I'll stop writing about the weather in Stockholm for a while after this, I promise, but following the great weather of yesterday around lunch, we got pee for dessert; see what went down at 16:00, i.e. as I was leaving work for home:

Beck is releasing a new album with Danger Mouse producing. The first song I heard off it is "Chemtrails", psychedelic with lush multi-voice arrangements, but I urge you to seek out a track called "Profanity Prayers", it's top. The album's his best since "Sea Change".

As X and I are going to Serbia in less than a week and hence, I just visited the only place in Stockholm that claimed to be able to exchange Swedish Crowns for Serbian Dinars; au contraire, no cigar: they said there are currently no Serbian Dinars in the entire kingdom of Sweden, and instead advised me to exchange money to Euros, travel with a wad to Serbia and when there, exchange for Dinars. My cousin Zoran told me to just bring my VISA-card and use any of the ATM's there instead.

By the way, the teller at the exchange-place gave me a long slip of things to consider before leaving for Serbia. Among the snippets:

Withdrawing cash There are only a few ATM's around. ((Which, according to Zoran, is wrong.))

Haggling It's customary to haggle for Chinese and Turkish merchandise in the cities Subotica, Pancevo and Belgrade.

Tips It's customary to tip 10% in restaurants and a little sum of money to cab-drivers and bell-boys.

Miscellaneous Prices: Bottle of beer: 7-20 SEK Coca-cola: 10 SEK Gas: 10 SEK/liter

Yep, seems like we're set. All I need to do now is pack. Something inside me tells me to pack a bunch of warm clothes just in case, while my more sane side tells me not to pack anything warm apart from a jacket; I think I'll follow my more sane side and actually buy warm clothes when there, if they're actually ever needed.

I think you've guessed how much I'm longing for sane temperatures. Come, warmth. Come.