Back in the city. *sigh*

Midsummer was lovely. The weather was perfect, the company good and the time spent away from work, the computer and stress just heavenly. But, I'm back in reality and the rain now. Not really ready to take on the world tomorrow again... but oh well. Perhaps I'll just sit here for a bit, trying to prolong the remains of the holiday...

To see more pictures click (my nose) below.

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How to make a Marianne

Ingredients: 1 part competetiveness 3 parts humour 3 parts energy

Method: Blend at a low speed for 30 seconds. Add a little sadness if desired!

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Work has been an absolute nightmare today. :| But am gonna have a sauna soon.

Isn't she the cutest? :D

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Whee. Kinda Excited. :D I've been asked if I would be interested in a group exhibition with six amazingly talented photographers. Don't know how what when where yet, but we'd be looking at New York or London. I better start taking some proper pictures then huh. Check the others out, they are simply wonderful.

Ryan
Kristen
Lorraine
Marcy
Colin
Craig

Oh yeah and... Happy Birthday Miikka!

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Uh huh, what a BB night that was... Someone got the last part of the fight recorded, so if you want to see (it's not very pleasant) here it is. Apparently Emma is now back in the bedsit 'for her own safety'. Haven't seen Victor anywhere... Just Michelle and Stu courting in the garden this morning.

Oh my God it's all kicking off in BB! I so need to sleep, but this is just too compulsive. And they're so gonna chuck Victor out. 'DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?!' Er. Stu, you should be very happy you're not watching, major CONFLICT. And yeah the Stu in the house, what a slick player he turned out to be. Go Team Handsome.

Oh my god, I can't believe I've forgotten to say anything about BB! Can you believe this! I must warn you that it's 25 mins long though, you might wanna start somewhere around around the 15 min mark. (And Riina you might want to pass on this all together, all very blatant trash-TV). I can't believe Jason was the first bloke in BBUK ever to get that far with a girl. Would you snog him...? Eww....

Are you people keeping up with my posting? :)

Anyways, I now (after a lot of pestering) took the classic IQ test. I've always dreaded these things, as I'm for some reason very confident in the knowledge that everyone else is lot more intelligent than me. Well, it wasn't as bad as I thought... although let's not talk about the mathematical questions eh. Here's what I got.

Your IQ score is 129

Your Intellectual Type is Word Warrior. This means you have exceptional verbal skills. You can easily make sense of complex issues and take an unusually creative approach to solving problems. Your strengths also make you a visionary. Even without trying you're able to come up with lots of new and creative ideas.

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Third entry today. How about that huh? :D

Well, this is just a follow up on my thoughts on the personality test. I have a tendency to react with my gut quite swiftly, I guess this is where the F and the J come into play...

Ok so yes, after reading the profile I was quite moved about how deeply it seemed to fit. And I still think there are some really spooky things in there. But of course this is not a result of anyone really analysing me, apart from myself. Obviously, as I answered all of these questions myself, from the knowledge I have of myself, the result is really just my projected self-image. Which is why it felt like looking in the mirror. But I'm not really sure that it needs to be anything more than that. Having never gone to therapy or anything like that, I am pretty much the only person to analyze my own thoughts and to some extent my behaviour. And having these things I know about myself written down in such an concise form, makes them really hit home.

Anyways, I'm glad it has provoked conversation and also made me look at myself more critically (and also more acceptingly in some regards), as well as provided a (fun) foundation for me and some of my friends (namely you Riina) to analyze ourselves. And also perhaps share insight into each other.

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I've fallen in love with this picture of Liv Tyler.



Anyone know who took it?

Did some more reading on the personality types and found this site, which had some pretty indepth profiles. Reading my own actually choked me a bit. So ok... I think the test was pretty darn accurate then. It's a bit spooky how all these facets of my personality, which I thought were unique to me, can be categorized like so. Are we so easily divided into groups? It seems such a strange thing, that all of us humans and our personal motivations and feelings could be mapped out like that. Does it mean that we're not actually that complex? That everything is sort of pre-programmed into our psyche? Uhh I don't know, but those people who wrote that profile sure as hell knew things about me I thought no-one did. Confusing.

Next, I so want to do the compability test. This is probably not a wise move. :D

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I took some heavy duty personality tests. It was a bit time consuming (and strange)but quite good fun. Still trying to figure out what the results mean... erm. Here are my results if you're interested...

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We've come a long way from this. Or have we.... :D

Why does time go so fast? It's like a week starts and then in a few breathes it's already Sunday again... I feel like I can't get a hold of anything, like my life is slipping away through my fingers. I see people around me moving on, having lives, progressing to next stages. And I'm just treading water, while time is running out. Ah well.

Went to see The Butterfly Effect on Sunday. In spite of the negative reviews I've read, I thought it was actually quite interesting, strongly character driven and enjoyable. Made me jump out of my skin on several occations however... Some brilliant acting from child/teenage actors really made the story flow evenly. And I thought Aston wasn't half bad in it. I can see what Demi was thinking now... :P

I've arrived at another creative slump. Always happens after I have a shoot and get an image that's been brewing in my head for a long time out into physical form. It's nice to have it out there, completed, but there's always this sense of an anti-climax involved... like I could have done it better, I could have used more time on some aspects etc... Anyways. New ideas will fix that hopefully. Just feeling a bit blah at the moment.

BB UK has been really 'lively' this year. More has happened in the first week than in the whole of the last series. I just haven't had much time to watch it. And also, watching it online is always so different. It feels more like you're in the house yourself as you don't see the edited shows and how everyone's been portrayed. Doesn't hold the same excitement I suppose.



I just love this snap of Elli and Stu. A meeting of great minds. :D

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