In Which I am Too lazy and don't want to title

22.12.2008

Today wasn't quite as productive as I wanted it to be, but it started well. I woke up, and after breakfast I was feeling in a “productive” mood so I immediately got my laptop out to write a bit before running off to Bobrinskij to do computing things and preparation for the seminar tonight. Cranked out a page and a half in no time at all, then went out.

Took a few pictures of the Neva this afternoon, and I'm hoping they turned out well. I also realised that the HOMOSEXUAL ART EXHIBITION in Bobrinskij is also loaded onto the internet, so I'll provide a link to that sometime soon. (maybe with this entry?!)

I fell once on 8th line today, on my way to the palace, and then almost fell five more times after the bridge. I realised why I stopped wearing my combat boots in the ice – THEY HAVE NO TREAD. Later in the evening, when coming back, I fell at the EXACT same place on 8th line, even though I was being careful aand thinking to myself, “I fell here earlier today... I need to watch my STEEEEP -fall-” Mildly humiliating.

By the time I got to Bobrinskij I actually felt like crap and had a light head. I think these mid-day dizzy spells and feeling-like-shit-ness are all due to me not eating lunch. WHAT A REVELATION. I don't really ever have the time, though. Nor is it ever convenient to try and run off to lunch somewhere, since Bobrinskij has nothing but vending machines. I did as much 'preparing' as I could have, which wasn't very much. Then I contemplated asking Andrei Vladimirovich if I could skip out on the final paper since I am the ONLY STUDENT WHO DID ANY WORK IN THE ENTIRE CLASS THE ENTIRE SEMESTER, NO EXAGGERATION, NO JOKE. NOT TO MENTION THE ONLY STUDENT WHO WAS NEVER LATE AND AT EVERY CLASS. AND WAS THERE SINCE THE BEGINNING (Since Anya joined three weeks in and Anzor joined NINE weeks into the class). Absolutely ridiculous. But then apparently he said we're MEETING NEXT WEEK to turn in our papers and PRESENT THEM ORALLY. Oh my GOD what an AWFUL set of circumstances that is. But I'll survive. I JUST HAPPEN TO KNOW WHAT I'LL BE DOING THIS weekend. The bad thing is is that I'll be writing a raw paper and won't be able to have anyone look over it before I turn it in. No good at all. We'll see what happens.

So, today, no one really seemed to know anything about the Vologda and Novgorod regions (our assignment was of course to research these two regions and write a little on the 'economic openness' and such), except for me, since I had prepared junk on them, so he forced me to explain everything. Again. Which was awful. I don't know how I can say ANYTHING. Argh. Whatever. Done.

After that went to the end of semester dinner. That was good because Maneka and I just kind of sat in the corner and made fun of everyone. I was perhaps a bit more loud about it than I usually am, and apparently E.B. (YES, I KNOW YOU SOMETIMES MIGHT READ THIS) and Matt were saying that I am INSECURE. I don't really know where that one came from.

And now here I am, home, tired, full of food ... Oh well shit, I planned on writing aa bit on my paper, and I was wondering why the hell I am so tired. It's 12:30am. I was going to nap then write a couple pages. WELP. That's not going to happen. Guess I'll have to cram the last five pages in tomorrow. No big deal, though. ALMOST FINISHED!!