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[kittydesade]

Когда отмечают американские праздники?
1. День благодарения - е. В четвёртый четверг ноября
2. Рождество - в. Двадцать пятого декабря
3. Пасха - И. Весной
4. Новый год - б. Первого января
5. День независимости - а. Четвёртого июля
6. День ветеранов - ж. Тридцать первого мая (и одиннадцатого ноября)
7. Ханука - к. В середине декабря
8. День труда - з. Первый праздник в сентябре
9. День святого Валентина - г. Четырнадцатого февраля

Когда отмечают русские праздники?
1. Праздник труда - д. Первого мая
2. Рождество - е. Седьмого января
3. Пасха - и. Весной
4. Новый год - б. Первого января
5. Старый Новый год - к. Тринадцатого января
6. День защитников Отечества - в. Двадцать третьего февраля
7. День Победы - з. Девятого мая
8. День России - г. Двенадцатого июня
9. Международный женский день - а. Восьмого марта
10. День народного единства - ж. Четвёртого ноябра


I have had one day off, completely off of both work and volunteering, in the last fortnight. Literally, fourteen days. And now I go in to work for another five days, and then I get a weekend. It is a minor miracle that I haven't done something terrible yet. Particularly given the current state of debt crisis negotiations our country's financial meltdown. On the plus side, if it is a plus side, nothing's been done to extend the tax cuts beyond 2012, either. And hopefully the general public stays fed up long enough for people to be elected who won't extend the tax cuts. Fucking trickle down theory, why does anyone think it works.

I need a nap. I'd like a nap. I'd like another day off, but sadly I don't get a weekend for a while. Actually, there's a lot of stuff I'd like, starting with the ability to organize my brain. I have no organization right now, and very little cope. One thing at a time, Jag. Get dressed, get everything together. Go to work. Deposit boy's share of rent. Pay bills. Update witchesbigbang/witchesbigbang spreadsheet at lunch. Do German. Have lunch. Do day job work. Pick up desk. If there's time, finish a friendship bracelet sample. Whatever you do, don't fall down. Come home, do Japanese and guitar, do writing. It's okay. We can do this. There's not even that much incoming, although there'll be the usual mess outgoing. At least half of that pile is a pick-up order.

Oogh. Still need another day off. Ah well. One more week. And I'll enjoy it come Dragon*Con.

And then I forgot my power cord at home, and the battery on my pocket ninja is drained. So now I'm on the molassesputer till the Elf Lord gets here with his power cord. Which he hopefully brought. YAY. Wait, no. The other thing.

Comments

[behe_moth]

You've got a mispell - "ноябрЯ", not "ноябрА". And in Russia "Праздник труда" is actually called "Праздник весны и труда" 8-)

[kittydesade]

If you knew how many typos I made just typing this out... English AND Russian. I'm impressed there's only one!

Unfortunately I can only go with what the book gives me so far, to keep a consistent learning structure. But thank you! :)

[behe_moth]

Glad to help )
Actually you can slightly practice your Russian on me if you wish to )

[kittydesade]

This week is a bad, bad week to start getting to know me; I am running short on rest and probably will be grumpy.

But, thank you for the offer! I have a regular Russian tutor on LiveJournal right now, but another person's point of view is always good to have. I'm almost done with my textbooks, and then I will start reading ... Twilight Watch, I think, and typing up parts and translating them here, for context and semantics and vocabulary practice.

So now you know where I am in learning Russian. :)

[behe_moth]

Deal )
I subcribed to your journal and will be waiting for Twilight Watch. A good choise, I think (but the first part is the Night Watch). Actually I'm seeking the way to improve my English skills so correct me please when it's needed.

[kittydesade]

Then your first correction is, choice. Not choise. I don't know if that's a typo or not, though, you see I make a lot of typos in any language.

I have all of the books in English, but only Twilight Watch and Last Watch in Russian, sadly. But I've read all the books in English, which gave me a place to start. I like reading Science Fiction and Fantasy, so it works to practice my languages. I'm also learning German and Japanese. You may have seen the other lessons on my journal!

[behe_moth]

Yap, that was a typo. Nowadays I'm typing a lot in Russian only and as you know Russian 'с' sounds similar to English 's' so... :-)

Well, about Russian texts to read - if you don't have anything against e-books you can read or download the Night Watch from here http://flibusta.net/b/198901 )