Joni Mitchell - Idol

Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now

She is really the one you can call an "idol".

Love her voice. Love her music. Love the song. Love the lyrics.

"Wow. No meat dresses. No torpedo tops. No half-clad dancers whirling around.  She just got up there and sang and sucked all the air out of the room and made time stand still. Wow"

ЕГЭ

ЕГЭ:

Русский - 73

Английский - 93

Порой мне кажется, что я на самом деле волшебник покруче Амаяка Акопяна.

Harry Potter. It All Ends.

 Well, I have to tell you the truth, it would be impossible for me not to mention anything about the last movie about Harry Potter. I think you all know that I mean "Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows. Part 2".

 I should start by saying that I was 5 years old when I got my first book about Harry Potter, "Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone". And since then I've been completely dissolved in the magic world every single time when a new book came out. I've read every book about that boy. First 5 of them I read in Russian, and then I started reading the last ones in their original language. Furthermore, I've watched every movie about that boy. So yeah, I guess you can call me the Harry Potter Generation kid. I was growing up and so did Harry. And today, on the 13 of July, as soon as the last movie came out in Russia, I went to a movie theatre with my mom to watch how it all ended. I cried several times during the movie, and I didn't care what "grown-up" people next to me were thinking about it.

And then, as I was walking out of the movie theatre, I had a feeling that I was saying good bye to a really important part of my childhood.

 Tomorrow I'm going to go to the HP 7 movie again. This time I will bring a couple of my "Harry Potter Generation" friends with me.

I. Am. Done.

Saransk, Russia

 Well, I'm finally done with state exams, and now I have tons of free time to travel. I'm going to go to Saransk for a couple of days tomorrow, and then I'm going to Moscow. In addition to that, I hope I will have some time to get to St. Petersburg with my friends this summer. 

 Hope you guys are doing great!

Tomorrow Will Be The End.

Tomorrow will be the day of the last State Exam for me. Tomorrow will be the end of me being obnoxious & nervous. After taking the State Exam in English tomorrow, I finally will be able to make plans for the rest of the summer. So ya, as you can see, I can't wait to take that test and be free!

BFFs :)

 Let's get back to the last weekend. After many people called me trying to wake me up, I finally got up around 3 pm. I met with a couple of my good friends in a restaurant, one of them was leaving on a 10 days trip to Greece, so it was a kind of farewell party :) Then one of my friends & I decided to go and watch the new comedy "Bad Teacher" with Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel & Justin Timberlake in a movie theater. Well, I have to say the movie was pretty hilarious, although it completely killed my love to Justin Timberlake. Oh, well.. The rest of the day we spent just walking down the streets in the center of the city, playing with children on a playground, and talking about everything in the world.

On a playground :)

 Today I woke up at 6:30 pm (I'm not going to lie, I do like to sleep in on weekends (: ) and found out that my mom prepared a lunch for me, which she hasn't done since I was like 5 years old; it was such a surprise for me. After that I cleaned the apartment, cooked supper & did some research about the upcoming exam. And now I'm writing this post thinking about wonderful time I will have after I will get done with all that "exam" stuff.
 Unfortunately I have to go now, because, as many people have already told me, I "need to get some sleep before the exam". Pshh.. Who needs sleep anyway?

 I hope you all are having great time!

Alexander Rybak - Song from a secret garden

Don't you think that this song gives the word beautiful a new meaning?

Bye-bye, June

 June passed by incredibly fast. It's so hard to believe, but only two weeks ago I was riding a bike around Corning and doing usual "american" stuff. I think I'm not going to be able to forget June 2011. It was a month when I met lots of wonderful people, traveled to interesting places, said "good bye" to some important people in my life, and came back home. Now is the time to remember great music which will always make me think of this wonderful June and will help my memories live longer.

  So, here we go, music of June'11:

1. Moby - Slipping Away
2. Ratatat - Loud Pipes
3. Roby Williams - Feel
4. Miike Snow - Animal
5. Regina Spector - Fidelity
6. Skrillex - Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites
7. Coldplay - The Scientist  
8. Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah 
9. Far East Movement - Rocketeer
10. Jefferson Airplane - Someone To Love
11. Enrique Iglesias feat. Ludacris - Tonight

ЕГЭшечка

 Всем привет!
 Я настолько рискованная особа, что сегодня, 4 июля, я зарегистрировалась сдавать ЕГЭ по 4 предметам. Да-да, сдавать ЕГЭ ахаха. Теперь мои планы на первую половину июля выглядят очень даже весело:

• 8 июля - русский язык
• 11 июля - английский язык
• 13 июля - литература
• 15 июля - история

  Более-менее спокойна я за ЕГЭ по английскому :) А в остальных все будет чистой импровизацией. Весело, не правда ли? Я решила, что раз я все равно смогу все эти предметы сдать еще раз в следующем году, то почему бы не попробовать сдать их в этом?
 It's always worth a try, isn't it?

Oh, and to all Americans, HAPPY INDEPENDANCE DAY!!! Hope you had fun celebrating the 4th of July!:)

Понедельник - день тяжелый

 Понедельник - день тяжелый, и хотя я пока не полностью это осознаю, завтра будет довольно сложный день для меня. Придется заставить себя встать с утра пораньше, чего я, честно признаться, уже давно не делала. А потом школа, интервью, иняз и головная боль. Зато вечер обещает быть приятным - еду в гости к тете и двоюродным братику и сестренке, который уже больше года не видела.
 Если вспомнить о событиях прошлой недели, то на ум приходит лишь то, что я перевстречалась с кучей людей, которых я давно не видела, прошла добрую половину верхней части Нижнего пешком, забыла поесть около 100500 раз, вляпалась в приключения, жила без интернета рекордное количество времени, съездила в Ульяновск, пережила малую часть культурного шока и провела тонну часов в магазинах выбирая то свет, то мебель, то одежду.
 Ах да, еще мне кажется, что я разучилась нормально писать по-русски. Да-да, привет, ЕГЭ по русскому!
 Надеюсь что у вас все хорошо!
 Всех люблю,
 Энастэйжа Настя.