white house

thick snow outside, tangerines, piano, family.

miss u.

Abika, lol

[13:12:11] Renata Khamitova says: (абика хочет привезти тебе плов)
[13:12:12] Dilya says: а чче?
[13:12:18] Dilya says: бля что нет зачем!!
[13:12:23] Dilya says: в смысле,
[13:12:29] Dilya says: что она бегает :))))
[13:12:31] Renata Khamitova says: она все равно пойдет
[13:14:02] Dilya says: я себя чувствую али-пашой
[13:14:03] Renata Khamitova says: не отговоришь
[13:15:37] Renata Khamitova says: абика: скажи ей, что она дура
[13:15:53] Dilya says: скажи абике: Ай, нехорошо!
[13:15:57] Renata Khamitova says: ты завтра мол приходи то приходи
[13:16:04] Dilya says: ну вот завтра и поем!
[13:16:05] Renata Khamitova says: но она тебе все равно плов привезет
[13:16:12] Dilya says: на голодный желудок рождаются генльные мысли.
[13:16:16] Dilya says: нет ну что это а
[13:16:25] Dilya says: я не хочу, чтобы она дергалась!
[13:16:43] Renata Khamitova says: кароче
[13:16:49] Renata Khamitova says: созвонитесь и я неичке не знаю)
[13:18:38] Dilya says: ахахахааа
[13:18:44] Dilya says: я наверное такой же бабушкой буду
[13:18:47] Dilya says: =)))
[13:18:56] Dilya says: представляю: 90 лет.
[13:19:06] Renata Khamitova says: диля прется по тропикам
[13:19:19] Renata Khamitova says: глобальное потепление не забывай
[13:19:30] Dilya says: Винчензо, я тебе везу биляши, сиди дома!
[13:19:32] Renata Khamitova says: обливаясьпотом и присаживаясь на каждой удобно повиснувшей лиане



short translation: my grandmother rocks! (and is the best granny ever existed)

shortest day in year

Today was the shortest day and the longest night in the year. And this means that starting from tomorrow there will be a bit more and more sunshine every day.

Yayyyy!! :)))))

*Almost done with the bazillionth paper* Yaaaawn.

promiss

My brother calls me a soup set, which, as we know, consists of skin and bones.

In 2009 (starting from now) I solemnly promiss myself to:
eat more
sleep more
work less
study..mm..more :D
drink..mm.. :)

jil sander

what amazing shoes!!

miss world videos

"people! I have a dream"
my favorite, lol

walk

love China Town, although there is nothing chinese to it. The area is breathing with stories of old moscow. My very favorite cafes, clubs, theatres, cinemas are all here. 

that's my faaaavorite bike route - down the hill! :D

love these flashlights in the middle of the street. 

Picture Carlson flying from behind the house :D

Dilya forgets from time to time that there is such thing as focus...

Why I so like "Crocodilya"

Couldn't help quoting short story by Woody Allen from his book "Jokes of the God" (Or Collected stories)

:D

"...Once there lived a man who was selling shirts. Hard times had come, no one would buy his product, and his trade has stopped. The man desperately prayed to God, saying: "My God, why have You sent such a trial on me? My enemies prosper at trading, and I didn't sell a shirt during the whole week. And this is at the peak of the season! My Lord, look at my product. Look what a splendid viscose. My Lord, I have shirts with collars and buttons, I have tie-shirts - everything fits perfect. And I have always obeyed Your commandments! Why, oh why cannot I make my living, and my little brother has to whipe floors in "Children's Paradise"?

God heard his pray and answered to the slave of His, saying:

- Regarding shirts...
- Yes, my Lord! - exclaimed the man and dropped down on his knees.
- Stamp on a crocodile.
- What, my Lord?
- What you've heard. Stamp on a crocodile on the pocket. You won't regret."

P. S. BTW, tennis shirt was invented by french tennisit Rene Lacoste, whos nickname was Crocodile.

Ukelele

How I want one!



and the first e-ukolele (even Chuck Berry!!):



lol, stephan raab is my new ideal man :D

futureshorts '08

are wonderful! especially that cartoon about John Lennon I've already wrote about (what a neat surprise it was):

sleep

phrase of the day: so tired that I can't sleep!

winter

Dilya, do you want to go to Cuba for a week on Monday? 700 bucks: tickets, visa, hotel.

a voice from under papers: I doo!!

I'd be eager to send all the essays, tests, deadlines and especially, with exceptional pleasure this



to Mars, and recharge myself with sun, sea, cuban jazz and color. But responsibilities hold me tight to Moscow where sun appears for no longer than 5 minutes on average per week.

blue mood

sweetness

dreams

it's great to realize what I really want.

it's awful to understand that chances are .00001%

but my optimist nature gives me enough idiotism to believe in these .00001%

also my nature stubborness gives me enough 'dont-give-a-shittism' to those who think that they know better than me where to go and what to be. My life should be lived by me, ain't it?

to hell all your MBA's, masters in economics and finances, management and accounting, banking and enterprises. Once again: to hell!

Did you ever see an elephant climbing a tree? You know why not? Because elephants are not meant to climb the trees. I am not meant to analyze the finances. This makes my brains twitch. (with all due respect to these proffesions)

alfried laengle

What a great week. What a great person. Existential :D

i was once translating at business appointments. after an hour I was eager to kill myself, so boring they were.

whereas here, 10 am - 6 pm nonstop of excellent food for brains, and no tiredness at all!




mistype of the day:
writing an sms to my friend: "come down to my room for eating a movie and watching tangerines!"

future dream of all girls

smart, humorous, ironic, sweet and very wise for his age, my lil 'barashka'

"Life" photoarchive

http://images.google.com/hosted/life

great.

let's swim to the moon, a-ha!

kitten

he played with me but didn't ask to take him home.
that's what we have in common: I play and don't ask to take me home.. :D

beautiful

routine

Dasha

Happy Birthday, my red-haired friend,

I am happy that I know you :)

fortunately, U don't know i have a blog

Thank you for the poem.
I do not like poetry, but this one is good.
It is touching.

I am sorry I don't like you.

Сижу и думаю, кто ты?
Вошла без стука в мои мысли.
Одна весна имела право
Так поступать со мной.
Она несет с собой цветы
Их дивный запах - до и после,
Одна она имела право
Так поступать со мной.
Сижу и думаю, кто ты?
В метро, в подземных переходах,
В лицах проезжих, пешеходов
Ищу тебя, ищу весну,
Ее одну - тебя одну.

blue sky

sometimes autumn feels like spring!

shadows

I and I

thank you, Masha

love moscow, no matter how gray, gloomy, tense and unwelcoming it is.

we can find common language :-)

moscow state journalists

there's nothing better than parties organized by friends and for friends.

photo exhibition, short movies, fine music, friends all around, funk!

masha

nuuusya

masha & iskander

Kaatyaa

sasha & masha

photos by i don't really know who

charming cartoon

"Stupid Girl"



by Zoya Kireeva

Ministry of Toys

how sweet is that:
centre of toys expertise



St. Petersburg is charming and very ironic city, where even bums and alcoholics speak perfect literature Russian, and curse words are pronounced with exceptional taste and style.

my sweet italian friend

we were true Portland "Loffias" who'd do math analysis homework in front of the professor (and still get an A ^^)
and we still maintain this lazy nerd brand, she in London, me in Moscow.

ti voglio bene, Anny!

wasssuuuuup

aaaaahahahahaa, that's mega lol:

watch it till the end:



that September cover of 'the Economist' fits the topic



/I am neither for democrats nor for republicans. I am for monarchy :D/

empty chair

You love music, and browse billboards for some excellent concert.
You find a concert and buy a ticket, long in advance, half a year or so.
Then you fall sick and nobody can locate where cancer cells come from.
Then you die.
And your seat stays empty all concert.

I love to go to the conservatoire. Addicted to it. If I am not there for a month, I have a withdrawal. It gives 2 hours of pure pleasure. Love to be there alone. I close my eyes, music helps to put thoughts in order.

This time I was in this empty chair. Bach was wonderful as usual.

framing

paintings go to frames and climb the walls...

photographers say

Ralph Gibson:
- when you take pictures in b/w you make 3 steps away from reality: you eliminate color, contract size, come from 3D to 2D. That's why blac&white photography looks more drammatic, cause you make 3 steps away from reality.

Eugene Smith:
- What's use of depth-of-field if there is no deep emotions?

Bill Brandt:
- The distinctive feature of a phorographer is that he looks more intensively at things than other people. He must preserve eye of a child who looks at the world for the first time, or of a traveller who enters a country he's never been to before.

beauty

Lilian Bassman,
born in 1917 (!)
she was one of those who trended and directed fashion photography.
negatives of these pictures were found in her old studio in the garbage bags.
they were revived.

this totally reflects my feeling of woman's beauty and how it should be captured on a still image.







more

she still lives and still creates. admirable!

shoes freak

Carrie Bradshaw from Sex and the City had 100 pairs. Well, she was 40 years old.
I am 20 years old, and I have 20 pairs.

latest crushes:





looooove Manolo Blahnik. Yes.

+ YSL:



+ marc jacobs:

drunk cat

this is how it looks originally, with upper half:



love red wine. (maybe even too much :D)

local disaster

oh no!!
concerts of Laurin Hill, Little Richard and Chuck Berry have been cancelled! :-(
Well..I have been to Chuck Berry already, but Laurin..I so wanted to see her!

Anyways.
Here is the bluesman I did for my friend's album cover: