Winter as it should be

So I'm in the countryside and I've been here for over a week now. I love it. No big city stress here. Just me, my woman and our four-legged friends (with the occassional guest visits). Yes, I'm talking about dogs, not mutated human-beings. I've been craving for snow and minus degrees since October, and now it turns out winter has been hiding here, in the middle of nowhere. Well, I found Mister Winter and he's everything I've come to expect of him. Cold, charming and white. Being here reminds me of my earlier years in Norway. There was never a lack of snow there. I used to be out playing in the snow for hours with my toys. Yeah, I admit, I don't do that anymore, but it's still lovely to be out in the woods with the dogs while the snow keeps falling down upon us. It's winter magic and I love every second of it.

Now my fiancee's parents house is huge, in fact it used to be a school sometime during the 13th (?) Century. This big house needs to be kept warm as well, especially during the winter. This is where the boring part of winter comes into play. During the day, wood has to be put into the oven in the basement every 1.5 hour or so. This is often a tedious task, but one that has to be done. I have taken it upon myself to do this task to the best of my abilities and with great success! It's still boring though. And no, thankfully this method of keeping the house warm isn't used during the night. During the night and the wee hours of the morning the house is kept warm by an oil burner. If that is the right term. I'm sure you understand anyway. Thank you, oil burner. Without you life here in the countryside would be hard.

Let's talk about school or how it's no longer in my life. Yeah, that's right. Me and nursing ain't happening. I've actually had my doubts since the summer, but I thought I'd give it a shot anyway, since I'd already gotten into school and all. Well, turns out it's not for me. The consequense of this? Wel, I quit and try to study something else this coming autumn. No biggie. This, however, means I'm moving from Helsinki in April. Well, at least my stuff is moving. I'll be visiting friends there now and then. The apartment is just way too expensive to keep without any student allowance. I've applied for some summer jobs, so we'll see what happens. I'm going to Norway this summer with or without a summer job. I miss me family.

"but there's no sense crying over every mistake
you just keep on trying until you run out of cake"

Seacrest out.

I'll see you in another life, brother!

It's finally back. The wait is over. The daddy is back. Now I can enjoy the pure genious that is "Lost". Yeah, you heard me. It's true. "Lost" is back and I watched the first episode of season four last night. It was pure gold. For me, season one and two were great, season three got me doubting, but thankfully it got better toward the end. Season four starts where season three left of, that's basically it. The island is still a mystery, the characters are still interesting - each one with their distinct personality and background. I friggin' love "Lost". I'm eagerly awaiting the next episode. If you haven't gotten lost yet, do it!

This winter has been crap. Is global warming to blame for the lack of snow? I don't like this at all. Instead of living in a winter wonderland with beautiful, crystal-clear snow on the ground and snowmen in the backyards, what do I see? I see rain. And lots of it. Rain is cool in it's own way, but not for winter. Geez. It feels like all the angels are taking a piss at us at the same time. If this is how the future winters are gonna be - I don't know. I might fleed the country and go somewhere where I can throw friggin' snowballs and ride on polar bears. Oh God, how I miss Norway...

Public transport freaks me out a bit. So many different people use it every day - you are bound to end up next to some weirdo at some point. It's written in the stars. It's gonna happen. I swear to God. I have a problem with it, okay? How do you DEAL with these freaks of nature? A few weeks ago I ended up next to some freak that had to sing. He sat opposite of me. Jesus Christ...gimme an 'effin break here. At least he didn't try to talk to me, thank God. I don't know if there's anything worse than ending up next to some urinestained, shit-smelling, drunk friggin' bum that absolutely insists to talk about how great things were before, or how much today's Finland and its politicians suck. If I was brave enough and if it wouldn't cause too much of a stir - I'd piss on that person. Instead I pretend to be nice - I nod and give them the occassional "yes yes" and "mhm". Sometimes I walk away though. That might be the easiest choice. If they by any chance follow you - tough luck. After a breakfast consisting of three liters of vodka, their skills to keep their balance must be doubted. Oh yeah, another thing still - nothing to do with bums, but where are you supposed to look when you have people sitting opposite of you in, say, the tram? It's annoying when people stare at you. So it's either looking out the side window, on your shoes or to the roof. Sometimes these things annoy me...I wish there was a more "comfortable" way of travelling. End of rant.

Lidl. I see these kids going to Lidl (the cheap-ass German store chain) buying friggin' Freeway coke. How can they drink that? It's like drinking sewage water. Go for quality, kids - buy the real deal.

Have YOU seen "25th hour" with Edward Norton? If not, see it ASAP. It's a movie from 2002. I just watched it a few days ago and it blew my mind. How could I have missed this great movie? I had to show it to my friends too - it was pretty well received amongst them too. The other day I actually had to get it on DVD (I found it in the bargain bin). See it!

Dude.