stolen from nilhuanwen 

What was the #1 song the day you were born? Google the date and #1 song and then post your #1 song on your LJ - preferably with a Youtube vid if you can find one!

Faith by George Michael. Quite embarrassing really...

Went to shopping on monday and all I found new handbag and one book, The Perkin Warbeck Conspiracy by Ian Arthurson.



There hasn't been any concert lately but we're probably going to Finnish Metal Expo later this month. 

stolen from nouveauyou 

1. Take five books off your bookshelf.
2. Book #1 -- first sentence
3. Book #2 -- last sentence on page fifty
4. Book #3 -- second sentence on page one hundred
5. Book #4 -- next to the last sentence on page one hundred fifty
6. Book #5 -- final sentence of the book
7. Make the five sentences into a paragraph:

"I felt her fear before I heard her screams.No one will see us. She had started so young, and that first time hadn't been easy at all - she'd been shaking like a leaf - but she'd gotten the job done, and the next time had been easier, and the time after that easier still. He changed the subject. And for the first time they would be truly together. "

Books:
1. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
2. Lady Anne's Dangerous Man by Jeane Westin
3. Kiss Me While I Sleep by Linda Howardr
4. Shields of Pride by Elizabeth Chadwick
5. Cry To Heaven by Anne Rice

Those were the nearest me and Cry To Heaven is the only one I've read.
 

stolen from nilhuanwen 

1. Which book has been on your shelves the longest?

Probably Buffy books

2. What is your current read, your last read and the book you'll read next?

Last: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Current: Dragonlance: Dragons of the Hourglass Mage by Margaret Weis
Next: The Tudor Rose by Margaret Campbell Barnes

3. What book did everyone like and you hated?

Twilight and Leonardo's Swans by Karen Essex 

4. Which book do you keep telling yourself you'll read, but you probably won't?

Sinuhe egyptiläinen (The Egyptian) by Mika Waltari. I've wanted to read this book but I read one of his books in school and hated it so much. So I've never made myself start this one.

5. Which book are you saving for "retirement?"

Don't know. I don't save books. 

6. Last page: read it first or wait till the end?

Usually wait till the end but there's few times that I've read it first.

7. Acknowledgments: waste of ink and paper or interesting aside?

depends on the author

8. Which book character would you switch places with?

Many! Anita Blake and Merry Gentry (I want they're men :D) , Moiraine (Wheel of Time) and Arwen

9. Do you have a book that reminds you of something specific in your life (a person, a place, a time)?

Not really, no

10. Name a book you acquired in some interesting way.

I don't think I have anything that I got in interesting way... 

11. Have you ever given away a book for a special reason to a special person?

Only to borrow

12. Which book has been with you to the most places?

Maybe The Vampire Armand

13. Any "required reading" you hated in high school that wasn’t so bad ten years later?

I think we read total 2 books in school and I haven't read them after that. 

14. What is the strangest item you’ve ever found in a book?

buss ticket

15. Used or brand new?

Both 

16. Stephen King: Literary genius or opiate of the masses?

Not sure. I've read couple of his books but they were ok. 

17. Have you ever seen a movie you liked better than the book?

The only one I can think of now is The Duchess

18. Conversely, which book should NEVER have been introduced to celluloid?

Queen of the Damned. The film would be fine if you never heard of  the book  

19. Have you ever read a book that's made you hungry, cookbooks being excluded from this question?

Never 

20. Who is the person whose book advice you'll always take?

I'm always open to suggestions but can't say anyone particular. 
 

Comment and I'll give you a letter, then you have to list ten people/places/things you love that begin with that letter, afterwards post it on your journal and fill out letters of your own.

nilhuanwen gave me F 
it was harder than I thought, couldn't think anything with F...

* From Hell - I love Johnny Depp in this!
* Fringe
* Flanigan, Joe - makes Stargate Atlantis worth watching :D
* Falling World - favorite song from the album New Moon by Swallow the Sun
* Frieda, Leonie - I loved her book about Catherine de Medici. She's done her research. 
* Fazer- it makes chocolate named Fazerin sininen :D
* Fjord horse- I've always thought they're so cute!
* The Fast and the Furious- I still think the first movie was the best
* Facinelli, Peter- I loved him in Fastlane. He was much hotter back then...
* Falls the Shadow - okay I cheated a little... I haven't read the book yet but I'm gonna do that. Couldn't think anything else xD it's by Sharon Kay Penman

stolen from nouveauyou 

1. Bold the names of guys you'd definitely sex it up with.
2. Italicize the names of guys you might do after a little persuasion.
3. Leave the guys who don't do anything for you alone.
4. Put a question mark after the guys you've never heard of.
5. Strike the guys you wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole.
6. Add three more guys to the list.

1. Russell Howard?
2. Criss Angel
3. Robert Pattinson
4. Jeffrey Dean Morgan
5. Hugh Jackman
6. Brad Pitt
7. Jared Padalecki
8. Taylor Lautner
9. Jackson Rathbone
10. Robert Downey Jr.
11. Jared Leto
12. Adam Gontier?
13. Chris Kane
14. Michael Welch?
15. Jensen Ackles
16. Michael Shanks
17. Misha Collins
18. Ryan Reynolds?
19. Andrew-Lee Potts?
20. Lee Pace?
21. David Tennant
22. John Krasinski?
23. Rupert Grint
24. Justin Chambers
25. Ed Helms?
26. Patrick Dempsey
27. Johnny Depp
28. Bradley Whitford?
29. Paul Rudd?
30. Cory Monteith?
31. Peter Capaldi ?
32. Idris Elba?
33. John Simm?
34. Zachary Quinto
35. Joshua Jackson
36. Matt Bomer
37. Matt Damon
38. Christian Bale
39. Daniel Radcliffe
40. Matthew Bellamy?
41. Jude Law
42. Ioan Gruffudd
43. Chris Pine
44. Sam Worthington
45. Zachary Levi?
46. Henry Cavill
47. Karl Urban
48. Ian Somerhalder
49. Gerard Butler
50. James McAvoy
51. SIR Patrick Stewart
52. Alex O´Loughlin
53. Alexander Skarsgard
54. Paul Wesley
55. Josh Holloway
56. Matthew Fox?
57. Jamie Bamber?
58. Aidan Turner?
59. Bradley Cooper
60. Jim Parsons?
61. Richard Armitage
62. Tom Cruise

My three
David Boreanaz
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
Craig Horner 

01. Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman 404 pages 
02. Through A Glass Darkly by Karleen Koen 784 pages
03. The Traitor's Wife by Susan Higginbotham 495 pages
04. Swallowing Darkness (Merry Gentry 7)by Laurell K. Hamilton 391 pages
05. Helen of Troyby Margaret George 747 pages
06. Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran 432 pages
07. To The Tower Born by Robin Maxwell 307 pages
08. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 850 pages
09. Tiimalasivelhon lohikäärmeet (Dragons of the Hourglass Mage) by Margaret Weis 321 pages
010. The Tudor Rose by Margaret Campbell Barnes  310 pages
011. Elizabeth the Queenby Alison Weir (non-fiction) 488 pages
012. The Italian Duke's Wife by Penny Jordan 178 pages
013. The Sisters of Henry VIII: The Tumultuous Lives Of Margaret Of Scotland And Mary Of France(non-fiction) by Maria Perry 224 pages
014. Kiss Me While I Sleepby Linda Howard 368 pages
015. Shields of Prideby Elizabeth Chadwick 361 pages
016. Four Queens. The Provencal Sisters Who Ruled Europe(non-fiction) by Nancy Goldstone 318 pages

It's New Year's Day here but Happy New Year everyone! 

I ended up spending the whole day sober with my parents. Not bitter at all... I was hoping to do something with my friends because we didn't do anything last year neither but oh well... I watched Drag Me To Hell, read one book, finished one and started another. Which makes it 95 watched movies and 104 read books.

My parents gave me The Sisters of Henry VIII by Maria Perry and gift card to bookstore for birthday  =)

I had nice Christmas Eve. We went to grandma's place to eat and after that we opened the presents at home. I'd really like to be at home the whole day but my cousin opened her mouth again and wanted to there. I just don't understand why we have to go too? Oh well...
But I'm happy about my presents :) I got:

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Elizabeth the Queen by Alison Weir
Swallowing Darkness by Laurell K. Hamilton
The Tudor Rose by Margaret Campbell Barnes
To The Tower Born by Robin Maxwell
Drag Me To Hell
The Countess
Book of Blood
Across the Dark by Insomnium
The Root of All Evil by Arch Enemy
The Last Alliance by Battlelore
B. Virtanen calendar
Nightwish towel
Donna Karan perfume
Sentenced hoodie
sweater
pyjamas
chocolate
50 €

I bought the books for myself xD

Tomorrow is the first workday after Christmas and I so don't wanna go!!

And I already know what I get for birthday which is on New Year's Eve. Mom forgot to buy anything so she left one book I bought for my birthday xD When I was kid I always hated that she left something from Christmas presents for birthday.

 

I’m done with Christmas shopping! Go me! I bought a book for my mom and spent nearly 2 hours trying to find one. She asked the new book by Outi Pakkanen but I don’t remember its name anymore… First I didn’t find it anywhere and when I finally found it and noticed that it’s 37 €! I’m so not spending that much money on it! I bought Missä Olet Nyt? (Where Are You Now?) by Mary Higgins Clark. I hope she hasn’t read that one yet…

And I fell twice when I walked to the buss stop. Dammit! And there was lot of eye witnesses…

My sisters came to visit us today. And they stayed total 40 minutes... I'm so glad that I rushed home from stables *sarcasm*
 

Went to see Eternal Tears of Sorrow at Helsinki with Suska and Crista on Saturday. There was also Metsatöll and two other bands but we didn't saw them.
We met first with Suska's friend there who had bought the tickets for us. We went to a bar first so we missed the first two bands. But I'm sure we didn't miss much... But EToS was great! We ended up on the second row in the middle. It was nice surprise to see Miriam Renvåg on the stage too. She replaced Jarmo Kylmänen who was sick.


I still haven't started Christmas shopping yet. I'm starting to get little panicked! And I don't have the slightest clue what to buy...

I finished reading The Fellowship of the Ring today and will start The Two Towers later today. This was the first time I'm reading those in English, I've read them in Finnish two times.

Leave me a comment saying "Resistance is Futile."

I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can satisfy my curiosity.
Update your journal with the answers to the questions.

Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions. Snagged from lostinfatesgame

1. What's a day like in Finland?
cold, grey and little snowy

2. Anita Blake; what attracts you to the books?
Guess I have to say the men xD I like her writing style and her vampires can be bad and they don't sparkle!

3. If you could bring back 3 shows to just return or show reruns what would they be?
Hard to choose! Alias, Buffy and Fastlane

4. Name one book that you can read over and over. Why?
Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice. First Anne Rice book I've read and I was totally hooked. I think its the most "easy read" of her books.

5. One word to describe yourself.
shy

leave me a comment saying "rainbow"
i'll respond by asking you five questions so i can get to know you better.
update your journal with the answers to the questions.
include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people question

questions from scarymissmady

1. which is ur fav book and why)
The Vampire Armand by Anne Rice. Armand is has always been my fav character from Vampire Chronicles and the book is about him so xD

2. pizza or hamburger?
umm, both? I'll say pizza.

3. do u believe in miracles?
no, not really

4. did u already see new moon movie?
yep and I hated it. It was as bad as I thought it would be.

5. fav band and why
Sentenced. Good music and great lyrics.

Seems like all the concerts are coming the same time. On Wednesday went to see Swallow the Sun. First there was acoustic gig in a record shop and after that regular show at Klubi. Haven't seen them awhile but they were great. And I finally heard the new album yesterday.
Yesterday was Kotiteollisuus. It was fun and I think they had best setlist in long time.

Next Thursday is Amorphis, Eternal Tears of Sorrow next month and Apocalyptica on March.

stolen from lrbcn

Rules:
- Bold all of the following TV shows which you've ever seen 3 or more episodes of in your lifetime.
- Underline a show if you're positive you've seen every episode of it.

24
7th Heaven
30 Rock (so far)
ALF
Alias
American Gothic
America's Next Top Model
Angel
Arrested Development
Babylon 5
Batman: The Animated Series
Battlestar Galactica
Battlestar Galactica (the new one)
Baywatch
Beverly Hills 90210
Bewitched
Bonanza
Bones
Bosom Buddies
Boston Legal
Boy Meets World
Brothers And Sisters
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Californication
Chappelle's Show
Charlie's Angels
Charmed
Cheers
Chuck
Clarissa Explains it All
Columbo
Commander in Chief
Cougar Town (so far)
Crossing Jordan
CSI
CSI: Miami
CSI: NY
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Dark Angel
Dark Skies
DaVinci's Inquest
Dawson's Creek
Dead Like Me
Deadwood
Degrassi: The Next Generation
Designing Women
Desperate Housewives (so far)
Dexter
Dharma and Greg
Different Strokes
Doctor Who
Dragnet
Due South
ER
Even Stevens
Everwood
Everybody Loves Raymond
Facts of Life
Family Guy
Farscape
Fawlty Towers
Felicity
Firefly
FlashForward
Frasier
Friends
Fringe
Futurama
Get Smart
Gilligan's Island
Gilmore Girls
Glee
Gossip Girl
Grey's Anatomy
Grange Hill
Growing Pains
Gunsmoke
Happy Days
Hercules: the Legendary Journeys
Heroes
Home Improvement
Homicide: Life on the Street
Hospital Central
House
I Dream of Jeannie
I Love Lucy
Invader Zim
Invasion
Hell's Kitchen
JAG
Jackass
Joey
Kim Possible
Knight Rider
Knight Rider: 2008
Kung Fu
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
La Femme Nikita
LA Law
Laverne and Shirley
Law and Order: SVU
Legend of the Seeker
Leverage
Lie to me
Little House on the Prairie
Lizzie McGuire
Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Lost
Lost in Space
MASH
MacGyver
Malcolm in the Middle
Married... With Children
McLeods Daughters
Melrose Place
Miami Vice
Mission: Impossible
Mod Squad
Monk
Mork and Mindy
Murphy Brown
Mystery Science Theater 3000
My Life As A Dog
My Three Sons
My Two Dads
Mythbusters
NCIS
Ned Bigby's Declassified School Survival Guide
Nip/Tuck
Numb3rs
One Tree Hill
Oz
Perry Mason
Power Rangers
Press Gang
Prison Break
Private Practice
Privileged
Profiler
Project Runway
Psych
Pushing Daisies
Quantum Leap
Queer As Folk (US)
Queer as Folk (UK)
ReGenesis
Remington Steele
Rescue Me
Road Rules
ROME
Roseanne
Roswell
Sanctuary
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
Scrubs
Seaquest DSV
Seinfeld
Sex and the City
Six Feet Under
Slings and Arrows
Smallville
So Weird
South of Nowhere
South Park
Spongebob Squarepants
Star Trek
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Enterprise
Stargate Atlantis
Stargate SG-1
Stargate Universe
Starsky and Hutch
Superman
Supernatural
Surface
Survivor
Taxi
Teen Titans
That 70's Show
That's So Raven
The 4400
The Addams Family
The Amazing Race
The Andy Griffith Show
The A-Team
The Avengers
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Big Bang Theory
The Brady Bunch
The Cosby Show
The Daily Show
The Dead Zone
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Flintstones
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The Golden Girls
The Honeymooners
The Jeffersons
The Jetsons
The Love Boat
The L Word
The Magnificent Seven
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Monkees
The Munsters
The Office (US)
The Office (UK)
The Powerpuff Girls
The Pretender
The Real World
The Shield
The Simpsons
The Six Million Dollar Man
The Sopranos
The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
The Twilight Zone
The Waltons
The West Wing
The Wonder Years
The X-Files
Third Watch
Three's Company
Twin Peaks
Twitch City
Unfabulous
Ugly Betty
V (2009) (so far)
Veronica Mars
Weeds
Whose Line is it Anyway? (US)
Whose Line is it Anyway? (UK)
Will and Grace
Wings
Xena: Warrior Princess

 

I went shopping today. I was supposed to buy new Dark Tranquillity dvd for my friend's bithday (which was on Monday) but appearantly it comes tomorrow to stores. Dammit! But I found Eternal Tears of Sorrow new album for her. I bough 4 books and 4 dvd :) Books: The King's Pleasure by Norah Lofts, Skin Trade by Laurell K. Hamilton, In Ashes Lie and Midnight Never Come by Marie Brennan. Dvd: King Arthur (theater version), The Lion In Winter, The Private Life of Henry VIII and Mad Love (Juana La Loca).



I'm reading The Seventh Son by Reay Tannahill at the moment. It's about King Rickhard III and I'm really liked it so far.

I’ve been starting to seriously think about going back to school. I’ve been talked long time that I’d like to read history but never got around to do it. My friend has said many times I should try but I've always said that because I didn't even go to high school, there's no poin in it but now I've started to re-think... And I'm kinda sick of working in kitchens...
I told my mom today and she was little suprised but didn't ask too much. I was expecting lot more of questions... 

I've nearly finished with The Thistle and the Rose by Jean Plaidy. It's about Margaret Tudor, Henry VIII's sister. I've liked it so far.

 Went to Maj Karma concert yesterday with Crista and Suska. Firt time I was the driver because Suska came straight from work and I picked up Crista from her work. I haven’t drove in the centre since I got my licence. Parking isn’t my best but I found easy place park xD  

But the band was good. I don’t listen them that much except in festivals and such. The only songs I recognised were Sodankylä, Ukkonen, Salama and Attentaatti. The singer, Herra Ylppö, came to the audience twice and to the table in front of us once and sat in front me.


I finished reading Vengeance In Death by J.D. Robb I'm reading Murder Most Royal by Jean Plaidy. It's about Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard and I'm really liked it and how she's portrayed them.