72. six feet under

brunch at fatty's. chose the wrong dish though: when i ordered french toast, i was hoping to get something more for 10 bucks, than two syrupfloating toasts sprinkled with pecan nuts, 6 blueberries and one strawberry. so i don't know if it was the toast or the acutal fact that i was staring at dead bodies without skin at the ...

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Posted: 2005-01-31
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71. drivin on nite

the car is not always your best friend. tonight we were going to a cinema that was going to show life aquatic, but we never made it on time. we got totally lost and couldn't find the god damn place. eventually we found it, but that was one hour after the film had started so instead i bought a map ...

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Posted: 2005-01-30
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70. strawberries and oranges

yo, today i haven't used a car!!! instead me and stacie hung out in this amazing suburb! we have: shopped in ...

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Posted: 2005-01-30
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69. whoah

i just read what i just wrote below and that is some piece of shit writing! amazing. i am a bit drunk though but well, i am sorry. and also, i forgot, everyone i have met here are so sweet and kind, i almost die. i don't know what to say.

Posted: 2005-01-29
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68. heaven and hell

hey i have so much to write, oh man, but it's 4AM... well, ok, i have been here a couple of days now. stayed the first nights in stacies bands practice space just south east of downtown LA. it was great because it had no windows which made me lose the concept of time completely. one morning i woke up ...

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Posted: 2005-01-29
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67. L.A. how are we?

oh man, after two hours in Los Angeles i have seen more weirdos than i've seen through out the whole motherfucking trip! and the beggers! kids in my age with a skateboard in one hand and an empty coke cup in the other. i am very excited but in the same time i feel sad. it feels like this country ...

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Posted: 2005-01-25
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66. lost in translation mini

today i did a small lost in translation. first i was modelling for a photographer who couldn't speak english. it was fun. then later we sang karaoke together. also very fun. tokyo is fun, and i am going to miss it. if i miss it too much i have always my return flight the 25th of february from LA. yeah! tomorrow ...

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Posted: 2005-01-24
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65. BOOKED

howdy, now i have booked my ticket to us of a. i am leaving on tuesday for LA! i am so excited!

Posted: 2005-01-23
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64. r&b

yo, tonight i joined some (new) friends to one of their friends hiphop and r&b club. it was funny because people were stretching their legs and trying out moves all the time. looked like rehearsal to a dance class or something. also, earlier today i was listening to some japanese music in a record store and suddenly one of the songs ...

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Posted: 2005-01-21
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63. return or not return

that is the question. does anyone know if you HAVE to show a return ticket when you enter usa? on some website it says you have to. it would suck so much if i have to because i am not going back the same way, to tokyo. my plan was to slide over to nyc and then maybe go back ...

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Posted: 2005-01-20
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62. candy king

ok, my name is contrast. during the whole trip in sleazy (food wise) russia i never ate any candy, except for an occasional piece of chocolate. i ate lots of fruit and nuts and i was so good! but then something happened. i arrived to tokyo. suddenly all food was so healthy - the grease and sleaze was all gone and ...

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Posted: 2005-01-20
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61. youraight mate!?

Tallin, Moscow, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Beijing, Shanghai and Tokyo rules and rocks. London sucks! Maybe not but it is of course weird to be back here. Thank god for Chelsea (the girl). Everybody who lives in London and reads this; hello, I'm back, I want to see you soon. Whitecube opening tonight (thu 20th), probably see some of you there. Our ...

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Posted: 2005-01-20
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60. tired #2

ok, i was tired earlier tonight, but hey i am not a wreck. i am still standing. even though my achilles heel is completely fucked, i got some weird soar south of my lips and my flu from shanghai hasn't really left me yet. still going strong are my asthma, my constantly cold feet and the horror of having my ...

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Posted: 2005-01-18
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59. tired

look at me, i am so tired! but i will still write some for you all. ...

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Posted: 2005-01-18
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57. name explanation

another thing, my name is oskar, oskar with a K. the other dude next to me is oscar. oscar with a c. we both write on this blog. it may seem confusing that we both write and yes it might be so. so look out for the signature in the end of each post. if there isn't one, then it's ...

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Posted: 2005-01-15
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56. nippon? svar japan!

ok, second day in japan. well, actually third. but the first real day in tokyo. vintage clothing window shopping and some more rolling sushi. right now i am annoyed because internet explorer crashes on my webmail page so i can't check my email and i have so much to do there. fuck fuck. but i'll try to check it later ...

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Posted: 2005-01-15
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55. not so alone in kyoto!!

hai! i accidently took the high way to japanese life - and i love it!!!!!! + spa with lemon water + suburban rolling sushi + beer in suburban home + everything absolutely free! = i love japan!! sayonara, suckers! ps. i will write more soon - when/if i get to tokyo.

Posted: 2005-01-13
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54. Ok, the capsule story.

A capsule hotel is a Japanese solution to a lot of people on a small area. Japan is not very big country geographically, the 374,744 sq km land contain 127,333,002 people. Tokyo holds 28 million and even though Tokyo is huge, space has to be rationed. This solution availiable to business men who stay briefly somewhere is this ...

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Posted: 2005-01-13
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53. Make it look good…

One s self steem takes a painful fall when it arrives in Japan. If you think you re cool in in London or whereever in your freaky shoes or Supreme sweater but you can lick the soles of any kid on the street here because everybody is so goddam cool it hurts. I came last night from Shanghai with that ...

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Posted: 2005-01-12
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52. Love Will Tear Us Apart

Some of you might recall back in 2002 when me and Lesley Pennert were rampaging abround Asia, a sudden split in our paths. Lesley jumped on that hard sleeper train and ended up freezing and broke in northern China and me, going on a pilgrimage in Tibet. When travel partners decide to go different directions, it does not mean they ...

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Posted: 2005-01-11
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51. spring flu

hi! you know when the spring arrives and you think it's so warm in the sun. and you take all your clothes off and just love the weather. and then the day after you have the worst cold ever. well, that happened to me. two days ago. it felt like summer (well it was above zero celsius) when we got ...

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Posted: 2005-01-10
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50. shang hai!

the shopping spree of beijing is over! hi shanghai! the business and fashion centre of china! but first, lets have a look at the last days in beijing: we finally made it to the 798 district in the north east part of the city. 798 is what shoreditch was 10 years ago. a big area that used to be full of ...

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Posted: 2005-01-08
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49. No, come on, give me good price, we’re friends right?

Shopping in China is, if you look at it historically, not the first thing you think of when you visit the country. But as the new economy is based on cunsumption in China, it is a pretty big thing. I got my first taste of it two years ago when I visited the soutwest and west when I found all ...

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Posted: 2005-01-07
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48. food, the chinese and snoaring

everytime i went to noodle king in london i thought, "why are they giving out so big portions all the time? this can't be good for you and it can't be chinese. in china everyone is thin and good looking." i was so wrong! after three days in beijing the smallest dish was like noodle king sized. the biggest, well ...

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Posted: 2005-01-06
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