More ski

Podeis apostar dónde estoy esquiando en este momento.... Mirad el "big crack" que tengo debajo de mis Salomon...

As ski has become my favourite sport lastly, and I ask my friends to take pictures and videos at me, I post them here, for all of you to see them. Let's see about the pics from other finnnish typical thing I did.Let's see!

Bueno, como el esquí se ha convertido en mi deporte favorito últimamente, y le pido a mis amigos que me graben o me hagan fotos, pues aqui las tenéis. Y a ver si consigo fotos de otra cosa típica finlandesa que hice. Más impresionante si cabe. A ver a ver....

Pese a comentarios añadidos, os puedo echar una carrera si quereis ..... últimamente prefiero el ski moderno, aunque es muy duro...
Heli, that f****ing comment is not polite from a Finnish-independent-woman-that-works-in-K-market-and-her-horse-
is-more-expensive-than-my car ... ;)

I'm so fucking good!!!!

I am the boy from nowhere

Hello everybody. I have probably listen to this song over 50 times in the last 2 weeks. It is amazing. Here is it, give it a listen and read the lyrics.
Enjoy!
Pedazo de canción. Tened el placer de escuchadla aquí.

We're the boys turning inside out
Overwrite so tight without a doubt
We're the boys always wrong
And always right

We are the boys from nowhere
And we're going home tonight

Meet us on the outside
Where the darkness shines so bright
On the autobahn where we first found our souls

Cuz when the world is over
We're still the boys from nowhere
And tonight, tonight we're coming home
Yeah - Yeah!

We're the boys heavier than light
So beyond repair
Born out of spite
Far away is near
The only becon is the night


Scarier than fear
But that's alright


See you on the outskirts
Where the wasteland meets the night
By the rainbow tracks
We first found our souls

Cuz when the world is over
We're still the boys from nowhere
And tonight, tonight we're coming home
I gotta go!


What are you doin'
We don't know
Where are you goin'
We don't care


No, no, no...

You'll never know


Meet us on the highway
Where the headlights shine so bright
By the gas station
When we first found our souls

Cuz when the world is over
We're still the boys from nowhere
And tonight, tonight we're coming home
Yeah - Yeah!

Tonight, tonight we're coming home
Oh, tonight, tonight we're coming
We're comin' home

So c'mon

Tavallinen suomalainen viikonloppu

O, traduciendo a nuestro fácil idioma castellano: Típico fin de semana Finlandés. De momento, os dejo algunas fotos y un video de mi reciente afición por esquiar (esquí de fondo, se entiende). Esto fue el domingo, el sábado hice otra cosa aún más finlandesa y más loca..a ver si me pasan las fotos y lo puedo postear. Estad atentos a este post!!

Well, translating into the easy english language: Typical Finnish Weekend. By now, some pictures and a video of my recent hobby ski is (cross country). This was on sunday, on saturday I did a even more typical finnish thing, that I will post soon, if I receive the pictures and videos.
Keep your eyes peeled to this post!!

Para llevar tan poco tiempo con el estilo moderno no se me da mal, eh!!
Well, I don't ski that bad, taken into account that I have recently started with this modern style!

Aunque, por supuesto, siempre hay caidas más feas de lo que en realidad fueron.
Of course, there were falls, uglier than they were in reality.

Best albums of 2007

A good year. This list does not pretend to be a bible or something like that. This is just my opinion, taking into account that I am not able to listen to all the released cd's. But, despite the fact that I have been quite busy with my PhD and with all the things I have been up to, I have listened to quite a lot. I am sure that there are more, but I am not the only one music freak that writes a review for the best albums of 2007!
Lastly, I listen to a lot of music, and I mean a lot. I have to admit that I download music, yes, but I still buy cd's also. I can not buy everything I listen to. Anyway, here is the list. Neither has it an order or something. There are not definitions with which we can define an album is better than another, simply, this reflects if I have liked the cd a lot or not. Here it is:

Albums of 2007

Bloc Party [A weekend in the city]
Dog Day [Night Group]
Vhs or Beta [Bring on the comets]
Lapko [Young Desire]
Pinback [Autumn of the seraphs]
Rubik [Bad conscience patrol]
Band of Horses [Cease to begin]
The Enemy [We'll live and die in these towns]
The National [Boxer]
Interpol [Our Love To Admire]
Klaxons [Myths of the near future]
The Automatic [Not accepted anywhere]
Biffy Clyro [Puzzle]
Pigeon Detectives [Wait For Me]
Editors [An End Has A Start]
Travis [The boy with no name]
Rilo Kiley [Under the blacklight]
Arcade Fire [Neon bible]
[Idlewild] Make another world
Triangulo de amor bizarro [s/t]
Manic Street Preachers [Send Away the tigers]
The Orders [Guilt & Confusion]
Tegan and Sara [The Con]
Smashing Pumpkins [Zeitgeist]
Arctic Monkeys [Favourite Worst Nightmare]
Rogue Wave [Asleep At Heaven's Gate]
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club [Baby 81]
The Perishers [Victorious]

It is a quite good list, I guess. There have been others as well, but first let's talk a little about the list I wrote above.
There are albums I have really been impressed by, like "A weekend in the city", criticized by a lot of people for being different or worst than "Silent alarm", their debut LP. "AWITC" makes a step forward in the evolution of Bloc Party. More mature, rich and worked, definitely, among the top 10 of the year. It would also win the best cover, as I really like those night pictures of cities. Worth buying the deluxe edition, incluiding a DVD with videos and a live performance at Reading festival.
Another cd I love is Dog Day "Nigh group" . The canadian band got my attention witht their song "Lydia", which I listened to in a compilation. Then, I listened to the whole cd, and then I bough it, last Christmas. Another top ten of the year. Here is one mp3 available thanks to their website "Oh dead life". One of the bands of the moment. And I will not mention why they do not come to Spain. Neither to Finland.

Dog Day portrait by Chris Frey
From left to right: Crystal Thili, Seth Smith, Nancy Urich and Casey Spidle.













Another big surprised was "Bring on the Comets" by VHS or Beta, with a danceable atmosphere that includes the, I must say, HIT singles, She Says and Burn it all down.

Lapko live by Ville Yli-Knuutila

One of the cds I have listened to most this year is "Young desire" by Lapko. Also the band that I have seen more times: 4. But I really feel this is one of the finnish cds of the year, with of course, other of the great discoveries: The Orders and their magnificent Guilt & Confusion.
And there have been returns, like Arctic Monkeys, still in the crest of the wave with "Favourite worst nightmare" and manic Street Preachers, with "Send away the tigers", debuts, like "Myths of the near future" by Klaxons or The Automatic with "Not accepted anywhere". In the case of Arctic Monkeys, it has been an honorable continuation to "Whatever people say I am.....", if we think about all the pressure they must have had. They have toured almost all around the world, and, with the exception of festivals, they are now used to play 1 hour. No encores at all. An hour of pure adrenaline and watts, but nothing else, as I had the opportunity to check in their pre-tour concert in Barcelona.
Smashing Pumpkins have returned. yes it is not the same, they should not be called SP anymore. Maybe. but the truth is that, despite all this, is a good cd to return. Let's see what follows!
And well, I could continue this post for ages, even until next year, the albums are there, in the list, so, I should not say more. Just listen to them. And give your opinion. Tell me if I have forgotten any. Thanks.

Mr. United States of America live at Pinkpop Festival, May 28th 2007 (Greetsia Tent/ Hyperphoto/ WireImage.com)

Paradojas de la vida

De nada sirvió. Fuente As

Del espacio-tiempo, de la vida, del estar tan lejos, en fin, que mas da. Cómo pongo este título en inglés? Tambien da igual. Lleva dos días nevando sobre Joensuu, por fin, estoy bebiendo un poco de vino con unas velas en plan "Wine & candles" como una amiga me dijo. Sin embargo, ayer, mientras yo aún animaba a los míos en el inicion del enésimo derby, mientras aún gritaba KunKunKunKun, vamos Kun!! Vamos Forlanito! probablemente, por las ilegalidades de la tecnología internetera (al verlo en Sopcast lleva uns minutos de retraso) Raúl ya habría marcado el 0-1 de dicho partido, que de manera cierta, se acabó ahí. Este tipo de goles deberían anular el resto del partido, simplemente fue una pérdida de tiempo por mi parte y por parte de todos los que lo vieron y jugaron, mejor que hubiesen decansado para el partido de Copa el miercoles.
Nunca aprenderemos a decir "Nos van a ganar 0-6", o "El Madrid es favorito porque yo casi no había nacido desde la última vez que les ganamos", o "La última vez que les ganamos bajamos a segunda, asi que por mi que nos metan 6 y que al final estemos en Champions". Nunca nadie dice eso, siempre la gente se cree que les vamos a ganar. Y nunca pasa. Tenemos tanta rabia por ganar al Madrid que nos ciega de ver la realidad: Que a dia de hoy somos peores. Que no hay color. Por mucho que joda. Hay una ola de odio puro, algunas veces mutuo, que no se de donde ha venido y que hace mucho daño, especialmente a nosotros. Digo yo que sera bueno llevarse bien con el vecino y desearle lo mejor. El año pasado, preferir que nos gane el Barcelona para perjudicar al Madrid, pues toma! 0-6. No puede ser.
Que hay que tener los pies en el suelo aún. Que por muy bien que vayamos hoy, a 18 partidos del final de Liga, muchas cosas pueden pasar y muchos partidos se pueden perder. Y mucho se puede bajar en la clasificacion y quedar como los ultimos 10 años. La vida cambia en días. En segundos, si me apuras. A mí me ha pasado. A todos nos pasa.

Nähdään, Madrid!

Llegó el día de vuelta a Joensuu, llegó el día de dejar atrás de nuevo a seres queridos y grandes momentos de ocio. Me gusta Madrid, si, quizás deteste la gran urbe en la que se está conviertiendo y las gentes no muy honestas que cada vez mas la invaden. Pero tiene algo aún, claro...Aunque sobren la mitad de sus habitantes...me atrevo a decirlo porque es lo que pienso. No deberia haber tanta gente aqui.
Mañana en Joensuu, si la prediccion del Tiempo acierta, me encontrare temperaturas en torno a -20º C. Mirad la figura adjunta arriba (Sat corresponde a mañana sabado). Y creo haber perdido los .... guantes. Mierda.
Bye bye Madrid!

Life is as a supermarket

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The moment you get in the supermarket is equivalent to when you are born. Then, life offers you different options, depending on the supermarket you are born at, and you choose or you are forced to choose what to buy- what to live. Once in the queue to pay what you have bought, you -again- can choose what cash desk you want your stuff to be paid at. This is like choosing your path in life, it will all lead to the same end -death=exit- but, depending on what cash desk you choose, you will reach the exit sooner, later, in a more successful manner, or in the most unnoticed. Sometimes you change the line because you believe the one you are moving to is going to be better - faster- and then you might find you were right and you have made the right choice for your purpose. Other occasions, you find that the checkout line you were in is faster and you realize that you have made the wrong choice, and that it is impossible to return. Anyway, make the right decision when choosing the line is essential in the duration of the path to reach the exit. I would not say that you must not change the queue if you are not satisfied with the cashier, neither would I say that you must change to another line or that you should leave without paying. It depends on you.

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El momento de entrar en el supermercado es equivalente a cuando se nace. Entonces, la vida te ofrece opciones diferentes, dependiendo del supermercado en el que has nacido, y escoges o te fuerzan a escoger qué comprar - qué vivir. Una vez en la cola para pagar lo que has comprado, - otra-vez - puedes escoger en que caja quieres que tu compra sea pagada. Esto se parece al escogimiento de tu camino en la vida, esto conducirá todo al mismo final-la muerte=salida-, pero, dependiendo de la caja que escojas, alcanzarás la salida más pronto, más tarde, en una manera más acertada, o de lamás inadvertida. A veces cambias de cola porque crees el que será mejor - más rápida - y luego usted podría encontrar que tienes razón y has elegido la opción correcta para tu objetivo. Otras ocasiones, encuentras que la cola que estabas es más rápida y usted comprende que has elegido la opción incorrecta, y que es imposible volver.
De todos modos, escoger la decisión correcta al elegir la línea es esencial en la duración del camino para alcanzar la salida. Yo no diría que no se debas cambiar a otra cola si estas satisfecho con el cajero, tampoco digo que te cambies a otra cola o que deberías marcharte sin pagar. Esto depende de tí.