My Green Thumb

For years I've dreamt of it. Every spring when I realize winter's been beaten, first rays of light peak in and the snow turns to mushy ponds the idea creeps to my head. I'd love to do it. This year for the first time ever I made it happen. Got myself a garden.

Some phone calls and bribing of my sister later I was a happy farmer. Out came rubber boots and tools from my parents shed. Loved it. I went crazy with buying seeds. There was no stopping me.

Then I got to the hard part. I wasn't afraid of getting my hands dirty. But boy how stiff and painful my back and thighs were. For days. One could have started a pottery business with that soil. I ended up carrying bags of dirt and recruiting one innocent preacher for the job as well.

What else is there to do after planting? I thought to myself and flew over several time zones. Coming back I had to separate the wilderness from my cute small saplings. Another stiff and painful back.

Nature did most of the watering and I thought this is going splendid until I had to declare a war. Bloody snails invaded my garden. What did I do? Gave them beer.

A friend at work told me the only way to get rid of the bastards was to drown them and the smell of beer attracts them like mad. Turned up these were all members of the temperance association. What a waste of lager. Eventually I gave up. And my plants have done fairly well.

Tomorrow we'll collect the harvest, have a party and I'll brag about it to any poor soul come my way. Made my dream come true.

What I drank today

Doesn't really matter. If you've got a cup like this.

Cute 'eh. Reusable, sustainable and frankly nice to show-off. For more here's their website.

Sigh..

Just as I was planning to write something about gardening.

Well done Danny Boyle!

For once an opening ceremony that was fun, exciting and worth watching 'till the end. I knew that Brits would have it their way. But please, never again sportscasters commenting on such occasion.

As the athletes began marching in I couldn't help but thinking all the associations their countries are linked, at least in my head. Yes it is supposed to be a celebration of sport, determination, success, peace and so on. And yes the athletes themselves probably have nothing to do with these issues, but it is rather unbelievable that for example Afghanistan and USA were both there. Or imagine that these countries, in stead of healthy and fresh looking athletes, had brought the worst of their culture on that stadium. "Next we have Liberia led by Charles Taylor and his child soldiers. Here comes Cambodia with old Khmer Rouge leaders who managed to escape justice. This country you all know, they're the biggest human rights violators in the world."

I'm not a sports fan, but somehow you get sucked into these mega events. So most likely I'll be following London these upcoming days. Big emotions are what we're looking for, I think, and there's plenty to come. In the midst of it all I hope that the viewers could have their eyes open to more than that one amazing performance. After all it's the result of years of hard work in a certain culture, country, society and piece of history.

Never mind the Pollocks here's the Stone Roses

That was a long summer break. I've kept myself busy and away from home. Time to start typing again.

Since they're back and oh so good I post this song. Though I think it's time for music magazines to find new topics.  Yes they're great and the gigs like a dream come true, but time to move on eh?

Love the moves, clothes and haircut. And the title which is NME cover 1989.

SCSL big judgement

Much expected by many. Here it is, the verdict.
Special Court for Sierra Leone was established in 2000. This I presume is because ICC was only a plan back then.
Albeit there are several other high class crooks, you've got to start somewhere. Hope this brings some atonement for he victims and their famlies.

Memories of the Sun

Though this time I'm not complaining. It's come to a long term stay on my neighbourhood.

Blue Friday

This was the first rap song that made me wanna hear more. And still hard to beat.

 


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Loads of Foam and Paint

Now this is how you make album covers. Foam sculptures by Dave Konopka of Battles. Ice cream anyone?

One more

Have I ever mentioned how much I love glass paintings?