Confused and brainwashed.

[avrelia]

Yep, that's me – as of now. I have no recollections of what I was going to do when return from Moscow, I have no idea what to do next, and then after it. Moscow seems unnaturally close every time I return to Canada from Russia. Although I forgot to buy some stuff I wanted to, didn't manage to go to some places I planned, and have no idea when I will be able to accomplish all this.

Internet wasn't accessible at my parents' home – due to decrepit communication lines – which was a pity as I had many beuatiful thoughts in this two weeks, and I am not sure I will remember any of them now. Of course, I could have just written them down, but no, we, the real heroes are not looking for the easy ways, we are looking for the most difficult, roundabout ones...

To my after-travelling confusion I added the weird feeling of being totally brainwashed by MS Windows. My husband changed our computer to Linux, and I feel very lost with all the different stuff. It is not worse, it is just different, I look at it and mourn my comfortable Windows corner – with pretty things, with Adobe Photoshop that I still have hope to learn, with its sense of normality... Brainwashed, I am.

And how can I edit pictures now? How?

Things are not that bad – I still have a lot of chocolate candies and the cranberry liquor, and will survive – definitely. Plus, tomorrow we are going to the birthday party and will have fun.

Speaking of birthdays – happy belated birthday to _green_ and janedavitt!!!

Comments

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It was fun :-)

[missmurchison.livejournal.com]

It's interesting that you are disoriented by the change in RL space from Moscow to Canada and in virtual space by the new OS on the computer. I think our computer lives in many ways have their own geography.

It's nice to have you back!

[avrelia.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

And yes, I didn't expect I would be that disoriented, but in both cases it is a mattter of getteing used to different surroundings.

[soundingsea.livejournal.com]

http://www.gimp.org/ is sorta like photoshop, free, and works on linux.

[avrelia.livejournal.com]

Thanks! We found it, and it does seem like Photoshop - I will try to work in it.

[onetwomany.livejournal.com]

Welcome back to LJ, m'dear :)

I would love to read your thoughts about returning to Moscow, so I do hope you remember some of them.

[avrelia.livejournal.com]

Oh, I remember some of them, and will write them here - I just want the story to be illustrated, so I have to work with pistures, too. But I also have forgotten some of it - which is a ususal deal with me. And thanks!