I used to have a blog at this address, and I even updated it. For a while.<\/p>\n
Then I lost interest, and at some point the big G disabled selfhosted blogspot sites.
\nThis, here, shall be an attempt to resume blogging on some scale, about any and all things that pertain to me and my interests.<\/p>\n
So, what’s new and what not<\/strong><\/p>\n Since my last post in 2008 loads has happened. I moved away from Kouvola to Helsinki along with the Uni, moved in with my girlfriend, got engaged, all that. I’ve been mostly unemployed with some bouts of decent translator’s work (though not nearly enough of it). University turned into a stinking pile of waste for me and studying hasn’t been that appealing for a while either. On the plus side, I am<\/em> engaged to get married, and there may be hope on the horizon of getting my BA degree sometime next year.<\/p>\n More recent activities of mine have included gaming, of the board and video varieties, and also some rocking out.<\/p>\n Gaming activities have included great boardgames such as Red November<\/em>, \u00a0Arkham Horror<\/em>, Battlestar Galactica<\/em>, and many other. For reasons unknown (or maybe not), a lot of these games have been Fantasy Flight games. Video gaming has taken a sideroad to consoles, having bought a 360 along with a few games, the likes of Bayonetta<\/em> and Fable II<\/em>, both of\u00a0which I enjoyed a lot, and a helping of music games like GH: Metallica<\/em>, and a set of Rock Band games (2, Beatles, and now 3). Rocking out has been happening somewhat.<\/p>\n On the subject of rocking out, I went to two gigs recently. One of my long time faves, Dark Tranquillity, were playing in Helsinki and I obviously had to go catch up – the last time I’d seen them on stage was at the 2004 Tuska festival. Having bought their previous live DVD, the set wasn’t that much of a surprise: filled with several songs from their most recent album, the excellent We Are the Void<\/em> of the past winter, and a fair share of stuff from all around their career. The dark side ended up being invited into the haven of the Nosturi club and oh boy I had a great time. I met with a friend for a beer after the gig and called that an evening well spent.<\/p>\n The other recent gig was that of Finnish melancholy rock outfit Viikate, at the famous Tavastia club downtown. I’ve been seeing a lot of them these past three years and so they weren’t that surprising either, but a good time was had nonetheless, especially at the point when they played Leimu, one of my favorites.<\/p>\n