On a lighter note...

Well, that last post was a little down so I put on some new music and I feel less melancholy now.

As I mentioned previously I had a party last night.
I have mixed feelings about parties. Sometimes I love them, and sometimes I hate them. Parties can put so much pressure on people to have a good time that inevitably no-one does, or else they can just be a spur of the moment thing where everyone suddenly finds themselves at a party enjoying themselves.
Mine was neither of those.
It was carefully planned and prepared. The guest list was made up of the creme de la creme of Helsinki society and it was catered by the best in the city. In other words, I invited everyone I knew and cooked all the food myself!
But... despite the potential disasters... it was great! As far as I know everyone has a hangover this morning and I woke up in someone else's apartment (not bed). These are always signs that it was a good night.

The party began early for me... Friday actually. I cooked for three days, but it was worth it! A glorious selection of tasty vegetarian food that was consumed almost entirely. Even the pastries I accidently burnt were gone in the morning... although I did leave the window open so it may have been birds that finished them off.
So by 5pm Sunday I was exhausted and I have never been so happy to sit down with a bottle of chilled wine before! Of course by the time the first guests arrived I was on my way to being pretty cheerful.
It was an interesting mix of guests. A few of them I'd never actually met in person before (always interesting.. it's like party Russian Roulette) and some I'd only met when I was extremely tired or drunk, so I was a little nervous beforehand. But everyone liked everyone and ate and drank and talked. I realised at one point there was only two non-Finns in the room which was very exciting because I didn't realise I knew so many Finns and then to have them in the same room at one time! I had a glass of wine to celebrate my assimilation into Finnish society. And the Finns talked too!!!!

Here's a quick run down of the guest list...
K- International Finn, photographer, likes to dance whilst seated.
N- Aussie, philosopher, likes to dance all the time, but not by himself.
S & S- Finns, very sweet... brought me a present, ate the food and liked it, I had only met them once before so I don't really know if they like to dance but they were lovely all the same.
K- Finn, musician, designer, brought me very nice wine and cheese, dances in crowds.
O- Finn, musician, vegetarian, made very helpful suggestions and loved the desserts, dances???
A- American, very creative, wearing very cool t-shirt, dances in class but didn't give us a demo unfortunately.
I- Russian, tidied my kitchen, acted as bartender and makes very good hot whiskies! Dances?... try to stop her!
N- Israeli, brought very tasty present, plays bass, dances in clubs all night.
J- Kenyan, young, sweet and far from home, dances wickedly!
M- American, teacher of young children, met her on a tram, dances? Maybe when she's not hungover...
T- International Finn, very friendly, M's fiance, swims in fountains but don't know if he dances.
K- Finn, brought me a pineapple, very sophisticated, dances with small steps.
M- German/Finn, bouncer, scary, left his flak vest in my apartment, listens to Rammstien, dances to Michael Jackson.

Interesting mix...
But everyone got along surprisingly well and I would have to say it's one of my most successful parties... though I would've liked more dancing. Next time perhaps...