Oh, fuck it.

(noun) An untranslatable Norwegian word, gjensynsglede is described as the feeling of joy, anticipation, love you experience when you are about to meet someone you haven’t seen in a long time. (via wordsnquotes)

“Rebel” Acrylic and gouache on Rives BFK mounted on wood panel 9″ x 12″ Here’s my piece inspired by Princess Leia for Gallery 1988’s Star Wars: Art Awakens gallery show and charity auction, a collaboration between Gallery 1988, Disney, LucasFilm, and Bad Robot. Pieces in the show will be auctioned off for charity on eBay on Friday, November 13th. If you’re in Los Angeles, you can see the artwork in person on Saturday and Sunday (November 14th and 15th) from 11am–10pm at Gallery 1988 (West). Find out more info here and support a good cause!

When you wake up late. When you procrastinate. When you fail yourself. When you fail others. When you can’t leave the house. When you’re late paying bills. When you don’t have a job. When you’re failing in school. When you’re not pleasing your parents. When you hurt yourself. When you hurt others. When you lie to yourself. When you lie to others. When you love the wrong person. When you make the same mistake. When you feel defeated. When you lose your temper. When the last time turns into a time again. When you cheat yourself. When you’re not good to yourself. When you don’t have a plan. When you feel hopeless. When you hate yourself. When you’re impatient. When you tell yourself to give up. When you stop believing in yourself. When you lose faith. When you doubt yourself. When you forget to say I love you.

cause all of the cooing and “I understands” dry the fuck up as soon as being triggered and not wanting to have sex happens when the other partner wants to have sex.

and the “you should have told me” turns into “why are you rejecting me, I am not them”

a sexual assault survivor being triggered/ not wanting to have sex is not “Blaming/ punishing you for what other people did” or projection.

 It is harmful enough to know what people think of survivors without having your significant other drag you through the mud for not wanting to have sex.

If you are self-studying Russian, congrats! It’s a gorgeous language of an interesting culture in which many great works were written!

FOR THE LANGUAGE:

the alphabet is not as scary as you think!  do note, however, that russians typically write with the script (learn how to write ) and read in the print (here (song)). practice–write the entire alphabet out 5 times or more. here is the sandwich menu for McDonald’s in Russia–sound out the words; most of them are cognates. type in Russian with a phonetic keyboard here.

follow blogs like russiangrammar for any grammar advice you need!

buy the AMAZING 5000 Russian Words (2) book–it has 5000 words with conjugation/declensions AND stress, so you can pronounce them! Also has handy grammar charts and tips in back!

the best website resource i’ve seen by far is this. it has audio (!!!!!), vocab, lessons, and grammar tables. it’s great.

FOR THE CULTURE:

don’t skimp out on this! russian culture is interesting–it’s neither western nor eastern due to many centuries of what was essentially isolation.

bucknell university, tell us about russian history! nice thanks

here are traditions, so you don’t make a fool outta yourself! note on how to say good luck before a test – “ни пуха ни пера!”– it’s telling someone “neither down nor feathers” i. e., “I hope you fail.” the response is “ К чёрту!” which I believe means “Go to the Devil!” –basically the Russian version of “To Hell with that!”

want to watch the cutest cartoon in the world?  there you go

there are many many important writers, but here are some resources where you can read:

dostoevsky (2)

tolstoy (2)

chekhov

gogol 

pushkin

turgenev

andreyev

artzybashev

russian poetry

moscow news

i’ll leave you with some ways to become more russian (gopnik tbh) for all of you

clothes - tops, bottoms

exercise 

inspiration / wiki page