I would've updated sooner, but all of my free time this weekend went to reading this good book by Kaari Utrio. I read it in three days. :p I went to this book fair last Friday with MM and bought Utrio's Tuulihaukka (The Wind Falcon) there from this used-book store. I've read it once before, but I figured that it would be nice to own a copy of it ( Read more... )

I ran some errands today, mainly getting a new passport. First I had to take the needed photos and I put some light make up on for that, which proved to be a bit problematic as I use make up so rarely. I put too much make up on my eyes, which looked so funny that I just laughed. I had to wash it off and try another time, which was better ( Read more... )

I was reading the comments at kwasek's journal about the upcoming US presidential election. I don't really have much to contribute to the actual debate as I don't know much about the candidates and the issues. Most of what I know comes from slander (panettelu) that I've come across online and what I've read in local newspapers. The slander thing BTW ( Read more... )

Last Friday me and nydiwiel had an impromptu sisters night. I wanted to go swimming so we went to the public swimming pool. I'm not sure, if you have the same sort of system in the States as we have here in Finland where practically every munipical has it's own public indoors swimming pool. There are four in Espoo alone, six if you also count the one in ( Read more... )

So I plugged in the broken hard drive in my new computer today to transfer/save the files on it. It had all of my anime, AMVs, manga, some music and a lot of random crap on it. On a couple of occasions the HD went "Files? What files? There are no files here. *whistles innocently*", and then I had to boot up. But I managed to everything from those ( Read more... )

Wednesday. It feels like I haven't written in Finnish in ages, so here goes. Leivoin eilen pullaa ja kuuntelin Brucknerin neljättä sinfoniaa. Multa löytyy hyllystä Brucknerin eka ja yhdeksäs sinfonia, kun oon saanut niitä stipendeinä, mut ei neljättä, joten pitää tyytyä SinäTuubaan kunnes saan levyn käsiini. Kuuntelin vasta ekan osan, kun koko ( Read more... )

Yosh, access to Youtube... you shall receive Dudamel's Mambo. This is unlike anything I've ever seen in a classical concert. So much energy and joy. I'd love to play with those people but I'm afraid that they're a bit beyond our orchestra's level ( Read more... )

Woot, I got my study timetable ready and lectures don't even start until next week. And I basically did the whole year's study timetable, which is a first for me. I usually just do half a year at a time. Making the timetable took most of tonight. I'm still trying to get used to the idea that I've planned so far ahead. My timetable makes me happy ( Read more... )

I've enjoyed my time to relax. Having time for myself and time to just be is wonderful. No rush to do anything. I can just lay on the backyard porch and bask in the sun like a cat, like I did last weekend on a couple of occasions. I've come to notice that having time to just be is what enables me to have fresh ideas. I need languid time to be with ( Read more... )

Today in a nutshell: had an exam, studied for next exam, played at a concert, came home to study some more for the next exam. Doesn't that just sound like massive amount of fun? We had the last kanji exam today, which I'll hopefully pass. There were some pretty difficult compound verbs on the last page of which I only knew a couple. After the exam ( Read more... )