thesquirrelhorde

Fine! It's going to be a crazy night. Last month a friend's cousin was killed in a coke deal gone bad. Her hubby's something high up in a biker gang. My friend went back for the funeral but got the fuck out of the country before he got caught up in the revenge. Now he want's to go back for it. I can't let it...
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Tonight I met a guy from Chechnya. I saw the bayonet cuts on his neck and back, the burns from the torching of his home. I saw the tears when he told me how they killed his father, mother, wife and sisters.

My poor arabic employed in an attempt to instill some camaradarie, my pitiful attempt to bring some meaning to this meeting, some future...
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Your eyes are just like black spiders
Your hair and dress in ribbons. Babycakes
In despair or incoherent. Nothing in between
China white, my bride tonight
Smiling on the tiles

Bring that minute back
We never get so close as when the sunward flight begins

I share it all with you
Powder blue
Stumble through the crowds together
They're trying to ignore us. That's o.k....
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It snowed properly for the first time on Friday!... then it melted... now it's properly pissing down, bugger!

Helloween gig last Saturday, sadly a dearth of mullets but acres of black leather and denim and oodles of devil horn gesticulations. There was the mandatory 10 minute guitar and drum solos and the obligatory ballad complete with a sea of raised lighters, beautiful.

Had a chat...
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A vodka tonic and Nick Drake's "River Man"; the perfect way to relax after busy week.

Christmas and NYE sorted, Devon with the folks then a baltic cruise to Stockholm! Amusing as the advertising blurb says this. The reality is this.

Now all I need to decide is whether I move to another department in Finland, another department outside of Finland or another company all together. Sucks as I only need another year to save for the BIG trip but...
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elend:

So how hard is Finnish exactly? I must say I haven't even started yet. I'm hoping that when I move to DC in several months that I'll be able to find a proper course, maybe at a university or some kind of institute.

Finished with rewriting your CV? What kind of corporate whore are you?

Oh, looks like your Christmas and NYE will be fun. I'd certainly like to spend mine up there.

Nov 19, 2005

filraaah:

haha, yeah it can be relaxin, but at the same time its sometimes a proper bitch, especially at this time of year!!

i aint got anything of bromheads jacket yet, but my mate was saying he got some stuff off ebay! in fact im gonna go and check it out now!

Nov 23, 2005

Finally a half decent band play Helsinki. Saw The Prodigy for the first time in years and loved it! Not sure how much of that was due to the class A cocktail imbibed in the queue but me no care. Bounced around like a loon and bumped and ground with a couple of foxy chicks up against the barrier. The coolest thing about seeing bands...
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elend:

Lucky you, seeing the Prodigy! I'd love to catch them live. And ha, Halloween. Like you said, you could keep yourself amused with a game of spot-the-mullets.

Yeah, that TEFL book is pretty good, I'd definitely check it out. And getting certified seems like a great idea since you'll be travelling.

Good luck with your Finnish too. I've not actually started yet. Don't have a lot of free time at the moment to spend on it.

Oct 31, 2005

madhyamika:

I'll try to put some more pics up in the near future.I haven't got much further then Dharamsala in the last 2 months, so I could tell you all about that! I'm heading to Kerala and goa in January and February. When are you going to be in India?And where else are you going?
Does Finland have more mullets than Germany?