1. Soap. In cupcake form. Or cupcakes in soap form. In any case, they're handmade in Finland using natural ingredients, they look amazing and they smell absolutely edible. Coming to a shop near you in the near future, but soon you can get your hands on them here.
2. Ahne '10 Art Festival. The exhibition is in Suvilahti, and showcases work of art students from Aalto University, among others. My personal favorite was the bra display. Also, it's free of charge. Bonus.
3. Naps. The good people of Juhlaviikot and Helsingin Sanomat are letting you nap at the Central Railway Station and Ruttopuisto Park for a couple of days; they provide the beds and blankets, and they'll even watch your stuff while you get some midday shuteye.
4. Rain. Finally. It's seriously pleasant after this hot as balls summer. Although that Apocalyptic Storm (pretty sure i saw some horsemen rolling around in the sky too) a couple of weeks ago was piss-my-pants kinda scary.
5. My new bike. A shiny black Jopo, named Nakkimankeli 'freebird' Makkonen (naming help was had from some brilliant minds - thanks for that), that rides like a dream. And on the same note: I hope you're enjoying my rickety, rusty, stolen one with the flat tyre, you bicycle-thieving nut sack.
6. Angela Carter. I went to the library the other day and borrowed The Bloody Chamber, where she refashions and reworks classic fairy tales in a brilliant way. i can't believe i've never read any of her stuff before. At times it's like a female Gaiman counterpart. Captivating.
7. Cookies. Bought Vegan Cookies Take Over Your Cookie Jar from NY, and baked a batch of Chocolate Fudgy Oatmeal Cookies, which were the shit.
8. Midlake. And the fact that they're coming back to Finland in November.
9. iBeer iPhone app. Turns your iphone into a pint of beer for 0.79e. This enables you to pretend you're tipping back the brews, with the beer sloshing and frothing around your phone/pint. I don't see how this could be satisfying; i do see how you'd look like an absolute twat drinking your phone at a bar, tho. What the hell is it doing on my list, then? see #10 below.
10. Sober September. That's right; it's as good a month as any to grab yourself by the neck and give yourself a good, solid, smarting slap of sobriety. The reason why it's on my list of things to love now is because it's still August. Cheers.
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