Dundee

Telco meeting with India, haven't seen the movie in years, but for some reason Crocodile Dundee popped into my mind. Oh those were the times. At that time I think that the whole country had something like 5-6 TV channels, some had the satellite thingies and got the additional fancy stuff from the US. We lived in the middle of the woods and had three channels + one in Swedish, yay. Old tiems <3 ^___^ So, meaning that what ever movie was the thing at the time it was shown at least once a month. Beverly Hills Cop, Monty Python, Police Academy, Der Alte (ger) and this thing are stuck in my head forever.

Fall

So, what's new? They offered me a new job. I went through several interviews, got it... and didn't take it. The whole family has been sick, it's dark and gloomy outside, umm, my oldest minion just turned four and I promised to go to a water park with him, yay.

Oh, a new phone, different  brand, and I don't have my trusty filters even though its the same app... developers these days...

Doodle man's Creed

* ...So be it, until there is no empty page, but doodle. Amen. *

This doodle man, I need to watch the Full Metal Jacket again soon.

I did my very first water coloring, ever \o/. I did this doodle to my sketchbook which turned out to be something like a random doodle merged with a Fallout Power Armor like mask. Then I thought it would be pretty cool in color. I hate coloring, mainly because I suck at it, so naturally I don't own any colorful pencils, brushes or markers.

I did a quick Google run on different options and it seems like the markers are the most popular choice so I started to search some decent ones nearby. Then quite randomly I stumbled upon this Youtube video where someone reviewed her new watercolor pencils and I was amazed what kind of results she managed to pull of with them... and now I have my very first set of watercolor pencils at home. This is going to be interesting :p

Eye Of The Tiger

*Rising up, back on the street
Did my time, took my chances!!!*

Statutory negation are over. Still waiting for the results, I hate this waiting game...
I've been beefcaking myself up lately. Lots of hiit and crossfitlike training and eating a specific diet. I feel happier, more energetic and physically stronger but man I hate the diet... especially the cooking part of it... and weighting everything and packing up multiple lunch boxes every day. I definitely could live without all the hassle. It works though,

I've also been filling my sketch book a lot lately. I bought new pens and stuff and I haven't had so much fun drawing in years. I also noticed that I need to practice... a lot... I've lost my skills, if I ever had them :p

Capitalism

*madness?*

The vacation is over, well, it was over few weeks ago to be exact. The first morning, lots of coffee, extremely tired and the first news when arriving to the office is that the company decided that 240 of us are no longer needed, okithxbai!

So, the house is still covered in mold and 4 weeks to go until the negotiations are over and maybe about week more until we know the results. 2016, you bastard!

One great thing is that I got a free personal trainer for the rest of the year due to accident prone friend... BEEFCAKE! She's been kicking my ass last few weeks and I feel great.

In space no one can hear your approval

*thumbs up*

Vacation TIME!

The apartment? Well, it's tiny as hell. And hot as hell. And noisy as it is in the downtown, so yeah. But as said, VACATION TIME! See ya o/

Quickies

* wroom!*

We are moving tomorrow, meh. My headphones, the ones at the office, broke last Friday and I have no one to approve my purchase so there's no music or calls through the computer until I'm back from the holidays. One more audioless week to go and it's four weeks of ultimate relaxation... WOOOHOOOOOO! or something :p

Harry the Summer Hipster

It's summer and Harry the Hipster is at the beach with his Alien friend <3. or something.

We finally found a temporary apartment where to live until the house is fixed or we get our money back. Let's hope it's not for years... 68 square meters for five people... don't know about you, but it's too crowded for my taste -___-  About half what we have now, oh boy :p

Two more weeks at the office and it's four weeks of vacation tiem! woooo! We have only one week at the same time so that sucks though... Then it's playschool time for the boys and the other half goes back to work. I need to figure out something to do meanwhile. I'd like to go to the summer house but I need to pick the boys up from the playschool every day and stuff, let's see.

For the HORDE!

*Zug zug!*

The new Warcraft movie is here soon, yay! That got me thinking how much I love the Warcraft lore and that I should reinstall Warcraft 3... and for a brief moment I forgot that I have a family and thought about starting the WoW again. Goodbye life :p So... no.

I didn't find any spare parts for the old skates so I bought a new ones. K2 F.I.T 84 Speed ^___^. I have been skating a lot lately and I have determined that one day I'll be at least as good as Bill Stoppard. I hate starting things over from the very beginning... it's frustrating!

#Selfie

*click*

Me and my trusty Oakleys. I managed to draw this sideways, beginners mistake!

I don't get the Instagram... well, to be exact, I don't get the people who have an Instagram account and it's full of selfies... just selfies, some with friends... and maybe few sunsets every now and then. I just don't get it, please, someone, explain this to me. What's the point? I'm not saying its wrong or that any other of us are using it "better" but I just... maybe I'm just too old for the internets. Anyway, posting my face daily would more likely just scare people away so I can't even test it. ^__^

Oh oh, I went roller skating today. It's been almost six years since the last trip and it still felt like I was on them yesterday. Been kicking some serious kilometers with them in the past :p Here we use mostly the inline skates so is it actually "I went inline skating"?. In Finnish we don't have separate words to distinguish between the two. You need to state otherwise if you mean the "classic" quad skate model. I actually have never even seen anyone use the prehistoric quad skates.

Win-Win

*Yo dawg, I know that you like Windows so...*

Well, that went well. We got the results from the houses and 3/4 needs urgent repairs. Which means that we can start fighting with the previous owners and start working on the repair and cost estimate. This of course means that we need to move away to some rental apartment as soon as possible until the house is repaired and/or we can cancel the whole deal, get our money back, and move on... And as we need to pay the loan and maintenance charges we can't afford a very big rental apartment. I can imagine how fun it will be in a two-room apartment with three kids and two adults :p

However, let's end with a happier note... the whole family went to the summer house so the whole rotten place is for me alone for the rest of the week! WOOOOOO! o/

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*floating eye*

Nethack, ah the memories... The twins had their second birthday yesterday and we are having a party on Sunday. In a house with three small boys it basically means to burn anything with flamethrowers. renovate the whole house and buy new furniture before you dare to let anyone in :p ... that could also solve the mold issue as a side effect... hmm....

Letters...

... form words... which in turn forms sentences... and they have been screwing up my thoughts ever since I learned to do them.

We read and write way too little... so stop reading this, grab a book... or write one...

Home sweet home

Home, mold in Finnish, and that's what has been haunting us in the past few months. We have four houses in our, eh, housing co-op(?), anyways, and at least one is doomed. They took some lab samples from the rest of the three houses yesterday and we'll see if they have anything in them. Basically this means that if we have only one mold house our company can mange that, it'll be around 100-200 000€, but if we have more... I guess we must sell our houses and land and hope that it covers all our depts :p Happy times!

Oh yeah, you can guess what this did to my bike funds :p

I can see you!

Yes, I know, once again... it's been a while :p About the "regaining the motivation", I'm almost there.

I mean, I have significantly reduced the "unnecessary" online and gaming time and
regained the motivation for working out, mountain biking, artsy stuff and being outside in the nature and hanging out with the family... The nature part is a bit cheating as even though we live in a large city it's basically just bunch of different buildings in a huge forest so you just need to step outside the door and there you are :p

The downside is that I haven't "had the time" to update the blog. Nowadays, if I even start the computer during the weekdays, it's closer to 21.00 or 22.00. It's 9pm or 10pm for you 12 hour clock weirdos. And during that brief moment I either pay the bills or browse my next mountain bike... I think that it'll be this one.