Kablammo!

Well, my knees are mildly sunburned and holy shit am I ever covered in mosquito bites. Summer plus northern altitude equals mosquito central, especially when you add tenting to the mix. But it’s all good. Fishing was entirely unproductive but the kanuuretk was quite nice.

All in all, quite a nice Jaanipäev weekend. Pictures to come, maybe, if I stop being a lazy shit. (So don’t howld your breath.)

Also, direct congratulations to Riina and Rene, who recently provided their respective emas and ämms with a second grandchild to dote over.

Song of the Moment: «Secret Knives» — Wolf Parade

Thursday night, I slept on a sailing ship.

On Friday, I watched a guy play World of Warcraft, and I whistled the Bubble Bobble theme a bunch.

Saturday was spent playing croquet and whistling Bubble Bobble some more, as was Sunday.

Monday, though spent mostly in transit, also featured me getting a special free gift of an issue of The Economist.

Song of the Moment: «Airport City» — Giant Robot

So, as usual, I was reading about fifteen Wikipedia pages at once when I stumbled across something rather terrifying: apparently there’s a guy named “Lol“. I tell you, if I ever hear about somebody named “Rofl” I can’t be held accountable for my actions.

In other news, I’ve been spending this week sleeping 5 hours a night or less, waking up bright and early, and bounding out of bed in the morning, full of energy. I don’t know what’s going on, and I’m not sure I like it.

But, it’s not so bad being awake when you have days like these:

Song of the Moment: «Hum and Strum» — Doc Cook and His 14 Doctors of Syncopation

I knew the “Db” in IMDb was quite extensive, but I never realized just how extensive it was. (Funny how the trivia, goofs, &c. sections for these movies are all nonexistent, though.)

Also interesting to note that evidently some franchises are evidently able to maintain a high-enough level of quality to warrant literally dozens of sequels. Rocky, in comparison, became simply depressing after, say, the third installment; and George Lucas should probably have had his hands broken and his eyes put out after Jedi was completed.

Oh, and this is by a wide margin the awesomest cloud ever:

Song of the Moment: «The Cemetary» — Architecture in Helsinki

Last night I had a number of very vivid dreams, perhaps as a result of drinking until 4:30, getting the munchies, and preparing (and then eating) over a pound of mashed potatoes from scratch before making my way to bed. I dream pretty frequently, and sometimes I even remember snatches of my dreams for a few minutes after waking up, but last night’s are sticking in my mind pretty tenaciously.

One dream involved a friend of mine getting a job. It was, no doubt, influenced by all his recent talk of interviews and the like, particularly how happy he was with how an interview yesterday went. As it happens, this dream literally came true. (In the sense that what I dreamt actually happened, not in the sense that “my prayers were answered” or “I got something I’d specifically been yearning for”.)

Another involved an academic corporation and was also obviously influenced by recent events and nonevents. It stayed well within the bounds of plausibility, up until the end, when it devolved into some kind of police showdown in a (suddenly and inexplicably) condemned and decaying building. At this point, I woke up, thought “what the fuck?” and went back to sleep.

This is when things got interesting.
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Ükskord ammu sa kirjutasid järgnevad read:

Üksindusemeeleolust ennast välja lülita
tegutse ja ela leppides!

Ma tahaksin sind isiklikult tänada nende eest, ja selle suurepärase plaadi eest kus leidub selle luuletuse lauluna, aga kahjuks sa otsustasid meie elavate hulgast lahkuda juba mitu aastat tagasi. Lapsepõlves ma kuulsin su sõnu, ja vahel neid lugesin ka, aga ma eriti ei mõelnud nende tähenduste kohta.

Igal juhul, nüüd ma austan su sõnu ja üritan neid teistele tutvustada.

Siiralt,
Üks fänn.

The word of the day is definitely ‘lopasuu’. (That’s in Finnish.)

Song of the Moment: «Ainomieli» — CMX

And I’m off to the airport. I’ll be seeing you later

I have no idea how it’s possible, but just about every pair of slacks I tried on today made my ass look huge.

Also, I really wish my feet didn’t still hurt like motherfuckers.

In other news, post-post-laager hanginoutandrinkin is good stuff. Pictures to come (maybe), along with some pre-post-laager pictures (maybe).

Finally, congratulations are in order for Carly Patterson. Your gold medal in the individual all-around validated all the hours of gymnastics I’ve watched this week, and for that I thank you, despite the fact that you’re not actually going to ever read this. On the off-chance that you do somehow see this, though, consider yourself invited to Raatuse 22 in Tartu. Just stop by whenever; I’m sure my roommates will be cool with it.

Song of the Moment: «Gimme Danger» — The Stooges

Enne täna õhtut, ma polnud elus kunagi nutnud kui ma laagrist välja sõitsin.

Song of the Moment: «Painting Her Fingernails» — Bobby Bare Jr