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Post by Bartbär on May 24, 2009 17:39:33 GMT 2
To me american "salad" doesn't even exist, and Hjalagh said it perfectly. I have only a handful of times had real salad, and it was thanks to the same person each time. I also enjoy fruit salads of all sorts, although I don't know how well that would technically be considered a salad, but it is the closest we come to it here, unless you make one yourself (I need to do that still!) Walkyrie, as your name implies, grab your golden chariot and come drop those pancakes off at my place. I may be no fallen warrior, but stick around after I fill myself with pancakes and it will seem I have just fought a mighty battle! Those pancakes sound delicious, I love wild berries of any sort, and to put them in pancakes, now that is just the best.
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Post by Bartbär on May 24, 2009 1:18:15 GMT 2
Bad: Had to wake up at 4:30 in the morning to drive out to a friends to then drive 2-3 hours away to do 2 jobs that we were wanting to get done all in one day.
Bad: Didn't even get close to finishing the first job, worked in the extremely hot sun for hours, ended up having to drive all the way back to get a better tool for the job. Have to return tuesday, then again thursday, all for something that was supposed to take one day. Which means I am losing money, not making any.
Good: I am home now, and my BEAUTIFUL Kalevala Koru Thor's Hammer arrived from this wonderful Scandinavian/Sami giftshop in the states. So that has made my day better.
Bad: I realize that I may never have enough money to move anywhere or even travel anywhere this year, and I really am going crazy where I live.
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Post by Bartbär on May 22, 2009 17:28:48 GMT 2
Mushrooms... mmmm. I haven't had many varieties, but I am lucky that we have an excellent Morel mushroom that grows exclusively around the midwest that is very tasty. The sad part is they only are in bloom for a week or two, and this year I didn't get to go out and hunt for any... Oh well! Next year!
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Post by Bartbär on May 22, 2009 7:19:00 GMT 2
mmmm steak... The thing that will always prevent me from even thinking about going without meat. The best meat I have had, so far, which is to say I have had VERY little of all the varieties, is deer meat and buffalo meat. I would love to try every meat out there, but that will remain a dream...
I am actually not that known to recipes or cuisine of any sort. My city is filled with nothing but fast food and horrible restaurants. All the good restaurants I cannot afford. I long for finding myself a nice little place of my own outside of a town, with a nice kitchen so I can learn some cooking. So far the tastiest looking cuisine to me is Polish and German, both of which I have only had little but absolutely love.
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Post by Bartbär on May 22, 2009 0:13:02 GMT 2
The weather here is much much much too hot for my taste. It is not quite summer and today I feel like I am boiling... It is very beautiful out, but I never like the heat. I am one of those few oddballs who actually prefers freezing my ass off than being hot. There is just something about the cold that I like, and I always enjoy the feeling of being all wrapped up in warmth around a fire out in the elements, than I do being skyclad and sweaty, still not able to cool down. The bad thing about living here in the mid-west united states, is we usually have extreme opposites, very hot summers (to me), and still very snowy cold winters. The scale is not tipped one way, so it makes it very hard to get used to. If it was hot constantly, I could get used to it, although I would still hate it. If it was cold constantly, well, that I could certainly get used to...
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Post by Bartbär on May 21, 2009 5:00:12 GMT 2
An awesome kid singing Taivas lyö tulta from Teräsbetoni, I watched this and absolutely had to share it. Too bad every kid doesn't come out this way! www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK0kKJTfxwc
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Post by Bartbär on May 20, 2009 18:47:24 GMT 2
Welcome crystiannia! We all enjoy a good rambling, I know I certainly do. I can type anyones eyes out just as much as the next rambler, so it is good to have you here! The best part about seeing Korpiklaani at small venues is that it makes it more personal. The Mokena show was absolutely wonderful, but part of me was hoping for a more personal atmosphere on a smaller stage. Leaves more oppurtunity to connect with the members, and let them know that you are there for them, and not just there simply because you felt like it. Or if the latter was the case, that you have become a fan just in that short experience. You may be alone, as far as you know, where you are, but you are certainly not alone here. And I assure you this forum is a great one. Everyone is kind and welcome, and you will fit right in. Tristan, I have always loved that name, naturally for the same reason, hehe. I am going to check out the youtube vids right after I finish this. It is good you are passing on great music, hehe! Take care! Welcome once again!
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Post by Bartbär on May 20, 2009 18:39:51 GMT 2
Sibelius - Ah, now that is someone whose compositions never failed to impress me! Classical music is always enjoyable, even if it is a composer I am not entirely fond of I always find myself being wrapped up in the melodies. I was just listening to Beethoven's Ninth on my long ride home from work the other day. I know it is a very popular piece, but boy does it deserve it's popularity. The only bad thing is that sometimes I start to listen to it when I don't have enough time to listen to it all the way through! I am partial to that work because it was one of the main ones that got me into classical music when I was a youngling. As of late, I have been listening to Mari Boine practically non-stop. I thoroughly enjoy her mixing of yoik amidst smooth and soft music. Even her use of light jazz is done tastefully to my enjoyment. Perhaps though it is my belief that Sámi and Finns are infallible when it comes to music. Hjalagh: Just send me the track and I'll try to figure it out. 10 minutes, not bad, I need the work anyway! My entire time in music I have never been the type to learn songs of other musicians, I have always been so big on creating my own, but now I want to get into that a little more, especially across a wide variety of European folk styles.
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Post by Bartbär on May 19, 2009 20:47:09 GMT 2
Good: Listening to great Yoik music, and typing my Social Political Philosophy paper that I am quite happy about the outcome. Bad: I just found out that Tyr's new album limited edition digipak is available for preorder on Amazon AFTER I just today spent my money ordering books from there. Good: The books I ordered were a new series of Finnish language books, of which are too seldom in the states.
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Post by Bartbär on May 18, 2009 14:30:13 GMT 2
Wow! Thank you very much humppaporo! It is so hard to find any info in books or printed form in the states, so I am very thankful to the great sites that have these topics on the internet. I have always dreamed of spending some months in the Sámi territory, experiencing the lifestyle, culture, musical traditions, etc. It is a very passionate thing for me. Thanks as well for the welcome.
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Post by Bartbär on May 18, 2009 6:03:50 GMT 2
Sergei Kalugin - "Рассказ Короля-Ондатры о рыбной ловле в пятницу" [ The tale of Otter King's Friday Fishing] Russian 'baroque' folk... Despite the innocuous title, this song is among the deepest and the most meaningful for me in any genre, because of the lyrics, and the way the music complements them. If only I could learn to play this song on the guitar, then I will need to learn no other. Send me a copy of the song, and I'll try to figure it out on guitar, I can't promise anything. But if I do, I will teach it to you no problem. To stay relevant to the forum topic: currently listening to: the sound of my fan.
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Post by Bartbär on May 18, 2009 0:13:11 GMT 2
Being a Craftsman I have become completely spellbound by the Duodji crafts of the Sámi tribes. I am trying to research more into it, but resources in English are limited on the web. I have found a few sites that discuss the craft, but usually the English versions of the sites only contain a short article. I figure since many people on this forum are perhaps well known in such areas of Finnish and Sámi life that perhaps you all could help me out? Further more than just the history and process of it, I am trying to find a way to acquire these wonderful crafts, but cannot find anything other than a few things here and there. Perhaps the traditions of these crafts are so sacred and the crafters so in-tune that to make them worldly available would not be possible, in which case let me know and I'll just have to find my way out there sometime to experience it for myself. Furthermore than Duodji, any Lappish, Scandinavian, or general European hand-craftsmanship that you are aware of, please do share. I am trying to study as much into this life as possible, since it is one that has always intrigued me. Here are some worthwhile sites I have found in Sámi education in English, Swedish, and Finnish. Also a couple with handicrafts available in the states, for those of you who are looking for some. www.galdu.org Link to Duodji video galdu.org/web/index.php?artihkkal=318&giella1=engAmerican based website providing Scandinavian goods, along with Shaman drums, so far the only place I have found providing these wares: www.cloudberrymarket.com/servlet/StoreFrontWorldwide supplier of Puukko knives and Nordic supplies: www.kellamknives.com/Informative site on Sámi yoik and lifestyle: www.utexas.edu/courses/sami/diehtu/giella/music/yoiksunna.htmArticle from the same site for Shaman drums: www.utexas.edu/courses/sami/diehtu/giella/music/noaidi.htm
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Post by Bartbär on May 17, 2009 18:21:48 GMT 2
Looks like we'll have to have a Polish study session sometime then Hjalagh! I have been looking around for language resources for studying, but Polish is something I cannot find much on. A few books here and there, but I don't want just the basics or a few simple phrases, I want to understand the grammar how and why vocab and verbs are the way they are, etc. One Polish friend I have been in communication with has wrote me some great intros, but the thing I am lacking is pronunciation. I may just have to pick up some Polish in the future when I travel there. Someday... I'd have to agree with that analogy. Very beautiful.
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Post by Bartbär on May 16, 2009 16:44:23 GMT 2
If you had come out to Chicago the night before the Mokena Paganfest, Anwend, I would have shown you my old campus library with a 20-feet row of collected folk poems/stories/anecdotes in various Low German dialects, most of those books published in early 1800's, amid the stirrings of Romanticism. Goethe alone takes up about two rows, that's 40 feet of uninterrupted Wissenschaft and Aufklärung ;D Don't tempt me, I may have to drive out there and sneak in... That sounds like a dream. Does this library also incorporate cottages right next to the books? I would just have to live there! Two rows of Goethe... now that I could get used to! In regards to Russian, I find it an utterly beautiful language, I find myself ever so often having to put on some Russian folk tunes, or settling for Ukrainian folk tunes even, just to listen to the language. Not to mention the beautiful music, but that is a different subject. hehe
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Post by Bartbär on May 16, 2009 0:03:12 GMT 2
Conan is one of my favorite comedians in the states. Here is another one of my all time favorite sketches of his, involving Finland of course. www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1WcS4UZKOU
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