Time Unknown (Entries tagged as memories)

Pocket sized loved ones

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:53:31 +0200

Let's assume for a little while that you, dear reader, are capable of suspending your dirty jokes for a while, namely, for the duration of this blog post...

Wouldn't it be nice if one could carry a pocket sized avatar of a loved one with them wherever they go? You could take the miniature darling out of your pocket and show them things, ask their opinions, see their reactions, gently pat their head to show that you care. They'd smile at you, talk with you, and be the all around adorable beings they just are. Best of all, you'd never really miss them.

Now, half of you are probably on the floor, rolling in laughter caused by your naughty imagination. Shame on you, you just missed a really sweet concept.

Saddle

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:24:32 +0200

Richard says the fragrance Saddle smells like a new sofa, I think it smells like an old saddle. Surprisingly, no significant memories triggered in me, despite spending multiple years in my life around horses, just a vague memory of the saddle racks at the Jokela's in Kuivaniemi. Yet another leather smell, so far none of them as good as real leather but all of them pretty ok.

Snow

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:20:17 +0200

They say snow does not really have a scent and what you smell is actually what your own blood smells like. I like the way Demeter Fragrances' Snow smells like. Does that make me an ice queen..? I wonder what it would be like to wear it on a hot summer day.

Rain

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:13:20 +0200

Luckily Richard does not dislike Rain as much as he disliked Thunderstorm. Actually, this one was again quite neutral in his opinion. "Does not smell like rain", he said. I think it does, but unfortunately not like city rain. Not having ever lived in the country side this rain-on-flower-field kind of smell does not trigger any significant memories in me, just ever so slightly reminds me of some early morning walks.

Thunderstorm

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:09:37 +0200

Out of the Demeter scents I've tried so far, Thunderstorm is most suitable for daily wear by me... alas, Richard hates it just like he hates most fragrances. Ironically it's also the first Demeter fragrance that he dislikes.

Thunderstorm smells a bit like a summer thunderstorm, though with different vegetation than what we have here in Finland. Still it reminds me of a childhood summer in Kuivaniemi, lots of thunderstorms then.

Leather

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:33:11 +0200

The Demeter fragrance Leather smells just like new leather. I wonder what it takes to make the scent. The only memory associations I got were visiting a tiny leather store in Amsterdam and seeing my Raw Hide suitcase out of the box for the first time.

Bonfire

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:38:49 +0200

Bonfire smells undeniably of a bonfire. For me this is an immensely positive scent, full of memories of certainty, focus, friendship and confidence. Nothing bad about it at all. Yet somehow it seems a bit too, uh, flammable scent for everyday wear.

Wet garden

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:52:20 +0200

This fragrance does indeed smell like a wet garden, though a very heavily floral wet garden. Somehow it makes me feel slightly sad. Maybe it reminds me of my grandmother's garden and about how she is no longer. I wonder if my sister will like it better, or my mother.

Rubber

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:28:01 +0200

Demeter's Rubber smells indeed like rubber but somehow makes me think more of a motorcycle standing on hot asphalt than of rubber clothing. Still, a very vivid smell, and this way more pleasant for me. A particular street/place in Turku comes to mind, though I'm not quite sure why.

Virtual villagers

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:10:00 +0200

As a part of my birthday present I got a copy of the Virtual villagers game. (The whole present was 12 game coupons for Big Fish Games and despite the games being for MS Windows, there was much rejoicing.) It's quite addictive. I wonder how the AI of the villagers compares to the AI of Norns in Creatures 2. At least the villagers wreck less havoc than norns on a bad day and do not try to eat an elevator.

Radioaksentit

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:56:00 +0300

Radiossa käytettävä puheääni kuulostaa muuttuneen kovasti, niin että äänet ennen 1960-lukua kuulostavat kivasti Suomifilmimäisiltä. Sen jälkeen seuraa äänityyppi jota käytettiin vielä 1980-luvullakin. Nykyajallakin on oma radioäänityyppinsä.

Onko tälle jokin tekninen syy vai onko äänenlaaduilla (vai miksi niitä sanoisi) oma muotinsa niin kuin ulkonäölläkin?

Käsityöblogien valtakausi

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 10:17:23 +0300

Blogilista on täynnä käsityöblogeja. Etenkin neuleblogaaminen on trendikästä... ehkä itse neulominenkin. Mielenkiintoista miten tälläinen ei-tekninen juttu on saanut lujan jalansijan teknisessä mediassa. Toisaalta kyllä koen että neuleohjeet istuvat hyvin kyseiseen formaattiin.

Itse en neulo. En millään. Lapsena houkuttelin kiltin pienen koiran syömään kaulaliinanalkuni. Sekään ei ollut helppoa.