Barbora
21 November 2009 @ 02:05 pm
I'm going in for the kill...  
Okay, so I guess there's been enough whining in this journal to last at least a few more days, so it's time for smt different! :)

My LJ and RL friend [info]wierush (yes, RL friend on LJ, the horrors! lol) wanted to see some more pics of Marla the cat so here you go :) They've been all taken a week ago or so.





On another note, I'm going to the cinema today to see 'Antichrist' :) There's some festival of French movies, so they're showing each movie once only so I was kinda lucky to get tickets for this one. It'd better be good lol

Other than that, nothing too exciting happening in here.
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17 November 2009 @ 03:03 pm
'At' mír dál zůstává s touto krajinou...'  
Today it's exactly 20 years since the communist reign in Czechoslovakia ended and we became a democratic state. So that's why I don't have school and can procrastinate and watch House. Speaking of which, I loved the latest episode :) Speaking of the Velvet Revolution (fancy name, eh?) I guess I'm glad we don't live in communism anymore (now, not that I ever have, but that's beside the point) but I cannot say the political situation in here is much better. But I don't care about politics in general, so back to whining.

Sometimes it feels like I'll probably have to quit facebook. Or just go there much less than I do now. If you've read my latest post, you know why. If not, then just know that I'm a pathetic jealous creature. Initially, when I decided to make this post, I wanted to talk about that a bit more, but I've decided I won't bother you with my insecurities and make an even bigger ass of myself. So let's change the topic again.

Erm, driving lessons. I failed the practical exam again. Don't say that surprises you. However, this time, I didn't make any big mistake so the guy was just an ass. But I'm getting kinda tired of it, really. The next time will be the fifth and I'm not sure I wanna bother again. It's not like I need a driving license that much.

School's been okay. A lot of lessons were canceled lately so I didn't have to study much. However, I should look at Latin today, ew.

I wanted to post some new pics of Marla but I'm too lazy now. Maybe sometime later, if anyone would be interested.

So that's about everything that's going on in my life now. Yes, terribly exciting. Hope y'all doing much better <3

PS: to explain the title of the entry, it's in Czech obviously. A line from a famous song sung by a famous singer on the day of the Velvet revolution in Prague for thousands of people. The line roughly says 'Let peace continue with this country...' If anyone is interested, you can watch the video here 'Modlitba pro Martu' :) There's an english translation too.
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Barbora
15 November 2009 @ 04:30 pm
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You know, I hate myself for being insanely jealous of other people's lives.

The worst thing that can happen to you is to get a taste of what life could be like and then get thrown back into your own pathetic day to day reality.

And I hate myself for thinking that too.

I just plain hate myself, I guess.
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Barbora
15 November 2009 @ 12:46 pm
Not a proper update yet, but fun nonetheless (hopefully)  
stolen from [info]captainmarveljt

The first ten people to comment give me a request for a picture to be taken of something in my life.
Then those 10 people who requested photos have to post this same challenge in their own journal, with 1 additional rule (of their own choosing). The 10 people who comment on that entry, have to add ANOTHER rule of their own, and so on and so forth.

My rule....nothing super creepy. ([info]chickloveslotr)

My rule...that requires me to pack extra stuff for my trip ([info]rusted_halo)

My rule... nothing pervy ([info]captainmarveljt)

My rule... I don't have any, anything works ([info]barush )
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Barbora
07 November 2009 @ 01:40 am
Anyone interested in writing? :)  
Yeah, I know I haven't updated in ages (again) but I will soon :)

Anyways, I'm posting this to plug a lovely writing community [info]writing_weekly It's not about any specific fandom, so if you're interested, have a look :) It's currently being revived and a new prompt is up :)

That's all for now but I'll be back lol

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Barbora
11 October 2009 @ 03:11 pm
Picture yourself in a boat on a river, with tangerine trees and marmalade skies...  
You possibly cannot imagine my surprise, when, searching for some info on my homework to intro to literature, I stumbled upon 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' by Beatles on wiki and found out the poetic metre of the song was dactylic tetrametre. It made my day like a hundred times better, seriously. Sad, eh? Yeah, that's where I've ended up, counting syllables in English and Spanish poems, trying to decide if they're stressed or unstressed and if they follow some pattern. If so, then which? Iambic? Dactylic? Trochaic? Probably needles to say I've no clue most of the times. But, I have what I wanted so I'm supposed not to complain, right?

On another note, Marla is the sweetest little thing that exists :) Well, when she wants to be. She can also be a pretty mean, annoying cat. I don't care really, but she already damaged like 3 plants and my mother keeps making some crude comments like 'if she does it again, she goes'. I mean, come on, she'll do it again 'cause she's a stupid cat! The point is, I'm not sure if my mother would actually follow through with her threats, but I already know, after like a month, that I can't imagine not having her around. The cat, I mean. So every time I hear some angry shrieks I always anticipate that it'll be the last straw. Dunno what I'd do in that case.

Also, I got an email from my father on Friday. It was just a few lines, the usual 'what you've been up to blahblah' and then he just casually informed me that we won't be going to my aunt anytime soon 'cause she's been sick for a long time and thinks she has cancer. Oh and could I translate these two sentences to English for him? He's not sure about the articles. Okay, so... Wtf just doesn't cut it anymore. I mean, it's his sister for Christ's sake! And one of the very few relatives I actually love. So, I have no fucking clue what to write back to him.Or if I should call/write to my aunt, but she wouldn't tell me anything. So, I guess I'll just wait 'till somebody bothers to inform me she died, because it works like that in this family. Fuck.

But, to make this post not so whiny and pathetic, I've decided you all need to see my new bag which I bought the last time we were in Prague, like 2 weeks ago maybe. So, follow the cut if you want to :) 

( Cellophane flowers of yellow and green, towering over your head. )
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Barbora
05 October 2009 @ 08:38 am
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Okay, so I came to school today, before 8am no less, just to realize the first 2 classes were canceled. So now I'm sitting here in a public comp room with two hours on my hands and reading fanfic. I could probably study or smt. but I'm too lazy for that.

So, about school. After the 2 weeks I've had I can say it's not too bad. Not great, but not terrible either. There are classes I like and some that I know will be a problem probably (like phonetics, ew). English is better than Spanish so far, but only because my English is much (and I mean much) better than my Spanish, for one, and also, half the Spanish classes are essentially Czech grammar and linguistics. Now I'm waiting for history of Spain, which is also in Czech. But I don't really mind, 'cause at least I can understand it lmao

Also, I've met some nice people, girls mainly, as there's like 98% of girls in my classes lol Well, I don't wonder really.

So, I'll cut it short, as I've only limited time on the comp. Over all, uni has been okay so far. Good, but nothing life changing.

I'll post something more soonish, I don't wanna neglect my poor LJ anymore lol
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Barbora
19 September 2009 @ 02:43 pm
It's been so long (and I've been putting out fire with gasoline)...  
Okay, I know I've been a very bad LJer lately and I'm sorry :( I can't say I've been exactly busy, but there's been some stuff going on in RL. And I haven't been feeling too well either, but that's another story.

So, what's new. First, I'm going back to school on Monday, after 4 months of doing literally nothing! Apart from that, it's a university, so something totally new and different and... I kinda dunno what to expect. I have a timetable already (but it's a subject to change) so I know what classes I'll have and I can't say I'm really thrilled, but I guess I'll have to wait and see what it'll all be like. So, that's the end of the longest holidays in my life I guess. However, I must say, I've had a really great time during those 4 months (mostly) and I think I'm ready to go back to routine stereotype and exercising my brain again :)

Also, I failed my second attempt at the driving exam (surprise, surprise) so I'll have to try for the third time (and it might not be the last) at the end of September.

But, here it comes, the biggest news I have - I HAS A KITTY!!! =) Yes, really, no kidding, I have a cat! Long story short, my uncle persuaded us to take the last of their kittens (under the threat of just letting it go on its own somewhere if we didn't take it!). So it was a rather spur of the moment decision and here we are, with a little devil on our hands:) I have the bloody scratches to prove it! Really, she's cute and everything, but she can also be pretty wild and mean. But I guess that's a cat for you. Oh and not to forget - her name's Marla:) Yup, the Marla Singer from Fight Club:)

So, without further ado, I present you ( Marla the cat :)  )
So, I guess that's all from me for now:) But how you've all been? :) Feel free to rant or whatnot here, I wanna get up to date with y'all!
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Barbora
26 August 2009 @ 11:53 am
More later, but...  
I'm back from Athens and I gotta say it really sucks, 'cause I've had the most awesome time there. It was like a different world, so returning to reality which is not as awesome kinda hurts. Also, I miss [info]demetrelli  so fucking much :(  We got on better than I could have imagined.

Oh well. I guess I'm slowly getting used to the idea of being back here, sadly. I'd go back if I could :(
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Barbora
16 August 2009 @ 11:16 pm
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Okay, so, leaving to Prague early morning tomorrow and then Athens to meet my beloved [info] demetrelli. I just hope she won't hate me.

Today was weird, I cried a few times and felt odd. But, dunno, I'm a bit better now *knocks on wood/fingers crossed/pleasepleaseplease* So I hope, hope, hope it'll stay that way.

*knocks again*

Anyways, just wanted to tell you that I probably won't be around (much?) 'till next Monday or Tuesday.

So have fun here without me :) Love you all <33

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15 August 2009 @ 05:09 pm
I'm sorry but this is gonna be short...  
France was really, really, really, great. Really. I loved it. Definitely wanna go back. Who doesn't have facebook or we're not friends there - you should be able to see my pics here. Paris is really beautiful.

( Whining, you've been warned.  )

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Barbora
02 August 2009 @ 03:39 pm
You're gonna love this cryptic sound...  
I haven't updated for a while, but it's not like anything too exciting has been happening lately.

Alas, surprise, surprise, I didn't pass the practical part of my driving license exam. But that was expected. Dunno when I'm gonna try again, probably the end of August.

Also, I'm going to France (Paris mainly) on Tuesday with my friend. Not only the two of us though, it's a 'normal' sight seeing trip with a travel agency. I'm really looking forward to it, 'cause France is one of the European countries I haven't been to properly yet. I should be back on Monday the 10th, I think. And a week after that I'm going to Greece to bother the lovely [info] demetrelli :) However, my mother started to freak about that (admittedly, later than I expected), so I suppose the week before I go will be rather... interesting. Oh well.

And I've been tagged by </span>[info] seether_79 so here's a meme.

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PS: I can't be assed to correct the colour around the LJ user names. You'll have to deal with it.

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18 July 2009 @ 04:45 pm
HBP (possilble spoilers?)  
Just a quick note to tell you I've seen Harry Potter 6 already :) And... It wasn't as good as I expected, to be honest. Too much hype I reckon.

Loved Ron, but that's a given so... :) The scene with the love potion had me laughing out loud lol Well, the comedic aspect of the film was pretty awesome. And Severus was great too, so dark and dangerous *flails* And omg I even liked Draco. Actually, the movie made me like some characters that I'm not so fond of in the book.

Anyways, Harry and Hermione were rather pathetic in some scenes, sorry to say that. However, I admit I'm biased.

Oh and a question for anyone who's seen the movie. What happened between Ron sitting down to Harry and Ginny in the Burrow and then Remus, Bella etc appearing among the... grass during the Death Eater attack? 'Cause, you see, there was a break in the middle (so the kids can go pee and parents can buy more popcorn I assume), but when it started again it looked like there were a few minutes missing! The only scene with Remus too! grrrr However, I'm gonna see it again on Sunday (long story about me being pathetic and not able to say 'no'), so I hope the next time that won't repeat and I'll get to see a few seconds more of Remus *sigh*

Over all, I did like it, but I wasn't blown away or anything. Too much Dumbledore, too little Remus, almost nothing about the half blood prince, too disjointed... But I get the movie would have to be like 5 hours to fit everything in. Oh well. I'm positive I'll like it better the second time and when I finally SEE IT IN ENGLISH!! *headdesk* Yes, it was dubbed. No, no original version is available here as of now. Some of the Czech voices were terrible, especially Ginny, her voice made me cringe so much, ouch. So I guess I'll wait 'till I'm able to get my hands on the DVD and see it in original and then I'll definitely make up my mind about it.

If anyone wants to share their thoughts feel free to, I wanna know what others think! :)

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17 July 2009 @ 12:47 pm
Can you really see all the stitches?  
Hey! Yeah, I'm back and alive :) The festival was awesome, probably the best out of the 3 years we've been to so far. I think I've fallen in love with Jamie Cullum too, he was beyond adorable and the show was really entertaining. I've posted some pics on facebook so the ones who have friended me might have seen them. If anyone is interested in being my fb friend just leave a comment or smt lol But I'm not the most interesting person.

The only thing that sucked was that I didn't get to meet Kat again, meh. Some other time maybe? lol

Also, I'm now officially a university student.  I've some issues with the timetable but I don't feel like rambling now.

And because I haven't done any meme in ages, here is one stolen from [info]         demetrelli 

( The sky above is full of scars  )


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08 July 2009 @ 08:00 pm
Faint voices keep digging in my brain...  
First of all, THANK YOU to everyone who commented on my last post. You're seriously the best f-list one can have <33 Sorry I didn't  reply, but I was kinda overwhelmed with gratitude that all I wanna say is 'thank you' anyways <33

Tomorrow I've got this registration thing at the university, so I'll officially become a student again = ) The school year doesn't start 'till September though.

Also, my mother's currently in Germany with her friend on some kind of sightseeing holiday =) So that means I'm home alone. But not for long, seeing as tomorrow I'm going to a music festival with my friend. It's called Colours of Ostrava and this is the third time we're going there. So I should  be pretty excited and all, right? Instead, though, I'm currently on a verge of a panic attack. I can barely type this. I kinda know why. And I hope the thing I'm so anxious about won't be an issue. No, it won't, for sure *chants* Gosh. I think I'm gonna take this mild sedative we have and do something to take my mind off it. Typing it helped a bit too.

Um, okay. Sorry for another whining post.

Talk to you on Monday when I get back from the festival :)

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25 June 2009 @ 11:30 am
I want to split into pieces, you're dragging me down...  
So, now that I have all the possible results from all the universities I've applied to, I can say that finally I know what I'll be doing the next year. So officially I'm gonna stay in Olomouc (I live here, if anyone doesn't know) and study English and Spanish philology. Honestly, I don't know if it was the right choice, but I guess I'll see. If not, then I'll do something else.

However, I'm kinda tired of listening to everybody asking me "why didn't you choose law/international relationships/economics?", "what are you gonna do? everyone speaks English!" or "that sucks that you're staying at home, right??"  I wish they'd just stop it. Honesty, nobody (in RL, which is kinda sad) told me I'd made the right choice. Not my parents, not anyone from my little extended family, none of my friends. They either think I've taken an 'easy way out', because lawetcetc is too difficult and languages are oh so easy, or they're sure I'm not intelligent/talented/courageous enough to study something 'meaningful'. You can probably guess how that makes me feel.

Sorry for the rant, but I just had to get it out.

On another note, driving lessons are still terrible. Today I've almost started to cry, but managed to restrain myself. I cannot fucking wait 'till it's over.

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23 June 2009 @ 09:19 am
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If I never drive again, I can die happy.

This is officially the dumbest idea I've ever had. Or my mother, for that matter, since it actually wasn't really my idea. Well, whatever, I'll be the one in a million that doesn't have a driving license. And so what?

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15 June 2009 @ 11:19 pm
Next time, next time, next time we can talk about it  
I've been away for a while - my net wasn't working. Again. It's okay now. Well, as okay as it gets anyways.

So what's new? Did I miss anything?

I probably haven't told you that I was accepted to the uni in here, English+Spanish. And I guess that's where I'm gonna study the next year, even though it means I'll stay at home. But one can't have everything, right? I'm still waiting for the results from Brno, but I'm fairly decided already.

Also, I officially hate driving. It just keeps getting worse and I'm kinda growing tired of it. Probably because I have no real desire to have a driving license and it was my mother who talked me into it. I've a feeling that the instructor is getting frustrated with me too. Well, I don't wonder.

Also, I need to write a fic, but I haven't written anything in a few months so that's probably gonna be a disaster.

Oh well. Nothing really new in here. So, later I guess.
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08 June 2009 @ 11:41 am
They keep calling me, keep calling me, catastrophe, catastrophe...  
So, after 2 hours of driving a car (or rather trying to), I think I'll be the person, who, if they ever get a driving license, won't be able to drive a car on their own. I cannot imagine driving by myself, he needs to tell me every single thing and frankly, I don't mind. Yes, it's that bad. I'm completely hopeless. The instructor thinks so too, even though he didn't tell me in so many words. But still. Well, at least I can say I tried. However, who knows, maybe I'll miraculously get better lmao

Also, I *think* that the results of the entrance exams here in Olomouc should be published today or tomorrow so I'm totally not checking the site every 5 minutes... lol But usually, when I'm this nervous about something, it  doesn't go well. I guess I'll see soon enough though.

Tomorrow at 7.45am (meh) another hour of attempting to drive. I cannot say I'm looking forward to it.

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03 June 2009 @ 06:24 pm
What a creepy dream, I cut my fingers off...  
So, it's official now, my best friend didn't get in to any university. If I should be perfectly honest, I was afraid this might happen, but didn't want to say anything. Well, now I can :( She sent just 3 applications (I know people who had 9. I had 6.), all of them for history of art or arts in general, where usually a lot of people apply and they accept just a small fraction of them. She's not stupid or anything, but the tests are those of 'general knowledge' only, nothing else, and they're really, really difficult. Oh well. I've no clue what she's gonna do next year.

Anyways, the English/Spanish tests were rather difficult, more so in Brno, so I'm afraid I really might end up in Prague after all. Well, I guess I'll know for sure in a few weeks.

Also, I have my first driving lesson tomorrow afternoon! Like, really attempting to drive an actual car. I doubt it'll happen though, as I've no clue which pedal is which or even where to stick the key to start the car, but that's what they should teach me lol But anyways, my first time attempting to drive, omg! lol I dunno if I'm more excited or apprehensive. The latter, I guess.

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