Actually I know it because it is quoted in one of the Russian novels of 19 century. Probably, in “Obryv” (”Precipice”) by Goncharov? Can’t remember.
Nun ist es Zeit, dass ich mit Verstand
Mich aller Thorheit entled’ge,
ich hab’ so lang, als ein Komödiant
Mit dir gespielt die Komödie.
Die prächt’gen Coulissen, sie waren bemalt
Im hoch romantischen stile,
Mein Rittermantel hat goldig gestrahlt,
Ich fühle die feinsten Gefühle.
Und nun ich mich gar säuberlich
Des tollen Tands entled’ge:
Noch immer elend fühle ich mich,
Als spielt’ ich noch immer Komödie.
Ach, Gott! im Scherz und unbewusst
Sprach ich, was ich gefühlet;
Ich hab, mit dem Tod in der eignen Brust -
Den sterbenden Fechter gespielt!
H.Heine
Posted by Nadya as English, words at 3:18 PM UTC
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internet not working
phone not working either
I’m pissed off. Six Feet Under season 1 is almost finished, and only 22% of season 2 has been downloaded so far.
Have to drive Volvo XS-90 tomorrow instead of my cute little Colt.
pissed off
pissed off
pissed off
Posted by Nadya as English, life at 10:23 AM UTC
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An evil question I have never been able to answer:
- why fishes that swim in clean water have such a strong smell, while pigs who live in such a dirty environment don’t really smell anything at all???
Posted by Nadya as English, food, life at 11:56 AM UTC
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In order to show more trust to the world, I’m going to post some novels that I wrote. In Russian, yeah… sorry.
Posted by Nadya as English, site news at 6:57 AM UTC
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I’ve started to move my pages here. Here’s my poetry (in Russian). In English, I only wrote two poems. The first one, about 30 years ago, when I started to learn English in the school:
I
like
eat
meat
Not very grammatical, I admit. But the second one (I wrote it recently) is a perfection:
menstruation
and masturbation
Hope you like both.
Posted by Nadya as English, site news, words at 1:38 AM UTC
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I’ve never understood them. I mean - not sexual, but, you know. Emotional. When somebody says to you - “Oh, look, my father’s just died”, or “I’ve lost my purse”, or “Dude, I’m gay” -
- and you are supposed to reply “OH BABY!” -
- and open your arms -
- and you embrace each other crying or pretending to be crying -
- keeping saying “OH BABY! I’M SO SORRY!” -
if this is not a nightmare, then what is?
Must be a cultural difference. Also, I don’t like this expression, “I’m sorry” because it can mean two things, mixed in English but very different in Russian: (1) “I am ashamed, I did something wrong and regret it”, (2) “I feel pity for you”.
Posted by Nadya as English, psychology, words at 10:43 AM UTC
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Last night B rang, he had read this blog of mine and sounded a bit disappointed. One of my biggest problems is that I am too much concerned about hiding my feelings, whatever they are. There is a sort of switch in my mind: if something is real, if something disturbs me, I’d rather keep it as far from people as possible. Even if it’s something nice. Why? Because sincerity makes me vulnerable. Why does it make me vulnerable? What am I afraid of?
My ability to hide feelings is perfect. You never know if I’m upset by something or my stomach hurts (unless I want you to know) - I always behave myself. Still, people find me interesting and funny. It means, that somehow my true ego manages to come out??
What if I hadn’t been hiding the feelings???
Posted by Nadya as English, psychology at 7:52 AM UTC
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(by three russian travellers)
This is my favourite, by Alexey Melia:
Posted by Nadya as English, blogs, pictures, travel at 12:06 PM UTC
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10 seeeeeriously cool workspaces. The only thing I like is this slide in the Red Bull office:
Actually it’s the only thing to like in Red Bull, too. One slide - but it justifies those bloody workspaces and that crappy beverage!
Cool.
Posted by Nadya as English, links, pictures at 10:00 AM UTC
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