Professori Kari Uusikylä suuresta suomalaisesta innovaatiohuippuyliopistosta.
Jep, huipuksi ei julistauduta vaan se titteli pitää ansaita. Oxbridgen metodi on juuri päinvastainen kuin mitä Opetusministeriö ajaa: elinkeinoelämä ei sanele mitä näissä todellisissa huippuyliopistoissa tutkitaan ja koska. Aiheiden ei tarvitse olla Cambridgessä mediaseksikkäitä ja sovellettavissa elinkeinoelämän käytettäväksi suoraan paperilta. 0 x 17537 on edelleen 0. Se, että yhdistän kolme 70 ÄO:lla varustettua soittamaan nokkahuilua ei tee porukasta uutta Mozartia.
Eniten tässä riipii edelleen se saatanan tekijänoikeuslain muutos. Miten helvetissä tutkijat ovatkin olleet niin hiljaa?!
New York will be drowned by a magnificent sea of fire. Too bad the reverend witholds some quite relevant chronological information as to when this is supposed to happen. Jehova's must be thrilled since their whole religion is based on waiting the Rapture and wrathful angels to punish us heathens:
Okay, fine, I give up. I admit, I'm lonely. Happy?
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Studying for an Italian exam and proof-reading a Master's Thesis in English simultaneously is a bit tricky. In Italian almost all nouns get a definite article (il tavolo, l'uomo, la luna), and this messes up my sense of English articles and I try to fit in 'the' everywhere and then remind myself that the English language article rules are teeny weeny more difficult than those in Italian.
Bored and in need of a second profession in case the academic world flunks with this capitalistic approach to doing science. Hence, I ended up playing with the usual AVO (ammatinvalintaohjelma) by MOL. This time I answered the questions from the point of view
of getting propositions for a profession that is more practical and faster to get. Here are my results based on the ones I had specific abilities for (and then the minus list, too). First column has the profession, next one the features of the profession and the third one my interest in that type of job.
Okay, so let's see which one's are left when I take out the ones combining one-one or one-two stars for the features and my interest from the 'Plus' category.
Well, fuck me sidesways...! Okay, ditch the translator, I already do that and because of its uncertain nature I need another one. An archeologist? Too long education for that and would require travelling and meeting people. An author? Easier said than done; I don't have enough imagination for that, there's no point in writing a book even if I did get it published if it doesn't bring anything new. Plus, it's freelancing as well. Next! A critic? I suppose that doesn't really
require other education than the one field you're supposed to criticise. And since I have no musical knowledge other than that of the common consumer, nor any literature studies, nor art studies (or interest in that, anyway), this one goes, too. A lawyer? Education takes too long, though I wouldn't mind the paycheck. This leaves only one: the mysterious "torninosturikuljettaja". Let's find more about that. Not in harbours but on construction
sites. I have to admit, working 70 metres above the ground does sound fascinating! But the profession is dying as "ajoneuvonosturinkuljettaja" is taking over. Education: talonrakennusalan ammattitutkinto given in Forssa.
So. Does this come down to doing a job that I have abilities for but no interest? Is that what working really is; that only a few do the job they can and like? And the majority settles for what they can do even if they hate it? Or do something they can't do that well nor have interest on it? Is that it? Is that the trick I should have learned by now?
A pharmacist (features 3 stars, interest 4 stars but no capabilities)? A cleaner with same figures as the pharmacist? "Informaatikko" (what's that?) same 3-4-no interest combination? An engineer with 3-3 and no interest? An accountant with 3-4-none? "Kuvaussihteeri" with 3-4-none? "Laborantti" 2-4-none? "Lennonjohtaja" (!) 3-4-none? A mathematician with the familiar 3-4-none combination? A programmer with 3-4-none?
"Painopinnan valmistaja" (???) with 3-4-none? "Palkanlaskija" with 3-4-none? A post office worker with 3-4-none? "Puhelinvaihteenhoitaja" with 3-4-none... ei helvetti...! "Toimistosihteeri" 3-4-none? "Vakuutusvirkailija" with 2-4-none? No wait.. a webmaster with 3 stars for features and the unique five (5!!!) for interest but no interest? "Verovirkailija" 2-4-none.. not in this lifetime, pal; I'd rather be on the other end deciding which things are taxed how hardly.
Fuck it.
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Kosmista keskisormea tälle.
Splenetic
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Russia could have tried to act like a civilised world yesterday. They chose not to under erligious and dogmatic prejudice. At least the Netherlands showed to have moral backbone.
MEP candidate for the Green Party, Jyrki Kasvi, has shown to be pretty fast in his movements: he has made history by organising an elections evening at Second Life! The 80 persons limit of his lecture hall was met early and people were actually left out. Beneath is Kasvi's avatar Jyrki Wexhome (via Kasvi.org).
Also, listen to YLE discussion between Kasvi and Christian Democrat (this if nothing else proves that there are many many different democracies...) MEP candidate Sari Essayah on morals and values. Listen to the discussion here: http://lotta.yle.fi/rsweb2.nsf/sivut/paivanjuttu?opendocument&pageid=Content09591763A66. On the right side panel next to the article you can listen to other politicians from opposing sides to debate on other values, such as ethnic minorities (Kiba Lumberg vs. Ummaya Abu-Hanna), business (Arja Alho vs. Risto E.J. Penttilä) and EU's influence (Timo Soini vs. Eija-Riitta Korhola).
You can hear the usual bullshit given by Christian right-wing in Essayah's speech, too; all the same arguments and comparisons and metaphors (homosexuality compared to paedopfilia and zoophilia; one can't be good without a god, or in Essayah's mind THE god; the basis for everything must be the vague abstract Christian core values, which are... yeah, what?). Luckily Kasvi knows what he's doing and is able to deliver it without having to talk on the other, unlike Essayah. The perfect example of this is the ending: Essayah apparently just cannot bear the idea that Kasvi gets the last word.
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It would appear I'm voting for Kasvi. This is so not happening...
... and along with it comes reading! Here's a preliminary list of what will probably turn up on my desk some time during the summer.
Harriett Beecher: Uncle Tom's Cabin
Saul Bellow: Mr Sammler's Planet
Charles Dickens: Oliver Twist/Bleak House
Suzette Hayden Elgin: Native Tongue
*Eve Ensler: Necessary Targets
Johanna Ervast: Jäähyväiset Einolle
Germaine Greer: Haluan olla nainen
Kalle Haatanen: Pitkäveteisyyden filosofia
Kaarina Hazard: Kontallaan
Siri Huvstedt: Kaikki mitä rakastin
*Jouni Hynynen: Rakkaudella, Hynynen
*Timo Hännikäinen: Ilman
*Witi Ihimaera: The Whale Rider
John Irving: The World According to Garp/Garpin maailma
Olli Jalonen: 14 solmua Greenwichiin
James Joyce: Ulysseus/Odysseus (<- not to forget that one!)
Pauli Kohelo: Ohessa tilinumeroni
*Anna Kontula: Tästä äiti varoitti
Pirkko Lahti: Mielin määrin
*D.H. Lawrence: Lady Chatterley's Lover (because I can)
Rosa Liksom: Yhden yön pysäkki
*Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye: Coming to Birth
Marilyn Manson: Helvettiin ja takaisin
Vonda N. McIntyre: The Moon and the Sun
Stephenie Meyer: Twilight (no guarantees I'll actually be able to do this...)
Toni Morrison: Love/Paradise/A Mercy
Alice Munro: The Lives of Girls and Women
Taslima Nasrin: Häpeä
Eppu Nuotio: Maksu & Varjo
Olli: Mustapartainen mies herättää pahennusta
Reidar Palmgren: Jalat edellä
Jussi Särkelä: Koulumurhat
*Vesa Virkamäki: Arka ja ahdas ismi
Kurt Vonnegut: Slaughterhouse 5
T.H. White: The Once and Future King
Throw in some random classics et voilá! Feel free to suggest female non-romantic writers, or something else too. It's not like I'll be busy. This will be my first 2 weeks+ vacation since... 8th grade. I need this.
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EDIT:
The list keeps expanding. All extras are and will be marked with an asterisk.
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This has got to be the twentieth time I listen to the same song without a break. 'Out in the Cold' by Judas Priest lasts for 6:27 so you do the math. Pathetic, I know. This is exactly how lonely a person can get.
Mutta, mutta. Katsotaanpas mitä Hesarilla on asiasta kirjoitettavanaan. "Muutosta on lisäksi perusteltu ja myös vastustettu sillä, että se lisää samaa sukupuolta olevien parien oikeuksia suhteessa eri sukupuolta oleviin pareihin." (HS, Eduskunta hyväksyi perheen sisäisen adoption homopareille selvin äänin) Olenko ainut, kun väitän että tuon virke muistuttaa kovasti heterojen fobialle siitä, että homojen oikeudet ovat heteroilta pois? Siis, "[laki] lisää samaa sukupuolta olevien parien oikeuksia suhteessa eri sukupuolta oleviin pareihin". Väittääkö herra toimittaja nyt ihan tosissaan, että on oleellista huomauttaa juuri näillä sanoilla kuinka laki antaa homoille mahdollisuuden päästä lähemmäs yhtäläistä tasa-arvoa heterojen kanssa vai olisiko tuon kenties voinut muotoilla toisin, hieman vähemmän Sapir-Whorfilaisittain ideologisesti paljastavaksi? Nyt on päässyt Pekka Vuoristolta pikkuinen freudilainen lipsahdus.
PS: Propsit Niinistölle Oinosen puhuttelusta, vaikken uskokaan Oinosen "en tarkoittanut loukata ketään" meriselitystä. Ei usko varmaan Niinistökään ihan tosissaan, mutta paremman todisteaineiston puutteessa ei oikein voi muuta kuin pitää epävirallisen puhuttelun. Vaikka kyllähän poliiseillekin riittää aatteelliset syyt kuulusteluun.
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An interesting ideological "revelation": I was at the cashier buying 'Gravitation', a shounen-ai classic (gay romance manga). The machine bleeped and both me and the cashier were looking a bit perplexed. Next thing I know I have to show my ID that I'm above 16. I hardly go for a sixteen-year-old anymore, not that I would want to, either.
But the point being that the age limit 16+ is a recommendation, not a law. Of course, neither are the game age limits but seriously...! This is a perfect example of homophobic ideology: shounen-ai is exactly what I said before, romance. In other words, the most pornographic thing is a picture of two young guys kissing. End of story, goodbye, the end. In shounen-yuri I would understand the 16+ limit as it is more explicit. Hentai, shounen or not, is a case of its own, very much justified 18+ limit. And let's compare these to straight manga; if there's a guy and a girl kissing, what is the most likely age limit: 12+ or none!
"Kansanedustaja Pentti Oinonen(perus) kysyi tiistaina eduskunnan täysistunnossa mahdollisuuksista saada avioitua koirien kanssa tässä vapaamielisessä maailmassa."
"Perussuomalaisten kansanedustaja Pentti Oinonen ei olisi mieluinen aviokumppani, arvioi enemmistö suomalaisista koirista. Lehden teettämässä mielipidemittauksessa noin 80 prosenttia sanoi, ettei ottaisi Oinosta puolisokseen. Loput 20 prosenttia keskittyi vastaamisen sijasta kihnuttamaan itseään tuolinjalkaa vasten."
