I met a Russian IBM consultant who stays at our Hilton quite often. He's from Moscow originally, but lives in Florida. What a bummer. He likes it there though. Sometimes he sends me text messages and wishes that he could send me some southern warmth. I envy him. He's taken me out to the city's best restaurants - mostly seafood. We both enjoy red ( Read more... )

I'm an impulso-maniac. I think, eat, quarrel, laugh, and cry - oh AND shop - impulsively. And the thing is, I have so many expenses, and I STILL find the time and money to go shopping. Today, for example, I bought "Princess" by Vera Wang. It is absolutely THE most breathtaking fragrance I have ever smelled. And the bottle - wow, incredible. A few ( Read more... )

I've become really really lazy. I mean, in my thoughts I'm not as lazy as in my own flesh, and it really bugs me. I tell myself that I'll write something, so that friends and strangers can read about my "interesting" life, but nothing gets done. I guess I've just been so busy with moving that I have no energy left. The new house is ABSOLUTELY ( Read more... )

I've decided to apply to Boston University for an MAT program. Crazy??

Sitting here in a library, waiting for Denis to finish his class, I accidentally stumbled upon my old LJ entry, and thought to myself..."I might just as well start another one, and keep up with my own thoughtful self..."

Cameo Appearance

I had a small nonspeaking part

In a bloody epic. I was one of the

Bombed and fleeing humanity.

In the distance our great leader

Crowed like a rooster from a balcony.

Or was it a great actor

Impersonating our great leader?

That’s me there, I said to the kiddies.

I’m squeezed between the man

With two bandaged hands raised

And the ( Read more... )

I'll start my journey with one suitcase, a backpack...some books for the thesis. A list of important phone numbers that Maja gave me of people in Rome. I'll buy some phonecards so I can hear a familiar voice, either mom or dad or Mary. And then I'll take with me the worn-out wallet with $300 in it, and Paul's Chinese characters scribbled on a piece ( Read more... )

What does it mean to be an exile? How does exile alter someone? How does it reinvent one? What is exile? When does it go away? Does it ever go away? What is the difference between...a refugee and an expatriate, or between an immigrant and an emigrant, or between the uprooted and the unrooted, the displaced, the depayses, the evicted, the emigres? - ( Read more... )

I am viceversa:
I feel insensitive, I fight for peace, I dream reality, I don't forgive revenge, I don't tolerate intransigence, I love hate, I doubt uncertainties, I condemn punishments, I don't understand ignorance.

What about you?

I somehow stumbled upon a user's livejournal entry, and was absolutely fascinated with it...and of course, I copy and pasted it here for your viewing pleasure ( Read more... )