The gratuitous Eurovision -related blog post.
I may or may not have just spent hours watching different Eurovision videos and I regret nothing. Anyway, here are the ones that kind of pop for me:
Denmark
Ok, I'm usually not a big fan of the breathless sounding way of singing but I'm making an exception here. If it makes me twitch in rhythm it has to be good (or you know, on my scale). I love the drums and that mini recorder I can't even can! I do have some concerns about the general sound of the song - very campy, very Eurovision - and I'm slightly afraid liking this song says something about my taste in music in general. Let's hope not.
Greece
For the first time in my life I a) can tell which song is from Greece, b) remember it after hearing it, c) for once the band doesn't have women in waterline-short miniskirts in it and d) I actually like their song. Hell may really be freezing over (must have begun in the year of Lordi and is still going on)(I mean come on, Greece?!).
I admit I could dance to this a lot.
Iceland
FINALLY ICELAND SINGS IN ICELANDIC FUCKING FINALLY. In the previous years they have always translated their songs into English after first winning at home with the Icelandic version. Needless to mention that the English translations tend to fail miserably.
I... can't help loving this song. It's somehow massively Icelandic (duh) and, and, and, oh my God I'm too much of a Real Man to talk about this song while sober. But I appreciate it. I truly do.
Montenegro
I'm just going to leave this here.
Romania
I had to find my jaw from the floor after the song really got going. Holy shit. After that I just sat in stunned silence knowing that if this one isn't in the finals I'm going to lose all hope in humanity.
Denmark
Ok, I'm usually not a big fan of the breathless sounding way of singing but I'm making an exception here. If it makes me twitch in rhythm it has to be good (or you know, on my scale). I love the drums and that mini recorder I can't even can! I do have some concerns about the general sound of the song - very campy, very Eurovision - and I'm slightly afraid liking this song says something about my taste in music in general. Let's hope not.
Greece
For the first time in my life I a) can tell which song is from Greece, b) remember it after hearing it, c) for once the band doesn't have women in waterline-short miniskirts in it and d) I actually like their song. Hell may really be freezing over (must have begun in the year of Lordi and is still going on)(I mean come on, Greece?!).
I admit I could dance to this a lot.
Iceland
FINALLY ICELAND SINGS IN ICELANDIC FUCKING FINALLY. In the previous years they have always translated their songs into English after first winning at home with the Icelandic version. Needless to mention that the English translations tend to fail miserably.
I... can't help loving this song. It's somehow massively Icelandic (duh) and, and, and, oh my God I'm too much of a Real Man to talk about this song while sober. But I appreciate it. I truly do.
Montenegro
I'm just going to leave this here.
Romania
I had to find my jaw from the floor after the song really got going. Holy shit. After that I just sat in stunned silence knowing that if this one isn't in the finals I'm going to lose all hope in humanity.
Bored, soon coffee.
My year 2012, or: the first sentence/pic/video of the first entry of each month.
1. Meanwhile in Iceland.
2. The best part definitely is being able to make morning coffee to le BF and go hang out downtown with him whenever I feel like it, and no waiting for months and months ever.
3. A warning before you read any further, this entry is made of useless fangirling.
4. So it is the season again.
5. The worst of my exams done and no matter that I a) managed total 3h sleep last night fearing for it, b) spent most of the exam in a mix of hysteria and horrid amusement on my professor's ability at subtly telling us we've still plenty to learn and c) had a small meltdown in the loo right after, it's an unbelievable relief to have it over and done with!
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7. And then there was another yukata.
8. OMG guys it's SO HOT.
9. Even though I've been posting my outfit coords now for years this post is still kind of scary to make: even so just in case someone's interested in kimono and related stuffs, here's some yukata and kimono that I've been wearing as of lately.
10. So hi, I'm back from sauna.
11. Well now.
12. I've spent the whole day doing shit-all and while this is nothing new or noteworthy on its own, it's felt really weird to do that without constantly thinking that I should be doing something else.
What did I do during the year 2012? Well, nothing much.
Tumblring, tumblring my life away...
I've spent the whole day doing shit-all and while this is nothing new or noteworthy on its own, it's felt really weird to do that without constantly thinking that I should be doing something else. That there's work to do, that I'm wasting time I should be using for uni stuff. Haha, no more suckers! I'm officially done! When the results come I'll know how well but at least I'm now done, and -
...and I should probably begin to write my thesis. OH WELL THERE'S TIME FOR THAT IN JANUARY RIGHT?
...and I should probably begin to write my thesis. OH WELL THERE'S TIME FOR THAT IN JANUARY RIGHT?
I accidentally.
So. For today's málnotkun, language usage class, we had to prepare a 2-3 min speech on a whatever topic we wanted to talk about. I made mine about puffins and what should we do if puffins disappeared. I was a bit surprised at how serious all the other speeches were - equal rights stuff, maternity leaves, how to continue studies after the BA program, unemployment rates and problems that us immigrants run into while searching for a job - but hey maybe puffins are a refined taste.
Except that after the class the prof began to hand out grades and a classmate told me we had just had the end of the semester exam. Which I did not know because I was ill the week that our prof let us know about it. WHOOOPS. :D
Oh well, got 8,5 (on a scale of 1-10)!
Except that after the class the prof began to hand out grades and a classmate told me we had just had the end of the semester exam. Which I did not know because I was ill the week that our prof let us know about it. WHOOOPS. :D
Oh well, got 8,5 (on a scale of 1-10)!
Ia! Ia!
NaNoWriMo begins next Thursday and I'm both excited - can't wait to slap Reykjavík with Elder Gods! - and a bit worried - I should probably first get to the part where those Elder Gods appear somehow. I've never written horror before so that's going to be interesting too. Thursday Thursday please come soon.
However, I have already gone a bit wild at the reference desk part of the NaNoWriMo forums. All that more or less useless info and a cup of tea and I notice I should already be to bed and that it's almost midnight. Er. Whoops.
However, I have already gone a bit wild at the reference desk part of the NaNoWriMo forums. All that more or less useless info and a cup of tea and I notice I should already be to bed and that it's almost midnight. Er. Whoops.
OMG WHAT IS THIS DELICIOUS THING -
So hi, I'm back from sauna. One that was almost like a Finnish one. Except that the benches were not made out of ash and were too hot to sit upon without sitting blankies and someone had decided to put a trad sauna lamp on the ceiling instead of the wall. But it was suitably hot and pleasant and full of Finnish girls so yeah, no complaints really!
When we arrived (in a huge horde) we asked if the sauna was on because sometimes it's not, and the lady we asked went to have a look. When she came back she began to say "It'll be ready in 20 min -" but then another worker cut in and said "It's ready". I assume she went to turn it on and the other one correctly assumed we'd take some time to get there anyway so by the time we were there it was hot indeedy.
There was saunaing then. And swimming some lazy laps in a pool with the warmest water ever. Warm water's cheaper than soap in Iceland, that's why. There were two "hot pots", a hot one and a hotter one, and a so-called cold pool which was a plastic container with a step in front of it, full of cold water. After some dips by yours truly it had probably a lot less water since my style is to just get it quickly over with and then run to sauna like the devil was at the heel.
At some point when most of us were in sauna a staff member had appeared by the poolside to remind us that we should wear something in sauna. We knew of the rule so we were all in bikini but I can't help wondering whether they've had trouble with naked Finns running around the place before. :D
Now my muscles are all relaxed and soft and this beer tastes better than any beer ever has tasted before. World, ilu.
When we arrived (in a huge horde) we asked if the sauna was on because sometimes it's not, and the lady we asked went to have a look. When she came back she began to say "It'll be ready in 20 min -" but then another worker cut in and said "It's ready". I assume she went to turn it on and the other one correctly assumed we'd take some time to get there anyway so by the time we were there it was hot indeedy.
There was saunaing then. And swimming some lazy laps in a pool with the warmest water ever. Warm water's cheaper than soap in Iceland, that's why. There were two "hot pots", a hot one and a hotter one, and a so-called cold pool which was a plastic container with a step in front of it, full of cold water. After some dips by yours truly it had probably a lot less water since my style is to just get it quickly over with and then run to sauna like the devil was at the heel.
At some point when most of us were in sauna a staff member had appeared by the poolside to remind us that we should wear something in sauna. We knew of the rule so we were all in bikini but I can't help wondering whether they've had trouble with naked Finns running around the place before. :D
Now my muscles are all relaxed and soft and this beer tastes better than any beer ever has tasted before. World, ilu.
I almost felt popular there for a bit.
Heh, I was just offered a job. Alas I had to turn it down because I'm not exactly living within a travelling distance from Espoo at the moment. Besides which I've no clue as to how to manage that job. I'm a goldsmith by education, not a secretary! :D? Ok so the company's technically on a branch that I would fit in by my previous work experience but still, idk how anyone ever thought me fit for paper shuffling.
In any case someone apparently saw me fit enough to recommend me for this company, which makes it the second time within one year that I get headhunted. Kind thank yous to you anons, this really is the most pleasant way of getting hired/offered a job.
As for other news my butt and thighs hurt a bitch iow me. That's what I get for spending way too long time picking blueberries. I have to say though that those blueberries are the biggest, juiciest blueberries I've ever seen growing in the wild and I feel a little bit easier with those bags of berries that are now residing in the freezer. It's those small things like picking blueberries that I miss from Finland and somehow it makes me feel at ease to know life does not have to change too radically just because I now live in another country.
In any case someone apparently saw me fit enough to recommend me for this company, which makes it the second time within one year that I get headhunted. Kind thank yous to you anons, this really is the most pleasant way of getting hired/offered a job.
As for other news my butt and thighs hurt a bitch iow me. That's what I get for spending way too long time picking blueberries. I have to say though that those blueberries are the biggest, juiciest blueberries I've ever seen growing in the wild and I feel a little bit easier with those bags of berries that are now residing in the freezer. It's those small things like picking blueberries that I miss from Finland and somehow it makes me feel at ease to know life does not have to change too radically just because I now live in another country.