s-track | ...Trail Of The Dead - To Russia My Homeland

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The usual story: the sun is shining outside and I'm not shining inside.
There have been several small updates and several small ones and a few ones still waiting. I'm starting to feel that there is no sense in what I am doing. I have to make myself a list of what I'll have to finish and in which order so that everyone could be satisfied.


People are starting to return from their summer holidays. I know this by looking my mail box. I so was planning to cath up my doings during July but the time just flipped through my fingers. To slimy to catch. Damn.

Spirited Herring exhibition should change soon but as it is: I haven't even got to select the poster yet. So I'm a bit worried about that. I've so pleased with the invitation work to Spirited Herring (by Mika) this time but otherwise I'm bit down. I've managed the whole project really badly. Well, not badly but worse than I had planned. I realize now that I have too many projects in my mind and too much to handle. Maybe I learn *this time*.


I try not to complain too much. I've had my share of this summer ok - yesterday we had a extraordinary beautiful day at shopping malls... And on our way back I collected a large amount of tansies for dyeing purposes.

s-track | Chemical Brothers - The Boxer

I've been lazy - and now I'm panicking with all projects. The worst of these are The Online Gallery Henkevä Silakka / Spirited Herring and Live Herring. But I'm getting there...


I was so releaved today when I received the invited art work from Mika who did great job in very short time - I invited him a bit late. I'm soooo happy right now about that - I can hardly wait a new exhibition to open.


Now I'm taking my words back: I actually haven't been lazy, I've just concentrated on wrong things. Like making unique colouring pictures. Last week I started drawing something while watching telly and though 'well, this could be nice to color'. And I made some more pictures. But instead of colouring them myself I took them to Gallery Becker yesterday. Go, fetch, buy.


Actually my soundtract now is Leya which is playing live on Gideon Coe on BBC6. Beaaaauuuutiful.

...I really should start my working day now...

s-track | Louis XIV: God Killed The Queen

I feel sooooo miserable right now. This day just sucks.


This has been a sort of manic depressive July so far. Some absolutely fantastic days with sun shining and ice creaming and all. And then the days of universe killing our machines (the latest one being our dear Spirit of St. Louis phone - propably hit by lightning yesterday). And then these gloomy days when nothing seems to be right.
This day started nicely: with rain dropping down to window pale. I like to push my head deeper into pillow and listen to the sound of rain. It's still warm and all the balcony door and all the windows were open and light wind blew over. Enjoyable morning. But after I got up, everything sort of started to go wrong. I've been up for about three hours now and I feel like I've done a twelwe hour day already.

Whining, whining. *sob sob*


Yesterday morning started by installing windows repair disc - which itself wasn't a big job. I actually managed to finish some layouts for Aalto Symposium 2006 which has been there half ready waiting to be forwarded. Hopefully they will do. Even though I'm not really satisfied with myself. Configuring this damn machine (even Photoshop, my dearest friend, refused to start properly) always pushes me to the edge and even though I remained sane yesterday, it really didn't need much to knock me over.


I really need to close this damn machine right now and go to get some fresh air. Maybe walking around could help a bit.

s-track | Louis XIV: God Killed The Queen

Where did time go?


I've forgot to pay my VAT and my bills because the time has suddenly just passed me. The two last weeks have been totally bbbbeeeeautiful summer days - and total waste of time. I've had nothing finished and my working is so spineless it's even embarrassing me. If I had a time to have some holidays this lazyness wouldn't be any harm but as I'm in a hurry with a couple of messy projects... I+Sun=no good.
I've done some fixings to Sibelius Academy project but nothing big yet. I'm avoiding it a bit. I really like that project and with knowing my ameba condition... Nothing good would happen. Right now I'm actually fixing the first page - which I have done a lot within the last month - but I'm not yet satisfied so I haven't made it to the net so far.


I *should* make some informing about Live Herring, update the regulars and finish my coloring images project. More of that latter one later.


Heart burns. Eaten too many strawberries with ice cream.

s-track | Ordinary Boys: Boys Will Be Boys

I planned this week to be a very intensive week with work + Coloria... But universum has its own laws. Yesterday we got a new fridge/freezer which took the whole day to install (+ clean etc). Today I turned on the washing machine only to see it break down in front of me. The smell was awful and I thought the fumes were dangerous so I called the fire department to ask what to do. So, three charismatic firemen came to visit and noted that there was nothing to do - buy a new machine. But the fumes were no dangerous so here I am.


Anyway, Ulla was here after the evil-machine incident and we planned the 2006 colour exhibition a bit further. A few days ago I started to make some kind of visual script for the exhibition with Photoshop. Today I continued by drawing my ideas - it's so hard to hold pencil these days. At least the way I'd like to. How come the straight lines I try to draw are nothing but.


Now I'm about to update Aalto Foundation site.



Woaaaah.


Cheer me up someone.

s-track | We Are Scientists: Nobody Move Nobody Get Hurt

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The work and fun project I wrote about earlier has quite not yet realized. I've worked, yes, but I've had less fun than usually. Wednesday evening was fun though - we drove to small town of Jämsänkoski (Rune, Timppa, Naoji and I) to a Pöllölä gallery for exhibition opening. After the opening we went to see the dam/falls/what ever (...I think we went there accidentally while trying to find a way out of the town but I'm not sure - fine place anyway). And after taking tons of pictures we left for Jämsä. It was a true summer trip: we ate ice cream on the market cafe/beer terrace where everyone else were enjoying their beers... And then we continued the trip. There was this strange ghostly kind of wooden house and we left our car next to it. We headed to the river and walked to see a environmental art piece by Pertti Karjalainen (The Herb Garden of the Pharmacist) whre there are several herbs planted and pickable. We took some coriander and mint before leaving to see another environmental art project near by river. After a while we left home - enjoyed sun shine and rain and double rainbow...


Anyway, not any work project finished on Wednesday or yesterday (spent the whole day with The Craft Museum of Finland updates) - no time to Coloria. Today I realized that there are still 25 emails (read: updates / wishes) to fulfil so... Maybe tomorrow.
Argh- the sun is shining outside. It's hot and THERE IS NO MORE ICE CREAM ON OUR FREEZER. But on Monday we'll have a new freezer with more space. I'll dedicate one shell to ice cream only.


With these thoughts... *opening my DreamWeaver*