“It was a Roman who said it was sweet to die for one’s country. The Greeks never said it was sweet to die for anything. They had no vital lies.”
Edith Hamilton, “The Greek Way”
November 15th, 2006
Romans vs. Greeks
November 13th, 2006
musophobia
I am afraid of mice; yesterday I saw one in my bedroom. My feelings about that are… strong. I feel like a toothpaste squeezed out of this flat, out of this city, out of this way of living.
Gru-the-dog is staying with me at the moment, because of renovations at dad’s place. She paid no attention to the mouse at all! Sasha-the-biologist suggests that I should stop feed her, then in the couple of days she will get more interest in mice.
Dad will kill me if I stop feeding the bloody dog! (who weights 30 kg, by the way).
November 8th, 2006
DP-mood
That’s all there is
Nothing more than you can feel now
That’s all there is
I’m fucked! Renovations at dad’s place. Should I say more? Money and communication with the guys who are working there (one is from Georgia, another one from Azerbaydzhan) make me totally upset. Exhausted. And Gru, the bloody uneducated dog, stays with me these days.
Yesterday visited doctors. The gyneco is very happy with my pussy, said she’d never seen a pussy in such a perfect state! But the allergologist is sceptical about my bronchus. According to her I’ll get
- dry carbon bath
- magnet something
- physiotherapy exercises
- acupuncture (from Monday)
- massage (later)
Don’t forget that twice a week I have to visit the allergologist for injections against my trees and dust allergy; and the gynecologist is still very keen about making improvements and wants to see me every day (I might suggest that she’s a perfectionist).
I’m exhausted. Keeping in mind that I’m still unemployed… How do working women manage?..
November 6th, 2006
Chicken vs. turkey
That’s another tricky question.
I prefer turkey. That’s why:
- The meat of turkey is more homogenous. If you buy a whole chicken, very often it has a very dry breast and very fat legs.
- The production of turkey is not as industrialised as the production of chicken (at least here in Russia). This creates a humble hope that turkeys eat less hormones.
- Turkey has less bones and fat, than chicken. It’s more meaty.
Enough?
My favourite way of cooking turkey is the simplicity itself: take any part of turkey (this evening I’m having a leg), salt it, add pepper and bay leaves, then pack it carefully in foil and put in oven for a couple of hours.
That’s it.
For your curiousity: in English turkey is supposed to come from Turkey. In Russian it’s “indeika” - from India!
November 5th, 2006
knitting, drawing
I noticed a strange rule: when I get up early, I feel more like I want to draw something.
When I get up late, I prefer to knit.
Does it mean that I am more creative in the mornings?
Posted by Nadya as English, crafts, psychology at 1:04 AM UTC
November 2nd, 2006
funny video
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=163331162673210702&q=power+of+old+people
I will be a very naughty old woman, even naughtier than this one! I don’t want to die young. 130 years? 150? 160? I will not get bored - I promise! And when I will get bored, I promise to die.
November 1st, 2006
Kiev, disliked
A bit dissappointed by my trip to Kiev. It combines all the disadvantages of a big city, like traffic, high prices, bad air, with disadvantages of a provincial town (crappy food, nothing happens). The worst part was travelling by train - I HATE that, I can’t sleep, it’s always either too cold or too hot, people around are noisy and smelly. But it was 3 times more cheap than by plane, so…
Weather was nice, only one rainy day.