Busy night

Bumped into these on Monday. Obviously made by the same person who did 'Lex Karpela' (see my previous post). Carefully custom made to fit each box. I saw at least thirty of these when I was driving around the city with my bike later that day. Someone's been busy.

Lex Karpela

Stencil at mBar terrace this morning.

Article about Lex Karpela

Article about history of piratism (in Finnish)

Riga

Priority level

Forgetting something means that other tasks of the day were more interesting.

Telescope

My sister got a souvenir from Shanghai with Chinese user manual...
Luckily it was cloudy night so she wasn't in a hurry to get the pieces together.

Corn dogs, Jackie, corn dogs!

"Free breakfast for cyclists." 
Couple of weeks ago ABC gas station had a sign that said "Free soft drink for every refuel". I wonder how they are going to respond to this... 

Cut like a buffalo

Recycling Factory event at Cable Factory, Helsinki. This one is about ecological fashion. Clothes made of recycled, happy fabrics. www.pukuhuone.fi

Jacob and Wilhelm

Found this book from my grand parents attic. It's a Finnish version (third edition, printed in 1952) of Brothers Grimm's Children's and Household Stories II, written between 1812 and 1857.

Harry Potter, you're a wimp, this is the real shit.

"The stories in Kinder- und Hausmärchen include scenes of violence that have since been sanitized. For example the Grimms' version of "Snow White" ends with the stepmother dancing at Snow White's wedding wearing a pair of red-hot iron shoes that kill her; another story has a servant being pushed into a barrel "studded with sharp nails" and then rolled down the street. The Grimms' version of "The Frog Prince" describes the princess throwing the frog against a wall instead of kissing him. Some of extent the cruelty and violence may have been a reflection of medieval culture from which the tales originated, such as scenes of witches burning, as described "The Six Swans".    - Wikipedia

Gears

Tuomari Nurmio's equipments.

Marzi Nyman's axe.

Catwalk

Indie Days anniversary at Kattilahalli with Ivana Helsinki fashion show.

8:59am

Shopping center mascot waiting for customers to rush in to Stockmann department store in Helsinki one minute before security guard unlocks the front doors.

Chopping wood

A representative of Finnish wildlife had done some damage nearby the lake house. I'd say it was a badger looking for worms or maggots to eat but who knows if it was an unicorn poking that stub.

Round 5

Win or lose, we go shopping after the election.

-Imelda Marcos

Chomage - Precarite

Following the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi in Sidi Bouzid, a series of increasingly violent street demonstrations through December 2010 ultimately led to the ouster of longtime President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali on 14 January 2011. The demonstrations were preceded by high unemployment, food inflation, corruption, lack of freedom of speech and other forms of political freedom, and poorliving conditions. The protests constituted the most dramatic wave of social and political unrest in Tunisia in three decades, and have resulted in scores of deaths and injuries, most of which were the result of action by police and security forces against demonstrators. Ben Ali fled into exile in Saudi Arabia, ending his 23 years in power.

Following Ben Ali's departure, a state of emergency was declared and a caretaker coalition government was created, which included members of Ben Ali's party, the Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD), as well as opposition figures from other ministries. However, the five newly appointed non-RCD ministers resigned almost immediately. As a result of continued daily protests, on 27 January Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi reshuffled the government, removing all former RCD members other than himself, and on 6 February the former ruling party was suspended; later, on 9 March, it was dissolved. Following further public protests, Ghannouchi himself resigned on 27 February, and Beji Caid el Sebsi became Prime Minister.

On 23 October 2011, citizens voted in the first post-revolution election to elect representatives to a 217-member constituent assembly that would be responsible for the new constitution. The leading Islamist party, Ennahda, won over 40% of the vote, and managed to elect 42 women to the Constituent Assembly.

Despite the advent of democracy, in the six months immediately after Mohamed Bouazizi's death, at least 107 Tunisians self-immolated.

- Wikipedia

Huoratron

Huoratron album release party at The Circus on Friday. Go and support your local Huoratron!

Coleoptera

"The race of beetles has no female, but all the males eject their sperm into a round pellet of material which they roll up by pushing it from the opposite side, just as the sun seems to turn the heavens in the direction opposite to its own course, which is from west to east."  -Plutarch

Until the next time

My mom on the left and her dad, my grandpa, in the middle.

Hartolan Suksi

My brother took dad's old skis (Hartolan Suksi) for a spin. He has not skied in 20 (?) years but in this photo he looks like he knows what he's doing.

My grandpa and a horse

My grandpa passed away few weeks ago. I went through his photo archives and found quite awesome shots. 

He was born in 1933 so this photo might be taken around 1938-1940.

Tunis

Panoramic view to the center of Tunis from Medina (old town).