All looks like autumn here. It means very pictoresque and fresh in a way. You know the pics from Canada countryside, the ones with red, orange and yellow and green forests and perhaps a deer or two? Thats the ones. We live the same life, the same four seasons, the same nature. Everything is the same except happiness and wealth. I guess. Our country is poor as fuck. Apart of the nature that is. Commoners barely surviving. But it LOOKS good here. Deceiving looks. As you cant survive on sunshine and nice breeze from the sea. It sometimes comes as a surprise for our government too. But most of the time they are just plain ignorant.

The looks is exactly why many foreigners come here with a hooraaaaaay in spring, all ready to rock and live here – because all they see is short skirts and long legs, cheap beer and cheap life…. And that is exactly why they dont believe me when I say they are gone with the first snow ;). Because thats when the short skirts of motivation disappear! Many moons ago when this sort of internationalisations started – IT wizards, NATO masters, international companies´ bosses etc – all high flying people came here, knocked the door open with foot and stated they will be here forever. The longest term I know one guy lasted here three years. He banckrupted and left. Apart of governmental level people, ambassadors and such, nobody survives here long. Because everything is expensive, market is small and, to everyones surprise – workers want to get paid ;). And they want to get paid to cover the expensive life. All in all, the unemployed people that I have talked to every now and then tell me the funny (or not so funny, in fact) thing that it is cheaper to stay home and get the social support than for the same money to go to work. And, let me get it clear for you – the minimum salary here is 654Eur per month for full employment. Now, that really doesnt draw much candidates in because to get to work cost you every day 5 Eur, to get minimum lunch another 5 Eur. Rented tiny flat cost 400 Eur plus expenses like electricity, water, etc so even if your math was F you still know you are already in minuses. So it really is cheaper not to get your ass out of home for such lousy work. Today ofcourse, the reasons for not even coming here is that our idiot neighbour started a war. In addition or partly even as aftermath of this everything is more expensive. Foodstuffs prices have increased up to 4 times within last half year. Say a jar of mayo used to be 2Eur, now its 8Eur!!!! The same fucking mayo! 

But that is not what I had to write about today. Sort of or partly, as all bits of life are all connected. I wanted to say, that yes, the looks are pretty here. And, the local “woodoo-man” who predicts the weather has said to prepare for winter as he sees within two weeks time we will have all white here. I am pleased. White is good. Even if we have our country one of the cleanest on earth, white brings it even to a higher level. Say purity, or freshness, or also calm. The smell of laundry that dried outside in the sun and in the fresh air – yes, I know its something we take granted, and probably  most of the people in the overpopulated world have never had an actual fresh breath of air ever.  

So we sold what we have had – nature, endless forests, seaside, funny people – we sold some literally but most of all we sold as services for tourists. Many have been surviving on tourist by building a foresthuts and renting them out. Someone has a boat and taking tourists to fishing or watching seals in their habitat. Someone has sauna (actually everyone has sauna here;)) and running some clensing rituals there (that includes jumping into snow or river right after coming from 120C steamroom). People have travelled, seen the world, and trying to make something to survive. Not everyone wants to leave even if its clear that just few thousand kilometres south there is literally free living compared to what we have to pay here. Many go to Spain, especially to Canary islands. Many go over Atlantic or even to Australia. Within some twenty years abroad or away from home one loses the feeling of homesick. I know. It took me some fifteen years to get over it. Fifteen years I was desperate to get home every weekend. I remember I cried when I didnt make it because I fell ill or simply had no money. I actually never had money. Who has money when they are on street, without job and only a teenager? I certainly did not have…. For many years. It means I was hitchhiking to get to the island. And then there was the obstacle of ferry. Them bastards wanted to see tickets. And I did not have one. I remember I bought several times the ticket and kept it tight and amended the dates next time. Or glued it back together. I mastered conterfeiting all sorts of tickets. And not only tickets. Later in life I remember creating highschool or tradeschool diplomas and sort of IDs to get into clubs, as you do. But then later in life I realised the anesthesiology nurse working in hospidal did not have any education and she was putting people to sleep…. I did not rat her out, though I could. By that time she had been working as anesthesiology nurse for 10 years, I suppose she has learned basically everything possible by that time. I hope.

So I suppose thats about all sun for this year. With strong winds, or actual autumn storms every week, most of the trees are going to be “naked” within a week or so. Thats the time when the strong alcohol sales fly through the roof. Its part of surviving kit here. Either to fall asleep, fight the colds or, as many think, fight the depression. We are the leading country with depression and suicide. Still, many, if choosing wether to buy bread or vodka, choose vodka. As bad as it is, we are all used to it. We grew up like that, we die like that. There is one good thing about it though – we have almost no problems with obesity or overweight people. As there are none, except the few with medical reasons. Haha. Bittersweet. You have no weight problems because you have nothing to eat. Like North Korea. Luckily we dont have the poo-quota north-koreans have. As to my knowledge each family there has to provide government 1 ton of human shit every year. For fertilizing the fields so crops would grow. Now, that is why their outdoor-toilets are locked as you have to guard what you have been able to “produce”, people actually steal shit to fill the quota. And as you might have realised – they dont produce as much as one would here in Europe or America or any other place – as they dont have food either. Whatever they managed to grow on these human-poop-fertilized fields, all goes to government, not the people. Also a good thing – if they dont die of hunger and manage to survive, they are the most slender people on earth.

With that greatly motivational bit I hereby close the day. Think about it. If you are in need for toiletpaper, then you are living better than many, maybe even most, people on Earth.

Stay warm and cool,

For Johnny Depp 😉 my email remains

themaddesthattereverseen@gmail.com

XOXOX