Wednesday, September 29, 2004
I am twenty-two today.
I'm feeling uncommonly alright. This is so strange! I'm still waiting for the annual birthday depression to strike.
Only this year I don't have time to be depressed. I have lectures until 6pm and at 7 I'm going to see a play with Samu and Anne. It'll be after 9pm when I get back home and after that I still need to pack and stuff.
Tomorrow I'm going home for the first time after summer. Hm. What is extrepely weird is that I don't really feel like going. But it doesn't matter, I promised to go to work on Saturday morning and therefore have no choice. And it's nice to see people again. It's been a month since I last saw E+E.
Left linguistics a bit yearly yesterday and went to see Good Bye Lenin. I still loved it. Half forced Hanna, Samu and Anne to go as well and was thanked later. Ha. I knew they'd like it.
Teehee.. Got the best SMS from Suvi this morning, I was giggling into my tea mug when reading it. Can't delete it.. Apparently Juhalahti still loves me :p
Is this a wonderful service or what? :D
Monday, September 27, 2004
I am definitely not liking the Karvas site. Argh! Just looking at it makes me want to smash something.
I first wrote "just looking at it makes me see red" and then realised that although unintended, it seemed like the worst pun ever.
I am also definitely not like pronunciation classes. Last week was alright and I was fine with the rising tone (Cathy even said I'm near sounding like a native - until I blurted out something silly like "wegetables".. I still have problems with V, which is stupid). Then today the fall-rise and I was so completely lost. Ken didn't leave me with much choice and I actually got it out correctly a few times.
Still. I hate the fall-rise. I know it's difficult for everyone but GAH!
Help! I'm actually thinking of participating in something during the sports day on the 5th. Either aerobics or swimming.. Circuit would also be a nice change but I think I couldn't handle it. I'm not in too good a shape at the moment. But if I actually did something, I could go and attend the after party with a clear conscience :)
How thick can you get? I lost the notes for the only essay assignment I've had this year so far. Jaakko, being the McGyver he every now and then proves to be, scanned the thing and I was able to do the essay draft yesterday. It still didn't make me feel much better, though.
Note to self: never again reserve a laundry time for 8am on a Monday morning.
It doesn't work. It just doesn't.
Couldn't sleep last night and surprisingly enough, Frankenstein wasn't the best entertainment. Read two chapters and then switched to my old diares that usually are the desperate last straw and occasionally even work. Flipped through 1998 - 2001 again. Sweet cheese.
All I can say is that I have better understanding for girls aged 17-18 again. And after flipping through the old letter notebooks of Emppu and myself in search of a particular picture last week, I can happily tell everyone that we were once so unbelievably 15. :D
Jaakko and I made a deal: he'll come to see Minerva with me and I'll accompany him to Stella's gig. Sounds good. And they both should be free so our budgets won't be totally blown because of occasional attempts to have a life of some kind.
And it is so very sad that I seem to sometimes refer to Jaakko and myself in the collective "we". A severe proof that I need more friends.
They're advertising Hesburger's garlic meal all the time on telly. What wouldn't I have given for one last Friday? Me and Suvi had a long text message conversation last night, mainly about the garlic meals. And telly. And our studies. Help!
It's raining and I can't decide what to wear. Today I am mostly feeling shallow.
Friday, September 24, 2004
The freshman party was surprisingly alright. I didn't start moping until after midnight which was way later than I ever would've imagined.
After a 20-minute monologue I realised I'd just blurted out the whole of my identity crisis to this guy I hardly know. What a great way to make friends! But just like last year, the party proved to be a good place to meet 1 or 2 people you really, really like. So great.
Asked the media culture bloke whether or not I should take the introductory course because I won't be able to attend all the lectures. He said I should take it and not worry about missing a few lectures.. Actually I'd be more likely to attend a few and miss a lot. But, as usual, things tend to solve themselves. I realised Emilia's taking the same course. I'll go to half of the lectures and she'll go to the other half and we'll swap notes.
It's Friday night and all I can talk about is school O_o
Although it's not true, I feel like I haven't accomplished anything today. Woke up before noon, slightly hungover. Finished the Voterock IV poster, cleaned the whole apartment, mailed three books to Anna and learned to cook a new dish. But none of those count because I haven't touched the grammar book or Frankenstein and only thought about the essay. And the whole Karvas website matter remains untouched.
Still I thought I'd devote myself to grammar for a while and then watch The Bone Collector or some other of the spectuclar films that are on telly tonight. But now Matti's on messenger and the grammar doesn't really sound tempting enough for me to end the converstation. But I've simply got to read it tomorrow. And I also need to make myself to write the stupid essay draft. Otherwise my whole shcedule will be fucked. Gah.
I want a new head. One with imagination, please.
Last night when I got home after 2am, I turned on the telly while I ate. Not so surprisingly, nothing was on so I watched Nelonen's night chat for a while. And suddenly there was a message asking if anyone knew K.Vierimaa from Joensuu. "The lovely long-haired guy from the English department." Had to inform about bazillion people, Kari included. And everyone was equally amused. The sender, however, still remains a mystery. All we can do is wonder. :)
Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Huh? Anttila is selling Donnie Darko DVD for 7 euros. Why? Actually, I don't want to know why. Knowing that they do this is enough. I'm planning to get it for my birthday. Yes. I think everyone should give birthday presents to themselves.
Just realised my October weekends are fully booked. Already! Aren't I popular? Surely they're mostly booked by me but whatever. At least I won't be bored. It is more likely I'll be half dead when October's over because along with all the wonderful spare-time activities I've come up with, I'm going to have a shitload of school work to do. But anything's better than ultimate boredom. So hooray.
I met the most amusing people yesterday. Like this bloke I happened to meet in Marks.
Him: Are you from Joensuu?
Me: No, Southern Finland.
Him: What the fuck are you doing in Joensuu then?
Me: Studying?
Him: Oh. But you're definitely not at the university.
Me: Well, actually..
Him: You're not.
Me: What, I don't look academic enough?
Him: No.
Har. He tried to guess my major and ended up saying medicine. :D Splendid person. Entertaining for five minutes but as I was forced to talk to him for about half an hour, it got boring. I'm so demanding. I don't just expect people to talk to me, I expect them to be at least somewhat smart too! What an arse.
:)
So yes, Marks (and it's two-euro evening) has been found. A real hell-hole. And the moment I got in, I felt at home. Only Kerubin kuppila has had the effect here this far so it gives me happy. Now I know two bars I can go and be me. Or something.
We actually went to Kuppila yesterday as well as there was a pub quiz (uh oh). With the amazing 26 points, our team of brainiacs, these would be Samu, Jaakko and myself, didn't lose. There were two teams before us. Go us! Next time we'll kick their butts and be in top 5! Never going to happen but it's good to have aims.
The freshman party is tommorrow. I really don't feel like going.. the two pints yesterday was as much party as I want of this week. But I really don't have a choice. And who knows, maybe the spirit of a wild student party gets me and I'll dance on the table until dawn. Might as well do that, I have no school on Friday. Mwa-ha-ha.
Sunday, September 19, 2004
Besides being worried about social life, Samu apparently is concerned about my spinsterhood.
Him: See, it's Sunday evening and you're visiting someone of the male species. Next time you could visit someone who's actually available.
Me: Gasp!
Him: ...or maybe it's better to take small steps for now.
:)
But it was a nice evening really. We had milk and cookies and watched David Copperfiel. How very typically American of us. Heh.
ps. David Copperfield amazes and annoys me at the same time.
Last night was nice as well, even iff a bit odd and slightly awkward in the beginning. I went over to Paula's and we talked and had juice and cookies and watched telly. Sense a pattern here? But cookies are never a bad idea.
Atso was on Popstars again. Sweet cheese! I mean, he's a sweet guy and everything, but what's with the pirouette?
I had four things on my to-do-list this weekend. Visit Paula, read Frankenstein, read grammar and plan an essay. Of those four I visited Paula and started the essay planning. Actually I finished it but it's so crappy I just can't hand it to Cathy on Tuesday, I still need to work on it.
Instead of those relatively useful things I read The Da Vinci Code. The whole book. Entertaining enough, surely - also proven by the fact that it represents a genre I hardly ever even bother to read.
Left Samu's with a pile of DVDs in my bag. I have no idea when I'll have time to watch them. But maybe he'll not miss his Woodstock DVD, especially when he's probably going to Karkkila for the next weekend. I also borrowed Citizen Kane. Finally the huge cap in my general knowledge will be filled. Hooray! And then I got Magnolia and Seven for quality entertainment.
Last night after 11pm I would've given the world (or kingdom, har) for rice crispies. Strange cravings..
Friday, September 17, 2004
Hey, hold on. What is the deal with Bryan McFadden? And why couldn't he look like that for the two seconds I actually liked Westlife in the Iron Age?! Still don't care for his voice, though. So, whatever.
ps. The Hattuset CD is now mine! Mwa-ha-ha! Track #4 my favourite this far. You can't frown when listening to that.
It's a wonder what a few hours on messenger will do for one's head. After text messaging over an hour, Emmu and me moved the conversation to messenger and off we went. More great plans. Then I wrote another 10 pages to my diary and that was it. I'm feeling a lot better right now. Apart from the weird stomach pains, but they'll pass.
Of course the messenger maraton meant that I didn't go over to Paula's like I had planned. But I wasn't at my best anyway. Haven't really been since last Thursday when the tutoring deal was over.
Emmu and me planned all these little trips we're going to make. Should be fun. I just don't know how I'll afford them, but pffft. Money things tend to solve themselves usually. And while I was on the roll, I asked Suvi if she'd have me over for a weekend in October. Could see her, Anna-Leena and all the other people I've forgotten live in Tampere. Like Minna. Suvi couldn't say anything for sure yet but, most importantly, didn't say no. :)
I want this shirt!
Anyone willing to buy it for me? No? Shoot.
Mum, Jussi and granpa are coming over to JNS today. They'll only stay for a few hours and we'll have lunch or something. I haven't cleaned like a looney because I thought they wouldn't visit the place as the stairs might be a bit too much for grandpa. And now mum just phoned that they're coming anyway. Blast! The place looks like it's been hit by a tornado! I've been so tired I haven't cleaned for over a week. The shame.
Oh well. I've got another hour to make everything looks even somewhat alright. Of course I look like my usual morning monster myself. And haven't eaten anything. O_o Solution: Sit here and type.
It's actually quite nice that they're coming. Otherwise it would've been just another boring day panicking about my minors. I'd really like to talk to mum about them and the whole university deal, but I know that won't happen with the others present. But whatever. At least I have something to do. Hurrah.
Thursday, September 16, 2004
Entertained myself today by reading several guestooks. And some forums. It was fun for a certain period of time but then I came across something I really didn't want to read. Reminders of things done and other scheisse like that. And once again I feel like the biggest arse ever. Oh, isn't that nice.
Phew. Ought to talk to some people. And I mean a real conversation instead of the normal chat-chat nonsense. Picking up the phone just seems incredibly hard. I'll delay it and slowly turn into the evil bitch monster of death.
On a happier note, me and Emmu got another brilliant idea. The sock-spinning village. Everybody knows there are people who are so irresistable that they, for some reason or another, make your socks spin on your feet. Everybody also knows that those people are extremely rare and difficult to meet. So, the basic idea is that we'll kidnap several sock-spinner men and place them in the same little village. And so, every now and again when you feel like you need some cheering up, you could visit that village and leave with your head in the clouds.
Usually when you meet one, he just disappears somewhere or is taken or some other valid excuse. But this time you'd know they'd stay in the village and you could see them when ever you want to. Whee. The second best plan ever!
The problem with our ideas is that they're usually wonderful in theory but in practice it's a wholly different thing. Just like the Add Only Water Music Festivals. Me and Tomppa originally came up with the concept but Emmu, Samu and myself developed the idea further.
I'm talking to Emmu via text messages and Jaakko on irc. They're both trying to make me feel slightly better, one succeeding, the other one not. Hm.
By and by, my last straw worked. Fiction2 was alright. I think I can handle that. I also realised that I always wanted to study photography. Oh well. I'm stuck here and will probably never leave. I'll marry some native joensuuian, live in Rantakylä and have 2,4 children. And then I can be the Ugly Mother of my time, sitting on the bus every day with my screaming little kids.
I saw the Ugly Mother twice today. She haunts me.
Complaining and asking works occasionally! I really was right. ElliNet was to blame for all the FTP issues. Sent feedback yesterday and lo and behold, today the problem was fixed. It's got to be the first time. Ah, anyway. I can use FTP again. Whee.
ps. "Duct tape is like the force: It has a dark side and a light side and it holds the universe together." :D
Wednesday, September 15, 2004
Why is that annoying Christian Forss song playing everywhere I go? It's driving me nuts. Tried to forget herrr, erase her numberrr..
Deleted yesterday's unbelievably whiny post. Basically what I was saying was that Lehtiä Ilosaaressa was nothing too interesting, with the exception of Hullut hattuset which was the reason I enjoyed my stay at least for 45 minutes. Really. One of the best gigs I've seen in a good long while :)
And then I wrote a lot about Joensuu. It feels like this place is suffocating me slowly somehow. What is different from last year is that now I'm not too conviced I'm even studying the right thing. Grammar lectures have always been pain but at least I've understood something. Drama in theory should be fun but I couldn't care less. Tomorrow's fiction2 is my last straw. Counting on it.
It feels like I'm not getting any e-mail even though I'm getting more mail than ever. Even Mikko e-mailed me and that's usually the thing that saves my week. No such effect. I feel like such a flubber worm. Argh.
Asked if Juha could change the guestbook link at sbp.net because I still haven't figured out the origins of my FTP issues.
Decided to give away all my fanlistings if anyone's interested in having them. I really don't care for those anymore. The whole idea of fanlistings has started bugging me lately, don't know why. Oh well.
Instead of thinking about actual Things (which I unfortunately should do), I decided to concentrate on nerd things. They take my mind nicely off of any useful brain work. Whee. It's a happy life.
Monday, September 13, 2004
Survived the pronunciation class. Still can't say I'd particularly enjoy those classes but I'm still alive.
Read: it was pain. My linking has disappeared somewhere over the summer. Bugger.
Jaakko: You know what's another really annoying thing?
Hanna: Me drunk?
Jaakko: Yes, besides that.
Turned out he was talking about people who only talk about themselves. Ahem.
But relating to that drunk comment, I just sent out about bazillion apologies I owe around. Sigh. My least favourite part ever but every now and then necessary.
I think Samu's worried about my social life. He asked if I'd like to go to Kerubin kuppila with him today and so I had tea with him and this bloke called Pekka. Tomorrow we're going to Lehtiä Ilosaaressa. And on Wednesday he wants me to go to see a play with him. Mind you, I am going anyway. The day just depends on Johanna the flatmate who I originally planned to go with.
It's now 25 hours after I realised my bike's missing and already I feel like I can't breathe. I hate being dependant on buses, it just doesn't work for me. This place is killing me.
On a happier note, I don't think I'm going to pass grammar 2! Whee! I'd sat on the lecture for 10 minutes and already I had no idea what was happening. And we were discussing adjectives for goodness sake.
On really a happier note, I had my photos developed today and most of them were actually really good. Wonders never cease.
Sunday, September 12, 2004
Okei, tunnustan syöneeni ärrinmurrinkeksejä. Ansaitsen luunapin. Mutta oikeasti.. Tämän viikonlopun aika tuli paljon pelkäämäni ero eteen. Eli toisin sanoen joku ihanus on varastanut rakkaan, oranssin joposeni. Ymmärrän kyllä, miksi se on viety, onhan se ehkä rokein pyörä ikinä. Mutta silti.
Ja tietysti tämän lisäksi olen koko päivän kärsinyt aivan helvetillisestä krapulasta. Kello on jo melkein yö eikä olo ole juuri kohentunut. Kettu. Kuusi tuntia junassa oli aika saakelin pitkä aika istua, kun ei pystynyt nukkumaan saati lukemaan. Sorruin sitten kuuntelemaan Kanaa radiosta --> kurjuuden maksimointia.
Mutta taas tuli todistettua se, ettei ilmainen viina minulle sovi. Tai väkevät, on ne ilmaisia tai ei :) Käytännössä tämä nyt tarkoittaa lähinnä sitä, että Rytmiheikkien syyskekkerit ovat nyt ohi. Onneksi. Perjantai oli ihan helvettiä. Olin niin väsynyt, että pystyin lähinnä itkemään ja miettimään liikoja. Eilen sitten korvasin sen jättämällä aivot kokonaan narikkaan. Whee. Joku yleinen euforia otti kokonaan valtaansa ja kaikki oli vain hienoa. Jatkoin keskiviikkoisella linjalla eli promillemäärän noustessa henkilökohtainen tila pieneni ja loppujen lopuksi tuttujen lisäksi jokainen mukavan oloinen ihminen oli potentiaalinen olkapää tai kainalo.
(Ja tästä tulikin mieleeni, että se yksi historian opiskelija keskiviikkoisen halaushyökkäyksen kohteeksi joutumisen jälkeen varmaan karttaa mua loppuvuoden parhaansa mukaan. Noh.)
Nyt se euforia on kyllä tiessään. Sääli. Niissä pyörteissä tutustuu mainiosti ihmisiin, kun jaksaa olla kiva ja oma-aloitteinen. Nyt tuntuu lähinnä siltä, että voisin keskittyä taas kusipääpisteiden keräämiseen. Toisaalta olen keräillyt niitä harvinaisen tehokkaasti jo menneen viikon. Jännittävä yhtälö. Ehkä vaan seuraillaan, mitä tapahtuu.
Viikonlopun jäljiltä olen muuten taas yksi kävelevä UPI :| Mustelmiin olen jo tottunut (joskin niitä on taas mitä merkillisimmissä paikoissa), mutta nyt olen jostain onnistunut hankkimaan myös tuohon oikean ranteen yläpuolelle noin 15cm pitkän, hillittömän naarmun. Mitä helvettiä? Kipeä se ei ole vaan eipä ole kauhean esteettinenkään.
Onneksi pidin puhelinta kiinni oikeastaan koko viikonlopun. Perjantain puhelinrumban jälkeen akku oli ihan finaalissa enkä tietenkään ollut ottanut laturia mukaan. Tänään pidin puhelimen junassa auki, mikä takasi sen, etten karannut Lahden kohdalla junasta ja kävellyt Karkkilaan. Tekstiviestiyhteys Emmuun oli toiminnassa melkein koko ajan. Tekstiviestiliittymä on ehkä paras keksintö ikinä. Tai ainakin Emmun jälkeen. Emmu myös toimitti aamulla puhelimitse egon buustausta vielä maatessani melkein kuolleena sängyn pohjalla. Sen voimalla pääsin edes ylös.
Pinnallisia murheita: uusien farkkujeni vetskari ei pysy kiinni. Ihan hiton ärsyttävää. Se on tosi salakavala.. aukeaa aina silloin kun ei luulisi. Ja pyöräillessä. Ja kuulaa työntäessä. Muuten ovat oikein kivat housut, ainakin hintaansa nähden.
Tampereella oli mukavaa. Ainakin sen tunnin, mitä siellä tänään vietin (ja pakotin itseni syömään jotain - heikolla menestyksellä). Muistui taas mieleen, miten paljon siitä kaupungista tykkään. Ja taas hakataan päätä seinään, kun en päässyt sinne yliopistoon. Pitäisiköhän hakea siirtoa? Voin vain kuvitella, miten saan aikaiseksi..
Vaan olipas kiva nähdä Jukkaa pitkästä aikaa kunnolla. Muutenkin oli paljon kivoja ihmisiä paikalla. Ja kauheasti uusia tyyppejä! Ei nämä uudet varmaankaan mitään superystävyyssuhteita ole, mutta olen aika ylpeä siitä, että ylipäätään lähdin. Huomattavasti tyypillisempää olisi ollut jäädä Rantsikkaan katsomaan Nelosen Travolta-putkea.
Huomenna alkaa luennot. Ja tietysti ekana on pronua.. eih! En ehkä voi elää. Sitä paitsi pahoin pelkään, että tästä on muodostumassa kahden päivän kankkunen. Fuk.
Ajattelin, että voisin taas pitää pienen alkoholilakon, mutta sitten muistin, että tiistaina on Lehtiä Ilosaaressa. Ei siinä muuten mitään, mutta kun tosiaan olen menossa Samun kanssa ja se taas suomeksi tarkoittaa olutta. En ehkä kykene.. En edes luota siihen, että Samu viikonlopun kohokohdat kuultuaan on ymmärtäväinen. Lähetin tänään autosta puolipaniikkisen viestin ja vastaus oli ehkä maailman epäsympaattisin.
Samun eduksi katsottakoon, että edes vastasi viestiin. Jaakko ei vaivautunut. Mutta olkoon. Pitäköön molemmat kioskinsa, aivan sama. En olisi niiden mielipiteitä tai tukea kaivannutkaan. Ja muita positiivisia ajatuksia tähän väliin. :)
En meinaa pysyä enää edes istuma-asennossa, mutta tiedän, etten kuitenkaan saa nukuttua. Olen ihan epäkunnossa - kaikin eri tavoin.
Thursday, September 09, 2004
Kimmel has been invaded.
Oh dear lord.
Yesterday was fun, though. There was this horrendous cover band and me and Virpi basically danced our feet off. It was quite depressing to be out with her, though. She knows everyone. Finally we met someone I actually recognised - he had never seen me before. Oh well.
Palaveri was brilliant. Had I not bought the ticket to Kimmel in advance, I probably would have stayed there. I actually talked to more people than last year when I didn't talk to anyone apart from a few girls I already knew. But this year, I think the evening was more useful for me than it was for the first years. Har. But at least we didn't organise the darn thing in vain :D
And now as they have already seen me sing I Will Survive in Finnish to Jaakko's pint, I have nothing to lose in the eyes of the first year students. Whee. Could've skipped that, though. Don't know where the hell it came from.
Jaakko and me came up with an idea to start an IRC channel for Echo. Suggested it to Jari last night and he was all for it. Aren't we active.. Nerd, nerd.
Actually, I did feel like the biggest nerd on earth yesterday. Ken wanted to talk to me about coding and I was perfectly capable of doing it O_o Shared moments.
And while we're on the subject, I'm having FTP issues and they're driving me nuts. I have no idea why it doesn't work and what to do next. And I really need to update sbp.net. I'll dedicate this evening for it.
Tuesday, September 07, 2004
Samu phoned today and asked if I'd like to go to Lehtiä Ilosaaressa festival. Yes please! I was thinking of buying the ticket but didn't know who to go with. So, great. I'll get my ticket tomorrow and feel like I have a life.
Actually, momentarily, I think I do have a life. With all the hassle with the first year students, something's happening daily. Which is nice change to my last year's frustrating Joensuu boredom. Tomorrow we'll invade Palaveri and at least me and Virpi are going to Kimmel after that as Praxis is organising their annual Back to School party, which I skipped last year. I already bought my ticket today so I wouldn't back out at the last minute.
All in all the tutoring is going surprisingly well. The first years seem nice enough and I'm not half as clueless as I thought I would be. Today was brilliant as we divided the first years into two groups and me and Jaakko could do things our way and let Virpi and Kari follow their own paths with the other group. Unfortunately this was the only day we did that, tomorrow and Thursday we're one big group again.
But I have to say that Jaakko's my saviour, without him I'd go nuts. Or lose my nerve even more easily. Now when he's here, I know I can scream out the annoyance later after the tutoring is over. Already did that today, actually.
This tutoring has done me good, though. I've actually talked to people. Not just the new students but some old ones too, from Swedish and history departments for example. It's funny how all you need to do is wear a red t-shirt and everybody is your friend :)
Random 1: I did go to see Shrek 2 on Saturday, chose the English version. Loved it! I don't see it as children's movie, though. All those references made my head spin.
Random 2: This guy I don't know but happened to talk to (thought he was a friend of Jaakko's but apparently Jaakko didn't know him either) thought I work at the Tuska festival. Amusing really.
Random 3: I ordered about bazillion books (well, six) from Amazon.co.uk last night. And three from Akateeminen. Once they arrive, I ought to have all the books I need this year. And I will be very poor.
Random 4: Jaakko's girlfriend is flatmates with the Strange Girl. I cannot cope.
Saturday, September 04, 2004
I seriously need to think of other hobbies than shopping. I was bored yesterday so I bought a pair of jeans and a shirt. Argh! But I promise, those will be the last items of clothing I'll buy for a good long while. Easily promised, after this month I won't have any money anyway.
I was planning to take a media culture exam on October 1st and then I realised it's the Friday after my birthday and I'd decided to be in Karkkila then. The next possibility would be Ocotober 30, which also is a date of a planned Karkkila visit. Blast. So it'll be postponed until December. Arse, arse.
I could always skip the Karkkila visits, but those two weekends hold actual plans so I really wouldn't want to. Oh well.
I can't decide wheter to go to see Shrek 2 today or not. And if I decide to go, whether to see the original or the dubbed version. I'd choose the original were it any other film, but the first Shrek was really well dubbed. I can't honestly say whether I prefer Mike Myers or Samuli Edelmann as Shrek. Decisions, decision.
I made a Union Jack of nine A4-sized papers yesterday. What a wild Friday night! If we forget the fact that it made me feel like a sad creature with no friends, it was actually quite fun. Colouring therapy. I made it so that the first year students find us on Monday morning. After I'd finished the paper flag after three and half hours, I realised it's too light and nobody will notice it in the vast Carelia hall no matter where we place it. Noooo! It seems that there'll be a lot more colouring to do this weekend. I'm just running out of my coloured pencils.
Thursday, September 02, 2004
All I can say is that I was right. Today after the library training for tutors I went to Levy-Eskot and bought Yesterday Was Good. I'm loving it. And it was only today when I figured why Black Coffee always sounded so familiar :)
The libarary training was probably the most useless thing I've ever participated in. I think it was organised for the sole purpose of wasting everyone's time. We were supposed to learn everything there is to know about the new database system in 30 minutes. When we eventually got to the subject after 20 minutes, the system didn't work. And when it finally started working, it turned out that it is the old version we're never going to use anyway.
Boring food things:
Me and Miia still have very different diets. We were cooking at the same time today. I had baked potatoes, corn, olives and cottage cheese. She had a packet of small frankfurters (or whatever one might call those tiny sausages). I don't think neither of us would've wanted to even touch the other one's meal :) I can hardly wait until the new girl moves in, will she continue Hanna's pasta, tuna and liver casserole path or choose something completely different? How exciting! Har.
(For those who think I am being utterly serious, I can tell you that you are, unfortunately, half correct.)
I just registered to a new forum although I remember swearing that I'd never again be registered to more than one forum anymore. It seems quieter than Caritas, though, so I can probably handle it.
Wednesday, September 01, 2004
Back in Joensuu since Monday. Mainly I've been organising things and cleaning. Good use for two days. My room starts to look about right, I've still got some papers to go through but that's all. I've also informed everyone who I thought might be even remotely interested that this address being in use again.
The new flatmate stopped by today as well. She brought some stuff already today but is moving in on Saturday. She seemed nice enough for a math student ;) I think we'll actually start regularly cleaning this darned flat this year.
I went to see this another apartment in the town centre yesterday and it was lovely. Too bad it was so small. I don't want to take a loand so that I could squeeze all my things into 6 square metres - and I am not kidding. The room really was that small. Granted, there was a shared living room and kitchen but still. Take my bed and bookshelf to the room and there's no way I'd fit properly in there anymore.
It was nice to see some people I know today. Things don't seem so hopeless now. Except for the tutoring.. good lord. I have no idea what's going on. Virpi and Kari seem to so I take they're going to be the main tutors and me and Jaakko can only look extremely important. Good plan.
We got these absolutely horrendous tutor T-shirts today. I hope they're not making us wear them.
Lemonator's new CD was released today. I was planning to buy it but Levy-Eskot had already closed when I got there. Or more accurately, I saw them closing. Maybe it's better, though. I still haven't even paid for Grandpop I ordered last week and received this Monday :) Still. Greatest hits CD or not, I know Yesterday Was Good will be in my CD shelf by the end of next week at the very latest.
ps. I love Grandpop.
There would've been a free Maryland gig today in Jokela but as Kari canceled, I decided to pass. I really would've wanted to go but I'm really tired and going alone didn't sound very tempting. So I rented The Crime of Father Amaro instead. I just hope I'll stay awake through it :|
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