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When I was five or so, the night before my birthday I cried and did not want to go to sleep. Because the birthday was tomorrow and there was neither snow, nor even signs of snow anytime in the close future. How can my birthday be without snow? Don't know how, but parents managed to calm me down. Next day when I woke up, it was snowing. I went out ( Read more... )

It is phonetically very much alike Russian. Well, it might seem to me like that because I'm used to hearing English and Spanish all the time, and they sound less like Russian. Он фонетически очень похож на русский. Впрочем, может это мне кажется по контрасту с английским и испанским, которые я тут всё время слышу.
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My thesis has suddenly chased me from around a corner. For a grant proposals, featuring me as a postdoc, I needed a curriculum vitae. It's like a resume, but for a scientists. And suddenly it turned out that in curriculum vitae I have to specify my thesis topic. The rest is accurately described by PhD comics: Диссертация подкралась внезапно, из- ( Read more... )

Caution! Your friends page has been attacked by tourists. Внимание! На вашу френд-ленту напали туристы.
Buttt theeesseee weeeree Eeeeesssstoooonian tooouuuristsss. Ннооо этттоо были ээсттоооооннннские туррриииистыы.
In Russian humor folklore Estonians are the synonym of slowness. Like blondes in English are stupid. BTW, I'm a blonde myself. ( Read more... )

You owe this post to the community girls_only. :) This are the pictures of me with african braids and the video of them being made. Скажите спасибо girls_only за мои фотографии. :) Под катом я в африканских косичках и видео, как их плели.
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In the last almost two weeks I tried the role of a housewife. The results are negative. I was going crazy. I'm not a very social person in general, but to be at home alone all the time - this is too much. I won't make a housewife. За прошедшие почти две недели примерила на себя роль домохозяйки. Результат отрицательный. Думала, помру с тоски во ( Read more... )

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