Can you feel it? To the beat y'all
Things have been an enormous clusterfuck lately. Crazy weather. Thunderstorms everywhere! I have no idea what's going on. My own life hasn't been making much sense either.
On a brighter note, I finally started reading the Kalevala. It had been collecting dust on my bookshelf for six months, but I was talking with Bice about it lately, and it turns out we both have the same translation/edition. So, we're going to kind of... read it together, I guess! Should be fun. At the very least, it'll be getting me reading something that requires more brain power to comprehend than Black Jack and Stephen King novels. Not that there's anything wrong with that stuff, but er, I should probably read somethin' else for a while.
So, I started it tonight. I'm only two cantos in, but I really like it so far. This translation is nice, not heavy or thick; it's good for leisure-reading.
Aside from thatttt nothing of note, except that I did get out to take some graffiti photos the other day! Unfortunately, while I did remember bug spray, I forgot to wear proper shoes, so I wasn't able to get any of the river-rocks. However, there was enough in other locations, so there we go. I actually did neglect to get photos of some - I'll have to go back later.
This guy appeared on an electricbox in my alley just a couple weeks ago. Just popped up overnight. A neat little surprise when I was taking out the garbage.
And a close-up of him.
Sticker graffiti on the back of a dumpster near my apartment. I've been seeing these stickers all over the place, and I'm not sure what that's all about.
Aaand a close-up.
"Eat the rich for breakfast". Scrawled on an electric box along my walk-rout. It's right across the street from the line of mansions that look out over the river.
Portrait of Louis Riel, captioned "Keepin it Riel". This one is new as well, but I can't quite pinpoint when it showed up.
And Riel again. 8)
Under the Broadway Bridge... Even though spray-stuff isn't as clean-looking as stencil or wheatpaper, I still really like it (when it's, you know, actual illustrations rather than just tags or penis drawings). It feels kind of nostalgic.
This one (both the large one and the smaller) have been around since mid-spring, I think, but I hadn't had a chance to get down there until now. I... I have absolutely no idea what that thing is supposed to be. Any ideas?
Those damn stickers again, this time on a street lamp.
More stickers, on a newspaper box. I see a lot of these posted individually, freaking everywhere.
I've probably shown this one before, but this is a new photograph of it. It's sprayed on the back of a bookstore near my house. Unlike pretty much all the other graffiti that I show, this one might have been done by the people who own the building.
Aaaand that's it for now - until I remember to go out again, this time with bug spray, camera, and proper footwear.
On a brighter note, I finally started reading the Kalevala. It had been collecting dust on my bookshelf for six months, but I was talking with Bice about it lately, and it turns out we both have the same translation/edition. So, we're going to kind of... read it together, I guess! Should be fun. At the very least, it'll be getting me reading something that requires more brain power to comprehend than Black Jack and Stephen King novels. Not that there's anything wrong with that stuff, but er, I should probably read somethin' else for a while.
So, I started it tonight. I'm only two cantos in, but I really like it so far. This translation is nice, not heavy or thick; it's good for leisure-reading.
Aside from thatttt nothing of note, except that I did get out to take some graffiti photos the other day! Unfortunately, while I did remember bug spray, I forgot to wear proper shoes, so I wasn't able to get any of the river-rocks. However, there was enough in other locations, so there we go. I actually did neglect to get photos of some - I'll have to go back later.
This guy appeared on an electricbox in my alley just a couple weeks ago. Just popped up overnight. A neat little surprise when I was taking out the garbage.
And a close-up of him.
Sticker graffiti on the back of a dumpster near my apartment. I've been seeing these stickers all over the place, and I'm not sure what that's all about.
Aaand a close-up.
"Eat the rich for breakfast". Scrawled on an electric box along my walk-rout. It's right across the street from the line of mansions that look out over the river.
Portrait of Louis Riel, captioned "Keepin it Riel". This one is new as well, but I can't quite pinpoint when it showed up.
And Riel again. 8)
Under the Broadway Bridge... Even though spray-stuff isn't as clean-looking as stencil or wheatpaper, I still really like it (when it's, you know, actual illustrations rather than just tags or penis drawings). It feels kind of nostalgic.
This one (both the large one and the smaller) have been around since mid-spring, I think, but I hadn't had a chance to get down there until now. I... I have absolutely no idea what that thing is supposed to be. Any ideas?
Those damn stickers again, this time on a street lamp.
More stickers, on a newspaper box. I see a lot of these posted individually, freaking everywhere.
I've probably shown this one before, but this is a new photograph of it. It's sprayed on the back of a bookstore near my house. Unlike pretty much all the other graffiti that I show, this one might have been done by the people who own the building.
Aaaand that's it for now - until I remember to go out again, this time with bug spray, camera, and proper footwear.