14th October 2015

What did I get during the first whole week of no school? A cold. That is what I got. Luckily I'm feeling much better now and don't feel like I need to sleep the whole day.

Yesterday I got a package. I had ordered a shirt, skirt, necklace and bracelet thingy from LightInTheBox and they're finally here. I wanted to make sure that I would get an alright size so I ordered both the skirt and shirt in the size XL, 'cause I figured the place where they came from had a different idea of the size XL than we have here. It worked out quite well. I tried them on with a leather waist corset that I have and it looked great! I just need a petticoat for the skirt and I think I know what I'll use for making it. I have this one fabric that's really soft and thin, so I think I'll use that 'cause I think it would look good. We'll see how that goes and if there's enough of that fabric. I might post pictures of it and then next year about Desucon Frostbite if I get a ticket to get there.

Moving on. I'm one of those people that write fanfiction. I have some in FanFiction.net and at the moment I'm rewriting one of them. Why am I rewriting it? Because I read it and it was horrible. I like to think that I'm a better writer than what I was about three to four years ago. And that fanfic wasn't finished either, and I didn't want this sudden shift in the middle of the chapters, you know what I mean? Oh, and the fanfic I am currently rewriting is called Meine Sonnenblume. It is a request Hetalia fanfic. At the moment I have two short chapters written. I thought that when I'll post the fanfic in FF.net then I'll put up more than one or two chapters. Gives people more to read and I kinda feel like I need to so I can make up for not updating the original in a long long time.

Today I'll be going to hear a lecture about studying abroad. I thought it could be interesting, and I am fascinated by the idea of studying art abroad, or studying abroad in general. Maybe even about living abroad. Yeah, maybe some day. I'll possibly write about what the lecture was like later today. If I feel like I can write something about it.

Uh, I think I'll leave this here. I do have another small topic I could write about, but I think I'll save it for later. So. See ya later.

6th October 2015

The exam week is over, the last exam was yesterday. I am... free? Well, sorta. I don't have to go to school for any lessons, but I should check out places where I might want to go study next year. Can't almost believe it's going to be 2016 soon. Jeez.

I got meself a new tablet. It's a Wacom Intuos pen & touch small. It has been alright so far. Finished this with it:

It originally had a black shirt, but then I tried what it looked like without it and... Well there you have the result. The character is one of my many OCs called Sam. I have another character called Sam but he's quite different compared to this one. If I would but it simply, stereotypically even, the Sam here is an extrovert and the other one is an introvert. I might do a post about them two where explain it all in more detail.

I also drew this, kind of out of boredom:

I dyed my hair, or at least tried to dye it turquoise. Well, it's more or less so. Green at least. Greenish-turquoise. Something like that.

Now something game related. I found out about the expansion DLC that is coming this year for Bloodborne and I watched the trailer. I cannot express how excited I am because of it. New weapons, characters, places, lore... All that fun stuff. It's gonna be great~! Of course, I cannot play it myself since I don't have the game nor PS4, but I'm slowly getting there. I am trying to save up enough money for the console and game. One day I will get it. One day.

What else, what else. Uhm, well, I started playing Pokemon Heartgold version again. Started all the way from the beginning. I have this thing where I can't just start playing somewhere in the middle of the game if I haven't played it in a long time. It is a tiny bit of a curse, but, what can you do. I guess I'm just afraid I won't remember something important that I need to do in the game. Could be that. And if it an RPG then I think it's more about not being able to connect with the character that I've made a long time ago. *shrug* It's a bit weird.

Can't think of anything else, so ah... See ya later.

1st October, 2015

So finally time for another post. I thought about posting after the exam week but why not do it now. I can do another post later.

First of a little about the matriculation examination. Let's just say it didn't go so well, at least when it comes to two subjects; religion and psychology. I had kinda given up on those, however I'm more confident about English. I think that one went really well, so fingers crossed I get at least Eximia. That has been my goal when I decided to resit it (last time I got Magna). From religion I got a C last time, and I'm alright with that. It's not like I'm going to study it any further anyway. As for advanced mathematics and Finnish (or mother tongue), well... Eh, they didn't go so well. I did those during the Spring, and got an A and a B. ^^;; Oh well.

Maybe I should put a quick explanation about the grades of matriculation examination, just in case. From best to worst:

- Laudatur ( = L )

- Eximia cum laude approbatur ( = E )

- Magna cum laude approbatur ( = M )

- Cum laude approbatur ( = C )

- Lubenter approbatur ( = B )

- Approbatur ( = A )

- Improbatur ( = I ) (Failed)

Improbatur has four subgroups: i+, i, i-, i=

If you get Improbatur, you need compensation points to make up for it from other subjects you've taken.. For i+ you need 12, for i you need 14, for i- you need 16 and for i= you need 18. How many compensation points you get of course depends on the grades you've gotten: L=7, E=6, M=5, C=4, B=3, A=2.

There you go. Now to move to another subject that also has to do with school: my years in high school are coming to an end. After this exam week I don't have any so called normal school days and I'll be graduating this year. Yay, I guess? I really should look into where I would want to go study next. One problem is that I can be quite picky, even if I try not to. It can be a bit frustrating, even for me. I do have a faint idea of what I want to do, but nothing solid. 

Next topic! Enough about school. Let's talk a bit about books. I realized this year that I haven't really read many books, if any in a long time. And by books I mean novels and such. I realized this after I read Terry Pratchett's and Stephen Baxter's The Long Earth. I definitely recommend reading that, and I really want to read the other books in the series. 

After that one I read Assassin's Creed: Revelations by Oliver Bowden. I absolutely needed to read at least one of the novels from the series, because I love the games. And Ezio Auditore da Firenze is my favourite character, so choosing what book to read wasn't difficult. In my personal opinion the book was written really well, even though I remember that I noticed some little things weren't in it. But the games are big, and you can't shove it all in a book, so it doesn't bother me that much. It is a very good book despite that.

Mom gave me two new books to read this week, and I've started reading one of them: Hideous Creatures by S. E. Lister. Can't really say much about it yet, because I've only read about 16 pages. The other book is The Raven's Head by Karen Maitland.

I bought two fake septum piercings from Cypershop not so long ago, and I know I definitely like one of them, a dark silver one. The other one is dark gold, but it is a tiny bit too small, so it isn't so comfortable to wear and comes off a bit too easily. At least it feels like it. 

I would like to get a real septum piercing done, but I'm not so fond of pain and am terrible when it comes to dealing with it. My pain tolerance, or whatever it's called, is really low so I can get nervous just by thinking about it. Same thing with tattoos. I would like to get one some day, but I worry too much about the pain. I do have ear piercings, one on the left and two on the right, but that it about as much as I can take. And it kinda makes me sad sometimes.

Now that we're on the subject of being sad, the other day I started crying and I couldn't think of any kind of reason why I started crying. It just happened, and the rest of the day I wasn't in a good mood because of it. It was fucking confusing and I hope it doesn't happen again, but I know it might. Fucking hell. 

Now, the last thing I wanted to write about: Desucon Frostbite. I'm planning on going there with my girlfriend, and I believe some of her friends are going there too. Just today I checked the website where they announce dates and such for the con, and it seems people won't be able to book a room from one of the, possibly one of the most used, hotels Omenahotelli. There are of course other options, but, you know. 

I bought some lolita stuff from LightInTheBox, and now I'm just waiting for those to arrive. I thought of dressing up in some sort of steampunk lolita style for the con. We'll see how that goes. Hopefully well. 

That's all for now. See ya later.