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Monsters, CCNA, Work, Gaming, Politics
Monsters 1: Lordi wins Eurovision. Surprised to see many people on my flist making a big deal of this. Let's face it, their lyrics suck and musically they're as competent as KISS or Twisted Sister (i.e., not at all). Basically, they're a crap band in glam monster outfits.
Monsters 2: A gaggle of g*ths wander through Melbourne dressed up as zombies. I find myself wondering what's the point? Sure we love to frock up and apply makeup in new and interesting ways, but I could only think that said participants are competing with Malaysian beggars (I actually saw I guy like this in Indonesia).
Monsters 3: Dracorex hogwartsia, "The Dragon King of Hogwarts", has been discovered. Hat-tip to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ozraptor4 with whom caseopaya and I are going to the Melbourne zoo tonight for a presentation by a wild animals vet graduate from Murdoch Uni.
CCNA: (Re)sat my semester 2 theory exam on Tueday. Despite feeling like death warmed up I finished with 30 minutes to spare. Instead of doing the sensible thing and checking some of my answers I submitted. Shouldn't have worried; 91.3%; pleased with that result.
Work: I have a lot of it at the moment. Was given at the start of the week a sixty page website to finish by today. No, I haven't been doing much else.
Gaming: Three new faces at GURPS Australian Noir last Sunday; we're going to have to break up into two groups and a two week cycle. Thinking GURPS, retro AD&D, Using HARP, MERP or Rolemaster for Thieves World (artbroken's ears prick up) and possibly Call of Cthulhu. Would be great if someone would run a SF game; like Paranoia or Cyberpunk.
Politics: Back to the medieval fiefdoms as Montenegro declares independence. Want to reduce teenage pregnancies and STDs? Provide sex education and treat them like the adults they are. Duh. Will someone please pay for the externalities? Global warming may exceed predictions - as in six degrees hotter.
Monsters 2: A gaggle of g*ths wander through Melbourne dressed up as zombies. I find myself wondering what's the point? Sure we love to frock up and apply makeup in new and interesting ways, but I could only think that said participants are competing with Malaysian beggars (I actually saw I guy like this in Indonesia).
Monsters 3: Dracorex hogwartsia, "The Dragon King of Hogwarts", has been discovered. Hat-tip to
ozraptor4 with whom caseopaya and I are going to the Melbourne zoo tonight for a presentation by a wild animals vet graduate from Murdoch Uni.CCNA: (Re)sat my semester 2 theory exam on Tueday. Despite feeling like death warmed up I finished with 30 minutes to spare. Instead of doing the sensible thing and checking some of my answers I submitted. Shouldn't have worried; 91.3%; pleased with that result.
Work: I have a lot of it at the moment. Was given at the start of the week a sixty page website to finish by today. No, I haven't been doing much else.
Gaming: Three new faces at GURPS Australian Noir last Sunday; we're going to have to break up into two groups and a two week cycle. Thinking GURPS, retro AD&D, Using HARP, MERP or Rolemaster for Thieves World (
artbroken's ears prick up) and possibly Call of Cthulhu. Would be great if someone would run a SF game; like Paranoia or Cyberpunk.Politics: Back to the medieval fiefdoms as Montenegro declares independence. Want to reduce teenage pregnancies and STDs? Provide sex education and treat them like the adults they are. Duh. Will someone please pay for the externalities? Global warming may exceed predictions - as in six degrees hotter.
Re: The heat must be getting to you. vittulinen mies.
What is so hard to understand?
Something big happened in a small country. Maybe if I drew you some pictures or something. I could clear up your confusion? First let me lower the linguist complexity a little. If this doesn't work out maybe some interpretive dance or puppet theater will be required.
Eurovision contest big deal in Europe (rightly or wrongly)
Finland never win contest
Finland always lose pitifully
same every year for 30 year
but win this year
with record score
Finns think big deal
Understand now?
"It does say something about Finland, it doesn't say anything about Eurovision."
Indeed. Finns like it when their countrymen win international contests. Even if said contest is less than earth shatteringly important.
Don't forget Finland is the home of a great many odd competitions:
Air Guitar World Championship
Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships
The world championships of Rubber boot throwing
And let's not forget the most important international competition ever held....
The Wife Carrying World Championships.
And the wikipedia article on that one.
Re: The heat must be getting to you. vittulinen mies.
See, Finland losing Eurovision pitifully every year for thirty years should be worn as a badge of honour. It is a huge carnival of bad taste, masochism and schadenfreude, all wrapped up in glitter and neon. Losing such a competition is a good thing.
"No, we Finns don't worry about losing Eurovision all the time. He have Nokia, Linux, the world's best PISA test results, and one of the highest standards of living in the world. I guess it all comes down to priorities."
Re: The heat must be getting to you. vittulinen mies.
Re: The heat must be getting to you. vittulinen mies.
An American, who moved to Finland to wed his beloved.
I must say, the quality of the flames between you two has been quite good.
Just don't take it all too seriously, either of you. It's a glam rock band and Eurovision for goodness sake.
Re: The heat must be getting to you. vittulinen mies.
Re: The heat must be getting to you. vittulinen mies.
It would be a badge of honor if finland had been sending otherwise "good" artists there. Only to have them lose. But unfortunately rather than being the best of the worst. Finland has just been the worst of the worst.
Re: The heat must be getting to you. vittulinen mies.
My point is that should not be something to aspire to.
Re: The heat must be getting to you. vittulinen mies.
Re: The heat must be getting to you. vittulinen mies.
Au contraire, it is very relevant. There is no pride in being the worst country in anything - or the best of a bad taste competition.
Would you seriously want to be known as the worst author in history? Or the worst programmer?
Re: The heat must be getting to you. vittulinen mies.
I understand, I'm just not impressed.
Re: The heat must be getting to you. vittulinen mies.
I neither said nor meant such an utterly ridiculous thing. Finland is a great country that a great many spectacular things come out of.
Why must every exchange with you be so frustrating?
Re: The heat must be getting to you. vittulinen mies.
Because you take everything far too seriously. As your sense of humour is relegated to laughing at your own flames, you're an easy target. Loosen up buddy.