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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.

An open letter to Romania:

Dear Romania,

I recently began bearing all kinds of ill will towards you for no other reason than the existence of the song ‘Dragostea Din Tei’, an unfairly catchy and annoying song by the Romanian artist Haiducii.

I would like to formally apologize for judging you solely on the basis of the shitty europop you have produced. I just heard a few songs from the album Cantafabule by Transsylvania Phoenix, and all is forgiven. Romania, you kick ass.

Yours truly.

Song of the Moment: «Invocatie» — [Transsylvania] Phoenix

So people have been complaining that I don’t update this thing as often as I used to. Fine, bastards. Here’s your update. For what it’s worth, Kablammo!’s recent hiatus kind of bit me in the ass, as evinced by the following picture (henceforth referred to as ‘Prosecution Exhibit 1’):

Anyway, the word of the past few weeks has been ‘loppasuu’ (as misspelled in a previous entry), as in the sentence “Kaikki suomalaiset ovat loppasuita”. Speaking of Finnish, today was a rather exhausting day, as my Wednesdays are wont to be. Eight hours of classes — with three different languages of instruction — are kind of draining. Especially when I’ve had maybe two good nights of sleep in the past fourteen.

For your pleasure (and since Lunarpages increased my disk quota), today’s entry will be a spectacular multimedia extravaganza. First comes a selection of random images from the past few weeks, then comes a big surprise (sssh, it’s a secret).

I’d have uploaded more (and better) pictures, but Movable Type is complaining. Oh well badly.

Perhaps you’ve gotten accustomed to my customary ‘Song of the Moment’ schtick at the end of every entry. Perhaps you’ve even begun looking forward to it. If so, boy do I ever have a treat for you. It’s been a while since my last SotM, and I’ve been exposed to a large (and, perhaps, unhealthy) amount of new music since then. Without further ado, and in no particular order,

Songs of Recent Moments:

• «Unchained» — Love Psychedelico
• «Life Goes On» — Love Psychedelico
• «Toxic» — Vanilla Ninja
• «Celine Attendue» — M
• «Sex Accordeon et Alcool» — Java
• «Goodbye» — Kemopetrol
• «Hypno Eyes» — Kemopetrol
• «Ainomieli» — CMX
• «Kätketty kukka» — CMX
• «Hiljaisuuteen» — CMX
• last, but not etc., «Take Your Love and Shove It» — Joe Pesci

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

Song of the Moment: «Ainomieli» — CMX

Since you last heard from me, I sat in traffic, got to the airport, went through check-in procedures and such, stood in line for a while, discovered that the seven-letter answer to “Coach seat lack” is not actually “LEGROOM”, found out that Miracle is just as lame and melodramatic as I’d anticipated, learned that the smoking lounge of the international terminal at Helsinki’s airport is one of the most horrifying places in the world, arrived in Tallinn, found out my luggage was still in New York, saw some relatives for a bit, made my way to Tartu, checked into Raatuse 22-440, Tartu 51009, slept for twelve hours, and attended some orientation stuff at Tartu Ülikool. Then I went to an internet cafe. Pictures will presumably follow as soon as I get my own computer somehow internetized. I hope the airport gives me my bags soon, so I don’t have to wear these clothes for a fourth day.

Song of the Moment: Some song I heard on the radio in Helsinki. I didn’t catch the name but they kept saying ‘We’re renegades’ (NOT renegades of funk).

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

First and foremost, I have this to say: Fuck you, [Peeter N.], for getting me hooked on such a shitty song. I hate you forever.

What song is this? Why, ‘Dragostea Din Tei’ by Haiducii, of course. Go and download it this minute (scroll down for a link), like I was forced to as soon as I got home from this weekend, where it had been playing in the bar on loop for a while Saturday night. It’s no exaggeration to say I listened to the damn thing thirty times on Sunday night.

You know how it is, you get a song stuck in your head and the only way to get rid of it is to get it stuck in someone else’s.

In other news, though, I found this quite hilarious, and you might, as well.

Song of the Moment: «Dragostea Din Tei» — Haiducii

Edited, 15 Nov. 2010: Peeter N.’s name removed upon request.

OK, so the Black Eyed Peas have been quite busy in recent months, promoting such things as the NBA Finals and the Democratic National Convention with their “Let’s Get Retarded” song, which has been carefully modified to make it less ‘objectionable’ and more ‘rousing’. I can live with that.

Today, though, I saw the Raveonettes and “That Great Love Sound” pimping K-Mart. Nothing wrong with that either — hey, I love the song — but it’s interesting to see these previously-obscure songs on TV a few short months after they were on a mix CD I made. Coincidence? That same CD also featured Outkast and “Hey Ya!”

If I ever hear Tomte’s “Schreit den Namen meiner Mutter” or my own “Everything” in a commercial, I’ll know something is very wrong with the world, and that I need to be extra careful about what I put on mixes from then on.

No doubt I’ll end up making and distributing a few CDs consisting entirely of Guitar Wolf and Thee Michelle Gun Elephant, just for the hope of being able to hear some Japanese noise-rock on the tube. Mmm.

In other news, I leave on August 22 for parts unknown Estonia. For a year. Should be interesting. We’ll be in touch.

Song of the Moment: «Let’s Get Hurt» — Guitar Wolf