May 27th, 2007, No Comments »
Via Neatorama, I discovered this essay and photos by Mark Resnicoff (not a journalist, but “a database programmer and amateur photographer”). The coolest photos are on page eight, including some sorry looking bumper cars:
The park of attractions/amusement park was scheduled to open on May 1, 1986, but never did. As I wandered amongst the decaying rides, all I could only think about was how much the city’s children must have anticipated playing in this park, only to have those dreams dashed by an invisible monster. Near the bumper cars, we recorded radiation levels of 340 uR/h , and one step to the left the levels were 1,200 uR/h.
This reminded me of a set of slightly-controversial Chernobyl photos from 2004. Wikipedia provides a little context on KiddofSpeed, the photographer in question with an awesome Engrish nickname.
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May 12th, 2007, 6 Comments »
We just watched the 24 finalists perform in the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest at the local public house. We’re currently in the 15-minute voting period, after which (I gather) each country’s voting pattern will be announced, and eventually a winner will be crowned.
In the meantime, allow me to pick whole I think will win. I wonder, are any of these videos up on YouTube yet? Hmm…not yet, YouTube appears to have blocked all Eurovision-related submissions for today.
Anyhow, I’m going with:
- Russia
- Hungary
- Finland
Hungary deserves to win, I think, but it’s hard to beat three hot Russian girls all tarted up and singing dirty lyrics.
I must find a video for the Ukrainian entry. If defies description, and expresses everything that I find so deeply surreal about this whole event.
UPDATE: I have located the Ukrainian entry. This isn’t from the contest tonight–I assume it’s from an earlier performance. You can get a sense of the weirdness nonetheless:
UPDATE #2: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? Serbia’s answer to kd lang wins? And the mad, mad Ukraine comes in second? I call block (or is that bloc?) judging.
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