Monday, February 27, 2006
I just finished my character analysis of Friar Lawrence. Oh the badness of it! It's terrible! (That was, of course, pretty much to be expected.) But at least I've done it so Ken can't complain. I even spent a fair amount of time on it. Only the result doesn't show it. Grah. I am, however, quite proud of myself for doing it. My serious lack of motivation hasn't gone anywhere and it's interfering with absolutely everything. It's driving me nuts.
And thus, I haven't done the reading on this week's theory for tomorrow's literary and cultural theory class. Bugger.
I've had Placebo's Change Your Taste in Men stuck in my head for quite a while now. Not that I mind, I love the song. It's just weird because I haven't listened to Black Market Music for at least a year, and can't remember hearing the song anywhere else either. Har. Finally decided to listen the album through today. I hadn't even realised how much I'd missed it. I love it!
Come back to me awhile
Change your style again
Come back to me awhile
Change your taste in men
I'm killing time on Valentine's
Waiting for the day to end
Change your taste in men
Inspired by my newly rediscovered Black Market Music joy, I've been Googling Brian Molko today. Trying to avoid school work? Possibly. But now my head is filled with very important facts. Like Brian Molko being lactose intolerant, for example. How can one survive without knowing these things, I wonder.
Erm.
I've also been on a singing mood today. I've sung through dozens of songs, mostly by myself (i.e. not listening them at the same time). It's been nice. Can't remember when I've last sung properly, it's been ages. And my singing wasn't even all that bad today, on my very own scale that is. Ought to do this more often.
Job interview update: I've got another one this Wednesday (plus the one on Thursday). This time I'd actually probably like the job, but it's only 5 hours/week and I don't think it's enough, because I really need to save money for next school year. Ah well. Going to the interview anyway, it's worth a shot.
Sunday, February 26, 2006
Tänään haluan ilmaista itseäni suomen kielellä. Hurraa sille.
Olen periaatteessa aika rauhaisa ihminen, enkä usein siis koe mitenkään erikoisen väkivaltaisia tunteita, mutta tänään junassa teki tiukkaa. Viimeisen tunnin ajan pari riviä minusta eteenpäin joku vuosisadan kana julisti syvällisiä aatoksiaan. Siihen tietysti on jokaisella oikeus, mutta en ymmärrä, miksi niitä pitää huutaa niin, että koko vaunu kärsii. En kehdannut mennä sanomaan mitään, kun tunsin itseni kauheaksi nipottajaksi, mutta lähellä oli.
Pointti oli siis se, että kyseinen henkilö ilmaisi kyseenalaistavansa "kaikki rakenteelliset asiat, joihin ihmiset alistuvat, mutta joita kukaan ei osaa selittää". Keskiössä oli olympialaiset ja huippu-urheilu yleensäkin (jääkiekon finaalistahan tämä kaikki lähti), mutta osansa saivat roolipelit, leikkiminen, sota, rauha, kansallisuudet (suomalaisuus ja ruotsalaisuus), tiede (apinakokeet erityisesti), perinteet ja niin edelleen.
Jotkut pointeista olivat kieltämättä hyviä (tai ainakin hyvän ajatuksen raakileita), mutta silti suurimman osan ajasta - kiitos sen kaiken kauhean toistamisen ja jankutuksen - mietin, saisiko sen tytön vaimennettua tehokkaammin kumauttamalla sitä päähän jonkun ystävällisen kanssamatkustajan matkalaukulla vai tunkemalla vesipullon sen kurkusta alas. Eikä edes hävetä. Tilanne tosin olisi luultavasti toinen, jos olisin edes toisen (tai molemmat!) loistosuunnitelmastani toteuttanut.
Sääliksi kävi sitä poikaystävää, joka juttuihin joutui myös kommentoimaan eikä voinut korviaan sulkea sekunniksikaan. Se sanoikin jossain vaiheessa, ettei se tyttö ole kasvanut kyselykaudesta koskaan ja jos kaiken kyseenalaistaa, sitä saa jatkaa loputtomiin. Lempparini koko tunnin aikana oli ehkä tähän liittyvä keskustelu.
Poika: Kysyminen ei lopu ikinä. Miksi ihminen syö? No että se pysyy hengissä. No miksi ihmisen on pysyttävä hengissä?
Tyttö: No toi nyt on ihan selkeetä.
Poika: Miksi?
Tyttö: Kun ihmisen on pysyttävä hengissä, kun on ihan tyhmää kuolla.
Poika: Miksi?
Tyttö: On tyhmää kuolla, koska kukaan ei tiedä, mitä kuoleman jälkeen oikeasti tapahtuu.
Poika: Miksi?
Tyttö: Mihin toi sun kysymys nyt niinku viittaa? Siihen tietämiseen vai kuolemiseen? Kun ei siihen voi vastata, jos ei tiedä.
Poika: Miksi?
Pisteet pojalle. Jatkoivat tuota vielä poistuessaan junasta. Että hyvää loppuiltaa heille.
Ehkä jätän juna-asioiden ruotimisen tähän. Siinä mielessä ärsytti kyllä tuo koko tapaus, kun olisi pitänyt roolianalyysia Friar Lawrencesta tehdä, ja nyt en saanut aikaiseksi. Alkumatkan mietin vaan taas juttuja, jotka olisi parempi suodattaa päästä kokonaan. Voi turhuus.
(Heti kun olin noussut junaan Riihimäessä tänään, radiosta tuli Niko Ahvosen Penelope! Oliko ehkä huippua vai huippua??!)
Teron muistokonsertti oli eilen. Ihmeellinen kaari illalla.. Haikeudesta ja surusta tosi hyvään fiilikseen ja sitten taas sellaiseen surusteluun. Oli kyllä pala kurkussa useammankin kerran. Olen silti tosi tyytyväinen, että menin. On ollut vähän ikäväkin tuollaista rokki-iltameininkiä. Musiikki oli pääosassa (ja esiintyjätkin varsin hyviä) ja kaikki varsin ystävällisellä ja ihanalla tuulella. Hyvä niin.
Kauhein hetki oli silti, kun katsoin olkani yli baaritiskin toiselle puolelle ja hetkellisesti luulin nähneeni Teron. Se tajuamisen hetki, ettei se voinut olla Tero, oli niin hirveä, että vetäydyin joksikin aikaa. Kyllähän se ilta siitä taas jatkui, mutta vieläkin on vähän kurja fiilis, kun muistaa sen hetken. Mutta Mikko S. on tällä hetkellä ehkä urhein ihminen, kenet tiedän. Käsittämätöntä rohkeutta.
Odotettuja ja odottamattomia kohtaamisia ilta täynnä. Kaikki olivat hyviä, mun mielestä. Monen ihmisen kanssa ehti vain muutaman lauseen puhumaan, mikä harmitti, koska en ole moniakaan nähnyt ihan tosi pitkään aikaan (mitäs aina homehdun tietokoneeni kanssa täällä Pielisjoen rantamilla), mutta parempi se nopeakin näkeminen kuin ei mitään. Tuli vähän ikäväkin Karkkilaan ja kaikkia niitä ihmisiä, mutta yritän pitää mielessä, ettei kovinkaan moni niistäkään siellä usein ole, olivat vain käymässä. Harmittaa silti.
Ja nyt olen taas alkanut miettiä, että pitäisikö sittenkin mennä Karkkilaan kesäksi ihan suosiolla? Perjantain työhaastattelu meni hyvin, ja varmasti saisin sen paikan eli meneminen olisi sinällään helppoa (ja turvallista). Lisäksi perhe selkeästi haluaisi mut sinne, vaikkei sitä suoraan sanokaan. Toisaalta sitten perheen lisäksi siellä ei varmaan ns. omia ihmisiä juuri ole, kun kaverit on aika pitkälle muualla. Ja tiedän myös, että jos olen siellä kolme kuukautta taas, päässä napsahtaa melko varmasti, enkä jaksa mitään. Viime kesän ahdistuneisuutta ja masentuneisuutta en hirveästi kaipaa.
Pakko kai jonkinlainen ratkaisu on jossain vaiheessa tehdä, mutta pitänee pohtia ainakin siihen asti, kun kesätyöntekijöiden valinnoista ilmoitetaan siellä perjantaipaikassa. Työ ei sinällään kiehdo, mutta palkkaa ainakin saisin. Eikä tarvitsisi museo-opastaa. Olihan se ihan kivaa, mutta olen vahvasti sitä mieltä, että kaksi kesää riittää tältä erää.
Ahdist, ahdist. Ja pohdisk, pohdisk.
Niin, ja voi jalkani, taas niitä viedään :|
Siksipä taas näitä kyselyjuttuja. Kun ne on niin kivoja hei :p
Neljä työtä, jotka minulla on ollut elämäni aikana:
- Ärrän myyjä
- Museo-opas
- Ilmaisutaidonohjaaja(!)
- Arkeologinen avustaja
2. Neljä elokuvaa, joita voin katsoa uudestaan ja uudestaan:
- Saksikäsi Edward
- Grease
- Billy Elliot
- Eh.. Idle Hands..
3. Neljä paikkaa, joissa olen asunut:
- Karkkila
- Lahti
- Joensuun keskusta
- Joensuun Rantakylä
(olisin tietty voinut laittaa myös Huittinen, mutta se ei kyllä ollut mitään asumista, paremminkin vanumista - en laske)
4. Neljä TV-ohjelmaa, joista pidän/olen pitänyt:
- Buffy
- Lost
- Futurama
- Frendit
5. Neljä paikkaa, joissa olen käynyt lomalla:
- Turku
- Lontoo
- Tukholma
- Tampere
6. Neljä suosikkiruokaani:
- Nuudeliwokki
- Perunat joko itsetehtyinä lohkoina tahi muusina
- Kana-kookoskeitto
- Millan tekemä sipulikeitto
(Bubblin' Under: Maailman Paras Pizza)
7. Neljä saittia, joilla käyn päivittäin (ainakin lähes):
- wwwmail.joensuu.fi
- irc-galleria.net
- imdb.com
- siobhanzai.livejournal.com :p
8. Neljä paikkaa, joissa olisin mieluummin juuri nyt:
- Venetsia (olen ajatukseen juuri nyt kovin viehättynyt)
- Missä vaan Irlannissa
- Tampere / Helsinki (haluan nähdä ystäviä!!)
- Manchester <3
(On täällä Pohjois-Karjalan sydämessäkin kyllä ihan hyvä juuri nyt, vaikka jääkaappi ammottaakin tyhjyyttään ja kaikkea pitäisi tehdä)
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
I've got a job interview Thursday next week! And possibly one this coming Friday!
!!
I don't really want either of those jobs, but who cares? It's not like I really have a choice, I'll just take what I can get.
Lala.
Suddenly it feels like filling in all those applications hasn't been in vain after all. Of course there's still no guarantee of me getting any work for the summer, but this is a step forward. And to celebrate that, I'll go and take in another application tomorrow. I even included a photo in this one o_O
My effin' media culture project is so not progressing, though. I'm so stuck with it.. I know what I want to write, but I'm seriosly lacking a) inspiration b) motivation. So the situation pretty much stinks. Grah. I know I'd be able to write it if only I could concentrate even a little, but there are so many things going on in my head that at the moment, I couldn't care less about the whole project.
Of course, tomorrow I'll probably feel all different because I actually have to go and talk to my supervisor about it for two hours or so. Noooo.. (yes, that was in slow motion.)
Today I found a book that's been released, decided it's a good time to become a BookCrosser and picked it up. I checked BookCrossing.com and it turned out that the book's status is "reserved", i.e. it's been reserved for a certain person or purpose. Does that mean I have to take it back now? How boring.
Last but not least, the shock of the day:
I weighed myself at Henna's today and I seem to have lost a few kilos. Where did they go? When? How? I don't like going to YTHS because they're always complaining about my weight(gain), but if I lose a few more I might possibly have the courage to reserve an appointment :D
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
I think I'm getting hooked on America's Next Top Model again. Oh no. But I just caught myself thinking whether or not I should tape it next week when I'll be in the Snow All Over Our Overalls party. That is, I'm thinking such things seven days in advance o_O
Tuesday night, several options:
1. Go to see stand up gig at Public Corner (featuring Ismo Leikola and Tommi Mujunen, so it aught to be good) and hang out at the sports day party in Bepop and Amarillo later.
2. Go to a Star Trek evening at Jani's and hang out in Old Dog afterwards.
3. Stay home and read a Poirot novel.
Hmm. Although someone might consider me old and boring, I went for option number three. Stand up & party would've been six euros, which I can't afford at the moment (plus, I'm tired and I've had a headache since yesterday afternoon), and somehow the idea of squeezing into Jani's tiny one room flat with at least four or five other people doesn't sound too tempting either. So home it is. But it'll do me good. It's a long day (and more importantly, an early morning) tomorrow and that's why I need my beauty sleep.
I'm going over to Henna's tomorrow to finally complete one of my New Year's projects, i.e. developing real (paper!) photographs of digital ones. Obviously, I'm not doing the actual developing there :p She's got this thingie installed on her computer, which for some reason didn't work on my own, that allows to order the photos from Ifi online. Whee. It'll be fun. I've missed organising photos.
Monday, February 20, 2006
I just printed out the draft of my proseminar. I so rule! It's 17 pages, some odd liens + bibliography. Wah! I can't believe it! I know this is overdoing it a bit, since Jopi only asked something "little more than an outline", but I wanted to write the whole paper at least in some form and hear what he thinks. Now, if I've understood the idea of transgression completely wrong, I still have a month to do it again. Hurrah!
I sure hope that won't happen, though. As it happens, I'm pretty satisfied with my paper. The language is bad, but I think the content is alright. So if there's no problems with the content itself, I can spend the month modifying and polishing text. And maybe adding a few paragraphs here and there. And of coruse I still need to write the Finnish abstract. Ah, whatever. At this very moment, though, I don't really care about any of these. I'm just all "whee" :)
Now let's hope I het equally enthusiastic about the media culture paper, because I have to go and discuss it with Pertti on Thursday. On Wednesday, then, I shall be doing nothing else than concentrating on the effin' paper, which at the moment happens to suck beyond description.
Today it's making my postmodernism presentation and trying to solve the impossible mystery that is the academic Finnish home exam..
Oo, and I finally get to hand in my Erasmus application!
School things. Pretty much filling my thoughts nowadays. Well, those and food things. I'm in a serious need of a more exciting life. Fully realised that when I was writing a long e-mail to Emmu last night and noticed that more than half of the text was about food. But on my defense, I'm still worried about not getting all the proper nutrients.
I am, however, feeling a lot better than before Christmas, thanks to exercise and watching a bit more carefully what I eat. So I guess that - and the fact that I'm experimenting in the kitchen, trying new recipes that is - justifies at least some food talk. And therefore...
...On today's menu: chick pea and coconut milk soup. Ought to be interesting.
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
I was on perfectly happy mood today. Proseminar is progressing well, I finally filled in the application for my Erasmus exchange (+ wrote the statement of purpose and even the department's permission to apply, i.e. Roy's signature), everything was la-la. And then I started doing the academic Finnish home exam. I thought I knew the Finnish grammar.
What an ass.
I will probably find this hilarious in ten years or so, when I'm finally over with feeling completely mortified.
I will do my best, then take the exam to mum next week and try to solve it with her. If we are allowed to use web and grammar books, mum's help cannot be forbidden. And if it is, they'll never know. Mwa-ha-ha. Unless, of course, the staff of the language centre are reading my blog, which is very unlikely. So as far as I know, I'm safe.
Queen's Bohemian Rhapody has been stuck in my head since yesterday. We were listening (and deconstructing) it in literary and cultural theory class, and although the exercise made little sense to me, I've been privileged enough to hear Freddie Mercury singing in my head for over 24 hours now. And obviously, it's driving me nuts.
I do appreciate Jopi's effort, though. It's not the most interesting class ever, but he tries to make it easier to understand by pop culture examples (this far we have also watched parts of Hamish Macbeth and Rio Bravo). Literary theory for dummies. I have my presentation on postmodernism next week, and I have no idea how I'm going to pull it off. I haven't properly understood any of the theories we've gone through this far. Lovely.
Cheer up quiz. In Finnish. Whee!
Näitä olen joskus tehnyt.
[x] uinut avannossa
[x] käynyt Lontoossa
[ ] mennyt vahingossa väärään junaan
[x] katsonut samaa leffaa kaksi kertaa peräkkäin (Get Over It ja joku Laurel & Hardy ainakin)
[ ] nukkunut veneessä
[x] tehnyt runoa
[x] lyönyt jotakuta (vahingossa ainakin)
[x] ollut lempiartistisi keikalla
[x] harrastanut balettia
[x] varastanut mitään (jotain olematonta kun olin esiteini)
[x] ollut kirpparilla myymässä
[x] löytänyt kadulta rahaa
[x] värjännyt hiukseni
[x] lintsannut
[x] saanut jälki-istuntoa
[ ] sanonut opettajaa vahingossa äidiksi/isäksi
[x] matkustanut pummilla
[x] lukenut Raamattua
[x] tuhlannut yli 200 euroa kerralla vaatteisiin (tosin se oli markka-aikaa ja kyseessä lakkiaiset)
[x] ollut yksin leffassa
[x] ollut kielikurssilla
[x] soittanut pilapuhelua
[ ] kokeillut nyrkkeilyä
[x] kierinyt alasti lumikinoksessa
[x] voittanut arvonnassa
[ ] pyörtynyt
[x] haaveillut näyttelijän urasta
[x] joutunut jonkun epäilyttävän tyypin seuraamaksi
[x] lukenut dekkaria
[x] menettänyt läheisen ihmisen
[x] ollut isosena jollain leirillä (apuohjaajat oletettavasti lasketaan)
[x] käyttänyt minihametta
[ ] jättänyt kokonaan lukematta kokeisiin
[x] tuntenut itseäsi yksinäiseksi
[x] tehnyt kurkkunaamiota kasvoillesi
[x] ollut katsomassa oopperaa
[x] harrastanut näyttelemistä
[x] lukenut Mauri Kunnaksen kirjoja
[x] neulonut lapasia
[x] katsonut Stand by me -leffaa
[x] eksynyt
[x] keksinyt aprillipäivänä pilaa jonka joku uskoi
[ ] järjestänyt yllätysjuhlia jollekin
[ ] liftannut
[x] syönyt pizzaa aamupalaksi
[ ] ollut ambulanssin kyydissä
[x] ollut poliisiautossa
[x] omistanut lemmikkieläintä
[ ] laulanut sooloa jossain tilaisuudessa
[ ] soittanut/laulanut bändissä (bändejä on ollut, ne ei vaan koskaan oikeasti soittaneet ensimmäistäkään kertaa)
[x] ajanut autoa
[ ] ajanut mopoa
[x] nukahtanut koulussa tunnille
[ ] saanut aivotärähdystä
[x] lukenut salaa toisen päiväkirjaa (Millan pienenä)
[x] ollut tietokoneella yli 5 tuntia putkeen
[x] maalannut taulua
[x] ollut yli kuukautta pois kotoa (varmaan just muutaman päivän yli)
[x] ollut kesätöissä
[x] maistanut mustekalaa
[x] unohtanut parhaan kaverisi syntymäpäivää
[x] ollut festareilla
[x] karannut kotoan (taas silloin pienenä, en päässyt kovin kauas - mikä on hyvä, koska pakkasin koiranputkia evääksi)
[x] luntannut kokeessa (ja vähänkö tunsin itseni huonoksi)
[x] saanut ampiaisenpistoa
[ ] saanut murtumaa
[x] antanut rahaa katusoittajalle
[x] ensin inhonnut jotain leffaa/tv-sarjaa ja sitten alkanutkin tykkäämään siitä
[ ] käynyt Irlannissa
[ ] käynyt Ukrainassa
[x] irkannut
[x] pelannut twisteriä
[x] katsonut Kauniita ja rohkeita kokonaisen jakson verran
[x] hukannut kirjastonkirjan
[x] kulkenut alasti kotona
[ ] ollut galleriassa päivän kuvana
[x] opetellut elvyttämistä
[ ] pelannut golfia
[x] ollut liikenneonnettomuudessa
[ ] tilannut jotain ostos-tv:stä
[x] polttanut tupakkaa
[ ] ollut sairaalassa yötä
[x] vuokrannut asunnon
[ ] ollut lapissa
[x] esiintynyt oikeassa teatterissa (tai oikeassa teatteritilassa ainakin - ja mikä hitto edes on oikea teatteri?)
[ ] saanut jonkun jäsenen menemään sijoiltaan
[ ] pelannut cs:ää
[x] ollut lehdessä
[x] tilannut jotain netistä
[ ] ollut tappelussa
[x] lukenut kirjan ruotsiksi (voi, montakin, ja Potterit ne ruotsiksi vasta lystikkäitä onkin)
[x] käynyt ulkomailla elokuvissa
[ ] ollut lastenkodissa (vain käymässä)
[x] käyttänyt heijastinta
[x] leikkinyt pikkuautoilla
[x] syönyt viimeisen tunnin sisällä
[ ] valvonut yli 48 tuntia putkeen
[x] ollut onkimassa
[x] kuvitellut olevani kala
[x] itkenyt itseni uneen
[ ] soittanut kirkon kelloja
[x] kerännyt kolehtia (sellaista epävirallista, ei-kirkollista)
[x] teipannut suuni kiinni
[ ] palauttanut kokeen tyhjänä
[ ] ollut nälkäpäivä-kerääjänä
[ ] pessyt hampaani joka ilta
[x] saanut kuhmun viimeisen vuoden aikana
[x] saanut mustelman viimeisen vuoden aikana
[ ] olen tippunut portaat alas viimeisen vuoden aikana
[ ] olen saanut aivotärähdyksen viimeisen vuoden aikana
[ ] tippunut puusta viimeisen vuoden aikana
[ ] ollut sairaalassa viimeisen vuoden aikana
[x] käynyt lääkärissä viimeisen vuoden aikana
[ ] saanut silmätulehduksen viimeisen vuoden aikana
[x] käynyt kampaajalla viimeisen vuoden aikana
[?] rakastunut
Nikke Knatterton -henkinen johtopäätös: Olen tehnyt aika paljon juttuja. En silti kyllä tarpeeksi. Niin.
Sunday, February 12, 2006
Echo was invited to join Varnitsa, aka the history students, at their winter day party of some sort last night. And what do you know, whopping seven of us actually went. Of course, posing with their flag was inevitable - and now the whole history department probably think we are all extremely weird. As well as antisocial because we didn't really mingle or mix, we just stayed as a group and had our own fun and took a shitload of photographs.
It wasn't much of a party, really. Most of the time I was really bored. Then again, I wasn't really on patrying mood to begin with, so it was only natural. Still, I'm quite proud of myself for going and showing my face in public. I've been hanging too much in my room lately - and not even trying to pull a van der Lyuden or anything. I've just liked the quiet.
Anyhow..
Varnitsa had organised a quiz on the history of UK and US, which was fairly nice. And it's like OMG whoa, we won the effin' thing o_O Of course, it was more about good guessing than knowledge, but whatever. We still got free drink each :)
Some of the photos, I got them from Kari, Noora and Reeta. Reeta only sent me four of hers, I should get the rest later this week. Not that I really need them, I already have some 50 or so. Ah well.
Me and wine, very intellectual.
I think this is cute.
Definitely at our prettiest.
Possibly even prettier.
Something very interesting must be going on, part 1.
Something very interesting must be going on, part 2.
Something very interesting must be going on, part 3.
Something very interesting must be going on, part 4.
Don't tell anyone we're really English students.
We'd pass for history students any time. Honestly.
Ah, whatever.
Conan O'Brien's in Finland at the moment and the whole country seems to have gone insane. When will this end? I can't even watch Conan anymore because it usually makes me feel embarrased to be a Finn. I don't mind the Tarja jokes, I even laugh at them usually, but the Turku video and all that crap has just crossed the limit big time. Sigh. I just hope nothing too drastic will happen while he's here. All in vain, though, I know it'll happen and then Late Night with Conan O'Brien is ruined for me forever :|
Mind you, I'm not really taking the whole thing too seriously. But I do think I have a point here.
I'm wondering whether I ought to watch Daredevil on telly tonight or not. On one hand, it's so very bad. On the other, Colin Farrell as Bullseye. Mmm. Har.
Went to see Kari and Marsu's new guinea pig today. It was the cutest ever. Now I want one. Squee.
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
James Spader is older than Eddie Izzard?! o_O
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Sweet cheese.
Please don't tell me anyone's actually signed up for this.
Sometimes I seriously wonder.
I've got a new desktop wallpaper and I love it. And figure this, it doesn't even feature Harold Perrinaeu. Teehee.
Also, I think I want an mp3 player.
Monday, February 06, 2006
Me: And now I'm going to the toilet before making the exciting excursion to the other side of the town centre.
Hanna T: Please let me read your diary some time!
Me: Huh?
Hanna T: You diary. I want to read it.
Me: Because my life is really all this interesting, I haven't written anything in my diary since July. [correction: since April]
Hanna T: Keep a diary for me a week, I'll do the same to you!
Me: "Dear diary. Today I ate tomate soup. It was good. That is everything that happened to me today."
Hanna T: Please tell me that your writings can be found from somewhere!
Me: Believe it or not, I do have a blog.
Hanna T: *silence*
Just finished my part of me and Hanna's presentation on staging of Titus Andronicus from the restoration to the 1800s. It's six or seven minutes, and if Hanna's part is too, our presentation is just barely long enough. Hmm. Of course, that does not remove the fact that at least my part is dreadfully bad. Oh well. At least it's done now, and I can even go trough it a few times in the morning so that I don't have to read straight from the paper. Which is nice.
I finally went and paid for 10 bodybalance classes. Farewell, my beautiful 40 euros.. Or not exactly mine. It was mum's, she is my official sponsor. Now all I need to do is drag myself to the class on Friday. It wouldn't be that difficult, but I have to go alone. Sanna was planning to come with me, but can't because it overlaps with her latinobic (oh, aren't we sporty). There's no one to make me do it! No!
But I am most proud of myself that I actually went and paid for the thing. Now I just have to go there, otherwise it'd be just complete waste of money :)
Since I mocked myself and my constant food talk in the little dialogue today, I am forced to write about exciting soup things:
I made asparagus and potato soup today. It was nice, I haven't made any since I moved here. It did not, however, contain nearly enough energy and things. It's been some two hours since I ate and already I'm starving (and also have a headache). I could've put some cooking cream, which I happen to have in the fridge even, into it but no, being the moron I am, I wanted to keep the taste pure. It's nearly the time of my evening snack, though, so I am rescued.
Note to self, though: from now on, remember to make sure that the food you cook contains enough of everything to keep you happy and full for longer than an hour and a half.
That's it. Food talk done for the day.
After Friday's Titus experience, I had to watch Velvet Goldmine on Saturday so that JRM wouldn't be all ruined for me forever. Of course, his character turns out to be a complete arse in the end, but I don't care. He's lovely in the beginning and saves the situation :)
Now. I haven't watched Velvet Goldmine, nor listened to the soundtrack, for ages. I had forgot how much I love both of them. I'd forgot the existence of Hot One. o_O How? What? How? I'd also forgot how much I love Gimme Danger. Why isn't it on the soundtrack?! I used to have an mp3 of it, and still do. It's just stuck inside my old computer and very likely will never be revived from there. Sigh. Does anyone have it in any format? I need to have it. And the same goes for the Sebastian song.
Friday, February 03, 2006
Today was the day I've been dreading. We watched Titus.
Visually astonishing, breathtaking even, but.. ew. Also, Jonathan Rhys Meyers has been ruined in my eyes for ever, and that's saying something because I watched him as Steerpike in Gormenghast quite happily. Vile.
I guess that's the price one has to pay for wanting to be educated and learn about Shakespeare. Erm.
The first five minutes or so were probably the most amazing, I mean the part when Rome's soldiers come back to Rome. It was so masterfully done I can't really understand it. It was beautiful and threatening simultaneously, all I could do was to stare at it and be amazed by its perfection. And yet it made me want to vomit. I don't think I've ever seen anything like it.
I really liked how the text was treated. Sure it had been edited a little, scenes had switched places and things, but still the text itself was respected. The rare humorous parts were there, and they worked, much thanks to Anthony Hopkins and Harry Lennix. And I really think you need those few jokes (steamy pie, anyone?) there in the middle of all that violence, otherwise it'd just be too much.
There were parts there I didn't particularly like. Such as the weird fantasy / psychedelic hallucinations (of Titus?) that foreshadowed the ending. Also, what was with the Roman orgy? o_O Alan Cumming's Saturninus was a bit queer for my taste because I'd pictured him as a brainless macho, but whatever. This interpretation worked just as well and wasn't all so traditional so it was a good way to go.
The newly discovered Miss Marple nerd in me was extremely happy to see Geralidne McEwan as the nurse, though. Especially her wonderful overacting in the end of her part. Teehee. Having said that, though, the overacting of most of the characters was probably the reason why the film worked so well.
All in all, I give it 9/10, and recommend it to anyone who wants to see one of Shakespeare's strangest plays interpreted interestingly, but is not afraid of gruesome violence. I must confess I didn't really watch those parts. Luckily I know the text well enough to know when it was a good time to close my eyes.
Enough about Titus.
Some Lost related ponderings instead.
I think Harold Perrineau might just be the most handsome man ever to have existed on this planet <3 First I thought it was just the hair and beard that did him justice, but no, he looks good with short hair too. Sigh. But I still think that he was at his best as Mercutio:
He is heavenly.
I'm even considering a Hariold desktop pattern right now, which is quite scary, because I haven't bothered about such things for years.
So that this wouldn't be all teenybopping about handsome men, I will add that although I have only seen two episodes, I am already hooked and that Lost generally seems like a really good show (even if all the people stranded on the island are thin and pretty, except for the token fat guy). But Harold Perrineau <3 <3
Oh for goodness sake, I need help..
Wonders never cease! I wrote to paragraphs of my own Charlie and the Chocolate Factory yesterday, and even used terms like "symbolic inversion", "transgression", "the false king" and "carnival"! Whether or not I used them correctly is of course another matter, and we will see that ina few weeks. But whatever. The situation doesn't seem all so hopeless to me anymore.
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Aah. I'm sick. Effin' flu.
I wish I'd be really sick a day or two, then recover from it another few days. But no. My throat's been sore since Monday evening and my nose is running every now and then, but mostly I just feel exhausted and depressed. I'm so not liking this. I ought to be doing my proseminar with full force, but can't concentrate, which pretty much sucks. Also, I think I need to skip my aerobics class today, and that's mega annoying because I've been looking forward to that the whole week (I've finally got proper trainers and all).
But maybe I'll just rest instead. And maybe take a little walk because I think frsh air might do me good. I'll try my best to go to the stretching class (kehonhuolto to you Finnish speakers, what ever it might be in English) tomorrow, though. My back is killing me and I want to do something about it.
Random #1:
My friends have been really angsty about relationship and desperate crushes lately. I can't really say I'd envy them, but I've been thinking that it'd be fun to have a proper crush again. It's been a long while since the last time, and although I can remember it's not all fun and pink feathers, I think it'd do me good. Now all I need is a person to have a crush on. Let's think..
...
That's it. My project is doomed.
Ah well. At least I finally got the Pride and Prejudice DVD this week. I can watch that whenever I want to now, and that's all the romance one needs. Really. :)
Random #2:
I was feeling a bit low yesterday and decided I need something sweet. I ate some banana chips, and was happy. Then in the evening when I was checking I've eaten enough and properly during the day, I checked their nutrient factors. Holy fat bomb, Batman! I never knew they had over 500kcal/100g. And that they were 50% fat. o_O
I still find that a bit shocking, really.
Makes me kind of want to skip eating banana chips from now on. It's not like I'm really counting calories or anything, just making sure I eat well. But those things can't really be all that healthy. Blergh. Not that I was looking anything healthy in particular. Actually I would've wanted rice chocolate :p I just couldn't find any from S-market. That is evil. I think they've also stopped selling those 10-tea-bag packets of Rainbow's Flavoured Green Tea. Also evil. I was forced to buy other tea instead and ended up choosing Rainbow's fruit tea selection. Can't really complain, though, the Chai one was lovely.
//edit: Removed some very amusing typos. One of these days I will learn how to type properly.
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