Sunday, March 30, 2003
I had lots of things I wanted to blog about (like several people saying I'm wise this week but how I'm actually so very shallow..) but find myself with 20 minutes and a vast amount of things to do. Crap.
Oh well.
Oxford, here I come. Auuuugh.
ps. I can't believe it. My suitcase is half empty and weighs only 14.5kg. This never happens..
Friday, March 28, 2003
After a long, long pause, the Friday Five has reached Tomatoes again.
1. What was your most memorable moment from the last week?
Lots of memorable moments actually, I don't know if I can name the one that would be above all the others. But probably staying up for the Oscars on Sunday - Monday night because it affected my whole week. I'm still tired.
2. What one person touched your life this week?
Again, I've gone through a whole scale of emotions this week, but I think my sister just did. She told me something someone else had said that made me upset, angry and frustrated. And very pissed off.
3. How have you helped someone this week?
I helped the theatre group by promising to sell tickets at their Wednesday show, I guess that counts.
4. What one thing do you need to get done by this time next week?
Well, hopefully I'll be safely in Oxford and have got to know my host family a little bit. Also, my school applications will have to be sent out by Friday.
5. What one thing will you do over the next seven days to make your world a better place?
These keep getting tougher and tougher.. I don't know. I'll talk to some people and try to make them feel better, that's a good start. The world will never be better if the people in it are unwell.
Concerning #2, I'm so angry right now I just want to scream. Need to cool down.
Thursday, March 27, 2003
Hm? Blogger stopped working for a few minutes and wooosh! my long post vanished from the netry field. Good thing I was the celever one this time and copied it before hitting the post &publish button. Hurrah.
New layout. I am slightly infatuated with Mr Farrell at the moment and I love that picture. Plus, the Johnny one, as lovely as it was, was a bit too wintery for the beginning of April and everything.
I've caught a cold. Argargargargarggg.. Not now!
But I blame yesterday. It was very warm and inside a thick shirt and a jacket it was just boiling. I walked outside with t-shirt and jacket for five minutes but apparently, that was enough. But it was all for a good purpose. Now I've got a nice new spring jacket, which for once isn't knee length. It was cheap too. 20 euros can give you plenty of materialistic pleasure on a good day.
I felt so bad today when I was leaving school. I hugged all my friends I saw during coffee and was misty-eyed.
Me inside: Get yourself together, woman! You only be away for a few silly days.
Me out loud: [most dramatic voice] See you in two and a half weeks then. Farewell..
Sweet cheese.
Maybe I should've become actress after all.
I seem to have drama in me.
But nothing makes you cheer up like those stupid survey e-mails. I sent out about gazillion yesterday (well, 8, I think..) and I've been getting them back today. Question 44: "one good thing about the person who sent this to you." The joy! Reading those is honestly a cheer up.
- Hanna's got strong opinions about everything. She's a wise and wonderful person with good sense of humour.
- Hanna always replies to my text messages.
- Hanna is my oldest friend and wonderful friend the way that even though we wouldn't keep in contact for a long time, it doesn't matter because I know she's always somewhere there. If she wasn't, I wouldn't know how to be.
Awwwww.. I love my friends. Though I'm not too certain about being wise and stuff. But I do always reply to Riku's text messages, that's true :D
Milla is plain evil. She sent me a text message saying she's going to Tavastia to see Tehosekoitin. Grrrr. Why am I not going? It is so unfair.. I loved the band even back when she thought they we're just a terrible teen group. Oh well. I do need my sleep. But seeing Tehosekoitin live again would've been a blast.
Talking about blasts..
I jsut figured out today that my little Feather Boa is not the only (and more importantly, not the first) The Ark fanlisting. Blast! I feel so terrible, like I'm nicking someone else's members. But then again, I couldn't have known as it wasn't listed anywhere and Google seems to very limited at times. And the odds are, most people who find both sites will join them both too. So really, there shouldn't be any worries. I just feel like a traitor somehow even though there's no reason for it.
Heading for bed then. I really do need my sleep. I've got an exhausting shopping day with mum tomorrow. I'm sure I'll try to strangle her before we reach the third shop..
Wednesday, March 26, 2003
I am now one of the founders of the Sex-Having Atheist Gay Nuns. Seven of us already. Go, spread the word!
Tuesday, March 25, 2003
Oh bore.. I ought to be writing a speech and a few essays but I just can't get started. Maybe after this.. just maybe.
Take the Which Gay Cutter are You? quiz.
Me and Inka decided to get a patent for the term "science faction", describing films like the Matrix. Why we were talking about how to sort of label the Matrix, I do not know. But how would you abbreviate science faction? "Sci fa" looks plain stupid. This requires some extra pondering.
I saw Philadelphia for the first time yesterday and liked it. Tom Hanks has done some very bad films during his career, like Turner and Hooch (oh the pain of watching it..), but every now and then there is a film that proves he's not a useless git after all.
One question remains though. How have I been able to avoid such films as Philadelphia and One Flew Over Cuckcoo's Nest all this time? Actually, it's not too a big surprise. We're talking about a person who has not seen any of the Bonds. Or either of the Ace Venturas. Or some other hard-to-avoid films.
And back to the essays.
Monday, March 24, 2003
Swee-eet cheese.
I actually stayed up all night watching the Oscars. I did sleep for about an hour from 1:30am to 2:30am but woke up since Mikko was snoring so loud. Anyway.. from 3am to 7am, all Oscars. Then I got dressed and came to school. I'll be here until 7pm! Hurrah! But I'm thinking of going back home and sleep about four hours from noon to 4pm.. mmm.. sleep.
Strangely enough, I'm full of energy.
Colin Farrell presenting U2. Was I dreaming? Mr Farrell looked good, though. But who are the girls? Oscar.com only said it's Colin Farrell..
I was so happy to see Chris Cooper to win the Oscar. He doesn't get half as much recognition as he should. Brilliant man he is.
And I am certain Nicole Kidman deserved her award. And what else..? I liked Adrien Brody's speech.
I'm thinking maybe I ought to see Chicago. It was a must earlier, it's a must must now. Grief.. I cannot afford all the movies!
Saturday, March 22, 2003
I'm using Hellu's computer in the journalism class room. Uh oh.. a) I shouldn't be doing it b) it's iMac and I find myself without a clue how to use it. Terrible. But I think I'll manage.. some things are terrible weird though.
There's a big demonstration in Helsinki today but I can't go. I feel like a traitor. But I shall have my own silent demonstration over here in Lahti.
This reminds me.. after signing that petition yesterday, I got the best auto-reply ever. I love it and think I should frame it. Honestly. I love the phrases such as "Thank you for e-mailing President Bush. Your ideas and comments are very important to him." and "Your interest in the work of President Bush and his administration is appreciated."
Yes, indeed.
Babbling here in my blog is just a way for me to escape The Ways of Reading by Mr Martin Montgomery et al. Shame on me. But I will read a few chapters today before Emmu arrives. I need to. I'm so behind my schedule it's not even funny.
Last night was fun. Hellu, Anni, Esa, Aino and me went to see this stand-up show again because Mikko was performing. After that we came home and ate and all of us (minus Aino) went to this really terrible pub where the bar tender first refused to sell anything to us because he thought we wanted drinks with vodka, and he didn't have a license to sell spirits. After a very confused silence we explained that we just wanted lime long drinks. Then he got embarrassed and started babbling how we looked like the kind of people who only drink strong drinks instead of beer, cider and such.
Anyhoo.. the pub was a disaster so we continued. Hellu and Anni went to some other pub, Esa and me to Molly's where this Irish guy was performing. He was alright, nothing spectacular but definitely ok and he looked exactly like a leprachaun, minus the green hat! Heehee.. lovely. So ten points for him. The next stop was Hesburger to see one of Esa's friends who works there and I went home. Esa went back to Molly's, methinks. I haven't seen him today as he is *somewhere*..
But what I loved was to wake-up exactly when I wanted, without the alarm. Mmmm.. slept late. And when I saw Mikko this morning, his great mood spread and I'm thinking this might turn out to be a nice weekend after all. If only I could skip mr Martin Mongomery. But I think I can handle reading for an hour or so. And I know I'll feel better if I just do it. Going home then.. Bye, the red iMac.
Friday, March 21, 2003
Mr Howard made us to debate about the war. No surprise there (and we, sayinbg that Bush and Blair and co. have every right to do anything they want in order to get rid of Saddam, won) but it made me feel active and I just signed the petition. I demand everyone else to do it as well.
Couldn't go to the school computer lab as it was closed for one reason or another. So now I have to use the stupid 15-minute computers of the public library. Arggg.. the pain! No time for anything except e-mail really. Not that it matters, soon I need to head back to the school, where my laundry is happily washing itself anyway.
Emmu's coming tomorrow. Hurrah!
And this short post is here to compensate the giant one of yesterday..
Thursday, March 20, 2003
I can't believe the world has come to this. I'd like to make Bush eat nothing but pumpkins for the rest of his life, that's the cruelest punishment I can come up with.
Apart from that: Oh, boredom..
And I'm tired of being ignored. Not that I'm desperately seeking attention but what annoyes me is that all the time (well, most of the time) when I shout out to somebody, they just ignore me, evil meanies. Maybe it's my lack of cool. Hmm. Oh well, whatever. I don't need people anyway (sometimes telling lies is fun).
I didn't go swimming yesterday after all. The swimming hall wasn't there! Well, sort of. I just couldn't remember where it was but ended up walking around for an hour or so, and I think it counts as some form of exercise. I was a bit disappointed though, I really wanted to go swimming.
Me and Inka watched That Thing You Do! last night and she fell for Tom Everett Scott. I find that amusing.. I never would've thought he's her type. If there is such a thing as "somebody's type". Maybe I should jsut stop thinking about these things, they're not so important anyway.
Inka and Jade won't leave my The Ark CDs alone.
I think it's weird how three people so dfifferent from each other can be totally smitten with exactly the same things. Though my Tom Everett Scott and Rocky Horror Picture Show phases took place a few years earlier and theirs. And I'm not too positive Jade likes Tom anyway.
Everyone reading: yo, shut up about Tom Everett Scott already!
Hanna: ok..
I shall talk about shirts instead. I've finally got around to making those slogan shirts I've been wanting to don for a year or so. Actually, I've just made one but it's nice. It's blue and says "ridicule is no shame" with two very ugly stars. I adore it. Inka made one too (saying "it takes a fool to remain sane") and now we've got buddy shirts. Maybe I'll finally get a "subconscious Boromir fanny" shirt now too. It was about time.
I like the current layout of The Hayden Christensen Estrogen Brigade.
The question is: why am I surfing Hayden sites? I really must be bored.
But I still think the eye make-up suits him. As does the piercing. No piercings anymore, but for some reason I like this. And this.
Ok. I think we've reached the point where this isn't healthy anymore.
Edit: arggggh. Darned be the school computer lab! Almost printed out the blog page again.. the shame if that actually happened after all those Hayden links! Nooo. I cannot bear the thought.
Wednesday, March 19, 2003
Went to library yesterday.. I borrowed about bazillion Roald Dahl books. I can't believe it.. I mean, I'm always going on about how much I love those books and how he's one of my favourites and then suddenly I realised I've never read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. But now I'm halfway through and loving it. And suddenly I fully understand all those oompa-loompa comments that seem to pop up everywhere.
Mmm.. I wonder if there is a Roald Dahl fanlisting.
No. For my mind's sake, stop me from doing that!
I feel like going to sauna. I haven't been to one for at least a year or so.. Hold on, I think it might be 18 months or something already! Grief. What kind of a Finn am I? But tadah.. I decided to go to the swimming hall today. I can go to Sauna there. Lovely.
Took the Gay-O-Meter test. Nothing surprising really.. "You are 46% gay! Congratulations! You've scored right in the middle and are a happy and well adjusted hetero babe!" But I could swear my gay percentage was bigger when i took the spark test ages ago.. Maybe I ought to do it again.
Oh blast. The score has changed. Or then not and I was just remembering the bitch test results :D
"You are 38% gay! That's gayer than average for someone of your gender and supposed orientation. The typical straight female is only 32% gay!"
I am bored. Ought to work on my CV but arrrgh. Cannot be bothered.
Tuesday, March 18, 2003
Last year, about this time, I had a feeling I only existed online and decided it was time to take a break from things. Now I feel like I exist everywhere but online, and I find myself missing that feeling. I don't know. I've got a bazillion layout ideas and things I'd like to try out, dear friends I'd like to talk to.
The worst thing is this bloody blog. I love it dearly but nowadays I hardly ever come up with anything interesting to say. Yesterday was an exception as I actually did something interesting suring the weekend but usually, like now, I feel like my whole life is a dead zone. When I only existed online, I could always rant about stupid sites I came across if I had nothing more in my mind.
And still I want to maintain the habit of blogging almost daily because I like it.
I've been thinking of my life a lot lately and I feel that all this thinking is making my head explode sooner or later. I am not happy but have no idea what to do to improve things.
And why oh why can't I use the stupid FTP thingie Riku uses to update his site?? I want to update the fanlistings. Mindless coding is cure for everything, even if for a little while.
I just e-mailed this girl I don't really know, but many of my friends seem to. There was really no point in it, I just wanted to let her know I know who she is. Weird. A week ago I had no idea and now I can name at least three of my friends who know her. And I even know what she looks like, as I was standind right behind her last Saturday. It seemed only fair.
Speaking of last Saturday, me and Liisa had the photos developed yesterday. Some really nice ones there, and a few hilarious ones too. I love them. It's killing me that I won't be able to scan them for ages as I am not going home this weekend. But I've got a little photo display on my wardrobe door to make up for it.
Monday, March 17, 2003
I desperately wanted to get to computer the whole of yesterday and when I finally got here this morning, I had no idea what to do. Virve saved me.
Sweet. Cheese.
She actually made this.
And for once, I'm honestly speechless.
I love everything about it. Layout, colours, nice things said.. I think I should just say I love it. Does this make me egomaniac? If it does, I do not care.
Eh. And then to Saturday before I get completely carried away.
Woaaaah..
Apart from a girl accidentally scratching my upper lip and making it bleed (actually, it still bleeds) and a guy stepping on Liisa's leg, and this girl I named Arse, there's no complaint there. About my lip I don't care (even though it still hurts) because it really was an accident and the girl was fighting with this stupid arrogant guy who made me rather pissed off as well, but the guy stepping on Liisa's leg (and really: leg, not foot) was a thoughtless moron and I swear I could've punched him. But didn't because I am me and try to avoid all the trouble.
The Arse girl had a disturbingly big butt and she kept pushing me with it while she was dancing and jumping. I mean, I have nothing against people dancing and jumping, it was a gig for goodness sake, but she was way beyond tolerating as she did it on purpose. Arg. She was accompanied by the Stupid Arrogant Guy the Lip Scratcher was fighting with. What a lovely couple. Too bad I lost them after the first 3 or 4 songs, we could've swapped phone numbers or something...
Back to the point. I don't what to say. Bought the coolest shirt and stole a great new poster. Ola's lovely, and I am now hopelessly celebrity crushing on Leari. The opening act, M. Heavenly, is my newly found biggest fan ;) No, honestly. He was great. I want the album. When it comes out anyway...
What else can I say about the Ark? Eeee.. Difficultness. Definitely worth seeing. Definitely.
Tavastia cool also. Can't wait to get the photos.
Oh one more thing.
Watched Life As A House yesterday. Better than I expected but could somebody please explain me why Sam was made to stop using make-up and take away his piercing? Do those things automatically make you a lost case? Pfffft. I thought the eye make-up suited Mr Hayden, but apparently only junkies and worthless beings are priviledged to such joys in life. Annoyance.
Saturday, March 15, 2003
My bus will be leaving in 40 minutes. Erm.. EEEEEEEEEK!
I'm going to see The Ark!
It's finally starting to sink in...
But that's enough teenybopping. Honestly.
Inspired by the romantic comedy conversation yesterday, I watched You've Got Mail this morning. Ohhh... :)
And now I'm craving peanut butter. I made the grave mistake of buying it yesterday and now can't stop eating it. Peanut butter's my biggest fan.. :p
Friday, March 14, 2003
I bought a bag of MissäX and most of the candies are black. I am devastated.
Milla, Emmu, Johanna and me just had the most interesting film conversation while in Hesburger. It turned out that Emmu and Johanna haven't seen Sleepless in Seattle or You've Got Mail! I cannot believe it. They must be educated. Without those two, there's no way you could understan romantic comedy.
Those two films reminded me of Breckin Meyer (Meg Ryan --> Kate & Leopold --> Breckin). I heard he will be starring as John in the upcoming Garfiel film. Noooo! That is a nightmare. Worse still, Jennifer Love Hewitt will be John's girlfriend (I beg you pardon??). That film sounds like totally raping my beloved comic. Garfield used to be my favourite when I was little.
I don't think I can cope with it.
Thursday, March 13, 2003
Holy chocolate bar, Batman!
I just surfed this famous model agency website and found a girl who used to be in the same class with me. Sure, I knew she was a model and all that, but shiz.. I probably wouldn't have recongised her if I hadn't known it was her!
Seminar hell over. Nice feedback. And the ever continuing mantra "references, references". Apparently, even without any straight quotes I should have somehow marked the references inside the text. Alrighty..
But since the stress is now over, I found myself with a brand new flu. My head aches and I can't think properly but I hope it'll pass soon. I should. Stress flus never last too long., only to the point where they get annoying.
Titta, Anu and me rented the Breakfast Club yesterday. We couldn't watch all of it last night but we'll finish it today. I can't believe I managed to live over 20 years without seeing it. But now, thanks to the difficulties of choosing a new film that would be alright for three very different people, I am a weirdo no longer.
Found a school I'm going to apply to.. woot woot.. :D
Wednesday, March 12, 2003
Our literature teacher made us watch The Player today though we didnt't have time to get even half way through it. Oh well. I might have enjoyed it more if she hadn't emphasized how cool the film was with all its countless cameos and stuff. But still it was good fun. I hope we're watching rest of it next week because otherwise it will really bug me.
But still to this day I haven't been able to figure out how Peter Gallagher manages to be in every second film made after 1985.
Why on earth did a man named Malcolm Taylor change his last name to McDowell? Just wondering...
Oh poo.. I've got an official fanlistings problem. Need to contact the other staff in order to solve it.
Tuesday, March 11, 2003
I swear, if evil thoughts could kill, I'd killed a few Russian guys by now. They annoy me to an extreme extent.. and honestly. Nobody laughs like that. Shut up!
On more positive note: my seminar paper is ready and I handed it back today. Even volteered to present it one week early because I just want to have it over and done with. And then I can happily enjoy next Saturday without a care in the world (well, without a seminar paper care anyway).
Inka already spotted some stupid mistakes like me mentioning the whole Tom Marvolo Riddle --> I Am Lord Voldemort in two different places, first referring to it as an anagram (very much correct) then as a palindrom (much less correct). And some misspellings of limb and stuff. Nothing too serious.
And then to the matter that has been going around my mind since yesterday:
Sweet cheese! Why didn't anybody tell me Brad Dourif was once young? To me he's always looked the same and that means he's always been the same age. If my logic does not resemble the earth logic, I don't care. Mine's much more advanced. Even more than Xander's.
Anyhoo.. Back to Mr Dourif. Reason for realising the passing of time: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which I saw yesterday for the first time (strangeness.. I don't know how I've been able to avoid it this long). I took me ages to realise who he was but all along I knew I knew the eyes. You can't really confuse those with anyone else's.
As much as the young Brad dourif was a shock, it was not the worst. I could cope with the young Jack Nicholson and even with the young Danny DeVito, but... the young Vincent Schiavelli! Grief! That is just illegal.
Thursday, March 06, 2003
Wanted to have an offline day but couldn't resist checking my e-mail.
The Ways of reading depresses me even more than last year. Honestly, I don't think I understand a word of it. I want to tear the whole book, page by page...
Hellu's back, feels strange. But that means we're going out for coffee - finally getting that cafe au lait! Hurrah.
And before leaving: more joys of MuggleNet.
Wednesday, March 05, 2003
Honestly. My head is eploding. Me and iisa have bothy worked on our seminar papers almost 6 hours today. Well, hers is done, mine is almost. Introduction and afterword is missing. And contents. And I still need to correct several things. But it doesn't have to be ready for another week, so good.
I want to do something that has absolutely nothing to with the English language.
Tuesday, March 04, 2003
Oooh! I never realised you can actually change MuggleNet's layout! I love the Draco one. He is cool.
This reminds me. I ought to go to Sokos today on my way to yoga. Tralalaa..
Seminar paper is coming up surprisingly nicely. I wrote Harry's biography today, well most of it. And vocabulary appendix. Wait, how long have I been working on the whole thing today? Ermm.. almost five hours. I am speechless. I did spot some stupid mistakes I've done with Voldemort when I was going through his bio today.. oh well. It's a shame I don't remember the books so well and now don't have time to read them again :[
For the knowledge of non-Finnish speakers: "kutaleet" doesn't mean anything. I wish I knew where the translator found the word..
Typically me, yesterday in the school cafeteria.
Hanna: Anyway, he's got short hair--
Liisa: Hooray! Improvement! Hanna, short hair, let me tell you--
Hanna: I never said I didn't like short hair on a guy, I just said that I've always preferred longer hair!
Guy with long, pretty hair walking past: *glare*
Weee-ooot! Hanna's back from hiatus! And she says the new Rasmus album is great.. arrrg.
And to follow her example, and because I can't think of anything worth writing to say, some random notes before I go:
- I am joining Karl's zipper club. Mine won't stay done. Blast.
- going clothes shopping this week! yay!
- I still do prefer long hair...
- ... but honestly don't mind it short!
- My head is not functioning properly today.
- I might have to drive to Tavastia. Don't wanna!
- I am envious of Liisa's coolest Star Wars seminar paper.
- craving a nice big cafe au lait... mmm.
- I'll be late if I don't leave now. Crap.
Monday, March 03, 2003
I've got plenty of e-mail to write but I just can't be bothered as I am most pissed off at the moment. I hate things in Lahti. And I despise the thing that as of late I've been calling my life. Arg.
Note for Pekka, even though I'd better e-mail him too. Just can't-- oh bugger. Read the previous paragraph. Do I care if you don't like Robbie? No. Do I care if you don't like my Robbie layout? No. I just wished you'd signed my guestbook to say those things because nobody signs the darned thing ever anymore. Except for Emily. Thank you sweetie.
Godzilla was on telly last night and I watched it. I am so ashamed! I always knew I'd think it was a stupid, pointless film. I was right. I half laughed once and that's because one of those baby-Godzillas looked funny with the bag of popcorn in its mouth. Sweet cheese.. the subtitles were the best though. "Rutosti kalaa." "Kiitti rutosti." "Hanaa, hra ranskalainen!"
Good those may be, but nothing wins the Robin Hood subtitles two weeks ago. "Helvetin kutaleet!" OI!
Free amusement for Sunday evenings - the subtitles of the 9pm films.
Sunday, March 02, 2003
More random rants: I can't stand people who don't organise their fanlisting codes. I'm not expecting them to be in alphabetical order or anything, but something like all the actors together and stuff. I hate doing code checks and then have to wait about bazillion codes to load and then locate mine. In the best case, the person has made their own button and I can't recognise it.. Auuugh.
It's back to Lahti today again. Bye bye holiday. You were a nice and welcome break.
I'd just like to know what happened to it. I mean, I did nothing. If I was counting days, I'd say it would be only Tuesday today or something.
Luckily there's Smallville reminding me when is Sunday :p
Emmu and me were wondering something last night. I don't see her so often and when I do, we don't really talk about things. But still somehow, she always knows what's going on with me. And that's not only because she reads this crap I write here. I do write about things but I don't write about things. Mainly because you never know who's reading these..
Hurrah! It's my blog paranoia! How have I missed thee?
Aaaaargh! Why is absolutepictures.com so slow??? Can't it see I'm in a hurry here??
I packed my things early today to avoid the awful hurry when leaving. Now I'm certain I've forgotten something.. oh well. As long as it's not my phone, wallet or face wash, I can most certainly manage for a week without it.
Finally! This amused me greatly this morning.. :)
Not to mention this! <-- not stealing any more bandwith from those picture people..
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