Category: pics

  • cycling is fun



    cycling is fun, originally uploaded by siggimus.

    slow going today, but fun

  • black stallion



    black stallion, originally uploaded by siggimus.

    rides again

    update:

    or more correctly:
    brown stallion, pt ii: black stallion

    or alternatively, and also more correctly:
    return of the brown stallion: this time it’s black

  • as if …

    a slightly crashed into car wasn’t enough …

    a broken bike (a bit actually came off! – quite an important bit) wasn’t enough …

    a dead tv wasn’t enough …

    a laptop starting to pose as a paperweight wasn’t enough …

    another dead tv wasn’t enough …

    the (admittedly) ancient desktop puter has now decided to follow suit

    google effing body browser literally killed it dead

    after some 2-3 mins of showing the wife (a nurse) the incredible magic that can be performed with modern technology, the prehistoric machine gave a hiccup, froze, started whining like mad, and a few mins later passed away

    (a moment of silence, please)

    to borrow a bit from a classic:

    it’s not pinin’! it’s passed on! this puter is no more!

    it has ceased to be! it’s expired and gone to meet it’s maker!

    it’s a stiff! bereft of life, it rests in peace!

    if it wasn’t a puter it’d be pushing up the daisies! its metabolic processes are now ‘istory!

    it’s off the twig! it’s kicked the bucket, it’s shuffled off its mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin’ choir invisibile!!

  • lost in the trees

    uffa puffa!

    going certifiably diagnosably batpoop insane over lost in the trees these days

    lost in the trees knitting
    lost in the trees knitting

    dare you to try and resist this stuff

    all alone in an empty house

    i spent my whole life on you
    and i built you a gorgeous house
    to put up with your bitched mouth
    and i’ve thrown all my dreams right out

    and i’m so selfless here
    i’m so selfless here
    theres a cloud in my head
    i’m so selfless here

    and what do u want from me
    i’ve burried my own babies
    and i live all lone in an empty house
    i’ve thrown all my dreams right out

    and i’m so lonely here
    i’m so lonely here
    theres a cloud in my head
    i’m so lonely here

    so i tend the garden
    tend the garden
    tend the garden
    tend the garden
    tend the garden
    tend the garden
    tend the garden
    build the stone wall
    what are you hiding
    what are you hiding
    what are you hiding
    is something dirty
    something dirty
    what are you hiding
    what are you hiding
    something dirty
    where’s the baby
    where’s the baby
    where’s the baby
    go the baby
    you touched the baby
    you must be crazy
    i must be crazy
    i touched the baby
    hide in the tower
    hide in the tower
    hide in the tower
    right in the tower
    right in the tower
    right in the tower
    right in the tower
    for all i care ’cause i hear your soul
    and how i hate your soul
    will the church protect me
    how i hate your soul
    are we leaving
    are we ever leaving
    we’ve got black spots in our eyes
    are we ever leaving
    no where
    never meant to hurt anyone
    never meant to hurt anyone
    no plunge holes into the wall
    but never hurt anyone
    no, no one is perfect
    and, no one is perfect
    we’ve got holes in our heart
    no one is perfect

    walk around the lake (a proper video!)

    Lost in the Trees – “Walk Around The Lake” from Trekky Records on Vimeo.

    song for the painter

    & as a bonus, their tiny desk concert at npr. two of the three above again, but different versions + you get to see them!

  • brand “new” tv, part ii

    “new” tv is kinda working now

    sorta kinda

    there was no functioning remote, so there was no way to search for channels

    a flick through revealed four or five channels, two of them with actual proper sound and not just white noise

    those two are sky sports 2 & itv 2. so this weekend was x-factor weekend. probably last week’s stuff on repeat, not that it makes much difference if you didn’t watch it the first time

    managed to get some actual tv by recommissioning an ancient vcr that has spent the past 6 years or so taking up space & showing incorrect time

    no remote for that thing either, but you can (with difficulty) search for channels and such without one

    yay!

    unfortunately, a long long time ago, the makers of the vcr decided it would be real clever to include a feature that kills the thing if you don’t use it for 5 mins. you know, puts it to sleep, to save electricity and whatnot

    not insurmountable in itself when you have a fancy remote & can remotely poke it back to life, from the relative comfort of your greenish, if aging, couch

    but … well, at least we’re getting more exercise

    (part i of “new” tv saga)

  • out with the old

    & slightly broken

    the old and slightly broken - turning off when it thinks we´ve watched enough - one
    the old and slightly broken – turning off when it thinks we´ve watched enough – one

    in with the … erm … older & slightly less(?!?) broken

    the new and slightly less(?) broken - no remote to search for channels - one
    the new and slightly less(?) broken – no remote to search for channels – one

    so the old, humongous & broken tv that had taken to going off with a highly dramatic poof! when it deemed enough tv had been watched, has been replaced with a new(?!?) one that’s way petiter & fits snugly in the cabinet (a biiig plus)

    now, if only we could find a remote that works with this new one so we could search for channels other than sky sports 1, itv2 (pictured, in the middle of x-factor), the state tv channel with no sound & omega (local christian abhorrance)

  • cat + fly

    a fairly accurate depiction of events yesterday @ casa siggimusum:

  • bela lugosi’s dead

    white on white translucent black capes
    back on the rack
    bela lugosi’s dead
    the bats have left the bell tower
    the victims have been bled
    red velvet lines the black box
    bela lugosi’s dead
    undead undead undead
    the virginal brides file past his tomb
    strewn with time’s dead flowers
    bereft in deathly bloom
    alone in a darkened room
    the count
    bela logosi’s dead
    undead undead undead

    bonus:

    bonus bonus:

    update:
    bonus bonus bonus (hat tip to @thorlakur for the tip)

    and finally, the bonusest bonus of all bonuses in the history of bonusy bonuses (23 in one!):

    that should feed one’s bauhaus addiction for at least a few hours…

  • the sun also rises

    sunrise, originally uploaded by siggimus.

    and lights the sky on fire

  • awesomeness



    awesomeness, originally uploaded by siggimus.

    totally & scientifically proven beyond a shadow of a doubt

  • cold as eff and slightly snowy



    cold as eff and slightly snowy, originally uploaded by siggimus.

    but practically no ice at all 🙁

    the studs will have to prove their awesomeness later