Oksa koputti ikkunaan.

Kun avasin, koivu tuli rysäyksellä sisään tuulesta ja tuiskeesta,

nosti lehvästönsä kattoon ja istui sohvalle,

levittäen märkiä lehtiä ja hämmentyneitä kirvoja pitkin olohuonetta.

Pahoittelin sotkua.

Koivu sanoi ettei ole koskaan pitänyt syysmyrskyistä. Kysyi voiko jäädä yöksi sisälle.

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And here's part two: music.

It looks like I listened to a lot less music in 2012 than in 2011 - although this may be an artefact of the statistics-gathering of last.fm rather than what I've actually listened to. But according to last.fm, anyway - and it's clear when the below numbers are compared to those I posted for 2011.

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Time for the yearly round-up. Here's part one:

1. What did you do in 2012 that you'd never done before?

Taught first-years. Went busking alone. Swam in Zürichsee.

2. Did you keep your New Years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

Oh, the stacks and piles of dead promises I keep around..

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

Nope.

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Fun things have been piling up:

"Russian photographer Andrey Pavlov builds miniature fantasy settings, designed to coax the ants he sets loose upon them to follow certain paths, bringing the scenes to life."

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Nature is awesome - check out this caterpillar:

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'Tis the season to repeat myself, but I posted these three years ago so pointing thither will suffice: e.e. cummings on Spring!

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These are wonderful (click on image for more):


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What do you get when you remix/re-edit the Star Wars prequels into a single 85-minute movie? Apparently something far more entertaining and satisfying than the 7-hour trek of the prequels as released. Obviously you can't watch this on youtube, but go and read about it here, it sounds brilliant!

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