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“Mom…. Will you get married before I do?”  “Well. We’ll see.”

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A kiss is hard to draw, but I tried.

Kategoria: Luokittelematon.

Bureaucracy and hurt feelings.

*Daylight-alarm clock wearing a sleeping mask. / “Ugh… So what’s for the day?” / “Uuuuh… bureaucracy-day!” / “I’d rather spend the day cleaning toilets…” / “…Usually just one bureaucracy-day is enough to ruin the whole week.” / “I don’t know what I would hate as much as paper work and office-stuff.” “…Except for one ex maybe.”

“Funny thing by the way…”  “…This same ex would like us to be friends again.” / “And I must respect the effort he’s seen to fix our friendship.” / “… I mean, if I had found him behind my door with a bundle of roses for example…” “…I would’ve sent him home with them.” / …But he came by one morning to do my paper work!! “Then you just sign there and there…”  “Uh, okay…” “…What was this form again?” “Holy shit! I think he’s really trying!”

“…maybe…” “…We’ll sit at the same coffee table one day.” “…Or have some beers together or something.” / “Wait a minute.” “I’m not anguished  at all.” / “Weird, but  have a feeling, that this could be a good day.”

February, -20 c outside. I like this lunch diner, ‘cos even tough I sometimes bring friend here, I never bump in to someone I know in here, and no one here is interested of my presence. – They have the worst coffee in this town. – Next I’m off to have few afternoon beers with a friend.

Kategoria: Luokittelematon.

Sain tämän haasteen, joka onkin aika ajankohtainen elämässäni.

The main idea of this challenge is to tell about my relationship with the stuff I own and to think about what really need. Could I give up of everything else, than just about 100 items? And what would those items be? (I might be getting a stroke or something, ‘cos writing in English feels suddenly so difficult.)

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100+n things challenge. / Part 1. Moving boxes.

“I live at this temporary-flat at the moment, and most of my stuff is still packed in boxes.” “Already before I got this challenge, I’ve been playing with the idea to throw some of the boxes away without even opening them.” “…So which boxes I could just get rid of?” – BOOKS: I have like 40 boxes of these. Maye 1 would be enough. – CLOTHES I NEVER WEAR OR FIX: (But they are vintage!) – CUTE KITCHEN STUFF: I own more than one piece of each items in this picture. Some I have two, some are a part of a small collection. – CURTAINS: There will be only skylight-windows at my new apartment.

THESE: All this stuff nearly  just for watching kids shows. (…On the other hand, kids shows do play an important role on our everyday life…) – ABSOLUTELY THIS: Fabrics for sewing-projects. – A BOX THAT SAYS “WEIRD CRAP”: Nobody needs this stuff! P.S. When I moved last time, I had 3 f these boxes. Before that, I had an attic full of this crap. Now I only have one box, so good for me. – HALF OF MY DISHES: I hate doing the dishes! Less dishes,- better life? – ARTWORK FROM MY YOUTH: – NOTEBOOKS: There are just too many of them! …Do I really need all of these for the rest of my life? – BATHROOM JUNK:

“These are some of the things that quickly came to my mind.” “I also noticed, that I’ve already gotten rid of a lot of unwanted, unneeded and unpractical stuff.” “Most of my current property is something that I find attractive or things that are very personal to me.” “I’m clearly a collector-decorator. (That’s not good, if you keep in mind, that I’m also very messy and unorganized.)” – “…So, what are the things, that I’m still willing to give up in real life too?” ” I guess well see when I’ll move next time.”

Kategoria: 100+ Blogihaaste.

One of those days.

“Phew! Got that kid finally at the daycare! …Only 15 mins. late…” / “Coffee. Now.” / “Uh. Shit.” / “I forgot that my hair was so dirty!” ” -And what am I wearing this morning, by the way…” “…Pajama shirt and a too small cardigan!” “Oh damn!”  “Can’t really hide THIS under my hat.”

“…Why do I keep making these same mistakes over and over again?” / AT the same afternoon: / “…Oh yes, I already had mandarins…”

“…And oranges..” / “Well. Now I have about 5 kilos of citrus fruits.” / Luckily I bought one of these: / “…Maybe extra-vitamins are just what I need.”

I WAS ON A BAD MOOD. So I bought candy. – And got a stomach ache. – I felt like a total sissy. – These kind of undies are really made for a totally different kind of situations.  SOMETIMES I’m also on a good mood. – And if I drew a picture of that, it could look like this: – Or something.

I found this, didn’t remember doodling it:

Kategoria: Luokittelematon.

You know this thing when girls are a bit like this: “Mmmm…” “Oh boy…” “Hmmm…” / So may I present you: / …My dachshund-pillow! / Dachshund-pillow is the best! With it you can adjust any position into a comfortable one! / It doesn’t have a name, although I had a dream that I named it ‘Pea’. …’Cos it’s green.

Kategoria: 30-30 Blogihaaste.

RAISINLESS. (This one seemed like really boring every-day-diary -stuff, until I started translating it. It suddenly got this slightly disgusting exotic twist. You should maybe know that in Finland the whole ‘with raisins or without them’ -thing is really a big deal.)

“I’ll start cooking my self as soon as I get those moving-boxes cleaned away…” “Luckily there are ready-made-meals.” Liver casserole, beetroot & mayonnaise -salad. / “…hmm… Something is missing…” “Ha! Raisins!” / “THAT’S why this was so cheap!” “Hoax! If the liver casserole is raisinless, they should MENTION IT ON THE PACKAGING!” “Written on with large letters!” / “Larger than the ‘liver casserole’.” “THAT you can tell from the picture.” /”…No other dish looks as much like dog vomit.”

Kategoria: 30-30 Blogihaaste.

I must say that this one was hard to translate. My vocabulary around the theme is wider in Finnish, than in English.

“So,I suppose no ‘steel-ice’ this year.” “I doubt.” “It will probably snow before that.” / “There the river freezes.” “It’s about time.” / “Hiii! What’s up?” “I was just going to watch the debacle and ice floes at the terrace.” “So are we! But this place was full, let’s go to the Cellar Cafe, there’s a better view anyways.”

“Now the big floe at the river complex is going to brake!” / “Wooo!” “Cheers!” / “I wonder if the water is going to rise up to the street-level…” “Nah. Don’t think so. The flood is settling already.” “In the year ’99-” “-I remember.” / “I always tell people, that I don’t really handle small talk.” / “And it’s true. I only talk about truly meaningful things.”

Kategoria: Luokittelematon.

Civilised Nervous Breakdown. “Watch and learn, kiddos!”

I knew this was coming. “At the beginning of January? Can’t make it. I’ll be having a nervous breakdown.” / So. Here we are. Staring out the window, wearing the same flannel shirt, for god knows how many days on a row. “…I did turned this inside out just the other day.”

There’s been some clear development. “This week I once listened Nina Simone instead of Ella Fitzgerald.” / “…And yesterday I put pants on.” “…I think they are laughing at me on that balcony.”

I’m not going strictly by the plan, tough. “…Wait? Only the SECOND time I cried?” “And not that much either…” / “This may mean that the ‘big wave’ won’t hit until next week…” “…And by then I should already be wearing clean clothes and start working again… Oh how inconvenient.”

Today I nearly took a walk. / “Naah. I’m going back home. ” “…I could try to organize some things…”

“…for the next week. It can be rough, if I have to freak out and pull it together at the same time.” “Hello? Is this The Ministry of Bureaucracy? It’s just that I…”

And then, the week after that, I should already more or less have my shit together. / “What? You had some nervous breakdown? I couldn’t even tell!” / “Oh shoot! I wish I could handle my nervous breakdowns with that same ELEGANCE. …But no, It’s always just that same crying and yelling.” “Don’t beat your self for that. It takes years of dedication, to get at this level!” / “They don’t call me the QUEEN OF CRISES for nothing!”

Kategoria: Luokittelematon.

About the beauty of an egg.

“One of my favorite foods is an omelet.” “Because it can make you happy.” / For some reason, when you are depressed… …there’s only depressed food in your fridge too.

BUT! All you need is 2 eggs, to make those sad outkasts into something awesome! / / “You and you! On the frying pan!” “I’m so old.” “And you two! Turn your selves into a salad!”

Making an omelet, I try to keep these two things in mind : / “Whip it well! Lighten with some milk or something!” “Oh how I’m fluffy!” / & Fry on a MILD heat, for a LONG time, fully cooked. (No need for flipping here!) (Oh, use a lid! There’s a lid missing in this picture, but it gives a wrong idea about an omelet anyways.)

Things that go well in to an omelet: potato & dill, horseradish, peas, seasame seeds & wild mushrooms, soya, lax, tabasco. / And of course: ( I <3 Olive oil!) ” “Fridge’s Final’s – side salad!”

And this is how an omelet can affect your life: / “Buhuu. I suck at everything! Everything sucks!” / “…But …but …It’s…” “…Perfect!” / “I made THIS!” “sob!”

/ ” Oh, sweet, reliable omelet! Always ready to spread your everyday-beauty!” / It is also possible, that if you google the word “omelet”, you’ll end up at my facebook-profile. ” I <3 Omeletti!” ” Stupid day, but I can always make an omelet!” “Oh Dear God how perfect omelets I can make!” “I wish that every person in the world would have something as deep and comforting in their lives, than my relationship with an egg!” “Cried a little, luckily breaking few eggs helped :D!!!11”  “I’m defriending you this moment!” ” …okay, okay, we got the point!”

Kategoria: 30-30 Blogihaaste.

“Oh, It’s starting to rain!” “…and it appears to be shit!”

/ “This is nothing. This is just some ‘northern melancholy’.” / THIS was depression: “Emmi. Come and take your medications.” “You could also get up soon for your occupational therapy.” / “THIS will get better just by …reading in the bathtub… and… eatting vegetables…” / And this will be over by may anyways. …Then I can start being all “Fuck! All this light and warmth! I can’t take it, I’ll getsome tilt or something soon!”

“Dear Diary!”

Kategoria: Luokittelematon.