Wie jede Blüte welkt und jede Jugend
dem Alter weicht, blüht jede Lebensstufe,
blüht jede Weisheit auch und jede Tugend
zu ihrer Zeit und darf nicht ewig dauern.
Es muss das Herz bei jedem Lebensrufe
bereit zum Abschied sein und Neubeginne,
um sich in Tapferkeit und ohne Trauern
in and're, neue Bindungen zu geben ( Read more... )

Now that I'm not supposed to write long entries myself because I should be working on my thesis, I thought that I could post a meme, so if any of you guys want to do it, I'll be glad to read your answers :)
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I want to know 36 things about you. I don't care if we never talk, or if we already know everything about each other. You ( Read more... )

My dad forwarded me some examples of mnemonic aid for English-speaking learners of Russian. I find them rather amusing, check it out:

[English Meaning - Russian word/phrase - English mnemonic (sounds very similar to the pronunciation of the Russian phrase)]:

I love you - Я люблю вас - "Yellow Blue Bus"
Good/great - Хорошо - "Horror Show"
Mayonnaise - ( Read more... )

bIнтересно:

разворачивая москоквскую газету второй свежести, чтобы устелить ею коробку для переезда, я наткнулась на старое интервью с Никулиным, мир ему небесный. Пробежалась по нему глазами. И вот какие там были любопытные соображения про счастье:

- Что такое счастье?
- Лучше всего об этом сказал Назым Хикмет: "Счастье - это когда утром с радостью ( Read more... )

...because the weather is acting WEIRD. It just occured to me that this winter, we had snow in this region right on schedule for holidays. That is, it snowed twice. We had a slight resemblance of a white Christmas. And now, it has been snowing since the Easter weekend.
I won't be surprised if it snows on my birthday, too.

(for those of you who don't ( Read more... )

Nun stehe ich hier, ich armer Spielmann,

Und die Krähen auf den Bäumen, sie lachen mich aus.

Der neue Sommer wird den Winter vertreiben,

Und ich will spielen, spielen, spielen!

Ein Jahr mehr oder weniger

Was macht's...

(aus: In Extremo, "Poc Vecem")

After a longer period of consideration I finally gave in and got this account here...The thought of joining this occured a year or so ago, but I fought the temptation, since it was pretty obvious that this community would become a time-consuming involvement! Considering that time is something I am not at good terms with, maybe it is unwise indeed ( Read more... )