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Joskus iskee pakottava tarve tehdä jotain hiuksille tai hankkia uusi tökötti. Tämän hetken himotus on ghd:n suoristusrauta, joka on kuulemma rautojen Ferrari. Noin 100 euron hinta brittiläisissä nettikaupoissa on ainoa asia, mikä toistaiseksi estää minua klikkaamasta sitä itselleni.

Tajusin tänään aamulla, että mikään muu tuoteryhmä ei aiheuta samanlaista pakkoa ostaa tai uskoa, että elämänlaatuni paranee huomattavasti, kunhan vaan saan asian x: uusi hiusväri, leikkaus, aine joka muuttaa hiukseni Blake Livelyn hiuksiksi jne. Jostain kumman syystä tuota viimeistä ei muuten ole vielä löytynyt.

Värjäysintoa on tosin laimentanut intoni hoitaa hiusta (suoristusrauta tekee joo tosi hyvää hiuksille, mutta ei mietitä sitä nyt...). Lisäksi olen ehkä vihdoin tajunnut, että täydellistä hiusväriä ei vaan ole. Ei se vaihtamalla parane.

Hmmmh, nyt alkoi taas hiustenvärjäys huvittaa... Eieieiei, juuri kun olen pääsemässä juurikasvukierteestä eroon!

Kuluvan vuoden paras hiustuote oli muuten joko se kauan etsitty täydellinen jätettävä hoitoaine, eli L'Anzan Hair Repair Leave-In Protector tai Joicon ihana banaanintuoksuinen rakennepaikkaava K-Pak Deep Penetrating Reconstructor Treatment. Suurin hutiostos oli Fudge Salt Spray, joka ei tehnyt hiuksilleni yhtään mitään, mutta sai päänahan kirvelemään.

The past decade

This is the traditional questionnaire, that I have filled out at the end of each year. This time, it's about the past decade.

1.What did you do in this decade that you'd never done before?
-Many things, went to university, lived alone, lived with a boyfriend, lived alone...

2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next decade?
-I never make any.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
-Lala, twice, and several cousins also procreated.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
-My maternal grandmother.

5. What countries did you visit?
-Estonia, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, UK, France, Hungary, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Croatia, Serbia, Japan, India, Australia, China, USA and Mexico. I think that's all. Oh yeah, and Prague airport in Czech Republic, plus I drove a bus through Slovenia, and slept through the whole ride. Do they count?

6. What would you like to have in 2010s that you lacked in 2000s?
-A career.

7. What date from 2000s will remain etched upon your memory?
-Well, maybe 8.10.2005, when I met Mika.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the decade?
-Getting into university twice.

9. What was your biggest failure?
-Not graduating from the said uni.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
-Yes. The most serious ones, ie. those that needed hospital care, were appendicitis and kampylo bachteria.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
-There are so many things to choose from, but I'll say my trip to Madrid in 2003. It was the first time I travelled alone, I had a blast, and I think it encouraged me to travel more.

12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
-Dad has been an enormous support through the whole decade.

13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
-There were few people.

14. Where did most of your money go?
-If you don't count the essentials (food and living), then definitely travelling!

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
-University life, travelling, football, cycling, skiing.

16. What song will always remind you of 2000s?
-Ikuisen teekkarin laulu.

17. Compared to this time last decade, are you
i. happier or sadder?
-Close call. I am more at ease with myself, but on the other hand, life was more carefree when I was 15. I say happier, just because I'm happy that I am not 15 anymore.

ii. thinner or fatter?
-Fatter.

iii. richer or poorer?
-I have more money, but now I have to pay for everything myself, whereas 10 years ago dad payed for everything, since I had no income.

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
-Studied.

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
-Stressed.

20. Did you fall in love in 2000s?
-At least once.

21. How many one night stands?
-A few.

22. What was your favourite TV programme?
-ER and The Simpsons.

23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last decade?
-No, I didn't know that person then.

24. What was the best book you read?
-Wallander series by Henning Mankell, Anybody Out There? by Marian Keyes, Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling, and many more.

25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
-Did I discover Ultra Bra this decade? How about Robbie Williams?

26. What did you want and get?
-A wonderful boyfriend.

27. What did you want and not get?
-A year as an exchange student.

29. What was your favourite film of this decade?
-Lost in Translation.

30. What one thing would have made your decade immeasurably more satisfying?
-Well, the correct answer to this is kinda personal.

31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2000s?
-Ever changing evolution, mostly jeans and a t-shirt.

32. What kept you sane?
-Travelling.

33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
-Scarlett Johansson!

34. What political issue stirred you the most?
-WTC.

35. Who did you miss?
-Many, many, many people.

36. Who was the best new person you met?
-I met most of my friends in this decade, but the answer to this is really easy. Mika, of course.

37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2000s.
-One does not have to be model-thin in order to be liked and loved.

Ruokakysely

1. Laskiaispullat: hillolla vai mantelimössöllä? Molemmat ovat yhtä hyviä!

2. Brunbergin suukot: mansikka, banaani, suklaa vai vanilja? Ei mikään näistä, mokka on parasta!

3. Maksalaatikko: rusinoilla vai ilman? Hyi yäkyäkyäk, ei kumpikaan. Ilman ruisinoita, jos on pakko. En tosin söisi.

4. M&M'sit: pähkinöillä vai normina? Tässäkään ei kumpikaan, vaan paras on pähkinävoitäytteinen!

5. Joulutortut vai piparit? Piparitaikina.

6. Porkkana-, lanttu-, vai perunalaatikko? Perunalaatikko.

7. Oudoin ruokatottumus...? En keksinyt tähän itse mitään, Mika ehdotti tortillaa ilman tortillaa. En siis syö niitä lättyjä tai tacokuoria, vaan vedän täytteet sellaisenaan haarukalla. Ruoka muistuttaa lähinnä jotain texmex-salaattia.

8. Lapsuuden ruokatrauma...? Koulussa ollut sienikeitto, aka sieniörkkä, jonka jälkeen eräs luokkakaverini oksensi. Se oli pahaa, enkä sen jälkeen syönyt sieniä oikeastaan ollenkaan ennen aikuisikää. Säilykeherkkusienet toki maistuivat.

9. En koskaan laittaisi suuhuni...? Khai luta (Madventuresista tuttu herkku)

10. Ulkona syön mieluiten... jossain kivassa ravintolassa keskustassa. Suosikkejani ovat Cantina West ja Belge. Useimmiten tulee käytyä Olarin Roadhousessa, mistä saa toki oikein hyvää ruokaa.

Mä rakastan tätä kyselyä

Okay, so I did this about the decade, but let's not forget this year! I also added some relevant questions this time.

1.What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?
Ran Cooper's test.

2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I never make any.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Lala.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
No.

5. What countries did you visit?
Estonia, Sweden (15 minutes in Haparanda!), China and Netherlands (Schiphol airport)

6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
A direction in my life, perhaps.

7. What date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory?
15.6., when I found out that I was hired to my current job.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I lost a significant amount of weight and while doing so, became a better skier and got back on my bike.

9. What was your biggest failure?
Not losing enough weight.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Some flu here and there, got stung by wasps like 8 times in one thigh, and found out that am most definitely NOT allergic to wasps.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
Well, obviously the ticket to China. A bit more tangible thing would be my iPod.

12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
Mira was wonderful showing me around Beihing.

13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
This horrible wench living in the building next to ours who has yelled at me three times for walking in my own frigging yard.

14. Where did most of your money go?
If you don't count the essentials (food and living), then exercise, mainly my ridiculously expensive gym membership.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Skiing, cycling, organic chemistry, haircare.

16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
Happoradio's cover of Unelmia ja toimistohommia. The sunny afternoon in Levi, good times, good times.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you
i. happier or sadder?
Happier

ii. thinner or fatter?
Thinner!!!!

iii. richer or poorer?
Richer

A good year!

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Travelling

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Eating empty carbs

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
I was at dad's for the evening. This was the first Christmas ever when I spent the night in my own home. It was nice, I guess, but somehow it didn't feel right. I like my Christmas traditions.

21. How will you be spending New Year's Eve?
I was eating fondue at friends' home in Järvenperä.

22. Did you fall in love in 2009?
I was already in love.

23. How many one night stands?
Zero, once again.

24. What was your favourite...

a) TV programme?
The Amazing Race, The Simpsons, Project Runway

b) restaurant?
Roadhouse in Olari

c) (new) hair care product?
Tie between L'Anza's Hair Repair Leave-In Protector and Joico's K-Pak Deep Penetrating Reconstructor Treatment.

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No.

26. What was the best book you read?
I gotta say Henning Mankell's Rauhaton mies. I was literally hyperventilating when I found out that it had been published in Finnish.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
I re-discovered Robbie Williams.

27b. What about greatest literary discovery?
Qiu Xiaolong's Inspector Chen Cao novels.

28. What did you want and get?
My job.

29. What did you want and not get?
A trip to somewhere warm in November.

30. What was your favourite film of this year?
Brüno! I was laughing even after the movie ended. I also really liked Confessions of a Shopaholic, so you could say that Cohen-Fisher family kept me entertained this year.

31. What did you do on your birthday?
I had a dinner at Kilim with Mika.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
More travelling (ie. more money to travel)

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
It evolved from skirts and ballet flats to skirts and heels.

34. What kept you sane?
Was I sane? ;) Light therapy lamp really helped in November and December.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Norwegian athletes like Andreas Thorkildsen.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
A certain pile of plank wood

37. Who did you miss?
Many people

38. Who was the best new person you met?
I don't know.

39. What was the best new blog you discovered?
Anna Goodman's, who is a Canadian slalom skier.

40. Best sport moment

a) you accomplished?
Skiing Levi Black down succesfully.

b) you watched?
Tanja Poutiainen winning GS world cup.

Yup, skiing rocks!

41. Worst sport moment

a) you failed?
Not finishing the Suvisaaristo time trial course under 20 minutes. (cycling)

b) you watched?
Finland-England match at women's European Championships, especially the England's goal minutes after Finland's... (football)

42. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009.
After heating a pipet on a Bunsen burner, do not touch it!

It's finally (almost) over

5 vuotta, 10 kuukautta, 21 päivää ja muutama minuutti. Niin kauan olin ilman hammasta yläleuassani.

Kävin siis tänään hammaslääkärillä ja sain vihdoin uuden hampaan. Suu tuntuu täydeltä. Sattui. Pelotti. Tärisin vielä pitkään lääkärin jälkeen.

Raudat saan pois helmikuussa, koska YTHS:llä ei ole aiemmin aikoja suuhygienistille.