MARINA SOKOLOVA

Humour.

-         What would you say to a new graduate?

-         Two lattes, please; to go.

My book.

I have completed the publication process. It took over a month for the second proof copy to arrive, because it got lost in the post. The printers kindly sent me a replacement with UPS. I reformatted and replaced the interior file since last time.

As you see, now it has page numbers :)

 

Since I had to replace one file anyway, I took the chance to mess with the cover as well, which was originally designed for me by a good friend of mine. I opened it in the photoshop and moved the text on the back a bit and also moved the title on the front. It was nice anyway, but now I like it even more.

Now:

Before: http://marinasokolova.com/2010/01/work.html

Within two weeks it should be available to buy from Amazon. Right now it can be bought here: https://www.createspace.com/3425174

Sexy babe of the month in my blog.

In real life: she is a reach famous singer and he is her toy-boy husband. Until he married up/to her he used to be striptease dancer and she met him at his work. Inspired by his seductive talent she wrote and published a book about male striptease. In Russian-speaking world International Women’s Day is big and always celebrated with at least small party with exchange of gifts. So when she was asked in one of the interviews what was the best present she ever got, she said that since he was born at 8^th March, he is the best gift she ever got. Aw, how sweet!

And this is their wedding:

And this is when she was much younger and still climbing the Olimp of music industry and been busy making her fortune:

Happy International Women’s Day!

Confetti.

This is a really boring British movie, which is totally worth watching because Robert Webb (who plays Jeremy in Peep Show) is completely naked for most part of the movie. Yep, you can see everything properly for long periods of time.

Also: Olivia Colman (who plays Sophie in Peep Show) plays another nudist in this film and you also get to see a lot of her.

But Robert Webb! Oh my eyes!

Latte art.

I have very mean thoughts lately.

We have a neighbour downstairs. According to the other neighbours she is in her 90s and doesn’t leave her room most of the time. I think she is deaf judging by the loudness of her TV, or radio, or whatever she listens to. Despite the fact that this building has very thick walls (for the UK that is - I mean they are actually solid and not those empty in between couple of layers of plasterboards like they tend to do nowadays in the UK), it is very loud. Of cause I understand that it is perfectly legal after 7, but nowadays she often starts making this noise at 6 am. Now, my question is: if you have been a pensioner for nearly half a century and don’t leave your room, why on earth do you need to get up at 6 am?

I also heard a gossip that the reason we have got quite a good price for this flat is that she drove out all the previous tenants by constantly calling the landlady and complaining about the noise. We are the first ones she is ok with. Now, she was quite deaf already when we moved in. So, what noise was she complaining about before us?

Normally, in the UK, in a situation like this I would simply write a neighbour a letter about his/her noise with dates, and times, and types of noise, and how it affects us. And normally they would write me back with their apology. But somehow I am afraid to write to this one about her noise. What if she is crazy and would get upset and would start constantly complaining about us too? Maybe she will die soon. Yes, I know – very mean thoughts.

Pink.

Winter olympic games.

I was watching the winter olympic games the other day. A bunch of silly dudes were polishing an icy surface with mops in front of some silly moving thingy. It occurred to me: how much spare time does one needs to waste to come up with these stupid games in the first place? And how much one needs spare time to waste in order to watch this silliness. I mean: I bet they don’t grab a mop at home and polish the floor with same vigour – which would have made so much more sense. Who, on earth, gives a sh*t whose silly thing moved on ice farther?! If I was a governor, I would have never given a penny for this stupidness.

And speaking of silliness: when is the last time a country made a profit from the olympic games? 80s something? Considering this, Russia with over a million homeless children in just a Moscow city alone made a really “wise” decision to spend tons of money one Sochi olympic games. Fa**ing fools!

Little dog Rozka.