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[belyste]

I hate doing laundry.  I don't really mind the actual process, it's more how it goes around here.  People in my building are under some impression that laundry is life-or-death struggle, and if you're not at the machine unloading your stuff thirty seconds after the buzzer goes, then you're liable to have your machine hijacked and your clothes

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[teithiwr]

some kind soul had thoughtfully left my clothes in a sodden heap on a washing machine Dude, who does that? Geez. Maybe I'm a bit too considerate for my own good, but I just don't get people who do shit like that. Meh.

That pen thing? What the freakin hell, so weird. I was laughing out loud at your account of it, though! I wish people were that entertaining at my lectures...

[belyste]

I know, right? I'm one of those maybe-too-considerate people, too...I feel guilty if I take someone's stuff out of the dryer without folding it. If only there was a happy medium, where we could all be just plain considerate.

Hee, the pen thing is still just baffling to me. And if you don't mind my asking, are you in school, too?

[teithiwr]

I'm in university in Helsinki, Finland, which counts as college in American terms, I guess? Third-year student, but we get to study as long as it takes to graduate (ideally, 5 years, but I'm definitely working too slow for that ;) ), so I've still got a lot of studying ahead of me! :) (Sorry for possible TMI on the Finnish educational system. :P)

[belyste]

Not TMI at all, I love hearing about education that's different from mine. That's cool that you get as much time as you need to graduate - doing things on your own timetable sounds nice. What are you studying?

And this is strangely timely, since we just watched a Finnish movie in my film class. Most of the action took place out in the woods, but if that was anything to go by, Finland looks like a lovely place. :)

[teithiwr]

Yeah, I love that I don't have to stress about graduating in three years or whatever! I study English philology: pretty much the only thing I was interested in when I entered uni - I'm bilingual in English and Finnish, so studying English was a natural choice. :) I'm concentrating on pretty much the most impractical thing ever, though: the early stages of the English language. I love historical linguistics to bits! *is a geek, but who's surprised?*

Finnish movie, hee! Do you happen to remember what it was called?
The woods, yes - quintessentially Finnish. The whole country's basically covered in trees, which is indeed lovely. I may have my moments of hating Finland and wanting to move back to England, but on the whole Finland is really great.

[belyste]

It was called Rukajärven Tie - about WWII, hence all the scenes out in the woods. :) It's a Scandinavian film class, so I've gotten used to nature being featured as much as (or more than) the characters.