my ex-boyfriend's flat in Budapest had toilet door covered with these little cartoons.





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if maps could fight - World War 2

http://stotyka.livejournal.com/22962.html#cutid1

yey!

so I found a lawyer that is more familiar with my previous employer, whole exempt status thing etc.
they called their contact at Home Office and they CONFIRMED that I CAN apply for Tier 1 without leaving UK.

hurrah!

and they told me i was extremely lucky to get that in-person appointment in Croydon.

so they will go over my documents, and i will apply in person on December 7. and hopefully it will be solved in one day. and my immigration troubles will be gone.

resistance is not futile :-)

Star wars Episode IV. A NEW HOPE :-)

watched THE GRADUATE (1967)

oh my god. what an annoying boring movie.

but for its time - yes, groundbreaking.

short list for travel in 2010:

wanted and likely:

• Venice + Florence
• Argentina (or Peru / Ecuador / Costa rica) - april holidays (10 days - 2 to 11 april?)
• Lisbon
• USA
• Thailand - october? there is public holiday september 30.
• something gay - Sitges, Gran Canaria, Barcelona or Mykonos

and my usual always-wanted Budapest, Amsterdam, Paris and maybe Madrid and/or Barcelona

less likely but still curious about it:

1. Cuba
2. Switzerland
3. Norway
4. Croatia
5. something with snow to learn how to ski or snowboard
6. Israel
7. Saint Petersburg

God Bless Europe and its usual 25 vacation days a year :-)

UPDATE: Morocco. Tunisia.

заебали ваши хокку

интересное эссе о дауншифтинге и сельской жизни

my comment:

хм. интересно. то есть человеку с головной болью вместо таблетки аспирина (т.е. перейти на пол-ставки и научиться жить на вдвое меньшую сумму) предлагается отрубить голову (бросить все и уехать в село и косить сено). у меня это эссе такие ассоциации вызвало

а еще если честно то мне как сельскому человеку переехавшему в город и не скучающему по сельской жизни, уборке курятника и туалету на улице, городские жители романтизирующие село кажутся жутко наивными и смешными.

это сидя в теплом офисе хорошо рассуждать - эх все брошу к такой то матери, уеду в Гадюкино, буду корову доить и сено косить. ну, вперед... мне кажется что на каждую 1000 таких мечтателей уедет человек 5 и из них может у одного что то толковое получится. физический труд он не всем по вкусу.

Anish Kapoor in Royal Academy of Arts

very interesting and unusual. highly recommend.
the guy actually has some novel ideas.
not your usual modern crap a-la "i will take a canvas and paint it in one color, call it Blue Number 1 and sell it to Tate Modern"

1. I loved you for so long - Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (2008)

I love Krist Scott Thomas. very good movie. with unexpected (for me) ending. not your usual "sisters reunite after one of them was in prison" type of drama



2. The dutchess (2008)

another example of stupid and misleading marketing. from the previews i expected something very lighthearted a-la "she is trying to make her husband fall in love with her". come on, Keira Knightly is in it.

hell to the no. quite a tough drama. not bad though, but not a light period piece i was expecting.

sucked to be a woman then, didnt it?



3. Julie and Julia (2009)

Meryl Streep is great, as usual. and I am sure Julia Child had quite a life and deserved a movie.

but can anyone explain why the Julie part needed to be filmed at all? oh, she has a mid life crisis and decides TO COOK. wow. make me a movie! Amy Adams is sweet, but i dont give two shits about her character.

British people make disgusting soups. I cant find anything that is not cream-like. chicken soup? its a thick substance with no discernable ingredients. tomato soup? same stuff. yuck. i miss Albert Heijn.

и что за истерика с яндекс топ?
оно так называется ?

его больше не будет? ну и? бедные массы в замешательстве? что же нам бедным теперь читать?

почему меня должно ебать какой пост популярен?

"in his State of the union address, President Medvedev demanded urgent reforms.... and called for an attack on corruption and inefficiency"

hm. from WHOM did he demand those reforms? :-)

i demand reforms goddammit :-)

Euronews has been running for several weeks a segment about how poor Serbians struggle by having to have a Schengen visa

can you imagine? they need a visa! oh my god! who could have thought! unimaginable! terribel! end of the world! shame!

i have tears in my eyes. poor Serbs. my heart is fucking bleeding

а еще в Афинах полно Жигулей! :-)

create your personalized map of europe
or write about it on the open travel guide

видимо мне одному кажется что последний клип ГаГи - это херня
все кипятком писяются "ах какой шарман"

а где блин матрешки и бабУшки?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACm9yECwSso