This entry should be titled "my friends and family are awesome how did I ever deserve them?" since oh my.
First of all mom and dad visited me today! Dad made me these flower-systems and helped me fix some things I'm too dumb or too short to do (aka attaching stuff to the ceiling or fixing the too low clothes hanger thing or so) and mom washed my dishes and brought me cake and we had a really nice long chat ;-; I love them and I already miss them. Now if only my brother would drag his butt to visit me I'd be super happy!
Also, mhn77 was in Korea for ...three weeks? And she was kind enough to take along a shopping list from me (and from bling_asaur) and now last almost two weeks ago (I'm so slow...) I got a huge package from her! Not only the stuff I'd bought and paid for her, but also so much nice stuff she just got me because she's amazing and awesome and too good to be true ;__;♥♥♥
I've spent the whole day grading exams and trying to figure out what my students deserve for their report cards. ahah it's kind of hard, to be honest. Especially since I'm so indecisive and MY HEART BLEEDS WHEN I NEED TO GIVE BAD GRADES :( I need to work on being harsher and more brutal okay. But the kids are so nice ;-; underneath all that "omg school sucks can we go home". lmao my subjects are the most hated but IDC.
Tomorrow we're going to a funeral and a confirmation party. I already know which one will be more fun (hint: not the confirmation) and I can't say I'm much enthusiastic but oh well. It's an obligation so it will be taken care of. haha dad said that if we survive tomorrow we'll celebrate it by getting drunk together as a nice family pastime (read; we'll have a bottle of cider/wine together while watching TV).
Tomorrow is also the next ice hockey game yaay! I really hope that we'll manage to kick Russia out of the games 8D WOULD BE SO AMAZING. Already the game against the US was really awesome, it was fast and quality and really entertaining and exactly how hockey should be (aka; a good game that Finland wins, /coughs) :3
Two more weeks to go before the semester ends! Both excited and kind of sad. I'll miss the seventh graders ;-; From now on I'll be working with older kids. BUT OH WELL.
I feel like ever since finishing the SBB fic I haven't gotten anything written and it bugs me. I have so many ideas and so much enthusiasm but then I come home to a headache and general lethargy and don't do anything at all. It kind of sucks but then again soon it's summer holidays and I keep hoping I get much done :3
Also I seem to be collecting taemints on twitter. I don't know how but it's not like I mind they're all so squishy and nice ;-;
I kind of really want to update this thing more. It feels that livejournal is so dead that it kind of makes me avoid it too, which is not good :| or not avoid, per se, since I do read entries and look through my friends page nearly daily, but avoid in the sense of not updating it much. I know I owe you those picture posts still but I haven't had the chance to go through them yet. Working the days leaves me completely braindead during the evenings!
I thought I'd post some photos anyway. I bought this set of glitter nailpolishes and now I've been completely glitter addicted. First I painted my nails light pink and added pink glitter, then baby blue with light blue glitter, then I had red with golden glitter and now blue with silver glitter 8D I don't have photos of the red version (which I quite liked) but the others are presented under the cut!
Please ignore my fat fingers XD I quite like the colors :3 I tried out green also but it looked bad, probably because the basic green polish I used was too light. So I'll try again with stronger green at some point. And when the world championships for ice hockey start, I'm going to paint little Finnish flags on my nails :3
When I want to cheer myself up I buy things. Hence the glitter polishes, which were only 15€ for 25 colors though so it's not that bad. And also SHINee socks! \o/ I desperately needed new socks since most of what I have are kinda sorta broken, lmao. So I ordered me some~ of course the pictures are drawn and kinda vague but hey-ho they're cute!
I also wanted Super Junior socks but all the ones I found on ebay were butt ugly :(
In addition to playing with nail polish, enjoying my new socks and working, I've been planning things to write. I don't get much actual writing done these days since I AM SO TIRED did I mention I'm tired? Good I'm tired :( But I keep myself sane by planning stuff and it ends up in me having a million unfinished fics and no actual energy to write any of them! \o/
I already posted the list on tumblr but this is my current wip list, excluding the fics I only have a veeeery vague idea for since if I include those the list would have forty of them and I'm not even kidding oh god I suck. BUT.
So, moved all of rabenhorst to dreamwidth just to have a backup of it too! (It has the same name, so if you're interested it's at rabenhorst.) If any of you make dw accounts or something, let me know, yes? :) I'm still not moving completely but I think I can work two sites simultaneously.
And I wanted to throw in a few links since people keep asking me what the whole deal with livejournal is. You can find lots of good, thorough entries about it, and for example this and this are very helpful.
If your only problem is the blank default page, then I suggest you try this add-on which is totally a life savior and I love it (thank you burger! ♥) ;~;
Other than that... I don't really have anything interesting to say right now. We're going through a presidential election in Finland right now and I just wish they'd stop the whole circus already. Nnnrggh they're all such idiots. I don't even know who I'm supposed to vote D: BAH.
Thesis is progressing! I have exactly ten days to finish it right now! \o/ And it's like. Maybe 2/3 done. Maybe. Keep your fingers crossed! :D
I just have to share what happened yesterday since it made me laugh!
To explain the situation, me and mom rented this table from a second hand store, so that for two weeks we get to bring our stuff there to be sold. Basically we have three shelves and a clothes rack, and we get to put whatever we want with whatever prices we want, and then people either buy or not.
We brought things there last Monday and we forgot to label some baskets with what's inside. I only had my purse with me and there I have this x) It's a good notepad all in all, but it has pictures of the SJ dudes on it as you can see. So I wrote "scarves" on one and taped it on the basket, then "purses" on one and so forth. I thought they look quite colorful and nice!
So yesterday, we went back to check the place. It was a mess and we had to do a lot of folding but that's not the point. What made me stare in shock and then burst out laughing was that someone had neatly ripped all the Super Junior pictures off the notes!
Someone is apparently so desperate for photos they settle for even used notes *laughs* they left the text-part there though! Only took the pictures with them.
Whoever it was, I hope they're happy with their new pictures! My brother suggested the next time I go there (on Wednesday I think) I'll leave more of those notes and write on them "here you go, some more for you to steal! 8D"
Everyone interested in jrock and fanfic, go go go! I won't be able to participate myself, for numerous reasons, but you should check it out if it interests you :)
In other news, Mozilla Firefox has been my loyal companion for years, but now for the past... year or so, it's been acting up so friggin' much I can't take it anymore. My nerves are already thin to begin with, and I'm not going to deal with that kind of extra crap. So I downloaded Google Chrome to see if I like it. Thus far, I don't think it's bad at all. But we'll see, time will tell. I'm just so sick and tired of the frustration FF gives me.
My thesis is... well, going forward. Slowly. I got two pages yesterday and one page today. Which means I'm now at the total of nine pages out of 15. It sounds so little but you wouldn't believe how friggin' slow it is to write this! I have to check every second word from a dictionary, I need to google and search the net when the dictionaries don't have what I need, and I need to come up with new words. It's...quite inventive. To say the least. But I'm getting there.
I also spent the weekend at my family's summer cottage with two friends and it was awesome. Tiring, but awesome! I think we have to do it again once :3 It was so nice to really spend time together with no hurry anywhere. And granny is in such a good shape! I don't even remember when she was last this good. She played cards with us and managed to sit for five hours without needing to rest in between! I didn't even believe she'd get back to this, but I am so happy she did! So relieved, too.
Uhmm what else. I think I go to sauna and then try to work a bit on my werewolf ficcie. It's a slow process, too, but it works kind of as a stress relief and I'm enjoying it x) or then I should finish the mpreg sequel but nnnnnngggggggggggh~
Oh and I don't know why everyone keeps saying it's so hard to edit entries on lj now..? o__O To me it's not that different from before. Different font and looks a bit off but... otherwise it works like before *shrugs*
FIRSTLY. I've been meaning to recommend you all this for ages now! I'ts songofcolour's group and they are really good :D So it's worth a listen, most definitely! If you do, and have any thoughts on it, message her or something ;) (or tell me and I tell her? either way)
Then. I AM SICK. And I do not mean mentally but as in I have a cold and it's hard to breathe (marginally better than before sauna) and Heechul going to army and Leeteuk crying makes me cry too and yes. This is brought to you by project "ignore the stupid cold and cheer up" I designed to make myself feel better.
Starting with Diru? Good. Since gdi this picture of Die is absolutely fucking gorgeous and I can't get over how beautiful he is. His skin (although prolly photoshopped there but it's perfect, I know from experience) and his hair and his eyes and his... just him, okay? And Kaoru! This is the first (official) picture in ages that made me actually stop to stare at it since he looks so good. Not that Toshiya would lose any, he is as beautiful as ever. Adding the fact that Kyo looks better than in ages too, and that I love the Shinya picture... I'm a pretty happy fangirl. haha for once *laughs*
All of the above are taken from here :) I'm downloading some videos from their concerts but my internet is being bitchy so it might have to wait some time.
Dad got me hot rum so soon I'm gonna be both sick and drunk! \o/
Earlier today I bumped into this performance from the Immortal Song 2, and it is my new favorite song. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
Also when I was thinking of things that'd cheer me up, there was one thing that popped up constantly. Which brings me to the next part of my entry: A massive Qmi gif spam 8D AHAHAHAHAA. Those two are so adorable together it is bound to make me feel good.
Please forgive my commentary. ahaha I am a poor sick obsessed fangirl, alright. I am also leaving this entry unlocked for anyone in need for some cheering up :3 Sunshine should never be hidden away from anyone~
Also it's ridiculous but in this gif, Kyuhyun looks a bit like a demon *laughs* Just when he opens his eyes they look completely black and it made me think of Supernatural. And now I want to write a fic with demon!Kyuhyun but I have no plot and I have too many unfinished works to begin with so no. I'm trying to resist. BUT DEMON!KYUBB.
I was also considering crossposting the request fic -entry from my journal to the actual writing journal, but either a) no one would request anything or b) people would request kyumin or kyuwon or some stuff I don't wanna write and I'd be all :/ or c) I'd end up ignoring the requests since I have tons of things to do. So I'm trying to resist that, too. ansonkgjnsa my life is so hard.
I really don't know whether to smile or cry since he just is so precious. Look at that smile~♥ All this hate and bashing makes me so sad since how could anyone deserve something like it, especially someone who is pure sunshine and sweetness and talent. I'm just so incredibly, unbelievably happy to see him smiling. Oh bb things'll turn out fine~♥
In other news, I'm struggling through the physics reports. Hopefully with a little help from a friend I'll manage to finish the ones that need to be worked through MatLab during the weekend! It'd mean a huge load off my shoulders and maybe I'd manage to relax a little bit. Even if it means moving over to the two thesis I have to write. It's still one thing less to worry about!
Next Tuesday, I'll be traveling to Helsinki to see Dir en grey and I still somehow didn't realize it's happening. I bet I'll get all excited in the train on the way there while right now I'm just all "..." and barely think of it *laughs*
I also again lost the prescription to my painkillers. I don't know how I manage. All the other prescriptions I always have safe but the damn painkillers D: And those are the most essential ones. Thankfully I don't need them for a while now.
Plus I feel like it's been ages since I talked to some people, but I don't know how to take initiative again. I feel like I'm only hanging on to them and being an annoying brat, and I think I'm not going to last long anymore without any signs of, you know, it being a two-way-street.
My back is killing me. I'm off to write a monster fic I'll never finish.