jen luvs photoshop

23 movie plots that could have been solved in minutes: hellraiser. #9 is pretty good too, i ROFL'd.

things that changed the world (by getting thrown away): winner

office supplies too awesome to excist: "how things were 2 minutes ago"-key , the organization affair chart would be nice too.

Argentina decriminalizes pot use. nice.

starkhyel from dA (whom i met in portugal last yr) was updating me on his life and stuff and told me this tid bit of awesomeness (i guess): when you start typing in google search "jenni " with a space after, it will offer me as a default among some other jenni's... woah. but its only in non-finnish google's it seems, in finland im not a very important jenni :D

listening to: Vesa-Matti Loiri in youtube

kiss on the neck unexpectedly - thnx

i ended up reading men's health (.com). "20 simple tips for perfect date". some of these sound american/british...stuff i NEVER thought of, too conventional rules, such as
"2. Call her by early evening on Monday to confirm a Tuesday get-together. (Weekends aren't for first dates.)"
err, what? if a date has been set, no need to confirm. and whats that about no weekends? who cares which day it is? whichever fits in the calendar...

"8. Men judge women according to whether they can picture having sex with them; women judge men by whether they can imagine kissing them. White teeth, fresh breath, and unchapped lips make her more apt to pucker up."
no, kissing will pass my mind too but essentially i definitely judge men by "fuckable?"

"13. When in doubt, hold her hand."
doesnt fit my finnish mindset. if in doubt, stay the fuck away sounds better. well, i dunno if some attempt should be made but the hand holding sounds forced...

"15. She expects you to know her eye color after the first date."
umm....no.

there were other questionable ones too... but whatever. some were really right on;

"7. Ask if she's too cold or too warm, and if changing the temperature is in your power, fix it."
great fuckin idea. thank you.

"11. Tip well: Grab the check, mentally divide the bill by 10, double that number, and throw down the tip. Do it quickly but casually. Believe me, she'll be watching."
(but probably just because this must be abroad and im clueless about tipping and always wondering how much to tip etc)

"12. If she touches your arm, she's interested; if she touches your leg, she's interested tonight."

"19. Rule of Groping: If anything happens that couldn't be shown on prime-time TV, call her the next day. Otherwise, she'll feel cheap and used."'
email or txt is sufficient

but damn, a cliché sounding list titled "41 things to make a woman swoon" hits it right on. theres barely a couple things that i think might not be great. but plenty of fuckin awesome ideas. its the little things...;)

"what to tell her during difficult conversations" not bad ideas at all. i wish men knew this shit.

Men's Health a lot of nice lists. some true, some i disagree with... but my fav men's mag is still GQ (uk).

Gibraltar airport

egg artist

lauantai alkoi klo 17, just ehti kauppaan

BB on vasta alussa ja kaikki tuutit on täynnä sitä. mua vähän ärsyttää se että sinne yritetään saada väriä 'väkisin', joku puolet asukkaista on jostain itänaapurista tai muuten vaan ei-suomalaista syntyperää. toi kuulostaa rasistiselta, mutta mua ei vaan haittais jos 14 asukasta edustaisivat jotakuinkin maan väestöä. no sit siellä ei olis yhtään ulkomaalaista. se yks olis ok kyllä, mut nyt on liikaa. ja miten voi edes olla kun en katso koko sarjaa?

ostin pitkästä aikaa Imagen 3,95e kun oli. Simo Rantalainen joko on tai kuulostaa vaan aika aggressiiviselta. hehkutti jotain kuinka vihaa kissoja ja jos ajais päältä niin peruuttais vielä varmuuden vuoks ja ne on tyhmiä ja itsekkäitä jne.... mistä moinen viha? miksi vaivautua?

Quentin Tarantinon haastattelu oli kyllä hyvin kirjoitettu. piti katsoa kuka sen tekii. Samuli Knuuti.

toi torstaiöinen hölmöily antoi kyllä hyvät morkkikset. onneksi bileet oli sentään jees ja noin, sain ihan itsekseni olla nolona kotona vaan. olin kuvannut myös pitkähkön videon, sieltä Kämpistä tai mikä nyt sit olikaan. ei pystynyt katsomaan kokonaan, vihaan itseni kuuntelemista, videolta tai nauhalta...

sovin kuvauksen huomiseksi, hahaa, hyvä jenni! no, se on ainakin alku. sit tarvis enää ottaa kuvia. tulee mieleen kun joku vähän aika sitten selitti kuinka sen kuvausta harrastava kaveri oli hankkinu jonkun saatanan 50mm 1.2 linssin tms ja kai jotain muutakin vitun hienoa. totesin että kiva, nyt sen tarvis enää ottaa hyvä kuva. kyseistä henkilöä en tunne mutta aika paljon on välineurheilijoita (missä ei sinänsä mitään vikaa, laji kuin laji), jotka vaan runkkaa niitä putkiaan... lopputulos on sitten jotain vähemmän inspiroivaa. mutta se nyt siis kai on se lajin henki, mun nähdäkseni. laadukkaat vehkeet voi helpottaa pääsyä hyvään lopputulokseen mutta tae ne ei ole, ja taidetta voi kuvata vaikka laatikolla jossa reikä ja lyijylevy tai miten se meni. sudenpentujen käsikirjassa oli siihen ohjeet, muistan kun olin pentu ja mökillä, yritin kai rakentaa sitä mutta puuttui jotain osia. rakensin sit jotain muuta kivaa.

soittelin kans serkku B:lle ja sovittiin että nähdään ensi viikolla. sillä on laskettu aika helmikuussa. lapsuuden bestikseni Johanna S lähetti virallisen hääkutsun, olin kyllä jo tietoinen häistä. se on kans syntyny samana vuonn ku mä, kesällä. tää on selkeesti pariutumis/perheellistymisikä tämä 29... se alkaa konkretisoitumaan. ne häät on vaan heinolassa jne... rupesin nyt miettii kun katson jotain "ajo-ohjeita" että jahas...mites mä kuvittelen tonne meneväni ja poispääsy ois kans aika kova juttu. niin vitun ihana kuin heinola onkin niin en halua jäädä jumiin sinne. enää uudestaan.

looks like i had salmon for dinner

i did not get to do much today. i met a friend and later another one. just catching up. spilling my problems and having a laugh.

whats amazing is my feet are still sore...not on the surface of course, but something like...the joints or something. the achilles tendon for sure. and, i am not sure what to blame this on, but the little toe on my right foot is partly a bit numb... feels odd. ive been following it at least a week. cant figure out what would cause it, not walking i believe...i think something needs to have pressed or hit a nerve. well, nor dangerous but odd and annoying.

this guy #badbanana on twitter is hilarious... i need to start following him.

movies that seem fuuuun:
men who stare at goats
Jennifer's body
the lovely bones of course...
the burning plain seems interesting...the plot thingies reminds me of Babel
also Cameron's Avatar is supposed to blow everyones mind...but the trailer at least didnt do that.

the company party was good...i think. but i had too much to drink, like seriously. its amazing though how i seem to often be aware of my state, even if not being able to remember afterwards, the photos prove it. i take photos of myself, that reflect my state, usually point-of-view style, showing what i see and parts of me in a not so flattering way... but i think i really topped myself this time. i think i was actually doing pretty well but then i got home and puked on my kitchen floor. how degreding is that? and, i took photos of this. i seem to have actually posed... to make it look even worse. what a nice surprise in my camera in the morning. along with yesterdays menu on the floor i mean. geez. too bad im such a fuckin wuss and never post the best photos, like these.

helsinki near the boat harbor














harbor














the last bar we were at. i have taken photos from outside that say it was Hotel Kämppi... but thats really fuckin fancy, i am surprised if i was actually there.

company parties - always

oh niiiiice

i watched Hung...great, as expected from HBO. only 8 episodes made so far...so now im in the endless vicious cycle of waiting for next week's ep again....

but THEN, i watched Nurse Jackie and that was awesome too. i didnt expect anything from it, neverheard before...i just gave it a blind try. i really like the character. being all good but bringing some justice to the world at the same time. and being human, cheating and using drugs... (is that what "human" is these days?).

someone needs their beauty sleep, during the night

another vampire-day, couldnt get up until 3pm. altho i had the alarm go off at around 12:30...2,5hours of snooze-button. how well can u sleep with 9min intervals huh? thats as good as nothing...but i couldnt help it. i was tired. tonight...i seriously plan to do better! i DO need to check out HBO series Hung, but right after that im jumping to bed with sleeping pills and will hopefully sleep tight for 8 hours. i got work tomorrow, and afterwards a fall kick-off event on some boat, with my department from work....

shirt i got from Threadless. not my typical color, both are cream tones more less, but i loved the designs. 1st shirt 2nd shirt



















earrings i got from the festival














waiting for the tram tonight. its been ages that i wore these shoes. i was out having 1 (2) drinks with Paavo.

status update vaan

onks outoo jos jonku FB-statuksessa on et "tekis mieli mennä hakee sienii"(get mushrooms) ja sit miettii et haluukohan toi oikeesti mennä poimii ja kokkaa vai onko sillä huumausainetoiveita... oikeestaa kai kyse on siitä etten tunne ihmistä tarpeeksi hyvin voidakseni olla varma?

jonku FB-status oli yks päivä et "no means yes and yes means anal" ja repeilen sille vieläkin. menee sen verran...en edes tiedä mille puolelle mutta hyvä play "no means no" läpälle.

niinhän se oli kun tarkistin osoitetiedot ja käytin PARASTA karttahakua, että tää toimisto johon olen menossa istanbulissa (niitä onkin kai pari eri) on vähän sivummassa. mutta enköhän mä sinnekin itseni löydä.

olen taas puheväleissä arkkitehtiherran kanssa mutta aika viileetä. ainakin mun puolelta, ei kai sitä voi olla kuin varautunut, kun ei tiedä saako taas nenillee. mutta jotain lämmittely-yritystä tässä kai teoriassa on.

Mentalist alkaa vihdoin suomessa. aikakin. ja ilmeisesti BB myös aluillaan, alkaa taas olee joka tuutissa jotain hehkutusta. mä nyt vaan keskityn tähän mun PC tuuttiin... kai liikaakin. en ole saanut taas tehtyä asioita. sellasia tärkeitä asioita mitä pitäs saada tehtyä. täyttää KELAn paperit. tiskit koneeseen/ulos. TEFL kurssin esseet. viimeisin on ehdottomasti pahin. kun ei ole deadlineä niin sitä jännästi viivyttelee asioita....

propofol - the perfect K.O.

Time.com asks "Michael Jackson's Death: How Dangerous Is Propofol?". well. lets see. is that actually a rhetorical question?
cos it sounds like "how dangerous is aspirin?". but being that were talking about anesthesia drugs... well.

looks like it was a record yr for Sziget festival, 390 000 people. how much more can the island take?? i will need to go back and check next yr probably... i recall it being somewhat crowded on friday, when it was sold out to 70 000 people, but it wasnt too much, still very doable.

i was at the office today, was odd after a long break. but i didnt mind the free soda and other goodies that were available. i am getting more work now, from another dept, they need this website redone/updated, involves translating, graphics, etc. website visual stuff... thats good, i def need the hours(money). but it might go well overboard my preferences, i guess thats what i get for being so difficult. 15h/week is too little but 37,5 is too much...yadi yadi yaa... anyway. im pretty happy for getting something different to do, in addition to the usual. need to sign another contract for this though i think, separate budgets etc.

ive been shoeshopping in eBay a lill bit again ...eh. paypal is my friend, making it all possible :) or should i say that the awesome fuckin people occasionally buying my prints etc. make it all possible. paypal is just an enabler. credit where credit is due.

i totally pass out at around 7-8pm each evening, waking up a few hours later. right in time to be all alert and awake for the night. lately im getting a bit tired at this. variation is needed, no matter what the cycle is... this vampire lifestyle gets old too. i should really shift things around a bit. its just so haaaard. im so sleepy in the early evening. i even missed my movie tonight - and yesterday - because of this. how embarrassing. i saw one slovakian movie today, a documentary more like, Blind Loves. about the love life of blind people. and lives in general, i suppose.

cool visual 'games'... uncontrol.com

enjoyed a cider with Otto & his gf

my (yet another!) me-day. i did a mini-pedicure and body exfoliation with raw sugar, cuban style :) skin takes 2 weeks to renew, but i would say i got things pretty well under control now. i am actually surprised how strongly my skin reacted on the trip, its never been like this... maybe its me getting old... who knows. but i took serious measures and its getting worked out back to where it was. :)

this is a crazy page, the links in the top bar are awesome... i wonder who does this shit. its amusing.

failblog.org keeps amusing me too.

Espoo Ciné has started...but this yr im going to see extraordinary few movies, theyre not expensive but i just made the decision between movie festivals and Istanbul... the latter won, so. my first movie is Van Diemen's Land, aussie film based on a true story. tomorrow a couple more and then thats it. ill miss Love &Anarchy festival too cos i will be in down under for most of its duration.

you are not unique snowflake

ha! i did a backup! i mean, thats a typical epic fail, u have a lot of important shit and then your hard drive dies and u got no backup whatsoever? i am so proud of finally getting around to doing the back up. i know...i should have a software do that automatically. so my real fail is not setting one up yet....

what stormtroopers are up to

make a snowflake :P

Super Mario - kick ass version

some worrying (but not surprising) figures re: women's attitudes on dom. violence in african/asian countries

im feeling better today... just coughing and sneezing a bit anymore. ears getting blocked an opening on steady intervals... i think its my day to clean up, do some vacuuming! an antihistamine might be a good idea, its gotten so dusty here i think i dont wana make my sneezing any worse than it is.

fuck, my 4th day inside alone, counting out the grocery store and visit to the clinic on wednesday. im getting booored, need some human companion. ive been active on dA i think because of this, just chatting up with ppl. i need something.

i broke my lumix camera at the festival, too. its still usable, the lid for the battery and mem.card just got ripped off somehow...so theyre in danger of falling out...need to tape the thing together. but im not going to have money for a new cam for while now so that sucks.

*listening to Clint Mansell's Fountain soundtrack*
the movie may not have been awesome but the music and its atmosphere is

pikkumatkailija minussa suunnittelee

olen miettinyt noita laukkuratkaisuja tässä ja paras vaihtoehto vaan on sellanen barrel bagi, jota lainasin aasian reissua varten jukkapojalta sillon. iso kestävä putkikassi jossa reppuhihnat messissä, eli saa selkään. näin se homma etenee. ovat yli 100e kevyesti suomalaisissa kaupoissa, en tiedä olisko mulla edes tilillä rahaa sen vertaa... pitää katsoa eBaystä joku...paypalissa on vielä valuuttaa. 90litranen vois olla ok.

voisin kai lainaa rinkkaa Artun vanhemmilta taas mutta jotenki se on liian epäkäytännöllinen perusreissuun. se on vaan kun noi matkalaukut on vittumaisia vaikka olis pyörät alla ja kaikki, kun pitää mennä metrolla ja vaihtaa junaan ja sit on rappuja ja sit on sitä ja tätä... sain vähän tarpeeksi siitä nyt viime reissussa. pitää saada kamat selkään, mutta helposti avattava kuitenkin, toisin kuin rinkka. en tarvii muitakaan rinkan hienouksia kuten pikkutaskuja ja super-ergonomiaa.

kannan sit läppärirepun vaikka kädessä, se ei ole paha. katselin kartasta missä päin se meidän Istanbulin office on, näytti ainakin et ihan mukava sijainti keskustan kupeessa. kaipaa kuitenkin vielä lisävarmistusta. mulla on pari huonoa kokemusta noista online kartoista... ja taksikuskit siellä ei tiedä mistään mitään. ja miksi vajaan 20miljoonan ihmisen kaupungissa tietäiskään, siellä taksi on kuin polkupyörä ja ihmiset yleensä tietää mihin ne haluaa. tyhmä turisti on siinä onneton.

hostellin varasin kans tänään. taksimin eli shopping-keskustan ytimestä. ettei tule kalliita taksimatkoja baariin tai sieltä pois tms. siitä pääsee kuitenkin sit joka paikkaan julkisilla päivällä jne. itämaisittain sisustettu aika pieni mesta, hyvät arvosanat, ei kai sitä muuta tarvii. jännää kun ennen olin niin "vittu ei hostellia". sekin asia sit muuttui. musta tuli sosiaalinen... tai silleen eritavalla... et jos on yksin ni seura on ihan tervetullutta. aina oli mut en jotenki ilmaissu sitä tai osannu toimia sen eteen ite.

kuulin että serkku B odottaa vauvaa. se ei viimeisimpien keskustelujen mukaan ollut suunnitelmissa, mutta ei kai se usein oo. se vaan jotenkin tapahtuu? no, mutta sellaista. se on mua 2 viikkoa nuorempi, ja siksi on jännä ajatella kuinka eri lailla meidän elämät on menny, teinixinä oltiin ihan BFF. mies, koira, omistusasunto. ja lapsi. normisetti, ja se tuntuu olevan toimiva kaava, mikäs siinä.

tarviin eBaystä myös uudet sandaalit rikkoutuneiden tilalle. mitenkään ei tunnu että nykyvalikoimastani löytyisi jo sopivia... kun pitäs olla kiilakorko jotta olis perkeleen mukavat, ja aika avonaiset sandaali-malliset kun johonkin vähintään 30asteeseen mennään ja ei ihan niin paljon korkoa kuin mun kengissä normaalisti... pehmuste päkiän alle olis kiva ja niin edelleen. ei ole helppoa.

mietin kun usein joku video sanoo YouTubessa että joo ei saa näyttää sun alueella, mutta sama video artistin virallisella MySpace sivulla skulaa... tarkottaako ettei MySpacessa toimi geoblokkaus vai kuinka?? mikä muu syy eri toimintatapoihin eri videolevitysmedioissa... ja mitäs mä kattelinkaan, ainiin, Alexander Skarsgårdia Lady Gagan poikkiksena. harvoin lämpeen jolleki näyttelijöille tms niin että rupeen oikeen kaivaan matskuu mutta Alexander... niin, ne on ne ruotsalaiset just tommosia :( ei voi mitään.

joillekin ihmisille en kerro mitään asioistani, siis edes yleisistä...koska ne ei vaan ole edes ansainnu sitä. kuinkas ylimieliseltä toi kuulostaakaan? mutta jotkut tyypit kun tulee et "mites menee" niin ei kiinnosta sanoa mitään. mitä ne sillä tiedolla tekee? en halua keskustella mun asioista niiden kaa.

taisin ottaa mun kielilävistyksen kun täytin 19 muuten...eli se on ollu mulla 10 vuotta. aika outo ajatus. ja monta nieltyä metallipäätä, hups.

seeing the dream through

ive been sleeping day in and day out... getting slowly better i think. but as a friend just wrote on FB; "The thing about long sleep is that you get to see how the dream ends."

someone was inspired by the photo i did yesterday and made a colour palette on colourlovers.com named BlueSuzzi based on it! :D crazy, but cool.

its thursday and i keep finding new bruises on me. on my back and arms. festival-life is not safe is it.

grrr, several more days until the next True Blood episode. i found a nice well edited fan vid of Eric&Sookie.

Lorant's photoblog. i met him in Vienna, hes a friend of Sev's and Miri's. i like his photos actually :)

*chatting with ppl in FB*

get a grip - it feels good

Flickr greeted me with that. need to remember, in a few weeks i shall use it!

i started working on photos after a longish break again. this theme allured me for ages. the way her hands are, its one of my fav things, holding the neck...grabbing the hair, i wanted to capture it. but i think i couldve done a better job even.

"i will remember" he said and left

i slept all afternoon and now uploaded photos to flickr
vienna
sziget

some 350 000 people there i guess this yr again. lovely athmosphere.

i remember dancing to Underworld's Born Slippy on many nights at the festival. and now im listening to it all the time. its really awesome. (last.fm link)


me and my feet obsession?! i think 1/5th of my photos from the trip are of mine and/or someone elses feet. usually with a context, background though.


at night, or early morning, the place always looked like this.

sick sick girl

i went to the doctors and im on a sick leave for this week. some flu, i guess the type doesnt need to be determined does it.

im trying to rest, take meds and drink water. but at some point i need to do daily things...i have bills to pay and whatnot blah blah...

my boss said there is a project in another dept that they were asking if i was interested, that means in addition to what i currently do. well, more hours would certainly be appreciated, so i need to be in contact with them.

regarding the Istanbul thing, its now agreed that i can go to the local office and work from there. im going 11th until 23rd, so thats almost 2 weeks. im a bit nervous but excited as well. seeing the city from perhaps a slightly different perspective.

i met my stepsister Julia yesterday, she is 18 now! omg! drinking and smoking and all... its odd, she was a kid just a little while ago. she is quite artsy... now thinking of becoming a tattoo artist!! thatd be crazy and great, she could put some ink on me too, i saw her drawings and damn the girl can draw. got it from her dad, just like i did. well, but she seems to be better than me. theres a reason i quit...

silence of home

the world is quiet now. landing blocked my ears (with excruciating pain as a sidekick) and they stayed that way. all in all that was a horrible fuckin flight. everything aching, tired, weak, head being a mess, freezing at times. i dunno if its H1N1 or not, but its kicking my ass around for sure. do i have to lock myself inside, away from the civilization for the rest of the week?

if H1N1, i certainly picked the best place to spread it, a central european busy airport. cheers, jenni.

tomorrow i woud love to go to a grocery store regardless of everything. i need nutrition.

bruised bunny just killing time

vienna airport has FREE wifi. kudos.

im not really looking forward to flying with a flu but what can u do... i have to get home and then... then. i will so sleep. take care of myself, my skin and hair really suffered from the sun and hard water and whatnot. my feet are like after a nuclear war, i wonder how many days it takes for the pain do go away? and today i noticed i have bruises all over too, mostly in my legs. WHAT did i DO at that festival??

cant wait to post the photos, and to go through them in general. i took LOTS. and VIDEOS... ill like watching them later on i believe... might be boring for anyone else, just typical festival activities.

i feel momentarily better - mentally. balances the shit my physics r going through i suppose.

jälkihoito

olihan vittu pileet. käy vaan kunnolle tommonen juhliminen. ja tänään sain jonku viiruksen, kunnon räkätauti ja kurkku kipee ja koko hoito. ettei olis sikamaista laatua tämä, se on ikävä se kun Finnair ei kai vieläkään laske sikalaisia koneeseen. vaan en minä sitä ajatellut toitottaa jos on kipiä olo.

viimeinen yö meni pikkasen myöhäseen, tallustelin kämpille joskus kuudelta. saksalaiset tytöt lähti mestoilta kahden jälkeen, ne ei jaksanu kattoa kun suomalaiset juo tai olivat aikeissa tehdä niin. Esko ja minä tuumittiin että prkl, CAN YOU FESTIVAAAAAAL ja mentii ostaa lisää juotavaa ja sit tanssii Paul Oakenfoldia. oli hyvä ilta.

Faith No More, joka ei ole mun mikään ykkösbändi, yllätti todella positiivisesti. Miri sai mut mukaansa jonnekin sinne yleisön sekaan ja ajattelin että jaaha, no katotaan nyt sit tämä... mutta en edes kyllästynyt. Mike patton is teh sex. nii ja osaa se kai laulaakin jne jne

oli vaan törkyhyvä festari, ruokaa israelilaisesta wokkiin ja arabialaiseen, kaikkea erikoisempaakin ohjelmaa ja isoja teatteriesityksiä. jazz teltat jne kaikki. ja paljon klubeja yöllä, tonne myytiin jopa jotain yölippuja, joilla pääsee vaan siis bilettään klo 23 jälkeen. teknoilumestat oli aika täynnä mutta ei siellä muutenkaan meno yöllä hiljentynyt, terdeillä tanssittiin pöydillä ihan vakioon. on myös kiva ettei kukkaro liikaa keventynyt, oli tosi halpaa. kalja tais olla puoltoista euroa ja puolenlitran viini jonku 2,2e.

että olisi kiva palata joskus tuonne...

katoin uusimman True Bloodin ja itkin silmät päästäni, voi herraisä että on hyvä sarja, vähän emo joo mutta so? toimii.

have to party like theres no tomorrow?

because tomorrow...all that is waiting for me is an early wake up, a train ride to Vienna and reality hitting in, creeping slowly... tuesday ill fly back home and on wednesday i drag myself to the office.

last night we were tired but were being sports and went to the party arena to see Eric Prydz... after over an hour he still didnt play Call On Me. yea, were such groupies, just wanting to hear the hits. he played all the others tho. maybe Call On me was his encore... blah. i was pretty upset, we just left at that point.

relationship-wise...well, human-wise, its been interesting times. im pretty clueless and confused about this one guy whom i was (am....? i think? still?) really interested in. maybe a failure to communicate, maybe something else. then theres been some brief encounters, of which some was expected and some not as much. but all in all this trip and its contents has been good... its just the reality of things creeping in on me...

tonight: Faith No More, Paul Oakenfold. and plenty of bands i am not interested in, like the Offspring.

festivities continue

3 festival days done and im starting to look like it, too. 2 more to go.... this is a tough sport. my feet are killed. i wake up in the morning, get up from bed and the pain makes me bite my teeth. it doesnt get any better when we go to the festival and dance... and by the time we tumble back to our apartment at night, i am close to crying. but i always had these issues with my feet, i cant walk too much, its pathetic. definitely my achilles heel...

Tricky the other night was not so amazing, my expectations were really high, but Prodigy yesterday made up for it. Pendulum, which i never heard before, was an awesome 'warm up act' for Prodigy. but the best part is the festival in general. lots of nature, everything well arranged, even 'real' toilets, and no queues. yesterday we tried local traditional food, rooster testicles included. day before that i had wok and the one before i cant remember, but the variety of food available is impressive. theres small supermarket and post offices set up too. ATM's - duh, internet tent and so forth.

anyhow... ive had a great time and

past 2 days were nice, 25-27C with some clouds too, but the weekend should be around 30C... i might just melt away?

weve been hooking up with the friends of Miri and Esko, so were not all by ourselves. nice. below is Tobi (swedish, plays drums in Matatu, tonight at 6) carrying Miri on his back.

Sziget 2nd day

great mood. Miri and Patricia are dancing to Bloc Party. there is tents and music and people everywhere, quite awesome. Tricky is playing later tonight. Parrrrty.

1st sziget day

Im impressed and enjoying the festival athmosphere. Relaxed and nice. Good food. Camping is in the festival area, how odd? And practical. Next: snow patrol. Then: lily allen. After which: clubs.

hungary has opened its doors

we had an early wake up and headed to Budapest with Miriam. long day... my feet are killing me and the festival has not even started yet. we spent an hour or more looking for shoes but with no luck :( festival is demanding setting for shoes...

anyway, so far everything is fine. we met Miri's friend Patricia and her finnish boyfriend Esko. probably going to be seeing a lot of them during the festival. tomorrow we look forward to seeing IAMX, Snow Patrol and Lily Allen...

sanity being questioned heavily

couldnt find decent shoes to replace the broken ones. which i eventually left on the street and walked barefoot through what felt like half the city, it must've been 5am. well, i dont mind being barefoot and dont remember much about it anyway. so i was saying... i just got some sandals type shoes for 15e but they dont seemsuper comfy, and it was my comfy shoes that i broke. i need to keep an eye for such... tomorrow in budapest. im kind of pissed about this small setback. comfortable walking can affect the whole experience!

aaaand, i just decided to go to Istanbul next month, since i can work from there and all. im getting the tickets tonight. i decided to stay 12 days in the middle of the month. lets hope september is not as hot as june was.... im still wondering if imcompletely sane. but i guess ill find out. i should look into the language school thing now that i know when im going...

need to eat and sleep, tomorrow morning Sziget is calling...

travel blogger

me took some photos. woohoo.

other than that... been relaxing. going out with Severin and his friends, since Miriam needs to work on her university stuff. but tomorrow we leave to Budapest with her :)

my boss replied my email about working temporarily from Istanbul, and she thinks its okay as well. so... i cant really afford it but i think i will go there next month, for 2 weeks. i just want to. need to borrow money from mom or something...

now...i need to go buy new shoes as i broke a pair last night :( and watch the latest True Blood episode!

Out again

Ended up in a bar again with Sev (coxi) who was unbanned from dA today! what a fuckin coincidence, the drama is back :D

viennese ways of having fun

im enjoying my trip already. last night was good times at some party, its been ages since i danced... the DJ's were mostly good, i liked the atmosphere. it was kind of "american apparel" type of ppl thing...this party, arranged by some group known as Icke Micke. but yes, i enjoyed myself, and im happy to be in Vienna again, after a two(?) yr break.

some pics from yesterday

Pool party

@ prater sauna, sweet.

tyttö tahtoo

käytiin iltakävelyt taas Artun kaa, ruoholahdessa päin kun siellä on tuo Verkkokaupan puoti... raaskin uuden 8GB muistikortin ostaa... otan kameran mukaan reissuun. ja ajattelin kuvatakin, normaalista poiketen, lol...

mutta ruoholahdessa oli muutama ihminen. se on toi Madonna ilmeisen pidetty.

vittu kun sormet syyhyy ostaa liput sinne vitun Istanbuliin nyt heti. ihan sama onko varaa elellä siel, ei kestä. mitä mä siellä teen? en tiedä, ei mulla ainakaan vielä ole työhaastattelua tai mitään. mutta ihan pakko on mennä. istun vaikka sitten terdellä. Arttu ehdotti että menisin pidemmäks aikaa ja tekisin vaikka töitä sieltä. ei mikään huono idea... pitäs vaan varmistaa että se intternetti sitten toimii varmasti. muutenkin tarpeeksi monimutkaisia noi meidän duunin etäyhteysjutut. tai mitä jos menisin sinne toimistolle duuniin, jos se on keskustan lähellä, onhan meillä siellä semmonen? taidan kysästä esimieheltä. sais jopa ihan minimaalista tuntumaa siihen mitä se työssäkäyminen siellä on, vaikka ei tota mun 15h/viikossa ihan työssäkäymiseks kai kehtaa kutsua?

no joo, jo riitti paska ironia.

mutta liput, prkl. pakko. heti.

mä selvästi puran muita patoutumia tälläseen.

uus pikkukamerakin olis vitun jees. mut ne on noi lumixit jotain 300e vähintään ne kivat. ei mitään toivoa.

picking up pieces

eaaarrly flight tomorrow :( and still so many things to do tonight. a couple essays on teaching methodology included...

im excited about the trip...as usual... i just want to get my mind elsewhere...always. and maybe this will help me put my pieces back together. i feel like a vase all over the fuckin floor... life has been beating me lately, or so it seems. with a baseball bat. there, right behind the knees. im in a rather painful state, the man i fell for is having some crisis of his own... and needs to think stuff through. and so he doesnt know yet what to 'do with me'. great, so ill just sit and wait here? fuck. but what a rare event, for me to find someone...doesnt happen too often. he is an architect, i liked the things he's designed.

so i dont know how to deal with this episode yet. because i dont know the state of it now...obviously. i wanted to see where it could go, i wanted to know if theres anything more in it. if i never find out, then...does that mean there was nothing more, and i shouldn't consider myself left in the dark? not finding out is an answer in itself perhaps?


and omg which shoes am i taking with me??! i always tackle with the same problems... and how to satisfy my True Blood need while on the road...i need to form a plan, so me and Miriam and can drool at them fangs...

F is getting married on saturday. things can change a lot in a little over a year... but i hope this is the right choice for him.

i met muuli yesterday... its been ages since we last saw and we talked about our shared photography project. it was rather inspiring...as usual.

jesus what a fuckin week. just saying.

*listening to U2: Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses"

pains of existence

Tokyo metro map goes Internet. i found my job there - woohoo.

i watched Birth. it had a weird tone, like some Polanski film... unfortunately it did not quite make it. but nevertheless it affected me a bit. movies usually do...

i also watched the Bug. more crazy than i expected. but not very impressive. seemed a bit home made... it all happened in this one room and that did not seem to make sense all the time.

im going to miss R's tomorrow to watch some movies. going for a walk with her too. i feel sooo sporty lately :D also she should cut my hair, she knows what i want when my usual hairdresser does not.

got mail from dA. a lovely shirt! will wear it and show it off to peeps....its a birthday shirt...9yrs! OMG! baby's not a baby anymore! ive been with dA since 2003...which i think is ...6 yrs? cant believe its been that long. what a ride... changed my life.

in other news, some heartache. reminds me that im alive?

Toveri wins, hands down

did a small bar tour yesterday with K. checking out some Kallio classics which i have missed before despite living in the area.

first off...Om'pu, the terrace looking up to Kallio church :) ***



















Toveri, an old classic place. i really loved this. the bookshelves and couches make it very comfy and lounge-like. yet its not trendy. ****





























Pub Sirdie. gets point for atmosphere, very local, middle-aged drunks. tiny place (i think max. 15-20 seats). if i ever get any foreign guests...this is the place to show. **



















we did end up going downtown for a couple at some point. Backstage, supposedly rock-oriented... they were playing HIM, Type O and Mötley Crüe...and the bar got full as ppl from Ankkarock festival arrived. not enough staff working at bar, long queues... blah














i talked to a girl who had this amusing tattoo :)














shitloads of work next week... i need to do everything for the week following, when i am away. blaaaah.

now off to a sunday walk with Arttu.

new musical find: Lustral

sienet sateella

Sonera Music Player. vertaavat suoraan Spotyyn, mitä nyt tietty Sonaran oma on parempi. lol. se on käytännössä musan latauspalvelu kk-maksulla. haluaisin nähdä käyttöliittymän ja kuinka monipuolisesti soittolistoja tms voi jakaa muiden kaa... soneran käyttäjät voi perustaa vaiks jonku kivan oman kubin jossa...nii no mitä siel nyt sit tekis. vittu mitä persettä. no ehkä ne saa tosta muutaman euron. se kai on tarkoitus. tarvii olla aika tyhmiä asiakkaita kyllä.

jos jollain puuttus spoty-kutsu vielä niin mulla on. ettei tarvii soneran asiakkaaks ryhtyä ja tehdä itsestään täyttä pelleä.

muutkin firmat on lanseeraamassa spotymäisiä palveluita. ehkä musiikilla on vielä laillinen tulevisuus siis. hyvä. mä kyllä haluaisin nähdä spotyn sen johtotähtenä. vaatii hieman kehitystä se vielä, etenkin se jos kuuntelen Chris Brownia ni ettei mulle väitetä et se on Kid Rock (S. link http://open.spotify.com/track/0Pwu21VaRcVLvHZgzKRELw). ja muitakin juttui. mut olen hyvin toiveikas (harvinaista!).

ja vielä edelliseen, PÄIVITETTY 80s playlist. sieltä puuttui mm. kasariHELMI Foreigner: I Want To Know What Love is. kuinka noloa!


eilen oli sen verta persettä (nää mun miesasiat...) että otin punaviiniä vähän reippaammin. samalla kun tilitin neiti R:lle. ei reippaammin sillee ku ennen vanhaan (no, vuosi tai 2 sitten), mutta kuitenki enempi ku se keskivertoranskalainen illallisen yhteydessä. oli muutenki kiva vaihtaa neitisen kaa kuulumisia kyllä. tehtiin salaattia ja suunniteltiin ens viikon leffailtaa. katotaan pari espoo ciné-leffaa ennakkoon, niin ei tarvii sitten siihen ahtaaseen aikatauluun niitä tunkea.

perjantaina lähdeen vanhaan tuttu Wieniin. isä perheineen muuttaa kai tänä viikonloppuna, käyn varmaan sit ens v.loppuna tsekkaa uuden mestan sit. mutta en aio mennä yöksi. on kuitenki helpompaa Miriamin kaa. en koe enää mitää syyllisyyttä että en jaksa isän perheen kaa. ku ei ni ei. tajusin tossa sen nyt käydessä lopullisesti sen että en saanu siltä lapsena tarpeeks huomioo. mä olisin vaan tarvinu enemmän. kuuntelemista ja sellasta. no, ei nyt menny sit sekään putkeen, laitetaan listan jatkoksi.

makaroonilaatikko on parhaimmillaan elinkaarensa alussa ja lopussa. alussa kosteana ja pehmeänä, vielä uunilämpimänä, ja sit päivän parin päästä, vähän kuivahtaneena, rapea pinta, voi vaikka paistaa ja laittaa jotain mustapippuria mausteeksi. siinä välissä makaroonilaatikko on ainoastaan tosi ok.