new placebo.
love it!
love them!
new album is coming hopefully in springtime!
new drummer is soo cool!
brian has hair!
they sound different, more dramatic!
they added a violin!
yes, yes, yes!
yes i'm crazy indeed!
the song was twenty years if someone didn't realize =)
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okay, maybe it is because of the exams - my constant smile and laugh - i'm nervous.
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p.s. yes, i'm a fan of placebo. get used to it)
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films
well I know that none reads this blog but still i want to post here the movie i've watched recently. it is a good track for me, haha.
Pierrot le Fou by jean-luc godard - it is a french drama about a man and a woman. well you know all these french dramas, they are always about love and this one is no exceptions. still, i love french cinema and in this film i particularly loved the dialogs - very thoughtful and original. colors, too. the way actors talk to themselves and sometimes look directly into your eyes. of course i loved the story itself - i have my own reasons for that.
young jean paul belmondo's appearance reminds me of my father - about 25 years ago, i have lots of photos. young anna karina - just so beautiful. it was made in year 1965 and i can't believe in it. that is the impression i get about good films all the time.
Pierrot le Fou by jean-luc godard - it is a french drama about a man and a woman. well you know all these french dramas, they are always about love and this one is no exceptions. still, i love french cinema and in this film i particularly loved the dialogs - very thoughtful and original. colors, too. the way actors talk to themselves and sometimes look directly into your eyes. of course i loved the story itself - i have my own reasons for that.
young jean paul belmondo's appearance reminds me of my father - about 25 years ago, i have lots of photos. young anna karina - just so beautiful. it was made in year 1965 and i can't believe in it. that is the impression i get about good films all the time.
it is 3am and i have to wake up in three hours to go to my calculus exam. well wake up - the only thing is that i'm not asleep. i can't really say that it is because of the exam - though partly it is. thinking that maybe the better choice would be to go to the 24h starbucks on powell - at least i can study there and coffee will keep me awake. i have exams on tuesday and wednesday too. if i would be so paranoid every time, when i would be sleeping i'm wondering. ah, it's hopeless. knowing me, i can tell you that all this pre-exam paranoia is just a part of me. i always was like that, and well it looks like i always will be. it is not bad. it just is.
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you can hate me but i like weather like that. it is showery raining and rather cold, actually it reminds me of fall - september - in russia. i can believe you people think it's christmas season, in my head chrismas is always associated with loads of snow and cold. i'm from siberia, you know. so it is rather weird for me to see chrismas decorations and hear billions of variations of chrismas songs everywhere - i just can't feel that the holidays are coming.
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you can hate me but i like weather like that. it is showery raining and rather cold, actually it reminds me of fall - september - in russia. i can believe you people think it's christmas season, in my head chrismas is always associated with loads of snow and cold. i'm from siberia, you know. so it is rather weird for me to see chrismas decorations and hear billions of variations of chrismas songs everywhere - i just can't feel that the holidays are coming.
Quite soon I'm going to Russia again for a winter break... The time keeps changing its speed, sometimes it is extremely slow, sometimes so fast. I still can't believe that I would have some free times and rest a little bit. Very busy with school now, well as everyone is.
I will spend about 30 hours only in the air this time, not counting time in airport. There is no direct flight from San Francisco to Moscow (and definitely there is no such flight to my home town) so I would have to fly San Francisco - New York - Moscow - Irkutsk.
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I will spend about 30 hours only in the air this time, not counting time in airport. There is no direct flight from San Francisco to Moscow (and definitely there is no such flight to my home town) so I would have to fly San Francisco - New York - Moscow - Irkutsk.
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
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city,
japanese,
me,
san francisco
japantown is almost the same as exiting as disneyland.
i love kinokuniya bookstore - it has tree separate departments in japanese mall - in one they sell primary anime and manga, in the other there are office goods, the third and the biggest one is main bookstore. i like japanese culture a lot, i like to watch how japanese people are shopping in fiction department, with million different choices, all look pretty much the same for me, all of which are read from right to the left, and i have no idea about what are these million books about, but these people understand everything, they are browsing from shelf to shelf trying to make a choice. i also like periodicals department, some of japanese magazines are so different from traditional western we are all used to.
as mush as i like kinokuniya i also like grocery shop. i like mochi rice cakes and mochi ice cream, i like their green iced tea (natural), i like some of their snacks. the snacks shelves are the most exciting ones too because they are full of stuff you have no idea about. it's okay if a packaging is see-through, but what if it is not? then you just buy something and challenge your luck. couple of times i bought some really disgusting stuff (for my taste at least).
but more than anything in san francisco's japantown i like kabuki movie theatre. even in the biggest auditoriums it is very comfortable and cozy. the smallest ones - on the first floor - are the most coziest and nicest movie auditoriums you can imagine. moreover they have balcony for people over 21 with bar. oh, after i'll turn twenty one i will definitely go to kabuki to this balcony on some movie premiere.
oh, and i was watching milk there - just go and see it, it is a wonderful movie.
i love kinokuniya bookstore - it has tree separate departments in japanese mall - in one they sell primary anime and manga, in the other there are office goods, the third and the biggest one is main bookstore. i like japanese culture a lot, i like to watch how japanese people are shopping in fiction department, with million different choices, all look pretty much the same for me, all of which are read from right to the left, and i have no idea about what are these million books about, but these people understand everything, they are browsing from shelf to shelf trying to make a choice. i also like periodicals department, some of japanese magazines are so different from traditional western we are all used to.
as mush as i like kinokuniya i also like grocery shop. i like mochi rice cakes and mochi ice cream, i like their green iced tea (natural), i like some of their snacks. the snacks shelves are the most exciting ones too because they are full of stuff you have no idea about. it's okay if a packaging is see-through, but what if it is not? then you just buy something and challenge your luck. couple of times i bought some really disgusting stuff (for my taste at least).
but more than anything in san francisco's japantown i like kabuki movie theatre. even in the biggest auditoriums it is very comfortable and cozy. the smallest ones - on the first floor - are the most coziest and nicest movie auditoriums you can imagine. moreover they have balcony for people over 21 with bar. oh, after i'll turn twenty one i will definitely go to kabuki to this balcony on some movie premiere.
oh, and i was watching milk there - just go and see it, it is a wonderful movie.
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Sunday, December 7, 2008
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Good Bye Lenin!
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films
i watched a movie named good bye lenin today.
wanted to see it for a really long time, but there were always some reasons which prevented me of doing so. whatever, it is always better to do it later than never.
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the most important question of the reunification of germany was how to unite people who were thinking of different ideologies. the whole generation, who have never seen germany before second world war had to adjust and change its values. however the film is not about this, of course. the film is about love to parents, lies which can save (?) lives and much more than lies, this movie is about the truth and true feelings.
the only thing i did not fully understand is why the soundtrack from amélie is playing in this film too =)
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i loved the work of chulpan khamatova in this movie, but actually i am a little biased in this point, i just love her work in general. she is a wonderful, beautiful actress and what is more important, she is a good person too. chulpan runs charity fond, to help children who are sick with cancer and leukemia. her fame is helping her to collect money for these children, organize charity concerts and passing medical bills for people suffering from such deceases. it is important to think not only fame and money, but helping people too for everyone of us, and she is showing us such a positive example. some people might call her russian angelina jolie =) and even if she is not so much into adopting children, her work is no less important.
wanted to see it for a really long time, but there were always some reasons which prevented me of doing so. whatever, it is always better to do it later than never.
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the most important question of the reunification of germany was how to unite people who were thinking of different ideologies. the whole generation, who have never seen germany before second world war had to adjust and change its values. however the film is not about this, of course. the film is about love to parents, lies which can save (?) lives and much more than lies, this movie is about the truth and true feelings.
the only thing i did not fully understand is why the soundtrack from amélie is playing in this film too =)
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i loved the work of chulpan khamatova in this movie, but actually i am a little biased in this point, i just love her work in general. she is a wonderful, beautiful actress and what is more important, she is a good person too. chulpan runs charity fond, to help children who are sick with cancer and leukemia. her fame is helping her to collect money for these children, organize charity concerts and passing medical bills for people suffering from such deceases. it is important to think not only fame and money, but helping people too for everyone of us, and she is showing us such a positive example. some people might call her russian angelina jolie =) and even if she is not so much into adopting children, her work is no less important.
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Friday, December 5, 2008
Friday, December 5, 2008
mmm, where do we start?
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introduction post,
me
this blog is primary created for my english-speaking friends.
and I would love to meet new people here.
well, i guess, first of all i should say something about myself, even though it is a cliché.
my name is Ksenia. i live in san francisco, ca since january 2008, but origianally i'm from russia, siberian part of it to be, city named irkutsk which is 30 miles away from beautiful, the deepest freshwater lake in the world Baikal. you can easily identify it by looking on world map, can you see this big blue spot in the middle of eurasia? yes, i'm from there =)
i tend to think of myself as very diverse person, interested in a lot of different things, open-minded and friendly. i like take photos, but unfortunately because of the lack of time now (i'm a full time sudent with 17 units), it happens quite rarely. i take pictures for myself, the same as i do writing. i have paper journal, my moleskine, with which i share my ideas, views, pictures.. some of it will be posted here too.
my first blog is ksenish-soul.livejournal.com, but since it is primary russian, i decided to create blogpost too.
as i plan it to be, this blog will be first of all about me, my ideas and vies on something, my likes and dislikes, my personal life.
and I would love to meet new people here.
well, i guess, first of all i should say something about myself, even though it is a cliché.
my name is Ksenia. i live in san francisco, ca since january 2008, but origianally i'm from russia, siberian part of it to be, city named irkutsk which is 30 miles away from beautiful, the deepest freshwater lake in the world Baikal. you can easily identify it by looking on world map, can you see this big blue spot in the middle of eurasia? yes, i'm from there =)
i tend to think of myself as very diverse person, interested in a lot of different things, open-minded and friendly. i like take photos, but unfortunately because of the lack of time now (i'm a full time sudent with 17 units), it happens quite rarely. i take pictures for myself, the same as i do writing. i have paper journal, my moleskine, with which i share my ideas, views, pictures.. some of it will be posted here too.
my first blog is ksenish-soul.livejournal.com, but since it is primary russian, i decided to create blogpost too.
as i plan it to be, this blog will be first of all about me, my ideas and vies on something, my likes and dislikes, my personal life.
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