Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.

AGAIN! I haven't been here for a really long time! but this time I have no excuses ;D I've just been lazy. So sorry for that. 

I'm not gonna write some story or something, just a few random things that have happened in my life this last month and I still have some debts left.

So here I go:

*First, I owe someone a book review. It's not going to be long, cause I think people are more attracted to short reviews. Otherwise they can simply read the book.

 
[The picture was taken from Haritha's blog]

"The New Death and others". Written by James Hutchings
 "44 short stories, 19 poems, no sparkly vampires."


"In the beginning of the world the gods considered all those things which did not have their own gods, to decide who would have responsibility and rulership.
"I will rule all flowers that are sky-blue in colour," said the Sky-Father.And so it went.
At last all had been divided, save for one thing.
"Who," asked the Sky-Father, "shall have dominion over the poor?"

There was a long pause. The gods shuffled their feet and avoided one another's gaze. At last a voice broke the silence.
"I will," said Death." 

I, personally, loved this one the most. 

Although the stories are really short, they get right to the point. Dark fantasy, weird, strange stories but with amazing everyday life irony. I don't usually read this kind of books. I'm not into fiction at all, even more DARK fiction. But that only made me more curious to read it. And I actually really liked this book. It didn't take much time to read it. [It took me this long to post a review cause I'm lazy-remember? ;D] The stories made me think about values of life, about myself, and it completely made me change my mind about many things.

So thank you James, for giving me this opportunity to read your book, write a review and actually find out something new about myself :)


*Now onto the next thing. A long time ago I received an email from Christine Chu. She told me about her idea to create a diet/fitness website/app. "For me, I think the problem with being healthy is motivation. It's an abstract, overwhelming goal. I think the best way to counter this is to have concrete, winnable games and small victories." said Christen. So the website is ready, and she asked me to put it on my blog. So here it is www.slimkicker.com

If any of you is interested, please take a look :) I think it's pretty interesting and her idea is amazing :)


*Now something about myself.

-Since the weather is finally AMAZING! I'm relaxing and enjoying every second I've left before the exams, who, btw, start on May 22.

So for now, I'm barbecuing, road-tripping [is that even a word?] and having fun. 


-I also missed my one year anniversary at blogger. Which was on April 5th. Since I didn't write a post about it ;D I'm just gonna say it now - I am beyond happy to be here. The last year has been a real journey, I've met some amazing people here and I hope we will stay friends for a long long time. And I really hope I get to meet you all one day :) Thank you for being so amazing :)

-I went to the school that I've chosen to study at. And I found out some interesting things and I'm now completely sure about what I'm gonna do and study. And this feeling is wonderful.

-And I've also started something completely new. I'm learning Norwegian. It is completely different from all the other languages I know and I love it :) If you're going to ask me WHY ARE YOU LEARNING IT? I can't answer you. I don't have a strict goal for it. I just wanted to do it, and I really like it :)


Well...that's about it. I've been quite busy, quite lazy, but mostly, I've been [and still am] Happy :) 

Have a wonderful day everybody :)
-B- 

18 comments:

  1. Great review and welcome back to blogger land, hopefully things become less busy.

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  2. I'm so glad your back kiddo! I've missed your cheery messages! My second book comes out in June! Yeah!!!!! I may be a little excited! :)
    Love your face!

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    1. I've missed you too, Melynda :) And congrats! two books - that's amazing :)

      Love you too :)

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  3. Wow, Norwegian? That's great - such a difficult language I think. I've tried Swedish, too hard for me... or rather the motivation wasn't there. Thanks for the review too - I love short stories! And a very Happy Bloggerversay! One year is fabulous. ;) x

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    1. It's not that bad. I'm learning Russian and that is terribly hard ;D I like Norwegian.

      and thanks :)

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  4. How many languages does that make now?

    I have a hard enough time with English!

    Luck to you on your exams....I know you will do well!

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    1. Only 4, actually ;D but I hope to raise that number :)

      thanks kt, you're awesome :)

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  5. Dear Baiba, . . . you are a wonder! Another language! How many do you speak now. I'm so glad that all is well and that your plans are in place for what you'll do next. And your review really made the book sound interesting. I suspect I'd learn a lot from it also.

    You are one fine and gracious and wonderful human being, Baiba!

    Thank you for stopping by my blog and commenting during April while I was busy pursuing my dream of moving back to Minnesota.

    Peace.

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    1. Thank you so much Dee, for these kind words. You are wonderful and amazing :)

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  6. Hey congrats on a year!. Not easy to do. Well done! And enjoy some road-tripping. Its a word for me! And something I love to do.

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    1. thanks. and yeah, I love it too even if it's not a word ;D

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  7. I skimmed a Norwegian language book before, the closest I've seen to it is German.

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    1. it's a mix between lot of languages ;D but yeah, German could be the closest.

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  8. Norwegian! You are sooo amazing and inspiring! :0)

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  9. Congratulations & welcome home!!

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  10. It's nice to see you. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Your review is very good. I tend to go on too long.

    Love,
    Janie

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