Tuesday, August 30, 2005
I drove 180km yesterday. That's some 40% of the whole journey! Go me! Mum took her driving turn as well, so Jussi had to drive less than a half.
All in all, everything went well. We stopped for about an hour in Mikkeli to have the air conditioner repaired. And still we were in JNS after 4pm, which was very nice. I've already unpacked all my stuff and everything, so I can just relax for a few days before the tutoring stress is topical.
My schedule is a pain, though. Why do all the systems have to change? RRAAA! And every time I try to ask for advice, I get an answer that's basically worth nothing. I have no idea how to solve the thing, and it's driving me nuts. Stupid overlapping courses.
Spent last night getting to know Viivi the Cat. Or technically she's still a kitten, I think. She's the tiniest ever! And not a least bit shy. We're the bestest friends already. At least almost.. we're having some difficulties in deciding whether she's allowed to go in my closet or eat the leaves of my little orange tree. Apparently, we're both have strong opinions about each subject.
Viivi woke me up before 6.30 this morning and now I'm all sleepy. thinking of going home and having a nap.. except that me and Krista are going to TikkaCom to ask there's a way we could share Krista's net connection. It'd definitely make things easier. Spending all the mornings in the university library trying to find a free computer again doesn't tempt me all that much.
Sunday, August 28, 2005
The play. Sweet cheese!
Well worth seeing. I've been recommending it to everyone the entire day. I don't think I've ever laughed that much watching anything, be it a play, a movie or anything. Both Suosalo and Nuojua just blew my mind. I can't help bot wonder what it is like to be that talented in anything. Good god.
Everyone who has even a remote chance of going to see Kiviä taskussa, go and do it. You won't regret it. My owrd on it.
I don't know why I was panicking so much about time running out. Everything went just fine. I'm all packed, we have taken the stuff to the car already, my hair is cut, I spent some two hours at dad's and another two at Milla's. Me and mum even copied all my digi photos to a CD. Now I'm planning to watch C.S.I. Miami and go to bed.
Before that, though: try to work out both sskk.fi and elisa.fi and change my contact information so that they'll approach me instead of mum with bills and such. Both sites are being a pain and I just lost my nerve with them in the morning. Grah! But I'll try again now, and if it won't work, tough. Then we will just have to find alternative ways to do things. Shouldn't be too difficult, really.
I promised to drive part of the journey tomorrow. I promised to take the shift after Heinola and drive some two hours at least. Noooo! I haven't driven at all since May! Milla always says that I ought to drive more, and I'm very well aware of it myself as well, but this seems a rather rough start. Ah well. No chance of getting out it because Jussi won't be able to drive the whole time, and mum is probably even more hopeless driver than I am. Eee.
Saturday, August 27, 2005
That's it then. I get to continue studying media culture. I expected to be all enthusiastic about it, but now I mostly feel blagh.. I don't know. Maybe it's because I worked really hard on the stupid application and in the end, everyone who applied was accepted.
But in a way, whee. Now I have an official minor sucject and only have to find one more. In theory.
I made a new layout for lw.org on Thursday and now when it's all fresh and new, I'm bored with this layout here. Unfortunately, I don't have time to do anything about it since I seem to be running out of time anyway. Two days to go until leaving for JNS and everything's a mess. For one, I haven't started packing yet. :|
Also, dad just moved. I'd like to be helping him in the new place (which is great!) the best I can, but right now the best isn't much. I was there for two hours last night, and will try to go there tomorrow evening as well. The problem is that tomorrow evening I ought to have all my things packed, too, so that we could take them to the car for the night. That way, we wouldn't have to do any packing on Monday morning, we could just go. And tomorrow evening, I'm having my hair cut as well. Sigh.
None of this would stress me if I didn't have to go to work this weekend. Alas, there's no way getting out of it. And I need the money.
Katri invited us for dinner last night. It was nice to see the girls, especially as I haven't seen Memma properly for a year or so, and I know I won't be seeing much of them from now on either. Unbfortunately, I was tired, stomach-achey and awfully cranky the whole time. After three hours I asked Mervi to give me a lift home because my stomach was killing me and everyone else ended up leaving at the same time as well because Mervi was the only one driving. And now I feel like the party poop as all the others would've liked to stay. On my defense, I honestly couldn't have stayed much longer. Stupid stomach :|
Happy, happy: Going to the theatre this evening. Yay!
Seven things from Rika. I will have time to pack after this, I'm sure.
7 things that scare you:
Spiders. Bugs. Dentists. Loneliness. Big lorries (juggernaut lorries as Greg would probably call them). Making official phone calls. Failure.
7 things you like the most:
Music. Being outside. Good conversation. Good company. Home. Feeling that I look nice. Going to the theatre/cinema.
7 random facts about you:
I don't like to drive. I'm good at remembering random facts. I hate my hair. I'm a fairly good at drawing but I never draw. I need a lot of sleep. Tiredness makes me really grumpy. I like grammar.
7 things you plan to do before you die:
Travel to other places in Europe than the UK. Graduate. Learn how to knit well. Read Crime and Punishment. Find the perfect place to live. Find balance in life. Get rid of my diaries for good :)
7 things you can’t do:
Play any instrument. Keep my mouth shut. Stay in shape. Speak languages apart Finnish and English. Code valid HTML. Cook meat. Stay in budget.
7 things you can do:
Stay in schedule. Memorise song lyrics. Tuna pasta. Keep a group organised. Speak endlessly. Re-discover old CDs from my collection. Persuade others to do silly things with me.
7 things that attract you to the opposite sex:
Intelligence. Humour. Style. Eyes. Smile. That sympathetic look. Good / polite behaviour.
7 things you say the most:
Fuk. Ehkä.. Niinku. Miten vaan. Vaiks. Joo! No hö.
7 celeb crushes (whether local or foreign):
Johnny Depp. Dave Grohl. Colin Farrell. AJ McLean. Robbie Williams. Liam Neeson. Sean Bean as Boromir :)
7 people you want to take this quiz:
Ah, anyone who bothers.
ps. Can't belive thinking of celebrity crushes could be this hard! Took me ages. o_O
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Miia Elina sent me a text message today saying I am a celebrity. Apparently, I am mentioned in the thank you section of Bloodpit's new album. I'm not so sure it really equals a celebrity status but whatever.
I guess this means I have to get my hands on the CD as soon as possible. Like I wouldn't have bought it anyway. :D
Ooh. Since someone asked for Armi Aavikko photos, I might as well post this little piece of art Anu just sent me.
Blondes really do have more fun. Love the shoes! Too bad you can't really see them. They've got probably the second highest heels ever.
Mum was so proud when she saw the photo. Both of her lovely daughters looking so pretty. :)
Speaking of mum, we just watched As it is in heaven, which Maila's been fussing about the whole summer. She bought the DVD a few weeks ago and made me promise I'd watch it. Preferably with mum because Maila was sure mum would love it. And lo and behold, she did. And did I, for that matter. I don't know if it made such an impression on me as it obviously made on Maila, but I've got to say it was really good. And the guy playing the leading part was quite perfect. I hear he's one of Sweden's leading actors. If he is, I have no doubts why.
I don't know if the film proves that "the Swedes really can do everything", as Maila put it, but I do recommend it to anyone who's not afraid of serious drama. The way it described people and their relationships, especially in a little village, was touching. Really. The story was accompanied by a good deal of beautiful music, which was a big bonus. It made the film special.
ps. Ticket update: The BSB tickets are ours. Phoned the ticket service for fourty minutes before I got through. I might have succeeded about 35 minutes earlier if I'd been patient enough and hadn't hung up so early. But no can do. I didn't get seats for us because they would've been just way too far. So now we're standing. I need to start preparing myself mentally for this, it won't be pretty. Teehee.
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Good activities for a day off: going to the dentists. What fun! My tooth has been aching like hell for a while now, and finally I made myself to do something about it. Well, actually mum made me do it, but whatever.
It turns out there's nothing wrong with the tooth I thought was the one that hurt. Then again, the one next to it has a hole in it. Whee. The dentist would've put a temporary filling there but then we decided against it, as the treatment would have to continue in JNS anyway. So, the first thing to do when I get to JNS is book a dentist appointment. Can't hardly wait..
In other words, my tooth still aches like hell and makes my head ache too. But to be honest, I'm just glad there wasn't anything wrong with the roots. I don't think I could cope with that.
On a happier note, Radiohead was on telly last night. I didn't know what Thom Yorke looks like as I've never really bothered to find out. And suddenly there was a bloke that looked nothing like I'd half unknowingly imagined but the voice gave him away, naturally. But may I just say a few things. 1) scary eyes! 2) pretteeeeh!
Jebus.
I don't know what the show was or anything, but apparently every band in Britain was in it. I only watched some fifteen minutes or so, but managed to see everything from Radiohead to Manic Street Preachers and The Verve.
It's the BSB ticket day tomorrow. Still a chance to bail out..
Sunday, August 21, 2005
Still haven't e-mailed Roy. Will do it after posting this. Or possibly tomorrow. I have to! I'm just not too confident about my English at the moment. Evidence exhibit a: bumping into Mr Howard on Tuesday.
Hanna: Hello.
Mr Howard [walking past]: Hi, how are you.
Hanna [in the most high-pitched voice ever]: Fine, thanks..
I hadn't seen him for two years and suddenly there he was, in the Savoy theatre. I heard a familiar voice, but wasn't sure if it was him or not and therefore didn't go to talk to him. Alas, the fate decided to place us three seats from each other and he had to walk past me to get to his seat. And that's when the Most Intellectual Coversation Ever took place.
What are you supposed to reply to the "Hi, how are you" thingie anyway, when you know it is not meant as a question but more like a polite greeting? Erh. I didn't see him after the show so that's the only thing we actually spoke. Weird, though. Blast from the past. The funny thing is that right before I first saw / hear Mr H., I'd bumped into this girl who was in the theatre group while I was in Lahti. It was a bit surreal.
But back to the point. Even if I haven't e-mailed Roy, it's not like I haven't done anything useful. I did take some time to find out that if I'll be able to take his course, I can order the two novels from Akateeminen with Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, which I have to get for John's Crusoe Myth course anyway. But if there's no point in me taking Roy's American lit. course, I'll just fetch the Crusoe book from the nearest bookshop. The rest of the books that are on John's booklist are so expensive that, although I prefer getting my own copies, I think I'll just borrow them from the library.
I think the last paragraph could be the new chapter in My Exciting Life. Luckily me and mum are going to see if we can find any mushrooms tomorrow. That'll bring a peaceful moment into all this action :D
// edit: sent the e-mail! Whee!
Friday, August 19, 2005
God! This woman I just made a website for is such a moron! RRRAAA! She asks for the stupidest things and wants me to "improve" the site - for the uglier direction. I wouldn't mind so much if she did it directly and all that, but no. She apparently thinks I have developed some telephatic skills, and when I fail to read her mind, she makes her requests to mum, not so politely. GRAH!
But after this neither me nor mum will ever work for her again, that's for sure.
On a happier note: Stockholm! Yay! It was pretty. And exhausting. And I bought nice bargain underwear. Woo. Helsinki on Tuesday was also nice, that's when I really blew mu budget. And bought more underwear :) But I also bought other things and went to see Tsuumi's Siivet so I didn't blow all my (little) money on bras and stuff. But everything I bought I really needed, so it's all good. Or so I keep telling myself.
I also decided today that this autumn I'm finally going to take that bloody Swedish course I've been avoiding for two years. It's another thing if I'll ever pass it, but at least I can try. It overlaps with one of Roy's courses I really want to take, and now I have to e-mail Roy and ask if there's any point in attending the lectures only after mid Octobet o_O That is, if I ever dare to e-mail him. He still scares me. A lot.
Suvi and I agreed to go to the BSB gig in October. Teehee.. It's to celebrate our birthdays, naturally. Providing we get the tickets, of course. I know it's 50 euros I could spend on something sensible, but I do have to admit that I think this is really cool. I was all giggly yesterday because of this.. The saddest part of the story is that the person telling me that BSB is actually going to appear here was dad. He seems to be more up-to-date about such things than I am. Then again, about 98.9% of the population of Finland probably is.
Mum made me late dinner after she saw how pissed off I was because of the website stuff. In a way, her fussing about my things makes me feel bad. But I guess she's enjoying it.. In two weeks, I'm not here anymore, so I guess I'll let her make most of it before I leave. And enjoy the free service myself. Hm.
Can't really wait until I'm in charge of the contents of the fridge again, though. Honestly. Mum's on a diet and I've been trying to eat healthier, too. Mum's husband is most supportive. He just bought a huge packet of hazel nut croissants. Luckily I know those croissants taste vile, and am happy to keep away from them for the rest of my life. But really, does he ever think? At all?
Saturday, August 13, 2005
Wooooooo!
Tommi Evilä just achieved bronze in the long jump finale, and the whole stadium seemed to go insane - I'm so glad I'm not there (and why on earth would I be?). Then again, it's not in many places where one gets to feel such unity. Even here at home, I (who couldn't care less about some World Championships) was genuinely moved. Strangeness.
Then again it might be because Mr. Evilä is by far my favourite athlete. And because I liked him long before he suddenly jumped the record jump the other day, I'm way cooler than all those who doubted his skills. Ha, ha!
(There's no need to mention that I like him is that he has courage to stand out as an individual and not be made from the same mold as all the other sports people seem to be. It's truly trivial at this point ;)
We're leaving tomorrow! Tra-la-la! I've packed most of the things I'm taking with me, and feel great. Mostly. I am also slightly suffering from shallow desperation, which is caused by the fact that I don't own anything nice to wear and will wear the same outfit I always wear when I'm going out. I really need to spend some of my last salary on clothes - it'll remove them problem for some weeks, if not even months!
I decided that taking three pairs of shoes is completely unecessary. Two I will allow for myself but have difficulties in deciding which pair I will leave home. Probably the moth poison / vinegar ones because altough I love them to death, they're not the best ones to walk with or to wear if wearing a party outfit. Still it's a shame, I adore those shoes.
ps. Wrote the application on Thursday. It took blood, sweat and tears as well as about 90 minutes and a shitload of mum's help. But I even posted it on Thursday evening. Now I'm feeling relieved. And nervous, obviously. I will hear on the 26th whether I get to continue my media culture studies or not. Fingers crossed now.
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Every time I leave a comment to Rika's blog (that has a new superb Batman layout, actually), mum's F-Secure announces that there's a Trojan somewhere. Like I just said to Rika in an e-mail, were it Eric Bana, I really wouldn't care. But as it apparently isn't, it's just blah.
And no, I couldn't think of any better word to describe the situation. Because whether it's mum's computer, Rika's site or a strange coincidence, it can only be described as blah - from anyone's point of view. If one wants to avoid rude terms that is.
Milla and me finally booked the Stockholm cruise on Monday. We've been talking about it forever and even almost booked it a few times, and now we finally got round to it. Waiting was worth it, though. We got it for a way cheaper price than we would've if we'd booked it last week. So whee.
To celebrate the so-called saved money, I went and bought new mascara and eye shadow today. I'm not feeling too bad about the mascara, though. I thought I'd have used the last of the old one in May, but no. We've struggled this far, my mascara and me. Today I finally threw it away. May it rest in peace. The eye shadow I really didn't need but whatever.. I haven't bought any clothes this summer so I was dying to get something new. Plus I've been wanting new eye shadows for ages now. Don't know why. I hardly ever use them.
But back to Stockholm. Can't wait until Sunday! I know we're only going to be there some six hours, but it's six hours spent somewhere else than here. Also, I haven't been on a cruise since 2001, so that seems like a change as well. Woot. The fact that the ship's not the biggest and fanciest ever doesn't bothering me all that much. I can pretend that I'm traveling.
Plus, what I remember of it, Stockholm's very pretty.
Kari phoned me today while I was at work today. "When are you coming back home?" Very touching. Mostly because he was talking about Joensuu. Apparently I am missed by someone over there.. Or then he's just sick and tired of sitting at Kerubi all by himself and wants company. Which is very likely. Later, Kari also kindly informed me with an SMS that Neil Young's greatest hits was playing there again, as it usually was last spring. I told him he could then pretend I was there.
Speaking of Joensuu, I'd really need to write this application so that I could have to chance to continue my media culture studies this year. I've been postponing it since May. Every time I start, this huge wave of frustration and desperation seems to wipe over me and I burst into tears. Or hit something. Hm. The problem is that I can't postpone it forever. The deadline is the 22nd this month. Grah. Tomorrow I will try. Promise.
Friday, August 05, 2005
I'm constantly feeling bad about not updating my little blog more often, but maybe I should just accept the fact that it's a summer phenomenon and nobody else is really writing anything either. Also, when there's nothing to write..
Today, however..
A Deep Analysis of Never Gone. Woo!
Well, not really. But I'm glad to say it's not half as crap as I thought it would be. Along with Incomplete, I think Climbing the Walls is probably the best song on the album. Beautiful Woman and Forces of Nature attract me strangely as well. But the rest.. Poster Girl seems to me very much a desperate attempt (luckily it wasn't the first single as was planned, god forbid them releasing it as a single at all!), and The Unloved is rather corny. Never Gone is like they actually were never gone (ha-ha), the same poo Black & Blue was full of. And the last four tracks I can't even remember, except that I think Howie's singing lead on one of them and that's never a good thing, say my poor ears.
But it appears it's mostly Nick and AJ doing most of the singing nowadays, instead of AJ and Brian. Which is a bit sad, because Brian's voice has matured a lot and is way prettier than it ever used to be, while Nick's voice will never be pretty anyway. Ah well. He sings better than he used to, so I don't really mind. What I do mind is that Kevin is still not getting enough leads. Grrr.
I've had many good naps with the album playing in the background. I think it's a bit too good for the purpose, actually. All I have to do is to start listening to it while I'm at least reasonably comfortable, and in no time I'm asleep. It is a well known fact, however, that naps don't really suit me. I always get a headache and a sore throat. But this time, I had a sore throat to begin with, so I ended up getting a killer headache and feeling nauseous along with it.
What's the only thing to cheer one up in such an occasion? Exactly. Jude Law. Went to R-kioski and rented Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, since I hadn't seen it yet and no one ever wants to rent it with me. Worked like a charm (especially when I spiced the thing up with some watermelon slices). Also, loved the film. Jaakko wasn't all hyperactive about it for nothing.
One of the bakeries of Joensuu was at the market place this morning and so I bought a bag of these water bagel thingies. The joy of it! The bagels are one of things I miss most about Joensuu when I'm away for a longer time. The ones I bought today aren't nearly as good as the ones I always buy from S-market there, but these'll do. I think they're best plain, without any fillings and things. Bagels = love. <3
Mum just washed my shoes with vinegar and water. They had quite a strong smell of moth poison and I didn't really care too much, but apparently it was driving mum mad and she insisted washing them. I honestly don't know if the smell of vinegar is any better but maybe she's happy now..
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
Just applied for a job. Man, how cool it would be to get it.. :) I'd be perfect for it, I know. It's the new Tapio they're opening next month. I applied for a job there last year as well, though, and never really heard back from them. But whatever. Whether I get the job or not, I can't wait. It seems great. A real 4-screen multiplex ;)
Despite of my idea of stopping hanging out with people entirely, I've asked about gazillion people to go all these places with me. Of course, not all could for various reasons, but I've still seen Johanna over a cup of tea and Miia Elina, Outi and Marianne over a pint of cider. So it's all good. Also, I've spent way too much quality time with mum. And the cats.
I wish it was September already. I miss my own space.
Made the website for mum's company today. She'd already written all the texts she wanted there, and made a site of some kind. She found it so embarrassing that she wanted me to fix the layout. And so I did. It's not pretty but it's what she wanted so I guess it's fine. Took me about an hour. Free work. Dur.
Also did a lot of free work the other day when I put the new Echo site online. It's heinous! I was supposed to make it a little more appealing and up to date, buuut.. Well, at least it's red. :| But thanks to this, I don't think anyone in JNS will ever ask me to make a website again, so I take this as saving myself from any future troubles.
My toe hurts. Interesting news. But it really does hurt quite a lot. Boo.
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers film on telly tonight, but it doesn't seem the least bit interesting. And it overlaps with Cold Case & Sex and the City. But then again, it is JRM. Aaa! What am I to do, how am I to proceed?
(Probably skipping the film, because I'm really not the least bit interested. So there. Problem solved. That doesn't stop me from pretending panic, though.:)
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