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REVISITED

So I did this a while back. Just out of curiosity, how much has changed during this one year, I'll do it again.

Name: Paula
Birthday: 1st of December

1. Latest drink? - Beer
2. Latest phone call? - Mom
3. Latest SMS? - Satu
4. Latest song you listened to? - Avenged Sevenfold
5. When was the last time you cried? - Can't remember

Have you ever
6. Dated the same person twice? - No
7. Been cheated on? - Not that I know of
8. Kissed someone and regretted doing it afterwards? - Maybe
9. Lost something important? - Of course
10. Been depressed? - Yea
11. Been so drunk you threw up? - Yup

Three favorite colors:
12. Black
13. White
14. Red

This year, have you
15. Made a new friend? - Yes
16. Lost an old one? - Probably
17. Laughed so hard you got tears in your eyes? - Yeah, last time was when I was reading the worst autocorrect fails bwaha
18. Met someone who chanced you? - Yes
19. Realized who your REAL friends are? - Yes
20. Discovered that someone is talking behind your back? - Yes and several times, fuck that shit
21. Kissed anyone who is the same sex as you? - On the cheek

General information:
22. How many of your Facebook friends knows you in real life? - Most
23. Skipping this one. - Okay
24. Do you have any pets? - No
25. Would you like your name to be something different? - Nikki/Niki, still
26. What did you do on your last birthday? - A double shift.. Yay..
27. At what time did you wake up today? - 2:45 p.m.
28. What did you do at midnight? - Watched tv
29. Name one thing you're looking forward to? - Tattoo time 29.4.!
30. When was the last time you saw your mom? - Last september
31. One thing you'd like to chance? - My paycheck
32. What are you hearing right now? - South Park
33. Have you ever talked to a person who's called Tommi? - Yes
34. What gets on your nerves right now? - I have to go to work tomorrow
35. The website you visit the most? - Facebook
36. Skipping this - Okay
37. Nicknames? - Palde
38. Favorite hobby? - Movies
39. Zodiac sign? - Sagittarius
40. Boy or a girl? - Which do I prefer? A man.
41. Elementary school? - In Tornio
42. Upper secondary school? - In Tornio
43. University? - Tampere university of applied sciences, almost over
44. Hair color? - Deep red
45. Tall or short? - Something in between
46. Height? - 169cm
47. Do you have a crush on somebody? - Very much so
48. What things do you like about yourself? - Personality, eyes, sense of humour, attitude !
49. Piercings? On my ears x11, eyebrow
50. Tattoos? - On my ankle, wrist, upper and lower back (right forearm in a month!)
51. Left or right handed? - Actually both! I write with my left hand but do everything else w/ the right one

First:
52. Surgery? - Haven't had any
53. Piercing? - Basic earrings
54. Best friend? - Can't remember, but I'd guess it was a boy
55. Hobby you had? - Drawing & reading
56. Holiday trip? - Somewhere in Finland w my family
57. asdfghjkl - Ok?
58. Shoes? - Some sneakers?

ATM:
59. Are you eating? - No
60. Are you drinking? - No
61. I'm about to...: Do nothing
62. A song? - No, just South Park
63. I look forward to.... - Completing my education n getting the heck out of there!!
64. Future: Has to be better
64. Kids? - Nooot yet
65. Getting married? - Planning to
66. Working? - At a coffee shop and marketing business

Which one?
67. Eyes or lips? - Eyes
68. Hugs or kisses? - Both
69. Taller or shorter? - Taller
70. Younger or older? - Older
71. Romantic or spontaneous? - Spontaneous
72. Nice abs or nice guns? - Guns!
73. Sensitive or loud? - Loud
74. One-night-stand or a relationship? - Relationship
75. Trouble maker or one who hesitates? - Trouble maker

Have you ever
76. Kissed a stranger? - Yes
77. Drank spirits? - Yeah
78. Let's skip this one. - Okay
79. Had sex on the first date? - Nope
80. Broken someones heart? - Maybe
81. Has someone ever broken your heart? - Yes
82. Skipping this one. - Okay
83. Turn someone down? - Yes
84. Cried when someone died? - Yes
85. Fallen in love with a friend? - Head over heels. Didn't end well that one.

Do you believe
86. In your self? - Yes, I'm one of the few people on earth I cant trust 100%

87. In miracles? - Yes
88. In love at first sight? - Yes, experienced that first-handed!
89. In heaven? - Dunno
90. In Santa Claus? - No..
91. In a kiss on first date? - What is there to believe in? I think it is plausible
92. In angels? - Ugh, kinda, dunno



Answer truthfully
93. Have you ever had multiple partners at the same time? - Maaybe, depends how do you define 'a partner'?
94. Did you sang today? - No
95. Skipping.. - Okay
96. If you could turn back time how far would you go? - One year
97. If you could undo one day of this year, what would it be? - Nothing comes to mind
98. Skipping. - Okay
99. Are these exactly 100 truths about you? - Of course not
100. Do you love yourself? - Yes

MACARENA.

I'M NOT A VAMPIRE

... but I sure do feel like one.

I feel like I'm currently living only during the nights. At daytime, I just drag around, dead tired, with a blank stare in my eyes. Haha well I guess I'm really not that bad but it sure does feel like it at times.

Today Hyvinkää and tomorrow Lahti. I should probably get to the train station. I want more coffee.

Yesterday all my clothes were dirty, so I bought new ones. :D Also found some bad-ass shades! Groovey I'd say.

ONE IS NEVER ENOUGH

Name: Paula
Birthday: 1st of December

1. Latest drink? - Beer
2. Latest phone call? - Mikko the drummer
3. Latest SMS? - Crista
4. Latest song you listened to? - Christina Perri: Arms
5. When was the last time you cried? - Today, out of exhaustion

Have you ever
6. Dated the same person twice? - No
7. Been cheated on? - Not that I know of
8. Kissed someone and regretted doing it afterwards? - Maybe
9. Lost something important? - Of course
10. Been depressed? - Yea
11. Been so drunk you threw up? - Yup

Three favorite colors:
12. Purple
13. Red
14. Black

This year, have you
15. Made a new friend? - Yes
16. Lost an old one? - Don't think so?
17. Laughed so hard you got tears in your eyes? - Yup
18. Met someone who chanced you? - Some ppl have influenced me deeply I could say
19. Realized who your REAL friends are? - To some extent
20. Discovered that someone is talking behind your back? - No
21. Kissed anyone who is the same sex as you? - On the cheek, like a lady!

General information:
22. How many of your Facebook friends knows you in real life? - Most
23. Skipping this one. - O-kaaay?
24. Do you have any pets? - Yes, a tigerr!
25. Would you like your name to be something different? - Nikki/Niki, please.
26. What did you do on your last birthday? - Had a wonderful meal w/ mates, then off to a bar.
27. At what time did you wake up today? - 8 a.m.
28. What did you do at midnight? - Probably toyed w photoshop or something
29. Name one thing you're looking forward to? - Really don't know.. Maybe Mötley Crüe 7.6.2012 @Helsinki
30. When was the last time you saw your mom? - At Christmas
31. One thing you'd like to chance? - The music I currently have to play, or mostly play
32. What are you hearing right now? - Danko Jones: Code of the road
33. Have you ever talked to a person who's called Tommi? - Yes
34. What gets on your nerves right now? - The amount of time I have to sit on a fuckin train tomorrow
35. The website you visit the most? - Facebook, mail, twitter
36. Skipping this - OK??
37. Nicknames? - Pate, Pablo, Pepsa, Paulsson, Paulander, Poola
38. Favorite hobby? - Movies
39. Zodiac sign? - Sagittarius
40. Boy or a girl? - Which do I prefer? A man.
41. Elementary school? - In Tornio
42. Upper secondary school? - In Tornio
43. University? - Tampere university of applied sciences
44. Hair color? - Dark brunette, almost black
45. Tall or short? - Something in between
46. Height? - 170cm
47. Do you have a crush on somebody? - Maybe
48. What things do you like about yourself? - Personality, legs, guts and strength
49. Piercings? On my ears
50. Tattoos? - On my ankle, wrist and lower back, more to come!

51. Left or right handed? - Actually both! I write with my left hand but do everything else w/ the right one

First:
52. Surgery? - Not yet
53. Piercing? - Basic earrings
54. Best friend? - Can't remember
55. Hobby you had? - Drawing & reading
56. Holiday trip? - Somewhere in Finland w my family
57. asdfghjkl - Ok?
58. Shoes? - ??

ATM:
59. Are you eating? - No
60. Are you drinking? - No
61. I'm about to...: hit the sack
62. A song? - Not right now
63. I look forward to.... - nothing
64. Future: is better
64. Kids? - Not right now
65. Getting married? - Hopefully someday
66. Working? - At Jack The Rooster

Which one?
67. Eyes or lips? - Eyes
68. Hugs or kisses? - Both
69. Taller or shorter? - Taller
70. Younger or older? - Older
71. Romantic or spontaneous? - Spontaneous
72. Nice abs or nice guns? - Guns!
73. Sensitive or loud? - Loud
74. One-night-stand or a relationship? - Relationship
75. Trouble maker or one who hesitates? - Trouble maker

Have you ever
76. Kissed a stranger? - ;)
77. Drank spirits? - Yeeaahh?
78. Let's skip this one. - Allrighty
79. Had sex on the first date? - Nope
80. Broken someones heart? - Maybe :(
81. Has someone ever broken your heart? - Yes
82. Skipping this one. - ...
83. Turn someone down? - Yes
84. Cried when someone died? - I have
85. Fallen in love with a friend? - Head over heels. Didn't end well that one.

Do you believe
86. In your self? - Yes, I'm one of the few people on earth I cant trust 100%

87. In miracles? - In small ones, yes
88. In love at first sight? - Yes
89. In heaven? - Would like to
90. In Santa Claus? - Wtf
91. In a kiss on first date? - What is there to believe in? I think it is plausible
92. In angels? - I believe in Castiel.



Answer truthfully
93. Have you ever had multiple partners at the same time? - Noes
94. Did you sang today? - No, didn't have the energy to be upbeat
95. Skipping.. - YEHH
96. If you could turn back time how far would you go? - I wouldn't
97. If you could undo one day of this year, what would it be? - I wouldn't
98. Skipping. - ...
99. Are these exactly 100 truths about you? - Of course not
100. Do you love yourself? - Yes

GOD SAVE ROCK 'N ROLL

‎"Ladies who love rock 'rollers- go to the trenches with your love for his art. Jump at his shows, carry his cases, let him have his space when he's writing, be faithful while he's away. Your patience can help create classics. Bless you ♥"

Yeah, there you have it, LADIES.

GUILTY

Been super busy with everything that's going on, school, work, gigs and social life (if there's anything left of it after these 4 months..) Tired. Have to go to work tomorrow, yay, but that's a night shift, so I get no sleep since on Friday-morning we have a visit to a hotel, some lecture there at 9 a.m. And I'm not a morning person. After school I head out to Kotka, where we have a gig. So second night, no sleep. Sunday, have to travel back to Tre, and work a night shift. After that is Monday and school again. SIGH¨

Found new shoes! The other ones that I bought recently broke down :( Crap.
Winter shoes for 2012. Too bad you cant see how high they are! They're awesome..


Now I have to check out some new songs we will be playing w/ Kristian Meurman this weekend. Gladly, there's also some songs I am not disgusted to play, like Danko Jones <3 But first, a nap.

COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS

I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you can appreciate them when they go right. You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so that better things can fall together.

REPENT REPENT THE END IS NIGH

I'm so pissed off right now. What is wrong with people?? Among the things I hate most is probably people, who don't even know you, and then they come up to you and start acting like they know everything about you. I'm Finnish, that means that if I don't smile all the time and jump around the walls with joy, that doesn't mean that there's something wrong with me. I have bumped into a couple of dudes living in the same building as me and every time they fuckin ask how I'm doing and I tell them I'm fine or things are looking up or that my life is fuckin absolutely, utterly perfect right now, they just shake their heads and you can see PITY in their eyes. Both of them tell me every time they don't believe me. WTF?!? I understand there might be some cultural differences but aagghh! Why would I need to apologize to some random dudes?? They also complain about me wearing a cap. A cap. If I am at home, got no plans and I go outside to drink my coffee on the porch, I should every time do my hair and wear makeup. I am so sick of this, just leave me be!! No matter what I say or do there's always the answer "No, you're not fine. And why are you wearing that cap again?" I know I should probably just ignore them, but easier said than done. The other one tried to drag me to his apartment one night and the other has made up his mind that I want to hang out with him. Thank god I'm moving out in a year... A year..

Had a blast on Friday! Went to grab a few beers with Anne and Tomi, and accidentally bumped into this guy called Jarkko I met after Sparzanza/Doom Unit-gig a few weeks back. He was the light effect guy for Doom Unit back then and I know for a fact that he does sound for a lot of bands, specially here in Tampere. (Dunno what the actual terms are in English, but anyways.) There I was, sitting with Jarkko at "Dog's Home", when Mikko the drummer steps in and greets us. And we both say hi at him. *A moment of confusion* "You guys already know each other?" He asks. And we're both like ??? Turns out that Jarkko is the guitarist Mikko had been talking about (for the band we discussed last spring)! I had no idea. Neither did Jarkko, who remembered that Mikko had been telling him about a female guitarist, but he just didn't put the pieces together. It was so funny! And Mikko had found a bass player who could be interested. We made a deal I would ask one of my friends about a rehearsal studio and we would continue from there. I bet it's gonna be sweet playing with them, something totally different from IIRIS..and the music also. Can't wait!

I have a job interview on Monday for Jack the Rooster! Wish me luck.

PUSH IT REAL GOOD

Arrgghh I'm never EVER going to that "dance instructors" classes again!! I can't understand how is it that it's so freaking hard to count to four?!! And there I was, jumping around 'cause she was just all over the place w/ her counting, and I'm like, whoa, this goes to seven u say?? Sounds pretty basic to me but okay I guess we can do that.. WHAT now we're going to three?! aaagghhh!

But happy happy entry as I promised. I finally found a "fox tail" - thing, that I'd been looking for almost a year now! (Yeah great to have one now that everyone else has theirs, too.. but WE content still!) And a new shirt which was awesome, sophisticated and rockin' at the same time ;( Took a pic and you can also see a glimpse of my latest ink! (I want a new one pretty bad..)


It's the little things that u should be able to be happy about. I am atm whee :3 But not just ab the new things.

Been running around all day, got errands once again and now I'm pretty worn out. AND I ought to get packing - bought also a train ticket today. I'm leaving to Tornevalley tomorrow at noon. Gonna chill w/ my family, rehearse for the gig coming up next week, and I also have a hairdresser appointment. Which I'm scared of, I know she wants to cut my hair ;-; aaggh maybe I'll post a pic after that. But that probably depends on the outcome..

YOUR SUCCESS DOES NOT DEPEND ON THE FAILURE OF OTHERS

...Where is my perfect supernatural wallpaper?? Google, u re full of crap. I mean, they're all really nice and stuff but they look stupid on my way-too-wide-screen. And I mean, what is up with the quality man?? Sometimes I wonder whether people are color-blind, photoshopping away these things. Dude, some can't even spell..

Just got back from the gym.. Can totally tell that I did nothing during the summer *feeling like a noodle* I should probably go and eat something. I should also do some studying and write a few essays or something.. NAH

I can't believe it's Sunday already.. That means I have to give up kitty over there tomorrow to her original parents. She's been here, on foster care since Wednesday, meanwhile mum and dad got married and baptized the new bundle of joy (1 month old), which was nice. I'm still gonna miss that hairy thing.

Behold the excitement and the adrenaline-kick in this entry!

U SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG

Guess what I have been up to this weekend? This.



Also went to the gym a few times, and had a drink and ate some sushi w/ friends, but mostly this. (Missin' my sis..)





Finished season 5 and had to go and watch a few crappy-quality-season-6-episodes on the internet but then gave up, for my good intentions were to hit the sack..That's now, 3,5 hours ago.

Thank god I'm getting the next season from Mikko some day soon.



Yes, what an energetic weekend. Not bad. How come everything suddenly seems so..ordinary, plain, boring?

HALLELUJAH

Yeah, it has been quite a while since I last updated something, it's about time I guess.. Summer went by so rapidly it felt like a blink of an eye. Just selling booze - work work work. Got the time to swim only two times, although that's a hellofalot more than I can say for the past few years :D Since I bought a new bikini before went to Lithuania I was able to get half-naked in public. Yay. Otherwise these past few moths have not been kind to me. Not at all. Brutal, one could say. But that's another story and doesn't belong to the internet.

Spent the summer in Tornevalley and got back to Tampere about a week ago. Haven't been at home for just a couple of nights, I mean evenings. Been out w/ friends and looking for a new job.. *Sigh* Another one ends, another one must begin.

Ordered a new bag and a wallet, Guess Alexis Tote -awesomeness! I have never bought any accessories as expensive as those were! But still pretty cheap compared to if I had bought them from a "proper" store here, only 120€! :3 Love.


I gotta say, I LOVE Tampere. "I love this city, it's so good to be back in Finlands LA. Doing what I do best." Not really doing what I do best, just some studying and practicing for the acoustic gig I have coming up in October. Solo, that is. I'm literally terrified, petrified and even the pure thought scares the hell outta me. First gig ever I have all by myself to perform. Alone. Thank god it's only a couple of songs.. This is my set list:

Anna Puu - C´est la vie
Apocalyptica - Not Strong Enough
Happoradio - Puhu äänellä jonka kuulen
Kate Voegele - Hallelujah

(I know the hallelujah song is not originally hers, I just love the version she made. Actually I don't know whose it is.. Anyways, I've always loved that song and now I finally got a good reason to learn it. AND if it's good enough for Bon Jovi, it's good enough for me. Period.)

I've also been playing Skid Row's Monkey Business, 'cause we might get together with some friends at a jam session @ Jack The Rooster, 18.9, and play it. Well see how that turns out, quite frankly I'm terrified of that too :D Though I know it will be fun.

So here I was, sippin' my red wine and playing Monkey Business (with an amplifier and all), when there was a knock on the door. My neighbour, apparently from the next door, came all like "Are you the one playing guitar over here???" and I'm like, "yeaahh.. Am I being too loud..?" (My first thought. Am I interrupting everyone's peace?? Has he come to tell me to tone it down??). And what he said next, got me off guard. "Oh that's fine, no problem dude! I've been listening u play so many times, u're really good!" .... "What? Really??" "Sure! Good job! It's nice to hear someone play who can actually do it. I play guitar myself." And I just stood there and smiled, awestruck. Then he went, and I felt happy.