10 secrets about me
1. My favorite animal is an owl
I’ve always loved owls. There’s just something mysterious and beautiful about them.
2. I haven’t had a home for 6.5 years
I live full-time in my camper van. I don’t own a TV, and I don’t even have a toilet. Somehow this has been my normal life for 6.5 years now.
3. I hate fake flowers
Especially the plastic ones. I don’t know why, but I really, really dislike them.
4. I’m Finnish-Swedish
I grew up speaking both Finnish and Swedish at home. English came much later. I started learning it in elementary school, but games, traveling and making friends around the world probably taught me much more.
5. I like knives
Yes. Knives. I just think they’re cool.
6. I want to visit Russia someday
I’m genuinely curious to see what it’s like, especially the wild, raw and untouched nature. It’s obviously a complicated thing to talk about at this moment in time, but the curiosity about the place and its nature is still there.
7. I drew my first penis at 18
Apparently I made it all the way to high school before ever drawing one. Thankfully, that masterpiece has been lost to history. What a weird secret to share.
8. I only recently started liking pink
I was a tomboy growing up and even went to Scouts. Pink definitely wasn’t my thing. Somehow that changed, and now I actually love it.
9. Coriander tastes like soap to me
I don’t like it. At all. If you’re one of the people who thinks coriander tastes fresh and delicious, we apparently experience a completely different plant.
10. My favorite anime is Frieren
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End is my favorite anime series. If you haven’t seen it, you can find it on Netflix.
BONUS SECRET because apparently I can’t count:
My favorite flowers are sunflowers and daisies. I genuinely can’t decide which one wins.
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My girlfriend in Helsinki is a Swedish speaking Finn, though her English is quite good too
I'm with you on the coriander...
Same for coriander 🤢
What kind of owls tho?
I too love owls and want to someday visit Russia.
Hey this was so nice! I hate fake flowers too but YOU LIKE KNIFES? 😆👌 I used to be extremely anxious about them (as a child already), and it hasn't been that long ago when I started crying because of one 😫😂 (my friend were throwing one outside & i was scared that me friend's will hurt themselves since it was made by them in fire & it was both sided!! 🫣....)
Were you in a life drawing class or did you draw your first penis from memory? Just curious.
Frieren is just same as you. Its like anime version of you:)
Coriander same for me 🤝
You're eating the wrong plant, try cilantro next time lol a much better flavor experience
😳😳😳😳
Wait, but isn't Russia next door? Just pop over for a potato 🥔 😃
I think you should make more posts like this. (Maybe with some photoset or even in vídeo) It Would be amazing to know more about you
Owl lover, huh? I always knew you were a hoot! 🤣
Ok. The owl wasn’t a secret. You already told it. So with the bonus secret it is really 10. (And the, bonus, that you can’t count… so eleven….) 😀😎
Your favourite Anime beeing Frieren shows in your whole presence🧚🏻♂️🍃✨
You can train your brain for eating coriander. For me it tasted like soap, but me friends told me its tastes good, so I kept eating it until it tasted good, haha. Now, it seems like my brain kinda blocked out the soapy taste.
Heeej en till finlandssvensk! :D
After reading number 7, I wish you did (paid, of course) drawings of your fans!
Ah, a fellow coriander disliker.
There is a big difference between Russian government and Russian people, just like many other countries. Governments change, times change, eventually people change over the generations, the land doesn't change much at all. You have a limited number of years to live. If you want to visit Russia, now may be as good a time as any. I am sure you have many followers in Russia one or more of which could tell you what it is like right now for visitors to come and travel in Russia.
What kind of knives do you like? Usable ones or artistic ones, maybe movie replicas? And why did you drew a penis? Was it a project or just for fun?
#6. The desire to explore our beautiful planet is natural. It transcends nationalities, governments, world events. Doesn't mean we are wearing blinders. We can still engage with current events. But life on this planet is the greatest thing any of us will ever experience. Why pass that up?
Hi
Kul att höra att du faktiskt kan svenska, är själv svensk och bosatt på västkusten 😊
Thaks for sharing the secrets! I love knifes too, it'sy favorite weapon in video games like Call of Duty. As for the lost masterpiece, art is art 😃 6.5 years is what my caught my attention the most. What made you decided to start living in your camper van?
Thank you, Nina, for disclosing and sharing your secrets. They're not a secret now.
"I don’t even have a toilet" This one would be a big deal for me, which makes what you are doing a little bit more brave for having to contend with that, I think!
Fresh coriander tastes like soap to me too. However, I like the taste of soap, apparently
love hearing about u too love owls too specialiy watching them fly too x
They are majestic!!!!
Just wanted to see your version of it
Wish you had a picture of your penis drawing😂
Daniel, that is a strange wish 😂
Ok, serious question, because you're an artist: well drawn penis, or just a quick silly willy?
I am actually so happy that you asked 😌 because this was a masterpiece!!!! it was fully coloured, huge and centre of the peace with details and all. I also drew boobs beside it… ok I have said too much…
The coriander thing is quite common, people either love it or hate it, and the one's that don't like it always describe it as tasting like soap.
But what about you? 😎
Coriander taste is genetic and is a throw back to our genetic make up the haters are more likely to have a smaller gene pool but also a stronger pool Love you want to visit Russia and you value your native languages and embrace learning new ones, wish I could learn new languages easily
Svenska? nämen vad kul! Hoppas du håller svenskan levande och använder den om du besöker platser med svenska som första språk. Och just på tal om språk så skulle det vara mycket kul att få höra dig prata svenska 😀
Jo jag kan nog tala svenska bra men skriva…. Ja det är en annan sak….😂😂😂 tack för iden! Ska göra!
Thanks for sharing your (shhh) secrets. I think it's so cool that you speak Finnish, Swedish and English. I love learning new languages and am working on Parisian French
do you know anything in Japanese?
Very nice u share ur secrets. Some i knew and some are new to me. But thanks u so open!
Open like a book! 📖
Any recent drawings of fact number 7? 😆
1. I Love dogs 2. I still live in my student appartement the rent is so low it's been 10 years 😅 3. I don't really hate things 🤔 4. I'm French from the Caribbean 😁 5. I love knives too I've got a bushcraft knife under my pillow.🤫 6. I want to visit Estern Europe. 7. I drew countless penises 😂 8. 🤔... I wear colour clothes only at home 9. Coriander taste like normal to me sorry 😅 10. my favourite anime is call Mushishi and is so poetic 😌
Knife under a pillow, I need to start doing that 😎
We are the same up to #6 eh except i speak english first, the school french, adult michif/cree, school farsi, college Russian.
Teach me something in Russian
Barn owls up north?
Barn owl is my favourite owl 🦉
I would also like to visit Russia one day but not at the moment. It has always fascinated me.
I don’t know much about the people, but they also seem so calm and determined 👀
The coriander tasting like soap is a genetic trait. If you don't have it, it just tastes like coriander, which is hard to describe. Same as being able to curl the sides of your tongue. Genetic.
So am I the lucky one or not 😅😅😅
Sweet of you to share some random internal things that give us a little insight into who Nina is. Looking forward to some more of those pastel brushstrokes that paint your picture.
Agree on the coriander. It's like adding some shower gel to a meal 😫
Exactly!!!! I feel understood 😌🫶
Owls are fascinating , did you know that you can’t hear an owl flying?
I always recognise when an own flies above me! 😁when I just see the shape but not hear a thing!!!! it is so magical moment 🦉🦉🦉
I am of Swedish and Finnish descent. My great-great grandfather came to the USA from Vaasa in the late 1860s. I'm currently learning Swedish. My great grandmother was the last native Swedish speaker in the family.
It was easier to me to learn English because I knew Swedish, they have a lot of common!!! but Finnish… don’t even try 😅😅
Absolutely phenomenal choice in favorite anime, Frieren is amazing
Ahhhhh!!!! So happy to find out that so many other Frieren obsessed people here!!!! 😁😁 now I know what to share with you when I return to Japan before winter! 😁
I love Owls too they are so majestic.
Owls are like cats but with wings 😁
You're into Frieren? Even more sympathetic than before (if that's even possible) 🫶🏻
Ohhhh I adooore the story and the characters and just everything about Frieres is just so beautiful and heartwarming ❤️❤️❤️ low cortisol series 😁
Always nice to learn more about you. Also a fellow Owl lover here.
Did you also collect owl-things like small ornaments or jewellery? I have 2 tattoos 😅
Great choice in anime I’m part Swedish every time I visit there I feel like I don’t wanna leave
The story is so bittersweet 💔❤️ what is it about Sweden especially that you think off when you are somewhere else?
