Last weekend was a certain milestone for me - I finally have cooked my first pilaff (pilaw? pilaf? who cares, anyway) in my 6L... cauldron? dutch oven? Dammit, some words are really hard to translate into English sometimes. In Russian it's 'prigotovil plov v kazane'. Anyway, it was a great experience - we had guests for dinner, and I was ( Read more... )

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Special thanks to Jarrkko and Lord Ash who came with me to Los Yebenes... :)

Pickups: neck - DiMarzio DP 111, middle - original Fender single, bridge - DiMarzio Fast Track 2 DP 182 humbacker.

His name is Robin.
My precioussss...


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To smell and to test

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Yesterday I've finally decided to change 3 things in my life.

1) Shed weight. At least 10 kg.
2) Drop smoking cigarettes. Completely.
3) Learn to play guitar. Some dreams should come true - it's all in our hands.
Currently thinking of this one, but things may change - hopefully we will visit a special store next Saturday together with jarrkkoI'll become ( Read more... )

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Surfing YouTube I came across this wonderful song from my youth...
Sweet memories... Those great parties with my friends, Rus and Jarro... Forest walks, fests, going wild... Ahh, nostalgie.
Together with Rus we have even added two jaws-harp parts for this song (examples can be found on the video - bass part for a forged 'vargan' at 2:54, lead part ( Read more... )

On Sunday I've taken a walk across the city and occasionally visited the "Las Knigas" bookstore ( Read more... )