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tacheles

Jeg elsker livet

About Me



In a nutshell? I'm studying journalism and sex, am taking way too long to finish my undergrad, have a burning desire to pick up and leave Canada every few months, recently got back from living abroad for 8 months, am a music and arts and crafts junkie, adore speaking French and learning new languages, and have a raging thing for Audrey Tautou.

My Interests

paris
scandinavia
munich beer halls
rollercoasters
music and its players
apples and gadgets with an "i" before them
quadrilingual conversations
berlin
danish nightclubs
sex. and sexuality. and sexual diversity.
ladies and gentlemen
tel aviv beaches
motorcycles, vespas, and the "jazz"
vice
girls with guitars
zines
craft fairs
provocative people

I'd like to meet:

someone who will pay me to travel.
Bremen, Germany

Toft Monks, England

Galway, Ireland

Eilat, Israel

Coldbrook, Nova Scotia

Aarhus, Denmark

All photos taken by Lauryn

Music:



Movies:

Lauren speaking Slovak



... ahoj, ako sa máš?

Television:

Dan's four-year and running ritual of reeling me in for spaghetti and Gilmore Girls' nights will continue until we grow old.

Books:

no logo
shopgirl: a novella by steve martin
fences and windows
autonomous media
vice's guide to do's and dont's
the virgin suicides
clubland
le petit prince
ecstasy
angels and demons
the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
catcher in the rye
the constant gardener
branded: the marketing and selling of teenagers
the rebel sell
fear and loathing in los vegas

Heroes:

Nobuyoshi Araki
Tacheles
Wolfgang Tillmans
Andy Warhol
Joseph Beuys
Weng Fen

My Blog

Off on a travel tangent

It's my last full day in Århus...pretty hard to believe that almost six months have gone by.My itinerary for the next little while looks pretty solid. I've got my tickets all worked out.So in a nutshe...
Posted by tacheles on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 03:59:00 PST

The sun doesn't set...

'til 9:30pm here now!For once, Denmark has a flare of summer. It's been sunny and hot here all week! The days are long, and there's this giddy and happy feeling in everyone around you.Today was a holi...
Posted by tacheles on Fri, 12 May 2006 02:44:00 PST

Les visions de l'été

Six weeks left of classes.I have been accepted to the ROI120 Conference that will be taking place in Jerusalem from July 2 to 6th. All expenses, including airfare, paid which is a relief. Israel twice...
Posted by tacheles on Sat, 29 Apr 2006 09:56:00 PST

Up-day-eet!

I guess I'm in a blogging-ful mood right now, seeing as I made the promise to keep my Denmark blog updated and well, it's been two weeks since I have done that.Anywho, check out http://lauryndenmark.b...
Posted by tacheles on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 06:15:00 PST

Like pie

Well hey, why not post here once in awhile. I'm havin' a blast out here. It's a nice little sance for six months meeting new people, experiencing a new country and culture, and unfortunately going ...
Posted by tacheles on Sun, 19 Feb 2006 05:06:00 PST

Denmark blog

Hey guys, Just thought I would let you all know about my new Denmark blog that you can check out to read up on my European adventures. http://lauryndenmark.blogspot.com/ Catch ya later and mi...
Posted by tacheles on Thu, 19 Jan 2006 06:14:00 PST

And tomorrow, I may be in another place, another time

That's right! I leave for Denmark tomorrow early Sunday morning at 6am. You should all e-mail me your addresses so I can send you a postcard! That said, if anyone's in Europe from now until aug...
Posted by tacheles on Sat, 14 Jan 2006 08:03:00 PST

Six

Six days left in Ottawa. Hot damn. Fabulous weekendFriday night was a grand dinner at my house with Tyler, Val, Steph G., Steph M., Ben, Graham, and Annie, then on to Disorganised for a night of t...
Posted by tacheles on Mon, 09 Jan 2006 09:30:00 PST

New Year's Debauchery!

What a sic sic night, last night. Steph McGill and I, the usual New Year's companion as it seems for the past four years or so, headed out on the town in Ottawa. I had won tickets to see U.K. heav...
Posted by tacheles on Mon, 02 Jan 2006 08:18:00 PST

Heating up at this volume

First off: New photos, check out the album at Lauryn's Holi-daze photo album I think I'm officially sick of travelling for the next little while. My schedule over the past three weeks has been, i...
Posted by tacheles on Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:01:00 PST