Excuse me?

I've already scoped out some museums and landmarks in the triangle, but if there's anything there, especially nature hikes or small places that an ordinary tourist wouldn't know to spot, let me know. We're quiet tourists, we mostly just want to walk and see. Ruins are fine, I'm thinking of the Dome, less for the exhibition and more for the chance to see the entire dread cement underground.

'Nothing against Ashley Johnson personally, but... [long, incredibly personal rant about everything commenter fucking hates about Ashley, stopping just short of calling her the r-slur, but you just know that they really desperately want to.]'

That rooster never fucked with me again.

I miss that dog. Died of old age, just went into the forest one day and never came back, grandpa found him by the smell. Incredible communicator, he did those grunts/sneezes to signal happiness that I remember. I'm sure all dogs do them but I''ve never owned a dog so I wouldn't know, it's just something I remember.

Loooved swimming and fetching sticks, the little awawawuwuwu he did when he hard-braked mid-run once he reached the stick.

Meanwhile back in Estonia it's still cold as hell and we're looking at a second year of poor crops because it's cold. At least it's dry.

By opening your mouths and wallets, you are not offering charity. You are paying for your own security. You are paying with metal in the shape of coin, not bullets and warheads in your own body. You are paying so that people in the borderlands would die so you don't have to. I am not saying this with hostility, I am simply stressing that even though I mostly reside in Belgium now, it makes me able to be in the front row of people who think they are far removed from Eastern European scrappings. And not just Eastern European. Ask what Russia's mercenaries were and are doing in Africa and Middle East. And in your own country.

The war is already here, in Belgium as well. It's simply fought with information and money. The last stage of that war will be fought with munitions, materiel. You don't want that. So make it so that it doesn't come to that, because if you neglect Ukraine and others who will be, or are already attacked, then the border of fire will move that much closer to you, and then it WILL be your problem, and you will not be ready.

Don't let yourself be lulled to complacency because 'Russia and what army, donkeys and slingshots?'

You have no idea the damage a single unit with nothing but knives and ill will can do to a residential area. Russian soldiers are nothing if suicidally vicious when a culture of death and inhumanity is beaten, raped and starved into their soldiers, when they are being told: oh you starve? Well look at your neighbour. Yours for the taking, go forth and seize it if you want to eat.

Let's hope it won't come to that, for my folk or yours. But if it does, I implore you. Open your wallets and loudspeakers for Ukraine. They know how to fight this war, and they still have the manpower. Pour your resources into those who are in the best position to do the most. Help Ukraine, help me, help you, and in the long run, help the ordinary Russian, too. It'll suck, but freedom and sovereignty suck. They suck because you have to work hard at it.

And you can still sew patches on your linen garments, you know. Get yourself a small messenger bag and a wool or otherwise fabric belt. Hang your soft flask (I strongly recomment soft flasks) off your belt and carry your phone and wallet in your little messenger bag. Once the temperatures cool and the sun fucks off, you can always tie your shawl to your bag strap.

I don't know if I'd recommend cotton shawls because cotton breathes but when it's wet, it stays wet longer than linen but it also traps heat, which is why they don't recommend cotton for underlayers when you hike. It stays wet, but also hot, it doesn't 'let go' of water at a proper rate, we tested it.

And it can't be a linen blend, not even with linen x cotton, has to be 100% linen. And then you have to consider the weave and fiber density. Heavy linen will be brutal, very light linen won't provide the air flow, and dries too fast.

My choices of colour wouldn't be full black. Dark grey, darker blues and reds and greens will do just fine.

And linen of a certain weight and looseness doesn't easily show sweat stains, again, because of the fabric's properties and the pit stank isn't as rank as it is with cotton and synthetics, esbecially bc with cotton, they often add 2-3% elastane which is good for daily wear, but real bad for hot weather sun blazing wear.

I saw so many people, especially women, in polyester. And choose a dress for a skirt or at least loose blouses and shirts. They catch the lightest of breezes and help you thermoregulate. Loose linen is good because it helps insulate. Insulate doesn't always mean protection from cold, but also protection from heat.

Idk just take care of yourselves, I saw some people suffering there. And no skin tight bare skin stuff. I don't care how good you look in it, and you won't either when you look like a trussed up broiler chicken sweating bullets. You can always go back to the campsite and switch into your bondage gear once the sun goes down. Too many people have been posting about how they had to skip bands because it was too hot on the festival grounds. Dress like the sun's your worst enemy.

And we had a thunderstorm on Saturday night, and if you had been wearing linen, your shit would've been dry by 8am!

Cotton shirts, man. The fucking enemy. Prioritise comfort. Sew patches on your loose linen stuff and your bag. Wear your jewellery. Just be smart. Especially when you hit your 30s age wise. I endured a lot of heat in my hot metal chick gear in my late teens, too, but the older you get the harder it is, and this is where I find you with your head in your ankles with your friends trying to shake you to see if you're ok, and you're unresponsive. And be very aware of when you stop sweating. Means you need shade and sips of water, even warm water, right now. Don't chug, you'll just pee it out or vomit it out. Small sips throughout, like your mother taught you when you first came home drunk and devolved into your first horrible hangover.

And keep a damp linen rag around your neck and head, temples and forehead, where the big arteries and veins are. Wet your inner wrists, too, same deal. Do like the kangaroos do when they lick their forearms to cool themselves down.

At least this performance was better again due to reliance of backing vocalists, because the last time we saw Tesseract he was singing solo and couldn't keep a tune at all, and again, KEEPS EATING HIS LONG NOTES.

Live, Tesseract is just such a band of contrasts. Incredible melodies and excellent instrumentals, all brought down by the extremely poor live vocals. Like, how?? He sounds so, so good and on point on records, holds his notes, sings the whole passage through, and live it's like he has the lung capacity of a hollowed out steel bearing.

And Periphery... ye gods. At least he sang the long notes, but couldn't hit the notes, either. Periphery's vocalist sang like my uncle: so off key it's straight up funny.

Now again compare and contrast to Moonspell. Moonspell's vocal parts have never been challenging, but Ribeiro knows his limits and works within his range, and makes even simple vocals interesting to listen to. And I think all metal bands should never discount stage presence. Practice. Practice how you move, how you look when you perform, stay in sync with the music. Live performance isn't just about the music, it's about the visuals too, and Moonspell was just so captivating to watch. But then, subtle theatrics have always been Moonspell's thing, that band knows what they are doing and how to do it. I couldn't take my eyes off the screen and the stage.

The concerts were lit though and I'd dressed head to toe in a loose long sleeved linen dress and a linen shawl, looked like a damned desert ghost, but it really, really helped. Wool tablet woven belt as well because leather gets too hot and sweaty. Ample sunscreen, ample water. I acclimated shockingly fast, though, even with humidity.

Because I am smart and did not dress in shorts and a black shirt.

The grass at the festival grounds was treated with something that gave people nasty, painful swelling and rashes on their ankles and calves, too. Didn't happen to me but because I was sitting on the ground a lot I was wondering wtf is up with people's legs. Like, so many swollen ankles and rashes. I just thought it was sunburn and edema from standing and the heat, but turns out a ton of people had a horrible reaction to whatever the grass was sprayed with, a ton of them even had to go to the hospital.

And, because I did leave my beer in the tent, I once again got to drink hot beer. Not warm beer. Hot beer. It was fine.

No sunburn for me because again, I was a smart girl.

When it's hot and cloudless, even fellas, consider a long linen tunic. You'll look like ugly elves, but it works. And not white tunics. Black or some darker shade works better, I'm not entirely sure what the physics are behind it off the top of my head, but black works better, especially if it's loosely draped. Better yet, two layers, loose darker tunic, and a loose white shawl worn over it.

And even better better if you could spray or wash your tunic with that spf chemical if you have no adverse reaction to it because sun does pierce through fabric.