The other day I found the Facebook page of Kaliopi, FYR Macedonia's entrant to the Eurovision Song Contest this year. I posted that I loved her entry and that I hoped she qualified ( Read more... )

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It seems Carl has been studying Icelandic ... which surprises the fuck out of me. This is the same man who absolutely refused to learn any Japanese upon going to Japan, meaning he was dependent upon people who were able to communicate the entire time he was there ( Read more... )

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So Carl and I were shopping for groceries at "Shop n' Save" (yes, the place exists, as much as a fictional grocery store name as it seems!), and several items we went to buy were sold out. While Carl continued to shop, I went up to the only stocker that I saw ( Read more... )

So a couple of weeks ago, Carl out of the blue came up to me and said, "I was looking at your bookshelf ( Read more... )

So Saturday was the big Eurovision final, and of course since the final didn't coincide with Bear Pride, I got to throw a party here in Peoria. It was certainly cheaper than going to Düsseldorf! ^_ ( Read more... )

I was SO not expecting the results of tonight's Eurovision semifinal.

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I saw this going around on LiveJournal, so here goes ( Read more... )