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[kittydesade]

русский / русскауя - Russian person (m/f)
американец / американка - American person (m/f)
канадец / канадка - Canadian person (m/f)
англичанин / англичанка - English person (m/f)


имя - name
отчество - patronymic
фамилия - family/surname

друг / подруга - friend (m/f)
брат - brother
сестра - sister
мама - Mom
папа - Papa


It kind of amazes me how much progress we've made on this whole self-improvement schtick. Granted, we're still running on initial momentum at the moment, and as has been said, wait till we get to the two-three week period when it all seems useless. Still. I think we may actually manage to do it. I know I haven't tried this with others before, or at least, not in the last several years. I think this is going to be productive of some good.

... and the tag for these sorts of posts is 'courtesan school' because, dammit, pretty pretty princesses also tend to be pretty sheltered princesses. The romanticized (and very occasionally true. Very. Occasionally) image of a courtesan is that of a woman who's smart, sharp, witty, well-educated, and just a bit scandalous. And beautiful, of course, and strong. All things we want to be.

Um. Not a whole lot else going on really. Presents are going out this coming Monday and Tuesday, both because I kept forgetting to wrap them and because I didn't want to deal with the damn lines at the post office. Next year I do both the buying and the mailing early. Rarr. I'm... I dunno. I'm feeling hella good. And like I need icons for myself, more beautiful icons to celebrate a more beautiful me. Whee!

ETA: *facedesk* Anyone know how to say My Russian is made of fail in Russian?