Hell is other people at breakfast
Somebody wrote an article about my personality. I can't get over how accurate that article is.

Do you know someone who needs hours alone every day? Yes, me.
Who loves quiet conversations about feelings or ideas, Me again.
and can give a dynamite presentation to a big audience, Ok, not sure about this one. No such experience so far.
but seems awkward in groups and maladroit at small talk? Here, here.
Who has to be dragged to parties and then needs the rest of the day to recuperate? Even the next day if the party was bad enough.
Who growls or scowls or grunts or winces when accosted with pleasantries by people who are just trying to be nice? Me, me, me.

I am not the nicest person in the world. I have enough faults and I don't get along with everybody. But I really hate it when I am being judged arrogant and rude, when I am simply sitting quietly and listening to everybody else speaking non-stop. If people actually stopped for a moment, allowed for a nice silent pause, then I would say something.

However, I am no genius. There are no secrets to life, the universe and everything locked inside my silent mind. People do not need to stop whatever they were doing, begin to stare at me in wonder "She speaks!" whenever I open my mouth. Usually I end up uttering something stupid, unaware before hand that I was expected only to spout words of wisdom and then I'll feel even more self-conscious about speaking again.

a man can still sometimes get away with being what they used to call a strong and silent type; introverted women, lacking that alternative, are even more likely than men to be perceived as timid, withdrawn, haughty Welcome to my world.

Second, when you see an introvert lost in thought, don't say "What's the matter?" or "Are you all right?" Couldn't. Agree. More. Oh, man. That's happened to me far more times than I'd care to count and makes me see red every single time. Yeah, I know it's nice when people are concerned and perhaps there really is something wrong sometimes. I can sort of understand when strangers ask me those questions, but some people should just know me better by now.

I've known of the terms extrovert and introvert for years, also known that I am an introvert, but this is the best description for one that I have ever read. For once, it gives me hope that perhaps I really am not as strange as I am often thought of to be. As clichey as it is, it's great to "meet" another introvert who fits my description of self so precisely and makes me feel less alone.
Posted 14:15

My Europe
I only counted countries that I have really been to. For example, I've taken a train through Belgium, but I didn't think that counted. Back in the day, I got to visit a country called Yugoslavia, which does not quite exist anymore. So it's represented by the Bosnia Herzogovina on the map. As you can see, I am not too interested in eastern Europe. I'd love to go to Iceland one day though.


create your personalized map of europe
or write about it on the open travel guide
Posted 09:09

Oh.My.God
Earthsea is coming out as a mini-series! *blinkblink* Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, Robin Hobb's trilogies and Ursula LeGuin's books... no mere words could describe those. Amazing. The. Best. Ever. This is incredible.

However, I do think the series will suck. I just cannot imagine a relatively small tv network being able to produce a mini-series worthy of the books. I can already picture it in my head and it's not pretty. Hope they surprise me.

I am just really most amazed of the fact that somebody else has recognized the greatness of all of these books and they are becoming more "mainstream". For most of my life, a lot of people had never even heard of Lord of the Rings before. A lot of people are still clueless as to what it's really about, but at least they've heard of it now. One of these days I might no longer be such a geek for liking sci-fi & fantasy.
Posted 23:35

Not so deep stuff
That huge picture of Brad Pitt dominating the page is quite scary.

I have been really busy. So much to do in such a short time. Between work and sleeping all the time (because I am sleepy all the time), there isn't much time left to do other things.

The last movie that I saw was Lost in translation. I liked it a lot. No movie could have lived up to all the hype though. I liked how realistic it was. I don't mean in depicting japanese people (I don't have experience with Japan to say one way or another), but in showing the general awkwardness of being in a strange place and meeting new people. I recognized a lot of the trivial pleasantries, looks and awkward silences.

I wish Bill Murray had won an Oscar. Would be nice if a commonly perceived comedic actor won that statue one day, instead of somebody portraying the usual angsty or handicapped person. I am SO glad for Lord of the Rings though! Woohoo! I don't think Return of the King in itself was such an amazing movie that it alone deserved 11 Oscars (don't get me wrong, it was still an awesome movie), but I think the Academy finally decided to award the whole project. Put together, all three movies and the work that went into them, certainly deserve every Oscar that they can get. I am really happy for Peter Jackson!

I have found another television series addiction besides Stargate SG-1. Farscape! Due to finnish television always showing everything a few years late, I am only getting into the series now. Saw a few episodes on tv, got blown away and ordered the first two seasons on dvd. While in England I saw the last ever episode, so I know how terribly it all ends. Terribly! But lo and behold, they have actually done a new mini-series that picks up where the final episode left off. Yay!

They're also showing Firefly now. Things are good.

We still have lots and lots of snow left. Due to the warmer weather it has all turned into black, dirty slush. It is incredibly ugly outside. I count the days till summer.
Posted 20:01

Marriage continued
This is starting to get weird. Dreaming about him wasn't enough, now I have to marry him too? I'm in demand these days.


You are going to marry Brad Pitt. He is always
friendly to anybody he ever meets and he is
very talented as an actor. He is also very
sincere and friendly. He will respect you until
the day he dies. Congrats!!


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Posted 16:23