Updates

Sorry for the rather unoriginal title. What can I say? There hasn't been that much going on. Students from Klin are planned to visit Cheboksary later today, so there are a few optional camp activities lined up for the weekend, but I don't know if I'll be allowed to attend all of it or if I am supposed to stay at home/school. I would be overjoyed if we went on the Kazan excursion on Saturday. There has been some news though; I watched and completed my first Twilight movie ever. The recent filrm had almost no action, and way too much over-exagerrated love scenes. At least it was an educational experience watching it in Russian. Thanksgiving is coming up. I hope the Americans will celebrate it together. And this Sunday is Mother's Day in Russia, but I don't know why it's not a very popular/celebrated holiday. Perhaps it's a rather new holiday.

Oh. And the snow in town is wonderful. I love the white clean flakes. It's much easier to walk through Cheboksarian snow than those in Lyantor. The streets are cleared every so often. Sadly though, it will get colder here than in Siberia, because we have a humid winter due to the proximity to the Volga River. So far, it already feels colder than the Siberia's dry taiga climate. I will have interesting stories to tell about Winter in January and February I believe.

Fire and Ice

By Robert Frost

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

This poem does not make up for the lack of posts, but I felt that it is rather suiting to the situation, or at least the weather here.

Need to catch up

We came back from Siberia on 11/11/11 at 11am to Kazan by train. Then we had a long bus ride from Kazan to our town. The fall camp was a brilliant experience, which totally was worth the long voyage. Back in town, I am a bit sad that I hardly have Internet access. At school the majority of websites are blocked, so that I cannot even work on college paperwork and contact much people back in America. At the house, I have my laptop, but I cannot go online for very long. I feel a bit upset about this all, because I cannot complete my work with Mochi Mag. There are so many tasks that need to be done, and I am frustrated for not being able to finish everything. What ever happened to being on top of things, and super responsible? 

In addition, homesicknesss does not help to this fact. I miss the freedom of going out and being in charge of college coursework. Friends and family of course; I don't mind the physical distance, just the conversations. I want some downtime, some idle time to think, reflect, create art, where I can be be alone for a while. I realize that this post sounds rather gloomy, but I am sure things will be better later. I will need to find some sort of acceptance to my surroundings. I want to feel productive and industrious, not simply completing busy-work. That might be what I miss the most?