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! 

I Got You Covered

I'm back to school life, to campus life. I'm back to writing, and it feels so right. I've told my Vocabulary & Speaking teacher that maintaining a blog is one of my main hobbies and it made me feel like returning to my old schedule when I wrote several times a week and it was satisfying af.
Today I've visited the first organizing meeting at the driving school. I'M GONNA LEARN HOW TO DRIVE A CAR!! Can you believe that?! The funniest thing for me was that I came in all pink, I had a pink pen and a pink notebook with my image on its cover. DUH. I felt so Legally Blonde. I never did that on purpose. But if you remember Mean Girls well enough, you may notice that "on Wednesdays, we wear pink".

I looked pretty glamorous, right?

Last Sunday my student organization and I went to the cape of Tobizin just to spend some nice time together. We were lucky to have very sunny weather that day, so now I sorta suffer from my skin peeling off of my face. But I really enjoyed our little trip. We should take advantage of the last warm days as long as we can.

My co-teacher Thomas and I took the most hipster Polaroid photo at the cape

Talking about my student organization, so I keep on being the money-keeper of our gang but some exciting news has come just an hour ago. Our commander Tea has suggested Thomas and my person going to the All-Russian Student Organizations' Meeting in November. Wow. It's an important event, and if I happen to go there, it will be such an experience! There'll be around 2000 people gathered together by one idea, one spirit to share experience, new projects, ideas, material. Awesome, isn't it? 

I like this semester more than the last, spring one. Though we still have some troubles with the schedule, I'm pretty satisfied with the classes. Good for me, then! Moreover, I've chosen Brave New World by Aldous Huxley as my individual reading. Finally I, a dystopian stories lover, will read the classics!

The song of the day is gonna be the latest hit from Mac Miller feat. Ariana Grande called "My Favorite Part" (though I've been listening to The Neighbourhood for the whole evening). I like the track because it's so easy-listening, laid-back and relaxing. It just calms you down and says that everything's ok.

Be brave, 'cause that's my favorite part

Hold Up

"... they don't love you like I love you"

Beyoncé, "Hold Up"

When was the last time I poured all my shit on you here? Much water has flowed under the bridge.
I worked for two terms in "English Camp" in summer and somehow stayed alive after that (though I thought I'd die). During the first term, sports one, I worked with the kids of around 12 yo. It was the same age as I had worked the year before, I even had a boy from that previous summer. I was shocked in the beginning but then calmed myself down thinking "Stability is a sign of mastery". Plus, my co-worker Eva, I was her instructor during the teachers' training. And the term was great! One of our guys was the President of English Camp that term, and generally our kids were awesome. Though I got my new speaker stolen at the end of the term, so I was frustrated. Still, I consider that term as one of the best.

I like putting these two photos together. Me in a white hoodie in the center,
and my beautiful co-worker Eva next to me in the leather jacket

My second term was as amazing as the first one but it was more difficult in the beginning. I completely lost my voice at the end of Sports term and that second term was a music one. I entered Music Term with no voice!! But my co-worker that time was brilliant Thomas, whose instructor I was as well. If there was an award for the best teamwork, we would have definitely won it. We were given the 1st team, which means we had the oldest kids. Half of the kids had visited English Camp for many times, and for some of them this summer would be the last, so our top brass put us under big pressure that we should make this summer the most unbelievable and unforgettable for them. I felt so under this pressure first days. I even cried after daily briefings. But then the things were fine. Our coordinator and chief teacher reassured me that it wasn't even about all Thomas' and my work, our kids weren't that up-and-doing. That music term with the oldest guys showed me that I really improved my skills as a teacher, and sometimes I should just let things go and rest my head a bit. Btw, do you know how our team was called that music term? "Formation"! YAS I named our team after Beyoncé's song and my co-worker agreed on that. 'Cause yeah we got our kids in formation, okay?!

Unfortunately, Thomas didn't make it into this cool photo
(you can spot his arm on the left)

But here we go :3

I met a guy in the end of spring, we got through the summer (we both worked in different summer camps separately) and we almost made it come together again but he literally stood me up. We had arranged it that he meet me at the airport of Vladivostok but when I arrived there was no one to help me physically or morally. And that nasty bastard didn't pick up his phone once during that day! And in the evening he texted me something like "Hi, how did you arrive?" I mean what?? That person frankly told me he liked me, everything was nice in spring, he promised to meet me at the fucking airport and then never showed up?! Guys, don't be like that. Please.
Well, I finished my second year at university in an excellent way as I can. During the French exam, our French teacher was Kanye and I was Tay Swift, 'cause she didn't let me finish any of my tasks. Not that it was bad, she was like "I know that you know, so go" but girl, I prepared my shit, you'd better listen. But I quickly swallowed my pride not to run into some mistakes. My final course paper turned out to be pretty good. This year I'll continue working with my favorite professor, so I'll keep on writing about the nature pictured in the books by Ann Radcliffe. Honestly, that lady wrote some boring mess but the landscapes are described so gracefully, I can't even. But all the storylines are junk. But the landscapes are great. Period. Yeah, I know Ann R. is one of the pioneers of gothic novels, she's its 'queen' as they call her but nowadays it's not that interesting for me. But I'll work with that and won't give up. I'm a freaking philologist, I should know how to work with various stuff.
Also, last year my dear roommate Cherry Lady and I fell for RuPaul's Drag Race. We've watched seasons 4 and 6 and now watching season 7 by far. Probably, you've noticed its influence in my writing style. Imagine if you heard my speech! My friend and I adore (Delano) this show! So iconic. We definitely observe their vibes, some style hacks, face expressions and figures of speech.
I spent whole August and the very beginning of September in my hometown. I was glad to see my parents and Sakhalin friends again but due to them being always at work, my being on Sakhalin wasn't that rad. I decided that I wouldn't stay in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk for longer than 2-3 weeks anymore. But all the time spent with my family and friends was precious. I even made some new friends (one new friend, actually). And Dasha said she'd come to me to Vladivostok in some weeks for a couple of days. What can be more exciting? I'll finally show her my favorite party places! Moreover, my parents will come in the beginning of October to celebrate my 20 yo jubilee. To be honest, Dasha's trip and my parents' arrival will superimpose on one another, so it confuses me a bit. But we shall make it, shan't we? So my autumn seems to be all about fun and fuss. (Yes, I seem to prefer AmE, but I still refuse to use 'fall' meaning 'autumn')

Talking about music, so I'm really into Beyoncé's Lemonade (except for "Daddy Lessons", can't feel it out). I've probably taken my love to Beyoncé to the maximum this summer. The next step is to visit her concert, obvi. Or just buy some merch. But her concert is def better. So if you want to please me, put a Beyoncé song on. Or show me a cat. Or give me some chocolate. Or all together and garnish it with some chamomile tea.
So turn on something that makes you feel comfortable and self-confident and as usual...

Be brave ♥

Movies' Day. Part IV

Although I write about separate movies from time to time, it's been pretty long since my last "Movies' Day" post, so I feel quite ready to create something new for you.

Alright, alright, alright! Last weekend my roommate and dear friend Cherry Lady checked the movies we had been recommended by our professors. 

The first one is "Philadelphia", a 1993 American drama film and one of the first mainstream Hollywood films to acknowledge HIV/AIDS, homosexuality, and homophobia. (Thanks, Wikipedia) Actually, the film wasn't in our mood, but we watched it pretty attentively because the acting is simply brilliant! I can easily understand why Mr. Tom Hanks received the Oscar for the leading role of Andrew Beckett. And the soundtrack! Certainly I'd heard "Streets of Philadelphia" by Bruce Springsteen before, but I never knew it was for the movie. That was pleasant news. 

The plot is rather controversial but pretty understandable. I loved that even though Denzel Washington's character Joe Miller had homophobia and  mysophobia, he agreed on helping Andrew Beckett in the name of justice and law. The movie's worth watching even if you're not a fan of the jurisprudence.

Tom Hanks as Andrew Beckett

On Sunday, we turned on "Guys and Dolls". It's a 1955 movie based on the Broadway musical of the same name. It starred  Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra and Vivian Blaine. The plot is about how 50s' New York criminals liked gambling and betting. And that love wins at the end of it all. The movie is full of nice songs and fancy dances - of course, it's based on the musical! I liked the characters. Men were so handsome and women were so stylish those days. It reminded me of how much I like 50s' movies.

The only thing I didn't like in "Guys and Dolls" was Sister Sarah Brown's wedding dress. Or better say, the lack of her wedding dress! I know that she was a missionary, but I beg you! It's a 50s' musical! You could have made it!

But in general, "Guys and Dolls" is totally worth watching.

The third film I wanna talk about is the latest James Bond film "Spectre". The acting crew is wonderful! Daniel Craig, of course, but I was even more thrilled about one and only Monica Bellucci, adorable Ben Whishaw, Ralph Fiennes and - OMG YAS - Andrew Scott! Mr. Scott played Max Denbigh, a member of the British government, and comparing this character to Scott's famous Moriarty, I guess Andrew Scott do fine with this type of role. Unfortunately, Andrew's character won't be lucky to appear in next movies. But maybe as a flashback? Please?
Frankly speaking, I didn't like Léa Seydoux as a Bond girl much. Well, she's nice, but not splendid, you know.

The story features James Bond's first encounter with the global criminal organisation Spectre, marking the group's first appearance in an Eon Productions film since 1971's Diamonds Are Forever, and tying Craig's series of films together with an overarching storyline. (Thanks, Wikipedia)

Of course, I can't help writing about the main "Spectre" theme "Writing's On The Wall" performed by Sam Smith. Remember how excited I was with "Skyfall" by Adele? No wonder why it received an Oscar. So "Writing's On The Wall" is spectacular as well. I watched the live performance, and Mr. Smith nailed it! Let's see what awards this track will get.

Also, Cherry Lady and I have watched (my friend has re-watched) an amazing British series calls "Black Books". There are 3 seasons in the sitcom as well as 3 main characters: the bookshop's owner Bernard Black played by hilarious Dylan Moran, his assistant Manny Bianco and their friend Fran Katzenjammer. Actually, it's all about the wine, dealing with life and relationships, more booze, books vs. modern technologies, "Don't you dare use the word "party" as a verb in this shop!" and wine again. The comedy is just great! Not that stupid American pointless sitcoms, but classy smart British-Irish humor as it is.

That's all for today! Enjoy the silence the movies and have fun!

Back To...

...school? That doesn't sound so neat. I'm a university student, aren't I? My Russian mind insists on the statement that school is only what you do before university or collage, though my faculty is called School Of Regional and International Studies. Nevertheless, today (15.09) I returned to my studies, and it went pretty well. We had two French classes in a row and a new class about philology - so interesting! You know, I love studying and I love philology. You may ask, "It's Tuesday. Why didn't you start on Monday?" Oy boy, this year we have a day-off on Mondays! Hell yes!
...work. Definitely back to work. I'm glad to be back as an English tutor; I keep on teaching the same kids. The girl does everything pretty well, but the boy disappoints me now and then. One lesson he remembers everything, and the other everything is completely forgotten. Maybe I'm not the best teacher, but I do my best, and we repeat the same shit every fucking lesson - boy, have a heart, won't you? Anyhow I raised my price. Still money I get isn't so big, but they play important role in my budget. I save much more with my little wages.
...books. I've finished "One Day" by David Nicholls. Even though it was a task for my educational practice, I really enjoyed reading. It's like the first book in English I've enjoyed so much since "Harry Potter". Oh, should get back to that book series, I haven't finished that. As well as I haven't finished "Lolita" by Nabokov in English and "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides and "Anna Karenina" by Tolstoy in Russian though. It's so not me! I can't recall myself reading a book and leave it half-finished. Ah, no, I remember that I started "The Map Of Time" by Félix J. Palma, found it rubbish, and then returned to it in a year or something and continued reading that with pleasure. Though I'm still not sure about the ending of the book, it's kinda complicated and mind-cracking. But thanks to "The Map Of Time", subsequently I read "The Time Machine" by  H.G. Wells, that was a worth reading. Moreover, coming back to "One Day", this novel was one of the fastest for me to read, if I can say so grammatically. Maybe, the fact that the screen adaptation is one of my favorite movies influenced on it, but nevertheless. You see, if I have some pressure from outside world like a task or something, I can do things really fast. And I'm not gonna stop. I'd better be back to "Anna Karenina" because there're really wise things there. And I think I should read more Russian classics because my Russian speech seem to degrade step by step, and that's absolutely not good.
...routine? Maybe. Our classes started again, I'm back at work, days go by really fast, I'm sure to have some random stuff with my student organization soon. It all seems to become a chore in no time. I'd better find new interesting people, just one or two who're gonna be interested in me too, or explore places in Vladivostok I've never been to before with the people I already know. I don't wanna have another 'seasonal depression', they are - you won't believe - depressing. I should be more positive and creative this year just for myself. Because I'm worth it.
...black? No, my favorite colors are white and red, thanks.
The song of the day? Let it be two songs of the day. The first one is going to be "Hearts A Mess" by Gotye. It reminds me of someone I'd like to be back to now, but I should  let it go, shouldn't I?

Pick apart

The pieces of your heart

And let me peer inside

Let me in

Where only your thoughts have been

Let me occupy your mind

As you do mine

Your heart's a mess

You won't admit to it

It makes no sense

But I'm desperate to connect

You can't live like this

You have lost

(Too much love)

To fear, doubt and distrust

(It's not enough)

You just threw away the key

To your heart

You don't get burned

('Cause nothing gets through)

It makes it easier

(Easier on you)

But that much more difficult for me

To make you see…

Love ain't fair

So there you are

My love

Your heart's a mess

You won't admit to it

It makes no sense

But I'm desperate to connect

And you, you can't live like this

Your heart's a mess

You won't admit to it

It makes no sense

But I'm desperate to connect

And you can't live like this

Love ain't safe

You won't get hurt if you stay chaste

So you can wait

But I don't wanna waste my love

The second song is the latest single by Lana Del Rey called "Music To Watch Boys To". I said I anticipate her upcoming album. So let's enjoy the song.

(I like you a lot)

Putting on my music while I’m watching the boys

(So I do what you want)

Singing soft grunge just to soak up the noise

(Blue Ribbons on ice)

Playing their guitars, only one of my toys

(Cause I like you a lot)

No holds barred, I’ve been sent to destroy, yeah

Pink flamingos always fascinated me

I know what only the girls know

Know what lies akin to me

I, I see you're going

So I play my music, watch you leave

(I like you a lot)

Putting on my music while I’m watching the boys

(So I do what you want)

Singing soft grunge just to soak up the noise

(Blue Ribbons on ice)

Playing their guitars, only one of my toys

(Cause I like you a lot)

No holds barred, I’ve been sent to destroy, yeah

Velveteen and living single

It never felt that right to me

I know what only the girls know

Lies can buy eternity

I, I see you leaving

So I push record and watch you leave

(I like you a lot)

Putting on my music while I’m watching the boys

(So I do what you want)

Singing soft grunge just to soak up the noise

(Blue Ribbons on ice)

Playing their guitars, only one of my toys

(Cause I like you a lot)

No holds barred, I’ve been sent to destroy, yeah

Live to love you

And I love to love you

And I live to love you, boy

Live to love you

And I love to love you

And I live to love you, boy

Nothing gold can stay

Like love or lemonade

Or sun or summer days

It's all a game to me anyway

(I like you a lot)

Putting on my music while I’m watching the boys

(So I do what you want)

Singing soft grunge just to soak up the noise

(Blue Ribbons on ice)

Playing their guitars, only one of my toys

(Cause I like you a lot)

No holds barred, I’ve been sent to destroy, yeah

Putting on my music while I’m watching the boys

Putting on my music while I’m watching the boys

Be brave to be back

Everything Is Blue

It's the first time when totally zero fucks given about the 1st of September. Even the last year I worried a bit, because it was my first day at university. Now we had only a meeting with the headers of our course, and that's all. The most important thing is what they told us. They said our classes are delayed till the 14th of September. FOURTEENTH! If only I had known that beforehand, I would have gone to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk after my travel abroad. Well, my mom likes to joke about the fact that our university never informs us about anything beforehand. But we aren't going to sit around with nothing to do. We were given the tasks, they call it "educational practice". But they also mentioned we could do this task "anywhere in the world, your location doesn't matter. You can go home until the start of classes". Ughr!

As philologists whose main language is English, we have to read a modern English book and make a presentation about it. THAT'S ALL! I thought it would be something extremely difficult, something about researches and academic stuff. But no, I'm not complaining, I really like the task - finally an excuse to read something. Tatyana suggested me reading "One Day" by David Nicholls. You know, I ADORE the movie, it's like my second favourite movie after "Cloud Atlas". I like to rewatch it and I cry everytime. And so the original novel was published in 2009, so it suits. But it's about 400 pages, whereas our books should be about 200 pages. But I really like the story, so I hope I won't be lazy to get through 400 pages in English in two weeks. My constant readers know that it's not about my lack of knowledge, it's all about my laziness. And I hope our teachers won't punish me because I chose a book that had twice as more pages than needed. Though they strongly recommended to look for 200 pages story... Whatever.

After our short meeting at university Cherry Lady and I headed to the city. I had to buy a new pair of ballet flats (though I don't like this kind of shoes, I find it pretty comfortable to wear them in Vladivostok with its hills), new Microsoft Office pack (everything was deleted after my laptop's system crashed when I tried to set up a driver myself, little hacker), some medicines - because I'm ill nowadays. I bought everything I needed and more with a little exclusion: I bought a pair of simple low-heeled pumps instead of ballet flats. BANG! PUMPS LOVER! 

So according to my tradition (I have many little traditions indeed), I must put "Blame It On September" here, so here you go!

But actually I have lots of songs to share with you, guys, so today I also wanna put "Colors" by perspective Halsey as the song of the day. Enjoy!

Your little brother never tells you but he loves you so

You said your mother only smiled on her TV show

You're only happy when your sorry head is filled with dope

I hope you make it to the day you're 28 years old

You're dripping like a saturated sunrise

[Alternative version:] You're dripping like a saturated sunlight

You're spilling like an overflowing sink

You're ripped at every edge but you're a masterpiece

And now you're tearing through the pages and the ink

[Alternative version:] And now I'm tearing through the pages and the ink

Everything is blue

[Alternative version:] Everything was blue

His pills, his hands, his jeans

And now I'm covered in the colors

Pulled apart at the seams

And it's blue

[Alternative version:] And makes me blue

And it's blue

[Alternative version:] And makes me blue

Everything is grey

[Alternative version:] Everything was grey

His hair, his smoke, his dreams

[Alternative version:] His hair, his smokes, his dreams

And now he's so devoid of color

He don't know what it means

[Alternative version:] Doesn't know what it means

And he's blue

[Alternative version:] And makes me blue

And he's blue

[Alternative version:] And makes me blue

You were a vision in the morning when the light came through

[Alternative version:] You were a vision in the morning when the lights came through

I know I've only felt religion when I've lied with you

[Alternative version:] I know I've only feel religion when I'm lying with you

You said you'll never be forgiven 'til your boys are too

And I'm still waking every morning but it's not with you

You're dripping like a saturated sunrise

[Alternative version:] You're dripping like a saturated sunlight

You're spilling like an overflowing sink

You're ripped at every edge but you're a masterpiece

And now you're tearing through the pages and the ink

[Alternative version:] And now I'm tearing through the pages and the ink

Everything is blue

[Alternative version:] Everything was blue

His pills, his hands, his jeans

And now I'm covered in the colors

Pulled apart at the seams

[Alternative version:] Torn apart at the seams

And it's blue

[Alternative version:] And makes me blue

And it's blue

[Alternative version:] And makes me blue

Everything is grey

[Alternative version:] Everything was grey

His hair, his smoke, his dreams

[Alternative version:] His hair, his smokes, his dreams

And now he's so devoid of color

He don't know what it means

[Alternative version:] Doesn't know what it means

And he's blue

[Alternative version:] And makes me blue

And he's blue

[Alternative version:] And makes me blue

Everything is blue

Everything is blue

Everything is blue

Everything is blue

You were red and you liked me 'cause I was blue

[Alternative version:] You were red and you liked me because I was blue

You touched me and suddenly I was a lilac sky

And you decided purple just wasn't for you

Everything is blue

His pills, his hands, his jeans

And now I'm covered in the colors

Pulled apart at the seams

[Alternative version:] Torn apart at the seams

And it's blue

[Alternative version:] And makes me blue

And it's blue

[Alternative version:] And makes me blue

Everything is grey

His hair, his smoke, his dreams

[Alternative version:] His hair, his smokes, his dreams

And now he's so devoid of color

He don't know what it means

[Alternative version:] Doesn't know what it means

And he's blue

[Alternative version:] And makes me blue

And he's blue

[Alternative version:] And makes me blue

Everything is blue [4x]

[Alternative version:] Everything was blue [2x]

Be brave, don't be ill!

Il Senso Essiste

I've been thinking what I wrote you almost every day here? What silly words did I put here? I grow thinking that it's kinda stupid describing the weather or that I've done nothing during the day, but anyhow I keep on doing that and it calms me down with the thought that I do write s-o-m-e-t-h-i-n-g. Well, it did, 'cause now you must have noticed that my posts are published really rarely, when I have no one to speak out to or I've saved enough news to tell. Writing has become not a pure aim, but a way of sharing my inner world with the outer one.

Sometimes I receive the inspiration and write drafts for stories. They're not completed for sure and are pretty dumb, but they are something, it's a start. I'm still waiting for a moment of the true inspiration to write something fully. From time to time I get ideas, but then my idleness works or my self-confidence doesn't work right and break the Internet any plans.

My education for this academic year is almost over, it's so close to the end. The only thing I have to do is to retell some books to my teacher of foreign literature. Even though I failed my final test, she allowed me just to tell the texts not to take the exam. I'll have to answer her questions about "Romeo and Juliet" (though I read it at school, I forgot many details), "Hamlet", "King Lear" and "Othello" by Shakespeare, "Decameron" by Boccaccio, "Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes and "The Dog in the Manger" by Lope de Vega. And I'm quite ready for all of them. I pray for it. I've been lazy for the whole semester and hardly read anything, so now I deserve to suffer and read all this things. Actually I've watched some of the plays to make my life easier. But I really enjoyed reading "The Dog in the Manger" and ended up laughing at "Romeo and Juliet" - how stupidly things turned out to be! Still I'm not a fan of Shakespeare, no. But read some literature, it makes you smarter, guys!

The song of the day will be a cool Italian song "L'Amore Essiste" by Francesca Michielin. It says that love doesn't have sense, it has neither name, nor eyes, but nevertheless it exists, and you can run into it all of the sudden, when you even don't think of it. 

Be brave to believe in love

Vampire Academy In The City

Today's weather is a drizzling sht, but it didn't prevent me from having a walk. Plus, with this walk I got my pinafore - an important part of the last bell event. Usually the last bell is celebrated on the 25th of May, but our one will be held on 23th, I guess, because this year the 25th is Sunday. On the eve of the last bell our school has a tradition to hold the Day of Childhood - the day when the seniors have the craziest fun dressed up like - you wouldn't believe - children, playing with primary school pupils and all that jazz. I hope we'll rock that place, dammit. And here's my whole dress for the upcoming last bell! My cat liked it as well :3

Also in the cosmetics shop I mentioned a fragrance with a weird name - "lol ;-)" by Lulu Castagnette. Yup, the box is really funny and - #OMG - lol, but the perfume itself is too sweet! Like they stuffed all the sweetest candies in the world, then shook it in a good way and added a fragrance booster. 

Yesterday I watched "Vampire Academy". If I weren't a pubertal 17-year-old girl, I wouldn't gave a thing about this movie. But yes, I am, and there is our Russian pride called Danila Kizlovsky in his sexiest, getting all the beotches down. And us with them. 

So, "Vampire Academy" is a story about two friends-not-human-beings and how they struggle with the dark side generally and the darkest side in our life ever - high school. A drawback of it all is that till the end of the movie you can't make out who the fuck is a dhampire, a moroi and a strigoi. So, before the world you know was like it is: there are vampires and that's all. Maybe, some original vampires - if you know what I mean. But Richelle Mead, the author of VA series, decided HELL NO and put the half of Romanian mythology under one cover. And don't forget to follow who defends whom, who eats whom, who is badass and who sucks.

Generally and honestly, it's not a super-great film as Harry Potter series or even Twilight saga (yeah, must admit). But still "Vampire Academy" is such a nice story with an obvious sequel. I would compare this story with "Rubinrot" (even IMDb recommends "Rubinrot" when you open "VA" page). The both movies are based on the books from the series that is all about to be filmed. And also I don't know when to expect the next part of "Ruby Red" or "Vampire Academy", but I know I'll be pleased watching both of them. 

Danila as Dimitri and Zoey Deutch as Rose.
Control your orgasms.

Our another pride - Olga Kurylenko
as Headmistress Ellen Kirova

Also I try to prepare for my exams which are going to start so soon SO SOON! I can't even image how nervous I'm going to be. So, be ready for the posts like "I'M GONNA DIE!" So.... be brave.

The song of the day will be one good old song "In The City" by Kevin Rudolf.

And once again - be brave! :3

P.S. 

Spring, Finally

This week is going so nice! Mostly because spring has finally come to our lost land too. The forecast says it's about +18 °C, we feel like taking our shorts out of our wardrobes and putting them on. But still we keep ourselves in hands, because Sakhalin weather is know to be highly changeable.
You won't believe, but there are still a few show 'hills' on the streets. But those hills are so dirty, that I think they can't melt because of thick layer of the dirt and the sun rays are too week to get through it. But of course, it'll all melt one day, but today is not that day definitely.
The time of cleaning territories out has come. Now during some lessons we work with spades and rakes getting read of the snow and last-year leaves. But we know how to do it the best way!

Yeah, who said we must work only?! And when tomorrow we take the tools again, I doubt we'll work too hard.
Today my English tutor went to Moscow to have a vacation, so I won't have any lessons till the 15th of May. But she handed out a lot of tasks to me, so I won't waste my time either. For example, I have to translate a page of any book (the more difficult, the better) from Russian into English without the dictionary or any other help. Also I have to read "The Canterville Ghost" by honey Oscar Wilde. Fortunately, the story is short enough for me to read it till the end as opposed to "The Picture of Dorian Grey". But I assure you, I want to finish the story of Mr. Grey!
And today Dasha and I have had such a great day! Right after school we went off to the closest "Subway" restaurant, then we had a big walk around the city. We took plenty of selfies, bombed the Instagram, so everyone knew we were having fun. And I chanced to take a couple of the sequence photos!

Probably, the most favourite function

The weather was *almost* HOTHOTHOT, we just sprawled about on the bench and receive the sun rays thankfully. I hope the weather will stay nice for the longest time as possible.
Only one months is left until the exams start! Gosh! I MUST start studying! But I'm held up by an invisible power called Laziness, so nothing in the world seems to make me learn history and read write literature.
The song of the day will be a themed song "Selfie" by The Chainsmokers dedicated to my Instagram day.

Be brave and let me take a selfie!

My New Smartphone

Hi!
Sorry for not writing for so long, but you know how lazy I am. But I must assure you there weren't so many exciting things I would never miss to write. Maybe, only that on Monday I participated in the competition dedicated to the BDay of the Hermitage and that on Wednesday I received my VAT number. But since I got the most wonderful news, I couldn't hold up writing for no longer.

Snow Again. April No Fool. Dress Hunting.

And as usual I don't care it's been five days since the very start of current April already. Actually it sucks (like every spring month on our island). The last weeks of March were pretty nice, I even dared think it was spring! But now, "shut up, beotch" said spring, and it's been a blizzard this morning. April snowstorm, YEY! I remember, a year or two ago that sht happened too.

Countryside As I Know

Today I had to visit my not-so-dear elder sister due to the birthday of her younger daughter. It wouldn't be too bad, if my sister and her family didn't live in a tiny village! The village's called Taranay, don't even ask me what it means - I have no idea. So I pick here a map, you can see what way my mom and I had to follow from our sweet Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk to Taranay.

Damn Chemistry

Oh man, it's been a week since my last post! And of course I've got something to tell you.
First and foremost, the 3rd academic term is over. It means now I have a little bit more than a week to relax a.k.a. a spring break, and then the last term - our last battle - will start. Maybe, I should start preparing for my exams? Generally, my results of the term aren't bad at all, I've got only one 4/B mark - for chemistry, but we all know the rule: chemistry sucks.
Secondly, I started reading "The Picture Of Dorian Grey" by the British classic author Oscar Wilde. Even though I've read only few dozens of pages, I'm already in love! Every sentence can be a quote, Mr. Wilde definitely knew the life.
The next week some guys from my school and I will participate in the festival of English, and I'll play the guitar and sing along (what a surpriiiise!). In the beginning I decided to perform "You" by "The Pretty Reckless", but lately I ran into another song I really love through anything - "Give Your Heart A Break" by Demi Lovato. It seems to be my favourite song by this singer. And even if I don't sing it for the contest, I'll obviously record it for my YouTube channel.

Also Ilya asked me to sing a song from... Skyrim! I plan for learning it during the vacation, you know, I can memorize a song for one day.
My classmate and I are going to organize a cool party in the end of the next week, and I hope it will come off. Just wait for further news!
I've already set TSOTD up, so you can go and enjoy your day/night. Bye!!

Be brave!

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.

Snowboarding Girl: Part II and other pleasures

I should start the post with the story Dasha and I experienced on Tuesday. We got a big meeting at sсhool in the evening, but it didn't prevent my friend and I from snowboarding...

Popular In Love

May I already be packing my suitcases, because Jamie Nicholls has just favourited my Tweet! #OMG And Ben Kilner has fafourited another. IMMA POPULAR BEOTCH

Also I chanced to watch ladies' snowboard cross, it was kinda dangerous! And highly interesting, BTW. So my congratulations are sent to Eva Samkova; I supported her sicne the qualification, she was absolutely awesome. Eva's known to draw funny moustaches before a run, so hilarious :)

Russian girls didn't participate in snowboard cross, but Russian boys will. Let's wish them luck even knowing Russian snowboarders suck. A bit.

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!