last week, i invested 3.50€. outside thermometer, made in finland. for the mere point of being able to brag about how cold it is up here. and actually, i was just getting ready to bitch about finnish temperatures being a disappointing +4° in january...but someone must have found out and turned down the heating. so within 3 days the temperature dropped about 30 degrees~today it's been -25° [this is where the bragging can start: jörg, NOW it's actually colder in oulu than in leipzig ;)] and...i found out that walking outside without a jacket [even if its just for 3min to change your cars parking spot] ist just a dumb tourist thing to do.

and...while walking around oulu two days ago i found out another thing.
here's a warning to my fellow artists and photographers:
mo, mariana, anna, ...; i know you are out there. now. dumb and dumber has taught us not to lick metal when it's cold outside. this is something we know. maybe we could also figure that touching metal with your bare hands is not the brightest thing to do in cold weather. but! here's the thing i found out while in complete amazement regarding and taking pics of oulujoki freezing over [read carefully]:

*wearing a jacket D O E S N O T prevent you from getting stuck to metal when it is cold*

in my case, it was the reiling of one of many bridges over the river. embarassing. and dorky. very much so.