I've been to "Master and Margarita" by Bulgakov's latest film yesterday. They say, that it's the best adaptation so far. I didn't see and I don't want to see the previous versions, so I cannot have an opinion on them. But this film made an impression. It's occasionally better that the book, which is highly unusual.
I am totally impressed.
The actors: they are on the target. The Master is dull and one-dimensional, as geniuses are. Margarita is bold, beautiful and a power for herself. Woland is ugly and sexy... among other things. Pontius is a big man: he is trying and failing. Yeshua is... well... himself or should I say: Himself.
They speak Latin for the Pontius Pilates part; they speak German with Woland. They speak a lot, but a lot of things are so visual you can understand them without sound. Especially if you read the book.
Which, I'm sure, you didn't. It is fine. It's only the most famous Russian book for centuries. And now they made a film based on. Who cares :)
Well... are you a diplomat? 'coz that was very well formulated :)
To tell the truth, though, it's me who is not suitable for anyone. But as soon as you say it, there always will be someone claiming the opposite, bless their hears :)
Well... Not cutting, but not letting to evolve in this very stead.
But if you want to continue the conversation on the subject: bombing or shelling a town is not imposed by masse media. It is what happened. Open source intelligent is not masse media: they show photos and locations.
And yes, it totally matters for me: I do not want to be together with a huilo supporter or an anti-vaxxer of a Q-anonist.
One of my former friends got married to an anti-abortionist and then kept complaining that they fight almost every day on the subject and it's impossible to live together. They got 2 children and then divorced. I can ask why she married him in the first place, but at that time I was beyond caring. Good enough for me to mind my own wee business.
But yes, lots of things that other people do, are amazing :)
As to the sides: there's a perpetrator and there's a victim. I do feel sorry for a victim no matter the side, but let not forget who is the perpetrator.
I left Russia in 1998, years before Navalny appeared on the political Russian scene. I never went with him in a protest march. I never was his supporter. I never worked in his local groups.
Nonetheless, I could not not notice that he could get people out on the streets. He utter a lot of hick-ups and, remaining in the political sphere, he would make a lot more.
With all his shortcomings and sins:
- he never poisoned anyone. - he never prisoned anyone. - he never killed anyone.
And here we do have a cherry. An absolute cherry, that no one ever will be capable to beat:
A month after his death, he is still capable to get people out on the streets. Noon against pootin - and here we are. Aren't we?
A month after his death and people are still coming to his grave with flowers. (The other day a female journalist was arrested because taking pictures, when brought to a precinct they put a bag on her head and then... now pay attention... some *unknown* individuals have beaten her. (Ozzi ought to be delighted.) after which she's facing a prison sentence.)
"Time is not on your side: the bodies decompose": - a vertuhay told to Ludmila Navalnaya, when she refused to have a secrete funeral. She stood her ground.
Apropos nothing: The very same thing they said to Prigozhin family (remember him?) and they agreed.
Well... once upon the time I's in love with a man, who was fine with all my "non-conventional behavior". It happened that when I got too much of a human presence, I could say: "I can't, I need a break..." He just went to kitchen or took my daughter out. He was all right to leave me alone for a couple of hours.
With all his other misses and shortcomings and sins, that kind of tolerance covered everything else. For me.
I do miss that kind of treatment. Now it looks like the choice is between to be alone or to endure someone's presence in your life 24 / 7. I can't. I don't want to. And I won't.
It is so typical, you wouldn't believe. And it is also very true!
It happens that I cannot afford be laying in my orchid position, but have to jump up to the alarm clock. But nonetheless, there are days when I can be lying with my arms outstretched to the ends of my bed, the blanket is cast aside, absorbing the light and air and moisture... well, you can define it as "freedom". And no, it is not an invitation to have sex with me. It is a moment I enjoy upon waking up. It is all. And at that moment I don't want to have anyone in my proximity. Regardless how much I like them.
Waking alone is a luxury. In my case it's a luxury I earned.
High sensitivity applies across a few different categories. There are several traits or characteristics common to HSPs, according to the researchers who identified this personality trait:
" - Avoiding violent movies or TV shows because they feel too intense and leave you feeling unsettled
- Being deeply moved by beauty, either expressed in art, nature, or the human spirit, or sometimes even a good commercial
- Being overwhelmed by sensory stimuli like noisy crowds, bright lights, or uncomfortable clothing
-Feeling a need for downtime (not just a preference), especially when you have hectic days; needing to retreat to a dark, quiet room
- Having a rich and complex inner life, complete with deep thoughts and strong feelings that go with them "
I do understand that a non-HSP could perceive those traits as weird. Does a non-HSP understand that her or his traits are weird for a HSP?
We, HSP, are in a minority. But how can you, non-HSP, exist without "having a complex inner life, deep thoughts and strong feelings"? Are you vegetables? Is snoring all you can offer?
At the age of 40 I've learned that I belong to HSP group (highly sensitive person). And after I've made some reading on the subject, I understood that I am not a freak. We are certainly not in majority, but not an anomaly either.
Snoring: yes. But there are issues beyond snoring. And it is totally fine with me to wake up alone for the rest of my life :)
Upon waking up, I like to be lying for a while with my arms extended to the limits of my bed, the blanket cast away, absorbing de la nurriture - air, light, moisture, sense of freedom - from the environment around me, as an orchid. When I's married, my - now ex- - husband, read it as an invitation for sex.
An HSP would understand why he is an ex. And it is not possible to explain the concept for a non-HSP.
This thread is a roll-call for us :)
Somehow I sense that there could be a lot of us here.
Oh! My condolences and I wish you to find some one to wake up with within soon and that it will feel good for both of you and that the feeling will last for the rest of your lives!
Sure. Though, in my opinionated opinion, a person should understand her or his advice value in a certain situation for a certain person. It is not about allowance to post. It is about the expected reaction.
You are not supposed to know, but for me a person's attitude to the current regimen in Russia is important. I don't expect everybody to know and care. But I do watch those, who utter their support. From my point of view:
Ozzy is putler's supporter. Hence, any of his advises to me are anything else but malign. End of story.
It's the cake that I wan't have and wan't eat. It is malign.
Well... thank you for the practical advice. I am very bad at formulating my feelings: could be a social skills issue, that I lack.
I never had any problem to send an annoying suitor in the direction of the Russian military ship. But I always had problems with ending the communication with people, whom I didn't want to hurt. And the less you want to hurt them, the worse it turns out :(
My absolute record was with my boss, whom I totally admire, when I wanted to express my condolences for her husband's death - whom I knew as a very adorable person - and I was so inept that she had to pronounce all the appropriate words for me. I wished I died on the spot. (But she is known to protect her group from every possible angle, in my case - even from ourselves.) (I wished I to be her in some of my next iterations.)
I took a farewell with all intrinsic to me clumsiness in hope that my counterpart wouldn't feel too hurt.
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Well... would you care to tell more about it? We are not so familiar here with trade shows, you see... back water kind off