Arty-farty

Arty-farty. art NOUN 1. the creation of works of beauty or other special significance. 2. the excercise of human skill ( as distinguished from nature). 3. imaginative skill as applied to representations of the natural world or figments of the imagination. Got it?
arty-farty ADJECTIVE informal artistic in a pretentious way.

And on a completely different note, I booked a flight to Sapporo today.. It's pretty much official now. I'm really going to Japan. Sweet ( in the words of E. Cartman). Travel fever hasn't kicked in yet, but it'll come as soon as I start packing up my things at my CRIB. Fo' shizzle. Day by day the idea of me leaving this town is becoming more and more concrete, and I have to admit it feels quite good. I'm thinking about the trip a lot, obviously. Wondering what it'll be like to meet the other exchange students for the first time, getting to know the school and the city, travelling within Japan.. Great expectations.. Just kidding. Obviously I do have some cautious expectations, but basically I'm just going there with an open mind. The experience will be great anyway; the greatest adventure of my life so far. Hope everything goes well (knock on wood).

Ah nein, I have to go to work in a bit. Enough with this scribbling. Catch you later. Peace.

Working a day shift, having a three, no, four hour break and then going back to do another couple of hours...Yes, fatigue is the word of the day. A warm day today in Oulu, Finland. Perhaps the summer isn't quite over yet. But lets keep our fingers crossed just in case..
By the way, this is the view from the Oulu marketplace 'torinranta', towards the sea..which you can't actually see because of the small islands in the way. A nice picture, though. Now to bed. Thank you and good nite.

Word Up

blog NOUN Informal short for weblog.
>'blogger NOUN

My first weblog, and I have nothing to say. Oh, except it's raining in Oulu.. Peace.