2005
19th Nov 2005POTTER UPDATE
Busy November, yep. Or at least this far it has been.
 London #4 |
Having never been in a luxury hotel, I was a bit confused. The guy wearing a red jacket took my luggage to my room and opened the doors for me ("After you, sir") and pressed the button in elevator and introduced me to my room... Very scary, yeah.
The main reason for me being in London in the first place was to see Potter author J.K. Rowling walking by me. But sadly, her husband was ill, so she couldn't attend the World Premiere of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. But well, I managed to see a lot of the stars of the film.
You can read my report from the premiere in Finnish over at Harry Potter -fanit.
 Vuotis's GoF |
All the hard work and careful planning was worth it. The screening was fantastic and everything went fine. People really enjoyed watching the film with fellow Vuotisians. The feeling was amazing.
I'm most certainly going to do the same again with the fifth Potter movie, which is gonna hit the theatres in 2007. Until that... there's a meet-up and a line-up for the Finnish translation of 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' to make happen. The book is released on March 16th 2006.
And maybe, maybe, the seventh book will come out before the fifth movie... But we'll see on that.
Now I'm off to a cinema. 'Goblet of Fire' for the second time! :D
PS. In case you didn't notice, I changed the layout today. Do the huffle! ;D
Time: 6:42pm
Weather: Dark and cold, -2.3°C
Now playing: McFly - Unsaid Things
27th Sep 2005
MAGIC WORKS
Well, hello again. It's been a while since I've updated my website, sorry for that. I've just been extremely busy lately, even when I am unemployed!
But well, I'm organizing the Vuotis screening of the upcoming Potter movie, 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' for about 450 Potter fans.
The happening requires some hard working and careful planning. But I can proudly say I have enjoyed every bit of it - I love organizing things! :D
The other thing on my mind is the fact that I'm leaving to London in five nights! Yeah, again! And this time I'll be staying in a five-star hotel! I just wanted to have a taste of some luxury...
I'll use Friday for shopping and on Saturday I'm gonna attend some events such as Harrods's Christmas Parade, The Switching On Regent Street Christmas Lights and Bonfire Night Fireworks Display in Alexandra Palace. Should be a wonderful day. :)
And Sunday's the day I've been waiting for many years. I'm gonna be there at Leicester Square when the cast of Potter movie walks on the Red Carpet to see the new movie. And there's this one lady I'm most eagerly waiting to see... And she's called J.K. Rowling! :D
It's easy to tell, I'm very excited about my fourth trip to London.
Oh, and Lahti Polytechnic took me back to work. Though, not really. I'm doing temp job there for four days in next week. The week's going to be very busy, but I'm hoping to survive from it. :)
Time: 22:44pm
Weather: Dark, +3.2°C
Now playing: The Weird Sisters - Magic Works (GoF soundtrack)
27th Sep 2005
DUTY FULFILLED
It's over then. My non-military service, I mean. The year has passed surprisingly fast - maybe a bit too fast, I'd rather say.
But well, I really did enjoy working in Lahti Polytechnic. Sad I am, yes, but it's time to move forward.
So yep, what next? I've got some projects starting now and maybe some work to do and in November I'm heading to London again.
When this year ends, I'll start preparing to get myself educated. Apply for schools and so on. At the moment my prior interest is Education of Piano Tuner in Arla Institute, Espoo.
But now I'm free for some time.
Oh, and there's an interview of me and my non-military service at Sooda.com.
Time: 21:44pm
Weather: Dark, +12.2°C
Now playing: Dido - See the Sun
28th Aug 2005
HOKKUSPOKKUS & LIVE'05 & LOST
I spent the Saturday in Helsinki with my sister and cousins. We were in Helsinki at 11.26am and headed to Lasipalatsi Free Record Shop, and
found out that Within Temptation was going to do a signing in the main store of Free Record Shop down the street. We would have so much wanted
to go, but couldn't, because we were in Finlandia Hall by that time. :/
I bought Within Temptation's "The Dance" album and we were off to Unio Mystica, where Joanna did some more shopping.
We
lost Emmi and Noora, but found them in H&M shopping for some clothes..
Starving, we walked to Manhattan Steak House to fill our stomaches with good food. After we were too satisfied to walk, we had
to walk to Tennispalatsi, where we visited Kukunor, but bought nothing.
Soon we noticed that we had only 15 minutes time to get ourselves to Finlandia Hall. Off we went.
HOKKUSPOKKUSThe Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (conducted by Atso Almila aka Albus Dumbledore) performed music from The Wizard of Oz ("Over the Rainbow"), Walt Disney's Fantasia ("The Sorcerer's Apprentice", "Night on Bald Mountain"), opera "Love for three Oranges", and of course... from the first three Harry Potter movies. <3
A symphonic adventure for the whole family
Absolutely worth the ticket price. <3
Though the small children behind us started to irritate me a bit. But well, I guess it's understandable - they're just kids anyway. But their parents should've controlled them better... They were so restless for all the time. And asking constantly. "What is that?", "Why is that man there?", "When is the break?", and so on... Silencio!
After the concert was over, we directed ourselves to Kaisaniemi Park, where the Live'05 concert was supposed to start in 30 minutes.
THE VOICE LIVE'05There were already thousands of people, when we arrived, but we struggled ourselves to quite close to the stage (row 25 or something). We settled at 4.55pm, and when it hit 5pm they announced that the concert will start in an hour. In an hour?! It was supposed to start at 5pm! Grr!
So we waited. Nothing new waiting is...
At 6pm then, Apulanta appeared and performed two songs and the crowd went wild. It was so cramped that I couldn't move a bit so I have no photos of them at all. Uniklubi was next and they performed two songs as well.
London MC with his big fake afro came and went. PMMP's girls had cute outfits and I quite enjoyed their performances (three songs). Rapper Redrama was next, but I didn't concentrate on him at all.
When Poets of the Fall took the stage, they scraped the clouds and the rain started to fall on us. And it wasn't just a nice little soft rain, no. It was some heavy rain. It continued raining over Hanna Pakarinen's performance (two songs, "Kiss of Life" and a new single "Stronger Without You"). Umbrellas everywhere.
The sun started shining, when Technicolour walked on stage. And the crowd. Uh, I dare say I loathed them. Fucking idiots. Me and Emmi got separated from our cousins, because of those fools. Drunken people, idiots. But I'll quit moaning now, it won't help anything. But I rather not want to go to any free concerts in the center of Helsinki anymore, thank you.
The show went on with Bomfunk MC's and they perfomed the nostalgic "Freestyler", to name one of the three.
Heh, as I said, we were in the 25th row (or so) when the concert started, but in the end, me and Emmi were in the 10th row. We were constantly moving a bit closer.
And which band was the 10th performer, the second last, huh? Within Temptation, of course! :D <3 And they started with "Mother Earth" and continued with "Ice Queen", which was a bit odd, since they always play that one as the last song on gigs. But no, they didn't stop there. The played "Memories", "Angels" and "Stand My Ground"! All together 5 songs!
Nobody else performed that much! <3 Though I do not know of The Rasmus, because we didn't see them.
Yep, me and Emmi started to walk away during "Angels", because we were afraid of missing our train back to Lahti. But we heard "Stand My Ground" from the streets. :D
Joanna and Noora were supposed to follow us on a later bus, but somehow they managed to find their way to our train on time. So we were reunited in the train. Heh, we conquered the pet compartment, because my seat was far away, but Emmi's seat was in that compartment, and cousins didn't even have tickets.
Exhausted, we were home at 11:20pm. A great but yes, very exhausting day in Helsinki. :)
 Helsinki 270805 |
Didn't take so much photos at Live'05, because it was so crowded that it was hard to take decent photos. And it was raining, though I didn't care... :P
Something sad happened at Live'05 though. I lost three of my badges from my backbag. :'(
Hmm, speaking of 'lost'... I updated a new "Current squee" picture. At the moment I'm lost in Lost, which is a TV series about a plane crashing into a remote island. Almost 50 passengers survive, but being rescued is a far hope. And there is something weird on that island...
The series is a very intense and exciting and addictive! I've got episodes 1x13 - 1x18 waiting in my memory stick, so I better start watching them now.
Nelonen will start broadcasting Lost in Finland in 2006.
Time: 9:10pm
Weather: Dark and rainy, +10.6°C
Now playing: Within Temptation - The Dance
13th Aug 2005
MORE PHOTOS
I updated more photos to the new section at my site - Photo Albums. There are now 13 albums including photos from all of my three London trips. All together more than 500 photos.
In two weeks time I'm gonna see Within Temptation for the third time, when they come to perform at Live'05 in Helsinki.
So be expecting photos from there, too. ;)
Time: 5:37pm
Weather: Rainy, +15.8°C
Now playing: Laura Bono - Che Ritorni la Sera
11th Aug 2005
PHOTO ALBUMS
Okaydokay, I've finally uploaded loads of photos from three different happenings. And I also updated August Photoshoot with two photos of me.
 NRJ Party in the Park |
We (being me and my cousin Joanna) saw Yoku?, Indica, Melanie C, LAB and Hanna Pakarinen perform on Sunday 12th June.
There were already tens (or about one hundred) of people when we arrived at the venue, but we found a good spot to see the stage. So, there we waited for two hours and then the concert started. I was supposed to call to sister to Spain, so she could hear some of Melanie, but unfortunately I forgot to charge my phone in the morning, so it ran out of battery, ngh. But luckily my camera was full of energy. I needed it more than the phone. :D
The weather was great, too. Not too hot, not too cold. A bit cloudy, so the sun didn't burn us. Enjoyable. :)
Indica was very good. I even bought their album on the same day. Though I think I'm a bit disappointed with the album.. the songs sounded so much better performed live.
 Midsummer |
I spent it in Keuruu with my parents, sister Emmi, cousin Joanna, her parents and our grandmother. Cousin Noora was still in England (language course), so there was one place empty on the dinner table. But with the absence of Noora, we still managed to have fun. We always do, even if we're all separated!
For the most of the time we were hanging around at cousins' cottage, but I slept the nights at grandmother's place.
In the Friday evening (24th June) we went to see the bonfire, which I haven't seen for a decade or so. Bah, it was boring - it was surrounded by dozens of families, whose children were playing nearby the fire and throwing sand to each other's eyes and parents were sitting by the tables and drinking their brains off. Or something like that, anyway. No thanks, bye bye.
On Saturday we spent some time in the church area. We did some exploring in both of the churches of Keuruu, in the New Church and in the Old Church. They were both closed on Saturday, but since Joanna's working in them as a guide, we got in by using her key. Churches are kinda scary places, when they're empty and dark.
We visited the Bell Towers of the both churches, and the wooden stairs were freaky! And there were no light, apart from our two flashlights... It was still pretty dark. Had to be very careful.
And then there was the black Yamaha grand piano, which I hadn't played since at the Strawberry Wedding last summer. It still sounded beautiful. <3 Wants to have an own grandie..
 Ankkarock |
So I went to Ankkarock with my cousin Joanna and her two friends Teea and Noora on Sunday 7th August. My primary intetion was to see Within Temptation live, which I although had done in January already, but that was only one song ("Stand My Ground") which they performed in NRJ Radio Awards in Hartwall Arena. This one in Ankkarock was a proper gig, as they played 11 songs. :D And I was in the second row! :D
The cold shivers run through my spine from the first notes of "Intro". All in all the gig was very emotional and superb. Excellent. I enjoyed it very much. :)
After WT had done their job to entertain people, I left Puistolava (Park Stage) and headed to Korsolava (Korso Stage) to see Franz Ferdinand. Even though I arrived there just when they started to play, I got a first row place. Well okay, it was far way too side to see properly. But it was still a good place to enjoy. I hadn't heard any of their songs before, but was keen on to hear some - and they made a positive effect on me.
I heard only 6 or 7 songs, because I had to dash back to Puistolava to see The Ark, which I also was looking forward to see. I decided to stay far away from the stage, so I could just listen and observe everybody else - and enjoy - which I did, again. They were very good, I ordered their album "In Lust We Trust" yesterday.
After their great show I was reunited with the girls (after meeting two mates of mine) and we were off to Korsolava to see Nightwish. This was my first time I saw Nightwish live and they were good, even though I didn't pay too much attention to them. It was getting late and I was tired. But they did "Ghost Love Score"! <3
All in all the festival was enjoyable and worth everything. :)
Now I'm gonna crash to bed. Good night. Z.
Time: 11:38pm
Weather: Dark & chilly, +12.4°C
Now playing: The Ark - It Takes a Fool to Remain Sane
24th Jul 2005
NEW LAYOUT, FLYING DAGGERS AND POTTER FANDOM
I should concentrate more on the contents of this site, not just the layout, but couldn't help myself again. So I changed the layout, which means that I got bored
with the old one in a month. But I didn't like it that much, to be honest.
The header is a photo from last summer. That's me playing Yamaha grand piano in the Keuruu New Church. Hopefully this layout stays a bit longer than its predecessor, but I guess not as the autumn is approaching...
At last I saw the film House of Flying Daggers, and as expected, fell in love with its incredible beauty. I'm also planning to buy the soundtrack. :)
I'm a bit bitter, because I didn't see the film in theatres... Mainly because it never came to Lahti (unless it was shown in a independent theatre of somekind).
Hmm, what else? Eh, WHAT ELSE?! Well, how come I'm almost forgetting this one... 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' of course!
So yes, it was published over a week ago, and I was there when it happened. I queued for it for 19 hours in front of Academic Bookshop in Helsinki and I must say I had so utterly fantastic and wonderful time that never before. :D
It's the people, it's the atmosphere, it's the waiting, it's the solidarity... Not just The Book. And hmm, I was number 16 in the queue. :D
With the kind response from the Bookshop itself, we were equipped with some electricity and Internet connection, so we had a possibility to update our Line Party blog straight from the venue. For photos and Finnish reports see the blog.
So what did I like The Book? Well, I God damn loved it! In my opinion, it's the best Potter book this far... There's one still to come, and I'm eagerly waiting for it. Eagerly, but with sadness in my heart. It is, after all, the Last Book of the series of 7 books (or actually, it's a One Book split into 7 parts) which has been involved strongly in my life for several years.
I'm possibly writing a review of the Sixth Book when I've finished reading it for the second time (currently re-reading it on page 59), but the review will be in Finnish, as it'll appear on HP-fanit.
With the launch of Potter Book 6 came the publicity again. Our Line Party was largerly noticed in media everywhere in Finland. We made it to the newspapers, TV and radio. And I, personally, appeared at least in
which is quite an achievement. :DAnna 28/2005 Iltalehti 16th July 2005 Länsi-Suomi 17th July 2005 Keskipohjanmaa 17th July 2005 Kouvolan Sanomat 17th July 2005 Lahden Viikkouutiset 27th July 2005 / Part One, Part Two Iltalehti 27th July 2005 / Part One, Part Two
Now there's two years until the Seventh Book is planned to be published. I wonder whether they'll launch it on 7th July 2007 (07/07/07). It would seem like to be the most suitable date for it. ;)
Can't wait to queue for it. The Line Party will be magnificent and purely magical. :D But while waiting for the final book, we've got movie number 4 ahead us. It'll premiere in November and my plan is to travel to London to see and meet the stars and maybe J.K. Rowling herself in the world premier! <3 But we'll see on that...
Then there's the launch party for the Finnish translation of the Sixth Book - and it's supposed to take place in the beginning of 2006. And maybe the fifth movie will surface before the seventh book. So no worries, there's no time to get bored in this wonderful fandom J.K. Rowling has given us. :D
Time: 10:38pm
Weather: Partly cloudy, +14.5°C
Now playing: Christian Walz - Missing You
14th Jul 2005
ONE, TWO. ICKLE PRINCE IS WHO?
Okay, sorry for the lack of updates - once again - but I've been extremely busy lately. Yep, the sixth Potter book, 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' is to be published on Saturday.
And tomorrow morning I'm heading to Helsinki to queue for it. I'll stand in the line for about 19 hours as I'll arrive to the bookstore at 11.30am and the book's going on sale at 7.00am on next morning.
More info about our Line party here.
Oh, and there's a small interview of me in this week's Anna - but they got J.K. Rowling's name wrong!
Everything's just too exciting and I can't do anything but bounce. This week's been very hectic, and tomorrow and Saturday are gonna be purely fantastic. I was made for hyping over things.
I'm loving this.
Over and out.
Time: 8:40pm
Weather: Sunny, +20.8°C
Now playing: Tori Amos - Precious Things
23rd Jun 2005
A QUICK SUMMER UPDATE
I changed the layout today. I know, it's a bit cool for a summer layout, but I like it. Blue as the beautiful sky is. :)
Not going to update anything else now.
You'd better expect photos and report from NRJ Party in the Park (Helsinki) and all other stuff in the end of the month - or in the beginning of next week.
I'll set off to Keuruu for Midsummer tomorrow. Have fun!
Oh, and I just have to mention that my life tastes pretty good at the moment! I like my life a lot nowadays. :D
"I want to thank you for giving me the best day of my life
Oh just to be with you is having the best day of my life"
(Dido - Thankyou)
Weather: Sunny, +24.3°C
Now playing: Dido - See the Sun (live at Brixton Academy)
16th May 2005
MAY UPDATE
Well, April Photoshoot never happened, but now
there's two weird photos from last Saturday.
Maybe I'll get to upload something new later this week.
I've got two weeks off from work in June. I'll use them with an entrance exam to the University of Tampere, a summer concert in Kaivopuisto (Melanie C!) and just hmm.. hanging around. At home. :)
Hmm. That's all for now. Although I should add a page containing my trip to London, but I really should finish that page before adding it here. :P
I'm also planning to do a little section about my two fandoms: Harry Potter and Melanie C. But we'll see about that in Summer. A new layout would be nice, too.
Time: 8:22pm
Weather: Sunny, +9.9°C
Now playing: Shakira - La Pared
27th Apr 2005
BACK FROM UK, WITHOUT SEEING MELANIE
My four-day (20th-23rd April) trip to London was a slight disappointment, as Melanie C's concert in London got cancelled during my flight to there. Or actually it
got just postponed to May due to her throat infection, but that's same as cancellation to me. So I didn't see her concert this time, but better luck next time, whenever that'll be. Can't afford to go back in May. :/
But there is something good to tell. There's always something good. Yep, Melanie C is coming to Finland in June! :D I'm seeing her live this year after all. She's gonna perform three songs
in NRJ in the Park in Helsinki on 12th June. Guess, who's gonna be in the first row. ;)
I had some great time in London, though. This was my third time in London and only now I dared to try the British Airways London Eye. It wasn't that torturous as I expected (I've got a bad
fear of heights), but it was rather boring. But now I've done that too. :)
I also spoiled myself a little as some consolation for not seeing Melanie and spent all my money (brought 4 pences back) to clothes and CDs and went to see Lion King The Musical, which was superb and definitely worth £35. :)
Work starts soon, so I'll upload some photos from my trip a bit later this week.
Time: 9:29am
Weather: Sunny, +6.5°C
Now playing: Tori Amos - Here in My Head
15th Apr 2005
MELANIE, MELANIE, MELANIE...
Guess what! I'm going to London to see Melanie C live at Shepherds Bush Empire! And the concert is already on next week.
I'm pretty stunned as this came so quickly and with such a short notice. But I'm going, and that's the main thing! :D
I've already seen Melanie performing "Here It Comes Again" live at Emma Gala in March 8th 2003 and I also met her and got signature for my single CD of the said song.
But that's nothing compared to what I'm gonna see on next Thursday: the whole friggin' concert in its full length! And in London!
My flight to London leaves in late Wednesday evening and I'll be back in Finland on Saturday. That'll mean two whole days in beloved London. :)
You'd better expect a nice report with photos (plus videos?!) from the gig when I get back home in one piece (hopefully!).
Melanie's third solo album, "Beautiful Intentions", was released in Finland two days ago. I, naturally, bought it as soon as possible, and haven't been listening to anything
else besides that disc. :)
I've also finally bought all the singles she has released from her debut album, "Northern Star". So now I've got at least one version of all her singles, except "Let's Love", which was
released in Japan only, and "When You're Gone", which she collaborated with Bryan Adms before her first solo album.
Yep. Mel is love. <3
The snow has melted and the spring is here. Feeling extremely good.
Time: 8:50pm
Weather: Cloudy, +5.2°C
Now playing: Melanie C - Take Your Pleasure
20th Mar 2005
MARCH MEANS SPRING, EH?
It's April soon. I want a proper spring, now. Go away snow and freezing temperature.
So, Anastacia did a concert in Helsinki a bit over week ago. Actually, she did two of them. But I saw the first one. And God damn she rocked the Arena. :D
The show was great. Yes, it was a show, but I enjoyed it very much. Though I would have liked to hear the songs in full, now we heard
a shortened versions of them, and I must say the encore disappointed me. It was a short mix of "Paid My Dues" and a remix of "I'm Outta
Love", and then suddenly Anastacia said goodbye and vanished, and never came back.
After I noticed the quality of photos would be bad, I
focused on my videocamera. In total I've got 36 minutes of footage from this concert. :D
But grr, during "Overdue Goodbye" the security
woman came to me and forbid me from using my camera. Why couldn't she wait until the song ended?! :P Well, her words didn't mean anything to me, I
still shot about 12 minutes. I had to get the ending on tape.
But anyway. I've got one video to show you.
When they showed videos of fans singing Anastacia's songs before the concert, two girls broke the rule and sang a Finnish children's song
"Mörrimöykky" (it's about a troll living in a forest), and apparently Anastacia liked it as she tried to sing it too. :D
DOWNLOAD: Anastacia - Mörrimöykky (live in Helsinki).mpg
To other things then.
The covers for the upcoming Harry Potter book, Half-Blood Prince, were published a couple of weeks ago. The British version is now on my door. :)
Okay, what else have I been doing recently? Well, I've been pretty sick for 10 days or so. I suffered from incredibly sore throat and high temperature for a few days. Then they were replaced
by heavy cough and tough flu. I'm still coughing constantly. I was on sick leave for four days, but returned to work after my temperature got back to normal.
Then I've been also thinking about my future after the end of my non-military service (which will come in September).
I'm planning to apply
for the Universities of Tampere, Helsinki and Turku and to study English in one of them. Ethnomusicology in the University
of Tampere is also one of my top choices. It sounds pretty interesting really.
But we'll see what the future brings..
I did some updates to this site too. A new pic (well, okay, 10 days old pic) added to
Photoshoot section and I also decided to upload some
CD covers I've made.
Yep, now it's time for The Simpsons. Off to watch it.
Time: 2:34pm
Weather: Sunny, -6.5°C
Now playing: Christina Aguilera - Fighter
23rd Feb 2005
HAIR & MELANIE
Oops, it's almost March, and only now I upload the
February Photoshoot.. Bad me. Yep, I've changed my hair colour, as you may see.
And I'm already used to it.
I could write plenty about Melanie C's upcoming comeback, but I'm planning to build an own page dedicated to her. Soon. Hopefully this week.
All I'm gonna say at the moment is that her third album will rock. :D
Time: 8:08pm
Weather: Dark & cold, -13.5°C
Now playing: Melanie C - Last Night on Earth
1st Feb 2005
BECAUSE WE LOVE LISTS
All of the odd inspirations to do random stuff arrive, when they shouldn't. Like this morning. I somewhy started to make an inventory
of my books in my bookshelf. It took only a bit more than hour, though, and it is readable
here.
Funny. Only now I noticed that I've got 5 different versions of the second Potter book.
Time: 10:45am
Weather: White & cloudy, -3.5°C
Now playing: Christian Walz - Midday, Friday, Payday
26th Jan 2005
MY ROOM, MY KINGDOM
I decided to clean a bit in my room and take some pics of it this morning. So now I'm able to present my room to you. :)
Go here to visit my kingdom. Sorry, there are 47 pics, so it may take a while to load...
Time: 11:12pm
Weather: Dark, -6.2°C
Now playing: Christian Walz - Missing You
22nd Jan 2005
NRJ RADIO AWARDS 2005
Wow. Anastacia and Within Temptation rocked the Arena.
I'm not capable to write very in depth, as I'm quite tired. But let's see..
The whole gala lasted only for 1 hour 40 minutes, which was far less than I thought. But it was full of action. And God damn that audience can make noise. :D
+ Eric Prydz - Call on Me
+ Anastacia - Welcome to My Truth
+ Kwan - Decadence of the Heart
+ Within Temptation - Stand My Ground (the album version <3)
+ Günther & Samantha Fox - Touch Me
+ Annie - Chewing Gum
+ LAB - When Heaven Gets Dirty
+ Ana Johnsson - Don't Cry for Pain
+ Bomfunk MC's - Hypnotic
+ Christian Walz - Wonderchild
+ Anastacia - Left Outside Alone (& acappella encore)
I'm not sure about the order, but pretty much like that it was. As I said, Anastacia and Within Temptation rocked the Arena, but Günther really got everybody up to dance and go wild. Really. Weird.
I had to take our small digicamera with me, because it's so little that I can hide it under my shirt. But argh, if I only knew that the security was so low, I would have taken the better camera. Now all I got is crappy photos and five videos with no sound. Yeah, I didn't remember it doesn't capture the audio! I was so pissed off when I found out that I've got five excellent videos, but no audio on them!
But well, those are better than nothing, and the whole show will be broadcast on Sunday 30th January on Nelonen. Should tape it. Memories. :)
And we got excellent seats. :D
And I can't wait to see Anastacia live again on March! :D
11 photos & 3 videos
Time: 1:40am
Weather: Dark, +3.4°C
Now playing: Eric Prydz - Call on Me (in my head)
9th Jan 2005
WINTER UPDATE & GROCERIES
Last night I started building the website for my father's company. And after I had done enough of it, I watched Lost in Translation, which
was still very amazing. I love it.
I went to sleep at 5am, and woke up after 9am. The lack of sleep makes me always a bit inspirational, so I just had to redesign my website.
And I must say I like the outcome. :)
Lost in Translation did it again. It made me think of travelling abroad,
being abroad, feeling abroad. And grocery stores. Yes, grocery stores, food
stores, supermarkets, small and big. I love them. Abroad. They can be so
fascinating and interesting. I mean, they are all the same, but not
quite. The strongest feeling of being in a foreign country lies in a grocery
store. It's the new world.
You know, the same food items are all there, but in the different
packages. And some of them might taste pretty bad, but some could be
surprisingly tasteful, even though the package looks totally wrong from what
you're used to see.
Going to a grocery store here at home is just something very ordinary and
sometimes kinda boring, but when abroad, it's a whole other thing. An exciting
experience, yeap.
Do you know what I'm talking about? Yeah, thought so.
Time: 4:54pm
Weather: Raining, -0.4°C
Now playing: Joss Stone & Nadirah Seid - Wicked Time (Alfie OST)
3rd Jan 2005
SUPERSTARS - HERE I COME!
Yep, this morning I bought tickets to NRJ Radio Awards 2005, which
will this year be held in Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland. :D
I was in front of Sokos at 7.25am, the tickets went on sale at 9.00am. But
luckily Sokos opened its doors at 8.00am, so I didn't need to stay in the cold
for long. And luckily Lippupalvelu has these queue number things. I was number
three. :D And then I had one hour free time to have breakfast and look around..
I would've wanted seats from sector 108, but it and even sector 109 were already
full, when my it was my turn. But I got four (me, sister, cousins) tickets from sector 110, which is
fantastic, nevertheless.
So after 18 nights I'm gonna see live performances of Ana Johnsson, Anastacia,
... hmm.. they really should announce more of them!
Time: 5:50pm
Weather: Dark, -4.4°C
Now playing: U2 - Indian Summer Sky
1st Jan 2005
ANOTHER YEAR HAS GONE BY
Hmm, 12 months went pretty quickly, if I could say. Year 2004 was good, very good. :)
Year 2004 in figures:
1 interview was given to Seura magazine
1 Christina Aguilera was missed in London
2 airplane flights were made
3rd Potter movie was released
3 songs were perfomed in a wedding
3 bamboo sticks were bought
3 bamboo sticks got killed
4 months were served the country
5 celebrities were met
5th Finnish Potter book was released
9 months were spent trying to find a civilian serive place
21st birthday was celebrated
56 DVDs were added to collection
60 times had gone to movies
69 CDs were added to collection
And what to expect from year 2005?
2101 - NRJ Radio Awards
1003 - Anastacia in Helsinki
1607 - "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"!
2109 - I'm free!
0011 - London!
0011 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2412 - Christmas :D
Time: 1:22pm
Weather: Clear & sunny, -2.2°C
Now playing: Shania Twain - You Win My Love
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