For once, I'm able to log on, so I have to tell you that I seem to be out of luck a bit these days. Everything else is fine, but I'm upsetting things, dropping things, losing and then finding them again, and getting out of sorts because of these constant mishaps. I also managed to twist my ankle rather badly last week (badly as in I almost broke ( Read more... )

   The big move is finally over, and I'm trying not to remember that another, real move is about to happen one of these days, although not on November 1st, I hope (if I get a flat, the lease begins on the first of the month, as a rule). The whole thing went swimmingly, although there were only three of us: me, my dad, and my cousin's husband, We ( Read more... )

   Hmm, an interesting question today. I don't know how to answer, but I'll try. I think truth is something so complex that it may not help to challenge it. On the other hand, it may be something so simple, once you know it, that there's no need to challenge it. With truth in a mundane context, in a crime case, for instance you can always try to ( Read more... )

   I made a new LJ friend today, welcome and enjoy your stay:). It's been a sunny day, and I've spent it inside, reading, surfing and watching series... I'm going to have to start getting up earlier. When I was younger, I could never just hit the snooze button and fall asleep again once I woke up, but alas, I've learned to fall asleep without even ( Read more... )

   I was reading about national stereotypes on the Television tropes page. It's interesting, this stereotyping, that we all embrace more or less. It's much easier to think of all French people as wearing striped shirts and carrying baguettes, than to see them as a diverse group of people. The stereotypical Finn is someone who carries a knife, gets ( Read more... )

   If you want to read a nice blog entry about happy and pleasant things, move on. I need to vent.
   Anyone still reading? Good. I watched a Late late show episode from 2008, I believe it was, before the last presidential election, and it got me thinking. Craig Ferguson was talking about why the media was reporting the campaign like entertainment, ( Read more... )

   It's Kalevala day, and I was surprised to see that Wikipedia acknowledges it, because it's not a big deal even here in Finland. I have only read some parts of the Kalevala, but I should get around to reading all of it one of these fine days. The quote in the entry title is from the first song. From what little I know of Finnish folklore, words ( Read more... )

... and I began it by sleeping for almost ten hours. I must have been really tired yesterday:). It did me some good, although I haven't accomplished anything except for going to the grocery store today.
   I'm still thinking about stories. I mentioned a couple of days ago, that I had been reading The little mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen. And I ( Read more... )

   This has been one of those days, when things didn't go like I planned at all. To begin with, the bus I took to my parents came early, but it took forever to get to my destination, so I was a bit late. We had dinner and talked. This visit was short, because I went to see my cousin's new appartment. The other guests couldn't come, so I'll probably ( Read more... )

   It didn't snow today, hooray! At least not yet, and the temperature has been about +2 degrees Celsius.  By the way, I have been writing earlier about "it getting less cold". I know it's more common to say that the weather is getting warmer. But at these latitudes (60 degrees north of the equator), and under the weather conditions this winter, " ( Read more... )