things, that has to be done. but then nobody cares.

We´ve just gone to apologize to our neighbours downstairs... as we haven´t felt well since friday. (because of their shoes being distributed on the stairs, their bikes being putted at another place and most of all, that they couldn´t sleep from 9pm till 7am) Yesterday and today we´ve been as quiet as possible, when entering the house, afraid, that anybody would pass our way.
...turned out, that nobody of the three students downstairs has spent the weekend here.

verdammt.

Das ist so eine Sache mit dem Vermissen. Gott, ich vermisse auf gewisse Weise alles, was ich momentan nicht habe, aber kenne. So gibt es Dauer-fernweh wie Spanien, mittlerweile aber besser. Ja länger es vorbei ist, desto besser wird´s, jedenfalls hierbei. Moskau ist eine andere Sache. Ich bin zusammen, ständig, mit Menschen, denen Moskau fehlt und die zurückwollen. Das tut gut, denn reden tut gut. Aber im Endeffekt kommt man auch nicht los so... von vielen Dingen, von denen man sich längst hätte verabschieden müssen. Mit Moskau, ja, das wird noch lange dauern. Vielleicht will ich insgeheim mein Fernweh auch nicht überwinden. Immerhin werde ich zurückkehren, irgendwann. Und erst dann, wenn die Menschen fehlen, die Umstände und all das, was man so liebgewonnen hatte, dann wird es besser werden. Das Gefühl, das etwas fehlt. Richtig viel fehlt. Und bis dahin vermisse ich einfach weiter, Moskau als Stadt, die Menschen und das Glück, welches mir beschieden war. Ja, ich vermisse all dies sehr.

purple hair

Everybody tells me, that the colour is cool/great/nice/pretty. Even people I don´t know. Yesterday more than five persons did so. It´s strange. I mean, I like it too, but I haven´t thought, it was that special.
It was just a spontaneous action, we went to the market, she gave me the colour, I said Yes and went straight in the bathroom. Fifteen minutes later I had purple hair.
It´s not purple anymore, but it´s different. So the mission is completed.

Talking ´bout politics

"Well done, America! =)" - a norwegian, living in America for a year.

"Yes, they could!" & "(party)" - a german in Israel.

"YES BARACK OBAMA!!! WE HAVE THE CHANGE!!! OBAMA." - an austrian in Norway.

"Yes, we can" - a german in Austria.

"Evviva evviva ha vinto Barack Obama" - an italian in Italy.

"...is relieved, that Obama won" - a german in Germany.

Dear friends, as I see, we agree.

...

hm, oh yeah, well, these are the days. alone at night, enjoy the time. as you rock it, don´t make any effort. if not, see what happens. a stony way to go, by horse and bike. have a look, what happened, but never look back. everything worth it. cruel. worth it. although heavy, still confused.

Apples and worms

We talked about apples and worms. And worms in apples.
We talked about an american lady, who put her dog in a microwave and as it died, she took the maker of the microwave to court, ´cause he missed to write an "Attention! Don´t put your dog inside!". The lady won.
We talked about a boy giving a flower to a girl. And the girl giving him a kiss.

Believe it or not, although everyone was very confused after two hours, we went home with the knowledge, that we´ve learned a lot about marketing.

"Oh, you remember to not forget Mr. Pipes and his statements on russian society in the 18th century?"

This morning I wasn´t comfortable with my presentation so far. Moreover I wasn´t sure, if I had set the right focus. I was thinking about it and then I wrote a message to my teacher. Just to make sure. Three minutes later I got his response. He KINDA affirmed my focus, until he came up with the following:
"Oh, you remember to not forget Mr. Pipes and his statements on russian society in the 18th century?... Everything alright? Have fun!"
I knew Mr. Pipes before, but I didn´t know, that I was supposed to build the basis of my 45-60 min presentation out of his statement. (He is one of those teachers, who helps a lot to find literature and sources for presentations. Actually - as he knows exactly what he want to talk about afterwards - he gives us precisely books and articles, of which we´ve to talk about. Pipes hasn´t been there.) Wow. 39 hours left to write a new one.
I suddenly remembered, that I love challenges.
So I answered:
"Yeah, everything clear now! Thank you very much, CU on Wednesday!"