What a ride! It's now experienced, the best damn con in the world.
I mean, props to you, anthrocon, but you ain't nothing to a Finn who wants to socialize, drink, have fun and hang around with friends
Met great new people and as an highlight, met Alexander James adams properly, as much as I am his fan and a big one at that, I hope I was atleast some entertainment and good chatbuddy, not a burden and an annoyance ^^;
Mingled with a lot of people all in all, had fun. Thank you Ringberg hotel for 1.5l pitchers of beer, they rock
And I miss all of ya already, let's see again ASAP, you know who you are,

So... one chapter in my life is reaching it's end, my boss made it rather clear. Company does not have enough money to keep this much workers in, meaning I and few others are sent packing from work, to be more blunt, 95% chance I'm getting fired. Our boss is talking to the CEO's, not looking good, someone has to go, atleast a few, I'm naturally at the top of the list, I ain't got any education behind me, any real atleast.

So I don't know what to think... Sure the pay wasn't the best, job was very demanding on the physical side, early wakeups... *sigh* but it was fun and rewarding, ah well, ends and beginnings.
It's not a total disaster though, network of great friends (you know who you are) are there, I have my apartment, which means i have something pretty expensive on me, meaning if all else fails, i'll rent this place out and move somewhere, IF all else fails, I kinda have grown fond of this place, even though it's far from my friends and who knows, maybe i'll find a new job under new bosses at the exact same island, time'll tell.

I'll manage hey, I'll just need to shed out exess travelling, meaning travelling outside Finland, that's pretty much it, I can survive.
Just letting you all now, where we're at... and remember, it ain't 100% sure yet, just 95'ish ^^
I quess the recession wasn't a thing that happened only to others

The soft humming of the train is once again around me and I'm going back 'ome. I feel great, yet sad, once again an epic meet is behind and I need to return home, it's quiet there, or not really, pretty loud to be honest, i like my loud music...

I extend my thanks to everyone who was there to celebrate double birthdays along with sauna, bbq, great music and laughter (and of course booze)
Now I'm back alone for a while again, which is kinda refreshing too, even though I love travel'n and hanging around with friends.

THE point I'm writing here though... I was not supposed to go to the meet, i was supposed to be workin' my ass off, making money through the whole weekend. Boss called and said that we ain't allowed to work on the weekends no more this year... so what did I do? I left off from work early and bought the train tickets to Parikkala, and there I went, to entertain and to be entertained. Much better than workin, yes?
Unfortunetly, my lifestyle is bit harsh to my bank account and i might get fired in the winter if the regression wont pass... ah well, who the heck wants to sit on their money all of their life, we ain't getting that money with us when we go so an advice to each and everyone, as long as there's enough money to eat and pay the bills, you can travel and do so! You can worry about the computer breaking up later, now, just enjoy life to the fullest and live and see!

So, hmm... a quick update, i've been busy working through whole 7days a week at some 12 hours per day, so my net activity has been down to minimum, but two more weeks and it's done, then i'm back in action,  more wealthy and possibly even going to AC afterall, just possibly.

In the bad news department. Once again there's a risk that i'm fired due to financial issues of the company where i work in, my boss said (when drunk at a recreational trip of our company) that he'll hang on to every worker possible but.... It might be hard, i'll know more from this at the end of the year, so no reason to stress it yet ^^
Also, a rather interesting person, that was a great fun to chat with, had a very weird mind and a gereral do it all guy passed away a week ago.
He was an hot air balloon captain at our team, he was one of the minds behind Rauma Blues  summer happening and he had a weird pimped out invalid moped, going 80km/h and was full of weird hippie/rauma blues ornaments. I'll miss him and his spinnerwheel Lada a lot, that city sure lost a great personality there, but hey, the fast life he lived... heh

So here I am again 4'th time this year, this time i took a train here, since driving 6 hours per way,every month of the year, does not feel nice...
funny gypsy woman was stealing a lot of stuff at the trip, tried to steal my car keys too, but i noticed it easily hah...
going to have a good weekend with my good friends here. nothing much, but updating anyways

What else? Yearly maintenance at the NPPs is starting in the next month, that'll be a nice amount of money so that i can travel even more

now this is going to be a bit weird, but bear with me on this.
Past few weeks, I've been angry to myself because I'm happy, positive and life is good for me, almost seems like I have two personalities.

The reason i've been angry to such a silly thing, is that, indeed I am lucky in many perspectives, my friends are not that fortunate.... why?
I don't get it, i have friends that life seems to kick in the head almost daily, I just go on. I want to relate, i want to be there for them, i cannot help them because there's no way i could help, the problems are a bit different... BAH, still, i seem to be happy and enjoy life.
It feels... unfair, i feel like i should not be happy and enjoying life, while my very good friends suffer, way or another.
Because i aint a saint, some of them are double the saint i am. I'm in general considered very evil person by most standards...

Interesting afterthought, it sounds like something... not very standard in the "me" driven world of today, to feel this way.
Ofcourse i still am pretty selfish of a guy
just sharing a quick thought with y'all

since it once again has been a crapton of time since last update, i'm gonna go for it.
What's going on with me? Nothing much, almost every weekend i'm at a meet or such, or if nothing else, driving to far away places (like Kuopio) to meet friends. Weekdays go with work and Darkfall, which is my new nerdlove. Who would have thought that a small 30man team could conjure up a game so similiar to Ultima Online on modern standards, great stuff.

Also, EuroFurence finally paid, i think and i'm shipping off to there, whee.

Nothing much as you can see, I'm over and out

the rules are as follows (translated from Finnish for greater justice!)

the point is to make a post, that contains 25 random  things, facts, habits or goals that you find important.

ofcourse, since this is a meme, which i like oh so much, the point is to tag others, so i'll make this super easy and tag everyone of my friends on LJ that will read this, because i'm an lazy bugger, bwahaha
 

1. i just woke up

2. I'm a furry, floofy fox (well duh)

3. I like to think that i'm so punk rock, always ending up being a sad poser, bleh

4. I work at an NPP, not really involved in the actual process, mind you, only moving stuff and carpentry and all

5. I'm at a furry, meet right now, was very drunk yesterday, planning to repeat today

6. My goal in life is to be with friends, have fun, take care of them in the time of need, travel and love my friends (not in a sexual way you dirty minded you)

7. I need to dig my car from under the snow soon, so i can go grab something unhealthy to eat

8. I find greenpeace and their arguments endlessly hilarious

9. I do a lot of silly things, because i can, (sock and gaffer tape anyone?)

10.  I like my beer

11. I fantasize on being a space privateer, a merc/trader of the space (not all the time, but yeah, i'd like the idea, i have a wild imagination which i feed all the time)

12. I dropped out from school to go to work, never regretted it

13. I'm running out of ideas for this meme

14. I'm straight, sorta

15. I invent new words from time to time

16. I drink a lot,  but mainly only beer and occasionally whiskey or rum

17. I have a lot of DIY tuned up clothes and a kilt

18. I'm very positive and lively person

19. I suck at being sexual

20. I laugh too loud and speak too much

21. I am going to america again this year whee (AC)

22. I regard money as "the stuff that let's me meet friends and stay alive" nothing more, not stuff i NEED to save

23. I'm a Toyota fan

24. I'm in a band which hasn't released anything yet ^^

25. I am going to Eurofurence too!

So, quick update, my delivery from one a little less known clothesline arrived today... and i love it

Hey! An update for once.
Summing up what's going on with me really, i'm leading a pretty plain life now, getting by day at a time.
Have had some great trips throughout the year and now waiting for new years eve.

Single still but that's nothing new, doubt it'd ever change, since i've grown very fond of this way of life.

hum hum... bought a Wacom tablet (the volito one) off one of my friends, now learning the ropes, hoping to improve on drawing,
probably will, i'm in no hurry.

On a weird sidenote, just today, i grabbed my plushie and hugged it, went *sob* once and then wondered what the heck was that about?!
After a minute or so, i was back to my normal self, might be just that i was a bit worn out from travelling, withdrawal from the long span of drinking and having fun with friends and generally that i'm suddently back home, alone.

so, i hope y'all will have a happy new year and everything!
^^

-Kaarlo

So yeah, been pretty hectic, what with building one of the biggest lanparties in Finland and straight after that a nice chillout meet at a cabin near my place. So yeah, i've been busy and i hope y'alls are well. Back to you when there's someone to talk about

PS: yay Obama \o/ *crosses fingers* let's hope that he wont end up like Kennedy, i really really hope.

I found one of the coolest placenames in Finland, after (translated) Foxnestsway here where i live, i'd move there, pity that it's a high class area for rich people.

But this comes close, found it while visiting with few of my friends.



I believe it was the heaven in norse mythos, do correct if i'm wrong

Hmm.... live journal goes "oi ya bugger! Ya havent updated in blah blah blah". My life's boring like that, even my Lj says that.
So... what to talk about? So how's this, let's talk about me for a change because HEY, I am as narcistic bastard as i quess most of us are.
SO! I figured out that i could ask this here and now, just to fill the space on my journal. What is my pros and con's, i'm not excepting a huge turnout since my LJ friends are few and far between, but atleast most have actually met and talked with me live.
Here's the catch, for one pro, you HAVE to give one con. Because otherwise you probably lie, i'm not perfect nor is anyone else in the world.

I'm not doing this because i love and be all cuddly with myself, that i already am, but to find out a little bit what people don't like about me, because what i really want is to keep in good terms with every last one of my friends and i like finding out what people don't like about me.
Just ignore this if you think it's stupid, i probably think it's stupid myself, heh.

And BE HONEST if you feel inclined on answering, i'm not gonna go after anyone of you, i'm just curious (and that kills the cat kids)

Yeah, glorious, friggin' glorious, Finland once again was on the news worldwide, why? Oh, just another school massacre. Anyone else thinking they are occurring a wee bit too often these days? Because i sure think so. Now we are left out with the question of why? Why someone wants to waste away not only his or her own life but lives of innocents. Young people, life ahead of them.

World must be hell to them, wait... hold on, it's 2008, HOW CAN IT BE? I mean, it sure ain't dark ages anymore, despite the fact that certain highups are flinging poo into our eyes and there's people dying on starvation somewhere over the yonder, we here in cold Finland have things really well if you really look into it.

Now looking from here, I COULD believe someone going *snap* on their head and starts going on a rampage when life really kicks you in the head nine times outta ten, this my brain can comprehend, that way a real bitter grudge for life and people around you might build up.

These people who have committed these acts in Finland recently, they aren't them, they had education, other even obviously had a bunch of good friends, homes, food on the table.... promises of so much more. Bullying cannot be the answer to this, i went through it and look at how I ended up, I like to think that i'm positive towards life and people and generally a happy, albeit a bit of into beer kinda, person. Are they weak? Nah, they couldnt do this if they were.

Why do they hate humankind so much? No-one can answer that, not anymore, neither of the recent killers are alive, they escape by suicide. They almost saved the most recent killer.... i hope they could have done that, dying is too easy way out for them, i would have wanted him to suffer, now I am the evil person.

Why?

Sorry for gloomy, and not to mention LONG, post. I just made this to myself mostly, i needed to get these written out somewhere.
Carry on living and enjoy it *salutes*

Hey! I don't generally like these chainpost stuffies but i thought what the heck

take a picture of yourself right now.
don't change your clothes, don't fix your hair...just take a picture.
post that picture with NO editing.
post these instructions with your picture


And oh yeah, liberty spikes, heh... just got home from my friends place so i still look li'l less casual "at home"

So yeah, decided to update the journal, not much has happened here in Finland, nights are getting colder... that's about it.
Ferociously saving money so i can visit the lovely (and awfully humid) city of Pittsburgh again next year, you know why.

Hmm... what else
AH! A friend of mine made an kickass drawing of me

Alright, the Assembly demoscene festival of 2008 is now officially over and I thought i could do a little recap.
SO... First of all, what is Assembly? It's basically the major Demoscene festival which nowadays does have a lot of traits from huge LAN parties (game competitions and stuff). Demoscene as such is basically a scene of people who make magic with old computers and new alike. Compressing video and music to as small sizes as 4 kilobytes. Competitions include 4k intro, 64k intro, oldschool demo comp and short film competition.

I was there with my laptop, mainly just checking what's all the fuss about. It was a nice party, and not ALL that geeky i thought. For an retro/oldskool enthusiast this was a great place to be. Hold in Hartwall hockey/live venue of Helsinki, it housed 6000~ enthusiasts of video games, music, movies etc.
Minus sides were, no alcohol, of course this is an all ages party so that explained it but still...
Had fun nonetheless, entered a few seminars and even met some Finnish furries there. So all in all, a succesfull party

here's a few pics of the party taken by me/my pal
http://s288.photobucket.com/albums/ll193/PersErkkii/ASM%2008/

PLUS for your interest, these are the short film entries of 2008, i suggest checking out Timereal by some people i know and Field trip and elemental square garden by HBC
http://www.scene.org/dir.php?dir=%2Fparties%2F2008%2Fassembly08%2Fshort/

Oh neat, a place to find the people i chatted with at Anthrocon, that's pretty much it.
The actual journal feature would be fun, kinda, if i'd ever remember to write/bother to.

But yeah, i'll be lurking here, checking the AC's own livejournal and harassing people i know on comments
That's all ya get from this Finn today, let's see if i bother to make a real post at some point