EXCLAMATION POINT

I finally started my journalism course a week ago and I'm so excited I can't even begin to tell you. I've only just gotten my second assignment and here's what it is: write an article (subject was selected in the first assignment), ideally within the next two weeks, and then you are going to try and sell it. SELL IT! OMG! I'm sooooo freaked out and at the same time so incredibly excited!!! I know there's a good chance no magazine will buy my first article, but I won't let that bring me down. Eventually it will happen ;)

Part of me becoming a journalist is making reading my second nature. Check. I just have to make sure I read something worth while. I've been thinking of subscribing Life- magazine since it's so hard to find from the stores here... Instead of Life I found these:

Trust me, they have a lot worth while reading there ;)

xoxo
a very happy girl

Well planned = half done

My friends and I were talking about what we should do with our lives -what we would like to do and what we should do. One of them said she wouldn't want to move anywhere now that she's got a perfect apartment she loves and after purchasing new furniture she sure ain't moving anytime soon. I said that I could sell everything I own right this second and go see the world. Well, I might be too much of a coward to do that, but you get the idea.

I've moved three times in my life and not once have I settled in at my apartment. There are always paintings leaning against the wall, waiting for me to hang them up. Never gonna happen... My balcony's full of stuff I can't place anywhere (my current apt is kinda small..). I always have my eyes open for upcoming opportunities, I'm always waiting for the first chance to pack up again and leave. I've come to the conclusion that maybe it's a good thing I'm still single and unattached. I have the choice to decide what I want to do, and if you've been reading this blog you don't need many guesses to know what it is that I want to do with my life.

I have plans, I tell you that much. If it wasn't for school and work I would set them to action right now, but all in good time. My plans still have a billion chances to change.

There's ALWAYS room for chocolate

Right now I'm starting to feel very occupied. Not yet, though. I have about three weeks before I have to kick in the full speed and work like a maniac for the rest of the year, and here's why:

1. My boss decided to promote me and I'm currently being trained to be a shift manager (when in need), and as one of our permanent shift managers takes her two-week vacation soon I will be working more in addition to going to school.

2. My Journalism course begins this month! YES! This is something I'm very excited about and what will probably be one of my first priorities. So then it's journalism, work, school.

3. I'm now studying my final year and I have to write this report-kind-of thing (at least 5-7 pages + introduction, possible pictures etc.) We were allowed to pick the subject and mine is -of course- chocolate, and its use in baking. This gives me a chance to do a lot of baking outside of school and test for different kinds of recipes which is fun, but there's also the report-part which -as much as I love to write- isn't so much...

I will probably post pictures of my grand chocolate creations (haha) later this year, stay tuned ppl!

So yes, my plate getting pretty full and I already dread the lack of time I'm sure to experience at some point. I know I will get things done but until I do I'm not the most companionable person to have around.

But I still have some time to relax before the madness begins ;) Trust me, I'm going to enjoy it.

Something to think about

When I come across something that moved me, touched me, inspired me and changed me, I can't shut up about it. That's why I'm now telling you about a book called The Help. It's about a young college-graduate living in Jackson, Mississippi, who decides to write a book from the point of view of the help. The book is set in the 1960's when such a topic was dangerous to bring up. The book is so wonderfully written in the point of view of the main character, Skeeter, and two African-American maids, Aibileen and Minny. It made me laugh and it made me cry. Most of all it made me so happy things have changed since then.

So if you want a new addition into your book shelf, go buy The Help. Or go get it from the nearest library. Just read it. After you're done let me know so I'll have someone to gush about it with!

fire

This is the best time of the year hands down. The trees still have leaves and they're multiple colored, the air is brisk and perfect. And when the sun is still just above the trees it looks like everything is on fire. I cherish these moments especially this year when it's been raining 6,5 days a week. Who wrecked my fall?!

A picture I took about a month ago while driving home (I know -don't use your cell and drive) So pretty! And then it rained.

Fall has always inspired me. I like it when it gets darker earlier and I can just curl up on the couch and read -and most importantly write. This fall has been a little different... I'm going around town from one store to another buying note books and pens, I'm keeping Microsoft Word open on my computer all the time and considering buying a new laptop no later than next year and I can't wait for my journalism course to start next month. In other words, I'm doing everything but writing. I'm running out of fresh ideas! I'm going over all the old ones in my head and my recent writing includes random scenes from whole stories I've been planning over the last few years. There's absolutely no harm in going through something you haven't worked on for a while, but I feel like I'm making all this room in my head for new ideas and they're just not coming... BLAAAAAAHHHHH!!!

So again: who wrecked my fall? The answer: I did. With too much expectations. My advice for myself: embrace the change and take the best of it. Yay. Easier said than done. But I'm working on it.

xoxo

...for reals?!

Something happened yesterday that I can't help but share... I already did -on Facebook- and in Finnish and this is for my English -speaking audience. Enjoy.

I got off from work at 10.30pm and drove all the way home, which is about 10 miles. When I parked my car I realized I had left my purse at work, and it held my wallet and the keys to my apartment, all I had was my phone. Great. There was no way to get them back anymore that night, I knew I would have to wait until the next morning. So I decided to go to my mom's and spend the night there. I drove for a few miles until it occurred to me that the two plastic bags containing my work shoes and uniform weren't in the car anymore. I had taken them out and placed them on the roof of my car while I was trying to decide what to do after figuring out about the purse. And I had just taken off... with the bags on the roof. So now they were probably lying somewhere on the road where anyone could just take them. Time for a quick U-turn. I made it as far as half a mile from my apartment when I ran out of gas. I'm so not joking. Luckily there was a bus stop (there's the silver lining...) so I could pull up there. And that was the final straw. I called my mom and started crying and asked her to pick me up. She of course said she'll be on her way and when we ended the call I got out of the car and started pacing toward my apt. I found the plastic bags in the middle of the road in front of the building I live in. All my stuff was safe. Then my mom picked me up and we went to get gas for my car. I went to sleep at midnight. Everything ended well.

But seriously, how much can go wrong in less than two hours?!! Forgetting my purse, driving off with the bags on the roof, running out of gas... come on! Please please PLEASE share your alike experiences with me so that I would know I'm not the only hopeless case in the Universe.

xoxo

SLAM!

This is something I picked up from a friend's blog... I love these quiz-kinda things! I know I'm lame, but so what?! :) Feel free to copy and paste and add your own answers. 

How big is your bed? big enough for me :) queen maybe. 

What are you listening to right now? I'm watching Sleepless in Seattle. Can you believe that I've never seen the movie before?! Shame on me!

What was the last thing you ate? Chocolate :P

Last person you hugged? My mom :)

How is the weather right now? rainy and cool. I love the fall<3

Who was the last person you talked to on the phone? one of my girls :) Emmy!

What is the first thing you notice in the opposite sex? eyes

Favourite type of food? maybe Chinese..

Do you want children? Yes :) I love kids!

Do you drink? Rarely

Ever get so drunk you don’t remember the entire night? Well, I do remember bits and pieces of that night. But trust me that ain't happening again! 

Hair colour? Blonde (at the moment)

Eye colour? Green w/ brown spots

Do you wear contacts/glasses? I have reading glasses that I never remember to wear

Favorite holiday? -

Favorite season? FALL! <33 It's not too cold, not too warm, the trees look beautiful (especially in Finland where we have a lot of forests!!) even the rain won't ruing the spirit. It gets dark sooner and I can light candles and curl up on the couch to read a book. Love it! 

Have you ever cried over a girl/boy? Oh boy.. Yes and no. This is a complicated thing that needs to be told and heard face to face :D 

Last movie you watched? Sleepless in Seattle! Just ended

What books are you reading? The Lovely Bones, One Summer

Piercings? Three on both ears

Favorite movie? What you have to know is that I love movies... so here: Sleepless in Seattle (ha! ;D), Notting Hill, Little Miss Sunshine, Forrest Gump, Love Actually, The Blind Side, Office Space, Inception, Atonement, Thelma & Louise, The Green Mile, The New World, The Holiday, White Oleander, Bridges of Madison County, It's Complicated, Sex and the City 1 & 2, Unbreakable, Signs, The Illusionist, Babel, In Her Shoes, The Secret Life of Bees, Match Point, The Day After Tomorrow, Wonder Boys... just to name a few :DD 

Favorite college football team? So American... I don't know any :(

What were you doing before filling this out? Watching movies! And I went shopping today omg.. shouldn't have done that :D

Any pets? I have a cat named Haywire and he lives with my mom.. I've also had four gerbils in the past and two mice. And another cat. 

Dogs or cats? cats

Favorite flower? Lily

Have you ever loved someone? Yes

Who would you like to see right now? A lot of people

Have you ever fired a gun? Yep.. on a range!!  

Do you like to travel by plane? I love the feeling of going somewhere and I do like flying :) 

Right-handed or Left-handed? Right. 

If you could go to any place right now where would you go? Virginia

Are you missing someone? Always

Do you have a tattoo? Not yet at least... probably I'll never get one but never say never lol.. 

Do you still watch cartoons on Saturday mornings? I don't have time for that! I'm such a busy lady. I'd love to though.. there's Pokemon, Sponge Bob etc.. 

Are you hiding something from someone? Well I'm not telling EVERYTHING about myself to EVERYONE :)

What do you do before you go to bed? Pray