March 8th, 2009 - A day in my life.
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cerealjoeThis is a longer entry tha the one posted in the ADIML community, it contains 88 pictures total.
During week days I usually wake up at 5:30am but on week-ends, I don't mind sleeping in "late", mainly because I usually have social stuff to attend till late at night time. Yes, I am a PhD student and no, I don't have to wake up that early for my job, I just like it.
Yes, I am awake. It appears that I cannot smile in most photos for some reason.
A peak through the curtains shows that there might be sunshine! Yes! I'm so tired of the perpetual gray!
Trip to the bathroom to get the day started. Yes, I still cannot capture a smile on camera.
Brushing teeth just because I can.
Put lenses on because it's annoying to go running with glasses.
All ready!
Time for some tea. One of my housemates used my tea making thing (that can hold up to 1 liter of tea) to make coffee the night before. I am not amused, I hate having my tea smell of coffee...
Housemates still sleeping. They both kinda got drunk the previous night at a CS party. I only joined them late because of another party I had to attend and these days alcohol does not amuse me anymore.
We also have a friend sleeping over. Oh yeah, no pix of housemates or other people besides me for privacy stuff.
Let's see. My room is a mess. Clean up or go for a run?
Messy to the point where the closet does not close anymore.
First things first. Time for some early morning IRCing. Yes, I am an IRC addict. Also time check with the bottom logs, around 7:20am.
Temperature check. Close to -6C, not too cold then but could be warmer, I should wait a tad more before going outside.
Bedsheets off and into the washing machine.
After a bit internets, time to head for a run. Put on proper clothes (thermal long sleeved shirt not pictures).
Hate and warm things and it's time to go.
A check of the snow outside the front door tells me it's bloody cold. After a Finnish winter I've mastered the art of knowing temperatures based on the sound that snow makes.
The cars are also nicely frozen.
Right. My running path is covered with ice so once again it's going to be running/walking rather than just running.
Some parts are nicely cleared and I could along the 39 pathway because for some reason there is never ice on there but it's closer to cars.
More ice! Gah. Running/walking on snow is almost like running on sand but running on ice is completely different. I'm developping strange muslces. I could have taken loads of pictures while running but didn't want to get my pace any slower than it already was due to the ice.
I decide to run close to Vermo and eventually end up, after following skiing paths for an hour, at a disc golf course. I think we once played disc golf here, it's just a 9-hole practice course.
I could have gone home in some other way but I wanted to run past this bird statue once again because I love how you have random bird statues in strange places.
This little river was nicely frozen but since we had some temperatures very close to 0C lately, I didn't dare to go on the ice in the bay even though I ran all the way around the bay.
City bunnies!
Finally figure out where I am once I get to a main road. That's one problem with my running schemes, I can easily get lost!
A great fact about Finland is that any field will be turned into an ice rink and most city-owned "fields/ice rinks" will even be cleared out with special equipment! When I ran past this one in the morning, it was covered with snow, the second time around there were just tracks of the cleaning-machine.
The local "Big Dig". I used to live in Boston during the middle of the Big Dig era and this is quite comparable, it's just taking forever and ever and ever!
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Right. Made it home. Still can't take a picture of a smile.
It's been about 1h30min since I left the house in the first place and the housemates are still sleeping!
Had to tweet a bit and then went off to do some callanetics.
Eventually everyone woke up and I retreated to the interwebs. I'm not very social these days and I don't really care about who snogged who while being drunk.
Forgot to take pictures of my shower, so here is me after my shower.
I have to put a good layer of cream on my hands otherwise they just crack like hell and even start bleeding sometimes.
I still have some Christmas cards on my door...
I have lots of cards that have been sent to me to put up but here are those that are already up.
Time for some proper food, some eggs!
More IRCing. I'm totally not addicted. No.
Christmas cards off (except for two) and new pictures up.
The washing is done and someone took it out of the washing machine and put their stuff in. Will have to put the rest of my laundry in later.
Right. Candy. I bought a pack the night before and well, it's only a 150g pack... so I kind of ate all of the candy. But there were only 12 of them so it's not that bad and I only buy it once every six months, I can do that. At least now I'll be full for a couple of hours.
Time to upload my running stuff. The Nike+ site was not being very nice.
More IRCing and mail checking. Also works as a time stamp.
Got rid of old things and tore out some stamps. Now I have to find someone to give them to, I might already have two candidates.
While cleaning my office desk I found a snack that I bought in China, I ate it because it was lonely and in my stomach it wasn't going to be lonely anymore.
Time to take care of some official papers. I hate sorting that stuff out and usually just stack everything in this notebook...
The office desk is clean.
And the floor in my room is full of stuff.
The shelves need sorting out too.
Time to put some laundry in. I use washing nuts and lavander essential oil, don't know why my housemates still prefer to put in tons of detergent in their loads.
Turn everything on.
I've lived in this flat for almost 6 months now and I've lived in Finland for a year... that's a long time for me. I still can't lose my "night-stand made out of IKEA boxes that can easily fit inside car" habit. I clear them out a bit.
The computer is moved over the office.
Everything is put in the common area.
The bed is taking up lots of room... so perhaps turning it will make the room look bigger.
First, time to hoover though. I have hoovering. I despise it way too much.
The bed put at a 90 degree angle really goes make the room look bigger. I'm really glad that worked out.<
Afer the hoovering, the floor cleaning. Another thing I hate.
As I've started on everything, might as well hoover the common area.
The washing is done and can be put to dry.
Three people sharing one flat and all working during the weeks... well, that means that the laundry is done during the week-end and our place looks like a Chinese laundry.
I dig out my new Iggy Pop hoodie bought for 2e at H&M because it's almost time to go outside (the flamingo is from my un-birthday party, we liked it so much that we've kept it ever since)
I put on my super funky nokia boots and head out to take the trash out. In my shorts. Yes, I am hard-core. The worst I've ever done was just t-shirt, flip-flops and shorts when it was around -12C, that freezing! Worst than winter swimming.
Hello trash cans! So many of you here. Bio waste, regular waste, paper waste, cardboard waste, etc.
I think that my stuff has aerated enough and it's time to bring it back in.
Time check.
I create a FaceBook account for my toy-cow, it's an inside joke with my sis.
I have some nice hot instant broth, I love that stuff!
I also have nice slippers I got for my birthday.
Oh, look FF cookies! I don't use FF but it's still nifty.
Hungry, hungry hippo. Time for some chicken. I really like the sauce stuff I put on the skin, I love baked chicken skin and this sauce makes it beyond yummy.
Then I have a lie-down while I boil some water.
One of my tea cups, found at the recycling center.
Death-of-rats likes the cup. He was part of my Halloween costume, I was Susan Death at one of the parties.
I bring the computer back into my room and get lazy on the bed.
Something that could be called dinner or also known as "really fast and easy protein intake" (2 hard boiled eggs + can of tuna fish). If I could live on that, I would.
It's no longer sunny out there and I have to review a paper. I do not feel like doing that at all but I must. For some reason I always take work with me home and I feel guilty if I don't do it.
QI XL time because Stephen Fry is awesome.
Mythbusters time (I much prefer Brainiac but I've already seen all the episodes so now I'm catching up with Mythbusters) while browsing Tastespotting. It may not look like it in this entry but I am a huge fan of cooking post of the time. I looooove food and that site provides some inspiration.
I decide it's time for cocoa but spill most of it. I also don't have any milk left but I don't mind just having cocoa powder + hot water, it really tastes pure to me.
And some more chicken before sleep time because... because chicken is awesome!
I didn't feel like eating the greasy bits, they make a much better breakfast.
Pre-bedtime shower. At one point I thought of heating up the sauna for around 7pm but couldn't be bothered. I'm not so much of a sauna person unless I'm sick... then I can have one every day! The door behind the shower curtain leads to our sauna, yes, we're lucky people.
Teeth brushing time.
Still look like me.
It's still a bit early but I do wake up at 5:30am after all.
Put an audiobook to listen to and time to say bye-bye.
During week days I usually wake up at 5:30am but on week-ends, I don't mind sleeping in "late", mainly because I usually have social stuff to attend till late at night time. Yes, I am a PhD student and no, I don't have to wake up that early for my job, I just like it.
Yes, I am awake. It appears that I cannot smile in most photos for some reason.
A peak through the curtains shows that there might be sunshine! Yes! I'm so tired of the perpetual gray!
Trip to the bathroom to get the day started. Yes, I still cannot capture a smile on camera.
Brushing teeth just because I can.
Put lenses on because it's annoying to go running with glasses.
All ready!
Time for some tea. One of my housemates used my tea making thing (that can hold up to 1 liter of tea) to make coffee the night before. I am not amused, I hate having my tea smell of coffee...
Housemates still sleeping. They both kinda got drunk the previous night at a CS party. I only joined them late because of another party I had to attend and these days alcohol does not amuse me anymore.
We also have a friend sleeping over. Oh yeah, no pix of housemates or other people besides me for privacy stuff.
Let's see. My room is a mess. Clean up or go for a run?
Messy to the point where the closet does not close anymore.
First things first. Time for some early morning IRCing. Yes, I am an IRC addict. Also time check with the bottom logs, around 7:20am.
Temperature check. Close to -6C, not too cold then but could be warmer, I should wait a tad more before going outside.
Bedsheets off and into the washing machine.
After a bit internets, time to head for a run. Put on proper clothes (thermal long sleeved shirt not pictures).
Hate and warm things and it's time to go.
A check of the snow outside the front door tells me it's bloody cold. After a Finnish winter I've mastered the art of knowing temperatures based on the sound that snow makes.
The cars are also nicely frozen.
Right. My running path is covered with ice so once again it's going to be running/walking rather than just running.
Some parts are nicely cleared and I could along the 39 pathway because for some reason there is never ice on there but it's closer to cars.
More ice! Gah. Running/walking on snow is almost like running on sand but running on ice is completely different. I'm developping strange muslces. I could have taken loads of pictures while running but didn't want to get my pace any slower than it already was due to the ice.
I decide to run close to Vermo and eventually end up, after following skiing paths for an hour, at a disc golf course. I think we once played disc golf here, it's just a 9-hole practice course.
I could have gone home in some other way but I wanted to run past this bird statue once again because I love how you have random bird statues in strange places.
This little river was nicely frozen but since we had some temperatures very close to 0C lately, I didn't dare to go on the ice in the bay even though I ran all the way around the bay.
City bunnies!
Finally figure out where I am once I get to a main road. That's one problem with my running schemes, I can easily get lost!
A great fact about Finland is that any field will be turned into an ice rink and most city-owned "fields/ice rinks" will even be cleared out with special equipment! When I ran past this one in the morning, it was covered with snow, the second time around there were just tracks of the cleaning-machine.
The local "Big Dig". I used to live in Boston during the middle of the Big Dig era and this is quite comparable, it's just taking forever and ever and ever!
<Right. Made it home. Still can't take a picture of a smile.
It's been about 1h30min since I left the house in the first place and the housemates are still sleeping!
Had to tweet a bit and then went off to do some callanetics.
Eventually everyone woke up and I retreated to the interwebs. I'm not very social these days and I don't really care about who snogged who while being drunk.
Forgot to take pictures of my shower, so here is me after my shower.
I have to put a good layer of cream on my hands otherwise they just crack like hell and even start bleeding sometimes.
I still have some Christmas cards on my door...
I have lots of cards that have been sent to me to put up but here are those that are already up.
Time for some proper food, some eggs!
More IRCing. I'm totally not addicted. No.
Christmas cards off (except for two) and new pictures up.
The washing is done and someone took it out of the washing machine and put their stuff in. Will have to put the rest of my laundry in later.
Right. Candy. I bought a pack the night before and well, it's only a 150g pack... so I kind of ate all of the candy. But there were only 12 of them so it's not that bad and I only buy it once every six months, I can do that. At least now I'll be full for a couple of hours.
Time to upload my running stuff. The Nike+ site was not being very nice.
More IRCing and mail checking. Also works as a time stamp.
Got rid of old things and tore out some stamps. Now I have to find someone to give them to, I might already have two candidates.
While cleaning my office desk I found a snack that I bought in China, I ate it because it was lonely and in my stomach it wasn't going to be lonely anymore.
Time to take care of some official papers. I hate sorting that stuff out and usually just stack everything in this notebook...
The office desk is clean.
And the floor in my room is full of stuff.
The shelves need sorting out too.
Time to put some laundry in. I use washing nuts and lavander essential oil, don't know why my housemates still prefer to put in tons of detergent in their loads.
Turn everything on.
I've lived in this flat for almost 6 months now and I've lived in Finland for a year... that's a long time for me. I still can't lose my "night-stand made out of IKEA boxes that can easily fit inside car" habit. I clear them out a bit.
The computer is moved over the office.
Everything is put in the common area.
The bed is taking up lots of room... so perhaps turning it will make the room look bigger.
First, time to hoover though. I have hoovering. I despise it way too much.
The bed put at a 90 degree angle really goes make the room look bigger. I'm really glad that worked out.<
Afer the hoovering, the floor cleaning. Another thing I hate.
As I've started on everything, might as well hoover the common area.
The washing is done and can be put to dry.
Three people sharing one flat and all working during the weeks... well, that means that the laundry is done during the week-end and our place looks like a Chinese laundry.
I dig out my new Iggy Pop hoodie bought for 2e at H&M because it's almost time to go outside (the flamingo is from my un-birthday party, we liked it so much that we've kept it ever since)
I put on my super funky nokia boots and head out to take the trash out. In my shorts. Yes, I am hard-core. The worst I've ever done was just t-shirt, flip-flops and shorts when it was around -12C, that freezing! Worst than winter swimming.
Hello trash cans! So many of you here. Bio waste, regular waste, paper waste, cardboard waste, etc.
I think that my stuff has aerated enough and it's time to bring it back in.
Time check.
I create a FaceBook account for my toy-cow, it's an inside joke with my sis.
I have some nice hot instant broth, I love that stuff!
I also have nice slippers I got for my birthday.
Oh, look FF cookies! I don't use FF but it's still nifty.
Hungry, hungry hippo. Time for some chicken. I really like the sauce stuff I put on the skin, I love baked chicken skin and this sauce makes it beyond yummy.
Then I have a lie-down while I boil some water.
One of my tea cups, found at the recycling center.
Death-of-rats likes the cup. He was part of my Halloween costume, I was Susan Death at one of the parties.
I bring the computer back into my room and get lazy on the bed.
Something that could be called dinner or also known as "really fast and easy protein intake" (2 hard boiled eggs + can of tuna fish). If I could live on that, I would.
It's no longer sunny out there and I have to review a paper. I do not feel like doing that at all but I must. For some reason I always take work with me home and I feel guilty if I don't do it.
QI XL time because Stephen Fry is awesome.
Mythbusters time (I much prefer Brainiac but I've already seen all the episodes so now I'm catching up with Mythbusters) while browsing Tastespotting. It may not look like it in this entry but I am a huge fan of cooking post of the time. I looooove food and that site provides some inspiration.
I decide it's time for cocoa but spill most of it. I also don't have any milk left but I don't mind just having cocoa powder + hot water, it really tastes pure to me.
And some more chicken before sleep time because... because chicken is awesome!
I didn't feel like eating the greasy bits, they make a much better breakfast.
Pre-bedtime shower. At one point I thought of heating up the sauna for around 7pm but couldn't be bothered. I'm not so much of a sauna person unless I'm sick... then I can have one every day! The door behind the shower curtain leads to our sauna, yes, we're lucky people.
Teeth brushing time.
Still look like me.
It's still a bit early but I do wake up at 5:30am after all.
Put an audiobook to listen to and time to say bye-bye.
