Still got 10 weeks ahead before its Midsummer Eve, 6 weeks till the university comes to an end and a few days to Vappu. Ou yeah, and 2500 words till I’ve written MY LAST essay/paper/assignment for uni. I’ve been very busy “sorta” for the past 2months, as during that time I had to write my dissertation. Ultimately I wrote about 12 000 words of bullshit about The Development of Film/Movie-Induced tourism in New Zealand and Scotland, and in the end, I spent more time design the crappy front page than the whole text. . prolly because you once in a while wanted to have a time off and concentrate on something else than that. In whole my dissertation was a good topic and an interesting one, but in some extent it lost its initial attractiveness when my investigations concluded. These results weren’t as negative as I was hoping them to be, and for that reason the conclusion and the analysis parts might have been a bit too loose and unprofessionally written. At least I got a very good mark on my literature review so.. Thumbs up.
Then after I had returned my diss, which was on the 19th of March, I almost immediately headed back to Finland for my EASTERvacation, which was intended to be a surprise visit for my sis and for her son. Both of them were definitely very surprised when I showed my face. . They were coming or going to my mom’s for Easter and I just, INTENTIONALLY of course, showed up at a gas station. Legendary!!..
Ou yeah, need to say before I forget... Missing you Casper, it’s been over 4 years since you past away (19th of March, 2006) and I still can hear you... so candles have been lit so that you’ll find your way back to me.
Back to the Easter vacation, yeah my surprise was effective and good. And in whole, the trip was a successful journey as I had a blast with Oliver and my sis, while playing numerous boardgames and etc. Also saw some friends that I should have already seen earlier, and whom are moving away to a foreign country. . so farewell to them and a safe journey. . aa . . .
So the vacation ended a week ago, and now I’m back in good old Lincoln, stressing my last assignment. Ou yeah, and of course about the final exams, 3 to be exact.!! good luck ! Also I returned my KIT, meaning my shoulder pads, lowers, and everything relating to American football. My time with Colonials came to an end as the season is now over and my years at the university are almost gone. It was a blast to play with those guys and I definitely made some awesome friends. . also thanks for the souvenir helmet! :D
so, I’ll put some pictures up so that ANYONE who’s reading, might enjoy them . . so here they are!

[20100321 - lincoln partly b&w]

[20100328 lincoln castle and cathedral]

[20100406 helsinki]

[20100407 lohja]

First of March and they month seems already horrible. Yeah, this month I need to return my dissertation which at the moment is half way, I’ve got 5345 words out of 10 000. So a bit more bullshit and a lot less of doing nothing… BTW, I just read from the papers that PS3 consoles, especially the old ones have been breaking down for the past 2 days. This has been the end result of the leap year being now and the PS3 going berserk for not having a valid date with the server and the console. So, they are now recommending not turning on your consoles so that it won’t break or have corrupted data in it. This has to be the only good thing about not having one here in England. Yeeeey

So, tomorrow I’ll have presentation and a normal FULL day at Uni. I’ve got like classes from 10am till 6pm and then I come home and I pack my stuff, and head for practice that then starts at half7 .. bisi bisi bisi … but, then I’ve got Wednesday and Thursday off from everything, nothing , NADA!! To doo.. just hang and try to resolve my dissertation words..

Change of subject.. The Finnish National Hockey teams, both the women and the men, got bronze medals at the Olympics. Damn we are good. For that reason, or actually for the reason that the Olympics were held, I DID NOT GET a lot of sleep.. I had to always watch every hockey game and almost every event that had Finns competing. In total, we performed miserably, and only got like half of the medals we were “hoping” to get.. and NO GOLD medals.. Anyhow.. good games and good national spirt

Change of subject again.. Pictures from Lincoln is now here.. enjoy the awesomeness of having a game on Sunday, and waking up at 7am to go there, but eventually getting it cancelled because of snow!! Yeahs, there is snow in freaking England.!!

[ 20100216 ]

[ 20100221 morning snow and cancelled games]

in the end I have to say sorry about this very mixing text.. i havent got the effort on writing proper or even correct english.. so...

AA, when I look out of the window, I can only see white, and snow, and COLD. Yeah, back in good-old Finland, enjoying the cold breeze (-10c to -23c), and the great and awsome white christmas. So, only 2 days till chrismas, and its already white as white can be, usually before christmas its almost greyish, as its "warmed" and when the snow comes down, it almost melts. The winter, and the cold breezes have, for the past 5 years, moved more and more away from christmas. But not this year. I ACTUALLY had a cold and white welcome when I came back to Finland, last thursday (17th, dec) and I have to say "YEAAH!!". Side note, england had its snow on the next day (18th) and almost every train, plane and facility was closed or delayed because of it. And I heard that if I would've traveled a day later, I would've been late atleast 6-8hours. :)) Planes didnt go up, because of 5cm of snow on the ground. :) hehe.. geesh

So christmas ahead, and leisure time.!NOT, I still need to write before the 12th, an essay for my Tourism in the City course (only 3000-4000words). hmm. when Will i FIND the motivation for that.. ..anyhow, pictures are up, a few from lincoln and then a few from Finland. and of course of Buusteri :) our awsome dog!

btw, I saw Christmas Carol (with Jim Carrey) in 3D last week and it was magnificent, brilliant.. almost touchable! :)) 3d..wheezzz and the action jackson flick Law Abiding Citizen

pics

[2009 . 12 . 12] shots from lincoln..

[2009 . 12 . 18] then the first snow of the christmas, in Finland :)

[2009 . 12 . 20] continue

[2009 . 12 . 20] Buusteri .. :)) all grown up