Slog - Comments on Poland Is Watching You While You Sleep and Recording Your Dreamz http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a So, the annual Pierogi Festival was this past Saturday, May 10, at the Polish Home on Capitol Hill. At the Pierogi Festival, I ate 14 pierogies (kraut & mushroom #1!), overheard an awkward conversation regarding traditional hats and "the Old Country," and was stamped on my right wrist with a blob of hot pink ink that read "YUM YUM!" It is now Wednesday, May 14. Here is a picture of my right wrist: DO YOU SEE THE PINK SPOT? IT IS EVEN BRIGHTER IN PERSON. I have scrubbed the pink ink every day.* I have tried various soaps and abrasive... Copyright 2008 Wed, 14 May 2008 16:00:40 -0800 Thu, 15 May 2008 07:06:29 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Fnarf Maybe it wouldn't be so pink if you didn't rub it so hard. [See footnotes * and **].

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a#c1024881 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a#c1024881 ??!! Wed, 14 May 2008 16:27:55 -0800 Comment by elenchos The ink is long gone. Leave it alone and it will turn a lovely shade of alabaster again.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a#c1024884 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a#c1024884 ??!! Wed, 14 May 2008 16:29:44 -0800 Comment by El Seven Lye will probably work.

]]> El Seven http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a#c1024887 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a#c1024887 ??!! Wed, 14 May 2008 16:31:05 -0800 Comment by leek Call in Dr. 90210!!

]]> leek http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a#c1024891 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a#c1024891 ??!! Wed, 14 May 2008 16:32:46 -0800 Comment by unarata There was a Pierogi Festival and I MISSED IT??

]]> unarata http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a#c1024898 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a#c1024898 ??!! Wed, 14 May 2008 16:37:08 -0800 Comment by Willski Cześć from Poland. Not that anyone but me really cares, but pierogi is already plural. Pierog is the singular. Writing "pierogies" is as redundant and strange as writing "alumnies".

My guess is that the ink is carcinogenic and comes from China. It was the cheapest thing those stingy Poles felt like paying for. Apply copious amounts of wódka both internally and externally and you will be cured.

Seriously, I bet that ink is alcohol soluble. Try vodka, turpentine, or isopropyl alcohol.

Całuję wam mocno,
A SLOG fan in Poland who has never been to Washington State.

]]> Willski http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a#c1024900 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a#c1024900 ??!! Wed, 14 May 2008 16:38:19 -0800 Comment by Mike of Renton For some reason it reminded me that it's supposed to be sunny for the next few days. [ducking]

]]> Mike of Renton http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a#c1024908 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a#c1024908 ??!! Wed, 14 May 2008 16:41:50 -0800 Comment by KELLY O I ate 15.5 pierogi that day. And then took a nap. A very long nap. When I awoke my Yum Yum was gone.

What does it all mean?

]]> KELLY O http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a#c1025018 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a#c1025018 ??!! Wed, 14 May 2008 17:41:59 -0800 Comment by Jessica We saw the signs for the pierogi festival on the way home from an Ikea run, but the lure of delicious Polish food was overruled by the need to assemble Swedish furniture to get my crap off the floor.

I still think the festival would have been more fun.

]]> Jessica http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a#c1025028 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a#c1025028 ??!! Wed, 14 May 2008 17:53:23 -0800 Comment by Joh We Poles put our blood into the YUM YUM stamp.
Soon you'll have a baby Pole bursting from your chest! Muhaha!

]]> Joh http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a#c1025037 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a#c1025037 ??!! Wed, 14 May 2008 18:03:48 -0800 Comment by grumpypants Everyone knows if you need to clean something, you use DR BRONNERS MAGIC SOAP.

duh!

]]> grumpypants http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a#c1025042 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a#c1025042 ??!! Wed, 14 May 2008 18:16:16 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Rub some Kelly O on it and it will go away.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a#c1025055 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a#c1025055 ??!! Wed, 14 May 2008 18:32:55 -0800 Comment by unred remember Aqua Net? That will ALWAYS take off ink on your skin. If you can find some. Rubbing Alcohol is your next best option.

]]> unred http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a#c1025079 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a#c1025079 ??!! Wed, 14 May 2008 18:58:54 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle You know, if you just got a nice Celtic dragon weave tattoo there, nobody would notice it.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a#c1025149 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a#c1025149 ??!! Wed, 14 May 2008 20:58:01 -0800 Comment by Baxter To paraphrase everyone else, you are pale. But hey! So are we all, Seattle. So are we all.

]]> Baxter http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a#c1025173 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a#c1025173 ??!! Wed, 14 May 2008 21:19:57 -0800 Comment by elenchos I meant to say very lovely shade of alabaster.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a#c1025239 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a#c1025239 ??!! Wed, 14 May 2008 22:35:10 -0800 Comment by pain it will fade faster if you keep your skin moisturized. if you had lotioned up before you got stamped, it probably would have washed off more easily.

]]> pain http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a#c1025310 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a#c1025310 ??!! Thu, 15 May 2008 06:57:26 -0800 Comment by SeattleBrad Quit your whining. Don't you Polish folks have it good enough with your good looks and perfect skin?

]]> SeattleBrad http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a#c1025312 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/poland_is_watching_you_while_you_sleep_a#c1025312 ??!! Thu, 15 May 2008 07:06:29 -0800