find it.

And then fucking Avril Lavigne comes and sings these songs that make me cry!!!

the declaration of independence

I know everyone will think I'm a cheesy old prick, but today - while watching one episode of Felicity - I felt as if the whole episode was written just for me.

The episode portraits perfectly the stress of the last year of college, the parental pressure, the uneasiness of not knowling what will come next, what our next steps should be, who is there for us...
Am I'm sure everyone who has recently graduated feels just like Felicity (and Noel) feel - lost and uncertain.
It's great to see that we're not alone out there.

the search continues

Still no job.

Either I'm doing something wrong, or the world works in mysterious, slow ways...

the summer update

The weather sucks. I was supposed to drive to the beach with my mother today, but we postponed it until the weekend, hoping for at least some sunshine. It's August and the sky has been full of grey clouds since last friday...

The good news: my sister is going on holiday tomorrow, so I'll have the computer all to myself; I'll be back in Copenhagen in less than a month.

What's been happening more?
Hmmmm... I got 2 replies from some jobs I applied for in Cph. They wanted to schedule an interview in August and I had to turn them down (one of them was at Nordisk Film, the company I ultimately want to work for!!), so that affected my morale a bit...

Let's hope I can get myself some tan next week ;)

the portuguese summer

I know I haven't been posting a lot lately, but the thing is I've been VERY lazy. Yeah, more than usual...

In a nutshell this is what I've done lately: Claus and his sister came on holiday to Portugal. I met them one day in Lisbon (one-day trip to Sintra [when did it got so fucking expensive!? no wonder it's full of tourists, only they can afford prices like those!]) and one in Porto. Both times I got drunk...
I then went back to Lisbon for a whole weekend: awful scorching hot days, lovely indian summer nights, not so exciting clubbing. To be honest, I found the whole clubbing-crowd too corny and redneck-y... am I becoming too snob or have the standards lowered while I was away!? I did missed Bairro Alto and the mediterranean party mood, it was just my Scandinavians who were missing.
That said it's great to see my friends again... but then it starts getting boring and too familiar. 3 or 4 weeks down here would be more than enough.

Now is one more month enduring this above 35º daily temperatures. I might as well get myself a great tan, or the shame when I go back to DK will be too much...