May. 15th, 2011

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If the weather weren't bad enough, I'm also suffering from the Facebook Effect: there was a Fabulous Bear Party last night that Everyone I Know But Me was invited to, even though it was right here in the neighbourhood. I was kind of unsure where I stood with one of the hosts. Well, that's cleared that up nicely. I wouldn't've been free to go anyway since I was already pledged to a housewarming party in Oak Park. But my getting there was pretty much contingent on making it to the Met simulcast of Walküre yesterday afternoon, so when I bagged on that my day was pretty much decided.

At least know I feel much more prepared for our trip to Toronto next week. I still haven't managed to get in touch with my old college buddies there, but [livejournal.com profile] paulintoronto came through with some fantastic tips on where to go. [livejournal.com profile] monshu and I spent a chunk of time plotting them using the MyMaps function of Google Maps (not as intuitive as you would think!) in order to get an idea of how they clustered. AGO, Chinatown, and Mocca all in the same day? Or maybe Queen St West merits a dedicated afternoon. So many lovely choices!

At least the most important single event has been scheduled: Our photo session with [livejournal.com profile] bitterlawngnome. If nothing else goes right--if they lose our luggage, cancel our hotel reservation, confiscate our booze at customs, mug us leaving Cawthra Square--and yet this still comes off, the entire trip will be a success in my mind. Conversely, if it doesn't work out for some reason, I don't want that to ruin the whole trip, so I'm trying not to get too hung up on it. But still--OHBOYOHBOYOHBOYOHBOYOHBOY!

I'm not sure how we're going to communicate with anyone once we get there. My cell phone offers roaming in Mexico but not Canada and as much as I want to drop my provider, I'm not sure I can bring myself to pick a new one before we leave on Saturday. According to the website, the b&b [livejournal.com profile] monshu found in Moss Park offers "free local calls", but I'm not sure if there will be anyone there to take messages while we're out. So I guess we're putting our faith in wifi for a bit.
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Now if I couldn't get my crap together to get myself to a party in Oak Park, you can bet your sweet tuchis that I wasn't going to make it a party in bleedin' Peoria. It's a credit to [livejournal.com profile] aadroma that I gave some serious consideration to the idea before bowing to the inevitability of my lameassedness. [livejournal.com profile] monshu, of course, couldn't be dragged downstate even if you pickled him in vodka and lashed him to a sledge for anything, much less Eurovision. He confessed that he didn't even really know what Eurovision was.

And that's where the fun began.

I don't know if he ended up listening to all of the selections online, but he got through a goodly portion of them. I had been doing some listening of my own, but with a different aim: to find some of the most cheeseball nominees from ESCs past with which to torture my friends on Facebook. That's how I stumbled upon this absolutely cringe-inducing number from big Swedish bear Roger Pontare. (I just couldn't do it to them.)

Of course, YouTube is like a bitter ex that never forgets a bad turn you've done it, so when I checked in today, I found it had a little recommendation for me:



At first, I thought the nagging familiarity could be put down to what [livejournal.com profile] monshu was complaining about yesterday, the numbing derivativeness of the bombastic "Eurovision style". But after a minute or so, I realised that the familiarity was first-hand: I had actually heard this song before. But where? Last Advent, during my brief excitement for all things Swedish? Nah. Then when?

At last it dawned on me: Ursavision 2006. If only I had the video and not just the audio, I suspect I never would've forgotten!
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