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Carmen
For some reason I've today became intrigued by the character of Carmen and the aria Habanera by Bizet. I can't even remember what originally prompted me to look up the music and the text, it was one of those small unmemorable whims with unexpected consequences. I knew little of the opera and the character it's named after, I simply had a vague idea ( Read more... ) -
Thoughts of Death
OR: What do pop songs have to do with neuropsychology? Inspiration can come from strange sources. Some time ago, I was listening to a pop song I had heard many times before without paying that much attention to it. It is one of the less impressive tracks on an album by a well-known singer and though it is pleasant, the words grate me a tad and ( Read more... ) -
The Dangers of Wholesome Hobbies
I almost forgot my promise of the morning pages. Well, no wonder really, since it's already afternoon. That, however, has absolutely nothing to do with my chosen title for today. When I picked up dancing, it really never occurred to me that it would end up as much more than a fun and healthy pastime, with the additional bonus of good leg muscle ( Read more... ) -
Itsekieltäymyksen autuus
(ed. notice: this is written in Finnish, since the person who got the idea going in my head doesn't read English, and it's sort of in dedication to her) Minä en ole ikinä ymmärtänyt karkkilakkoja. Tai suklaa- sokeri- pulla- mitä muita tahansa “muutenvaanlakkoja”. En siis nyt puhu siitä, että joku lakkaa syömästä sokeria, hiivaleivonnaisia ( Read more... ) -
The Morning Pages
So I'm in the middle of this thing called a master's thesis. Nothing new there, as a matter of fact it's becoming a depressingly old thing. And a master's thesis involves, among other things, quite a bit of writing. Now this time around the delays aren't really my fault, instead I can for once blame technology for them, but that doesn't change the ( Read more... ) -
Another run-in with religious folk
Though this time an electronical one and purely one-sided, for which I'm immensely grateful ( Read more... ) -
LNGI, D3
Today is going to be just meager commentary on certain interesting news items with no real snark directed at the paper itself. I know, disappointing, isn't it. But even I must rest sometimes ( Read more... ) -
LNGI, D2,5
Due to technical difficulties elaborated below (or above... this world of online text is so confusing) I missed two days of e-newspapers and therefore had only my notes to work on. I decided to construct one post on the 6th and 7th day from the remains of the two separate posts. Since I had no access to the original articles anymore, the post is ( Read more... ) -
Local Newspaper Narrowly Escapes
So here's the thing. I was already one day late on my coverage of the LNGI series. Now, I had the required articles all open on my browser and was just about to catch up and finish two days worth of commentary when I made the fatal mistake of searhing for a restaurant online. Thanks to some swanky site graphics, my browser froze and I lost all the ( Read more... ) -
LNGI, D2
Volvo will no longer be making busses in Tampere and will "negotiate" with its workers in Turku, over 9000 people considered the stuff on the telly sufficiently crappy to give up their licences all together in february, the rumors that Aker Yards will be chopped up like a day-old carcass intensify, Clinton beat Obama (why does it always sound like ( Read more... )