Painting the Horizon

Okay, so apparently my old Vocational School is under a threat of some kind. They found a message in the boys' bathroom that said something was going to happen on October 1st. That's tomorrow. No one I've talked to knows the details of the message, but from what I've heard, it seems that the word "bloodbath" was mentioned. Since the University of Applied Sciences that I attend is in the same campus, I'm naturally considering staying home tomorrow.

On one hand, the threat is explicitly on the Vocational, and on the other, the only cafeteria is in the main building of the Vocational School, so I can't really avoid going there.

Then again, the more I hear of this, the more it's beginning to sound like some first-year moron's* idea of a good laugh. And yet... how can you really be sure? The school's got balls, though, as they've decided not to evacuate. There will be police present, of course, and whoever wrote the message is in deep shit, whether s/he intends to follow through or not.

*most first-years in the Vocational are sixteen. Not an age group noted for thinking their actions all the way through. That's why it sounds like a first-year to me.


For those of you who don't know, there was a school shooting in Finland last week and the hysteria hasn't died down yet. That's why these kinds of messages are being taken extremely seriously right now, and why pulling these sort of pranks, if it indeed is a prank, is an exceptionally stupid thing to do. Unfortunately, it's also why some geniuses get the bright idea to make these threats in jest.

Well, I had a fun first day of UAS. I met someone new like ten minutes into the day and we hung together for the next five hours. And Kristiina was there, which is pretty wonderful because I thought she hadn't gotten in. Turns out she got in on a spare spot. Cool beans.

Hokay. I have graduated. Sweet, sweet summer vacation.

I now have a Vocational Qualification in Visual Expression. I am also an "ylioppilas", which, apparently, doesn't have an exact equivalent in the English language. So suffice it to say that it basically means I passed the Matriculation Examination and was declared a graduate today. I got/had to wear the student cap and it gave me a slight headache. I hate that hat already, lol.

I also got a scholarship/grant/thing of 75 euros from my vocational school. It doesn't say what I've done to deserve it, just that it originates from some electronics company. I can only assume it's because I do well with computers. The Upper Secondary gave me recognition in the form of a book, for having the best grades out of all this spring's double-graduates. I also got a book from "Suomi-Amerikka Yhdistysten Liitto", which, oddly, doesn't seem to have an English name, but translates to something like "The Union of Finland-America Associations", for being good at English.

I guess that's all for now. Back to slacking off by Monday, haha.

Man I love Wednesdays. :D
All I have on Wednesday is

8.00-9.15: Religion in Finland

9.15-10.55: Nothing (what do you call a blank in your timetable in English, anyway? In Finnish we call it "hyppytunti" [=skip/jump class])

10.55-12.10 English


And then I get to go home, whee.


And today's religion class was awesome. We visited the local Orthodox Christian church and it was small and pretty and we had to stand for well over an hour but it was still totally cool.

I'm going to Denmark in December!

Okay, so the apllication hasn't been approved yet, technically, but according to the vice-principal, it's only a formalty and I was approved long before I even filed the application.

In other news, I've also secured an internship for sometime during the spring. Life is beautiful!


Seriously, I've been in a freakishly good mood for the past couple of weeks. So many good things have happened lately. ♥

Great, I go back to the Upper Secondary tomorrow, and I can't remember which psychology class I'm supposed to be in. I could check if I could only get in my email, but for whatever reason, the server seems to be down. Just my luck.

On the other hand, my drawing teacher got really excited when I told her about my dream of becoming an animator. In all honesty, a dream is all I've been treating it as, albeit one that made me apply to an art school. She, however, decided that from now on, everything I do in Vocational school will be aiming towards animation in one way or another. I suppose it's nice, though, to have someone tell you you can realize your dreams. Who knows, maybe I'd have a brilliant future as an animator.

I forgot to mention the day before yesterday: I have a laptop.

I have no idea why I needed one, but since my school so generously offered to let me use one free of charge (all I have to do is to bring it back every summer for updates and give it back when I graduate unless I'm willing to purchase it at that point for muhc less money than a new one would have cost me) I thought I might as well take it and figure something to do with it. Of course now I'll be able to look all business-like while writing slash, which is cool.

OMG this time next week I'll be in Spain OMG! O_O

And I haven't even started searching for my summerwear yet. Not to mention that I'm supposed to be studying French and/or writing that philosophy essay. Or better yet, sleeping. And yet, LJ.