3-22-10; 6:35 PM
Moscow appears to have decided to do a full 180 in the last two days, and has gone from being cold and snowing, to being almost temperate and rainy!!
The positives of this: well, it's warmer.
The downsides? -- It's *really* wet (the snow is melting, obviously); it's *really* dirty (Ew!); and I spent the ENTIRE day, from 8:00 AM - 5:45 PM with WET FEET. (The horror!!!!!) -- No, really -- wet feet, as far as I'm concerned, are one of the worst things you can have in the entire world.
This is not to say I'm opposed to showers or swimming or anything -- I'm opposed to having your shoes and socks be wet, and your feet be trapped in them, with no recourse, for an entire day.
All *that* aside, and the miserable weekend aside, there *have* been some positives.
1. On the way to school this morning, I heard the "Whistle Song" from the Kill Bill movies -- and about fell over in the street laughing! (That's also the second time I've heard one of the songs from the Kill Bill sound track!)
2. After school, I bought some white chocolate -- and it is the most interesting thing I've ever eaten. "Why?" you may ask? -- Because somewhere along the lines, this brand of chocolate gets *aerated* -- so there are little bubbles throughout the whole bar!!! It is the neatest- /most interesting- /probably the weirdest- textured chocolate I have EVER eaten!!! (I will be buying more once I finish this bar. It's kind of huge, so it'll last a few days. Mostly because I don't think I can justify eating almost 518 calories of chocolate in one go… Bubbles or not. = O-o =) I'm sort of wondering why Kraft (the maker) doesn't sell it in the US… *laughs*
3. I had an EARLY dinner -- we ate at 6! And that's just happy today.
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Now, you may be wondering about classes (some of you) -- and they weren't half bad. But I was just *tired.* And somehow or other, I mixed up my days, and thought I had our Grammar class today, when in fact, we had Razvitie Rechi (conversation). So, naturally, I left ALL of my Razvitie Rechi stuff at home.
We got our tests back in Raz. Rech. … … … So, I got all of the words on the test correct, in context -- but there were quite a few (stupid) grammar mistakes. In all fairness, many of the things my teacher marked were things I've had questions about for *ages* -- so, at least now I have an example page of the *correct* way to do it… Heh, heh, heh… … Eeep… =o///o=
[All of the above text is really just filler for: "I was really embarrassed…."]
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Razvitie Rechi *never* disappoints however, and we were certainly laughing the whole way through, with a few bright spots in particular:
I. It being a slow day, with none of us particularly chipper, Tamara Evgenevna asked us (using a vocabulary word), "What can I do to make you study your russian better?!"
Among the responses were:
A. Bring in Vladimir Putin to yell at us!
Which led to the better line: "Only Putin can make us study Russian!"
** Here, I should explain that both Vladimir Putin, and the verb "to yell" have become running gags in our group.
Putin, because after I was talking about meeting Sasha, and going to the Bolshoi Theatre, our teacher asked our group (again, using a vocab word) if anyone was jealous [of me]. Anya replied, "No, because yesterday, I was at Rostick's (Russia's KFC) with my friend, Vladimir Putin!" -- So now, Anya+Putin+Rostick's (in any combination, or just Putin or Rostick's) are now running gags.
"To yell," well… Because there's a lot of "yelling" that goes on from Tamara to us. Ha ha ha! She'll tell us, "Today, I'm going to yell at you." Or, we just beat her to the punch and tell her, "You're going to yell at us today…" !!! It's probably one of the funniest things about my entire trip here, so far. (It also started as being a vocabulary word… XD )
B. "We work for cake!" / "We work for candy!"
("Cake or Death," anyone? =^_~= )
II. At one point, Anita said, "We want to study Russian!"
-- Without missing a beat, or batting an eyelash, Tamara Evgenevna just said, "Don't fantasize."
III. I got to say, "I *adore* my Nana!" (Which is true!) -- And I never miss a chance to say it!
But, in this particular case, the verb "adore" or, "to really like something," is just *spectacular* in Russian -- and it goes really well with the word for "grandma," I think. Thus, it was a happy day to get to say both things. (The verb "to adore," and that I adore my Nana!)
For the curious: "Я обожаю мою бабушку!" -- "Ya aba-zhai-yu mai-yu bah-bu-shka!"
(The above obviously not being transcribed correctly, in order for people to be able to try their hand at saying it, according to how it's pronounced.)
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I'm happy to be at home -- but I'm about to be headed out to go visit at the John Donne for a little while.
I also have the song "Fugue For Tinhorns" from the musical, "Guys and Dolls" stuck in my head right now, because I told my friend Pete, "Can do, Can do…" in response to his message: "I need gum."
So, for anyone who's game -- "I've got the horse right here, his name is Paul Revere…. " Ha ha ha ha ha!!!!
Love,
Moscow Kitty; 7:13 PM
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