I've only just figured for myself why chivalry makes me uncomfortable. not just b/c I'm not really used to it and therefore feel like an idiot every time someone tries to hold a door for me or something.
because it looks like they care.
while they actually don't. well, mostly ( Read more... )

LJ in Russia's been blocked. the whole website instead of a few blogs in question. that's how they roll, the fuckers ( Read more... )

I've grown to think I love arguing, but there's actually very few people worth arguing with ( Read more... )

i used to be so addicted to angst. now i cannot even watch a decent film, because all of the decent ones appear to be depressive. Lynch? no, thanks, i'll pass. von Trier? you've got to be kidding ( Read more... )

dunno if it makes any sense to believe in what you see in your dreams, but you can never be sure, right ( Read more... )

yay for my unexpected leave. 'leave' as in 'vacation,' not as in 'getting the fuck outta there,' but still worth indulging in glee ( Read more... )

I don't know why it even seemed a good idea to subscribe for another fandom contest, given how much work I usually do. Let alone for the fandom I'm barely acquainted with. Were it DGM, I'd know what to write anyway--one too many years of reading and writing on the matter ( Read more... )

jeez, i get so awkward when i have to mention my father. i say smth like, 'my father's relatives live in Sevastopol,' nothing special, but then i falter and try to think what to add so that everything looks like it really is and not like i said it ( Read more... )

there's nothing worse than being unable to comfort someone you care about.
even if they don't really need you.
if they are going to be alright on their own.
but this very moment you want to help, yet you can not.
no matter how hard you try.
(but hey, at least you try.)

sometimes I decide--that's it, I cannot have this anymore, I need to quit--and then they give me my salary, and I start thinking--hey, maybe I could endure existing like that for longer ( Read more... )