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Old friends
When I was a kid I had this friend. We were good friends, playing together and visiting each other. Sometimes we read the same books, sometimes we watched the movies based on the books we had read. Like Gone with the Wind or Jurassic Park. Her home was by a lake, so when I was visiting her during summer, we usually went swimming at some point. Then came the teenage and we sort of grew apart. The last time we spoke was sometime in mid 90's. The last time we saw was most likely Spring 1997 or something like that. A couple of years ago Facebook became popular here in Finland. At some poin...
50 things
To celebrate my 30th birthday today I have collected here 50 more or less random things about myself. No, this is not my original idea. This is one of those memes you see in time to time on blogs and Facebook. This time I was inspired by 50 things list on a blog called oh, hello friend. You may know some of the things I've listed her or maybe most of them. Or none. \ I love seas and oceans. I love sunny and colorful autumn days. I love cats. I'm afraid of big dogs. A schoolmate thought a birthmark I have was a huge bruise. Some people like to tell me I'...
The Social Network
The concept of The Social Network is simple. A girl breaks up with an extremely smart boy. The heartbroken boy seeks revenge on women and creates a website for rating the Harvard undergraduate girls. The website itself doesn't last for many reasons, but it spawns something else, a service now known as Facebook. First and foremost it is not a documentary but a fictional story only based on real events and real people. (The following includes spoilers, if that's even possible in this case.) \ Now I must say I really really enjoyed The Social Network. The dialogue is witty and interesting....
Scanner Not-So-Darkly
Guess who got a scanner! Above are some of the fruits of my pretty plastic film camera, Diana. If you are a Diana puritan and believe only the originals are the real deals, you might want to look away now. My camera is a new production, from Lomography. More about the camera and the scanner (CanoScan 9000F) later! Meanwhile, rest your eyes on these. The first one is a stream, the second one a double exposure of Aleksanterinkatu here in Helsinki.
Honestly, you are rude
Reading forums, some blogs, social media services like Twitter and comments on blogs can be pretty painful. Often there is at least one rude all knowing a-hole, who wants to ruin it for everyone else. Now please note I'm not saying it's wrong to know a lot about a lot. I'm just saying being rude is less than okay. Often these rude all knowing a-holes also like to say they are just being honest. A funny thing about these honest ones is they usually can't take it when someone is rude back to them, or if someone is seemingly hurt. And they most definitely can't take constructive criticism. Fr...
Run to the hills
I've never been much of an athlete. Actually I've pretty much hated all sorts of sports. Hey, I'm a geek, you know. In school I was the kid who was not good in any sports. As a teen being the smallest of all the girls of my class was pretty scary when it came to playing football (the right kind, not the American) or basketball or anything which had to do with the group of very competitive girls roaming around and trying to score or something. The bigger and more athletic girls just ran over me, not just figuratively speaking. The geek life has taken its toll on my shoulders and back, so a co...
Inception
WARNING: The following includes spoilers about Inception. I don’t recommend to read this post unless you have already seen the movie. It's likely you haven't been able to live without hearing something about Inception, Christopher Nolan's latest work. It's very likely you have heard or read spoilers, minor or bigger ones. It's also likely someone has told you the film is so awesome and someone else has told you it was really confusing. Basically Inception tells a story about Cobb, portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio and his crew of extremely smart thieves, who steal ideas and secrets...
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