My girl friend T has what every other girl covets ( Read more... )

it's getting impossible. all i want these days (and nights) is to wander around the city in the long spring dusk and listen to the seagulls. i'm like a sleepwalker; i go to the corner store for matches and the next thing i know i find myself on the steps of the cathedral, dreaming the evening away, watching the sky change colours (dusky powder blue ( Read more... )

"Papa, can you paint the top of the wall? I'll be right back!"

A loud bang, cursing

"Papa, I told you not to bring the power tools, I just want us to paint! I'm only renting, there's no need to fix the whole place! Now we have to fill in the wall, paint again and then put back the curtain rod! Besides, now there's sand all over the fresh paint ( Read more... )

i'm sitting on the floor (dusty) of my new place (empty) with my work laptop on my knees, having dropped by out of impatience to figure out how to set up the internerd all on my own. the place is all white and echo-y and feels big even if it isn't because there is nothing here and it's all rather exciting. i'm sitting underneath the big window and ( Read more... )

some time ago my girl friend T and i slipped into the habit of sending each other random emails at work to provide distraction and amusement. it's a vestige, a school girl habit - god knows it really isn't any different to how it used to be in school. the messages that used to be about the teacher are now about the boss, but the messages about ( Read more... )

spring and changes go together. there is no better time to move. the migratory birds know it ( Read more... )

i meant to catch the next streetcar, but delivo had set out two tiny tables under the awnings and it was the perfect spring day, so. wrapped up in a warm blanket. cinnamon roll dunked in milky coffee (cinnamon the slightest bit hot on the tongue, sugar crunchy, cardamom just right). the spring-bright sun glinting in the old, uneven windows. passing ( Read more... )

10 hyvää juttua, jotka alkaa kirjaimella m, käskee ruska, ja miksi ei, koska hyviä juttuja kannattaa aina miettiä ( Read more... )

reason not to hang out with foreigners - the sightseeing. it can be nice on a warm, sunny day if you can take them to places you like, but geez. S wanted churches, N wants, er, suburbs with ugly architecture ("so bad that it's good"). i tried to sway him but he had his heart set on the ugly, so our saturday afternoon date meant taking the subway as ( Read more... )

the flashback week continues! this morning the bright spring sunshine did something to me, and i ended up not only blasting sunny music and dancing around the apartment, but also loading up the car and heading to talma, pedal-to-the-metal style ( Read more... )