I think I managed to find a proxy that lets me log in to DW and post, so here I am (basically, someone Russian once posted a stupid meme on DW about suicide, so our state (and major Internet providers) are thoughtfully protecting us from such nasty things by blocking the DW IP ( Read more... )

(1) I have been unable to open DW for several days.
(2) I checked, and I can open it through proxy address.
(3) Googling shows that at least one Russian blogger mentions DW being blocked in Russia.

The hell?

So, taelle, your LiveJournal reveals…

You are… 10% unique (blame, for example, your interest in translating good books), 27% peculiar, 46% interesting, 13% normal and 4% herdlike (partly because you, like everyone else, enjoy fantasy). When it comes to friends you are popular. In terms of the way you relate to people, you are wary of trusting ( Read more... )

It's surprising how some people seem to believe that if they start their speech with 'It's not that I blame So-and-so', nobody will then notice their blaming So-and-so ( Read more... )

I keep thinking about my attitude to blogging. Thing is, diary keeping is a habit of mine, but blogging - a public exercise by its nature - sometimes makes me worry that I am doing something merely to blog about it; or that I only ponder on things to blog about it. Does a thought exist if you do not declare it to everyone around? I mean, I do love ( Read more... )

I think I have some unanswered comments. I am very sorry about this, and I'll get to answering them some time soon, I promise. (In vaguely related news, I think LJ is delaying/losing comment notification ( Read more... )

Today was a terribly sleepy and slow day, with nothing in particular achieved. Well, some work. And some answering letters and comments - why do I keep delaying answering? Sometimes it feels like such a burden ( Read more... )

It feels like for me it makes senst to blog in the environment where most readers don't know me personally. It's easier when it's all about words ( Read more... )

Note to self:

self, regular blogging is one of the tools that help you to deal with the feeling of time disappearing somewhere.

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The city is still covered in snow. I love the snow, but the streets are not cleaned, and when they are being cleaned, people get killed or hurt by snow and ice falling from the roof or stuff like this. The municipal powers keep being really surprised that we have snow and ice in winter - so anomalous! - and recommending people to stay at home if ( Read more... )