rakkauden ja epätoivon laulu

Nick led me to this interesting post about authenticating antique maps, which led me to poke around the maps that are sold on the Geographicus site.


It took me a little while, but eventually I found Jyväskylä on this old map:

I wonder why it was even included on this map; in the 1790s it wasn't even a city yet...was it a village then?


Oh snap! Someone misread the lettering and took the 'u' as an 'n'!

Psst...over here: Souvenir Potpourri: Random Assortment Transfer

It says that if you send Alex some random souvenir, he sends you back a couple of TheDailyWTF stickers. I got six stickers and a single packet of that flavoring stuff you add to your water bottle. (His note on it said that it was the first thing he could find and maybe we didn't have them in Canada. Well, we do.)

There are some random comments, like the ones about the balloon and the ones about British Commonwealth currency. I left one with a reconstruction of the text in the "Avalanche of Pancakes" clipping.

I love some of the comments, especially this one!

Also an interesting note is that the first souvenir you presented came from a finn also eventhough it was from Edmonton. Tuuli Mustasydan would mean Wind Blackheart if translated. Kinda cool name to have.

Why yes! That was by choice ;) I was going to post some cryptic reply regarding visible and non-visible Finns but decided not to.

People don't always read the entire thread before they post, so he must have missed the one message I left regarding my name being a nickname. But that's okay, it's still fun. It's good to make people think I'm Finnish.

In previous installments there have been a lot of people sending Alex random Finnish candy (chocolate, which Alex likes, and salmiakki, which Alex invariably hates). I guess in this installment the honour went to Poland.

Hilarity ensues.

Example: "We have a 'meh' creation."

Edited as I find stuff.

Oct.12 - added "2021"
Oct.13 - added that poker one

• All You Can Eat Films - "2021" - 4th place (meta- movies-in-a-movie? Nice nod to "Turkey Time".)
  
• Autesh Films - "20 & 1/2"
  
• Bad Meaning Good Creations - "Wrench! Requiem for a Raise" - 1st place
  
• Bearrorist/Scribbles Media - "Cutthroat" (director's cut) - Facebook
  
• Blazing Violet Productions - "Nez'ghul"
  
• Ekimerg Studios - "21 Days"
  
• fooljeff - "21 Year Old Gambling Grubber Redux" - bonus points for using Apocalyptica music at the end
  
• Good Luck Macbeth - "Twenty-One Words" - I think there's only 21 words of dialogue in this one, hence the title. They also get points for 'best bars and tone' :P
  
• The Idenouye Bros. - "00:21:00 Till Face Off" - Oh gosh a movie involving making a movie
  
• Megaforce III - "Awesome Squad"
  
• The Mike Tyson Connection - "21st Birthday Bash"
  
• One Flew Over the Cardinal's Nest - "The Golden Paddle"
  
• Productive Productions/Entertaining Entertainment - "Hot 'n' Ready"
  
• T-Minus Sexy - "Justice Ghost"
  
• UoASFCFM Team One - "21st Century Man"
  
• UoASFCFM Team Two (can we have a "w00t!"?) - "Die Schuld" - Best Direction, 3rd place
  

Been working on my userpage at GuildWiki.

["I have pressure, you have pressure, why did you provoke me?"]


Here's for sensationalism, but that's typical of these Hong Kong almost tabloid-ish newsmagazines.
Bus Uncle interview (The cover page says "Bus Uncle: "I want to commit suicide" - which, mind, is a quotation from the article, but gee...why choose that one?)

Edit: Have they even got the right guy?



Other Bus Uncle media (a lot of it is in Chinese though...)
Highlights:

• The above interview
  
• A TV news report (Cantonese) - it mentions some of the many 'remixes' of the video that exist aside from the original version: the subtitled version (which I linked to); karaoke version; hip-hop version; 'Infernal Affairs' version; cover song version; and various cartoon versions; music video versions; puppet reenactment version etc etc.

I found this too: This document in several sections: 1) Summary; 2) Transcription of dialogue with Mandarin translation; 3) Division of incident into three 'acts'; 4) Description of the actions (?); 5) Physical descriptions of persons involved; 6) Source/Contact



It's awful, really.

Top 20 Strangest Gadgets and  Accessories

Like, whoa.

I like the cheat pen and the wooden clock. theanomaly and I have seen the Radio Toaster at Sears, and it's really not a huge deal. Most of those Japanese inventions are pretty weird, and that skin stuff is gross.

Speaking of Japanese inventions, I was enjoying some steak at Earl's yesterday and one of the TVs was showing some Japanese event on ESPN. It was the 'Viking Ultimate Obstacle Course Challenge.' It was pretty...well, pretty hardcore obstacle coursing. Seriously, only Japanese can come up with extreme sports like that.

Google video archive of official Tarja Halonen re-election rap.

That's kind of scary.

OMG, Rare Exports Inc. has a DVD, but it's Region 2 =(

OMG, Rajaton has a DVD* (!!!), but it's Region 2 =(

Mmm...Star Wreck touque.


*Cool, I didn't know that if you order stuff direct from their site you can get it autographed :) Oh no, does that I mean I have to go to another of their concerts or do I have to buy another full set? Eh.... I'd rather get them autographed in person, I think a couple of the albums have a perfect place for signatures (the inlay, under the disc tray)

Addendum: Rajaton shirt? Um...I think I'll pass on that. I don't mind the Star Wreck shirt (same colours - red on black) though.

Shortly after my alarm clock rang at 6am (I heard it! I heard it! I awakened!), this weird whooping siren came on. My first thought was that it was an air-raid siren, but then I heard Lea get up downstairs and look out the window to see other residents clambering down the stairs in their pyjamas. So yeah, it was a fire drill, and one thing's for sure - I'm definitely awake for my 8am class.

Now, now, no more stupid questions about Chinese tattoos.