Friday 27 November 2009

Pig flu!

Greetings from the floor! I've been nesting in front of our television for a week. During weeks like this I really wish our apartment was big enough for a couch to fit in instead of two leather chairs. (Problem with our bedroom is that it's colder than our living room and there's no tv.)



I got The Divine Award from one of my favourite bloggers, Anna. Now I have to confess five of my sins. Only one I really feel guilty about is number 4, but anyway, here goes, my guilty pleasures.

1. Doing nothing.

Being lazy. Taking a day off school, reading comics and staring out the window and drinking coffee or tea. Being proud of doing nothing. Maybe a short walk to the Hakaniemen halli, some good book, good food, drawing, writing, but mostly just being.

2. Bars and after-parties.

Getting intoxicated with good friends, great gigs, beer, wine, another beer, anything except cider goes, having fun, staying up too late for no other reason but having fun. And yes, I'm that annoying person who tends to be one of the last ones up and the first one who wakes up in the morning, without a hang-over, the one who bashes at your hotel room after an hour of sleeping, saying "I heard they are serving breakfast downstairs, come on, let's go get something to eat, I'm starving!" (This happened at Lost in music in Tampere a while ago.)



3. Morning coffee.

The taste doesn't matter as long as it's brownish black and wakes me up in the morning. I don't go to places where I couldn't have my morning coffee as soon as possible after waking up, consequences would be awful. First comes the crankiness, then the headache and crying, and if there's still no coffee, comes the end of the world.

4. Unhealthy food.

My skin is very dry. That's why I should be following a rather strict diet, something between these three diets: 1, 2, 3. Starting the diet was one of the best things that has happened to my body. I get to eat delicious foods, even the restaurants are not a problem. But I'm still eating things I shouldn't be eating: wheat products other than rye bread, junk food when having a night out, beer, sugar, foods with lots of food additives. I eat poorly, my skin suffers and I have to use olive oil as a moisturiser.



5. Elitism.

Especially when it comes to music. There is bad music and then there is the good music. No compromises here.

P.S. Yesterday it was one year for birds, planes!

Sunday 1 November 2009

On repeat*

Yesterday. A long walk in our neighbourhood. Dinner in a good Chinese restaurant. Cold air, icy bond and sunshine. Branches and fallen leaves under our feet.













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Silversun Pickups - Panic Switch
Joy Division - Shadowplay
Muse - Bliss
New Order - True Faith
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
The Cure - Lullaby
Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man- Funny Time Of Year
Editors - Munich
Suede - Trash
Arcade Fire - No Cars Go
Kate Bush - King Of The Mountain
Interpol - Leif Eriksson (A perfect song for perfect last hours in a crowded and smoky bar before the perfect afterparty. Or a perfect song for a night alone at home.)

P.S. The film photos will be back soon. Some problems with a scanner.