Hyvä Janttu

The darling Janttu Winkler is my son in law in Second Life.

Janttu comes from Finland, all Finn´s love tango (well Finnish tango, which is a very special kind of tango), so here is some special music just for Janttu.

The singer is Mauno Hakkila in his rendering of "Täysikuu". He is very sweet and sings with great passion, so I am imagining it is what our darling Janttu will look and sound like in about 50 years...

"Hyvä Janttu, kiitos suuri sydän ja kärsivällisyydestä. Minä ja poikani rakastaa sinua väkivaltaisesti. Halauksia, Bock!"

A Great Photographer

Yesterday when I was looking for a picture to go with my post, I stumbled upon a wonderful photographer that I did not know of earlier.

I totally fell in love with his pictures and his vision, so I highly recommend all of you to take the time and strike up an acquaintance with Gary Hamburgh on his website "The Palouse Guy"

In a strange way Gary Hamburghs photography reminds me of Second Life, with a good viewer and the graphics set to Ultra with the highest draw distance. 

Back in Second Life

 

Photography by Gary Hamburgh

Well after a few days away from Second Life - due to a very bad cold in real life and the Swedish general elections - I headed back to my Second Life yesterday.

While I was away it seems all hell broke loose and hurt feelings are soaring high! It will take me some time to sort out what has happened, especially since it seems there are people I trust, love and respect on both sides of the trenches.

Not even the fact that the people that I know by experience to be deceitful liars and backstabbers are ganging up on one side will force me to jump to conclusions - for as I said there are people I love there also.

I will take my time and talk to my friends and the people I trust and let the dust settle. Hopefully we will all find a resolution to this. I will not allow myself to be manipulated into actions or reactions until I myself feel ready to do so.

No matter what happens though I will always stick with my friends, whatever side they are on, and hopefully they will stick with me too whatever side I end up on - if I feel I must chose sides.

"Strange Fruit" with "Lady Day"

"Strange Fruit" is a song performed most famously by Billie Holiday. It condemned American racism, particularly the lynching of African Americans that had occurred chiefly in the South but also in all other regions of the United States. Holiday's version of the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1978.  It was also included in the list of Songs of the Century, by the Recording Industry of America and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Ughhh it´s a big shame

1. The SD-party passed the 4 %-threshold with flying colors and got 20 seats in the parliament. They have the parliament by the balls, as none om the two coalitions got a majority on their own.

2. The Alliance won over the RedGreen Coalition with around 5 %

The first is awful and shameful

Voted

Well then, I have now performed my civic duty! It´s the only obligation I believe any citizen in a democracy really must and should perform, to vote in general elections.

The lines were longer than usual, so I do hope we get a big turnout. The election night will be nervous and interesting to watch for the following reasons.

1. Will the fascist Swedish Democratic party get a seat in the Swedish parliament, the Riksdag?
2. Will the RedGreens or the Alliance win the election?

Some people say that this election may be so close that we could have to wait until Wednesday for the final results...

A Wonderful Post

A part of my blogging ritual is to take a look at what other bloggers have posted.

One of the blogs I always read is my dear friend Millimina Salamanders blog "Magasin Millimina".

Today there is a wonderful post about showing feelings, you can read it here. Do not miss the video there either.