So now that it is a new year, I have read a novel. I chose Kaj Korkea-aho’s novel “Se till mig som liten är”, since I was working with him on the show Space Trainees as it came out.

Kaj is most know as a comedian and for his magnificent participation in the humor-duo Pleppo Toy. But his novel isin’t in the humor genre. It is a very realistic drama telling about a guy named Kasper who falls in love and witnesses many harsh things. He cannot sleep and he is a very troubled young man. It is about being religiously narrow-minded and how our conscience can’t take too much shit. It’s about alot of things, and mostly, humoristic things are not one of them.

It took me seven days to read this thing, and what can I say. It was a good book, but not at all what I expected it to be, or not at all the storyline that I had expected. Kaj is very very good at metaphors and parables, overall, his writing skills are excellent. I didn’t get tired once at the story, but it is not a book that I would read again, it was too harsh for me. I like the easy books with happy time printed all over – or how Stockholms Mob-life works. But this does not mean that the novel is bad, not at all, it was great reading from start to finish, although it was, as I said, very heavy. And that is not heavy metal.

(This is the cover, if you hadn’t figured that out, stupid)

(Kaj left me a note in the book – it says – “till tage, den bästa kameramannen väster om seinäjoki” – Now that’s some achievement)

Wanna buy the book?  ——————>>>>>>>>

http://www.soderstrom.fi/Book.php?id=1284758265

Cheers people!

AND HEY, IF YOU DIDN’T CATCH “THE CLEANER 2″ ON TELLY LAST NIGHT… Here is a link to the show!

http://areena.yle.fi/video/482283

//T – max en halv timme Paula -

This week was all about making TV for the children of Svensk-Finland. I have been working as a camera dude on a show called Space Trainees. The recording is being done in 2 weeks, I will only be doing stuff for one of them weeks thanks to school, or should I say thanks, or should I say something ugly. I’d really wanna be there for the second week also, but hey, shit happens.

During “my” week we did 48 funny inserts. During the second week “the actual show” is being shot, where lots of the children from Svensk-Finland is solving puzzles and doing stuff you normally don’t see in school… The hosts for the show are Ted Forsström and Kaj Korkea-Aho (know from the show Ursäkta Birgitta and various radio stuff, the Pleppo Toy duo!).

I think the show is gonna be awesome and children will really appreciate it! The thing was done at MediaCity in Vaasa and the producer for the show is called Marcus Wikars.

And yes ofcourse, the director for the show is Walter Söderlund, the dude behind Nile City 105,6 and Percy Tårar. Awesome dude!

(Bianca in the reception)

(50% of the set)

// T – “Max en halv timme Paula”