Lockout nr 5
Okay, today was the fifth time that I’ve locked myself out of my own appartment. I was going to the store to buy something to eat for lunch, at 1.30 pm. The same moment the door closed I realised that I had only brought with me my wallet. My keys and cell were still inside!
I tried ringing the doorbells of my neighbours to see if someone could lend me a phone so I could call Jenny who has a backup key for my appartment. No such luck.
Here’s a picture of the door and the EVIL lock which probably was designed by some EVIL GENIUS who tried to score some EVIL points on petty mischief! You don’t need a key to lock the door, it locks automatically once you close it.
Here’s me trying a forced entry, but failing miserably.
Here’s where my keys were, in the pocket of my jacket.
I decided to walk to the local pizzeria and buy pizza for lunch. The nice guy taking my order also lent me his cell phone so I could call Jenny. She said she would be home from work around 4 pm. So I ate my pizza and then walked to the library, which is only a couple of hundred meters from my place, and spent a couple of hours reading magazines. It was quite nice!
I read magazines such as Hemmabio, Arkitekten, Arkitektur, Bergsport and Cap & Design.
At 4 pm I walked home and met Jenny and got my backup key! Yay!
Next time I will make sure I am wearing more suitable pants than my thin pyjama pants!
Edward Aschan wrote,
I guess you didn’t do your military service in which case you would have learned to “always bring all equipment with you”. Sure, you get weighted down a bit but you won’t lock yourself out and think of the great exercise of carrying all that extra weight.
March 19th 2007 at 21:41 (9:41 pm) — Using
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JenEriC wrote,
Get yourself a door mat to hide a spare key under.
March 19th 2007 at 21:59 (9:59 pm) — Using
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Modin wrote,
You should turn this into a movie!
March 20th 2007 at 00:03 (12:03 am) — Using
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John wrote,
purple keychain represent
hey mika
check out this video i made
you might like it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3p52scyGOE
March 20th 2007 at 09:36 (9:36 am) — Using
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Caroline wrote,
Haha, love the picture of you trying to break in!
March 20th 2007 at 10:26 (10:26 am) — Using
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Hannes wrote,
Haha, so funny!
March 21st 2007 at 00:20 (12:20 am) — Using
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Traian wrote,
If Jenny is abroad next time you’re in trouble, you could try something less funny than brute-forcing your way in: http://www.wikihow.com/Pick-a-Lock
In case this also fails, you can always duplicate your key starting from the photo that you have made available for everybody to see. Hell, I think that anybody can make a copy now. Prepare for more light bulbs in your spaghetti jar.
March 22nd 2007 at 00:49 (12:49 am) — Using
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Mika Perälä wrote,
Edward: When I go shopping to the local store, I only take with me the minimum amount of stuff. And… sometimes even less than that
Jens: Haha! I’ll hang it from the ceiling in the staircase so noone will suspect there’s a key under it!
Modin: Hmm! Lockout Nr 5! A catchy movie title at that!
John: Helloooo!!
Ooo, nice little movie you have made! Reminds me of one of my early movies when I first bought my cam 
Doors opening, fast moving sceneries!
Traian: A skill worth of pursuing! Ooups! Didn’t think of that! There, picture of key gone
March 22nd 2007 at 02:09 (2:09 am) — Using
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Mari wrote,
Guess being almost neurotically obsessed about ones stuff (keys, wallet, cell) has its perks. Won’t feel as crazy as usual next time I feel my pockets for the umpteenth time before leaving home…
March 23rd 2007 at 12:48 (12:48 pm) — Using
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Jenny wrote,
Great pictures! And you know, if you had begged me on the phone I’d prolly have come right away.
March 30th 2007 at 10:11 (10:11 am) — Using
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Mika Perälä wrote,
Mari: Hehe! Yep! It does have it’s perks!
Glad I could be in assistance in validating that habit!
Jenny!
Of course I knew! But I realised that I was in no hurry to get into my appartment. I didn’t have a kettel on the stove or anything. And it was really nice to sit in the library and read 
March 31st 2007 at 02:41 (2:41 am) — Using
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Broug wrote,
Hi Mika
That is so like me! At uni I used to leave my window open, as I was always forgetting my keys (and had an evil self looking door). Luckly there are no photos of me in a towel trying to climb into my 1st floor room :pom:
And thanks for the TVT invite!
Broug
April 7th 2007 at 14:20 (2:20 pm) — Using
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Mika Perälä wrote,
Hello Broug!
Haha! That would be nice pics 
Unlucky for me that I live on the second floor, very hard to climb to my windows from the outside.
April 12th 2007 at 19:10 (7:10 pm) — Using
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Martin wrote,
I know I really shouldn’t be the one to comment on such things but, going on one month without any posts.
April 18th 2007 at 11:33 (11:33 am) — Using
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Mika Perälä wrote,
Yes yes I know!
I’ve had no energy left to write in the blog these days. Perhaps there will be something to read… soon.
April 19th 2007 at 12:25 (12:25 pm) — Using
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