http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Why do you go out of your way to prove me wrong every single moment? en Vox Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:55:54 -0800 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/if-you-cant-beat-em-poem.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Rottin' in Denmark) http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/if-you-cant-beat-em-poem.html?_c=feed-rss http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/if-you-cant-beat-em-poem.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:55:54 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd7e818860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd7e818860c-50si" alt="-" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> One of the most fun things I did in Sydney was go to a poetry slam. I'm not really into poetry (other than a brief Leonard Cohen written-word phase that coincided with my first week at secular summer camp), and I don't really know anything about i... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/if-you-cant-beat-em-poem.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddc2f80a860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> poetry adolescence http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/hong-kong-dragons-back.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Rottin' in Denmark) http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/hong-kong-dragons-back.html?_c=feed-rss http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/hong-kong-dragons-back.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:49:32 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd79102860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd79102860c-50si" alt="You can tell I really liked Hong Kong" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd7910a860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd7910a860c-50si" alt="I did literally no preparation whatsoever before I arrived" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123f1815da9860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123f1815da9860f-50si" alt="I just woke up early every morning" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd7913a860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd7913a860c-50si" alt="and Googled &#39;stuff to do hong kong&#39; over breakfast" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b7defcd860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b7defcd860e-50si" alt="The first cool thing I&#39;d find, I&#39;d jot down the transport coords" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd7915a860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd7915a860c-50si" alt="and head out" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddc2a108860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddc2a108860b-50si" alt="That&#39;s how I found this trail called &#39;The Dragon&#39;s Back&#39;, on the south tip of Hong Kong island" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b7deff2860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b7deff2860e-50si" alt="I didn&#39;t know how long it was, or what I should bring or whatever. " /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b7df008860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b7df008860e-50si" alt="It just showed up on a list of &#39;Asia&#39;s most beautiful hikes&#39;" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b7df016860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b7df016860e-50si" alt="It was my first-ever hike in Asia, actually, so I have nothing to compare" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd7919c860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd7919c860c-50si" alt="But after five hours, four of them hopelessly lost, I&#39;m pro-it" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddeb3d5c860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddeb3d5c860d-50si" alt="It was one of those trails where your legs are trembling for like 2 hours afters " /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b7df03b860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b7df03b860e-50si" alt="This &#39;go for altitude!&#39; compulsion I have whenever I travel is reaching fetish levels." /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123f181600c860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123f181600c860f-50si" alt="This is where I started to get lost. Went downhill. Signs in Chinese." /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd7935f860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd7935f860c-50si" alt="I ended up in a weird village on the water" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddeb3f50860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddeb3f50860d-50si" alt="Where I talked to a Hong Kong lady about running errands by boat" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddeb3f5e860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddeb3f5e860d-50si" alt="&#39;We have filipino helpers who do that for us,&#39; she said. &#39;We&#39;re too lazy otherwise.&#39;" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddeb3f6c860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddeb3f6c860d-50si" alt="There were tiny little sidewalks, and all the houses had vicious, barky dogs." /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddc2a365860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddc2a365860b-50si" alt="There was a little tidal bay where two dobermans chased after me barking" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b7df270860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b7df270860e-50si" alt="Which was the scariest animal-related experience of my life" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd793c3860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd793c3860c-50si" alt="I wish I had a filipino helper who knew how to kung fu those Resident Evil-ass dogs " /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddeb3fc2860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddeb3fc2860d-50si" alt="I was hella rattled after the dog thing, and went back to familiar territory" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd793e0860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd793e0860c-50si" alt="I kept looking at the view, like &#39;fuck those fucking dogs oh my God&#39;" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b7df2b7860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b7df2b7860e-50si" alt="My legs all shaking and shit" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddeb3fec860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddeb3fec860d-50si" alt="I ended up on a highway, and hopped on the first bus I saw. " /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddc2a3d9860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddc2a3d9860b-50si" alt="Which took me to a place called Stanley. Dogless views for miles." /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/hong-kong-dragons-back.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd794e1860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> pictures hong kong travel http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/hong-kong-oh-the-urbanity.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Rottin' in Denmark) http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/hong-kong-oh-the-urbanity.html?_c=feed-rss http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/hong-kong-oh-the-urbanity.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:57:41 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddc26464860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddc26464860b-50si" alt="Hong Kong is partly horizontal, but mostly vertical" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b7db45b860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b7db45b860e-50si" alt="People wash their clothes like we do, but they dry them differently" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123f18122c8860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123f18122c8860f-50si" alt="Other than that, they mostly shop, eat and drive places" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddeb011c860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddeb011c860d-50si" alt="We have unicorns, they have dragons. A giant lizard is more imaginative than a horse with a horn." /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddeb012b860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddeb012b860d-50si" alt="Buying food goes like this: Point, boil, eat from stick" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd75609860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd75609860c-50si" alt="Hong Kong isn&#39;t the city that never sleeps, that&#39;s New York." /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd75616860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd75616860c-50si" alt="Hong Kong is the city that sleeps all day, then stays up all night being sweaty and ravenous" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddeb0156860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddeb0156860d-50si" alt="One day it rained" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123f1812351860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123f1812351860f-50si" alt="And I took a boat" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddeb018b860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddeb018b860d-50si" alt="Later that day it was sunny" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddc26523860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddc26523860b-50si" alt="And the buildings dried outside like people&#39;s clothes" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd75656860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd75656860c-50si" alt="Sometimes people reflect on things, and sometimes cities do too" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123f1812449860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123f1812449860f-50si" alt="The sun doesn&#39;t make it into the canyons, but the wind does" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123f1812455860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123f1812455860f-50si" alt="When there are hills, maps make long distances look short" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddc26450860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddc26450860b-50si" alt="Signs are sometimes hard to read, even when they&#39;re in your own language" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd7576e860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd7576e860c-50si" alt="Cities are great when they have lots of ways for you to look at them" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddc26637860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddc26637860b-50si" alt="In people we call this narcissism, but in places we call it scenery" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddc26661860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddc26661860b-50si" alt="The moon is the only star you can see" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd757c0860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd757c0860c-50si" alt="Because there&#39;s too much light during the dark" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd757e5860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd757e5860c-50si" alt="Cities are full of people who live there" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddc266b5860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddc266b5860b-50si" alt="But also people who used to live there. " /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddc266ca860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddc266ca860b-50si" alt="Cemeteries are where we put the latter" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123f1812525860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123f1812525860f-50si" alt="And buildings are where we put the former" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddc2670e860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddc2670e860b-50si" alt="Buildings are shinier, and warmer on the inside" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/hong-kong-oh-the-urbanity.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b7db745860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> pictures hong kong travel http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/hong-kong-ma-on-shan.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Rottin' in Denmark) http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/hong-kong-ma-on-shan.html?_c=feed-rss http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/hong-kong-ma-on-shan.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:43:40 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddc223b6860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddc223b6860b-50si" alt="On my way back to Denmark, I stopped off in Hong Kong for three days" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddeac018860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddeac018860d-50si" alt="On my last day there, I rented a bike and peaced out to the suburbs" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b7d73be860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b7d73be860e-50si" alt="And ended up accidentally biking to the top of a mountain" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd71497860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd71497860c-50si" alt="I was biking along a river, and the road turned inland and started uphill. &#39;Fair enough&#39;, I thought." /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b7d73ac860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b7d73ac860e-50si" alt="Next thing you know I&#39;m in my lowest gear, huffing like an Indiana preteen." /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b7d739f860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b7d739f860e-50si" alt="I had no idea where I was going, but I figured, &#39;well, I&#39;ve come this far&#39;." /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd71469860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd71469860c-50si" alt="This is the same logic that got Hitler into Stalingrad" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddeabf56860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddeabf56860d-50si" alt="Two hours of biking and one hour of clamboring later, and I was at the ridgeline." /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddc222cf860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddc222cf860b-50si" alt="There was a weird tinnyness in the air that I couldn&#39;t figure out" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123f180e0d6860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123f180e0d6860f-50si" alt="Finally, I realized that all the other hikers were listening to music on their cell phone speakers" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddc2229c860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddc2229c860b-50si" alt="Hong Kong is pure urban porn from above" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddeabf09860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddeabf09860d-50si" alt="It&#39;s all skinny highrises next to untouched countryside." /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b7d72c9860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b7d72c9860e-50si" alt="If you gotta occupy a small island, that&#39;s the way to do it" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b7d72ae860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b7d72ae860e-50si" alt="The skyline came out to greet me on the bike ride back" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b7d72a3860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b7d72a3860e-50si" alt="And the river was misty with ... OK, pollution." /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b7d7298860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b7d7298860e-50si" alt="This was the second time in Hong Kong that aimless wandering took me the top of a mountain" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddeabec8860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddeabec8860d-50si" alt="If altitude were travel&#39;s sole success criteria, I&#39;d be Winston Fucking Churchill" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/hong-kong-ma-on-shan.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b7d92a3860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> pictures hong kong travel http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/i-love-countries-with-a-surplus-of-used-bookstores.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Rottin' in Denmark) http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/i-love-countries-with-a-surplus-of-used-bookstores.html?_c=feed-rss http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/i-love-countries-with-a-surplus-of-used-bookstores.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:41:50 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddbe7fcd860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddbe7fcd860b-50si" alt="-" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123f17d3cc4860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123f17d3cc4860f-50si" alt="-" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Yesterday I bought a collection of Bernard Shaw one-act plays (fuck Dan Brown, plays are the best things to read on airplanes) and something called 'The Jewish Century'. Together they cost 8 Aus-bucks. The Jewish Century starts out like this: M... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/i-love-countries-with-a-surplus-of-used-bookstores.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b79cd8c860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books book excerpts http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/security-theater.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Rottin' in Denmark) http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/security-theater.html?_c=feed-rss http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/security-theater.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:31:35 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd3736e860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd3736e860c-50si" alt="-" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> A more profane, less articulate version of this paragraph occurs to me whenever I find myself untying my shoes in front of a conveyor belt: Security is both a feeling and a reality. The propensity for security theater comes from the interplay b... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/security-theater.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b79ccc1860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> travel security theater http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/biking-up-a-mountain.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Rottin' in Denmark) http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/biking-up-a-mountain.html?_c=feed-rss http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/biking-up-a-mountain.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:58:19 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddbc9981860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddbc9981860b-50si" alt="I woke up early, in a conquering mood" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b77e456860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b77e456860e-50si" alt="Rental bike: Check" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddbc99b0860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddbc99b0860b-50si" alt="Overcarb breakfast: Check" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddbc99bd860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddbc99bd860b-50si" alt="In shape enough to bike 1,200 meters up into the Tasman freshness: Unlikely" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd18bcd860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd18bcd860c-50si" alt="The first hour of the journey went pretty well, and my legs and mind were full" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b77e4a1860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b77e4a1860e-50si" alt="of &#39;I can do this&#39;-ness" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123dde532c2860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123dde532c2860d-50si" alt="The trail got gradually steeper, though" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd18c01860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd18c01860c-50si" alt="So that each meter was harder than the last" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b77e4e4860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b77e4e4860e-50si" alt="The last two hours was pure &#39;Are we fucking there yet?&#39;" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b77e4f8860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b77e4f8860e-50si" alt="I wobbled around the top for a bit" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b77e508860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b77e508860e-50si" alt="Trying to take in the views between panting and sweating" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddbc9a4f860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddbc9a4f860b-50si" alt="After a while, I just got cold and hungry" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b77e52a860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b77e52a860e-50si" alt="It was amazing up there, though. " /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123dde53369860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123dde53369860d-50si" alt="And the viewing hut looked hella Flintstones, for some reason " /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123dde53387860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123dde53387860d-50si" alt="What&#39;s that song lyric? &#39;Everything looks perfect from far away&#39;?" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b77e580860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b77e580860e-50si" alt="Former prison colonies are best viewed from altitude, yes." /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b77e59c860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b77e59c860e-50si" alt="That&#39;s a grain silo there, my racist cab driver told me. " /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123dde533be860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123dde533be860d-50si" alt="And this is the view down the backside of the mountain. " /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123f17b531b860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123f17b531b860f-50si" alt="Mike: 1, Mountain: 0" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/biking-up-a-mountain.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd18e57860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> pictures australia travel tasmania http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/hobart-tasmania.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Rottin' in Denmark) http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/hobart-tasmania.html?_c=feed-rss http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/hobart-tasmania.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:23:10 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123f17ae56e860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123f17ae56e860f-50si" alt="Hobart might not be the biggest city in the world, or the happeningest" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123dde4c643860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123dde4c643860d-50si" alt="But damn, it&#39;s gotta be the greenest" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd11fb8860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd11fb8860c-50si" alt="And possibly the tactlessest" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b7776be860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b7776be860e-50si" alt="Everything is lush and tawny, like it&#39;s just rained" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b777691860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b777691860e-50si" alt="As opposed to ... &#39;international&#39;?" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd11f3c860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd11f3c860c-50si" alt="It&#39;s like the American frontier has been resurrected, but with marsupials." /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd11f13860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd11f13860c-50si" alt="After being all equatorial the last few weeks, it was nice to be back at the slantier latitudes" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddbc2c45860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddbc2c45860b-50si" alt="With altitude, even" /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123f17ae45d860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123f17ae45d860f-50si" alt="The sun blasted in my window every morning like a SWAT team." /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd11ec2860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd11ec2860c-50si" alt="Even the vegetation knows you&#39;ll never score a visa here." /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123f17ae425860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123f17ae425860f-50si" alt="I got way lost on a bike ride, and ended up ... here. Wherever this is." /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddbc2be6860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddbc2be6860b-50si" alt="All roads lead to the water, though, and I eventually made it back." /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123f17ae3ee860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123f17ae3ee860f-50si" alt="The whole island is nonstop postcard. I don&#39;t think the animals even poop." /></a> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b77757e860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00ccff92e7f8d75601240b77757e860e-50si" alt="And people don&#39;t actually need to hang their clothes out. It&#39;s just so your pics have a foreground." /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/hobart-tasmania.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123dde4c8c3860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> pictures australia travel tasmania http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/segregated-education-in-america.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Rottin' in Denmark) http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/segregated-education-in-america.html?_c=feed-rss http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/segregated-education-in-america.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:11:01 -0800 Somehow I managed to find a cafe on Crown St. here in Sydney with a toddler-sized stack of mid-decade Harper's magazines. I spent pretty much the whole evening there, and the most striking article I read (the only one, actually, that I finished. H... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/segregated-education-in-america.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123dde4c7f9860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> america racism http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/hollywood-depicts-end-of-world-with-characteristic-subtlety-class.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Rottin' in Denmark) http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/hollywood-depicts-end-of-world-with-characteristic-subtlety-class.html?_c=feed-rss http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/hollywood-depicts-end-of-world-with-characteristic-subtlety-class.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:42:32 -0800 Did anyone else die laughing when they saw this image from '2012' in the New York Times? It's like Thomas Kinkade started taking commissions from end-timers. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rottenindenmark.vox.com/library/post/hollywood-depicts-end-of-world-with-characteristic-subtlety-class.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff92e7f8d7560123ddd0b148860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> movies