Beastie Boys

I started to listen to the Beastie Boys when I was growing up, and still do on occasion.

Photo from Here

One of the members passed away today, more over at Rolling Stone

Friday Inspiration

I'm all for good basics in my closet. It make life so much easier, I lose my nerves very easily when I need to think too long what to wear. Sometimes, and this is extremely rare, I don't mind spending quite a bit of time thinking about what to wear, but most of the time I need to just get ready as fast as possible.

As much as I love fashion and all the crazy things that go with it, I don't really wear extravagant things myself. I'm all about a basic t-shirt, nicely cut jacket and jeans. I'm ok with splurging on shoes or the occasional bag, but even those are usually very basic. The only thing I find myself going a little outside my general comfort zone are my shoes and sometimes the colourful t-shirt. This is one of the reasons I don't write a fashion blog. Honestly, I would imagine people would be bored with my "outfits" after a week. (let's not forget the fact that I am extremely uncomfortable getting my photo taken. This is why I haven't yet added one of myself. I just can't find a decent one)

Anyhow, all this is to say that I love reading about fashion and checking the latest collections (If you've ever wondered who takes the time to go through all the photos of a designer's collection, not to mentions several designers, the answer is me.) but most of the time I get inspired by very simple outfits.

Photos found on Pinterest

Jeans, t-shirts and a well cut blazer. Add funky shoes and a nice bag. That's really what I wear, all the time. So, I will happily admit that I would wear every single one of these outfits. (Ok, I would need longer shorts, or maybe just replace the shorts with jeans)

I'm still looking for that perfect t-shirt though. I'm testing a few new brands, we'll see how that goes. Any suggestions for great t-shirts?

Stamping around

Sorry for the lame-o title, my brain seems to be slowing down as we get closer to the weekend. I might also be going a tad cross-eyed from sorting stamps into piles according to size and colour.

As you can see, I finally received my order of stamps, so I have roughly 7000 to sort out. (Of course, please note that there's always time to make a collage of photos. I'm oddly fond of doing that)

This week as been an exhausting one, but I have a weekend of crafting ahead of me, so I should hopefully have some fun stuff to post soon.

'Cause the whole world, loves it when you don't get down

I have so many things to write about but this has to come first! I was running some errands yesterday and stopped by the regular charity shop. I was doing quick rounds around the place and then I saw it! Just waiting there on top of a shelf of cooking utensils (just goes to show that you need to look everywhere...).

Isn't it amazing? I've been wanting one of these for a while and there it was, just waiting for me. Carrying it around made it awkward to look for other things, but I didn't care. I was practically hugging it the whole time. It's a French globe from around 1977 or 1978, it has a slight texture to it too, you know, where the mountains are. So amazing! I'm just squeeling with happiness right now.

The fun didn't stop at finding and paying (wait for it) $5, but it continued as I got home and wanted to figure out how old it is. I figured the best (and the most fun) way to do it, is by looking at the names of the countries. So, first I looked at the most obvious place with somewhat recent changes, Europe. I could see Czechoslovakia and U.S.S.R, not to mention East and West Germany. So, clearly it's from before 1990. 

Ok, then what? Rhodesia is still there. It became Zimbabwe in 1980. So, we're going into the 1970s. Ok, seems like we have only one Vietnam, North and South Vietnam united in 1976. We also have Djibouti, it was known as French Somaliland until 1977. The photo on the right was actually what answered it for me. (Well, not the photo, but the part of the globe that's shown in the photo) My globe shows Ellice Islands, which became Tuvalu in 1978. It was fun to figure it out (also, it has become apparent to anyone reading this how much of a history nerd I really am).

What do you think? Yay or nay for the globe?

Happy May!

It's May already! I'm happy about it but also a tad confused... How did that happen? Seemed awfully fast... No complaints though, very exciting. Looks like the weather is getting warmer and we're at +20 degrees again tomorrow.

Photo from here

Today is also Vappu. If you're not sure what I'm talking about, it's a huge celebration in Finland (well, elsewhere too, but I can only write about Finland). It's a party mainly for students, but most people are out celebrating. Downtown Helsinki will be packed with people and everyone is in a good mood. Vappu celebrations include champagne, balloons and picnics. It even seems like the weather is on board this year (it's an on going joke that it's always cold, and honestly, it usually is. Freezing is a part of vappu).

Iloista Vappua! Happy first of May everyone!