Going on a year since I've written! I'm not sure what inspired me to write now, but I'm sort of feeling more like my old self today for some reason. I'm not sure if I'll keep blogging yet, or journaling in general, but I figured by at least making a short post, I shohuld be cleared for the option! :D (sorry for the lame pilot joke)

Every single year, I always forget just how grand it feels to be on summer holiday.  But even if I remembered, this one is better and longer than ever, and it still hasn't quite hit me yet.  But when Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday feel like Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, you know something must be right.  Last summer was the first time my best ( Read more... )

 One of the best and saddest movies I've ever seen.  It makes you see the holocaust from a completely different perspective. I mean, I know a fair bit about it, I've read (and had to stop reading) books about it, but this movie is like nothing else.  For starters, it's a little different to approach it from the German perspective, but that's not ( Read more... )

For the first time since I was born, an American won the ndividual men's gold!!! Evan Lysacek skated brilliantly, edging out reigning champion Евгений Плющенко. My only complaint is that I don't think the judges treated Johnny Weir fairly at all. He skated almost flawlessly, much better than bronze medalist Daisuke Takahashi, in my opinion. Of ( Read more... )

Hallelujah an accurate presentation of the conflict between Russia and Georgia! I don't know how I missed this when it first came out, but it is awesome. Enjoy, comment, etc.

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200809u/georgia-moscow

It was good, and bad. I'm honestly not sure how I feel about it, but I guess how I feel doesn't matter too much. I appologize for the short, atypical post, but I have a lot of stuff to do, and a lot of writing in my own journal to do. My best friend reminded me about this, though, so I wanted to post something ( Read more... )

A new post on dog-and-boy.xanga.com for anyone who still reads either of these. I wouldn't blame you if you didn't, I've been quite horrible at updating recently. If I do blog again soon, it will probably be on this site. I just used xanga since I could post music. Merry Christmas if I don't write again before then! xD

 I found out some extremely valuable information the other day. In my Russian literature class, we had a substitue teacher, Captain Tendetnik. He was born and grew up in the Soviet Union, and he came to the United States after the fall. He said that he's still only a captain after more than 12 years in the Air Force because his father was a general ( Read more... )

Sure a rose would still smell as sweet, but I always found it a little curious that people are ok with calling a beautiful flower with such an enchanting scent almost the same thing as "rows".  The flower does credit to the name, and I think it ought to at least be even. Names are awfully important, in my opinion. For example, I mean Ani, and Ani ( Read more... )

How did I get back to the Academy again so soon? It seems like I was just here the other day.

I rediscovered that the only thing worse than going back to the Academy after break is actually getting there.