Gecko, the real one

Inspired by the ideas here and some expansions (like "Gecko society is the only society where you will die when you try to wank yourself .... your hand is full of super glue, for gods sake don't put it down there") I was looking for a pedant with a gecko on it. Just as a reminder of the fun of it.
And didn't find anything.


However, just after my birthday, I got the option to make one as a birthday present for myself with some help at Vana Karu Valukoda in Tartu.
It took most of one day to carve it out from wax (including the first wax gecko that I messed up ... he lost too many fingers and toes during the process and a part of the tail. You can see it on the first pic)

For gods sake. I just got a block of wax and had to carve it out in 3D with a saw and a small scalpel.
Not so easy.


So the second gecko I made had only one missing finger (improvement there), that was added back by local experts, who also added the big round eyes. Now all I had to do was to wait until they turn the wax into metal.

And now, a month later I am holding it in my hands. My self made metal gecko.

Here a pic I made: 

 

And here is the pic made by the Valukoda 

 

Hahaaa, cool, isn't it?

And since the visit in Tartu I have been carving a lot of more things,with my small inexperienced hands, and I love it.

Cheers!

Run to the Zen Park

Messed up dreams is my trademark.

I have seen disturbing things and a little bit less disturbing things.
In rare occasions however I have dreams that I can translate as metaphors, guidelines or reminders.

Here is one of them from yesterday (I slept 4 hours during the day):


I was finishing my work in hurry. Why in hurry? 
Well Terry Pratchett, Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman were visiting Estonia and giving a gig in Zen park. What gig? I didn't know and didn't care. The 3 people that I admire were together in Estonia. I was late, already, at least an hour. And I did not have any tickets, I just wanted to see these people in real life, if only for a glimpse. So I finished my work .... and ... well I did not know where to go... (there is no such thing as a Zen Park in Estonia)

In my room was a huge naked overweight Dionysus (who looked like this guy) and for some reason I knew in the dream that he was my brother. So he started to have deep talk about relativity of the world and we started to move fast forward - he was floating next to me while still in horizontal position. He was trying to help me out by speeding things up for us.
We got out of the apartment, down the stairs and on the front door I asked him: 

"Wait, do you even know where the Zen Park is?"
He said: "No..but.."
"Well then just piss off!"
 
And I left the god and started to run in random direction.
I was really in hurry and wanted to get there. (Speeding to get into Zen park, isn't it ironic?) The city was a mixture of Tallinn, Tartu and Pärnu - almost familiar, but still not. Some apartment buildings were slightly melting and others fixed into strange angles. 
I was running between these buildings.

.. I was not lost. I just did not know where to go...

...and then I woke up feeling somewhat stressed but also in a way relaxed.

At least I don't get bored, even in my sleep.

Cheers!