Friday, September 19, 2008

My collections. Let me show you them.

Bored. Can't write. No inspiration. Have some pictures!

Mah action figure collection. Part of it anyway.



Freddie Mercury from the seventies, Kino (Kino no tabi or Kino's Journey) and Seras Victoria (Hellsing) as groupies/security. There ain't no getting past those two girls.




Final Fantasy VII has been a major obsession of mine for... near seven years now.

Aeris: That's the one! He stepped on my flowers! *pointing at Reno*
Cloud: ...I'm going to enjoy this.
Vincent: The flowers shall be avenged.
Reno: Not cool, yo.
Sephiroth: Excuse me, people. Are you forgetting who's the real threat here?!

Can't wait to get Zack up there as well. ^^




L from Death Note. His clothes are made of real cloth and clothes from my old Barbies fit him as well. I have photographic evidence of this.

He's probably pondering how to finish the sentence hanging in the air...




Axel and Roxas from Kingdom Hearts II, fighting over the last seasalt ice cream. Oh what fragile thing a friendship is...




And my latest purchases, Red XIII/Nanaki and Cait Sith from FF7. They don't have a proper home yet. No room on the Seventh shelf.


That's not my complete collection... I also have Edward Scissorhands, two more Seras', a tiny Cloud, Orko from He-man (the 80's one), Maggie Simpson, Roger Rabbit from Who framed Roger Rabbit, and Zidane Tribal and Vivi from Final Fantasy IX. I might be forgetting something... or rather, someone.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Music meme

Wow, long time no log-in. Got tagged by N for a music meme thing, to list five favourite songs of the moment. So here we go. ^^

"Tämän syksyn parhaat biisit, jotka saavat olla joko täysin tuoreita tai mahdollisesti vanhempia tapauksia. Postaa siis lista näistä viidestä tämän hetken lempparilaulusta blogiisi ja haasta sitten viisi muuta bloggaajaa samaan!"


#1:
Ensimmäisenä X Japan ja Art of Life, joka on aika pitkälti kaikkien aikojen suosikkilauluni. Linkissä eka osa josta pääsee loputkin ihastelemaan. Yleisen parhauden lisäksi ajankohtainen sillai, että toivon mukaan pääsen setiä livenä näkemään tuossa marraskuun lopulla.




#2: Phantom of the Opera ja Music of the Night, esittäjänä tässä se ensimmäinen Phantom, Michael Crawford. Sarah Brightman näyttää vähän hassulle tuossa alussa... Miksi tämä? No siksi. ^____^




#3: Crisis Coren lopputunnari, eli Ayakan Why. Nätti, surullinen laulu. Zaaaaaack! ;__;




#4: Alkaa käydä vaikeaksi... no tietenkin. Rufus! Rufus Wainwright! Rufus on rakkautta. Rufus on parsa. ^^ Between my legs on laulun nimi. Luulin jo pimahtaneeni tätä ekan kerran kunnolla kuunnellessain, koska olin edelliset pari viikkoa kuunnellut Phantomin soundtrackia nukkumaan mennessä, ja yksi ilta sitten vaihdoin Rufukseen. Puoliunessa sitten ihmettelin että miten voi kuulua Phantomia kun Rufusta olin kuuntelevinani. o__O Turjake lainannut Phantomia! :D

Plussana vielä fanittajalle, vieraana tällä videolla Jake Gyllenhaal! \o/




#5: Ja viimeisenä Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel laululla Make me smile (come up and see me), joka on miun henkilökohtanen Lontoo-lauluni. Tahtoo takasiiiiii...




Siinä ne. Taggaisin jonkun mutta kun en N:n lisäksi muita plokkaajia tunne, ja N jo vastasi. ^^

Sunday, September 7, 2008

Sunday lazy Sunday...

...the truth is in chocolate!




What Your Taste in Chocolate Says About You



You are sweet, mellow, and easily satisfied.

You don't like anything too intense and dramatic.

Deep down, you're a kid at heart... and you're nostalgic for the past.



You are mellow, spiritual, and philosophical.

You are a true humanitarian. You enjoy helping people.

Your heart can be too open at times. You sometimes over-extend yourself.



You love being by yourself and thinking. Developing your own theories and ideas is fun.

You feel lost when you're forced to be social. Being with other people can be lonely for you.




...no shit? *bawl*




You Belong in London



A little old fashioned, and a little modern.

A little traditional, and a little bit punk rock.

A unique soul like you needs a city that offers everything.

No wonder you and London will get along so well.




...I read the third from bottom as Nudist...




Your Career Personality: Idealistic, Service-Oriented, and Future-Oriented



Your Ideal Careers:



Alternative health practitioner

Architect

Environmental lawyer

Librarian

Magazine editor

Museum curator

Novelist

Nutritionist

Photo journalist

Playwright




...not bad! XD




Your Boobies' Names Are...



Wonder Woman and Batgirl




Maybe I should be doing something constructive. Maybe.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Yes, you became a hero.

The following contains spoilers for Final Fantasy VII - Crisis Core. If you are playing it or are going to play it, be warned. Although... anyone who's played FF7 knows how this one ends...

Finished Crisis Core last night. Haven't cried that much over a fictional character since the final episode of Six feet under. *weeps* Next, I'm gonna start Final Fantasy VII once again! Yay! Then give Dirge of Cerberus another go. It was nice enough when I first got it, but FPS games aren't really my thing. Couldn't hit the broad side of a barn from the inside...

The ending was just... horrible. At least it felt like it. I mean the final battle, when Zack leaves Cloud behind and goes to fight the Shinra army. I was already crying by then... <__< all the more when I had to fight those bastards! And the DMW started to go and the enemy just keeps coming and you know Zack's going to die and you still have to fight those fuckers... and then when the three gunners approach him, all beaten and bloody, and they just shoot at him and now I'm gonna cry again soon...

But then I realized why the fighting. I mean, of course he will fight them. He doesn't know he's going to die. He needs to save Cloud and get to Aeris. So of course he fights. But why the player also has tofight (through the tears even)? Because. He won't just lie down and give up. The player's been with him through the whole game, and will fight with him to the bittersweet end.

The ending video was beautiful. And made me cry. *bawl*

...had to dig it up...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jb4Ws1lPHc

*bawls some more*


Ok, enough of that.

So, first day of work done. First hour, to be exact: translated four pages of legalese from Finnish to English in one hour! New personal record. I had forgotten a lot of the words, though, so the pages are riddled with Finnish. Few more hours of work again tomorrow, then hopefully no more this week.

Too bad I got somewhere to be tonight or else I'd likely start FF7 right now. But no, starting print making class again tonight! I can't remember what taidegrafiikka exactly is in English... you know, the stuff with etchings, paints, making pictures on copper and whatnot and printing them on paper... anyhoo, that's what I'm going to be doing every Tuesday evening from six to nine until next spring, unless I decide to move somewhere far, far away. I don't want to stay here for the rest of my life, that's for sure. And it would be easy to move now-ish, when I don't have a proper job or an apartment or anything.

So... a lot to think about. Oh, and have to finish tomorrow's chapter of Sun-kissed. It's almost done. ^^ About bloody time, too!

Oh yeah... being a collector of action figures... why the hell won't they make one of Zack?! I demand one! Now! My collection has a Zack-shaped hole in it!

Monday, September 1, 2008

London!

Here's some of my favourite photos/places from London. I have over 120 photos, and those are just the good ones. I love digital cameras...

Camden Town! From along the market street. The hotel I stayed in was very near, maybe a mile and a half away. I went to the market three or four times, and found myself a hat, a cool jacket and kickass shoes. They kill my feet.


A sign in St. James's park. I was disappointed when I didn't see any pelicans, but like my brother said... why would there be pelicans there when no-one feeds them?


If I'm not completely wrong, this is a monument to Queen Victoria. It's right outside Buckingham Palace anyway. See that blue sky? That's how the weather was when I was in London. Only one rainy morning...


London from above! Visited St. Paul's cathedral, and climbed from its bottom (the crypt! Oooh, spooky!) all the way to the top. 257 steps to the Whispering Gallery inside the cathedral, 119 steps up to the Stone Gallery, on the outside, and 152 more steps to the top, the Golden Gallery. This is taken from the top. Needless to say, the view is marvelous. I think it's about as high, or higher, than the London Eye, which you can see almost on the center of the picture, a bit to the left.


And St. Paul's cathedral itself. The Golden Gallery is a little below the cross at the top, on top of the dome. Well worth the ten pound entrance fee.


King's Cross station. ^^

Maaaan, I want to go back. And see the Phantom of the Opera again. *whine*

Motherphucker! XO

I start work tomorrow. >:L

Ehh, all right, it's just part time, and most likely not even every day. But still. I had promised myself I would not go back there. Not England, no, but the job I had before going to England.

Damn it. NO is such a small word, why is it so hard to say?