Spent the last couple of hours at the botanical garden. Encountered a rabbit, a squirrel, many (sneaky little bugger) birds and a few dragonflies, most of which were HUGE. Wingspan-longer-than-my-hand huge. Also quite loud - one of them startled me when it started making noise right next to where I was standing. It was so cool. :3

You think you're just going on a quick grocery run. Nab the stuff you need, pay the clerk, come back. Except that I was ambushed by the hair product shelf and now I'm thinking about dyeing my hair again. Hummmm. Now to just decide on the colour.

(No, Jitter, I am not doing black. I don't want to look like one of the undead on a daily basis. xD)

wisp

woodsmoke curls between us
obscuring vision but I still know
you are not perfect
and I was never beautiful

yet what is here
lighted by the glowing embers
passes slowly into night
and twines, warm, around my heart

D'awwwwwwwwwwwww! *squeak*
http://www.wimp.com/catstreadmill/

No, I have no idea. It just happened.


Assembly Line

Please deposit your clothes on
the assembly line
           h  e  r  e

prepare for
 sanitisation
   desensitisation
          (demoralisation)

take care
to pick up your watch at the other end

check your smile in the mirror provided


    step
       out
         the
           door

and

        enter.

A week left, then I'm heading back north to Oulu.
Starting to fray around the edges. Too much stuff. D:

http://kittenwar.com/
http://akinator.com

Snatched from [hannes].

1. What is your religious upbringing?
Void. My parents left church long before I was born and I've been free to make my own decisions about religion. In school, I attended ethics (basically a mix of philosophy and world religions) lessons.

2. Do you currently attend worship services?
Nope. I am still sans religious affiliation.

3. Do you use any drugs including alcohol and tobacco (not caffeine)?
Painkillers when necessary (what? they are drugs you know). Tobacco, never. Alcohol yes, but quite rarely.

4. Are you superstitious?
In some ways.

5. Do you censor your thoughts or ever worry someone can "hear" them?
Censor, yes. Worry that someone can hear them... no.

6. What kind of music do you like? Do you ever sit down and listen to music (i.e. not background music)?
All kinds, really, and I'll try anything once. And yes, occasionally I do - mostly when I'm listening to something new. :)

7. Describe your loss (or lack) of belief in the Easter bunny or Santa or Sinterklaas or anything similar that exists in your culture
Can't remember, sorry. :P

8. How is your relationship with your parents?
It's pretty okay. I've come to appreciate just how lenient they actually are and always have been, even if I don't always get along with them. I'm clearly more in tune with my mum than my dad, because we (mum and I) are so similar. I've always been a momma's girl.

9. What do you want to happen when you die? An afterlife, or no? Details?
I want to be cremated and the ashes to be spread somewhere beautiful. Funeral is optional, but a party celebrating life is mandatory. As for an afterlife... well, I don't believe in Heaven or Hell (and if they do exist I'm probably headed for the latter for being a pagan and stuff) but I do put some faith in reincarnation.

10. Do any of the following apply to you: homosexual/bisexual/etc., pro-choice, participant in sex outside of marriage?
I define myself as pansexual. Pro-choice, definitely. Polyamory is fine as long as everyone involved is alright with it, although I'm not too sure I would be.

11. What do you like to read, or watch on TV?
Classics, fantasy, sci-fi, textbooks, poetry... a bit of this and that, really. As for television, I'm fond of costume drama and crime drama.

12. How well you do deal with anger?
Not quite as well as I would like to.

13. How much do you know about world culture/history?
Too little.

14. Do you believe in a soul? If so, describe it.
Yes.

15. How much have your religious views changed since you were very young? Have you converted to a different religion or to or from atheism/agnosticism?
I don't remember what my views were when I was very young. I have at some various points in my life believed, or at least wanted to believe, in some kind of deity - be it God or Gaia. Mostly, though, I've remained agnostic throughout the time I can remember,

16. What is your favorite and least favorite animal and why?
Cats. Meow. I've always simply felt a peculiar affinity to them. I'm also fond of various other animals and bugs.
There is nothing I would consider my 'least favourite' critter.

17. What is the most moving thing that has ever happened to you that is not explicitly religious?
I... don't have an answer for this.

18. Will you be disappointed if nothing happens in 2012?
Quite. Like [hannes] put it, something happens every year. I will also be rather disappointed if some sort of apocalypse does take place. I'm so not ready for that.

For those of you on dA: http://news.deviantart.com/article/126103/

The Forest of Hands & Teeth review

Dudes! I did a BUNGEE JUMP. I think this entitles me to feel awesome.
edit: Have video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oNBte9HnFY

<3

http://www.formspring.me/Lamiena
Clicky.

And then, we have the year's first vignette. The first one in English, anyway. Mona. Click it. You know you want to.

Heaven by Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen review

So here's how it is: for months, she has thought that we have an understanding. The liking is quite mutual (yay she likes me too!) but we are staying merely friends because we don't want to screw anything up. This has never been directly communicated and I am slightly dense when it comes to these matters, so. Yeah.

We are in a non-relationship. Which basically, in this case, is just a friendship with a side order of flirting.

It's a relief to no longer be hiding. :)



Side note. Ow. Fell down and skinned my knees and left elbow. Plus there is now a tear in my skull-patterned hoodie. ._. Oh well. Can be patched.

Apparently, I've been in a non-relationship with Miss Curls for months. I'm just a bit slow on the uptake. Ehehehe.

More about this when I get back on Friday.

Had a dream where I needed some blood drawn for some reason and who knows why couldn't go to a hospital. So there was a stapler fucntioning as a needle, operated by my father, and when he finally managed to draw some blood (I have tricksy veins so at least the dream got that part right) it was... clumpy. Like marmalade or something. Slightly wtf.

Oh, yes. I thought I should share with yous as well, seeing how important a part of my (web)life yous are: I gained a rather significant personal victory at the convention on Sunday. I sat down to play Great Dalmuti with people I didn't have even a passing prior acquaintance with. This is a first, as I usually feel the need to have someone familiar around. May not sound like much to yous but I am proud of this progress.

Also: Will be away until Sunday and then again until at least Wednesday. Don't miss me too much. :)

Someone took a photo of Jukka and me at the con. Mostly because they were teasing him, I understand. :P