It's been a rough 24 hours. I know it sounds selfish, but due to the sad news from Finland, I've experienced some problems focusing on every-day things. Like yesterday, I was supposed to prepare my Finnish class in the morning; I was all excited because I'd be introducing my three gentlemen to the joys of the partitive: I love the the partitive case, and I just love loving the partitive :-) However, I so saddened that rather than work on the material, handouts, and lesson plan, I went on surfing and surfing for more news knowing damn well that I wouldn't find anything that would reverse and remove the events. So I kept procrastinating and procrastinating until it was time to go - with no activities planned or material chosen. Indeed, I'm surprised how well last night went in the end.
Today, I'm starting to feel much better - except having read a moment ago on how The Times of UK had reported on the massacre just made me upset again. In true British fashion, the journalist claims that the tragedy was to be expected in a sparsely-populated country where it's dark all the time and where the Internet is thus the Finns's best friend. Consequently, since Finns have very few friends - making the Internet useless - suicides are common in Finland. Oh how I wish I had been there to inform the writer on the importance of pinecones on the Finnish psyche...
Well, I guess this line of thinking might then help provide a scientific explanation to British football hooliganism: it rains too much, and they boil their beef. How's that for a stereotype?! :-)
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