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fanatic idiocy

How many fresh starts can a man have in his life without ever actually getting anywhere?

Saw Oceans Twelve with Anna(-Maria), my sister (oh yes it would be useful to have a page to name all the people I mention so I wouldn't have to introduce them all each time I mention them). Not much of a movie but at least got my brain woken after a day of near-coma. Going to sleep at four and waking up at twelvish is starting to show. I bought candy and realised, again: I don't really like candy. Kept whining about it to Anna during the evening.

This entry was much longer. Then I realised that I'm not capable of producing anything worth showing to anyone at this time so... should have been smart enough to not publish anything at all.

Thu 2004-12-30 23:56 in diary No comments #link

sometimes there used to be light

Saw the movie The Untouchables, which was oh-so-stylish.

Published ReDash, a Java tree drawing application I made on a university course a year ago.

Off to sleep now.

Thu 2004-12-30 04:07 in diary No comments #link

Compassion, anyone? Anyone?

Hei!

Haastan kaikki kräsäläiset ja muutkin uskikset lahjoittamaan 5 prosenttia joulukuun tuloistaan vapaavalintaisen avustusjärjestön kautta Aasian maanjäristyksen uhreille.

Pyydän teitä toimittamaan tätä haastetta eteenpäin tekstareina, maileina, sähköpostilistailmoituksina yms. mihin ikinä keksittekin.

Juhani ja Aila Vallikari


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Translation: I challenge all believers in our Lord Jesus Christ to donate 5 % of their December's income to the victims of the earthquake in Asia, via the disaster relief organization of your choice.

I encourage you to forward this challenge via text messages, emails, mailing lists or whereever you might think of.

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uusi! Kepan lista avustusjärjestöistä

If you know other organizations, please comment this post with information about those.

Mon 2004-12-27 15:56 in diary No comments #link

aiemmin iltapäivällä

tämä ei välttämättä aukene. kirjoitettu viiden maissa, selitykset suluissa lisätty äsken. yhtenäisyys on sitä sun tätä, purin vain ajatuksia, jotka heräsivät Kierkegaardista kertovaa kirjaa ja Kumppani-lehteä luettuani (kas, sen jutut onkin netissä. mitäs sitä sitten paperiversiota tilaamaan, paperintuhlausta vain...?)

...

ei tosiaan ole hiljaista
hyvät, pahat, rumatkin
näyttävät vain yhden tietävän:
jotain-on-tehtävä, sotahuuto
kuuluu

(ne, jotka luulevat olevansa turvassa, ovat laiskoja tekemään oikein)

maanpäällisessä helvetissä
ainoat hiljaiset ovat ne
jotka luulevat itse riittävänsä
minä en: kaiketi alan jo
pian kiljua

(en ole mitään, mutta silti liian mukavuudenhaluinen tarttumaan)

jotain-on-tehtävä
silmät pidettävä auki ja
suut poikkaistava
kyynisyydessä levollisilta
- jatkettava marssia

(on helppoa vaipua luottamaan, että on hyvä, ainakin riittävän)

hyväksi tehtävä?
jo joukko hajaantuu
mahtaako sellaista
hyvää ollakaan, että se
kaikille kelpaisi

(niiden, joille kaikki on subjektiivista, on suvaittava kaikilta kaikkea)

avaathan silmäsi
älä kauneutta näe, näe pahuus!
omasi, rakkaasi
sen, jota et ymmärrä...
nöyrry, luota,
löydä paikkasi

(ihminen on syntinen ja hänen on nöyrryttävä epätoivossa: kauneus näyttää epäoleelliselta)

eijeijeij! onhan ihminen kaunis
kyllä... Jumala sellaiseksi hänet loi

(mihin siitä?)

...

se, että sanotaan: "löydä paikkasi"
perustuu sille ajatukselle, että maailma on valmis
tai että ihminen voisi itsensä tuntea

Sun 2004-12-26 00:45 in runot 1 comment #link

Christmas eve: done.

 
hankku

Spent time together with my Helsinki family. Visited the cemetery, ate, got presents. I got the fewest presents I think, I guess they understood my message: I've gotten tired of the consumerism involved with Christmas, acquiring stuff that isn't needed. Most of the presents I got were lovely though: a sweater, a drawing pad and pencils, Pirkko Valkama: Paratiisista Karkotettu book (which happens to be an exam book in February in the Bible School I'm in, looking forward to reading it), chocolate. Some things still waiting for me at my mother's, though.

Bugs me with Christmas that traditions and expectations tend to get born and then at times it seems like a constant battle of trying to act like the rest of the family would like.

Was supposed to say something that matters but seems I took the easy way out. Tomorrow: pack, clean up the room a bit, go to an international Christmas mass, go to mother's and Ville's place. On Sunday, going go to see my aunt Marja and Jouni, too.

So silent God. I've felt so alone with my faith, even though it's been just a couple of days. Dad's showing a surpricing positive interest in Christianity, which is new indeed. That feels great.

Wonder if there will ever be a time when I'll really trust God?

Sat 2004-12-25 01:11 in diary 4 comments #link

Christmas falling on me

Bought lots of Christmas presents. Not sorry at all that I left it until this late, but my life feels like a bit of a mess. Not a bad mess, but still.

Been tweaking this site tonight, namely this journal and the photo gallery. Probably not worth it. Decided to stay rid of Mambo CMS for now.

I'm worried about Hankku. I don't know how she is.

God, I'm afraid of asking for this, but please make me feel more afraid of you. There are many ways in which I could live more according to your will - that's just what I don't have: the will to do so.

Fri 2004-12-24 04:09 in diary No comments #link

Hömelö testi

Nyt kun sain tuon captcha-testauksen toimimaan nettiksessä (nucleus 3.15+ CVS käytössä), voinkin laittaa tuon Hankunkin nettiksessä olleen hömelön testin tänne =P. Jos et onnistu saamaan kommenttiasi näkyville siitä huolimatta, ettet tiedosta olevasi kasa juoksevia, haitallisia spämmeri-bittejä, olisin kiitollinen, mikäli kertoisit asiasta. Tekstiselaimilla kommentointi toki ei toimi, sääli.

  1. Kuka olet?
  2. Olemmeko ystäviä?
  3. Koska ja miten tapasimme?
  4. Oletko ihastunut minuun?
  5. Suutelisitko minua?
  6. Anna minulle lempinimi, ja kerro miksi valitsit juuri sen?
  7. Kuvaile minua yhdellä sanalla.
  8. Mikä oli ensivaikutelmasi minusta?
  9. Oletko edelleen samaa mieltä?
  10. Mikä muistuttaa sinua minusta?
  11. Jos voisit antaa minulle mitä tahansa, mitä se olisi?
  12. Miten hyvin tunnet minut?
  13. Koska näimme viimeksi?
  14. Halusitko joskus kertoa minulle jotain, mitä et ole pystynyt kertomaan?
    1. Aiotko pistää tämän blogiisi ja katsoa, mitä minä kertoisin sinusta?
    2. Oletko sitä mieltä, että tämä kysymys on hölmö?
    3. Oletko sitä mieltä, että tämä kysymys on yhtään hölmömpi kuin edellisetkään?

Vastaukset siis kommentteina tähän. Ja KYLLÄ, alan itkeä minäkin, mikäli kukaan ei mitään sano! nih!

Wed 2004-12-22 16:13 in nettis 5 comments #link

grateful

Thank you for countless reasons, but first and foremost for the fact that my dad and I finally had a talk about faith and Christianity. And it happened almost by accident! Prayer, sauna and half a can of cider were involved, too (=.

I would say more, but somehow since it's already been a couple of hours since we were in sauna and talked, the excitement has faded, though I'm still incredibly happy about starting to learn to communicate with dad on a perhaps deeper level.

Fri 2004-12-17 23:01 in diary No comments #link

playing around

Spent the weekend at Tampere. Was with Hankku, Tommy (don't remember the name of the girl who was with her anymore =/), Jenni, Jussi, Andrea, Bogdan, Elina, in that order.

airam25W

Mon 2004-12-13 19:23 in visual No comments #link

Bor

I always seem to get myself involved in just too many responsibilities to breathe. This week has been particularly tiring. On the other hand, the weekend was great, after all: on Sunday we went downhill with Hankku and her sister, Karo. They had snowboards, I tried the good ole' slalom skis after about seven years of not having skied at all. Hadn't lost it! (=

This weekend, going to Tampere, meeting some people and trying to rest. Mostly the latter.

Thu 2004-12-09 16:58 in diary No comments #link

Hölmöys on sydämenasia

Location: Jyväskylä

I think I've lost myself somewhere and lack the time to search, since I'm too busy concentrating on other people. Directly, no one's demanding anything from me but I can't seem to calm down.

Generally in life everything's good. I feel I'm growing as a Christian and, at the same time, learning to question some things in the culture I'm living in, without tearing down the entire concept of me being a Christian.

Can't seem to grab a hold of what's bothering me. Learning to praise God for all He's doing for me, lately I've started to perhaps understand prayer more than ever, learning to really, primarily trust God, since prayer really is about Him.

Sat 2004-12-04 15:27 in diary No comments #link

What is this?

A Christian student writing about life, faith, software etc. both in English and in Finnish. Some photos and poetry, too. Not thinking much about whether I'm being interesting or not. See also my work blog: Moodle Quiz UI

Please comment. Anything :).

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