a week ago it was very cold. not so cold now. monitor is dusty.

its hard to believe that its 25degrees warmer now than it was last night (-26c last night and -1c now).

both mew concerts sold out - the second one in 10minutes.
i miss having access to sauna.
the larry sanders show is probably the best tv show ever. i want to be arthur when i grow up.
its time to hang nice pictures on my wall. i need to get some more printed.
i love my new camera - running out of hd space very quickly though. hurry on verkkokauppa.com with those dvds i ordered.
if anyone knows how to get a linksys wag54gs wifi router working then let me know. im stumpted. wired internet works fine - wifi and the setup panel are frustration inducing.

i went for a walk today by taivallahti near me here in töölö in helsinki, it was breathtaking. more pics in flickr: [2006.01.22 taivallahti].

(update - i misread the name of the bay - its actually “taivallahti”, i think it means “journeybay”)

kid walking home from school in winter. (see the same scene in summer)

hector visits d’unbelievable town of bruff, county limerick, home to musician and comedian jon kenny. After a visit to the elvis-impersonating local butcher anything seems possible, and only jon jenny could leap from bullock auctions to cookery lessons to top-class jazz with guest star richie buckley. funny, irreverent and always entertaining this series follows on from the resounding success of the first series of hanging with hector on rté 1 in autumn 2004. hector ‘hangs out’ with various personalities of Irish interest and gets a feel for what their lives are like. hector’s informal style allows guests to enjoy a more relaxed way of being prodded under the camera’s gaze!

crazy! my home town on telly tonight. gotta get someone to send over a copy!

for christmas i got d’unbelievables dvd set of their 3 released videos. i laughed and laughed watching it. a few icelandic and finnish friends who have seen it so far have sat there unable to understand any of the accents.

right. im back now a week and a bit. still resettling in to everything. had a great weekend out and about - friday night was at the house of love festival in vanha and saturday night i was kuudes linja to see jimi tenor [photos]. the house of love festival was pretty badly organised - a friend was playing there and we spent his entire set trying to hear him sing over the chattering audience who (for some reason) didnt go into the huge empty room beside the bar. jimi tenor was good, but it was just techno.

i finally put online all my pictures from christmas, you can view them here or in flickr here (there are lots more in flickr if you are one of my “friends” in it).

anyhoo, tomorrow i have my aloitusseminari (starting seminar) for my opinnäytetyö (thesis). i have the subject sorted out pretty much. should be a laugh. more to come…

a christmas day visit to a graveyard in knockainey, just up the road from home in county limerick.

sean o’ casey bridge in the docklands, dublin.