I am getting bored with my art journal style. I want go to back to collaging and also try something new, like combining collaging with paint and written text... I think I also want a journal with blank pages. I don't know why I bought a ruled one in the first place - probably because I've always been a little scared of completely BLANK pages, I ( Read more... )

I had a very random I miss Moscow moment a while ago. I imagined standing at a metro station, waiting for the train to come - there's always this wind blowing at one of these stations, which one was it, the green one connected to Ochotnyi ryad, is that Teatralnaya? (Probably not. I suck. I had parts of the metro map in my brain, but forgot so ( Read more... )

I think I might have the first spark of an idea concerning The Thesis of Doom. Bill came to me yesterday and was like: “What do you want to do, Lucy?” I started to explain that I have to write a thesis and that it would be perfect if I could do something that would be connected to my work here, something that would be useful for the company, but ( Read more... )

1. It's so hard to imagine that it's actually winter in many parts of Europe now. The video message Lena and Sasha sent me made my eyes go wide at all the snow and cold - the Red Square is all white, the girls are running around in fur coats and hats, there's wind… And here I am wandering around South Carolina in just a shirt. The message totally ( Read more... )

This is frustrating. I hope once I'm done with these insurance lists, I will get something more interesting to do. I'm gonna ask Bill about that as soon as I'm done with checking the data. It's so annoying. Also, I feel like I've spoken more German since I arrived here than English. I don't know how I'm supposed to meet people in the company when ( Read more... )

Last night I watched some random French movie. It was about boys in a private catholic boarding school in France during World War II, the monks were hiding a Jewish boy among their pupils. In one scene, the boys were watching a silent movie with Charlie Chaplin in it, and one of the teachers accompanies the movie on his violin. I had to smile after ( Read more... )

The exam that was supposed to be on Dec 15th is now on Dec 12th. So. I could hop on a train on Thursday evening already and go to St. Petersburg a day earlier - that way, I'd spend three days in the city (i.e. more time for sightseeing) and I'd have a chance to see the short programs at the Grand Prix Finals ( Read more... )

I have the following dilemma. So... The Grand Prix finals are taking place in St. Petersburg this year and Lena just told me that she and her friend are planning to go to St. Pete to watch the free skate and the exhibition. It's the 16th and 17th December. They'd take a night train from Moscow to St. Petersburg, leaving on Friday night; and a night ( Read more... )

This is for you, reet, because I love you and also because it was your thought that sent my mind in this direction. Hope you like this. *bits lip*


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I am trying to study for the exam on Thursday, but I am so scatter-brained that it's impossible. I have a head full of thoughts on all kinds of different things. The time flies so fast here, it's incredible. And I'm starting to realize that I'm gonna miss Moscow SO MUCH after I leave. I will miss not being here, I will miss the people I met here ( ( Read more... )