So here I am 6 pm sitting in the
bus, having a blast, on my way to Aarhus to spend a jolly good time with the
family. Wait. No, that is wrong. I'm not having a blast, as I sit in the
fucking bus with an overweight bald man beside me, whom smells like a dead
horse from his armpit stains. It is not going to be a fun freaking time with my
family either, because we are going to Aros museum. I decide to occupy myself,
for as interesting as it would be to gawp at my obese neighbor trying to find a
chocolate chip, which he lost between his third and fourth chin, I would rather
read my book. Silkworm by J.K.
Rowling. What's that? Has she made other books than the ones about the
traumatized nerd with a scar? Why yes she has, and it is as about as mediocre
as it could get, so it is perfect for this trip. As the bus nears its final
destination I close the book, and
quickly draws attention towards two girls conversation . One of them
whines about how she got drunk one
night, and "accidentally" kissed
her crush's best friend, and now she is sad as her crush would probably
not like her now. Meanwhile my eyes are driving faster than the bus right now,
from rolling too much. As we stop, I cannot get out of this cattle house of
boredom fast enough. I meet up with my ma and pa, and we eat dinner at this
Italian place. The waiter serves me a resemblance to Ristorante
deep freeze Pizza, with Heinz
ketchup on. What, did you run out of fucking tomatoes? After that we go inside the monstrosity, that has fucking rainbow road from Mario Kart on top,
known as Aros. I immediately notice that I am not the only one having a
miserable day, as I gaze upon the hideous colossal being (no not the guy from
the bus) that is ‘Boy’. As I stare into the melancholy giant's eyes, I start to
realize how familiar it looks, maybe it portrays me, maybe it portrays this
world, maybe I don't really give a shit and just wants to go home already, who
knows. I decide to let parents be parents, and starts to wander around. Now let
me tell you about all the wonderful things I see. I study some photographs of poultry, like woodpeckers,
hummingbirds and peacocks. What is this, fucking
discovery channel? I glance at a painting with vegetables like red onions, carrots, garlic,
sweet potatoes. What is this,
fucking Nature’s garden? It could at least include a picture of someone with
Down's syndrome. I find photos of city signs. Like a sign that says Aarhus, Aalborg, Copenhagen
and Silkeborg. Seriously?! I
don’t even. Moving on. I walk upon a sculpture of a giant Clinique lipstick. It looks like a dick. Some pictures were
made in memory of Anker Jørgensen.
My first thought, who? And here we have a collection of hardware, like a dishwasher, microwave and a TV,
using people like the machines. I hate modern art. Lastly there is a picture taken
of a Snub Nose gun firing. What
I wouldn’t give for it to be real, and just end this trip myself. But then I find myself, in the fine art section. And I am looking upon this painting called ‘Mercury slays Argus’, of the roman
god mercury killing the giant Argus. And for the first time this day, I
couldn’t come up with anything negative to say. I am mesmerized, and this day
was suddenly not so bad at all.
And if you think this is too long, then too bad, because you read it anyway.
And if you think this is too long, then too bad, because you read it anyway.
Actually I didn't read the last 111 words of the main text... ;-)
ReplyDeleteWell, if you did not read the last 111 words, then how do you know how the text ended ;)
DeleteI lied...
DeleteThe tone of the piece was spectacular - such sustained grumpiness was a real treat to read. The complaining (technically one could call it a Jeremiad) unfortunately meant that the text dragged on a bit too long, and the ending seemed under-developed.
ReplyDeleteThe ingredients were not all that well naturalized. Almost all were used as lists, and while some were credible (signs, for instance), others seemed clunky in the context of an art museum.
Some grammatical errors and the usage of 'fuck' makes the tone rather childish.
ReplyDeleteHad you maybe fucking decided to fucking not used 'fuck' so fucking many fucking times, then you fucking may have fucking spared yourself of the fucking 129 fucking works you fucking went fucking overboard with.
well... fuck xd
DeleteIndeed :)
DeleteI love the grumpiness.. i can relate. This piece speaks to me, since i do not care much for modern art, nor public transport!
ReplyDeleteSome might find the usage of the word 'fuck' too much, but fuck is just such a fucking good word that fits every- fucking where!
And i like how it turns kinda meta in the end when you exceeded the word count!
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ReplyDeleteThe density helps to bring out the angry tone. It's easy to identify with the notion of anger towards one things quickly leads to a general anger towards every little detail. I appreciate the happy ending as Aros really isn't that bad of a place to go. :^)
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