Perfect World

Posted by Marina on Mar 15, 2011 in Life | 1 comment

When I was younger growing up in Russia, I had this ideal, almost naive, view of the world where good always defeats evil, everything is fair, everybody is perfect and eventually finds their true love.

This view was partially shaped by the books I read in high school (“Crime and Punishment” etc.), teaching methods in school at that time (We were encouraged to strive for perfection) and because of my overall sheltered childhood.

I wish I was a Cat

Posted by Marina on Jan 23, 2011 in Featured, Life | 7 comments

I was reading today yet another love yourself self-help type of article advertising “Conversation with Self: Embrace Yourself” book, and I thought to myself – Why do we need so much literature teaching us on how to be happy? Why do we need a reason to be happy?

God, I wish I was a cat or a dog, or some other creature that doesn’t have to look in the mirror every day and talk itself into loving self”.

Why do we keep ourselves busy?

Posted by Marina on Oct 18, 2010 in Life | 4 comments

My last week was pretty busy. So I was looking forward to the weekend and was planning to take Sunday off. My plan was to do absolutely nothing. Well, I was going to go for a run and maybe read a book that I wanted to read for a long time. Instead, I didn’t relax at all and ending up washing windows all day.

So why do we keep ourselves busy at all times?

Home Alone

Posted by Marina on Jul 22, 2010 in Life | 4 comments

My mom seems to be giving up on the idea of seeing her grandchildren any time soon, so she surrounded herself with a kitten and a puppy this year.

She never had a dog before, so I was worrying about how she’ll handle the challenge of raising a dog. She is already complaining that Pushok, her new puppy, is not listening to her and is terrorizing her cat.

Good Use for Yellow Pages

Posted by Marina on Dec 29, 2009 in Featured, Life | 9 comments

I came across these articles recently “The Yellow Pages – Who Wants Those Things?” and “More Evidence That Yellow Books are Dying”. There was a list of 16 once-common items, that were made obsolete in 2000s, and the phone books were mentioned at number12. Author was also saying that phone books are now used to start fires and as doorstops. Well, that reminded me of how I used Yellow Pages this summer.