Alex's Alliterative Adventures

One of the most popular clubbing songs in Sweden right now is Botten Anna by Basshunter.  I heard someone say that it ranks number two on the charts, having recently fallen from number one. Tonight I decided to look up the lyrics (in English and Swedish). The song opens with this catchy hook:

Jag känner en bot
Hon heter Anna. Anna heter hon,
och hon kan banna banna dig så hårt
Hon röjer upp i våran kanal.
Jag vill berätta för dig att jag känner en bot.

For those of you who don’t speak swedish, including me, here’s the translation:

I know a bot,
her name is Anna, Anna is her name
And she can ban, ban you so hard
She cleans up in our channel
I wanna tell you, that I know a Bot

Part of me is waiting for everyone to rip of their prosthetic faces to reveal the evil alien mouths underneath, because something has to be wrong.  This country has surpased the maximum level of allowable awesome.

The… the school helped me.  Waterloo actually helped me. On their own time.  I’m rendered speechless.

 

Photos still to come, but here’s a memorable spanish saying from last night: “Only dead fish go with the current”.

So I signed on msn just now, only to be greeted by a pleasant surprise.  Someone I haven’t spoken to in years has set his msn name to “Walk in the rain and no one will see you cryin…”

I love emo kids.  They’re more fun than gak.

A quick lesson in Swedish.  If you ever need to greet someone in Swedish or find yourself desperately trying to impress a hot Swedish chick who’s said hello, keep this typical greeting in mind:

Greeting: Hej! Hur är laget?

Response: Under kontroll.

 

Best.  Language.  Ever.

Colin has just sent me one of the best things I’ve seen in quite some time.

Thank you, Colin.

me: *skims the drinks list, which consists entirely of beer*

me: An iced tea, please.

waiter: Err… so you want a beer?

me: …sure.