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you leave for a few days and some stupid hole switches pics…

i’ve never been to most of these countries…

but the 9% is true!

create your own visited country map

or write about it on the open travel guide

not bad, eh?

being confined to sneezing & coughing these days, leaves siggimus plenty of time to ponder stuff

so, in between watching some malcolm in the middle classics & a stray the office episode, siggimus actually starts reading a book (mr. universe)!! & ponders the best way to get rid of all the goddamn fucking spam he’s started receiving daily…

finding occasion to move the siggimus leather jacket, chinaman #1 (jia), sees fit to exclaim in broken icelandic that it is probably the cause of his back trouble

in fact he gets so excited about about this that he pulls out scales and proceeds to weigh himself, first alone and then holding the jacket

‘five kilo!!’

shakes head in bewilderment

*cough! cough!

alert the media!!

a non-back-related sick day…

siggimus hitches ride with keg’s taxi to his domicile, or rather tells keg as they approach his domicile that siggimus won’t be going downtown. keg tries to argue, but siggimus is adam ant

eventually, siggimus wades snow up to his ankles, snow that had snowed in the past 3 hours, still in the suit from work & stuff

reaching the door, it slowly dawns on siggimus that the keys needed for opening it, are not with him

turning around, siggimus sees keg & taxi disappear

instead of panicking, siggimus decides to call for another taxi

11 minutes later, siggimus reaches cab company

cabcompanywoman: ‘might take a while’

s: ‘how big a while?’

ccw: ‘the ball will be over, toots’

siggimus explains predicament & ccw promises to do her best to help

24 mins later, a cab arrives from out of the snow & takes siggimus to work

siggimus wades snow up to his knees to get in

villi wakes up & laughs at siggimus, who takes the opportunity to change out of suit & into comfy clothes & sneakers

den runs out to cab again to go back home, where a soft bed & a cranky parrot have been waiting for him all night

the moment it struck felt like ages. all sorts of thoughts crossed siggimus’ mind before he dared admit to the cabdriver that the siggimus wallet was still in the back pocket of his suit pants, hanging neatly on a wooden coat hanger where he had left them not 7 minutes ago. siggimus contemplates offering cab driver his tv as collateral, but decides against it & asks him to drive him back again…

so, an hour & approximately €35 poorer, siggimus finally gets in to be with the cranky parrot

straight from the victories at grand rokk, siggimus, snorripet & keg (also fondly known as the alcohol fairy) head on over to keg’s joint for some more beer & the final episode of icelandic idol

quite a jolly good time is had

straight from work, siggimus & 3 colleagues head to grand rokk for to participate in their weekly pub quiz

in the pub quiz one teams up in teams of 2 to sit silently & try & answer excrutiatingly difficult questions

the reason? if you win (& get over 15 points), you get a full case of beer 😀

anyhoo, 30 questions such as ‘who collected the finnish kalevala poems? full name please” later, siggimus & teammate snorripet exchange answers with another team to grade their answers

they got 7

[a momentary pause, for the reader to reflect upon the terrible score that siggimus & teammate ended up with]

trattera!!

surprise!!

siggimus & snorripet got 11 😀

the winning team got 16

siggimus’ leg is starting to get a bit restless 😐

what’s with the gods these days?

why do they always have to play these nasty trix on siggimus?!

finally we know why!

forgets the thingy on his ankle when he wakes up & gets brilliant idea!!

fucking with them!

see, siggimus has been participating in clinical research for restless leg syndrome

yes, restless leg syndrome [more]

siggimus doesn’t have it, but a close relative does. apparently this means that your legs are a bit restless

anyhoo, this research involves sleeping with some silly gadget tied to an ankle for five nights, and filling out a questionnaire every morning about how siggimus slept. the questions include when did siggimus go to sleep, how often did he wake up, did he drink coffee, did he drink alcohol & stuff

the gadget is supposed to measure the restlessness of the leg during the night

staying up all night, shaking leg all around, but answering the questionnaire as if it was an uneventful night…

serves them right, right?