Still quick warm outside, but surely October will get chillier. Getting darker anyways, the one single thing you can trust year in, year out with precision. Indoors, I went to see a ballet performance for the first time in ages, the classic Swan Lake by the Finnish National Ballet at the Opera House in Helsinki. … [ read more » ]
flickering thoughts
A loose diary of what has been happening lately with my life.
September 24th, 2023
Lost in side quests
Warm and humid, which is somewhat unusual in late September in Helsinki. Feels again like a week when I didn’t do anything special, yet I did go see a football match, had my Rolleicord film developed, started a new video game and even fixed an old website I made maybe ten years ago that got … [ read more » ]
September 17th, 2023
Cracks in sight
Not sure what to write about this time on a public blog, but here is something random. The first mildly colder breezes of autumn have arrived and the evenings have become clearly darker. One more week and the days are again shorter than the nights. Not great. The film roll from my Rolleicord camera is … [ read more » ]
September 11th, 2023
Autumn is coming
The weather hasn’t felt like autumn yet as it has been unusually warm. Not sure is it a good or a bad thing. I went to see Aki Kaurismäki‘s latest movie Fallen Leaves at Cinema Orion, which was sold out (quite rare, that). The movie offered no surprises, it was a classic Kaurismäki tale of … [ read more » ]
September 4th, 2023
Dazed & Confused
Another hazy week went by and I’m struggling to remember what I did, apart from spending my evenings with Final Fantasy XV (97 hours now clocked on that). Thankfully I’m near completing it now. At least I went to see the Helsinki Biennial 2023 at Vallisaari one day, which was also the first time this … [ read more » ]
August 28th, 2023
Traveling in a fantasy world
Very unproductive week outside of work. Some minor shopping with clothing (socks and a hat), but otherwise I’ve used my free time mostly in the world of Final Fantasy XV. Escapism of sorts. And procrastinating. After around 60 hours of game time, I’m slowly starting to get a hang of the battle system. There still … [ read more » ]