subtle hypocrisy

insane hour

2010-03-21T03:47:00.001+08:00

hello
my week of spring break is ending! sadly, i wasted my week doing mediocre things like staying up all night and then sleeping all day, the next day. i feel like i've achieved nothing at all, but whatever

the weather lately has really been warming up! i'm getting a sense of summer and i love it! i love winter (especially when it consists of snow!) but after having to lug around a big, heavy winter jacket the difference when you're NOT wearing it outside is incredible! you feel a lot better about yourself too ;)

to spice up my life i did audition for the WOSS Fringe Festival. and by audition i mean have to totally memorise a monolouge and then perform it in front of a panel of about 15 people! it was so nerve wracking but apparently i did a good job.. so i got a role! there are about 9 different plays, each consisting of about 4 or 5 people who act in each one and i got a role as "tv woman" in 'captive audience'. this is a small play so i doubt you've heard of it, good reader. but, i am excited!

currently i'm craving a decent camera. and by decent i mean professional one. when i take photos now (no matter what my subject is) i cringe at the grainyness of it all! and okay, i'm not pro or anything like that at taking pictures but i definately enjoy it so why not do it?

tomorrow i will be going out to some restaurant with a shitload of other Russians to celebrate some family member's birthday from my stepmums side. normally, i tend to avoid any family gathering especially when they include people i don't know who are 40 years older than me but i figured i might as well party hard with the rellies. no, not really. but yes. that will be fun.

anyway, to add a little colour to this post i will include some pictures of recent life & times: (to see full size just click each thumbnail.. i had to do this to avoid it ruining my page as the photos are so damn big!)

this is a picture of my little brother Edward being cute (he's 3)

yum! here's some sweets from a candy store in Toronto which is where I went on st. patricks day on wednesday!

(don't worry, i didn't buy anything... sadly :(

here is my other brother Albert and myself. he is 7 years old

i got into the mood the other day and photographed some pictures of flowers and this picture isn't too bad (damn mediocre digital cameras)

alright, so i'm thinking i should go to sleep, well at least try to considering it's close to 4am (i live on the edge durr)

goodnight faithful reader,
Polina

Horseshoe Valley Resort

2010-02-22T23:34:00.002+08:00

Hello all
Yesterday I went cross country skiing in Barrie. I enjoy skiing and I enjoy snow, so obviously I had a good time, irregardless of the fact that I went with my Dad. When sitting down to take a break from the 'intense' workout (bah) I decided to make this gif.

Snowheart ♥
While viewing these pictures on the computer, I was reminded of how better photos are when taken in natural sunlight with no flash. Spring is on its way and I'm eager to give my camera a decent workout this year :)

Polina.

P.S. Yes, I realise that this is a pretty cheesy post. Oh well, you love it ;)

Comm. Tech summative

2010-01-20T11:48:00.002+08:00

Here is my 4th and final video I have made for Comm. Tech - worth 30% of my grade. Let me know what you think.

As always, if the above video doesn't load, you can check it out at this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCoEzqRQx44

I have three upcoming exams this semester. Math is on Friday, then next Monday and Tuesday I have Chemistry and English. Not too phased about them, just worried about passing Math!
Wish me luck!

Polina

hello, snow

2010-01-06T23:10:00.001+08:00

here are a few pictures of snow taken from inside my bedroom - apologies for the shoddy photos, i was too cosy inside to go outside in the subzero temperature!
this week school has started up again and i haven't had a moment to relax yet! exams are coming up in a few weeks which marks the end of semester 1. so much to do, so little time..
(get ready for some massive photos! all thanks to photobucket, i wasn't liking how small the photos were when i just directly uploaded them onto each post)

in the spirit of Christmas..

2009-12-25T17:26:00.003+08:00

Today was literally the most boring Christmas I have ever had, which is super disappointing as it was my first here in Canada. on the bright side, i recieved a tripod which was good because now I have a stand so I can take better/more pictures.

It didn't even snow either! the heavens opened up at about 2pm and it rained for several hours. I guess rain is more exciting than nothing. Even though this is hypocritical because when I was in Australia I was always complaining about the intense summers, I have to admit I kinda miss wearing a dress whilst eating seafood at Christmas.

Tomorrow morning my family is off to a resort to go do various winter activities like skiing. I will not be joining them though because I am a lazy bastard who likes to sleep. Plus, I'm not down to spend 3 days with my family in such a close proximity while doing corny, boring family activities.
Chelsey's coming over tomorrow night anyway, and whoever else wants to. No point trying to organise anything definite; I've come to discover that Canadians are a fan of the last minute plans.

Last weekend I actually went skiing for my first time ever! My dad and I (cringe) drove 1.5 hours to Horseshoe Valley (which is in Barrie, ONT) for some cross-country skiing. It was quite enjoyable even though it was extremely difficult for me to climb the hills; I had to keep taking off my skiis and just walk up it! I must've fallen down like 10 times once at the top of the hill but admittedly a few of those times were on purpose. Falling down in a mound of soft, fresh snow is so fun!

I just had the realization that half of my winter break from school is already over. Oh dear god, that means I'll have to start thinking about doing my homework and study. I'm so not down to go back to school because we have our summatives (final assignment which is worth 10% of our mark) and then we prepare for our exams which are at the end of Janurary! eeep! I wish I had a break after exams but here in Canada, exams go on for one week, then we get a 4 day weekend and immediantly jump back into schoolwork by beginning semester two the following Tuesday! I don't know how I'm going to deal. Stress sucks.

Anyway hopefully your Christmas was more enjoyable than mine.
-Polina
P.S Thanks to all who comment on my posts! I appreciate every one!

my video

2009-12-16T22:03:00.001+08:00

Okay, so for Communications Technology we had to shoot a video of an "action sequence".
Below is the video which I made, hope you like it!

and if it doesn't load, check it out at this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owcyepmxdkQ

Polina.

i want to..

2009-12-07T23:24:00.004+08:00

write down EVERYTHING in the world but then you will read it.
i think that i should use the 'private' option to good use some time in the future because i have so much to say.
so much to do
so much to contemplate
so much to consider
so much to dream of
but i don't want the world to know
but then again i do
what do i want?

there is one thing i am sure that i want more of
and it's illegal
what is going on with me

what am i doing here
what do i want

i want to be happy
talk to me. i'm still the same
i think
maybe not.
goodnight. time to shut up.
i miss you

nine and half days to go before i can do anything, anything, ANYTHING
(i wish)

p.s. it snowed today for the first time. it was beautiful and i loved it and i hope it happens again soon but i need to get a winter coat and some boots but i can't be bothered so can you please get them for me but make sure they fit and look pretty because i like pretty things.

cold wind

2009-12-04T11:56:00.000+08:00

It's the long weekend! Finally! So I just thought I'd spend a little bit of my Friday morning posting a blog as soon I'm off to Chelsey's to hang out.

Today is December 4th, which means there is 9 and a half more school days before we have a 2 week winter holiday break for Christmas and the New Year.

Christmas approaching again is so surreal to me because it's so cold! A normal Christmas for me is for it to be 35 degree weather, wearing a dress (provided that we leave the house of course, if I'm staying in, fuck changing out of my pajamas!) and eating seafood. The past year went by so quickly as well. It's amazing all that's happened.

Right now I am on a snow countdown. For almost every day of this week, google has told me that it's supposed to snow here in Oakville and every day I get disappointed when it doesn't snow. A good example is today; It's currently 0 degrees, yet outside it's clear and bright and resembling a sunny day. I shouldn't wish for it to happen as countless people have told me how overrated it is and that once it starts to snow, it literally doesn't stop : o

Have a great weekend and don't do anything that I'd probably do.

Polina

welcome to the working week

2009-11-20T22:00:00.002+08:00

In Communications Technology, one of the four classes I am taking this semester, we were all given a script of a scene with the specific instructions of filming the scene and later on, editing it. I thought it might be interesting to my lovely readers to see what goes on in one of my classes, so here is Samar's video (Stefan and I were just the actors for his film.. everyone had to shoot and edit their own video). Enjoy!

Notice me not having a school uniform? Oh, and obviously this video is awesome! Samar is pro at Comm. Tech.

My own video has not been 100% completely edited yet.. depending on how well it ends up turning out, I MIGHT post it on this blog next week. MIGHT.

Oh yeah, today we all got our Midterm Report Cards (how American, right? Turns out it was on a sheet of paper.. maybe I'm stupid but I was expecting it to be on an actual card : ( Anyway, I'm quite pleased with my results; 80 in English & Chem, 78 in Comm. Tech.. and a 60 for Specialist. I just need to figure out whether or not I should up my game for Maths seeing as I haven't really made the effort in it. I'm just sooo damn l a z y. 60% is still good though.. right??

Have a great weekend to all, even if you're stuck inside studying for your exams. SUCKERSSSSSSSSSSSSS :D
ILY.

P.S If the video above does not load, you can just watch it at this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT6GStI_LnE

ain't she sweet

2009-11-19T21:25:00.003+08:00

There is a group on Facebook called "I Knew That Song Before It Was Popular". Finding out about this group prompted me to post todays blog.

Ignoring the obvious fail at proper capitilisation of this title, I will skip straight to the point - WHO THE FUCK CARES IF YOU KNEW OF A SONG BEFORE IT TURNED MAINSTREAM?

Listening to what you consider "Underground" music on triple J, for the sole purpose of seeming "cool" because you knew the song before it was popular does not make you cool and it doesn't make your taste in music superior. You are one person out of thousands who knew the song 3 months before everyone else; just because you do not personally know the thousands of others does not mean they do not exist. On this Facebook groups wall, you post the song or band that you knew 'before it was popular'. A lovely irony of this group is how you see multiple people posting the SAME SONG AND BAND. This perfectly illustrates my point of how you are 1 in thousands of others.

I don't understand how you can feel possesive of a band. One of the sole purposes music is made is to create a profit. Bands want to earn the most money possible so they WANT to be popular. How do you get money? From fans who will buy your song on iTunes (or in store - but who really buys CD's these days?), see your show or pay for the merchandise. If you claim to LOOOOOOOOOVEEEEEEEEEEE the band as much as you say you do, wouldn't you want them to last for as long as possible in the music industry so wouldn't YOU encourage the song to be popular?

If you're one of the people who do this, I strongly suggest that you get over yourself.

Love love, Polina.

; )

Oh, btw sorry for the rage guys, I seriously needed to get this out.. been thinking about it for a like a year. No lie.

buddha

2009-11-15T22:27:00.000+08:00

Holding onto anger is like grasping hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else;

you are the one getting burned.

favourites from the 80's

2009-11-08T06:19:00.009+08:00

Uncle Buck

Dirty Dancing

The Blues Brothers

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

The Breakfast Club

Back to the Future

Recent happenings

2009-11-02T17:33:00.001+08:00

Pretty green dressHalloween decorations!

Maths homework

Autumn

Leaves

Here in Canada, Orange juice comes in cans =O

Nature - surprisingly good quality picture considering it was taken on my mobile.

Have a great week everyone!

-Polina

you're so cute when you're slurring your speech

2009-10-09T11:49:00.003+08:00

The temperature is dropping rapidly..

watch out for the dangers ahead

2009-10-08T08:23:00.003+08:00

This is not the sound of settling.

the lazy blogger returns

2009-09-01T11:48:00.004+08:00

So, clearly I'm not much of a blogger, but I figured I should probably update this and keep my whole 3 subscribers happy.

In the space of almost 2 months I haven't done much. Oh, aside from moving countries. Which wasn't much of a secret. If this is the first time you've heard of my departure from the South Hemisphere then congrats, you officially live under a rock.

Canada is nice enough. The food and drink is cheap but everything else is expensive. The other day I saw a vending machine offering cans of coke for 75 cents. My jaw dropped. {Obviously I'm not shaken easily...}

Today was the last day of Summer, which lasted for 12 days for me as I arrived on the 19th of August. Instead of a stinking-hot Australian summer this year, I get to have a snowy Christmas, which I'm looking forward to, despite Sandra's warnings of how overrated snow is.

I start school next tuesday, year 11 to be precise, which will be 'fun', because I graduate like 6 months after everyone else does back in Perth. My father is basically forcing me to take hard subjects which I will probably barely pass but eh, whatever. Daddy knows best. FYI - That last sentence was dripping in sarcasm which you wouldn't understand unless you know the man.

A few days ago I downloaded Stumble. Why didn't anyone tell me how bloody great this toolbar is? And no, I'm not interested in the porn pages, calm down. I definately recommend getting Stumble, if you haven't already. It has kept me busy dury these fairly boring past few weeks. Despite how difficult school is going to be this upcoming year, I am looking forward to learning as I haven't excercised my brain since March.

This blog is obviously briefly skimming over several random things. I can't be stuffed writing 500 words about one single topic. Maybe next time I post, which will probably be next Feburary. Kiddddddding.

My final week of holidays will most likely consist of clothes shopping, not unpacking (haven't done so yet! Proud?), pretending to read the educational books Father expects me to read, eating m&ms, stumbling and being in the company of my Russian Grandmother whose English is quite fail which is so unbelievebly frustrating. Sigh. My bedroom is my escape from her numerous attempts of trying to get involved in my life and having deep and meaningful conversations. I'm clearly not interested, but she's persistent. "I don't know" are the most common words uttered out of my mouth lately, in response to the intrusive questions I am asked. Sif will suddenly trust someone, even if she's family.

On a brighter note, a few nights ago we went to IKEA to get me some furniture for my room. I love it all! My bed is the best; Queen sized, with a stylish black bed headboard and a striped patterned doona & pillows. How sad that I get so excited by a new bed and linen. Which leads me to the question; What is your favourite piece of furniture in your bedroom? Lame question I know, but whatever, surprise me :)

Anyway, I'm out.
Have a great week everyone.

welcome to blogger.com

2009-07-11T08:31:00.002+08:00

O hai guise.

I actually made myself a blog and firstly I'd just like to point out how it was totally NOT "surprisingly easy to do" as said by Jordan. Fuckin' sif. First, I had to think of a creative link for this blog, in addition to a crafty title. The title was easy, I admit that, but the link part took a truly heinous amount of time. I even got out the iPod and flicked through the song title list for inspiration but sadly, everything I attempted was already taken, so I thought of something that I knew people would not think of..

French!

Thus, I decided on "tu es folle". Before you ask (Yeah, cos I'm totally gonna get spammed on this blog), the translation is "you are crazy/mad", and it's just a simple little phrase I learnt from my year 10 French teacher - Ms Theodoseaosdokdslkflsd. Her last name almost owns my own, almost.

Moving on, we're currently almost halfway through term 2 holidays which is great. Well, the idea of it is. I'm just getting realllly sick of that faggot host on "Ready Steady Cook". He constantly interrupts the chefs when they're in the middle of explaining the cooking methods, which is fucking stupid of him because derp it's a cooking show and we want to learn about cuisine, not be distracted by one of your idiotic jokes and then moving the attention of the audience elsewhere, he flirts shamelessly with married women who are too polite to tell him to gtfo and just everything he says irritates me to no extent. I would probably turn the television off if it weren't for the fact that there's nothing else on.

You know who else interrupts people when they're speaking? Rove McManus. I was watching his show last week for basically the first time in 2 years and he kept doing it to his guests he was interviewing. It was so annoying.

Sorry if this post makes me look like an angry, easily irritated teenager, but everyone has a pet peeve. What's yours?
Ireallyhopesomeonepostsareply.