back again,

 

i've been sick for a while now, and this has in part affected my willingness to post new entries here. but i seem to be getting better already, so i decided to write something here, just to keep things going. also, i'm working the night shift again, and as i've earlier mentioned, these are probably the best opportunities to blog.. busy relaxin'.

 

so let's see, what has happened recently..? last week, pretty much nothing. this week, a couple of things more.. let's start with a review of a book:

 

the autobiography of diego maradona, aptly titled "i am el diego" :) i got it from amazon a while back, and proceeded to read it in about two days. it wasn't too long, and it was really 'light' reading if one can use that kind of an expression.. diego tells about his shortcomings quite openly, although the drugs part of his life is not very thoroughly covered. he also doles out pretty hefty critizism at about everyone that has ever met him, with the exception of his wife, kids, and fellow coke-head/teammate claudio caniggia. all in all, it was a nice book to read but not quite as compelling as i would've liked. one for the football fans, without a doubt.. and just in case you've forgot about the best ever, please youtube diego, and see him work his magic against pretty much everyone (especially the british, claro).

 

what else.. i got a new toy last week, and it's been filling my life quite nicely, the nerd that i am. :) my cousin happens to work for nokia designing phones, and he had a couple of extra n90's lying around. so i borrowed one just to see what this fuss about them 3g phones is about. well, it is a thing of beauty really. the phone has complete network properties/abilities, an endless list of possible application downloads, as well as an mp3 player. but the real cherry is the camera/videocam functionality, that i've been using a bunch. the camera is better than my 'real' camera ( a sony, received free of charge from my brother who used to work for the devil..). and the videocamera is really good too.. the problem with all this is that the batteries have to be recharged about twice a day. i guess the technology is not quite as advanced as the one used in the actual phones.. anyway, the phone would cost about 800 euros if bought from a store, and this kind of pricing puts it out of my reach pretty solidly. because of this, i'm all too happy try it for free.. and i'll be posting some of the photos that i've taken for your enjoyment. stay tuned..

 

went to a don johnson big band concert with my girlfriend. now this is in my opinion the best finnish act around, and they didn't let us down this time either. those who have attended their gigs know of the endless energy that the mc tommy lindgren possesses. but the bonus treat this time was the participation of felix zenger, a young beatbox-wiz from turku, finland. dude was unbeliavable.. if you have the opportunity to see him somewhere, do not miss it! anyway, the following morning i googled him, and found out that he was also the bronze medalist in the footbag world championships last year. for videos, go to www.footbag.fi. and the boy is only 19 years old.. i guess talent doesn't recognize age, or whatever. djbb is going to be at the tampere-talo in september, and i imagine it's going to be really good. the acoustics and the overall structure of the space will affect the outcome, so i'm really eager to see what it's going to be like.

 

we also went for a quick trip to helsinki.. we caught up with the development of my niece iiris, who was running around like a madwoman already.. the last time i saw her (about 1,5 months earlier) she was not able to really walk yet, so one just has to wonder the amazing pace of the development. she was also talking quite a lot, although not everything made much sense.. :) after that we met some of saara's friends, who were about to leave for chernobyl (you know, the nuclear plant).. on vacation. seriously. it'll be interesting to hear what it's like, and i'm also curious about the overall nature of the trip.. they're a pretty lively bunch and you never know what might happen ;) we also stole this girl eija, who was also in peru with saara, to tampere for a couple of days. i hope she'll manage to look past all this mustamakkara and tappara shit, and uncover the true beauty of the city.. just kidding, should be fun though :)

 

blah, i guess those were the main things for now.. but i'll try to post some new pics later this week. and who knows, maybe even another blog entry about.. nothing in particular. i'm done like jigga, but with considerably less cash..

 

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