hoarder diaries

back home from finland, trying to recover...  i started some new projects at work so i will be busy the next couple months it seems. new challenges are invigorating though.

found new music today; Vesta (spotify link). finnish, chill and easy and  melodic.

i understand the whole business of cookies and showing me ads on facebook of items i may have just glanced at (eg. a dress at H&M, shoes in eBay..). however, why cant they develop and stalk me just a little bit further and conclude tat i already bought the good damn item?! no need to spend ad dollars on me anymore. i went to sendmybag website a couple weeks ago and bought the service for shipping a bag from helsinki to here. all in this same browser, of course. and i keep seeing ads for sendmybag every day, still. idiots.

whats the british obsession with cheese? cheese memes, special cheese portions in restaurants, "loving cheese" is like a religion. and yet, they dont make very good cheese, do they? i mean, sure, enjoy the cheese, i dont mind.

i brought with me or shipped 23+23+10kg of stuff on this visit. i really look forward to trips to finland when this "storage project" is over. i think next time will be the last. then i can just focus on work and see friends here and there. and maybe also just CHILL. my body is aching from carrying around heavy backpacks and dragging luggage around (one was 28kg - way too much), and its tiring to go through old stuff and having to choose what to keep. knowing that i can keep everything. once a hoarder always a hoarder? it is cool to find memories though.

 ... like myself some 20 years ago.

my flight back was yesterday and i picked up this from the airport marimekko shop;  classic finnish mug design.

i actually also got 2 mugs from my aunts childhood home which was recently sold but was still full of old items. not really our style but it was nice to have something that has been in the family.

 all this needed going through and packing/disposing. lots of PHOTOS.

this box was heavy. all the notes written by classmates in elementary school, pen pal letters, birthday cards from relatives from since i was 6 or whatever...   i saved a few and the rest had to go (i ripped them, didnt have a bonfire available).     

packed a framed photo too (grand piano) and struggled a lot in finding a method of transport, british airways said it was a no-go because of the width. at 122x82x9cm its challenging, and courier companies charge 'gold'. im working on it. arttu had it on his wall for years but now its time to redecorate and we thought we could hang it in our kitchen.

DPD fucked up with a delivery recently, not super bad but bad, and i had already forgotten about it but then i received this with a handwritten apology note. funny enough the cookie was broken. royal mail does not treat the parcels gently :D i only wish that as a customer i actually had any choice of the courier company used when i buy stuff. but the reality is you rarely know who will be delivering your shopping, until perhaps you get a tracking email or something. if i could, i would be ok with DPD - there is no unicorn. and i would avoid Hermes like the plague. i realise its just probably our local Hermes driver PLUS the very poor tracking/customer service combo that makes it horrible for me , but regardless of the reasons, it never ends well with them.

British Airways' inflight magazine;