I love writing. I guess I'm quite good at it. Those few people who have read parts of my texts have said that I'm really good. I don't know if I trust those people, though.
But I suck at competing. Especially much I suck at writing competitions. I have participated to writing competitions many times and never won anything. This kind of gives the impression that I can't write. But I don't mind, I know the reasons why I fail every competition:
1. The subjects. Some of the competitions are kind of essay writing. Once the subject was "Why I love/hate America". Another was "Suomi - melkein sata (Finland - almost hundred)". This was because Finland has her 100th Independence day soon. I can't write about subjects like that.There's nothing interesting in subjects like that.
There was a short story competition in a Finnish girls' magazine (Demi). The subject was "Häntä en unohda koskaan (I'll never forget him/her)". It was obviously a love-theme, so I didn't even try. If the theme is about love or happiness or being positive and crap like that, I have no chance. In the Demi competitions, they most certainly expect stories about making miracles and loving everyone around you. After all, it's a magazine for teen aged girls (Just to make it clear, I don't read that magazine... anymore). I like horror books and dystopias. It's impossible for me to write a love story. This year the subject is "Rajat rikki! (Break the boundaries!)", and it's supposed to be about courage or something. I'll give it a try this time.
2. The content they expect. I'm not exactly sure what they expect in writing competitions, but it's probably not what I usually write. I might be too sarcastic without even realizing it. I've been told that my texts are sarcastic when I hadn't even noticed it myself. I don't think they appreciate it in writing competitions. Or maybe they don't see the sarcasm and think I'm just stupid.
You can't write about courage or being different or loving everyone without using clichés. In the breaking boundaries theme, there's obviously going to be stories where the loser becomes the hero or someone overcomes themselves and gets a new friend. Ugh. I won't even say anything more about this.
Maybe some day they put up a competition with the theme "Ironic Horror", and I'll have a chance to win.
#art #poetry #deepthoughts #life #darkish
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Thursday, February 18, 2016
School Leaving Parade (Penkkarit)
We have this tradition in Finnish high schools that on our final year, we put on costumes, ride on trucks, and throw candy. Our truck drove on Hämeenkatu in Tampere. It should be a school leaving parade, "Penkkarit" in Finnish, but we IB people go back to school on Monday for one more month. Super.
Sunday, February 14, 2016
Valentine's Day
... and my birthday. I'm nineteen, yay. I was supposed to party yesterday, but all my friends seemed to be ill... So I spent the night alone, making birthday cakes to myself. Awesome. Today, on my actual birthday, I'll do schoolwork.
It's quite ironic that I'm born on Valentine's Day, since I'm the opposite of the whole romance thing. I don't know if I celebrated Valentine's Day if it wasn't my birthday. Probably not, since it's kind of a romantic day, and I'm single. However, there is one good thing about Valentine's Day: pink everywhere, and pink is still my favorite color.
P.s. Don't have your birthday on Valentine's Day and be single. It means that all your couple-friends or almost-couple-friends have no interest in spending time with you since they have their better half to spend time with. I can easily handle the most romantic day of the year alone, since I hate romance. But spending my birthday alone, the whole weekend, actually... I won't forgive my friends anytime soon.
Happy Valentine's Day!
It's quite ironic that I'm born on Valentine's Day, since I'm the opposite of the whole romance thing. I don't know if I celebrated Valentine's Day if it wasn't my birthday. Probably not, since it's kind of a romantic day, and I'm single. However, there is one good thing about Valentine's Day: pink everywhere, and pink is still my favorite color.
P.s. Don't have your birthday on Valentine's Day and be single. It means that all your couple-friends or almost-couple-friends have no interest in spending time with you since they have their better half to spend time with. I can easily handle the most romantic day of the year alone, since I hate romance. But spending my birthday alone, the whole weekend, actually... I won't forgive my friends anytime soon.
Emoji cakes. I actually made this kind of birthday cakes to myself. |
Happy Valentine's Day!
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