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Friday, September 5th, 2008
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kassyona
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| Subject: | Можливо просто соплива попсова пісня, але зось у ній мене зачепило |
| Time: | 12:31 pm. |
| Mood: |  thankful. |
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
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kassyona
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| Subject: | Як дівки на французьку ходили |
| Time: | 11:14 am. |
| Mood: |  creative. |
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Бажання продовжувати вивчення французької з"явилося у мене ще до держіспиту із цього предмету. Про це бажання знали всі рідні, оскільки я багаторазово говорила, що піду на додаткові курси аби розговоритися. І настала та година! Чи то планети були у сприятливому положенні, чи хтось наді мною "дав добро"... Словом, пише мені ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) tianille , що мол, так і так, хочу на курси, що про це можеш сказати ?=) А що я?! Я ж тіко за!!! Ну от, пішли ми в понеділок у французький культурний центр, відстояли в черзі, записалися, запитали коли заняття. Нам кажуть у вівторок та п"ятницю. Ми зраділи!!! Завтра вівторок! Перше заняття!
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PS: Je veux dire quelques mots en fransais... Je sais, que je fais beaucoup des fautes, mais je veux avoir la practic.
Je parle mieux que j'ecri... C'est assez pour aujourd'hui =)))
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Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
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bluemchenblatt
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| Subject: | University and work |
| Time: | 3:03 pm. |
| Mood: |  amused. |
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So, next week I'm probably up to my head working. With Polish texts. Yay me?
Else, the panic of university starts - I've been waiting for months now to get my marks of the second session and finally today, with the secretary being back to work I had someone on the phone! They've send it... YESTERDAY! Which is good enough, if I weren't preparing my candidature for the commerce classes which have a restricted number of places. Candidatures could've been already disposed at some point in July and starting yesterday - so you see why I'm not really at ease and slightly worried about everything.
Else, I will probably follow advice and continue ALL classes, in case the economy part doesn't suit me I'd still have my licence of language and culture. Continuing both makes that two, if I manage. Wait and see. First I need to get accepted. I want the post man to come back. With my letter. Usually he doesn't come on Wednesdays so... waiting until Thursday? That's pretty late, even if I've all my other documents prepared, don't I? (Candidatures can be disposed until the 15th, except if they reach the limit number earlier. Plus, working next week, it needs to be done this one!) I can't wait to have English classes again! (Hopefully they'll be more interesting than those proposed during the passed year.)
Else, everything is fairly well going. I'm worrying, Matt's preparing his WOW-judge-test-exam-thingie (the rules are contradictory, though) and life's going it's way. The usual TV series are back to TV since this week is "la rentrée" in France. (Kids back to school, parents back to work.)
We might have a dinner with some friends of his Friday and hopefully I'll get to see his brother and parents Saturday, too. Next two weeks cohabitation with a Japanese girl and it feels like all my Japanese has vanished. Pooooof. Thehe. ^____^ Erm. Bad.
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Monday, September 1st, 2008
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kassyona
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| Subject: | Я таки зробила ЦЕ!!!! |
| Time: | 1:17 pm. |
| Mood: |  bitchy. |
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( =) )
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cassaclyzm
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| Subject: | My (temporary) fate as a backstage persona has been sealed! |
| Time: | 2:25 am. |
| Mood: |  accomplished. |
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So I got word today that I didn't get the part in the musical, which puts me onto the latter portion of the previously-discussed "win/win" situation. Now I get to take only FOUR in-school courses, and work behind the scenes for the other one. Obviously I'm a little disappointed, but really, I didn't expect to even get a call back. Also, word has it that it was down to just me and one other person, and I'm pretty sure she's significantly more experienced than I am. I'm happy with my efforts and I'm looking forward to spending the next year learning on my own time, as well as getting some different theater-related experiences under my belt. (And getting to know everybody in the theater company - always a bonus!)
Just got back from a yearly family gathering, at which my parents both got drunk and had a good time while I played designated driver. (Not that I didn't have a good time, obviously.) Now they're both snoozing away in front of the TV so I should probably go wake them up and shoo them off to bed. Aww, they're so CUTE!
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Sunday, August 31st, 2008
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echan
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| Subject: | Internet Guy == WTF |
| Time: | 8:15 pm. |
| Mood: |  confused. |
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Let me see if I have this all:
- Meet guy on the internet.
- Meet guy in person at Denny's, first with a group, then alone.
- Go to the movies together. Guy says if I come to his house and take my top off, he'll let me explain to him Bluetooth vs the 7 layer network model. I decline, but we make half plans for me to go to his condo the following week.
- I ask him for his address, in preparation for going over. He responds, "You're not coming over quite yet so I'm gonna have to sit on that."
- I asked him what would come up if I google'd him, trying to confirm his identity. He says the idea is "weirding me out to be honest".
- I google him and find a run-of-the-mill blog that confirms he's for real. I squee for joy that the guy is who is says he is, and not some internet freak. I leave a comment to let him know I was there.
- He responsed to my comment, "So... I take it me being weirded out by you googling me wasn't enough, you needed to KEEP googling me and then FIND me and make a public comment in my blog."
- I try to explain to him that I needed to check up on him for my safety, regardless of his comfort level. If he had said Stop flat out, I would have stopped my research, but I also would have broken all plans.
- He says, "I'm not hiding anything. I've been very upfront. [...] I have been VERY patient and not asked about your past that you don't like talking about. I'm apparently not allowed the same courtesy."
- He goes on to proclaim my complete lack of foresite or self control. When I agree with im that I have trouble reading social cues, he replies, "You KNOW social queues [sic], or you'd be locked up by now. You chose to ignore them."
W.T.F.
When it's an issue of personal safety, I really don't think anyone would agree that someone's discomfort is enough of a reason to stop. I think any sane person would want, or even need, to doublecheck the story of someone they meet on the internet. We don't know any mutual people, so I (virtually) asked around where I met him .... on the internet. I can't get over this -- I met a guy on the internet, and I get shafted for investigating him .... ON THE BLOODY INTERNET.
I still feel like I fucked this up. But, there's no step that I would change. I really don't know. I do think he's the type of person who's got some things he's very particular about and he'll practically fly off the handle if they go wrong. I just feel like I should have been able to get things right.
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wiwi
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странный в этот раз выдался
мало было того что обычно, но было несколько что необычно
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Saturday, August 30th, 2008
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french_preppy
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| Subject: | Rhode Island |
| Time: | 11:28 am. |
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into Rhode Island for today. Disconnecting from the internet for a bit.
Should be good for the soul.
Still no visa, but progress being made.
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echan
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We have sought to shrug off individuality, replacing it with conformity. Replacing it with sameness, with unity, allowing each man, woman, and child in this great society to lead identical lives. The concept of identical encironment construction allows each of us to head confidently into each moment with all the secure knowledge it has been lived before.
I value my individuality, but what I wouldn't give to know the fucking score. Why must so many battles be fought over and over, in each new time and place?
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Friday, August 29th, 2008
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echan
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| Time: | 8:00 pm. |
| Mood: |  small. |
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I keep trying to understand people. Think how they think, figure out the right things to say, the right decisions to make. And yet, at least every day, something goes wrong, I misstep, feel like an ass, and aren't sure what I'm quite supposed to apologize for.
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
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isquiesque
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| Subject: | On a Scale of Zero to Five... |
| Time: | 11:57 pm. |
| Mood: |  curious. |
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That last post, the book review, brings me to an interesting question, dear Reader.
If you had to rate books on a scale of zero to five (and, for the sake of argument, let's say that you can rate books in half-star increments, just for those folks fond of fine distinction who prefer to think in terms of 1-10)...
Poll #1250025 How Many Fives?
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: AllHow many fives have you read?
Feel free to list their titles in the comments, too.
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isquiesque
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| Subject: | [Review] Nature Noir: A Park Ranger's Patrol in the Sierra |
| Time: | 11:26 pm. |
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 I received Nature Noir: A Park Ranger's Patrol in the Sierra by Jordan Fisher Smith as an unexpected loan at work. It just showed up in my mailbox one day with a post-it note from a coworker, a bio tech in the natural resources division. The note said that it had been interesting to read what law enforcement rangers do and that he thought I might enjoy the book (and, if I wasn't interested, to pass it on to one of the other rangers).
I borrowed the book I hadn't asked to borrow, expecting to find lots of war stories. I wasn't disappointed in that regard, but there was a lot more to it than that. Smith is an excellent writer, a thoughtful man who's filled with poetry. As a ranger, I related to him on many levels--understanding the necessity of the job that we do, not always enthusiastic about the clientele, sad to see the loss of innocence in the world, frustrated by political realities, fascinated by the science of the world around us, and constantly amazed by natural beauty.
All of the stories are compelling and make you keep reading, smaller threads of a larger tale that he weaves about the fabric of a place caught in limbo. Some of the stories are fairly mind boggling, even to a ranger like me who's seen some crazy stuff and heard many first-hand accounts of even crazier stuff. All this, with a very unexpected and heart-wrenching twist at the end that I don't think anyone will expect.
I originally reviewed this over at Goodreads.com, where I was forced to place a star rating on it. I gave it four out of five. Smith seems to be overfond of a certain (very common but not my favorite) writing technique where he tells you a little, then seemingly abandons that thought and tells you something else, and then keeps flip-flopping between the two until he expertly draws the two things together with a common conclusion. I'd mostly seen this done in fiction (Kingsolver's Prodigal Summer comes to mind immediately, for instance), but it's not something I've often seen in non-fiction. Regardless, I don't think the technique works any better here. Had Smith not used it, I'd have given it four and a half stars (except I don't think you can give half-star ratings on Goodreads). Five is reserved for... well... the very best, and I'd be hard pressed to give you very many five star books.
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Friday, August 29th, 2008
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french_preppy
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| Subject: | visa |
| Time: | 12:13 am. |
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visa application has taken over my life. i still don't have it.
i can't really even write. just don't care.
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
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| Subject: | That HAS to be a JOKE! |
| Time: | 4:59 pm. |
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Edit quoting myself: "I was laughin SO hard, even if it is sort of sad. i guess you could make a similar poll anywhere in the world and just pick out the worst answers... at least I hope thats hwo it's done!"
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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
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kassyona
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| Subject: | Фотозвіт |
| Time: | 1:34 pm. |
| Mood: | artistic. |
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Ви знаєте, що певний час тому я придбала набір для малювання по склу. Сьогодні вирішила викласти декілька фото моїх калякань-малякань на ваш розсуд =)
Деякі роботи вже знаходяться у власності моїх друзів та родичів і не можуть бути представленими у цьому звіті, оскільки я не сфотографувала їх завчасно. Буду намагатися більше допустити такої халатності =)))
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bluemchenblatt
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| Subject: | facebook thingies |
| Time: | 10:46 am. |
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Anyone able to tell me if the albums are limited to 60 photos each? Can I put a picture from one album into another? Why can't I find a FAQ?
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
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french_preppy
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| Subject: | well |
| Time: | 8:21 pm. |
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i think i should write a book about franco-masochism.
that is to say, that no matter how much France burns me alive, i keep coming back for more.
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kassyona
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| Subject: | Записи молодої хазяюшки |
| Time: | 12:15 pm. |
| Mood: | creative. |
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Дямс...
Учора спробуала спекти качку =) Отримали досить апетитну птаху з яблуками та трішки пересмаженими боками, але то дрібниці =)
Можна сказати, що із завданням впоралася, хоча ми усі знаємо, що немає меж досконалосі. Маю на думці довершити свій "кулінарний шедевр" протушкувавши його у казаночку із цибулькою, морквою та баклажанами.
Отак я подразнила уяву своїх френдів =) звиняйте, по-іншому не могла *червоніє від сорому та задоволення*
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
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I took a day.
Some time.
When things are slower, they seem to make more sense.
Maybe things are okay.
Maybe I can make everything work.
I have this project, a specifications document, I've been wanting to write for forever. In the past few months I've written numerous napkin specs, researched proper document formats, downloaded templates. Haven't gotten any further. It's hard to start, to really start. Too afraid of doing it wrong. I wish I could just do it.
Rum is good for some kinds of bravery, but not all.
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Sunday, August 24th, 2008
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echan
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| Subject: | rum is the answer |
| Time: | 9:52 pm. |
| Mood: |  melancholy. |
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my favorite dreams of you still wash ashore
scraping through my head 'til i don't want to sleep anymore
you make this all go away
i'm down to just one thing
and i'm starting to scare myself
i just want something i can never have
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echan
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| Subject: | I don't understand what I don't understand |
| Time: | 2:41 pm. |
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If wisdom is knowing what you do not know, I'm a fucking genius.
I hate my fat.
I don't understand it.
I want things to be clean, uncluttered, form following function, the artistry in the design of the mechanics.
This fat, this flab, these extra clothing sizes, are unnecessary, hamper my wardrobe, are unsightly.
But I'm lazy, and eat bacon and drink Coke and don't work out.
I used to work out at Jui Jitsu. Now, I go to Jui Jitsu and get told I need to work out more. As in, out side of / in addition to Jui Jitsu.
There are parts of me, always speaking, always repeating the same mantras, in my mind. The loudest has always been,
LOVE ME, an angry cry full of spite and vitriol, all too aware that nobody's love will ever be enough, that I will draw out all the love until you are hollow and empty so you will cry over me and what you failed to accomplish.
I love calculus, and physics, and medical coding, and algorithm development, and work artifact analysis. Why does nobody love my work.
Why can there not be a central job bank, check in with your skill sets and preferences, check out with a perfect job match. What's so wrong with socialism/communism? Democratic/Capitalistic hiring / job searching methods are horribly inefficient. And painful. Bloody fucking painful.
I'm in a mood to drink myself to death today.
[Amanda -- hang on. I love you. TV, that wonderful medium to lose yourself in, will be back soon. And I promised Biscuit I'd give you bagels.]
[who the fuck reads this drivel? raise your hand and be noticed.]
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Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
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cassaclyzm
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| Subject: | I just auditioned for another musical. |
| Time: | 2:26 pm. |
| Mood: |  optimistic. |
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The theater company here is holding auditions for the musical Chicago. Because I apparently wasn't doing ENOUGH stuff in November (five upper-level university courses, a job of some kind, and National Novel Writing Month).
Everybody who is auditioning has to do both a voice and a dance audition. The latter was a LOT of work, we had to spend an hour learning approximately one minute of dance choreography. It was fairly intense and had us down on the floor and popping back up and all sorts of stuff. The rehearsal/audition space is still largely unfinished, so it was dusty as hell - I'm just about to go hop in the shower, because there's nothing like being both dusty AND sweaty. I'm eager to get my makeup off, too. (I figured that I should make SOME effort to look the part. I wore high heels, too. What can I say? I tend to feel a character from the shoes up.)
The voice one was pretty easy, though - I learned the song over the past couple of days, so the worst part was being awake and functional and semi vocally warmed-up at 10 in the morning. I think it went over well, too, since they immediately asked me if I happened to know the song that "Big Mamma" sings. I said that I didn't, but that I'd be happy to learn it (since I AM pretty much vying for her role). They told me outright that they were going to call me and get me to come in some time next week to sing it, so I take this as being a GOOD sign.
I didn't really go into this thinking that I had ALL that much of a chance, and if I don't get a role I'll be able to work back stage on the production and get credit for it at school, which would be awesome. But getting the part would be awesome, too. It's a win/win situation! Though I am still going to be out-of-my-mind busy either way. That's probably not a bad thing, especially in light of my COMPLETE USELESSNESS over the past few weeks that I've been home. I'm really looking forward to school starting again so I have some focus for my life.
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
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echan
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| Subject: | Things are |
| Time: | 9:24 pm. |
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surreal.
I alternate between feeling great and feeling an odd, detached contentedness.
I think these pills are working. I'm really happy to have found a set of drugs that works.
I have a daily drug regimen, though. I'm not sure how long it will take before I'm ok with that.
I met a really great guy. So kind, and fun, and intelligent, and witty. I'm fairly certain he's (softly) irritated that I'm a complete flake. Crap. I really hope things work out.
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