shrews-studies · 8 months ago
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Rating/reviewing my Russian lit compulsory readings (Part 1)
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin (Евгений Замятин - Мы) 8.5/10
I had a lot of fun with this one!!! I was actually surprised by how much it pulled me in and how much I enjoyed it, I finished it in two days and I usually read really slow. If you like 1984 by Orwell, this was what inspired it so you can expect something very similar in vibe and themes. There's racism in the descriptions of one character and it really irked me so that's what made my rating drop a bit.
Red Cavalry by Isaac Babel (Исаак Бабель - Конармия) 6/10
It was not bad but not to my tastes, it's a short story collection and some of them I liked, some I didn't enjoy as much. It's quite gruesome at parts in the "realities of war" kinda way so if you don't take those topics well, I don't recommend.
The master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (Михаил Булгаков - Мастер и Маргарита) 9.5/10
I loved it!!! I know it's a big classic and I actually read it many years ago and now that it's required for class I only leafed through it again, but still it's among my faves. It's suspenseful, the story and the characters are all great, overall just such a good read. Not giving a 10 only bc I rarely give a perfect rating to anything vsjdgskgdjd
Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov (Владимир Набоков - Приглашение на ��азнь) 8.5/10
I read this back in high school too but it was really fun to freshen up my memories about it, it's quite a condensed and hard read if you ask me, as it's very surreal and philosophical, but it's very good! If I had to describe it in one expression, it would be fever dream.
Liompa by Yury Olesha (Юрий Олеша - Лиомпа) 7.5/10
It's just one short story but I decided I'd rate anything longer than two pages so here we go. It was fun and I really liked the atmosphere of it, it gave peace of home (other than the obvious theme of dying gdksgskdhjs).
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awkward-fallen-angel · 2 years ago
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That you are lovely and very sweet and i really enjoy seeing you on my dash with cat and life update as well as fandom stuff. Wish we talked more because you seem like a person that makes the people around you very happy and comfortable. I just think you are neat, that i what I am trying to say. <3
Dksjcoajt 😭.
These were supposed to be anonymous. I can't handle compliments when they come from a face.
Especially when they are this nice and wonderful. ❤️❤️❤️
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(also I am glad my new kitty spam is being enjoyed)
Confess something you've thought about me on anon
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sergle · 1 month ago
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what ppl always miss is that I've done This before (this being: rehoming kittens through tumblr) and if someone just wants a cat so they can fire it out of a t-shirt cannon or something, they're gonna pick up a stray or find free kittens on craigslist, they're not going to go the extremely obscure route of DMing back and forth with a bisexual woman on tumblr. 😭 also nobody has been interested in these kittens yet AT ALL, so I don't really feel like I'm being bombarded with scammers. also you guys will believe anything you hear
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elitadream · 10 months ago
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❗️Important announcement❗️
Hello everyone! 😁 January is finally here, and this is very exciting news for me because I'm going to New Zealand!!! 🤩✈️ It's a huge trip that I've been planning for a whole year now. It will be the first time I ever take the plane. The first time I visit another country in years. The first time I travel so far away from home! And what's more, this will be the longest trip in my life. Over a month. I can hardly wrap my head around it still! 🤯🗓
I've also had some time to reflect, and... I've decided to use this opportunity to step back and go offline for a bit. 🌱 I wanted to tell you about this sooner, and I apologize for how sudden this probably is for most of you. I promise that I'm alright and doing this with a peaceful mindset! Although- I'm a bit sad at the thought that we won't see or hear from each other for a while. 🥺 It's a bittersweet feeling, but at the same time, I'm sure the temporary change of pace will be a good thing. Lately I've been feeling the need to take a break from social media again, and the timing is perfect. I'm ready. 🤲💫
To my lovely friends and followers here: I hope you will all have a great time these next few weeks. I hope the beginning of 2024 will treat you well and that you will get to experience new and exciting things. Wishing you lots of inspiration, fun projects and plenty of fascinating conversations until I return. 🙏🥰
Take care, everyone! I will miss you dearly. 🫂💗 Thank you, and I love you all,
- elita 🌸
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thecultoflove · 19 days ago
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Hi Cupid !! I just want to say that I'm sending you all my love and support ! If you ever want to talk about anything (literally anything) I'm here if needed ^^ I can't really know what you're going through right now but I really hope that things will get better for you (sorry if this message is weird or something, I'm not the best with words and stuff ^^'
hey you're a-ok !! don't even worry, i think a lot of the time words are really rather difficult and sometimes the best way to communicate is sending cat videos (that's the quickest thing i could think of but i'm in a gc with people who send the silliest animal reels all day on insta) you're really cool!! just being here is enough. don't ever feel like you gotta run a mile or something i just appreciate the little things in life despite me being super "everyone hates me" mentality .. thank you for everything <3
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pocima · 3 months ago
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It will forever haunt me in my sleep that one of my former favorite artist wrote explicit songs about a 14 y/o fictional character and got away with it pretty much scot-free, and openly worked with and supported a convicted pedophile LAST YEAR and her career is still perfectly in tact. Hating on the Internet to a couple mutuals is nowhere near enough. I need to personally witness her going to HELL.
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erzatz3117 · 10 months ago
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i have become bourgeois, the asker for 2 dollars 50 cents
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thecruel · 9 months ago
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Hello! First of all thank you very much for all your gifsets of swann. He is my current obsession so any content with him is a blessing.
Second of all, I can't help but ask: Where did you find Xanadu? Because I did some research and the lack of result's make this tv show seem like a fever dream 😭
I saw another ask about sources so I completely understand if you can't/don't want to share where you found it. If that's the case all I ask nicely is you are able to to keep making gifs of him 😅 Because he looks wonder and I'm dying of curiosity to see more of his character 😩
Once again thank you very much for your content and sorry for any disturbance 😊💙
the show itself feels like a fever dream Lmfao like..... this french dude has lead me to places i wouldn't even go with a gun
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i'm going to answer where i found it here for safety reasons 🏴‍☠️!!! unfortunately only 6 episodes out of 8 are available and they don't have subtitles 😬 my french is quite limited but it seems interesting so far 😗🎵 you can read a summary for each episode here
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hijackedhoneybeeez · 2 months ago
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hi sorry its been a while hope your doing okay
Wah! Hi anon! No need for apologies!!
I'm doing alright! I hope you're doing well too!!!
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paging-possum · 3 months ago
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also frankly in regards to my last ask (sorry to spam if it's a bother!) sleepwalking is ALSO an egwene song. ala i thought god was supposed to protect me + is faith all we have as a weapon with her disillusionment with pelor after their parents death + "bravery only gets you so far and it brings me to open bars" WHATEVER. kindleafs [four million explosion sfx]
[another four million explosions six] you're so genius for this that I truly don't know what more I can add. "Is faith all we have as a weapon against/The universal good and bad." something something the fact that one of Egwene's first mentions of Pelor/religion is her telling Bev she's been having a lot of faith issues recently. Something something thinking that god was going to protect not only herself and her parents but also Erlin only for him to get kidnapped. The entire bravery bit and the fact that she has never really had a choice but to be brave. She has been sleepwalking with a bow and arrows and a belt full of poison. Ngl "She says she's worried about me/Maybe she should be" is such an interesting line for both of the kindleafs, since Erlin has that acknowledges something might be wrong but doesn't want to be a burden on the people around him thing going on and Egwene has the acknowledges something might be wrong but she's supposed to be the strong one and doesn't want to show vulnerability deal. I don't think any of what I just typed makes any sense but I see your visions. I see your visions exactly.
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lorenlily · 4 months ago
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just listened to minor because i'm trying to get into gracie (it's working)
yeah minor does set out what she's about as an artist well and i'd say stay and mean it are so good as well and very underrated, she's not been into much pop production after 'this is what it feels like' and then it all goes very acoustic from there tbh her new album tries but it missed the mark for me
long sleeves is my fave from minor
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hangmanbradshaw · 1 year ago
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Hiii, I’m the NFL anon. I hope you’re having a great day ❤️ After your recommendation, I watched Quarterback and I loved it. Now, I can’t stop thinking about a Sereshaw version of this that could take place in the future of your nfl au. Netflix interviews, cameras showing glimpses of their private lives, Jake’s trainings, Bradley giving pre-match kisses to Jake for luck, Bradshaw family chanting and supporting Jake during matches…
OMG NFL ANON! Hi! Holy crap okay you watched it? Everybody stay calm (I’m talking to myself) okay okay you loved it. That’s amazing. Wasn’t it such a cool peek into their realities? And also the game? And it was so cool how they had a wash out kinda QB, mid level QB, and super star to show all sides of it. Also I’m biased as hell and love Patrick, but Kirk was so fascinating in that.
YES we are on the same wavelength! Like follow up sequel, maybe Bradley POV, and it’s this behind the scenes look of their lives together. Building a real life during the season and their families and friends and training, and Bradley would be at every game on the sideline for the pregame kiss, and how the distance would get even harder, and then like….Jake gets hurt at some point, and what that’s like. Bradley watching it happen, the rehab, etc. I’m obsessed
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ohhalefire · 1 year ago
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Tag Game
Rules: Share 10 facts about yourself and tag 10 other blogs! I want to get to know my mutuals, and the people I follow a little bit :) The facts can be about anything!
Thanks for the tags, @greyhavenisback and @outtoshatter!
lol now what can i say that won't affect my actual named online presence coz all the best facts about me would make my tumblr VERY TRACEABLE in a way i really don't want it to be
When I was a teenager I danced in Disneyland as part of Disney's Magic Music Days program, and while there I was offered an actual job performing in one of the California Adventure parades, but I was too young to take it 😭
As a born-and-raised Vancouverite, I watch Supernatural like it's a drinking game: at every location, I have to guess where they're filming before they cut away from it
I always have a headache~
...Which is related to the fact that I have hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS) and my whole body is just systematically wonky af. Nothing holds together right
I have a signed photo of Sean Astin as Sam Gamgee on my wall because my partner got it for me at a con as a present and I just 💕
I'm a professional performer, director, and singing teacher... meaning I have bled, broken bones, and dislocated joints on MANY a stage
I love touring. I really do. You don't really have time to think about the outside world - you just get paid to do the thing you love with people you (hopefully) like hanging out with. Plus, travel! Young artists literally pay for that type of immersive musical experience, and on tour, you GET paid to do it. For me, what's not to love?
I'm going to Disneyland! Again! On Monday!
While I trust all my tumblr friends with my real online presence and you can totally message me if you wanna know my (very!!!!) public-facing Instagram or anything, I don't trust the people outside the tumblr world to like... get it, you know? I leave my entire personality on the Internet for the world to see - all of my personality EXCEPT fandom shit, that is 😂
Someday, I'm gonna write a novel with the OCs I developed in like 2009-2011. They still live in my head rent free, and probably won't go away until I actually write them down. And I'm lucky in that I probably have an advantage in creating this future novel - my partner is a novelist, and we talk about story structure pretty much endlessly!
Don't know that I have ten people to tag who do these games and who haven't already done this one, but I'll go with @fira211, @scribblesandsorcery, @usergrantaire, and double-tagging @all-or-nothing-baby and @raisesomehale 🧡
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ravenelyx · 1 year ago
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I'm too afraid to send DMs and befriend people on here, so I just send asks and subtle hints so subtle I don't even catch them myself
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mackthecheese · 11 months ago
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Anonymous what i think of you message: I've been a huge fan of skyward sword since the game came out when i was a kid, and ever since i've been following the tag on tumblr i always thought that people don't appreciate the remlits enough, then you came along and made that happen with your beasts on the blog. You're funny and talented and following you has been totally worth it, even if we're not mutuals i just wanna let you know how cool you are
Oh you're gonna make me teary!
I'm so glad I was able to bring these wonderful little fellas into the light a bit more and I'm especially glad I've made other people so happy by doing so! Have a wonderfully Remlit-filled day, anon! :)
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pory-z · 1 year ago
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Btw I hope your doing okay and I am sending all the love that you get through it ❤️❤️❤️
thank you so much for the concern you're so sweet !
i'm good, last night i talked to some friends and we kept playing minecraft until 2am to distract me and today i kept myself busy with cosplay planning for next week. also work
tonight i had the opportunity to talk about it with a friend and it's helping somewhat but mostly i feel like i'm just getting it out of my head until it comes back in 6 months like it usually does
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