I’m on a full week of vacation, well needed this. Christmas visit obligations done with no clear plan what I will be doing for the rest of the year. Hopefully some mental recharging or rewiring happens. At least the days will (very) slowly get longer again. Keeping myself a few days away from gaming, I … [ read more » ]
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November 19th, 2023
Flakes of snow
Faint showers of snow lately and temperature around zero degrees, time to change my footwear to winter shoes. Ever since the city bicycle season ended, I’ve had a hard time to reserve more time commuting to work, as road construction work makes public transport much slower than usual. I have however always walked back home, … [ read more » ]
October 1st, 2023
Ballet and Data-driven art
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 » ]
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 20th, 2023
Night of the Arts
Not much going on recently, the last days of summer is in the air and the weather was excellent on Helsinki’s annual Night of the Arts evening that peppers the city with countless cultural and artsy events. I wasn’t planning going anywhere beforehand, but eventually I ended up visiting two museums, a live concert and … [ read more » ]