The night i ate an eyeball
There. Thats a caption that should grab people and get their attention. The funny thing is, its actually true:s
Now, as some people know and others don’t and couldn’t care less about, i’m an avid drum’n'bass fan and am deeply involved with icelands only d’n'b club, Breakbeat.is because my boyfriend is one of their main promoters. Anyway, for this years Iceland airwaves festival, Amit came here and i got to hang out with him quite a bit. He played an absolutely AWESOME set on thursday night, for the first time i took my 5D to a club, here’s a few shots from there: (i used second curtain flash (never really used that function before), bounced from ceiling, i really like how these came out, (by club photo standards that is)
There was a party afterwards and that kinda brings me to the title of this post. Now, because my friends at breakbeat.is are a pretty fucked up bunch (in the best way) with a wonderful sense of humor, they’ve made this tradition of making their foreign guests try out one of icelands true delicacies, sheeps head. Sound yummy? yeah, i thought so. Its gross. Some people actually eat it and enjoy it, but im not one of them. Ok, so anyway, Amit had been told beforehand that he’d have to try it, and i was discussing this with him earlier in the evening and he says “ok, but you have to eat some as well” to which i mumbled some very non-enthusiastic reply. Ok, so at the party someone brings out this sheeps head (its cooked, of course, but the eyes are still in it and the teeth and well, its just gross)
Well, amit takes a bite, seems to find it ok and then says really loudly “Ok rebekka its your turn” and (this is where i realize he’s a bit of a mean bastard) he slices out the fucking EYE and says “open up!” and im like “no way am i eating that” and people start kinda cheering and im like “goddam” and after a momentary stubborn attempt to not give in i end up just eating the damn thing.. chased it quickly with a gulp of gin and tonic and it didn’t really seem that bad..
The next day was when i started really feeling queasy tho. Just thinking about it now im feeling rather queasy..
anyway, tomorrow or the next i’ll write a bit about the opening of my first real “exhibit” (all part of the toyota thing) , which was today, im so so relieved thats all over and behind me. Way too much attention for my taste. But more on that later:)
Trompe-l’œil photos, mange-l’œil appetizers.