The Other World

A piece of advice: if only possible, try to avoid the infamous glucose tolerance test (in Finnish: sokerirasitustesti). That liquid is somewhat disgusting, especially after a twelve-hour fast including nothing but a glass of water in the morning. Cold water has rarely tasted so good.

Now I just have to wait for the results. Since I had an extensive bloowork done at the same time I have to wait till February even though the glucose test's results have been clear today already.

I'm just wondering why the doctor made me go to that test in the first place. I mean, most of the time the test is used to determine temporary diabetes on pregnant women. I should think I have made it quite clear to the doctor that I am not pregnant, nor have I noticed any symptoms indicating I could have diabetes. Hmm... maybe it's because my mother got diagnosed with diabetes while her stay at the hospital after the stroke. Ah, well; at least the bloody thing is done. Now I just have to wait for the results with my nails very recently polished black. I'm sure all the conservative teachers at the Polytechnic will be thrilled.. ;)

http://www.quizilla.com/users/SnowBlack/quizzes/Which%20Female%20Metalist%20are%20you%20most%20like%3F

Okay, a nice little quiz (and well crafted, too!) that I got from none other than Simone Simons herself (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=93786693)!!!

And my result was as follows: "You are Simone Simons of Epica. You are opinionated, logical, on a constant journey for the truth. You refuse to let others hold you down or influence you. You're a free thinker."

Other results would have been the following:
Floor Jansen of After Forever
Sharon den Adel of Within Temptation
Vibeke Stene of Tristania
Angela Gossow of Arch Enemy
Tarja Turunen of Nightwish (ex)
Cristina Scabbia of Lacuna Coil

I think the only one I am not, yet, familiar with was Vibeke Stene. I have to correct that one soon.

I went to see Alien vs. Predator 2 this evening. I have to admit that the beginning wasn't very promising but it got better towards the end. There were just a few things I didn't quite comprehend, like why Predator skinned that one guy when he posed no visible threat to him. Ah, well, at least he was the good guy. And he can turn invisible.

One involuntary chuckle got out of my mouth at one point before I could stop it. It was just so funny for that one woman, Darcy I think, to say in such a naïve tone that "the government doesn't lie". Yeah. Sure. Right. I have to admit that there was one thing I found extremely icky; the Alien queen attacking the pregnant women. I mean seriously, it was disgusting to watch several aliens breaking out of the woman's womb where her baby had been hours before. Damn... this baby fever thing has made me all weird.

It had begun snowing shortly before I got out of the theatre. It was so nice for the first time this winter to walk home with snow flakes falling on me.

I have to remember to book a two-week vacation to Morocco next winter.

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Now playing:
'Sins of Idealism' by After Forever.

Have you ever had some word accidentally omitted or changed when you've spoken, and the result has been a bit odd? I made the small but significant linguistic mistake during the Yule dinner. I was helping myself more potatoes which my mother commented. My answer: "I'm a poor student. I have to eat for two now that I can." Can you fill in the missing 'as if' in the sentence? You should have seen the look on my mother's and my sister's faces. I think only my brother didn't even notice anything peculiar in the sentence.

The reaction and the serious faces may have been a bit less serious if I hadn't commented on a certain issue the way I did. One of the schools in town K has a headmaster who studied himself as a teacher while he was doing time in a prison for killing his girlfriend. He had been a teacher in another school before that but the parents had -surprisingly enough- smoked him out. In the school that he now leads the parents seem to have no problem their children going every day to in the same building as a convicted killer. I said (and meant it) that I would never ever allow a killer go anywhere near my underage child.

Furthermore, we watched the film 'Liian paksu perhoseksi' later on the same evening. The scene where Kaisu miscarries the child will forever be scortched in my mind. I have no doubts that I went even paler than usually, and my mother probably noticed that. I am still at a loss when it comes to the categorisation of the film: a comedy. What is it that all Finnish "comedies" are anything but funny?

So, for the record: unless you believe I am an object of immaculate conception then no, I am not pregnant.

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Listening now:
'Talking to Silence' by Sturm und Drang. I wonder what happens when André's voice begins to break?

I survived alive from my little excursion to Helsinki. I was *so* proud of myself yesterday for being able to find the right bus, get out off it at the right stop at the Railway station, and then remember where Stockmann and therefore Suomalainen is located and find my way back on time! I was probably smiling on my way back when -for the first time- I didn't have to memorise different landmarks and make sure I'm going to the right direction. Perhaps the next trip will be a bit more stress-free due to the feeling of joy and being able to do it all by myself.

The concert was, by the way, excellent. My place in C2 was a bit.. off.. but I could see just fine. And next time I'll be able to tell more precisely where I'd like to have the seat lest the standing places are sold again before I get my hands on them.

You know, Anette is very different from Tarja. Tarja had this relatively calm way of walking on the stage in many different goth dresses, whereas Anette jumped up and down, danced and -as far as I'm concerned- made the audience (no matter how far) feel like she was right there next to me glowing that energy to me as well. I like her. The thing I was a bit apprehensive about was the new version of the old songs. I guess I have trouble with change, but let it be known I was wrong. The new versions are just fine, some even better than before (like 'Everdream').

Oh, the track list was as follows:
1. Bye, bye beautiful
2. The cadence of her last breath
3. Dark chest of wonders
4. Everdream
5. Whoever brings the night
6. Amaranth
7. The islander
8. The poet and the pendulum
9. Sacrament of wilderness
10. Sahara
11. High hopes
12. Nemo
13. Seven days to the wolves
14. Wishmaster
15. I wish I had an angel

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Listening now:
'Between Love and Fire' by After Forever (Dutch female-fronted goth metal bands, anyone?). Makes me as the same thing as noksu; Aime t-on nos enfants autant qu'on le prétend? I'm afraid the answer is more often no than yes.