Monday, January 31, 2005
Some further information to the beloved Kappo (of mine, apparently): I really can't explain what avocados taste like. I'm sorry. Definitely not sweet. Not really all that good or spectacular themselves, they need some extra spicing. I figured that lemon juice does them good. Haven't really tried with anything else myself yet. We'll see after some experimenting in the kitchen. Teehee.
ps. If anyone else wants to share their opinions about the taste of avocados, feel free. The carrot commentor is yours.
Last night I watched possibly the two cheesiest things that have been produced for television. Ever.
#1 A Night For Ray Charles
#2 Top Ten at Ten: Simpsons
Oh. My. There were some really good performances (if he didn't have it before, Jamie Callum now holds my heart) but the general attitude and atmosphere made me want to vomit most of the time. Sweet cheese. I was doing fine until Bruce Willis joined B.B. King and Billy Preston on stage. Oh, why??? Thank god he didn't sing.
While I understand why the Ray Charles thingie was done, the top ten of the Simpsons remains a mystery to me. Ashlee Simpson only has some three videos out for goodness sake! I know perfectly well that it was Simpsons theme weekend but the point of that is equally unclear.
First of all: what the fart did 98 Degrees do at #10? Nick Lachey may be married to Jessica Simpson but that's hardly an excuse. My bet: they just ran out of Jessica and Ashlee videos. Still. They could've slipped another 98 Degrees video so that it wouldn't have looked so much like an extra.. And personally, out of all the 98 Degrees songs, I probably would've picked True To Your Heart myself. But whatever..
So, basic math: 10 videos minus 1 98 Degrees video minus three Ashlee Simpson videos equals six Jessica Simpson videos. I took practising self torture to a totally new level and watched them all. What can I remember? The teeth. And also, if you're not much of a dancer, it might not be the best idea to surround yourself with a big bunch of professional dancers and try to keep up. Really.
Never again.
Sunday, January 30, 2005
Know what I find terribly amusing? The 14-year-old Sex Pistols fans who use "Nancy" as their net nick. Teehee.
Didn't have tea with Henna last night after all. I got the Killer Stomch Ache yesterday again and didn't dare to leave the house. To prevent this, I have no started a food diary to track the thing that's causing the effin' aches. Go me.
But I went to see De-Lovely yesterday afternoon. As I just said to Emily yesterday, I have now figured that if I skip bars like I often do over here, my budget won't suffer even if I go to see a film once a week or so. So life's good.
Plus I have discovered avocados. Wonderful fruit. I've only made sandwich spread out of it now, but my head is filled with all ideas I want to try out. Like soup and salad and avocados with shrimp and.. Ah.
Anna-Leena just booked our London flights. Aeee! There's no going back now. Now the topical issue is to find a place to stay. I've got this new obsession to stay somewhere around Kings Cross, I don't know why. We'll see what we come up with.
The Highschool Graduation Meme (shamelessly taken from Rika)
[What year was it?]
Spring of 2001. What important things happened then, I cannot remember.
[What were your three favorite bands?]
Erm.. Backstreet Boys, Linkin Park & The Rasmus. O_o
[What was your favorite outfit?]
Anything pink, basically. Once again O_o! Also jeans, t-shirts and the basic shite I still wear.
[What was up with your hair?]
Long and red with blond highlights.
[Who were your best friends?]
Emmu, Emppu, Memma, Pekka, J-P, Samu.
[What did you do after school?]
I worked the whole summer and moved to Huittinen in August. And then I moved back in December.
[Where did you work?]
R-kioski. Oh those were the days.
[Did you take the bus?]
Only to Helsinki :)
[Who did you have a crush on?]
Most likely it would've been Kalle. And various DJs at the local bar. Har.
[Did you fight with your parents?]
The fight over graduation pictures was actually the first time I ever yelled at mum. So I did fight with mum, yes. I can't remember if I've fought with dad in the last 10 years.
[Who did you have a CELEBRITY crush on?]
AJ McLean is a probable choice. Colin Firth, as always. James Marsters as the Buffy obsession was at its height.
[Did you smoke cigarettes?]
Not really. Only to shock others occasionally.
[Did you lug all of your books around in your backpack all day because you were too nervous to find your locker]?
I'm stealing Rika's answer: We didn’t have lockers. And no, I didn’t drag all my books with me. I took with me the ones I needed that day, when I left home in the morning.
[Did you have a ‘clique’?]
Naaaah.. I like to think I was sort of everybody's friend at the time. The days of the clique were already gone (that was grades 7-9).
[Did you have “The Max” like Zach, Kelly and Slater?]
Again stealing Rika's answer: Can’t really say, as Saved by the Bell has never been shown in Finland. So don’t know what the fudge The Max is.
[Admit it, were you popular?]
?! Not in the Popular the TV show sense. But as I was sort of everybody's friend at the time, I'm pretty certain people tolerated me and even liked me ok.
[Who did you want to be just like?]
Sarah Michelle Gellar. All together now: O_o
[What did you want to be when you grew up?]
Something to do with multi media design.
[Where did you think you’d be at the age you are now?]
Graduating from a school of multi media design :)
[Some pics?]
Well-uh. If you dare.
Jarkko & me at the abi cruise.
Liverdance in Lahti.
The Future Is Ours.
The assistant leaders of the dance camp.
The notorious biking vacation.
Thursday, January 27, 2005
Have I read and revised for the exam I have tomorrow like I was supposed to do all day? No, not really. I read some thirty pages and gave up. I have a feeling it will be a total disaster. But right now I couldn't care less, which is quite unfortunate.
Activity of the day: trying to look up cheap hotels in London.
Conclusion: They're a myth.
I'm thinking hostels might be the best solution because, first of all, those I could afford. And they wouldn't be much worse than the crappy hotels we'd have to settle with with bigger money anyway. And if there's no curfew, I really can't see why we couldn't go to a hostel. But we'll see what my appreciated companion for the London trip has to say before I'll make any grand plans.
I have a feeling Johanna wants me out of the way for the weekend because her friends are coming over. But I am not going anywhere. Mwa-ha-ha! No, really. They won't bother me even if they're being loud and therefore I can see no reason why I should be bothering them.
Probably Johanna's just worried I'll be annoyed by them, but really, I don't care. They're only staying one night anyway.
Exam panic. IS it too late to study now? Yes it is. Bugger.
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
No, no, no, no, no!!
I just learnt that they're making Dorian Gray film with Ryan Philippe cast as Dorian!
Jesus!
I mean, isn't there some kind of law against this? It must be violating some rule.
I honestly can't say which Hollywood actor I would've preferred.. Jude Law maybe? He'd probably be pretty enough (and made a fine Bosie in Wilde). Stuart Townsend if he hadn't done the role in the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen already.
Gah. Can't say. And I am perfectly aware of the fact that whoever I might've chosen doesn't really count in these matters. But let me say that Ryan Philippe, who's even not from anywhere on the British Isles, is just all wrong. Horribly wrong.
Nyaaaagh. (<-- sound of disgust)
In other news, I really want to go here. It would be convenient as well since I happen to be around when the event takes place. Paying for autographs (£10 or £20, sweet cheese!) pretty much fights against my principles but it would be extremely cool to catch at least a glimpse of John Rhys-Davies, Alexis Denishof or the reason I really want to go, Alan Cumming <3
Sigh. Already informed Anna-Leena that I want to be there. We both thought it's fine since the admission's free.
I feel like humming.
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
Well, what do you know. Somehow made the effin' essay draft over three pages. Printed it out immediately. It is shite but at least I've got something to hand in to Liz tomorrow. If she's present. She's been absent for two days now..
Among the other dear CD foundlings, I discovered Five's second album, which I remembered to be mostly crap (right again! Tracks 2 to 5 are alright, others pretty much debatable). Listened to it today and suddenly remembered the passionate crush I had on ceratin mr. Jason Paul Brown when I was 16 or 17.
I remember having this lovely, lovely picture of him on my notice board years after because I really did love the picture that much. Couldn't find it online.. I could find good images of Scott, Rich, Abs and Sean but basically none of J. Why??
Of course, with him being older (three to five years) than the rest of the lot he didn't have that many fans anyway. I remember him as the definitely older man and he was what? Twenty-two when the first album was released. My god! I feel ancient now. I am ancient. Aaaaa.
But what in the name of all good and evil is this?
Even though I didn't find the J image I wanted, I found this other image I used to love and adore with the guys lying on the floor and laughing. I feel a layout might be on its way.. I've already had AJ McLean and New Kids on the Block. One Five layout won't make it any worse.
I was supposed to spend some quality time with Miss Jean Brody and her prime tonight but I'll probably end up choosing Tru Calling instead. Just the moment I was about to give up on waiting a good episode (which is yet to be seen), they brought in Jason Priestley. I am still in shock but it got me hooked again. There has to be some purpose if they cast Jason Priestley, for goodness sake. Or then he was desperate to work and agreed to do it with minimun pay. Har.
Monday, January 24, 2005
Is it possible to kill inanimate objects?! #¤%&$£@ essay!!
I can't make it to make any sense. And I can't find proper references. And it's just utterly bad. RRRAAAAA!
Other than that: wooo!
Yesterday I went through all the CDs I've hidden to mum & Jussi's cellar. You know, all the embarrassing ones. I didn't even remember I had such a collection! It can't get much cooler, let me tell you. Not only did I find all the 911 albums (which I hadn't forgotten, unfortunately) but I found A1'a debut single, No Authority's debut album, 'N Sync's first album (the German one!)..
Naturally I dragged all the best little foundlings to Joensuu to wait for the 90s party we've been planning forever. And naturally I couldn't resist the 'N Sync CD. I've been listening it today. I'm thinking of making a copy and sending it to Justin Timberlake in blackmailing purposes :D
I still know all the lyrics by heart which is a tad bit scary because apart from a few tracks (1, 4, 6 & 12) I always pretty much hated the album.
The weekend was good. Saturday was busy but fairly successful and Milla and me even made some 10 euros each with our little buffet. And for the first time since October I actually enjoyed the Karkkila bar life, which was nice. (<-- I've been watching The Fast Show too much lately) But I'm getting old, honestly. I stayed out until 4am and I'm still half dead.
L Word is on telly. After all the energy SubTv has put on the advertising, I think I ought to give it a shot.
Sunday, January 16, 2005
Nobody's replying my e-mails. Has the whole world some kind of grudge against me? Have I been forgotten? Aaaa!
I cannot draw. I tried to do it today but after some time lost my nerve and pushed the whole thing background until whenever. And therefore the CD cvovers still remain pretty much untouched. Sigh. Right now there's nothing much I can do besides the drawings and every time I try, it turns out to be catastrophe. Most depressing.
But. I have read the darned Finnish media culture book a lot. And I've finished Emppu's present and can mail it off tomorrow.
As Milla just phoned (somebody seems to remember me, apparently), I realised I'd forgotten Miia Elina's birthday yesterday (I simply can't understand it is 16th today already). And it was her 30th for goodess sake. Bad, bad Hanna. Sent her a message with belated birthday wishes just now.
Drowning Mona was on telly last night. Bad film (I'm not the least bit surprised that Casey Affleck is ashamed of it, har) but practically everyone in it was something of a Face. Bette Midler, Danny DeVito, Casey Affleck, Neve Campbell, Jamie Lee Curtis, William Fitchner, Will Ferrell.. O_o It's like Ocean's Eleven with B-cast (and look, they even have C.A. in common)! Or Can't Hardly Wait with old cast :)
I'm having The Weird Stomach Ache again. Killer.
(Everything appears to be in parentheses today.)
Saturday, January 15, 2005
Survived through the Kashira video. It was lovely! Except that I was really fat. I tend to put weight on my upper body instead of gaining it everywhere. So it was pretty much like "Hey, what's that pregnant chick doing on stage?". Arrrr. But apart from the pregnancy-like fatness, I was fine. I've never really seen myself dance so I wasn't sure what to except. Surprisingly alright.
Oh, way to go ego-maniac. Yes, the others were good also :) I've seen at least parts of that video before but I couldn't really remember anything. It was pretty much Pekka show the whole time but that was to be expected. And Milla's hair was really short and dark! Tiina, Mari and Marjo have all changed a lot in the past two years. They were so little in the video.. So cute. :) J-P and Johanna were pretty much the same as they are now. And the general sense of humour hasn't got any better.
But I noticed that I am perfectly entitled to suffer from a big head complex. It is huge! I mean, absolutely vast. And my hair was really short, which didn't make it any better. I'll try not to think about it at all.
But another thing that was absolutely vast was the apartment we went to see today. Too big for us, we need to skip it. Shame. An apartment couldn't be better located. And considering the location, size and condition, it was really cheap. But Reeta and me really don't need all that space. And we couldn't fill it either - even with my head in the apartment.
So therefore the apartment hunt continues. We went for comfort coffee (which actually was tea) to Houkutus afterwards and I missed three of my buses and ended up being home two hours later than I'd intended. Oh well. It supposedly is my day off, even with all the school work I've been (and ought still to be) doing.
Friday, January 14, 2005
what's YOUR deepest secret?
I should be making the CD cover. Or my essay outline. Or Emppu's birthday present. Or readind The Bell. Or basically doing anything that is not sitting here. But I just can't make me. Bollocks.
Me and Reeta M. are going to see one apartment tomorrow. Hoping for the best. With my luck, someone else will nick right before our noses. Or then the apartment just simply will be a disaster.
I finally get to see the Kashira video. I don't know how long Tiina's had the tapes ready, but apparently she's been so embarrassed by them that she hasn't given them to the rest of us. I got my copy today. I'm dreading to watch the video even though I probably shouldn't. Pekka said that it was really good and that we were brilliant. Still. Aaa!
Thursday, January 13, 2005
Why is it that when you're feeling crappy and very well know that you ought to be listening something cheery, all you can find from your CD shelf are songs from the "I hope you choke on your Bacardi and Coke" department? Or then 'N Sync.
Took a break from everything and watched The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood that I got from the library this afternoon. I wasn't the biggest fan of the book, actually I didn't like it at all, but thought to give the film adaptation a try. Sweet cheese! Even I thought the film didn't do justice to the book!
But I have to say there some really good performances. Like Ellen Burstyn, for example, who looked exactly like herself but I didn't even realise it was her until after about 20 minutes. She is awfully pretty, really.
Finally made myself download Firefox today and so far I'm loving it. All those people didn't praise it for nothing.
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
Tiesin heti aamulla joutuessani juoksemaan bussin kiinni, että olisi ehkä sittenkin kannattanut vain jäädä kotiin koko päiväksi. Ehkä hirvein päivä ikinä. Mikään ei ole onnistunut ja olen ollut vielä huonommalla tuulella kuin muuten viime aikoina. Tämä päivä ylitti jo viime perjantain ja se on jo jotakin se.
Päivän huippuhetki oli ehkä se, kun purtuani sitkeästi hammasta kaikkin muiden kanssa, lopulta napsahdin Karille humpan kahvilassa. Auoin päätäni jonkun verran ja menin sitten vessaan itkemään. Wooooo! Sitten en puhunutkaan enää juuri kellekään loppupäivänä. Enkä myöskään aio. Huominenkin voisi olla ihan hyvä viettää omassa hiljaisuudessa-
En vaan oikeasti jaksa ihmisiä nyt. Oikeasti kaipaisin joko kunnollista keskustelua asioista tai vaihtoehtoisesti aivotonta hengausta ilman mitään järkevää tekemisfunktiota, mutta kumpikin on aika turhaa yksin enkä ihan rehellisesti sanottuna pysty tällä hetkellä kuvittelemaan yhtäkään ihmistä, jota voisin mahdollisesti jaksaa puolta tuntia kauempaa. Eli tässähän ollaan. Virpi muistutti, että mulla on ystäviä, mikä kyllä pitää paikkansa. Mutta ei se paljon auta, jos niitä ei halua nähdä ollenkaan. Koitan ehkä rauhoittua ja löytää itseni uudelleen.
Taidan olla vähän enemmän rikki kuin luulinkaan.
Jaakko sanoi tänään lopultakin varmasti, ettei aio piirtää loppuja kuvia Varman tahon levyn kanteen. Olihan se tietysti kiva saada suora ja kiertelemätön vastaus, mutta hetken päästä tajusin, että noiden kuvien myötä alkuperäinen työmääräni triplaantui. Ja jutulla alkaa olemaan myös nyt kiire, kun levy kuulemma on kansia vaille painovalmis.
En kyllä pysty yhtään tajuamaan, mitä niistä kansista tulee. Tuskin mitään. Yritin äsken saada sisäkannen tehtyä, mutta tuherrettuani sitä parisen tuntia tajusin, ettei se juttu toiminut. Yritin vaihtoehtoista menetelmää ja se kusi vielä pahemmin. En oikeasti osaa tehdä koko asialle mitään.
Saatiin tänään History of English -kurssile projektit, jotka olisi kuulemma paras tehdä ryhmässä, mutta yksinkin saa tehdä. Hyvä niin. En pystyisi nyt mitään ryhmätöitä tekemäänkään ja kukaan tuskin edes haluaisi mun kanssa mitään ryhmässä juuri nyt edes tehdä. Ei sillä, että edes haluaisin tehdä mitään ryhmätyötä nyt. En vaan halua tehdä noita juttuja kenenkään sellaisen kanssa, jonka työpanokseen en luota täysin. Pää on helisemässä oman työnteon kanssa ihan tarpeeksi muutenkin. Mutta onneksi se joka tapauksessa on aika pienitöinen projekti, joten siihen pystyy ihan hyvin yksinkin. Ja kaikki ovat tyytyväisiä.
Ostin tänään yliopiston kopiokortin. Voin leikkiä oikeeta opiskelijaa.
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
They gave tips on telly how to make this easy-but-trendy dark & blurry eye make-up. Easy, my ass! But I have to say it did look pretty good when I was finished. Except that it shrunk my eyes about 50%, which I didn't really care for as besides my eye brows, eyes are about the only thing I'm even remotely satisfied with in my face. But I guess the make-up would be still work just fine if I left out the horrendous eye-shrinking 80's style eye-liner.
Started reading Iris Murdoch's The Bell for fiction3 last night. Why oh why haven't I read any of her books earlier? I've only read some three chapters but the writing is so unbelievably beautiful that I'm loving the book already. John's not completely clueless when choosing course books for us, let me tell you. <3
Still trying to decide what to do with the whole LiveJournal issue. I actually opened one on Monday but got so frustrated with it after a few hours that I ended up deleting it straight away. Now I have a month to decide whether or not I want to re-activate my account. Hm. I'm just afraid I'll end up abandoning this blog and definitely don't want to do that. I love the good old Tomatoes even if it is making me more or less silly every now and then.
Monday, January 10, 2005
I got a late Christmas card from Suvi today. Is it neat or what?
It was the first school day of the term today. Bluuaaagh.. Fiction seems nice as always but it also seems that History of English will be a lot of work. Oh well. I promised myself to work hard this term so that I would feel that the trip to London was deserved. Typically me. And so I already went and got some media culture exam books from the library today.
I ought to stop listening to Valumo on repeat. This applies for both the band and the song. But I guess I mean the song in particular. It would be alright up to a certain extent bur I'm over-doing it again. The only thing that is missing is candle light. Hm. Easily fixed.
A new life began today. Less chocolate, crisps, burgers, red meat and other such junk. More beans, seeds, vegetables and so on. To make the decision final I went food shopping today. Now instead of having just a few packets of noodles in the kitchen, I also have chickpeas and lentils and all that. Not to mention the funnel chanterelles I bought from Joulun taikaa :)
ps. I love the person who made this! My dictionary never knows any food words. And in case anyone ever needs the same glossary in Scandinavian languages, this isn't bad either.
Decided to skip watching Pay It Forward even though I remember liking it. I thought it'd be better to spend some quality time with Iris Murdoch's The Bell instead. Actually...
...my late New Year's resolutions:
+ watch less telly.
+ especially films on video.
+ read more.
+ learn to save money.
+ pass all the exams.
+ have over 60 credits by June.
+ use the frying pann less.
+ eat in more healthy manner in general.
I think I can stick to those. For a while at least :) Over the years I've learnt not to promise to lose weight. I've finally understood that it's not in my power, it just happens when it happens. Honestly.
Sunday, January 09, 2005
Back in JNS. I'm not sure whether it's bad or good. Oh well. I finally managed to read Heart of Darkness on the train. It only took me a few hours but I just couldn't make myself do it during the holiday. Now I have the hurry with French Lieutenant's Woman. Bummer.
I'm thinking of getting a LiveJournal that could be friends only. It's not because of paranoia, this just all seems so pointless right now. Or something.
Erm. Whatever.
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