Кажется меня активненько так пасут. Виртуально. И узнаю я об етом от третьих лиц. Будем разбираться.

яблок немерено - 4 огромных дерева, ломяшихся от неимовернои тяжести...Наш друг сконструировал специальныи пресс и пару недель назад мы весь день гнали яблочныи сидр.
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I guess now it's time to tell Mama Kitty's story. Ah, crazy Mama...
About two and a half years ago, Mama Kitty(which then was known as Boots) and her female sibling were adopted by a family, residing in New Jersey. Then the family moved to Vermont and fell apart. The woman didn't want them any more and was going to drop off Boots and her sister by the side of the road. I'm not exactly aware of what happened to the sibling kitten, but Boots was saved from abandonment by the woman's former husband. So...this is how Boots appeared on Jon's farm in New York and was affectionately called Kitty. She was grateful to her savior and became a great companion. For about a year she remained mostly an inside cat, then she started to get outside more often. She absolutely loved to explore the fields and catch some wild mice in there. Last summer we suddenly realized that her belly started growing. Yes, we were excited about the kittens. I've had cats as long as I can remeber myself, but I've always picked male kittens, because I couldn't deal with a disgustingly cruel tradition of drowning unwanted kittens, since sterilizing and neutering was not as common of a procedure in Russia back then. Therefore, I have never seen newborn kittens and was anxious about Kitty's pregnancy. In August of 2006 Kitty had 4 kittens, they were so cute. We were surprised how Kitty was protective of her firstborns, she would only leave them for a brief few minutes a day to eat. It was amazing. She hid them in the closet, and when we made a comfy little "nest" out of a carton box for her and the babies and placed the kittens there, she stayed in the box with them till we left the room and then carried them one by one back into the closet. That's when she became a full blown Mama Kitty. After she was done nursing them, our friends took 2 of the kittens and we kept the rest. Female kitten was named Fluffy, she was born with a flattened rib cage and was quite slow getting on her feet. We didn't think she was going to make it. But...she is doing alright, very friendly and is still with us. Other kitten was male and he was extremely skiddish and avoided human contact by any means, that's why we named him Scaredy. Unfortunately, one day past winter he escaped outdoors, and we haven't seen him since. Needles to say, I was quite upset with the situation. But I have to go on with Mama Kitty's story. So... we had Fluffy and Mama Kitty. Mama was getting out, but wasn't staying outside for long. Well...the kitty turned out be very prolific, cause in February of 2007 we've noticed the familiar swelling just around her ribcage. In March she had 3 more kittens in the same closet. And this time we didn't bother taking the kittens out of the closet, she was a great Mommy once again and spent a month in the closet, nursing her babies. I used to take the kittens out once in a while and carry them in my pocket, to keep them nice and warm. Till one day, when Jon camehome and Mama was hanging outside of the closet, which was very unusual. He hurried to see ifthe kittens were still there, but...found a big mess. Only one of them was alive. I wouldn't go into the details, we still aren't sure what happened there. I pretty much adopted that kitten, he was a bit skiddish at first, but became a little friendly ball of fur. We named him Bobcat for his black fur, fluffy tail and grace of a wild cat. At this point we were concerned with Mama Kitty's frivolous behavior and decided to get her sterilized. Little did we know, that while we were planning an appointment with the vet, she became pregnant already. We were shocked, Jon's farm was turning into a cat farm. The thing about Mama Kitty was, that once she became pregnant with new kittens, she would become too hostile towards her previous ones. She would be hissing, growling and attacking them. So we tried to keep her away from them. It was getting warmer, kitty was turning into one huge belly ball. I didn't mention before, but Moma Kitty was a tiny creature with beautiful round eyes. So when she was pregnant, her belly was twice her own size. Anyways, this time kitty decided to have her kittens outside the house and we couldn't hear/see/find them till they finally crawled from under the front porch in June. There were 5 of them. And they were wild. Sometime in Mid-July I decided that we better tame them if we wanted to give them away. It was a crazy night. I would omit the details of the kitten hunt, but no one was hurt...except myself. I still have scars on my hands from those tiny extra-sharp nails. Anyways, they all were in a huge dog carrier, with plenty of food/water and a litter box. But they weren't happy. You couldn't stretch your hand in their direction, they would hiss and scratch/bite. After 2 long days and lots of thinking I realized that it would be better if I let them out and try a different taming technique later. In the meantime kitty was finally taken to the vet and we didn't have to worry about her Читать далее...

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Сидя на утреннеи лекции, посматривая на выглядываюшие из под столов ступни однокурсниц в шлепках, совершенно неожиданно для себя поняла, что ухоженные женские ступни...хммм...ну, скажем приносят огромное естетическое удовлетворение. И воображение разыгрывается. :) Но... обязательно должен присутствовать маникюр. Вот так вот.
Еше одна причина любить лето.

My laptop is alive but not doing too well. It's just soooooo slow, that I rarely use it. Only to watch movies while I'm in bed.
The desktop I temporarily use doesn't have sound and I don't have Cyrillic Alphabet stickers on it. So...For that only reason I've been posting here in English.

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Пирог

Печь его просто и быстро, а главное-не дорого и вкусно!



приготовление

Is it the hot weather? Went to fill up the car with gas, and couldn't find the credit card in my purse. Didn't get too worried, because sometimes I leave it on the kitchen counter. When I got home I searched the whole place for it...counters, purses, textbooks, pockets...nowhere to be found. After about 30 minutes of diligent search I decided to check the balance, to see when I used it last and whether there were any weird charges after that. Everything seemed to be fine there. Then I went for a second round of searching. Still nothing. At that point I decided to give in and report a lost card. The representative:"Even if you find your card 5 minutes later, it won't work. Do you want to file the lost card?" . Yeah, I do. If I couldn't find it within the past hour, it won't just appear out of nowhere in 5 minutes. I'll get a new card within a week.

Guess what?! 5 minutes after I hung up the phone I FOUND THE CARD IN THE POCKET OF MY GYM PANTS!!!

Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life.

Leo Buscaglia


Feels like I'm "selling" my soul, settling for something more convenient and less exciting. I could be wrong though. Maybe it's just my imagination.

Shortly after I moved into this house a year ago, I've noticed a tri-colored cat with 3 kittens hanging out in the back yard. I wasn't sure whether the cat had an owner or not, because I haven't seen them since. Until about a week ago. I saw the same cat with 4 new kittens at the same spot between the garages. I asked the neighbour about those cats, he thinks the cat is homeless and that he had seen the same thing happen last year also. I'm not sure if the mama cat is still nursing them, because I haven't seen her for a while, so I brought them some food and water. I don't know what to do with those kittens. I can't even take one of them, cause my cat will not take it well(I've tried it before). And besides that, my boyfriend's slutty cat had just had 5 kittens of her own. Yeah, she had 12 kittens within a year and it's a whole different story. She's finally getting spayed next week. Thank God. But...back to the kittens in my backyard. I don't know if I should take them to the shelter or put an ad in the paper, or what...And I wasn't even able to come close to them, since they hide when they see anyone coming towards them. And I wish I could catch that mama cat also, so that I could get her spayed. I don't know what to do...I can't bear the thought that something can happen to those kitties. It's so heart-breaking. I want them to have good, loving homes.

Upd. May 2008. A year later the same cat had 2 more kittens in the same spot. They were very cute and now they are gone again. I guess she has them here every year. I wish I could catch her an get spayed.

Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry
Hey, baby my nose is getting big
I noticed it be growing when I been telling them fibs
Now you say your trust's getting weaker
Probably coz my lies just started getting deeper
And the reason for my confession is that I learn my lesson
And I really think you ought to know the truth
Because I lied and I cheated and I lied a little more
But after I did it I don't know what I did it for
I admit that I have been a little immature
Fucking with your heart like I was the predator
In my book of lies I was the editor
And the author
I forged my signature
And now I apologise for what I did to you
Cos what you did to me I did to you
(Black Eyed Peas, Don't lie)

Mmm...Mmm...

Can eat salmon rolls every day. Love the way they make them at this place - big chunks of fish and a little bit of rice. Yummy.

The laptop is dead and so far there's no guarantee that it could be revived.
Thanks to Jon I have a desktop to utilize for now. No cyrillic script though.

Finals week is over. Yeah! Surprized by the outcomes...

Summer session starts Monday. Something to look forward to. :)

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Quote of the Day

"Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments, but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures."

– Joseph Addison, English politician and writer

While driving to school the other day I saw a nice new Mercedes with a customized plate "1BIGDEBT". Couldn't help but smile.

How do I motivate my patients without nagging? I just say: "You don't have to floss all of your teeth, just the ones you want to keep".
And believe me, it works. :)

Да-да. В который уже раз(сбилась со счёту)я собираюсь с силёнками, откинув все чувства и эмоции в сторону, и гордо вскинув голову, шагаю вперёд. Вперёд чему? А кто его знает. Хуже чем сейчас, наверно, быть не может. Достаточно мазохизма. Достаточно боли. Достаточно обид и недоверия. Достаточно нелепых надежд. А что остаётся? Натянуть на лицо улыбку и излучать благополучие. Какая нелепость.

Хочется вырваться отсюда. Есть возможность 28 числа поехать в NYC на денёк. Буду гулять весь день по Central Park и близлежащим окрестностям и наслаждаться каждой минутой моего прибывания там. Что ещё для счастья надо?!

I wish things were different. I wish I was different. I wouldn't wish this to anyone. I don't have energy to stay in this state of limbo any longer, I'm about to lose it. I need my peace, I need my happiness. No more turmoil. Maybe I just need to be alone. I wish I could take a peek into the future, so I could have a better picture of what is right or wrong for me.

Ещё одно доказательство тому, что настоящая сущность человека раскрывается в "экстремальной" ситуации. На меня вылито огромнейшее корыто вонючего дерьма, да ладно, если б только на меня...Первой реакцией было состояние шока, потом недоумение, потом опустошение...а теперь умиротворение. Я рада, что теперь эта умело прикрываемая гнусавая сущность видна мне во всей красе. И я могу без всяких сожалений и ложного чувства вины двигаться дальше. Спасибо.

Acceptance is not submission; it is acknowledgement of the facts of a situation. Then deciding what you're going to do about it.

Kathleen Casey Thiesen


I wish I could cut out some parts of my brain and start my life all over again. Once again...Similar but yet so different situation that I got myself into. Heart, brain...what other parts of my body should I listen to and follow? Don't want to hurt or be hurt, but hey, it's too much to wish for I guess. It already happened. Am I that evil? No, just fucking stupid. And all the pressure coming from every possible aspect of my life is not helping the situation either. God, I beg you, please lead me in the right direction. Because I don't know what is right or wrong anymore, and I am afraid to make another big fat unnecessary mistake. That's all I ask for.