9 posts tagged “qotd”
What does blogging do for you?
Submitted by Madeleine Rose.
I never held a journal when I was a kid, and at first blogging was my way of keeping in touch with the people I love when I moved. I suck at writing letters.
In a way, blogging is still a way to keep in touch, because I know I have more readers than little overa year ago when I started.
I don't know why, but this has kind of become a habit. I like blogging. I like writing about myself, my friends, my relationship with Sami and things that get to me for one reason or the other.
My friends still read this. So does Sami, at least when he's abroad working.
I read this.
This might be social porn, but I like doing it, and I choose what I air here and what I don't write about. And I like reading other peoples blogs, they're very addictive.
So, for me, blogging does a lot of things.
What's your favorite type of donut?
Submitted by tomatshonino.
The smell of donuts, just like the smell of yogurt (probably didn't spell it right?) makes me gag. I can count the times I've eaten one with the fingers on one of my hands because I have a hard time stopping my last meal from making a sudden comeback when I smell other people eating them. Bleh.
Yesterday was the summer solstice for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere. How did you celebrate the arrival of summer and the longest day of the year?
In Thousandlakez, midsummer is a paid day off, which means we all empty the cities and head for the closest lakeside cottage to get hammered.
Since Sami is still Far Far Away, Annika took me in and we revived an old tradition of spending midsummer at her parent's house in Hämeenlinna. I was eager to get my groove on, so I made the hour-long drive on thursday as soon as I got off from work. On friday morning I was already at the square of heavenly peace:
On thursday evening when I got there, I was immediately greeted by the herd of dogs that reside here.
Pepi here frenched me as soon as I got out of the car, and being deprived of hugs and kisses for over a month now, I was not far from spooning that dog. She loves me to bits and pieces for some reason that is beyond me, but I suspect it's because she knows I'm most allergic to her. The three other members of the pack, the minidogs, don't shed as much but are equally adorable.
On friday morning, we di what every Finn does on midsummer: packed a lot of food and a lot of drinks, and headed out to Annika's lakeside sauna. The sauna, sadly, was busted from only 40 years of active use, so we had to borrow the neighbor's lakeside replica. That is where we met our man for the midsummer: Batman.
Batman is "4 years old, soon six" (it must work differently in bat-years) and will not be featured in pics here to protect the privacy of his lair. He did, however, let us in on the secrets of owning your batmanism heart, body and soul, in the sauna:
"What's your favourite soda?"
"Batman-soda"
"Really? What does it taste like?"
"Like Batman"
Heart, body, and soul!
We stayed to watch the midsummer bonfire, and I tried to convince Batman I'd make an amazing Robin, but apparently I don't wear spandex that well. So, after drowning my sorrows of this unsuccessful career-change in a few a-mazing hotshots, it was time for the bonfire. It's a tradition here, to have a midsummer-night bonfire, but it's usually too dry or too rainy for that.This year, however, it had just stopped raining, and with the help of 10 liters of gasoline leet skillz, the fire was going.
Late in the night, we headed back to our lakeside cottage and went to sleep. I stayed for most of saturday too but had to come back home in the evening because I have to wash a lot of clothes before I head to Turku on tuesday. Unless I choose to walk around nekkid after the operation, of course.
All in all I enjoyed myself like a queen. Annika and her parents are always so welcoming, and it's always fun to go there since I know the neighbors and a lot of their friends from 10-12 years back by now. It's always fun to get up to date on what everyone is doing, and I really forget time and space when I'm there. I think I even got a little of the weight I've lost back because I was so totally spoiled over there. I swear, I was fed like I was going to be the main dish at the christmas table.
Once again, it was pure heaven. I can't really describe what a silent lake, good friends and good food do to a soul, so I think I'll end this post with a pic.
If you knew you were about to lose your voice permanently, what is the last thing you would want to say?
Submitted by exer.
Get your damn paws off of my chocolate!
And from that moment on I'd make it a priority to learn how to say it in every sign language known to man.
How many houses have you lived in? How is where you live now different from where you grew up?
5 or 6, depends on how you're counting. The apartment we have now differs from my childhood home in a few essential ways. We, sadly, don't have a self-filling fridge, we have to prepare our food by ourselves, the only one doing any ironing around here is yours truly, and there is absolutely no room-service if you get sick.
What do you do when you get a crush on someone?
Submitted by Desi.
Last time I borrowed a cigarette and a lighter from someone at a party and asked this one guy out on the balcony with me to keep me company. While out there I threw away the cigarette and told him that I actually don't even smoke and kissed him.
And here we are, getting married. Imagine that.
What's the best thing about your mom?
That she's ours and nobody else's. That's the best thing about all parents.
If you're getting one, how are you planning on spending your tax refund?
If I get one, I'd looooove to take a weekend-trip somewhere with Sami. I probably won't get one though, seeing as I have LOST my 9A-form. It's essential for my tax-report and I am steaming because I never lose anything. I have all the papers I need to fill out my 9A, and all the papers that have come in after it, but the 9A is missing. damn, damn, damn!
But a trip somewhere would be nice. Then again, even though we get our tax-suggestions (yes, suggestions, not reports. If you have anything to add or subtract, you fix it and send it back, otherwise they give you refunds/make you pay more according to the suggestion.) this month, we don't get the refunds/have to pay more until december.
Here's one for the ladies: What's in your handbag right now?
Submitted by Kadeeae.
What's not in my handbag, is in my pockets and what's not in my pockets, you can't need.
Right now I have:
My phone
Mp3-player
My wallet
My calendar
Ibuprofein in case anyone gets a headache
Handkerchiefs in case anyone needs to blow their nose
Make-up in case I start to look ugly
A brush
Things to tie up my hair with
Glasses. Or rather the case to my glasses if I ever want to see anything.
Pens
Paper
Nose-sprays (I have a cold)
Lipbalm
Keys. 2 sets because I have A LOT!
Lipstick. 2 pieces.
That's about it. And when ever I go out to actually do something, there is an increase in bag-contents. A big one. I could easily live a week with Things That Are In Purse.
