Fro thefridayfive for 5 August 2011...

Bully, teacher's pet, geek, shy kid in the corner, or something else?
Shy kid in the corner. I wore glasses since my first year at school and was shortest person in class. I also was (and is) a loner and not good at making friends. So I was on my own, ignored even by bullies, not that we truly had them.

What did/do you ( Read more... )

My curfew was the street lights, my mom didn't call my cell, she yelled my name, I played outside with friends, not online. If I didn't eat what my mom cooked then I didn't eat. Sanitizer didn't exist, but you COULD get your mouth washed out with soap. I rode a bike without helmet, getting dirty was OK, and neighbors gave a damn as much as your ( Read more... )

The Friday Five for 24 December 2010...
As usual, my answers are all about New Year, which is main holiday here, with Christmas coming on 7th and being a part of extended New year celebrations.

1. Do you celebrate the religious aspect of Christmas New Year or the commercial aspect of Christmas New Year?Neither. For me it is more of a good reason ( Read more... )

Rather then spam friends pages I have combined two Writer's Blocks as they are related.

My post is short this time, only 8 pictures. But well, I'm one of those people who need spiritual "pick-me-up" and I had hard time finding even these 8.

( Here they are: )

How do I go shopping with mother ( Read more... )

All right. I don't think I'll get to really sorting photos from past weekend any time soon. So here are some chosen ones. And sorry for mushrooms' names - I trusted Wikipedia on that.

Here's a part of forest where we were:

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As per this week's challenge at photoschallenge, Past and present/old and new, here are some photos of things and people as they were and as they are now. And some bonus photos for which I didn't have current counterparts.

( People, places and characters... )

And again I want to thank 5251962 for her post. Somehow it have never occurred to me to look for old Soviet cartoons on YouTube. I was looking for "Tajna Tretjei Planety" (The Mystery of the Third Planet) for ages, although I still have to find Russian version of "Wizard of Oz ( Read more... )