In the past few weeks Olli and I have been kind of doing a spring cleaning in our lives. Credit where credit’s due, most of this was on Olli’s initiative – the garage got an overhaul so it is now actually organised, we finally got rid of the conifers that were blocking the sunlight of the neighbours in the garden, bought some flowers to liven up our own garden, did the laundry heap of DESTINY, gave the kitchen a thorough cleaning… and we’re far from done yet.
The most important cleaning we’ve been doing is physically: by now Olli has quit smoking for over fourty days. Without any aid whatsoever, I’m so proud of him. He is doing really well too, he seems to be surprisingly okay with it. This in contrary to earlier attempts to quit – it seems he’s now quit for real. And in addition to that, we’re dieting. In my case it was very badly needed; I was so well on my way to gain back all the weight I lost last year that it wasn’t funny anymore. I also had a hard time fitting into my pants anymore 
So time for change – time to lose at least 5 kg before we go to Finland on vacation (six weeks from now). I’ve now lost 2kg in two weeks, which is something I’m very pleased with. (Three more kg to go before I’m satisfied) Of course Olli’s lost much more, but that’s the unfairness of males versus females for you 
Meanwhile I’ve watched through three seasons of True Blood in roughly a week, getting up to speed before the new season starts in a month or something. I’ve also started watching Game Of Thrones and so far I’m sitting on the fence: I love the designs and the way the world is brought to life, I love the actors – but I have the idea that anyone who hasn’t seen the books will have a hard time following what is happening and why you should care. But it’s definitely better than the Starz series Camelot, so that’s good.
My writing has been completely discarded lately – which is something I hate, because I do have the feeling I have stuff to tell. It’s just not coming out in words, it seems.
In happier news: Symphony of Agony managed to qualify for the Ninth Popmundo Festival! It’s terribly exciting, I’m so chuffed that we made it!
We ended up in a complete poule of death that we had to compete in… just like happened with Rebel Justice last year. But this year the girls and I managed to SMACK THE GODS very thoroughly and came in 2nd. The first three would be qualified – and with six bands playing a GS show things were incredibly tense there for a while. So we’re at least with the top 50 of best bands in Popo, which is hopeful.
Tomorrow we play our Festival show, as the second band to play. Our repertoire peaked a couple of days before and is on a sharp way downwards, but the good thing is that most of the competition has the same problem. We might do really well after all – who knows? If you wanna keep your fingers crossed at 11am… thanks 
