The end.

"Kaukaa kaikki on pientä, ei tarvii olla fiksu että ton verran tietää." -Jodarok

Top 3 favorite things right now:

3. Nightless nights.

2. Seeing other interpretations of the Finnish summer on blogs.

1. All the friends who have agreed to act upon my photographic whims.

Summers are for travelling, so there'll be a little pause over here. If any of you know anything about this Glossom-thing give me a shout. I've been sent an invitation, but I'm not sure I want to join just yet. I'm a student-to-be, not a career builder.

Last month I secretly filmed this cute couple being cute. This morning I had a letter from Pekka Halosen akatemia(=a vocational art school here in Finland) and they're offering me a place on a 2,5-year course in art! I feel like the acceptance letter is going to crumble and just vanish, but luckily letters don't do that. I remember sitting in a hot classroom crammed with applicants for three days just pounding out ideas on paper and being absolutely exhausted and thinking I'm turning in work that isn't good enough. I get to study art full-time for almost three years.

"Miks sä valitat et sul ei oo tai sinä et voi tai sulle ei anneta? / Miks sä tuijotat vain ikkunasta betonia ja parkkipaikkoja? / Mene tuonne siel on suuri metsä / kanervia ja männynneulasia / Katso ylös niin näet puiden latvat / avaruudet vievät linnunradat" -Kauko Röyhkä

So, I've optimized viewing over here for 1024x768 display resolution and it looks good for me! Hope it's displaying alright for you guys, too.

Went to the zoo about a month ago and saw animals in cages. Also, I tried to nail this portrait of us again, but I continue to experiment with it.