British accent Recently I was watching a blog of a British girl Jade Joddle, and I've fallen in love with her accent. I would be glad to speak the same though I know it's impossible.A person must live for a long time in Britain to have the same accent. But still I want to try.

The summer is lost In some regions of Russia there is a joke: this summer was extraordinary - hot and sunny, and matched with the weekend.I've been living in Saint-Petersburg for eight or nine years, but this is the first summer that perfectly matches this joke. It's constantly raining, temperature is about 16-18 degrees, windy and wet. I don't like too much heat but now I'd like to move to any region with sun, even to Africa!

Middle-age crisis

Do you think women have a middle-age crisis? And in what age?

 

Borsch Today my friend is coming, so I cooked a beet-root soup caled borsch. Almost everyone consider it's a traditional russian meal but actually it's ukranian.There are a lot of different recipes of borsch, I prefer with chicken. I like cooking, but now my kitchen is a bloody mess)) Which cuisine do you prefer and why?

Rituals Some days ago my husband and I went to the supermarket store to buy food and home supplies. We go there every week, but sometimes my husband goes alone with a shopping list. And near that market there is a bit of the road, that should be repaired - with holes and cracks. And every time we go through that bit my husband says that "it looks like after bombing", and I agree with him every time. That's become some kind of ritual. I'm interested if he repeats this when he's driving alone. And what kinds of funny or odd rituals do you have?

Muse in Saint-Petersburg Hi everyone! I want to share with you with my happyness. This Sunday me and my husband went to a Muse concert! They were headliners of Greenfest - beer festival. This was incredible! I love Muse so much, I know all their songs, they are great and I've seen them alive! I've listened their music alive! If there are fans of Muse here on Italki, they'll understand me)

No, that's not the end! Hi, people, you know, I've discovered very strange thing: when I try to talk to someone (even in my native language), it's very hard for me to keep up the conversation. I can'f find proper words and sometimes say something really stupid or odd, and often such conversations end up in awkward pause, and I swear to myself that I'll never ever open my mouth again. But at this moment my head is so FULL with thought, ideas and words that it seems to blow up! I just can't shut up (figuratively, of course, I'm not SUCH odd), I want to discuss everything with everyone! What's up with me, people?

Ok, that's my first entry I've never had any blogs, or something... I'm not used to share my thoughts and emotions, I'm a rather closed person. Some people can say I am an introvert... maybe they're right, because right now it's very difficult to me to sit in front of computer and to write something anyone can read. Deep breath... calm down... So, a little about me: I am 30 years old, though if you ever hear my voice you can think that you're talking to a little girl (and that's one more reason of my shiness... or shyness... whatever). I like traditional women subjects like kniting (hi, grandma!), cooking (oh, I really like it!). But also I play computer games (I don't have any consoles - I'm too old for this shit - so for me it's computer games), especially RPG (Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Tomb Rider etc.). I like music - if there are no cartoons in my TV than there is VH1. My favourite is Muse, and this Sunday we (me and my husband) are going to their concert. Ok, enough for today, I don't want to reveal all my secrets during the first day on italki. Bye!