You have vanished.
Is this bitterness, beating
poison into grief-frozen veins, mine?
There is nothing graceful about this
and I ache to think
a year should be all I am given of you.

She exists no more, you say—
yet you still glimmer somewhere underneath
where I am no longer permitted.
Perhaps it is a crime I've committed,
this issue with loving you too much.
It cannot be helped.

Foolish as I am,
I sit in the lap of uncertainty
and wait for the ground to thaw.

'Tis a poetry contest. Click the link. You know you want to.

Preaching Poetry

http://www.myspace.com/koaliaband
"Not Academic" by these fellows might just be my new favourite song. The vocalist is a uni acquaintance of mine.

Had a dream about trying to go to the States. I started packing at the last minute, still needed to find a ride to the airport ('cause going by bus would have meant arriving too late) and then discovered that I'd recalled the departure time wrong and the plane had been scheduled to leave early in the afternoon instead of at around three as I had thought. Oops. :P

On another note, it baffles me that our Hyvinkää apartment is featured in my dreams so often. I haven't lived there in over eight years. What gives?

Anyway, slight travel fever detectable. Although a trip to the States would be nice at some point or other, it probably won't be the first on my list. Too expensive.

I'm addicted to folding origami frogs. o_O This means that, sooner or later, my room will be full of them. Uhm.

PaP2 Polls

http://douglemoine.com/english-sentences-without-overt-grammatical-subjects/

THIS ESSAY WILL EAT ME.

Also know as 67 words written out of a 1400-word (minimum) essay. Deadline in 7 hours. I have not yet learned to begin in time.

Been dating Jussi for half a year now. :)

So totally procrastinating. Which brings to mind, you should all read [Triola]'s A Procrastination Fairytale. It is made of brilliance.

Now, to the real business of this diary. I'd like to write, but I lack inspiration. This vexes me. So I want prompts. Pretty please?

Blurry and grainy as all hell (I had no time for the subtleties of camera use) but it's something, anyway.

Tonight, I witnessed Aurora Borealis for the first time in my life. It was beautiful. Oh, nature, how I heart thee. ♥