Decided that maybe I should write a new journal, so here goes...

So, this far this year has been... quite interesting. After having a severe mental breakdown (I was on a sick leave for almost two months, and had to visit a psychologist three times to help me get over the worst phase) things have started going better again.

I started playing Magic the Gathering (every Wednesday and Friday), and have made some new friends. The fact that on Fridays I'm the only woman amongst about thirty guys makes me smile every time I happen to think about it. And I'm really waiting for next Saturday (there will be a prerelease for MtG's next series of cards, Avacyn Restored)! And though I'm new and not really good at building decks or playing the game, I still enjoy it really much. Wednesday and Friday are the days I'm always waiting for, its so nice to see people, trade cards, get some advices and learn new things. Even when I almost certainly lose all the games I play!

Last Friday I was on an interview for a job practise in a local bookstore. The person whom I talked to was really nice, and we decided that I will begin my practise during May, and it will end at August. If I feel comfortable in that hectic environment and can handle my tasks well, I might even be there for six months, and that would be great! She warned me, though, that summer will be quite quiet, but August is really busy, since that's when the schools start again and students will come to buy books and stuff. So it really requires good nerves and you must be able to work under huge amount of stress. It may sound weird, but I'm actually looking forward to that, since I want to find out how I'll do in a situation like that. I'll also get some experience from selling stuff, and that is really good, because it will help me with my future job searching. I will give my all to that bookstore!

Today was an interesting day too. My friend ~Mewstor came for a visit, since I asked her help in a difficult task: I decided to sell away all my old pokemon cards! Since I had no idea how to sell them for the people who really want them, or how much to ask for them, help was really needed. I'm happy that I have friends like her.
This day was also the day for two big news, one extremely positive and one extremely negative. My thoughts will be with people involved in these, and I hope everything turns out fine for them. And no, I'm not giving more details, since these are quite private things. My friends will write their own journals, if they feel like it, as we all do.

And here's something I found from a comic I was reading (the comic was in Finnish, so this is a rough translation with my poor English skills): "Sometimes you have to play just for fun, to leave just because of the journey, and compete even if you might lose." For some reason this really hit me, and I think the idea of the quote is really nice. And, since I feel like I must recommend some books now, I'll pick two: the other is actually an author, not a single book. xD So, if you need something to read, Walter Moers has written some really amazing books. Their original language is German (which I cannot read at all), but they have been translated in Finnish and English. Maybe some other languages too. And if you want to read a beautifully illustrated, very touching comic, I'll recommend one: it's name is Habibi. Sadly, I don't remember the author at the moment, but that book too is available in English and Finnish. I'd like to get that comic to my bookshelf, but it's apparently just recently been translated to Finnish, and so is still quite expensive. Something between 25 and 40 euros, if I remember right.

Humm, it was still Saturday when I started writing this, and now it's Sunday... whoops. Time flies.

Oh, one last thing, that I almost forgot! Here's a little song (one of my personal favourites), dedicated to all those people who have been through tough times. The song is in Finnish. [link]