All by Hanna Ojala
Blob lives in a big jar hidden inside a dark cabinet. He prefers it there. Blob may be the ugliest thing I have ever laid my eyes on. A cross between an alien planning Earth’s invasion and a brain floating in a glowing jar in a mad scientist’s lab. I am the mad scientist. And this is Blob.
I started coughing on Friday the 13th, March 2020. Over the weekend, I also got a sore throat. I wasn’t too worried, but kept myself away from other people. Having a cold in March is surely nothing unusual, but this was no usual March.
Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, we’re all spending a lot more time at home than usually. Here’s a list of binge worthy TV shows to help spend time with while social distancing!
People with misophonia or misokinesia experience negative emotional reactions to sound or visual triggers that most people don’t pay attention to. The awareness of these conditions is extremely limited which is why I want to open up about my own experiences.
Emotional vulnerability. Is that something I’m even allowed to discuss in a Finnish magazine? Allowed or not, here we go. An important lesson that I think we could all take from 3-year-olds.
I’ve felt the need to express my admiration for the Gen Z for a long time. Here’s my millenial view of the younger generation and their activism. These kids truly are the future.
Lola waited for the boy to continue, but he stayed quiet. Which was funny because Samuel was never quiet.
“Yeah?” Lola prompted.
“Which one is the gay ear?”
“What?”
Mental health issues have traditionally been a taboo and a no-no in casual conversation. There seems to be a much needed change in the air these days, however.
Life’s too short to not dream big. A lesson learned unexpectedly from characters rapping about a Founding Father in a smash hit hip-hop musical.
