I'm running behind

I know it's been a long time.. Yes I know I've become lazy. Last time I went to the hair dresser was during the summer. It must be 6 months ago or something.

The girl at the hair dresser looked at me and asked:
"Do you want to keep the surfer style?"

I smiled since I had no idea I had become part of hairstyle movement called 'the surfers'.

I replied with a lack of confidence:
"Sure, why not."

I'm going to Mexico in one month so the surfer style sounded just fine.

The whole experience was really fun. The girl had just come from the dentist and her mouth was still numb from the local anesthesia. I could see some drool on her lip. We were both laughing about it.

What finally proved that I'm running behind trends was the moment she asked if I wanted some sticky stuff put on my hair. It was fine for me so she started this 4 stage process.
1. Some strange dry powder that mostly resembled Anthrax from my Al Qaida training days. Apparently the powder makes the hair more fluffy. The stuff is especially useful if you like wearing a hat.
2-3. Two different waxes mixed together to create some special effect. I don't know if it was the local anesthesia or the fact that she was from Venus but I didn't understand this part of the process.
4. Finally some hairspray to make the creation stand the test of time and the wind outside.

Reality check to life every 6 months is not a bad idea. I scheduled the next one for June 2009. Then I might even change my style.

Inconvenient

It's convenient to take the car.
It's convenient to forget things.
It's convenient to to avoid responsibility.
It's convenient to blame other people.
It's convenient to think others will take care of it.
It's convenient to believe in God.
It's convenient to go instead of staying.
It's convenient to buy new one.
It's convenient to write in bed.
It's convenience that will turn out to be inconvenient.

Finnish hospitality

My first day not working. The sun decided to show up this morning so I packed my photo gear and jumped in the first tram heading east. Then the sun got a bit shy and went behind the clouds.

Well, I was in Kallio wondering what to do next. It was freezing and I was starting to get cold. Then I saw this 56 years old man weighting 92kg. He was sitting on the pavement trying to get up. This man was one of these people that we often call alcoholics. Few minutes later I also heard a new term ' losers who should drink less next time'.
Anyway few WOMEN were trying to help him get up and after a while he was back on his feet. The women left as I watched the man fall down again. He was totally out of strength as I soon came to find out.
Next a WOMAN stopped to help him get up again. At this point I went to help her. We got the man on his feet. The woman smiled, thanked me and left as I stayed and was a bit suspicious of the mans ability to walk. As expected, he collapsed again on the pavement.

Next I helped him up on my own, put his hat on an hoped for the best. He was able to walk few meters before crashing down head first. This time it looked bad. The man's face hit the ground really hard and the gravel asphalt combination did the damage. Now he was bleeding quite heavily and there was a clear cut in his face. I called the emergency number and told them to send some help.






After that there wasn't that much I could do and the man didn't really feel like talking. I decided to continue my photo session. 4 minutes later I took this photo of a dog shit with the flag on it in the park near the man. After the photo I felt like a piece of dog shit wearing a colorful beanie.

I went back to make sure the ambulance would come. At that point there were already medics helping him. They showed up from the government building next to the place of the accident. Five minutes later the police came and saw that the situation was under control.

I was cold, took the metro and headed south.

Now some of you might think it's wrong to take photos of a drunk man who is bleeding. Somehow a photo is still able make things a bit more concrete for some of you %#%# who turn the head the other way when something bad happens. There's something seriously wrong with this nation and I don't meant the alcoholics.

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

It's getting dark in here

I didn't remember that sun goes down in Finland at 2 in the afternoon. I think I knew it but I didn't remember. There's a difference.

It's like I know I took this photo about a month ago but I can't remember the moment. Strange.

Intresting video about history of human

Maybe we don't know everything about our past. Who knows.

Edit: I've now watched the first 4 parts of the program at it's actually really interesting. Is it a hoax? I don't know.

Living in the moment is not the same as living like ther is no tomorrow

A relative of mine died suddenly and unexpectedly few years ago. No warning no nothing. She just collapsed. She was quite young. That was one of those reminders that life is short and unpredictable. It seems only during sudden tragedies we seem to remember these facts of life.

Usually after a while we forget this fact. It's buried underneath our other worries. I use the word 'worries' because that is how we often see it. We see death as a one more thing to worry about. Death is a problem to us. It's so big that we don't like to think about it. When we think about it, it's usually when something really unfortunate happens.

Personally I'm starting to see death as only one more event in our lives. I'd like to say solution but that sounds way too suicidal. I have no intention of speeding up my departure of this 65kg of meat, water and bones, that is delicately put together. When death is not a worry in my life I don't see it as something that could ruin my life prematurely.

So I'm trying to live in this moment just like everyone else. It's trendy these days but It's often trendy in all the wrong ways. Many of us think that living in this moment means doing as many things as possible in as short time as possible. We think we have to jump out of an airplane, ski down the mountain, buy a Ferrari, get respect, power, and fame before we die. We have to do it all, because it feels we would die in vain if didn't achieve something in our lives.

This whole living in the moment thing has twisted to something really strange. We collect all the things we can (money, experiences etc.), because some day we will be old and then we can't do anything. We justify our action today by thinking about our future.

Now there is the first argument that makes no sense: We live in the moment while worrying about the future. That's not living in the moment.

Secondly, we've become egocentric. Actually I think we've always been egocentric but now it seems it's getting worse. We are competing against each other on a global scale. Who's got the biggest ego, who is the greatest individual!

I'm not constantly worried about death, but I am worried about turning into egocentric in a time when I'd like to be eco-centric. There is no point in living like there is no tomorrow. There is always tomorrow. Maybe not to you and me because of a sudden accident or failure in our bodies, but there is always tomorrow for all the other people on this planet. It's egocentric to think otherwise.

For me living in the moment is realizing all that. Unfortunately my memory is often short. That is why I write it down.