Outfit of the day

jeans: Uniqlo
top: 2or+ by YAT (underneath I wore a Filippa K top)
bracelet: 2or + by YAT
another "bracelet": Tamla for Terveystalo health care (this stays on my wrist for a week)

Night at home

My phone tells me that I've seen a lot of water this summer. Maybe I'll see some mountains too when it's time for my summer holiday in August.

Today I'm staying home. Almost everyone is in Ilosaarirock, I've turned my cellphone off and soon I'll be away from computer. Nothing can come between me and my books. I have ice cream, Bat For Lashes, I have Leonard Cohen and maybe a good movie, just maybe. And when it's time to go to sleep, I can listen to Tom Waits as long as I want. (Listening to Tom Waits before falling asleep is like a blanket, a pillow, something to cover me, soft and warm.)

Quick visit to Tampere or I ♥ Helsinki

Laura from Murmansk behind a pint of beer

My meds worked their magic, migraine is gone, so we paid a quick visit to Tampere with two great bands, Murmansk and Mesmer. It's sometimes good to see other, unfamiliar, towns in Finland to realise how much I love my own, after all. It's small, sometimes boring, grey, but it's my hometown.

I can't think right now

I'm (barely) alive. I've been suffering from migraine headaches for almost a week now and today I gave up and went to see a doctor. As I presumed, more different kinds of prescription drugs. Let's hope they'll help this time, lying in bed or in the bathroom floor like yesterday is not my idea of a perfect summer vacation.

While waiting for my meds to do their thing, I'll try to focus on good things, so here's a list of them:

-Pitkä Kuuma Kesä-festival (I saw the Flaming Lips! And Melvins!)
-new glasses with white frames (pictures later)
-Goji-berry&Green Tea drink
-strawberries
-my friend came back from Japan and I'm feeling a bit better today so I'm meeting her soon

And while I'm spending my days tring to get out of bed, here's links to some of my favourite blogs.

Travelling north to find you

I don't usually care about compilation albums, but there is one exception - Dark Was The Night.

"Dark Was The Night will be released on February 17th, 2009. It’s comprised of 31 exclusive tracks and it will be available as a double cd/triple vinyl/download and will benefit the Red Hot Organization – an international charity dedicated to raising money and awareness for HIV and AIDS through popular culture."

One of my favourite tracks from the album is a cover of Vashti Bunyan's Train Song performed by Feist and Ben Gibbard from Death Cab for Cutie. It's one of those songs I could listen to over and over again.



And here's the original version.

On the road

Our mid summer. Three different places, Porvoo, Fiskars, Vääksy.


Porvoo. I've never seen a town this empty! We walked around for a while, had some coffee and drove back home.


Vääksy. It was raining so much and because of that my back hurt like hell all night long but I met lots of nice new people and some old ones too.




Fiskars. A rare glimpse of miss Pigeon and better weather.



It was nice having a car for a while. We don't have our own, I don't even have a driver's license, so when we get to loan a car, we try to make most of it, go to places where it would be difficult to go with public transport. For these rare moments spent in a car, there should be proper music for driving: Iggy Pop - Lust For Life - Chad VanGaalen - Bare Feet On Wet Griptape - Chainsmoker - Drop Test - PJ Harvey - Good Fortune - Anssi 8000 & Maria Stereo - I Feel Like Surfing- (one for the night) m83 - Kim & Jessie

Not much but something

I'm not so busy anymore, but after all the rush I was still very tired, so I spent the weekend with my parents, reading books, playing board games, sleeping, sunshine, thunder storm and a long bicycle ride, about 30 kilometres (I love bicycles!). I also cancelled some next weeks events and meetings and I already feel more relaxed. Now just some more sunshine, good music and so my summer begins.