Coming and going

So, Italy was last week. It was HOT, especially in Milano, so we spent a few lovely days up in the nearby mountains where the weather was just excellent, as was the company.


Then we spent a day in Lecco, a small town by the lake Como. Then back to Milano, and on Friday I was flying home.

As soon as I got into Helsinki I met up with a friend who informed me on quite an interesting job opportunity in the capital, and as soon as I got to a computer, I sent out an application. And lo and behold, I'm going for a job interview on this Friday!

It's a trainee position so the pay won't probably be that great, but I really want to check it out, since it would pretty much be a dream job. I am aware I said the same about the last job, in England, which turned out to be a bloody nightmare, but ya hafta try, right? This job involves comics, it can't be all bad.

So I'll probably be heading out to Helsinki again tomorrow, as my current boss is driving there and promised to give me a lift. He just doesn't know why I need to get to Helsinki... he he.

Been drawing quite a lot (not many pictures but quite detailed ones) in the last few days and even wrote a little of Sun-kissed, so maybe I'm getting out of that pit of apathy little by little. I damn well hope so, it's a miserable place and I don't like it.

One more thing... PALJON ONNEA NOWKKU!!! ^^ <3

Apathy

You know, I haven't written anything storywise since February. It's somewhat frustrating. Haven't really drawn anything in a long while either. Finding it hard to find inspiration or reason to do either. I'm hoping it will pass soon.

At least I'm still reading, got a lot of books waiting in a pile for their turn. And I'm flying to Italy this Sunday to see a friend I've not seen since July 2007, so it's been way too long. Maybe the change of scenery will do some good.

So that's what's been up with me. Not a lot. We had a small thunderstorm today: first of the spring. They don't usually come this early here, and all I heard was one long, loud rumble. But still, I guess it means summer's on its way. It looks pretty outside. Would like to go out, but can't be arsed.

Pretty little things

I did some things over the Easter holiday (and earlier) with strings and sets of beads and metal bits and whatnots for jewellery making. Selvemmin sanottuna, Suomalaisesta ostin viime vuonna (mutta on niitä vieläkin näkynyt) tuollasia koruntekosettejä, jossa on lukkoja, korvakoruja ja niihin pujoteltavia helmiä, ja näillä askartelinpaskartelin.



Earrings. The pearl I won at some jewellery lottery thing years ago. The blood drop bead is attached to an old earring, and the green one is greeeeeen.



Bracelets made from the beads in the sets. Selitän suomeksi kun en osaa. Helmet on siis pujotettu seteissä mukana tulleeseen ohueeseen metalli...juttuun. Ei ole suomenkielikään tänään hallussa. Oi voi.

The beads were strung haphazardly while watching Top Gear's Vietnam special. So I was kind of distracted...



And a picture of the bead bracelets and friendship bracelets I started to make a couple of weeks ago when my computer died the last time. Those thick ones took only 30-45 minutes a bop, the string was so thick. Now if I only learned to do other patterns beside the straight lines, properly.

So I'm not just sitting on my ass all day, waiting for it to get fatter! :>

Three things meme

Three Things That Scare Me
1. Spiders
2. Losing people I care about
3. Deep places where I can’t see and/or reach the bottom

Three People Who Make Me Laugh
1. Nowkku
2. Ralf König
3. Randy Milholland

Three Things I Love
1. Comics
2. Tea
3. Cats

Three Things I Hate
1. Sports
2. Frustration
3. Politics

Three Things I Don’t Understand
1. Reality shows
2. Religion
3. People

Three Things On My Desk
1. Candle
2. Laptop
3. Tea mug

Three Things I Am Doing Right Now
1. Swaying to music
2. Writing this
3. Thinking about going to bed soon

Three Things I Want To Do Before I Die
1. Write a book
2. Travel a LOT
3. Love someone

Three Things I Can Do
1. Sushi
2. Draw
3. Make tea

Three Things I Can’t Do
1. Find a nice job
2. Lick my elbow
3. Find my favourite sweater

Three Things I Think You Should Listen To
1. Silence
2. Birds singing
3. Rufus Wainwright

Three Things You Should Never Listen To
1. Loud people; being loud doesn’t mean they know what they’re talking about
2. Lawyers
3. Chris de Burgh

Three Things I Would Like To Learn
1. Patience
2. The meaning of life
3. To cook

Three Favorite Foods
1. Sushi!
2. Mozzarella pizza
3. This rice stew I make sometimes

Three Shows I Watched As A Kid
1. Princess Knight
2. Turtles
3. Fraggle Rock

I tag you, Nowkku! And now I go to bed.

...kids.

My 7-year old godson came for a visit, and inspected my toyshelf.

"But why do you have only GIRLS?" o__O


Yeah, Squeenix, why do you only have girls in your games?

Thru the wire

Maybe I should update here sometime as well.

Computer went and died on me about a week ago. I still haven't installed all programs, since it's a bit odd still. Little bugger...

Work is... yeah. Wish I could get another job, but this isn't the best of times to be looking for a job.

And now my jaw is hurting. Can't open my mouth properly, I don't know if it's the wisdom teeth on the right or what.

But it's not all bad! The boss will be in only for 2½ days next week; I'm seeing at least one of my friends this weekend, spent the weekend before last with Nowkku, and after Easter am going to the capital area for (hopefully) a long weekend. Easter is also great, a long weekend. Mmm.

Oh, here's a reading recommendation: http://www.wondersnail.com/

Basically it's a story about a snail on a roaring rampage of revenge. The horror! The angst! The terror of his enemies as they flee! The SUSPENSE! *gasp*

"Somebody has to save the world"

Went to see the Watchmen.

Personally, I think it rocked. It was far more colourful than the comic with its limitations (yeah, talking about literal colours) but every bit as dark and menacing. Had to close my eyes at the more graphic parts. Kind of would have liked to have seen it without having read the comic. As it is, I remembered what's going to happen next (at least in the comic) and what, if anything, was changed.

Obviously, when making a movie out of something so deep and layered, some things need to be left out, but the movie worked, and followed the bits it included quite religiously. And the music choices kicked ass. Can't go wrong with Leonard Cohen.

I'd read of the change made into the ending, and was dreading that it just wouldn't work, but it turned out all right. Quite willing to pay the 9 euros and numb my butt for a second time, given the chance.

The biggest surprise... seriously, the biggest surprise to me was seeing Dr. Manhattans glo worm all though the movie. I was sure they would have covered or cencored that. But no. Big blue joystick right in the middle of a huge movie screen. I foresee a rise in the sales of sparkly blue dildoes.