Nothing very exciting or particularly
good happened this week. I got a rejection for an internship because
I don't speak fluent German and that kind of bummed me out for the
whole week, but I'm still going to keep applying for summer
internships in Europe and I will prevail! Even though it wasn't the
best week, I can still think of five good things from this week.
1. I got my first graduate term paper
back and even though there was a lot of constructive criticism, my
professor said he can see through this paper, which is the only
independent work he has seen from me, that I'm really passionate
about the topic, metal music, and that I'm a very bright woman. That
made me feel really great and solidifies a bit more that I'm in the
right place and doing the right thing.
2. It's been sunny all week.
I really love winter, which is undoubtedly due to spending roughly
the first fourteen years of my life on a ski hill every
weekend between December and March; it's also nice that both my
favourite countries have winter in common. Winter didn't arrive in
Tampere until two weeks ago, it was gross and rainy here since mid
October. Now it's been hovering at -15 everyday this week and crispy
cold and sunny everyday, I love it! There's something really magical
about winter for me, I can't really explain it but I'm very
happy we have proper winter now.
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| Sunny chilly days. This is about a 10 minutes walk from my apartment. More photos on my Instagram!
3. I
got some “high culture” into my system. On Friday my friends I
went to see the Tampere Philharmonic perform at Tampere Talo. They
performed the first suite from Sibelius' The Tempest
as well as Bruckner's 8th
Symphony. It was the first
classical concert I've been to since high school and it was so nice
to sit and listen to some lovely music. I was a big
orchestra geek in high school and developed a real love for
classical music, which has sadly fallen by the wayside because of
the amount of popular music I listen to, so going to the
Philharmonic was a real treat for me. I think we are going to try
and go back in April because they are performing the music from
Pirates of the Caribbean. It was great to hear some classical music, but it made me really miss playing and performing.
All fancy for the philharmonic. Wolverine thinks so too.
The Tampere Philharmonic! More photos on my Instagram!
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Above is the Overture and First Act from Sibelius' The Tempest Suite. Below is the finale, my favourite part, from Bruckner's 8th Symphony
4. I
had a really nice beer on Friday. We went to a restaurant called
Plevna that is a microbrewery and serves “authentic German food”,
which my German friends determined was a lie. The beer was on the
expensive side, about 5,70 for a medium sized beer (I'm sure the
size has a proper name but I've got no clue; I'm not a beer expert, I only drink the stuff), but oh my god it was the best beer I have ever
had. I would wash my face with that beer. I felt I needed to buy
that beer a nice dinner and say it looked cute, it was that good. Had I had extensive amounts
of cash to burn through, I would have bought more, but I felt the
relationship was best left short and sweet. I shall return one day and taste its sweet nectar, but for now I'll stick to the cheap stuff.
5. I
just finished a big chunk of my thesis research proposal! It's for a
class called Scientific Writing, so it's not even for my actual
program, but it's going to help with the final proposal. I'm about
three pages into the required six. That's not bad considering the
first part of the school year was jammed packed with work for other
courses so I'm lucky I even have three pages worth of material to go
on!
There
you have it, five good things this week. It wasn't the best week, but
it also wasn't the worst week. Goals for next week are getting back
to the gym, finally
buying some skates, and going out on Friday night. Here's to another
positive seven days!
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