20-something

This is for them 20-somethings

Time really moves fast, you were just sixteen

"Schoolin' Life", Beyoncé

As soon as I've just turned 20 (TWENTY! CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?), I'm ready to publish some lists I've been making for some time. I must admit it hasn't been easy to recollect 20 mistakes I've made or 20 books that have impressed me enough so I would recommend them. Of course, these lists can easily be edited, but that's what I've got by the age of 20 so far. Hope you'll have fun reading them!

20 mistakes I've made:
1. Didn't go out with that one boy at school
2. Had too many expectations for my graduating party
3. Didn't book a hostel in Tokyo beforehand
4. Didn't read enough this summer
5. Wasted a day in LA on walking with the most boring guy in 2015
6. Scored 83 points for the Russian final test at school
7. My first boyfriend
8. Half of my would-be boyfriends
9. Ate that cheesecake in Khabarovsk in 2014
10. Do everything in the last minute
11. Didn't talk enough with all the kinds from my teams in the camp
12. Didn't put on my sunscreen on the Tobizina cape
13. Didn't put on my sunscreen in Santa Monica in 2013
14. Didn't take any photos with the people I hung out with in LA in 2015
15. Ruined my biological clock
16. Didn't ask about the 3OH!3 album Omens in Amoeba
17. Don't say right answers louder during the classes when needed
18. Drank too much at my unofficial matriculation at university
19. Wasted some money a couple of times when I could've saved them, ok
20. Didn't get along with my elder sister during our childhood

20 lessons I've learned:
1. Always think about where to stay during not only trips themselves but also stepovers in advance
2. Let things go
3. Take your time, don't forget to relax, always arrange some me-time
4. You aren't to like all the people around. It's ok to have someone you don't approve
5. Have some money in the bank as some kind of a back-up
6. Upload the photos you take to Google Photo or iCloud or anything like that. You never know when your device can get broken or lost
7. Being nice is a rule, but being petty and bitchy isn't always a bad idea
8. "If you can't love yourself, how the hell you're gonna love somebody else? Can I get an amen here?" RuPaul
9. Love your parents and make sure you call them often enough. They deserve it, they love you
10. Trust your friends but rely on yourself first
11. Lovers come and go, friends stay. Cherish them
12. Better be alone with someone you don't care of
13. Don't care what they think. Put on as much make-up as you want while you're young and beautiful
14. Don't care what they think. You can be young and beautiful till the end of time
15. Don't know what color you should choose? Choose black
16. Be helpful - and for yourself first
17. Take risks - they tend to pay off!
18. Take in some vitamins, take care of your health
19. Read more
20. Enjoy the moment, don't miss living

20 songs I adore:
1. Jason Mraz "I'm Yours"
2. The Neighbourhood "Ferrari"
3. Beyoncé "Diva"
4. Marina And The Diamonds "How To Be A Heartbreaker"
5. Beyoncé "Partition"
6. Ariana Grande "One Last Time"
7. Lana Del Rey "Backfire"
8. 3OH!3 "Love 2012"
9. Halsey "Colors"
10. The Common Linnets "Calm After The Storm"
11. Lady Gaga feat. Beyoncé "Telephone"
12. Gem Club "Twins"
13. The Beetles "Strawberry Fields Forever"
14. Anna Margaret "Something About Sunshine"
15. Lady Gaga "Born This Way"
16. Postdata "Tobias Grey"
17. Joss Stone "L.O.V.E."
18. Arctic Monkeys "505"
19. Ryan Adams "Firecracker"
20. Natalia Kills "Problem"

20 books I recommend:
1. George Orwell "1984"
2. Leo Tolstoy "Anna Karenina"
3. Yevgeny Zamyatin "We"
4. Jane Austin "Pride and Prejudice"
5. Dante Alighieri "Divine Comedy"
6. David Nicholls "One Day"
7. Joanne Harris "Chocolat"
8. Joanne Harris "The Lollipop Shoes"
9. Dan Brown "Angels and Demons"
10. Goethe "Faust"
11. Francesco Petrarca's sonnets
12. Alexander Blok's poems
13. Daniel Keyes "Flowers for Algernon"
14. J. K. Rowling "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"
15. Mikhail Lermontov's poems
16. Ivan Bunin's short novels
17. Robert Rozhdestvensky's poems
18. Joseph Brodsky's poems
19. Charlotte Brontë "Jane Eyre"
20. Patrick Süskind "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer"


And I certainly couldn't leave you withough the Queen B in my B'Day! Here's something relating to the title and all the jazz ♥

Be brave as usual! 

Spring As We Know It

Well, I doubt if I can call it "almost here". This "almost here" will come in the mid of April, but comparing to a whole year, so yup, it's soon enough. You know, yesterday I got the best end of a month I'd ever had, but today's start of another month was just a simple day, even too sleepy.

Olympic Guys And Girl With The Guitar

Yooo, do you watch the Olympics? Sochi rocks!
Today my friend and I watched slopestyle snowboarding, and I literally fell for snowboarding! But even more I fell for the snowboarders. Girls, you must understand...

Billy Morgan, the UK

Jamie Nicholls, the UK

Sven Thorgren, Sweden

Of course, my congratulations to Sage Kotsenburg from the USA, who won the 1st gold medal (and 1st medal generally) of the Winter Games. You can see at the first sight - he's a superb professional!

No Heating. Math. New Phone Plan.

Russian winter!! We got hot water cut off, so there's no heating in the whole house too! So right now I have to be writing this post in my warm sweater with my cold sniffing nose and  hardly warm fingers. 

Party Weekend

If you think I've forgotten of this holy shit, you go for a wrong way. I'm just used to being sometimes a so damn couch potato even for my writing.
But if you remember, I must have written about my just another party with my classmates outside the city. Or I didn't do that... Never mind, the fact is that past weekend (25.01-26.01) I spent with my classmates and our head teacher at the cottage. Boys grilled meat, girls prepared the rest. There was billiards, and everyone had time to test it. Also there was a sauna with a cold swimming pool, so my mates and teacher were enormously glad to visit it, but my best friend and I did not, because we didn't feel up to, and in the end of it all I don't like saunas.

Probably, my best shot of that day

By the time of midnight we'd been playing various games. Dasha brought Alias, but we changed the rules a little bit, though it didn't spoil the game. Than came Twister, my love! When there're only me and my friend Misha on the playground, it can be called "Clash of the Titans". And when we turned out just to be wasting time moving on different parts of the mat, Misha decided to turn "a hardcore mode" on - he put his hands and feet far on my side, and so did I on his side, therefore the game became even more interesting! Off we go:

Notice a bold stool on the background

Then we played forfeits, and, to my mind, my forfeit was the most hardcore - I had to be wrapped up in the blanket, creep on the floor trying to reach 3 cups with juice and drink them without using hands. But the very same Misha made my task harder: he placed the cups in different places and on my way to the 1st cup he thew our backpacks, empty bottles and mini-mini-benches. Everyone including me laughed to the death, so when I reached the 1st cup on coming through that path full of dumb obstacles, guys let me off drinking only one cup.
I was probably the only one who didn't sleep for the whole night. Everybody then asked my why I'd done that, so my answer was simple: "Just because I wanted to". Somehow I had programmed myself not to sleep all night as well as not to drink any alcohol here (so my mates and teacher were extremely surprised when they figured out that Dasha and I won't drink). So, how did I entertain myself during the night? Firstly, some of us tried to watched a movie, but my best friend and I ended talking with other guys, then we finally went to sleep (approximately at 6 a.m.), but to get some space we had to wake up a girl who had gone to bed long before everyone. But in 5 minutes she came back to the room saying "So what? It's boring to be awake alone!" Therefore I got up on my feet reminding myself of my own promises and we both also talked, cleaned the dining room up a bit, the girl watched my American photos ('cause I'd brought my dear laptop to the cottage), then Dasha woke up, MORE TALKING. And about at 9 a.m. we  woke up everyone else.
I came home at 1 p.m., had lunch and dropped into sleep finally. But in the evening I even managed to learn two poems for my literature lessons.
Coming to the conclusion, I really liked our little party that never killed nobody.
I got Natalia Kills era again, so the song of the day will be her inflammatory "Trouble" from the album with the same name. BTW by and by I will get it!

Be brave, party to the death

No Pajama Party

Yey, today I feel up to write a little.
This week Dasha and I take photos of ourselves and our classmates for our future graduating album. It's not so easy as it should be, because out mates are difficult to gather in one day. One has a lesson with the tutor, another goes in for the club, so we had troubles deciding the meeting time. But here some photos we've taken. Firstly, Dasha and I came only together to find good places for photos and took ones of ourselves.

And yesterday and today we've paid all our attention to our classmates. 

Fortunately, our mates don't annoy us too much, so we generally have fun shooting. Well, Dasha takes photos, and I help her morally.

And we all can't help waiting for tomorrow! You know what I'm talking about - a big party dedicated to the Birthdays of mine and Ilya's. I hope it'll be great. And of course it will! All I except from this party is fun and getting drunk. That's all. And no sleep!

Continuing my little marathon of Ms. Kills, the song of the day today is going to be "Controversy". What a sexy song again!

Controversy uh-huh

Controversy uh-huh

Controversy uh-huh

Controversy uh-huh

Cheerleaders, wet panties,

Drug dealers, porn addicts,

Underage, under paid,

Fucking for a Mac Donald's

Narcotic, don't stop it,

All the girls are friends with Molly

Dilated, X-rated

Pageant princess puking rainbows,

Drink the Kool-aid,

Don't drink the Kool-aid

Drink the Kool-aid

Don't drink the Kool-aid

Controversy uh-huh

Controversy uh-huh

Controversy uh-huh

Controversy uh-huh

Teen brides, white lines, 

Politicians, headlines

Prom queens, S.T.Ds

High school shootouts, dirty dreams

Cult leaders, cowboy preachers

Blame it on the non believers

Therapists, sedatives 

Visiting hours are from 10 to 6

Drink the Kool-aid

Don't drink the Kool-aid

Drink the Kool-aid

Don't drink the Kool-aid

Controversy, uh-huh

Controversy, uh-huh

Controversy uh-huh

Controversy uh-huh

Peer pressure, sex obsession

Television, intervention

Cotton mouth, OCD

Ricki Lake society 

Bath salts, authority

Online's the new reality

The internet is reality

Technology killed reality

Drink the Kool-aid

Don't drink the Kool-aid

Drink the Kool-aid

Don't drink the Kool-aid

Controversy uh-huh

Controversy uh-huh

Controversy uh-huh

Controversy uh-huh

Bloody noses, riot squad

Prostitution, valium

Hate crimes, debutons

Victims, vixens, vicodin

Bloody noses, riot squad

Prostitution, valium

Hate crimes, debutons

Victims, vixens, vicodin

What the fuck you lookin' at?

This ain't high school, pussycat

Lookin' down my shirt like it's Disneyland

Like you waitin' for a fast pass

What the fuck you lookin' at?

What the fuck you lookin' at?

What the fuck you lookin' at?

What the fuck?

Controversy uh-huh

Controversy uh-huh

Controversy uh-huh

Controversy uh-huh

The first time I tried listening to Natalia Kills, I decided to watch a music video of hers, and I didn't like it much. But then Cherry Lady showed me (better say "gave me to listen to") "Controversy", and I fell for. So cool, so tempting. So controversy.

Mirrors Gonna Fog

I've really really been meaning to write, but I'm too exhausted.
I've participated in the English Olympiad today, and there was a text about blogging that actually inspired me. But now on coming home after all my businesses I do understand I can't do anything but sending you some pictures. Get fan atmosphere!

BTW, I'd like to mention that my OTR (One True Reader) Ilya had his Birthday on the 8th of October, just 2 days ago, and at coming weekend we'll have our party. I'd wanted to write a congratulating post, but I was too tired and lazy again. 

And the song of the day will be the first song of my little Natalia Kills era. The song is "Mirrors". The line from the song you can see at my last picture - "Sex Love Control Vanity". Such an enticing song!

Shut up

Shut your mouth and close the door

I wanna watch you while you take it off

I'm gonna take a blindfold put it on

And then I drop the leather to the floor

I said shut up

Turning the lights out

Burning the candles

And the mirror's gonna fog tonight

Turning the lights out

Tighten the handcuffs

And the mirror's gonna fog tonight

My stiletto on your neck

Until I tie your hands above the bed

You've gotta

But boy, don't pull the trigger yet

Na na na

I haven't reloaded the clip

Na na na

Squeeze hard, hold that pose

You know I like it, do it

Sweetheart, I'm the boss

And when you get close to it

I'm gonna make tonight a show (oh, oh, oh)

I'll make your love grenade explode (na, na, na)

Turning the lights out

Burning the candles

And the mirror's gonna fog tonight

Turning the lights out

Tighten the handcuffs

And the mirror's gonna fog  tonight

Turning the lights out

Burning the candles

And the mirror's gonna fog tonight

Turning the lights out

Tighten the handcuffs

And the mirror's gonna fog tonight

Sex, love, control, vanity

Sex, love, control, vanity

Sex, love, control, vanity (and the mirrors gonna fog tonight)

Sex, love, control, vanity (and the mirrors gonna fog tonight)

Sex, love, control, vanity (and the mirrors gonna fog tonight)

Sex, love, control, vanity (and the mirrors gonna fog tonight)

Vanity, vanity

Squeeze hard, hold that pose

You know I like it, do it

Sweetheart, I'm the boss

And when you get close to it

I'm gonna make tonight a show (oh, oh, oh)

I'll make your love grenade explode (na, na, na)

Turning the lights out

Burning the candles

And the mirror's gonna fog tonight

Turning the lights out

Tighten the handcuffs

And the mirror's gonna fog tonight

Turning the lights out

Burning the candles

And the mirror's gonna fog tonight

Turning the lights out

Tighten the handcuffs

And the mirror's gonna fog tonight

And the mirror's gonna fog tonight

And the mirror's gonna fog tonight

~Be brave!~

Honey Bunny

The past 2 days were terrible. My chorus and I had some concerts in different towns, and the ways there were horrible on our Russian roads. Moreover, I felt myself so bad, I though I would vomit.
Therefore today I decided not to worry myself and just lie in the bed all day long. But anyway my mom didn't think so and asked me to go to the shop. So I took advantage of the opportunity and bought some cosmetic doodads. One that I wanna share with you is a honey bunny "Pocket Bunny Sleek Mist" by the TonyMoly. TonyMoly is the Korean global total beauty brand that's been established in 2006. The best distinguishing feature of the company is bottles' design. It's full of kitties, bunnies and fruits. So sweet! *___*
Well, here's my thing. It's kinda a mineral water for oily skin to mat it and do all good things. "Pocket Bunny Sleek Mist" doesn't hurt make-up and works excellent!

Scanning TonyMoly production I figured out I've already got one lip gloss by the brand; this is TonyMoly "Fruit Princess Gloss" #6 Cherry. My Korean friend Yulia presented it to me and one to Dasha probably a year ago. It's not my pic, I was too lazy to look for the lip gloss over my stuff.

Also some monthes ago I tried TonyMoly "Dr. Tony Ac Control Patch", but I wasn't delighted by the result. Today I read a response about the plasters, and the author said she was glad using them, so tastes are tastes and people are people.

Generally, TonyMoly rules! I'll try to find something by them else, for myself. I saw some their goods, but they weren't right for my type of skin.

Already some days in a row one song's been sticking in my head. It's "Zombie" by Natalia Kills. The first time I listened to it the song reminded me about "Warm Bodies". I hadn't thought I would listen to Natalia Kills until Cherry Lady showed me her song "Controversy".

[Be brave!]

P.S. Honey Bunny.