Hey, just wanted everyone to know I'm back from the army at last, and can now dedicate all my time posting useless comments on the UM community again \o/ At least after I get over this hangover 

Welcome back dudeI've been waiting for some new material from you
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Cheers guys! I'm actually in the process of recording a 4-song Mammoth EP called Free will and nine millimeters, which will be a free download. After the songs are done (still need to finish the writing of one and record two), I'll begin the hunt for a vocalist to do all the tracks. I'll definitely post some news when there's more to say![]()
Wait...you live in England and are in college (sorry, University![]()
), and are considering volunteering for Finnish national service?
Why...?
Congrats on finishing! I live in the UK and am 2 years into my university degree. Lots of my friends are taking placements next year and as my mother is Finnish I have been thinking (not in much detail!) about doing the Finnish national service.
Obviously Im not expecting a walk in the park or anything, but can you look back at the experience and say it was worth doing?
Yeah, I can. I got some really good friends there and as an experience my time there was pretty unique. But during the six months I was pissed off all the time and hated the place from the bottom of my heart. I would never do it again if I had the choiceThe things that most got on my nerves were the complete lack of freedom ("Sir, private Mattheiszen, permission to smoke a cigarette, Sir?"), the complete lack of privacy (Spending every day, from morning to morning, in the same room with 10 other dudes) and the fact that most of my superiors were 19-to-20-year-old fucks who had either been bullied as a kid or spoiled brats of rich families who enjoyed using their military rank as a tool to be major assholes
But I guess that's really a personal thing whether one likes the place or not. I admit I have an attitude problem with the whole system, so that probably alters my comments quite a bit![]()
...and find myself in a completely unfamiliar environments doing things I wouldn't necessarily find myself doing.
If this is appealing to you, then I genuinely admire you for being a far braver man than I!
Yeah basically from my standpoint, its a once in a lifetime experience to have to go through something like that. Its like one of those things that I can say I have done and know what it feels like. Plus I get to learn a whole language, and find myself in a completely unfamiliar environments doing things I wouldn't necessarily find myself doing. I have heard a lot of people say that they look back fondly on it and made some of the best friends of their lives there.
Im sure you will have memories that you will never forget from there?