Eating Muffins in an Agitated Manner

Vaniljaa

Posted by jukkahoo

Whose witholding valuable information? Why didn't I get the memo?

Those living next to Jukkaverse know that I have a rather bad habit of liking various soda pops. Several moths ago OLVI branched out and released those luvverly tasty new MAKU-sodas, lingonberry and strawberry/rhubarb, plus that vile salmiakki-one. Then Lordi won the Eurovision Song Contest and Olvi brought us Lordi Cola. Now thy have a new MAKU-flavour: vanilla-cola!

There's a domestic Vanilla-flavoured cola! Wahey! Whatever next? (Dare I say it?) Cherry...

To celebrate this momentous occasion, I was ready to go and buy some celebratory goodies, when a mystical package arrived from US of A. Under all that bubblewrap and scothc-tape wa
s a galore of fiction goodness and odd sweets. Like the Moose Munch popcorn and some truly nice Argentinian vanilla toffee.

So I made some Nasi Goreng and drank some vanilla-cola and ate the toffee. Yum. Thanks Jeff & Ann!

The Best Shop in the World

Posted by jukkahoo

OK, so I got this email from Fantasiapelit which said that I ought to visit there soonish, as the same (or somewhat similar) email was sent to Matti as well, about this "something interesting that might be right up your alley..."

What got me thinking: "Well, if it's interesting to both me and Matti it could be of many a thing...", but as it had to be something out of the parameters ot the normal shop suey (heh heh...) and paraphenalia that Fantasiapelit carry, words like "Adam" and "Ant" came to mind.

And would you believe!?! I finally managed to find time to layabout to the shop, and Lo! Matti hasn't been there yet. And what could be that "something interesting"?

Why, yes! It is indeed the Adam Ant's autobiography Stand and Deliver! A book I knew I'd buy the moment I'd actually see it. There - for me - for an undisclosed sum of hush hush.

Fantasiapelit is simply the BESTEST SF-shop in the world!

Jam-jam-jammerin'!
Yabba-yabba-ding-ding!
Delta Hoy Max 9!!!

So, obviously I've been reading it. Quite a lot actually. It reads very well, albeit, methinks this is more to the fans than to anyone else. Other than therapists. And fans. And sex therapists, really.

The main point Adam seems to have is his sexdrive, which, from what can be read from the pages of the book, is rather... large. And liberal. One could say that Adam is one horny dude. And then some.

Lots of nice little anecdotes, especially from the punk-era, as he was there where pretty much everything happened (Sex Pistols' first gig was as a opening act for Adam's first band Bazooka-Joe). From what I have gathered so far, relatively little about the background and inspirations for his music and especially lyrics. That is to say nothing new really that hasn't been said before.

So far it looks and reads like a very nice memento for fans, but nothing really that special to write home about. Things could change as there is quite a number of exploits to be read, like the Fall from Grace and That Incident, with the police dressed up as spagetti western hero and brandishing a sidearm etc.  Eminently readable and apparently totally written by Mr. Ant himself.

As autobiographies go, way better than Mr. Uninteresting aka. Charlton Heston, but nothing resembling the verve and fun that is David Niven (not to mention the likes of Graham Chapman or Julius Marx ).

Once more: Fantasiapelit is the Bestest SF-shop in the World!!!

Kansanedustaja Kasvi ja kuuden sanan sf-novelli

Posted by jukkahoo

Pidän sanomattakin selvänä, että lukijakuntamme koostuu ainoastaan sellaisista ihmisistä, jotka ovat myös kansanedustaja Kasvin verkkopäiväkirjan tuttuja. Jos näin ei ole, niin sinne hus lukemaan, mitä eduskunnan virallisen tietoyhteiskunta-gurun ja sf-fanin päiviin kuuluu.

Viimeisin merkintä ei ole Jyrkin käsialaa, vaan hänen eduskunta-avustajansa, joka kertoo meille missä mennään kansanedustajan syöpätilanteen kanssa. Juttelin taannoin omien mörköjeni kanssa tapellessani myös Jyrkin kanssa hänen tilanteestaan. Vaikka hänellä se pahalainen onkin melko kiusallisesti onnistunut löytämään sellaisen paikan, josta pois kaivaminen ei olekaan niitä helpoimpia,
uskoni lääketieteen ylivertaisuuteen on edelleen sitä luokkaa, että se hoitaa myös Jyrkin kotiin eheämpänä kuin koskaan.

Viime yönä Ameriikan Yhdysvallat valitsivat itselleen uuden kongressin. Republikaanit näyttäisivät häviävän kaikilla rintamilla, punainen vaihtuu siniseksi isolla kädellä. Siinä nettitv:n kanssa yötä viettäessäni mieleen tuli osallistua myös Populaarin kuuden sanan sf-novelli -projektiin hieman näiden vaalien innoittamana pienellä GBLT-latauksella:

Ihmiskunnan lyhyt historia

"Aatami heräsi uuteen aamunkoittoon Eero vierellään."

NaFaWriMo

Posted by jukkahoo   

Time flies when you're not feeling too good.

I've been somewhat depressed and down these past two months after Finncon. Multiple reasons and I'm not going to go into them, nothing health-wise, though. Next check-up will be in September 2007.

I'm trying to get over this slump (of creativity and of gigantic proportions) with new regime. First in order of things: I'm calling November the National Fanzine Writing Month. At the end of this month I'll have material for three fanzines: Arimoniitti #4 (my long-suffering FAPA-zine), Legolas 4/2006 (the Finnish Tolkien Society's fantasy magazine, with special theme-issue honoring Robert E. Howard - and his century) and the slightly hush-hush fanzine for something I'll be talking a LOT soon(ish).

Same rules apply as with the regular NaNoWriMO, but this is not a novel (evidently!) but material for fanzine(s). 50 000 words. I'm expecting to write a fair deal about Finncon, as well as Swecon and various other little meetings (Kirjamessut etc). Åcon, for sure (hey, Hal Duncan!). We may even soon have a place to have the con. Could you believe that Åland hotels are bidding over us? More info ASAWGI.

Talking about Finncon: our gracious GoH, Mr. Jeff VanderMeer has started doing a new column -  called Dispatches From Smaragdine - for the SF-Site and what is that fungi... erm, fun guy talking about in his first piece? Here is the evidence, pardon if I'll go and demonstrate the colour of a fire truck to little Myy.

And why didn't nobody told me that Propaganda actually a good band and not just the odd German one with that one good song (Duel).

More soon.