Saw "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk" today. I can understand why some critic called it "pornophony". :) I am not the fan of the staging in this production at the Met - satire only works when you are clear about what you are satirizing, and here they mixed three very different things, old Russia of the original novella, the 1930s Russia of the opera ( Read more... )

Didn't really do anything too intense today... went to the Woodbury Commons Outlet Mall. It was still so busy at 4pm when I got there... I thought if I come a few hours into the afternoon it will be easier to find parking, but there were still officers directing traffic. I didn't have to circle around too much before finding a spot, though ( Read more... )

I did not go shopping on the Black Friday, opting for the Saturday instead. Mainly because I slept until noon on Friday and by the time I got myself ready, I figured it would be around 3-ish by the time I would make it there and find a parking spot. Too late to start shopping ( Read more... )

Сегодня я испытала новый для себя вид шоппинга, формата "взрослая и обеспеченная женщина". В смысле, в довольно дорогом магазине и с персональным стилистом (их в магазине бесплатно дают). В результате потратила почти 500 долларов. И хорошо что я пришла после работы и довольно быстро скисла, а то боюсь не смогла бы сопротивиться еще всяким ( Read more... )

What is an ultimate conflict of interest? Think it is when your are choosing between love and money? Or when doctor is choosing between what's right for the patient and what's right for his practice (be it from financial or legal perspective)? Oh no. The ultimate conflict of interest is when you wake up in the morning, get ready for work, and ( Read more... )

Well, unemployed or not (technically, I am employed part-time, but I never can think of this as a "real" job), a girl has to go shopping, right? Especially when there is such a perfect excuse as having to buy gifts for lots of family and friens. :D But me being my usual egocentric self, most of the stuff I bought was for me ( Read more... )

Как и следовало ожидать, деревенская ярмарка не прошла бесследно ( Read more... )

My plans to be a good, hard-working girl today were a bit derailed by the bit of shopping... I just went to drop off some dry-cleaning (all the winter stuff, an I still forgot a pair of pants! Oh well) and two pairs of boots for repair, and went to return a defective pair of boots to the store. Then I ended up shopping a bit... and then at the ( Read more... )

РУССКИЙИз плохого: приезжаю я домой, а в гараже на моем месте нагло запарковался какой-то урод. Я оставила записку на стекле, если завтра к обеду не уберется, буду бить. Пожаловались нашему домоуправлению, мужик пожалел что наш тягач не влезет в гараж, а то бы он с удовольствием лично уволок ту Хонду куда подальше. Но пообещал что если завтра ( Read more... )

To those of you who worried about my burn - no worries, it is healing very nicely. It stopped hurting after about an hour or so, and was already drying up by the end of 48 hours. Probably in a week it will be just a pinkish spot (and will stay that way for a few years). I heal very quickly ( Read more... )