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Quiet week so far. Went shopping on tuesday for party things. And did a further test batch of scones today. Only 3 days to go now.

Up to chapter 12 of the Kalevala now. Really should be writing a plot summary for wikipedia. But oh well - can do that later.

( spoiler for the Kalevala and Finnish mythology. )

watched various things. ( doctor who )

also watched This Is Spın̈al Tap for first time. And then watched it with the commentary on. The DVD commentary is great: it's given by the band IN CHARACTER. They moan about how the director of the film made them look silly by selecting incidents. Hurrah.

covenant ticket arrived today - which is cutting it a bit close. tomorrow gig, then friday up to sheffield for batfink!

started reading the Kalevala (in English translation), which has been kindly lent to me by

cyniborg.

this is the Finnish "national epic", which when read in 1911/1912 by a kid called Ronald from the fringes of Birmingham, caused him to say "we've got to get ourselves one of these" and then a few years later to write one, in some cases just lifting things wholesale (compare Túrin with Kullervo.) i started to write a filk about Túrin once, which is not quite of the same level of inspiration, but hey.