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Happy New Year 2025!

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This is the last post of 2014, and a new year is approaching. It’s my first New Year without anybody, but I don’t feel lonely. I might be alone but not lonely, so don’t feel sorry for me. I’m a loner, and a new year won’t change that. People make New Year resolutions, but I don’t because you never know what will happen. I don’t make them because why should I lie? You shouldn’t make promises you can’t keep.

My New Year will be as it has been for a couple of years. I’m going to see fireworks for children in the park nearby, then get back home and watch TV. New Year’s Eve isn’t a big deal to me. It’s a typical day, except there are fireworks outside and the World Ice Hockey Junior Championships on TV. When the year changes, there will be a lot of fireworks outside that I can see outside the window, so I don’t need to go anywhere. When you’ve seen one firework, you’ve seen them all. As a kid, they were a big deal, but not anymore. They should ban fireworks for people altogether. They pollute and scare animals, and a lot of idiots shoot them days before the new year. Every year, there are eye injuries because people are too stupid to wear goggles when they handle fireworks. Then, vandals use them in places where they shouldn’t, and hell breaks lose. There should be other ways to celebrate New Year without fireworks. Only the authorities should be allowed to shoot fireworks, not the people.

So, have a Happy New Year 2025 (with or without fireworks). Let’s hope it’s a safe one.

Bloganuary: You live and learn

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I learned recently that I shouldn’t get upset at the neighbour for moving their furniture against the floor. Foolishly, I moved an armchair back and forth to pay back. I think I pulled a muscle or something because my right arm hurts when I lift my arm. It’s been for three days. I don’t know if I should go to the doctor or wait until it gets better. First, I had the flu for three weeks and now this. Not a nice way to start the year.

You live and learn. Life wouldn’t be the same if you didn’t learn anything new. I love learning new things, so I’ve studied a lot. I am studying filmmaking at the moment, and even if some of it is a repeat, there will also be new things to learn. It’s not only that but to experience new things on the side. We are taught by professionals who have been in the filmmaking industry for a long time. We have about screenplay writing, editing and filming. It’s an exciting subject. Later, we are going to a film studio where we are all day. That’s something you don’t get anywhere else.

Knowledge is never a bad thing. Whether learning from your mistakes or learning new things, every day should be about becoming better educated. If you don’t know about something, you can try to find the answer online. Or you can go to school and learn it. Learning is also good for the soul and mind.

Bloganuary: What I am cooking

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I can thank my late mother for teaching me how to cook and bake. As a child, I helped her in the kitchen and followed her cooking. It was always something simple, and sometimes we tried new recipes. That’s something I’ve continued with. The only thing I don’t like about cooking is the dirty dishes and the cleaning up afterwards. I don’t like making something that takes a long time to do. Sometimes I don’t bother to cook, so I buy something prepared from the store. During covid, I ordered in, and still do sometimes. Nothing beats a home-cooked meal, though. I don’t cook because I like it. I do it because a person has to eat. You can’t always eat store-bought.

I like making easy food, like different soups and sauces. Sometimes I use fresh vegetables, but recently they’ve been frozen. It’s easier that way and faster. It’s the washing and pealing that isn’t pleasant. It makes my hands dry with all that water. Different casseroles with potatoes are also easy to do in the oven. The principle is the same. It’s only the filling that is different. If I could choose, I like eating more than making it. But no one else is doing it, so I have to do it myself. Sometimes I eat vegan food, but I prefer buying it from the store. The only thing I made myself was vegetable soup. Once I made soup with a ground meat substitute, but it wasn’t as good as real meat. I could never become a vegan. It isn’t my thing, but I can eat it occasionally.

My favourite food is pizza and Chinese food. But I also like pasta bolognese. I make it without tomato paste, so it’s more like spaghetti and minced meat sauce. It’s fast and easy to do. If I go to a restaurant, it’s usually leaf steak or Wiener schnitzel. I don’t go to fast-food joints that often, but I’ve been to one last time I was in Helsinki. The only one I go to is McDonald’s. I’ve been to Burger King, but I only ordered chicken nuggets. I don’t like mayonnaise, so I’m cautious about where to eat hamburgers. McDonald’s is the only place I like, and it’s also a place I can afford to go to. All this food talk got my mouth watering, so I better go and eat that last chicken steak left.