The Other World

Having trouble sleeping. I keep waking up in the middle of the night, watch the clock to know the time, fall back asleep to wake up at the most inhuman time in the morning (today at 5:30, been awake since). Maybe the light does this.

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Got a four of an assignment that is worth 4 credits, as in 90 hours of work. I used approximately nine hours to do it. I'm *almost* ashamed of myself. Ah, well... no can do if I think like a teacher. ;)

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Reading currently:
'Letters from Earth'/'Matkakirjeitä Maasta' by Mark Twain & 'Tar Baby' by Toni Morrison. I also found the 1908 edition of 'Työmiehen vaimo' by Minna Canth. That will be as close to authentic as I can get with that play.

I went to get a massage yesterday. We -as in me and the masseuse- concluded I have a very high tolerance for pain since my entire upper torso was very much jammed. Well, I may not have said anything to indicate pain but my hands were in fists most of the time and I had involuntary tears in my eyes half the time. Gods, it hurt! The masseuse warned me that it might hurt a lot in the evening or this mornng: I woke up this morning to realise I have quite a few places not bearing much touch.Therefore, ouch.

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I also found a new and very nice place to read yesterday while waiting for the final meeting with the therapist (who, by the way, did not see the end coming; she said *the* question that made me see red was just a naïve question, not a provocation, that she was just playing with the idea...). I cannot believe I have not been there before, it was so much more peaceful than the one by the Lutheran church since that's right in the centrum. The place will swarm with butterflies, though, when it's not as windy as yesterday. Those days I have to stick with the other two places.

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The list update:
Finished 'The Very Worst Thing' yesterday, and 'God Dies by the Nile' a few days ago. Currently reading Mark Twain and J.D. Salinger (I am not convinced of the book's classic status yet).

Thanks a million, millikan... ;)

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3. Kumpaa menisit katsomaan, jos festareilla soittaisivat yhtä aikaa?

[x] Metallica
[ ] Children of Bodom

[ ] Mokoma
[x] Stam1na

[x] HIM
[ ] The Rasmus

[ ] Antti Tuisku
[x] Hanna Pakarinen

[ ] The Ark
[x] The Hives (both unheard of but...)

[x] Korn
[ ] Foo Fighters

[x] Alice Cooper
[ ] Anastacia (an interesting pair they've put here)

[ ] Apulanta
[x] Zen Café

[ ] Tiktak
[x] Nylon Beat

[ ] Within Temptation
[x] Nightwish

[x] The 69 Eyes
[ ] Kotiteollisuus

4. Omistatko musiikki-dvd:eitä? Mitä?
A few from Nightwish, one Sonata Arctica and one Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus.

5. Paras musiikkivideo näistä?

[ ] Foo Fighters - Best of you
[x] HIM - Killing Loneliness
[ ] Apulanta - Pahempi toistaan
[ ] Black Eyed Peas - My Humps
[ ] Redrama - Street Music
[ ] Beats and Styles - Everything is everything

6. Mitä kuuntelet mieluiten?
[ ] Uusikiss
[ ] YleX
[ ] Radio Nova
[ ] Energy
[ ] Radio suomipop
[x] Radio Rock

7. Omistatko mp3-soittimen? Minkä? Onko hyvä?
Yes, but I'm having technological issues with it.

8. Mitä kuuntelet mieluiten? Valitse kolme.
[x] Rock
[x] Pop
[ ] Hiphop
[x] Heavy
[ ] Reggae
[ ] Jazz
[ ] Klassinen

9. Nyt voit kertoa lempibändistäsi:
Velcra, see www.velcra.com or www.myspace.com/velcra. Ran into it by accident when they had their first single (Can't Stop Fighting) out and after three albums they still rock. Excellent.

10. Kuunteletko mieluiten
[ ] Ulkomaalaista musiikkia
[ ] Suomalaista musiikkia
[x] Molempia?

11. Mitä mieltä olet Idols-kisoista? Voittiko suosikkisi?
Haven't been watching that. At themoment I'm pretty pissed because Koivunen has been telling what a Sonata fan he is and now his new album has his initials in the cover in a formation that looks far too much like the Sonata logo.

12. Omistatko seuraavien bändien/artistien levyjä/singlejä?
[x] Maija Vilkkumaa
[ ] Apulanta
[x] Nightwish
[ ] Irina
[x] Spice Girls
[ ] Backstreet Boys
[ ] Disco Ensemble
[x] HIM
[ ] Kapasiteettiyksikkö
[ ] Eminem
[x] Nirvana
[ ] Guns N' Roses
[ ] Uniklubi
[ ] Black Eyed Peas
[ ] Coldplay
[x] Zen Café
[ ] Franz Ferdinand (sen ekan)

13. Kenen keikalle olet aina halunnut mennä?
I'd like to see Epica and After Forever live.

14. Mitä kuuntelet juuri nyt?
I was made for loving you (Scorpions) just ended on the radio. Now begins S.O.S by Apocalyptica and -ah!- Cristina Scabbia.

15. Mitä osaat soittaa? (I don't think my skill qualify...)
[ ] Rumpuja
[ ] Kitaraa
[ ] Bassoa
[ ] Pianoa
[ ] Osaan laulaa

16. Luetko jotain musiikkilehteä? Omistatko jostakin bändistä kertovan kirjan?
I have the Nightwish book; of different magazines I read some randomly...

17. Mihin bändiin tutustuit viimeksi?
Beautiful Sin from Belgium. Became familiar with it after Ayreon's 01 in which the vocalist (Magali Luyten) was as a guest.

18. Mikä on winampissa 666. kappale?
What the hell is winamp?

19a. Katsotko seuraavia ohjelmia? (No...)
[ ] Top40
[ ] NRJ Top 10

19b. Muistatko vielä Jyrki-ohjelman? Ja onko mielestäsi telkkarissa liian vähän musaohjelmia?
Yes, I do remeber that one. I don't really care since they would anyway concentrate on the usual " female butt, bottom, perse" aspect.

20. Miten usein kuuntelet musiikkia?
[ ] Harvoin
[ ] Riippuu päivästä
[x] Joka päivä
[ ] Jatkuvasti

21. Oletko ollut Tavastialla/ Nosturissa?
[x] Kyllä (Nosturi... went to see Lacuna Coil a couple of years ago...)
[ ] En

22. Omistatko bändipaitoja?
[x] Kyllä (part of my active wardrobe)
[ ] En

23. Ikäsi?
[ ] -10
[ ] 10-13
[ ] 14-15
[ ] 16-18
[ ] 19-21
[x] 22-25 (I guess I'm not exactly the target group)
[ ] 25-

24. Tähän voit kirjoittaa jostain hyvästä biisistä sanoja:

Let's make a bomb, let's blow the place up,
down to the very foundation! Do it quick and dirty!
-Velcra: Quick and Dirty-

25. Pidätkö joululauluista?
[ ] Kyllä
[x] En

26. Mikä on puhelimesi soittoääni?
Sonata Arctica: For the Sake of Revenge.

TÄMÄNHETKINEN

Lempikappale?
Nothing in particular. The bands that I've been listening to a lot lately are Velcra, Epica, Kitkerät Neitsyet, Tristania and Ayreon.

Musikaalinen idoli?
No idol.

Bändi jossa soitat?
Seriously...

Soitin jota soitat?
My mouth.

KENELTÄ MUSIIKKIMAAILMAN TÄHDELTÄ

Sinun on sanottu näyttävän?
Do people really comments something like this in a normal converstaion?

Sinun on sanottu kuulostavan?
Nope.

Otat vaikutteita?
...

Olet saanut elämänohjeita?
...

MIKÄ BIISI MUISTUTTAA SINUA ?

Jostain ärsyttävästä:
Bring me any hiphop song and I'm annoyed.

Jostain mukavasta:
Roxette songs. The songs from LesMills programmes.

Jostain kaveristasi:
See the previous answers.

Lapsuudesta:
Turo's Hevi Gee.

Viime kesästä:
Velcra's "Hadal" songs and Sonata Arctica's "Unia" songs.

Eilisestä:
Cindy Lauper: Girls wanna have fun.

ENSIMMÄINEN

CD?
Alanis Morissette: Jagged Little Pill (actually a C-tape, but nonetheless...)

Musiikkivideo/DVD?
First music video? ...the first DVD was by Nightwish.

Musikaalinen idoli?
Still no idols.

Musiikkiin liittyvä muisto?
The band our teacher founded on fifth or sixth grade.

VIIMEISIN

Ostettu CD?
Kitkerät Neitsyet, I guess.

Poltettu CD?
I don't do that! It's illegal, you know. But mainly because I don't know how. Now do I really even want to know.

Koneelle imuroitu kappale
Lacking skills for this, too.

Hankittu Musiikki-DVD?
The Timo Rautiainen was the last, I think.

Musiikki-VHS?
None of these.

Vinyyli?
None of these, either. Don't have the required equipment.

Nähty musiikkivideo?
I went past the screen at the gym and there was the song going on which was the final song of the previous Combat programme. Alicia Keys, maybe, it is; I don't know, I just recognised the song, not the performer or video.

Laulettu kappale?
I sang a long the biceps song at Pump this morning. Rogue Traders, that is.

Tanssittu kappale?
Cindy Lauper: Girls wanna have fun (play Rayman Raving Rabbids and you'll know why it's making me move).

Lainattu CD?
Don't do that.

Lainattu musiikki DVD?
Don't do this, either.

Luettu jotakin muusikkoa/yhtyettä käsittelevä kirja?
The Nightwish book, probably, at some point for some reason.

Käyty konsertti?
Nightwish at the beginning of the year.

Tavattu tähti?
Nope...

VANHEMPIESI

Nuoruudessa kuuntelemat yhtyeet?
I don't know... hold on... Bee Gees??? Was that a band???

Musiikkimaku nykyään?
Mother continues with Simo Silmu and the rest. Hrrr....

Mielipide kuuntelemastasi musiikista?
Is this question supposed to make sense?

SUOSIKKI

Artisti?
September comes to mind.

Yhtye?
Velcra, After Forever, Nightwish, Sonata Arctica...

Albumi?
It would be easier to name my favourite from several artists/bands.

Live-bändi?
Not enough experience on those.

Elokuva-theme?
The Bond theme is a classic. Especially Golden Eye.

TV-sarjan tunnari?
Six Feet Under did have a nice theme, yes.

SEURAAVA

Ostettava CD?
Don't know.

Ostettava musiikki-DVD?
Unlikely I'll buy these much. Well, if a Lacuna Coil or After Forever was to come out...