just so you know, you sound like a fortune cookie
a. okay, i joked about it, but i really don't know how to post anymore. i thank god every day for the alphabet.
b. ( i've been reading back through my old livejournal entries )
b. ( i've been reading back through my old livejournal entries )
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Yes, but also lots of poisonous animals that want to kill you. You should come to Finland where nature is gentle! Chilly, but gentle. And it's cheap to go to school here!
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There is too Japanese food! We just had it a few weeks ago. Cim's been telling you tales again, hasn't she?
And speaking of Cim, she's pulling through. I think you underestimate the fortitude of our friend. And mind that we may have two hour days in the winter, but we have 22 hour days in the summer to compensate. I think one can say the weather here is interesting with four distinct seasons. And lots of beautiful nature to put the weather in! Or so the brochure says.
They're bringing IKEA to us! Soon we'll have a lamp, too. Then our battle will be fiercly even!
Oh yeah, DSL with unlimited bandwidth! Ha!
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oh god, i have honestly never considered finland as a place of either residence or education, but you talk it up so good! long ago i decided to consider my most desired locations first and who i know who lives where, and *then* worry about what universities were around. there are an awful lot of good universities. and hey, finland! huh. i looked up the climate with my hands over my eyes, but it turns out not to be as horrifyingly freezing as i thought! i mean, it's considerably warmer than, say, the dakotas in winterand cooler in summer than anywhere in the U.S., which is frankly a bonus. finland! uh, i have no idea. your diphthongs are indeed awesome, but the idea of learning to speak a finno-ugrik language daunts me just a little.
They're bringing IKEA to us! Soon we'll have a lamp, too. Then our battle will be fiercly even!
i find it fascinating that australia had IKEA before you. don't you share a border?
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The weather is not horrifyingly freezing, as such, but it is dark and wet for half the year and can be depressing.
Now the long sad tale of IKEA in Finland, the Cliff's Notes version: Sweden is an old empire as you may know, a former super power. Finland was once (for centuries upon centuries, until 1803 or so when King Gustav III squandered large territories in pointless wars, to Russia) a duchy of Sweden. Obvs, due to long history of independence, etc, Sweden is just generally better at everything than Finland (independent fr. Soviet Union in 1917, devastated by losing war w/ same 1944, basically a developing nation until late 60s, partially under Soviet thumb until fall thereof), and we are green with envy and those goddamn Swedes won't come here with their cheap stylish furniture, thank you very much. (To add to this, Finland is quite famous for design, and we take much pride in the modernist/functionalist style which IKEA ( ... )
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The weather is not horrifyingly freezing, as such, but it is dark and wet for half the year and can be depressing.
the idea of that perks me up, actually. i'm kind of like the mushrooms.
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thank you for starting an international bidding war over where i go to graduate school. i have never felt more wanted in my life. <333.
i have to say that australian diphthongs are INCREDIBLY COOL. and the prospect of the australian openthat is, actually attending the australian openmade me squeal a little bit. but this:
Rather, sunshine, and miso and cheap vacations in South-East asia and t-shirts and flip-flops. And my spare room, with the highspeed wireless DSL, the fluffy robe and the gentle glow of the Ikea lamp.
--you should write BROCHURES. except then you'd have half the globe knocking on your door looking for your spare room. you know you're the main reason australia's on my prospective radar, right? right.
i looked up canberra at your bureau of meteorology: i tend to wilt in summer and i had fearful visions of desert climates, but canberra's climate is much more mild than i expected! and apparently somewhat unusual for the continent at large. *g*
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