Cthulhu & I

Jolly Yuletide!

Time for Yule here in New Zealand! Mr. Cthulhu & I have celebrated christmas by looking at the movie Gnomes while eating chocolate some german girls gave to us. After that we played Mistress for Christmas, Fairy Tale of New York, Balladen om Briggen Blue Bird and some other traditional christmas music.

Otherwise we have walked around a bit in Auckland. I had to buy a new studded leather bracelett as the custom took the last one in Fiji, proclaiming it "a lethal weapon". Well, the new one is even more pointed and sharp, so I have to remeber to check it in before going on the next flight. Fiji was ok otherwise, totally calm and the only thing that was visible about the military were some typical civilian tents in what I thought was a camping ground. No signs could be seen of the military coup, no curfews no amounts of police or really anything.

Almost all people I met were positive to the coup, and I don't think they feared to say anything else as even the newspaper gave criticism to it. Of course, the people I met were mostly of indian background or worked in the tourism business. One of the reason that coup took place was some laws the government proposed on letting more of the profits of tourism go to the natives of Fiji. That might be the reason why Australia withdrew there threats against the military and let their battleships sail for home again.

So, Mr. Cthulhu and I wishes you a Jolly Yuletide (keep christ out from the Yule)! Now I'm going out to try to find some gingerbread.

The Jacket

Ok, added photo albums for New Zealand and Fiji. Also updated pictures for Mexico and US. I guess there are over 200 new photos to view now. Some highlights:

Mexico:

• Real dead saint in the cathedral of Mexico City.
• The beloved governor of Oaxaca.
• Chickens a bit too early for easter.
• Mermaid from Ripley's exhibit in Mexico City.
• Mr. Cthulhu on state visit.
• The car of Satan!
• Scorpions in the city of Durango.
• Chihuahua in Chihuahua.
• Mad American that was later arrested by the mexican police for refusing to pay a shop keeper. Screamed abuse to the police for twenty minutes until I lost sight of him.

US:

• Furred trout from Alaska, as displayed on Ripley's. They have fur because the water is so cold there.
• A flying Jackalope!
• Yep, only the good me left.
• Christ the scientist!
• Homeless man, rifles and rapists. US in a nutshell!
• Mr. Cthulhu and his new friend.
• WWPD?
• Evil swedes in Las Vegas?
• Nice little vampires.
• Pirates in San Fransisco!
• French Execution.
• Tequila Lollipop with worm.
• Emperor Nortons resting place.
• Mr. Cthulhu's good twin, massacred and displayed in shop window as a warning!
• Pizza orgasm.

Fiji:

• Yellow submarine.
• Mr. Cthulhu, catching some tan.
• Fishes (pictures taken while snorkeling) here, here, here and here.

New Zealand:

• Chef's uniform.

And as a bonus, here's a picture of my new jacket!

Forgotten Mummies

I added some pictures of the mummies in Guanjuato to the mexican photo album. There's a fast internet connection in this hostel, so as soon as I buy a new travell adapter for my camera, I will upload lots of pictures.

Lots of Words, No Toolshed

Been some time since I updated the blog. The reason is that internet was to expensive in US, so I surfed on my palm pilot instead, and it was no good for the pages to the blog.

So here's what has happened lately, sorted on cities.

Los Angeles:

I had too much of a hangover to visit Ackermansion and the play All about Walken. Instead, I and Mr. Cthulhu went to the Ripley-museum to see a genuine Vampire Killer-set, some fetishes and voodoodolls and other nice stuff. Just a few blocks from my hostel, I found a small witch-shop with punkrock-zombies. I bought one, but it escaped on the bus station, so people ought to watch out. Then, we went to see the Witch's house which was a bit of disappointment, as some construction was going on, and all grass and stuff around it had been dug up.

After that we went to the Museum of Jurassic Technology, a really strange place which I still don't understand. Apart from advice on how evil rabbits are for pregnant women and how mice can be eaten on toast to cure ills, there were also exhibits on microsopic art (needed microscope to be seen), paintings on all russian dogs sent to space and some mystic science on music.

Best of all, was the helicopter trip that Mats fixed for me, actually a lesson on how to fly the helicopter, controlling altitude and stuff. Got a bit paranoid for a while, but it was really cool. Mr. Cthulhu was to small to fly, but he got to sit in the pilot seat pretending for a while which made him happy enough.

Las Vegas:

All cool shows seemed to be down for maintenance when Cthulhu & II got there. This included the famous Treasure Island show, the Lion Habitat and so on. I thought of gaming a bit when I found a machine called "Hex-remover". However, I didn't understand a thing on how it worked so I got away with no lost money. Mr. Cthulhu found a great little wheel-and-arrow thing called "What would a pirate do?" with some suggestions as "Maroon a scallywag" and "Shiver me timbers" which I bought for him. After that we went to see a topless vampire show called Bite where erotical vampires showed their best two assets - their fangs. Our stay in Las Vegas was finished off with a trip to Grand Canyon where I got a cold which kept me coughing for a week. My jacket was as popular in Las Vegas in Los Angeles, I counted around 20 congratulations on it per day and some free beers.

San Fransisco:

San Fransisco was a great place to stay, not only because it was a nice place, but also because I got free boarding. Bengt Svensson, friend of a friend, who also sometimes reports for Radio Tuff, lent me a sofa to sleep in and also gave me tips and drove me around the city. These are the coolest parts:

• Vampire Tour by Mina Harker: Mina Harker, mistress of Dracula, showed us around the city, explaining what influences the vampires had when the city was created and also which areas were currently haunted.
• Paxton Gate: A great taxidermy shop with stuffed mice in punk haircuts.
• Botanica Yoruba: Another little witch store. I bought some mummy oil and also some for de-hexing things. Thought they would work great together.
• Defenestration: Strange building where furnitures are attached to the walls, so it seems as they were thrown out from the windows.
• Musée Mécanique: Museum with antique arcade machines, all in working condition.
• Emperor Nortons Resting Place: Emperor Norton was the last Emperor of US (also the first) and the Protector of Mexico.
• Columbarium: Strange place where americans put their dead ancestors in urns that everyone can go and look at.
• Exploratorium: Technical museum with exhibits on sound, seeing, mind and more.
• Alcatraz: Don't need more explanation. Extra fun to see about the indian occupation of the island. Visitors are greated with the sign "Welcome to Indian land".
• Redwood Trees: Gigantic thing. When a lumberjack gets tired of the larch, he has something to work on.

Otherwise, my jacket wasn't as popular in San Fransisco. Only around 3-4 congratulations per day. Will write more on my visit to Fiji later on. Meanwhile, here and here are some longer reports in swedish.

Mission Completed: Jackalope

Mr. Cthulhu and I have now entered occupied Mexico where the US occupation forces rule, setting up a great wall for the original inhabitants that now only can enter parts of their country when the US custom officers so decide. Tijuana was a very weird place in that way, the whole city filled with people that were trying to sell things to the americans, cheap souvenirs, their bodies or other people's bodies. When you get away a bit from the ugly shopping street, there's great deals to be made for devil masks, strange statues and happy skeletons.

Mr. Cthulhu wanted to go shopping today, so away we went. After 8 hours on our feets we returned with:

• The stuffed head of a jackalope
• A Killer Klown Mask
• Christmas Reindeer horns for Mr. Cthulhu who thought they would look more mean

Also, I had to buy a jacket as the weather was quite cold when I arrived. I went in to a gothic shop and asked for anything that was warm and not black. They gave me a red plastic bondage jacket that would double as a strait jacket with padlocks and all. An excellent choise as it is warm, takes almost no room and handles the rain so I can ditch the rain jacket. As a bonus, people start to talk to me on the street. Everyone seems to love my jacket, apart from my roommates that look a bit spooked by it.

Yesterday, we went to see the theater remake of Night of the Living Dead. It followed the movie quite well I thought, being about as short (only 65 minutes). The Zombies didn't eat any brains, otherwise they looked great. Next mission is to see the theater play "All about Walken" about the actor Christopher Walken.

Also, I went to a scientologic testing center to make a personality and an IQ test. They found out that I was smart (IQ 145), nervous, deceisive (did he say splunge?) and nervous, but was not living up to my potential. However, that was easily fixed as I could buy a book by Ron Hubbard that give me everything I needed. The book was not for free, so I skipped it. Tomorrow, we will try to see if there's an open house to the mansion of Forrest J. Ackerman, the great Sci-Fi guru.