Finnair will compensate 400e (list price) for the overbooked flight on june 22nd, due which we had to take a route through Moscow etc. me happy, as the trip turned out more expensive than i planned. also, i wouldnt mind just going straight back with the remaining money, ahem.
nice net radio, Eksem. alternative rock. heard it in Istanbul first.
*listening to Leonard Cohen: Villanelle of our time* (spotify link)(youtube link)
olen lepäillyt kotona vloppuna. eilen yritin tehdä ruokaakin, kai se oli keskinkertaista.
siivoamisen kaa on ollut niin ja näin, mutta jotain edistystä. aion tänään perehtyä uuteen sarjaan, Mental. katsotaan onko siitä mihkää. jos vaikka pientä riippuvuutta sais aikaan.
jaa aika teennäistä. mutta karismaattinen päähenkilö. eikä tätä oo tehty ku 5 jaksoo vasta vai? niinpä niin. se oli siinä.
huomenna töitä 5h. mä voisin tehdä ensi viikolle jonkun ohjelman... että mitä teen minä päivinä. niinku töiden ulkopuolella. pyykit. se ja se lasku. sillä viisiin. laitoin varpaat kondikseen eilen mutta sormenkynnet kaipaa vielä huoltoa. ja naama vaatis oikeesti hyvän kuorinnan ja hiuksetkin kohta väriä. tää pinta... miksi se pitäs olla niin silee ja kaikkea? jaa. hyvä kysymys. ulkoista hoitamistahan, kauneusleikkauksia myöten, pidetään nykyään (tai markkinoidaan) sisäisen kauneuden 'ulkoistamisena'. kuoren tulisi vastata sisältöä, ja jos sisältöä hoitaa eli mieltään niin kai sen pitäs ulkonakin näkyä. kuinka paljon tästä on totta sitten, ja mitä kaikkea muuta liittyy siihen että tätä kuorta puunataan enemmän ja vähemmän väkivaltaisesti... no siitä vois kirjottaa jonkun kirjan. ja on kirjoitettukin. ja hei mitäs tuolla mun kirjahyllyssä on...
mietin miksi vessapaperipakkauksessa luki isolla NEW. sana UUSI olisi toki mahtunut, ei ole mitään syytä käyttää sanaa NEW. onko tarvetta brändää vessapapruu jotenkin eurooppalaiseksi, kansainväliseksi? pakkauksessa oli ns. alaotsikko suomeksi ja englanniksi, yhtä isolla. ei ruotsia, mikä toki ilahduttaa minua, mutta että englanti sitten sen sijaan?
kun olin joku 12 ja menin tätini kanssa (se hammaslääkäri) laivalle, ja se luki jotain Newsweekkiä hytissä niin mä menin laivan discoon. siellä ei kai ollu ikärajaa sitten? olin oikeasti aika paskana että tulin tanssikilpailussa toiseksi vasta. en oikein ymmärrä miksi osallistuin mihinkään sellaseen mutta sillon sitten tein niin. olin katsonut NKOTB:n videoita ja olin et aijaa, noin. mulla on siitä vaan hämärä muisto mutta kuitenkin. se olikin jennin eka kerta discossa.
ylä-asteella kävin jollain keikoilla kun koulun auditoriossa oli. ja kirjoitin koululehteen huonon arvostelun jostain tällaisesta tapahtumasta. siis tekstillisesti huonon, tapahtuma oli kiva. otin kuviakin siitä, äidin pokkarikameralla. ja otin etenkin kai kuvia siitä pojasta johon olin ihastunut. sitten piti odottaa se viikko kun kuvat tuli kehityksestä. Heinolassa oli kai 2 valokuvaliikettä silloin. mun kaveri Hanna oli myöhemmin töissä siinä toisessa. sitten se meni vaatemyymälään ja opiskeli myyjäksi tms. niinku oppisopimuksella vai mikä helvetti se on. nyt en ole kuullut, tahi ollut yhteydessä, Hannaan pariin vuoteen. viimeksi kun juteltiin se asui jonkun miehen kaa Heinolan pohjoispuolella. eikä se taida olla FB:ssä.
no katsoin ja onhan se. kas. :D
i was browsing this tumblr blog to find something and was surprised (for some reason) to have my photos included. the description between photos had me smile. i have a 'thing' for blood and violence? well okay, i get the point. whatever. it does look like i do. so.
beautiful and depraved, nice erotic tumblr blog, some good pics every now and then.
fuckmelikethat is more explicit, pornish perhaps, but has a few gems in there.
my tattooed arm pleases me, it keeps catching the corner of my eye constantly being still new in part. and it will NOT please my father, who is arriving to finland on july 21st i think. heh.
i received my first (as far as i know) fanmail from Iran today. how cool.
no, en mä musavisassa tienny ku et mitä Christopher Walken antoi pikkupojalle elokuvassa Pulp Fiction. ja mikä musakysymys toi edes on? niin. no mutta en muistanut että One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nestin ohjasi Milos Forman :( oltiin kuiteski kolmansia, jee?
olen aika pitkälle vaan nörtteillyt tänään. mitä nyt kuvasin yhtä saksalaista tyttöä. se on suomessa tutkijana yliopistolla. no, sain kai jonkun ok kuvan. kai. pitänee katsoa myöhemmin jos vaikka saisin ladattua noi kuvat kamerasta.
mä haluun matkustaa *vinkuu*
no hei jenni, sähän olet menossa kuukauden kuluttua Wieniin ja Budapestiin, mitä itket?? niin. no joo. whatever.
Kingston Wallin Shine on me on aika hyvää settiä näille yötunneille.
katselin mun vanhoja dA polleja kun etin jotain ja hohhoijaa, olihan settiä. onks tosi noloo jos nauraa omille jutuille? olin mielestäni ihan oikeesti hauska! *shrugs*
my last night and morning in Istanbul had a timeless feeling. i almost didnt go out that night, as i was just about to go to bed after 12, already sleep deprived, and got a txt from Firacos saying him and his friends are at a jazz bar. i made my mind and decided to see what comes of it, jumped into a cab and went to taksim, the central club area. there was a band playing there, not very jazzy though.
we had some drinks with Firacos' friends and then left to another place to sit on the terrace. after 4 the area started to close down and we went walking on the streets. ended up walking down this bigger street and sitting on the steps of some shops, just looking at the city. there were some transvestite hookers trying to get customers from the cars passing by. the other one got one it seemed, and the other was left alone.
she came to sit with us asking if wed mind and that she would be open to any discussion. she spoke no english but firacos was happy to translate. so we exchanged some sentences... she was drunk and really worn out looking unfortunately. her face had loads of make up, more than me on heavier days, and it could be seen she was 40, as she told us. i asked about her childhood and how she came into the profession. very volunteerily, apparently, but her family did not approve and she had no contact to them. theyd be leaving her money when they die though , and she was waiting or that. i asked about the pretty heavy (cutting) scarring on her left arm, and she said it was because when she was 30 she was so horrified of getting old or something. hmm. anyway, after some time we decided to continue the walk and left her. she told Firacos then that it was one of the rare times she had ever felt accepted, as i had touched her arm, when asking about it. this actually touched me emotionally, crystalizing it how her life must be like.
we ended up somewhere eating breakfast. we were the only customers (no wonder, asian toilet that smelled horrible!) and i had something that looked like porridge but was sweet. we continued to walk down the street and see a nice view of the city. the morning hours were really nice and calm.
at the bar;
okay. so my arm is done for now. and when i say 'for now', i have a worried feeling in my gut it is indeed a temporary state.
1. the curious diving bunny finds a pearl!
2. the blowfish is just hanging out
3. a fish seems to have a flower coming out of its mouth...?
4. starfish above the bunny! 
made by Linda in Luau Tattoo
now, there is a music quiz in the local pub, a weekly traditon is to go there and cheerlead our little team to win. and if they should ask anything about 80s or 90s pop, i might know if im lucky.
joo nonii sellanen reissu. aika bestest kyllä. yllätti vielä positiviisesti vaikka odotuksia oli. mielikuva turkista kun rajoittuu faktojen ym lisäksi vain epämääräisen epämiellyttävään fiilikseen turkkilaisista kebabin vääntäjistä ja niistä jotka tuolla kadulla kokee asiakseen yrittää tutustua muhun. paljastui että nää tyypit tulee jostain turkin itäiseltä puolelta yleensä, kouluttamattomia jne tietty, mutta jotenkin muutenkin ihan eri maata kuin mitä Istanbulissa oli. yleistyksiä tekemättä mutta tein just. sen verran selkeä ero omien kokemusten perusteella.
vitun kuuma miljoonakaupunki jätti lähtemättömän jäljen (muutenki ku tatskan muodossa). ja vitun kuumasta puheen ollen, 37c auringossa maanantaina. jotenkin päädyttiin menee vaan edes taas ilmastoidussa ratikassa pahimpaan päiväsaikaan... sen verta kuumotti.
oon vaan ihan fileis kun oli vaan 5h töitä tänää, ja kotona. nyt päikkärit vois vaik maistuu. mutta ehei! mä pesen pyykkiä ja riehun!
pitää ostaa Szigettiin vai mikä se oli ni lippu. 150e. brr.
ja Burkina Faso ohitti Suomen jalkapallorankingissa. lollers.
this shall serve as a preview, not the final frame i suspect. the color are off here, not warm enough, and too pale. yes, its called over exposion i think ...
this is for my Foreign Men -series.
on the morning before exiting our hotel i took this photo of betasus, a very nice fellow deviant. and hot too, obviously. nearly burned my eyes looking through the SLR, heh. but he is really lovely, so glad he would pose for me.
my last day of full time job was today, after 6 months of hard work i am finally freeeeeee. well, not really, but symbolically. i got the part time job as i wished, but 15h/week. which is not what i wished for. so me is unhappy and needs to look for new source(s) of income.
but the full time/part time difference mentally is huge. i really do feel quite free. ill be working again tomorrow, but from home, and just 5 hours. on thursday...im free to do what i want. i should really plan how to spend all this precious free time...:P
i do have my tattoo appointment on thursday...but ive got my sketches more less ready. which reminds of what i got done in Istanbul... this.
not very big... makes no sense to anyone but me i know. i dont think id bother explaining.
i put my Istanbul photos in Flickr.
in the morning;
we were walking around near Taksim with Firacos, after being in bars all night, and ended up here. around 6 am and the air was yet nicely warm.
got home last night at 1:30am or so. tried to get some sleep, i was so sleep deprived i felt dizzy, and had work this morning to come to. i knew this when i booked the trip, but taking yet another day off 'just because i am tired after a trip' doesnt seem to make sense. and actually im okay. slept 5 hours but feel much better already.
leaving Istanbul was emotional, i really really really liked the city. its nowhere near perfect, but it had something else that i enjoyed. i could list things but it cannot be described. i guess its just an irrational feeling.
but it was def one of my best trips ever. the people i met made were the bestest, and everyone in general was really nice and friendly. public transport worked better than i expected, humongous cities like this are often not so well organized, especially when the country is not very rich and the population has just blown out of proportions.
anyhow, life goes back to normal now i suppose. i shall miss some friends i gained. and look out for opportunities to go back :)
a great night in Istanbul. dinner, lotsa of friends and friends of friends... :)
plenty of kitties on the street (that seemed and felt healthy), good food and great views of the sea an city lights reflecting on it. i have to say i feel quite comfortable here. mostly thanks to the people we've met.
damn, just halfway from (one of the) center(s) i got a txt there wouldve been company, someone from dA, nearby where i was. but the distances are quite big so i didnt turn around. Arttu bought a turkish flute today and there was a class for teaching to play it later in the evening so i left him there.
we met Toros Can today, as well as betasus later in the evening. very nice people, both of them. we walked around in the shopping area, i just (just a bit) shopping and we ate well (again). waterpipe too.
tomorrow theres a 70's night in a bar on the asian part of the city. thats 70s turkish music... :D i look forward to it.
right now, the hotel tv is just playing Michael Jackson on every channel.
very sorry to hear Michael Jackson is dead. i dunno about all the other stuff, but i do know he was talented.
im sitting in a cafe on Istiklal, the shopping street. so many people, music and life here. i am definitely enjoying myself.
yesterday turned out to be a lot of fun. we met iustinian (Volkan) from dA and ended up spending the whole day with him and his friends. all the way until i cannot remember-late. its weird how the city is divided on separate pieces of land not just a river between but a sea. makes crossing over a bit slow.
Volkan mentioned knowing a tattoo artist or a friend of a tattoo artist and boom, in an hour i had a new tattoo. lol. need to take a photo of it. there was this area (on the asian side) with just bars and restaurants and tattoo studios and other nice stuff, and we moved around from one place to another all evening. enjoying the company of nice and smart people led to lots of interesting discussions.
and you can order any kinds of drinks you want. when i realized this, all hell broke loose. malibu-baileys-cointreau must have been one of my favorites.
today we are going to Istanbul music festival to see Toros Can play. i look forward to meeting him as well.
i love it how in the night the air is so soft and perfectly warm. not too humid either.
turkish culture is fascinating, i am surprised how intriguing i find it. the need to go online to check details and meet people to find out more about it. havent met anyone today, but will tomorrow. locals are keen on talking to us though and amazingly friendly. makes a huge difference :)
its hot but the occasional breeze of wind from the sea plus the air being dry makes it easily tolerable. not so many food experiences yet, need to do more research...
our flight was overbooked and we were left out. ended up coming via Moscow instead of the direct flight, 6 hours later. im not absolutely pissed tho, it could be worse i suppose.
everyone seems really friendly so far :)
music recommendation of june 22nd:
Lovage (includes Mike Patton). especially Sex I'm A is awesome.
i remember hearing this first a couple yrs ago, spring 2007 perhaps, when in Vienna seeing Miriam and Sev.
weekend was BUSY. its been a while since i used alcohol so excessively, and its shows in the face, im bloated as hell.
midsummer on friday was spent with Arttu and later we found ourselves seeing K as well. on saturday Jim arrived and i tried my best to show him finnish foods and drinks and people. hes Tiitta's #1 fan so i set something up with her. ended up having a great evening last night, with some of her friends, sitting out at the rocks nearby here, and later on in a bar. i have a suspicion that Jim also saw a nice bit of finland and finnishness.
anyway, i dont feel my 'freshest' but i need to pack and get my ass over to Istanbul today. Finnair will do most of the job, granted, i really just need to get on board. and watch the latest episode of True Blood while heading south east.
i am txting with some local deviants already, setting up meetings...:) one of them is an internationally acclaimed pianist that happens to be performing at Istanbul music festival on thursday i think it was...he invited us to go see, i am excited...while classical music is not my favorite but i feel priviliged if i can see this somene im randomly meeting, perform. like, when i went to mexico city, and Adixion just had a photo exhibition (his first, i think) and i could go see it.
need to remember to send cards to mom, maybe dad (i dont think i have his address tho?) and Manuel.
*is very excited*
*has been listening to Pink Floyd's Shine on you crazy diamond almost every night now*
*packs sunscreen, SPF 50 (wanting to stay snow white thnx)*
CO delivers: nobody understands emo bun. I DO I DO! speaking of which, i just met this girl last night, a friend of K's, who has 2 buns. we agreed to take portraitures of them things. i am excited! :)
i started the midsummer celebrations wee bit early apparently. woke up at K's place this morning. well not by accident really. id heard appraisal regarding his couch and the smell of fresh bed linen on it... i had to test as the opportunity presented itself. i fell asleep listening to Beatles' All you need is love and Pink Floyd's Shine on you crazy diamond. i had this moment there, while laying and listening, in which all the worries in the world did not matter and i was happy.
i am lately getting these 'school project interview' requests etc. through facebook! hand in hand with a friend request of course... uh, no? FB is really coming the medium for any communication at all, for some people. sorry im so limited...
bloodhound gang, after like a 10 yr break, is amusing me again, with Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss (spotify) (youtube live) (last.fm)
gothic mass from dA;
vituttaa jo valmiiks toi tatska-naamassa-56tähteä-juttu... en olis niinkään varma mitenpäin toi juttu menee, ihmiset on oikeasti niin saatanan jälkeenkääneitä ja säälittäviä, ollaan heti tuomitsemassa tatuoijaa koska se näyttää siltä ku näyttää. ihan kuin ihmisen erilaisuus tekisi siitä automaattisesti jotenkin kykenevämmän vääryyteen tms. ja 18vee tytöntylleröthän ei ikinä sais mitään noin idioottimaisia ideoita saati sit valehtelis? haluaisimpa kyllä nähdä sen naisen, tai ihmisen ylipäätään, joka nukahtaa kun sitä tatuoidaan. on joskus siinä leukaperät kovilla nimittäin. tossa on niin monta kohtaa jotka ei vaan onnaa, sun naamaan EI päädy 56 tähteä ilman että huomaisit...
eilinen malli, Eva, joka on päiväduunissa tatuointi- ja lävistysliikkeessä, kertoi että jenkeissä ei monissa paikoissa kuten heillä edes tehdä käsiin tai kaulaan tatskaa jos ei ole jo 'full sleevet' (mä kyl kuulemma saisin jo :). musta toi on vähän rankkaa...jos vaikka haluais vaan tähden kämmenselkään eikä muuta. mutta siellä on toi oikeuteen haastamis-kulttuuri niin kipee että siinä ei kai mikään allekirjoitettu paperi suojele ketään. tai riskiä ei voi ottaa. wtf. niin en ihan tohon pisteeseen haluais että toi menis, mutta olen kyllä sitä mieltä että 18 vuotiaalle, tai edes lähelle, ei naamaan ehkä mitään kannattais tehdä... lieventäviä asianhaaroja voisi olla monia, mutta jos just joku kadulta kävelee liikeeseen eikä sillä ole mitään muuta missään... ni en vaan tekis.
hah, 2 viikon päästä meiksi saa lisää leimaa :D sukeltava pupuuuu! meritähti! kukkiii! tyttöjuttui! en NIIIn 5 vuotta sitten nähny tän tulevan, musta näin paljon sälää käsivarressa oli rumaa. ja muiden ihmisten tatskat on edelleen monet rumia, etenkin old skool-tyyli on musta kamalaa. mutta jokaiselle jotakin ja whatever rocks your boat jne...:) Jukkapoika alko nyt joku vuosi sitten laittaa käsivarttaan, sillä on isompi projekti, ihan megafull sleeve täynnä, omaa piirrosta tietty kun lahjakas on... se on ihan hienoa, ei ihan mun juttu mutta kuitenkin tosi siisti mun mielestä. mut joo mä jotenki aina päädyn tekee just päinvastoin ku mitä eka sanon tai oon mieltä. oli kyse sit cokiksesta pepsiin tai miä vaan. sitä alkaa vähän varomaan mitä sanoo, en ihan salatieteisiin usko mutta joku vipu mulla kai on päässä joka jossain vaiheessa aina menee toiseen asentoon. ehkä jos sitä ei eka käännetä toiseen ääripäähän ni sit se ei käänny sinne toiseenkaan? toisaalta onko väliä jos kääntyy, loppujenlopuksihan olen aina tyytyväinen eli subjektiivisesta näkökulmastani kaikki on aina hyvin?
kaikkiin mun vahvoihin näkemyksiin on tullut säröä tai olen vaan kääntänyt kelkkani ihan täysin. oli kyse naisista tai lävistyksistä tai ulkomaalaisista tai tyylistä tai kengistä tai mistä vittu vaan. se on käsittämätöntä. tää mun korporaatio-duunikin :D no, en sentään ole markkinoinnissa ja myynnissä duunissa tms. mitä muistan ekana BBA-vuotena vannoneeni, että jos nyt kiinnostaakin nää jutut mutta EI SITÄ, herranjumala. ei.
ja lapsena olin että kokoomus on hyvä kun äiskäkin tykkää siitä, joten nyt olen joo vastaan vahvasti mutta en ole kokenut 'takaisinkääntymisiä' joten siitä tuskin on pelkoa? ja yritin nuorempana kans uskoa jumalaan, ja uskoinkin, eli ateisminikin on kai kuosissa. mutta mitäköhän seuraavaksi? tietokone! apua! ei, en nuorena ollut yhtään messissä näissä, ei meillä maalla ollut, ja suhteeni koneisiin alkoi tavallaan huonolla jalla, joten voisi jo ajatella että olen jo käännynnäinen? ei nyt arvaan... haluan varmaan joku päivä takaisin maalle ja istuttaa kukkia ja vihanneksia. niistä en vittu ikinoo tykänny :S haalarit päälle ja antaa maailman mennä menojaan. ekoputarha ja...lapsikatras.
ehkä tohon on hyvä lopettaa ennenkuin on päivä pilalla. paljon töitä, reilu tunti vielä ja sit oon varannu tunnin pelkästään ohjeiden tekemiseen ja filujen sijoitteluun jotta kollega osaa hoitaa hommat poissaollessa. tai jotta sillä olis helpompaa, sanotaan näin. en menny edes syömää, hain vaan keiton takeawaynä ja vedän sitä tässä sivussa.
had a 'casual wednesday' today at work i guess. there was sausages and beer(or cider) at the terrace in the afternoon. ive been superbusy trying to get things ready for my vacation...but ive done an okay job and should get everything done tomorrow.
in the evening i shot miss Eva Von Slut, who came all the way from San Fransisco to perform at the Helsinki Burlesque event last sunday. i am lacking the name of the event...but nevertheless. she was fun to talk to and i took her out for 2 ciders, had to show what girrrls here in Finland (often) drink. shed tried other finnish things on the nights earlier to this. impressive lady, Eva, doing a lot, band stuff and some burlesque altho mostly retired from it... the all covering tattoos really struck me!
i got a lot of stuff to do tomorrow. i was supposed to do a shoot with this german girl but i rescheduled it to the beginning of july... i just have so many things to do before my vacation, from applying for part-time unemployment to applying for some other things...hmm.
my latest music find: Teddybear STHLM (spotify link) (youtube) (myspace)
Sziget festival in august has a long list of bands....but me is pleased with the following names;
Manic Street Preachers
Lily Allen
The Prodigy
Placebo
The Klaxons
Snow Patrol
Eric Prydz
Armin Van Buuren
Editors
IAMX
and note; Buena Vista Social Club! :D
theres so many unknown names tho, i have a feeling i might like many that im not aware of just yet.
i was supposed to go to miss R's friend place for midsummer on friday, out of the city, for a small/medium size party... but somehow did not feel like it after all. and since most ppl there would not know me anyway, i decided to bail out. just stay at home or whatever. i mean who says u need to do something or be somewhere during midsummer? its a tradition, but not one that actually makes u anything more or better. u go out party when u feel like it. end of story. i can relax and do whatever the fuck i want. i will prolly be seeing Arttu though. and Jim is arriving on saturday. i should sketch up some things for us to go see and do while hes here.
the conspicuous truth:
My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right.
True Blood's 2nd season started. it knocked my socks off - again.
Hunch.com is interesting but im not sure what itll become. relays a lot of users which is the trend, yes, but prolly needs more meat on its bones to really be ineresting to large masses? my big complaint about Hunch is that its very US centric.
perhaps not an exmple of US cenricism but otherwise culturally unaware question:
When meeting a personal friend of the opposite sex, which of the following do you do?
-shake hands
-hug
-kiss on one cheek
-kiss on both cheeks
??! how about NO TOUCHING!
but for a decision making machine...i dunno if Hunch is useful. just masturbating on your self, like FB quizzes do, yea maybe. after all, i rather a couple hours studying a topic to make a decision than answering questions and then leaving it up to a machine. "ive answered 500 questions, pls now tell me where i should go on vacation".
a good quote:
I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.
i got a busy week... work is superbusy cos my colleque is on vacation, and another left completely last week. so i have some of their tasks, plus my own of course. and the shorter work week due to midsummer and my vatarion next week are giving me extra stress, i need to schedule stuff for the website. and these a few extra projects at work that need my attention.
but after my vacation...i have too little work actually, 15h/week. i got my part time deal, with less hours than i actually need. it should be only momentary but i guess i ill have to evaluate my situation a bit, see how things go.
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