Slowly Globetrekking

Vilhelm's Website

Personal websites have gone out of fashion, I mean this isn't even a blog. I had a tumblr I updated once in a blue moon, but I felt some other need for my personal domain, so I've made a static page that I can show people when they ask me who I am.

Also, fight me on Chess.com.

Photography

I used to be active on flickr, smugmug, and other similar sites, but there was never any engagement with my photographs, it was just staid photo albums. It may not have any worthwhile archiving or album features, but my photography is now on instagram, and you're more than welcome to check it out, and if you want, reach out 😊.

Small joys

Bucket list (I'd never complete it, I'd just find new goals)

☑ Learn a third language (French)
☑ Learn an instrument (guitar and piano)
☑ Keep a diary for 10+ years (I recommend Day One or Journey)
☑ Touch my toes (acroyoga)
☑ Travel for a year (went from China to Sri Lanka through Indo-China)
☑ Always be learning a new skill (so far)
☑ Learn to dance (learning)
☐ Get a motorcycle (I have a licence)
☐ Visit all continents (only Antarctica to go)
☐ Circumvent the planet without flying (I'd go east round)

Books

I love books, they're my companions wherever I go and whatever I do. Which ones do I love the most? The ones that make me feel the most, whatever that emotion is. My favourite book is tragic, but it sweeps me up in its torrent of emotion. I couldn't possibly make a top five list. Of course though, Harry Potter, that's a good top seven.

Music

Movies

  • Casablanca - Though I'm more and more doubtful of this movie after every rewatch. I mean, the magic is here, but so are a lot of other things.
  • Hunt for the Wilderpeople - Will maybe forever stand as Taika Waititi's greatest work, now that he's making Hollywood blockbusters; though we can always hope he'll return to his roots.
  • The Godfather - Suffers from many issues, like the only real female characters being dispensable pieces for the men's action, but so many things here work so well.
  • Martha - Yeah, so a Danish movie from the 1960's isn't doing great on the feminism front either, but it's otherwise a delightful classic full of songs, and the best-loved actors of the golden age of Danish movies.
  • Master and Commander - Based on my absolutely favourite book series ("Jane Austen at sea"), this movie is spectacle without contemporary equal, and somewhat realistic to boot.

TV

  • The Wire - This is an entirely unoriginal take, but it's here for a reason, The Wire is a masterpiece (this entry could also just say "David Simon" for his other works like Generation Kill).
  • Futurama - I have watched and rewatched this show an absurd amount of times. From seeing the original run after midnight on Swedish television, which we could pick up in Copenhagen, to watching it on my tiny iPod screen, while bouncing around the backs of everything from school busses to cross-Andean busses, to my most recent rewatch while backpacking through Central America, this family of coworkers has kept me company, and I can quote the entire original run.
  • Our Flag Means Death - I suppose in many ways it's an imperfect show, but the show is so vastly more than the sum of its parts, and it makes me incredibly happy to watch it. This is the level of love and joy we should all aim for.
  • The Last of Us - The most recent watch for me on this list, and I'm just drawn into this world. Like one of my favourite bookseries - Aubrey-Maturin - it isn't about the setting, but about the interpersonal relations.
  • Heated Rivalry - Don't watch this with your parents, not that there's anything wrong with it, it's just a show of burning hot passion and no fade to black when the duvet comes down. To the cottage!

Travelling

Travelling is dear to me, and if you want to learn a little bit more, I'd suggest going to my dedicated "Travelling" page.